Week 8 - The Ryloth Arc

Good, the episodes before this point are pretty bad.

But hostage crisis won’t be for quite awhile, so we going into season 2 next week

Innocents of Ryloth is a good episode, one of the few space centric episodes in the show. But seriously the V19 Torents are such useless ships... should have just stuck to the Z class headhunters instead. Also do we ever see Ahsoka’s Droid again? Seems kind of weird they gave her one when she could have just used R2. Maybe the Droid is present at Cato Nemoidia that’s the only other time I can remember Ahsoka flying. I guess there was also that time they parked st the diner in “Brothers”.

I liked that Dave Filoni took a lot of inspiration from the Thrawn trilogy in this episode though, was pretty cool to see,

Anyways I’d give this a 8.5/10

Innocents of Ryloth is another good episode, it’s a cool mix between a battle and a side adventure. It’s also like the only time we see a fight within a town like this and see civilians. Only other time I can think of is in the Slave arc on the Togruta planet. I guess there’s Onderon but that’s a different kind of combat.


Anyways I’d say this is an 8/10. I do like they used different Jedi in each episode for this arc... well I’ll watch Liberty on Ryloth soon, I remember it being a somewhat disappointing end to the arc although I guess it does feel more complete with the release of Supply Lines in season 3 since it makes Cham and established character rather then some random

Innocents of Ryloth is absolutely fantastic... Quite a few live action shows that could not produce an episode as good as this. The ending was just perfect with Obi-Wan saying "Nerra" means brother.

The tone here is really good. Serious mixed with a little bit of actually funny dry humor. This is the tone for Star Wars I would say. Subtle stuff like Obi-Wan covering numa's eyes is good. Finn walking around in his medical gear while spewing water is not good. The droid saying his terrible job went into overtime is funny. General Hugs is not funny. Take notes Disney........

Innocents of Ryloth is a strong follow-up to the last episode. It's refreshing to see Obi-Wan without always having Anakin by his side. I think this episode does a perfect balance of telling the main conflict while also showing an intriguing side story that captures some of the civilian effects of the galactic conflict. There was also a very good mix of humor, which added to the classic Star Wars feel.

Like with Rookies and Ambush, this episode does a very good job of showing how not all clones are truly identical. Even the tactical droid and all the B1 units seem menacing, whether it was when the Republic had to take the wall or handle whatever else was thrown at them. The opening scene with the gunships and cruisers facing heavy fire from the droid canons also added to the intensity of the conflict. It was nice to see Cody get some more screen time too, since he tends to be overshadowed by Rex.

The Ryloth arc (including Supply Lines) does an excellent job at portraying the war I think. There are various aspects of the mission shown and with a diverse group of characters, showing that these tasks took a lot of time and teamwork. Throughout these episodes we get a true sense of what the war was like on the front lines from multiple perspectives and with a look at it from those affected by it.

I also find it interesting that Obi-Wan could speak their language, and it makes me wonder what kind of education he and other Jedi have (unless it's by chance Obi-Wan knew their native speech). Like is his only education based out of Stewjon, or do the Jedi have an education system as well that's required? Some form of the latter would make sense to me.

Force sensitives can understand many languages, while never directly stated in the movies it’s fairly evident with Kenobi in the cantina with Chewie, or Luke with Bib Fortuna in ROTJ. Anakin talking to the Bith in Friends and Enemies, Anakin talking to Embo, etc... not sure why they had trouble with the Talz, I think it was more of a plot device if anything but maybe cause they were more primitive, similar with Luke and the Ewoks I guess.

I think this is the first time we see basic infantry clones with painted armor

Finished the arc... is Mace Windu the original General Krell? Like wtf is he trying to maximize casualties by marching his men through that canyon. I find it interesting that Windu takes part in battlefield command though, I figured he would be one of the Jedi that is disinterested in the war and would have preferred staying on Coruscant in more of a high command position like Yoda and the Chancellor. Or doing more trivial tasks like when he protects Palpatine at the festival