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Post by Spidyyr on Aug 4, 2018 9:37:43 GMT -5
You kinda bring up a good point. Why the hell would I care about Cutup’s origin story when he ends being so damn inconsequential.
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Post by Kenbo on Aug 4, 2018 10:19:36 GMT -5
By the way anyone else think, considering his attitude, clones pull the all too easy gag of "Bric is a Dic" signs on his back?  With a head like that it's too easy to come up with stuff |
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Post by Spidyyr on Aug 4, 2018 10:27:57 GMT -5
By the way anyone else think, considering his attitude, clones pull the all too easy gag of "Bric is a Dic" signs on his back? With a head like that it's too easy to come up with stuff I could think of a few for you right now, sir. |
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Post by Kenbo on Aug 4, 2018 10:46:45 GMT -5
With a head like that it's too easy to come up with stuff I could think of a few for you right now, sir. Headass |
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Post by Potato on Aug 4, 2018 12:22:03 GMT -5
I wish Ima-Gun Di's final stand was longer... it felt a bit too fast, but it was still badass. He had some pretty awesome moves, and I liked seeing a Jedi die as a casualty in a battle as opposed to some glorified death that a lot of the others get. I think it's pretty impressive that they got you to care about Ima-Gun Di and Keeli so much in the little time we knew them for (I did at least). Although they could have at least tried to make his name a bit more subtle... |
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Post by Potato on Aug 4, 2018 12:23:25 GMT -5
I also wish Cham got a moment at the end where he hears about the sacrifice Ima-Gun Di and his men made to protect them. He never acknowledged it, and just came off as a jerk who didn't appreciate what they were doing for him.
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Post by Spidyyr on Aug 4, 2018 12:32:49 GMT -5
I also wish Cham got a moment at the end where he hears about the sacrifice Ima-Gun Di and his men made to protect them. He never acknowledged it, and just came off as a jerk who didn't appreciate what they were doing for him. I guess that might have negated some of his growth in Liberty on Ryloth. |
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Post by Star on Aug 4, 2018 16:22:13 GMT -5
Supply Lines offers one story dealing with politics and another with the humanitarian crisis and war on Ryloth. Both are good in theory, but they are not very well-developed overall due to time constraints of the episodes. It was nice to see Binks actually somewhat competent as a politician, especially when he put on the whole performance at the dinner. The few scenes we got on Ryloth were very neat as well, and I liked Ima-Gun Di's final stand alongside Keeli. Seeing Lott Dod and Bail Organa was also cool, since I enjoy the political aspects of TCW, despite how simple they tend to be. Besides those things, there wasn't anything that stood out to me in the episode. I'll give it a 6/10.
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Post by Star on Aug 4, 2018 16:30:57 GMT -5
If they just showed the Ryloth battle, Supply Lines could've been Landing at Point Rain 2. But im actually confused about that. In the Ryloth trilogy, isn't Cham hesitant to fight with the Republic? If this takes place before that, why is he already fighting with them? Also I think this is the first time we see the Tantive IV? Pretty cool. Still don't understand how anyone would allow Jar Jar to be a politician lmao. Pretty sure he's a savant or something... On the specrum either way. My only sort of explanation would be they can't kick out Jar Jar because the Gungans would think it's racist or something. I like Lott Dod. Though I don't understand why the Trade Federation has a senator... It's a conglomerate, not a planet. But ok. Interesting how the TF is always trying to say they don't have ties with the Separatists. They must be pretty divided considering their leader, Gunray, is a pretty blatant separatist... I also used to think it was obvious because they use the TF's battle droids but I learned it's actually the Techno Union that builds the droids and supplies them to the Separatists. Honestly this was more enjoyable than Clone Cadets... Sure it's political stuff but I don't have a huge problem with that. Bail and Lott are pretty cool glad they chose them for this episode. And Toydaria (or at least that main building) looked good Cham is fighting to repel Wat Tambor and the Separatists from Ryloth. General Di and the Republic arrive to help the Twi'lek's, but Di's unfulfilled promises for Republic reinforcements leads Cham to not be as trustful of the Republic. Even when the supplies arrive from the Republic at the end of the episode, Cham is not as willing to receive aid from the Republic, since they were not very helpful to him when General Di was around. |
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Post by Star on Aug 4, 2018 16:47:22 GMT -5
Ambush was a fun episode to watch between Yoda, battle droid humor (I don't mind it), and some cool clones. I also like that it gives insight to how the clones view the Jedi. We usually just assume the clones are very close with the Jedi they work with, but in this episode, it doesn't seem to be the case. The episode has simple plot, but it works well enough. Nothing really makes it a bad episode, although, like Spider said, those two clones should've been killed by the super battle droids during that one scene. 6.5/10 for me with this episode.
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Post by Potato on Aug 5, 2018 12:33:24 GMT -5
Man, Yoda is the best. Anything with him is usually really good. I haven't seen this episode in a while, but watching it now I just realized that Yoda cut Thire's blaster so he could use it as a cane... I can't believe I never realized that before. |
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Post by Kenbo on Aug 5, 2018 13:54:48 GMT -5
Man, Yoda is the best. Anything with him is usually really good. I haven't seen this episode in a while, but watching it now I just realized that Yoda cut Thire's blaster so he could use it as a cane... I can't believe I never realized that before. I thought that was pretty obvious But I don't understand how that really worked... Like he probably could've just used the rifle as it was as a crutch not sure what cutting it accomplished. Though I think maybe he welded something to it |
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Post by Pinda on Aug 5, 2018 19:40:38 GMT -5
So I just watched the episodes... and in Clone Cadets we can see Commando droids in the training room. But in Rookies (if I recall correctly) the clones are all surprised by the use of these "new" commando droids... So I guess there is a continuity error there.
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Post by Spidyyr on Aug 5, 2018 19:46:59 GMT -5
So I just watched the episodes... and in Clone Cadets we can see Commando droids in the training room. But in Rookies (if I recall correctly) the clones are all surprised by the use of these "new" commando droids... So I guess there is a continuity error there. Yeah that always bugged me too. But Rex still recognized them so maybe like just that they were relatively newer or he had only seen them one or two times. |
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Post by Pinda on Aug 5, 2018 19:57:19 GMT -5
So I just watched the episodes... and in Clone Cadets we can see Commando droids in the training room. But in Rookies (if I recall correctly) the clones are all surprised by the use of these "new" commando droids... So I guess there is a continuity error there. Yeah that always bugged me too. But Rex still recognized them so maybe like just that they were relatively newer or he had only seen them one or two times. Maybe... but I doubt the Republic managed to recreate them and add them into the training program so quickly. |
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Post by Kenbo on Aug 5, 2018 23:28:33 GMT -5
Yeah that always bugged me too. But Rex still recognized them so maybe like just that they were relatively newer or he had only seen them one or two times. Maybe... but I doubt the Republic managed to recreate them and add them into the training program so quickly. Oh I didn't remember they were new in Rookies. Yeah definitely a continuity error. I feel like also it would be too early to start working on phase 2 armor prototypes that the ARC Troopers have when they just made the phase 1. |
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Post by Star on Aug 6, 2018 8:51:33 GMT -5
Cham's mistrust of the Republic in the Ryloth trilogy seems reasonable, since it seems like a lot of time passed between Di's death/ Republic relief supplies and the Ryloth mission undertaken by Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Mace. That must have been a few months at least, and Senator Orn Free Taa didn't boost his confidence in them either.
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Post by Kenbo on Aug 7, 2018 17:59:43 GMT -5
Honestly I can't wait for week 4. I know the Downfall of a Droid episodes are not that popular but I really like them for some reason....
Although considering that's the week I start college, maybe I can wait a little bit...
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Post by Spidyyr on Aug 7, 2018 18:02:23 GMT -5
Honestly I can't wait for week 4. I know the Downfall of a Droid episodes are not that popular but I really like them for some reason.... Although considering that's the week I start college, maybe I can wait a little bit... I’ve been waiting so long for my revenge college. I can wait a little longer. |
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Post by Fisto on Aug 7, 2018 22:15:46 GMT -5
None of these episodes really do it for me, but Ambush sure does bring back the nostalgia. I can’t believe how much the animation has improved from Ambush to the S6 Yoda arc. Absolutely amazing...
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Post by Spidyyr on Aug 9, 2018 12:57:53 GMT -5
I’ll put up the next one later today.
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Aug 9, 2018 13:37:33 GMT -5
I’ll put up the next one later today. I'm annoyed I'm already behind, since I've still got Ambush and Supply Lines to get through. Ah well |
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Aug 10, 2018 15:59:43 GMT -5
Finally finished week two's episodes. Supply Lines was okay. In spite of his utterly ridiculous name (lack of subtlety doesn't begin to describe "Ima-Gun Di ), it's surprising how fleshed out and investible Di was. The Toydaria stuff kinda stopped the story from being better, but I didn't mind, which is saying something when Jar Jar's around Ambush though brought back such sweet, sweet nostalgia. Can't believe it's taken me so long to appreciate the use of Yoda's theme tune here. It's also great to see some of Yoda's goofy eccentricity from Empire shine out just a little bit. Again, I really wish George used that in the prequels, but easy come easy go. Really solid opening now that I properly think about it and I think some of us here think the same. |
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Post by Spidyyr on Sept 14, 2018 0:43:23 GMT -5
This is kinda random but love the music at the end of Clone Cadets.
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Post by Newan on Dec 15, 2018 23:45:00 GMT -5
Clone Cadets is alright, I think the episode should have honestly been set before the war though... it would have been cooler to see it without any Jedi involvement, pre AOTC. Could have even had a Jango and Boba cameo then. Zam too possibly.
I mean the episode does feel a bit meaningless cause 3 of 5 characters died 2 seasons before this one aired and only Fives becomes super relevant.
I’m going to give this episode a 6/10, it’s nothing amazing and might be one of the weakest premieres overall. Although I don’t mind seeing Kamino and the hunters training them lines up with EU material.
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Post by Spidyyr on Dec 16, 2018 2:15:55 GMT -5
I at least wish this one was set before “Hidden Enemy.” If you watch in chronological order, that episode is kind of a strange introduction to the clones.
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Post by Newan on Dec 16, 2018 3:09:52 GMT -5
I at least wish this one was set before “Hidden Enemy.” If you watch in chronological order, that episode is kind of a strange introduction to the clones. Well I’m curious what the training exercises were before the war tbh... since they didn’t have all those droid variants in the Battle of Naboo. I think this would have been a really good exception to have an episode not in The Clone Wars. |
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Post by Spidyyr on Dec 16, 2018 3:15:30 GMT -5
I at least wish this one was set before “Hidden Enemy.” If you watch in chronological order, that episode is kind of a strange introduction to the clones. Well I’m curious what the training exercises were before the war tbh... since they didn’t have all those droid variants in the Battle of Naboo. I think this would have been a really good exception to have an episode not in The Clone Wars. Also, did they even know they were going to be fighting droids? Maybe there would have been fighting more human like targets. |
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Post by Newan on Dec 16, 2018 3:36:41 GMT -5
Well I’m curious what the training exercises were before the war tbh... since they didn’t have all those droid variants in the Battle of Naboo. I think this would have been a really good exception to have an episode not in The Clone Wars. Also, did they even know they were going to be fighting droids? Maybe there would have been fighting more human like targets. Well Dooku likely would have informed them |
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Post by Newan on Dec 16, 2018 3:44:10 GMT -5
I actually really like Supply Lines, unlike almost every other episode in the first half of season 3 it feels like a prequel that actually works. It ties into both Ambush and the Ryloth arc nicely while using completely different characters then what we see in those episodes. It also makes good thematic sense since Ryloth is in the outer rim, it would be one of the first worlds the sepratists would choose.
I’m a little surprised they didn’t use Aayla for the Ryloth liberation, like how they used Ahsoka when they went to her home world later. I do really like Ima-Gun-Di though and his clones look pretty cool as well, it was a very good last stand that we really don’t get to see too often. The show follows the Republic too much that we really only ever see them win.
The political stuff on Tordaryia is kind of boring, however the concept was nice to include them so we aren’t thrown into an awkward situation when Savage goes to capture the king later in the season. I also understand why Dooku doesn’t see too many battles personally, it seems like he has to micro manage almost everything in the CIS.
Anyways I’m actually going to give this episode a solid 8/10 and it honestly may be my favorite episode of the first half of season 3, it has better pacing then Arc Troopers (although it has some less enjoyable aspects). Only other comparable episode from the first half is Hunt for Ziro. Well I am caught up on both season 2 and 3 now, just the first 4 episodes of season 1 left.
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it’s been quite a while. I’ve been pretty good, how about yourself? 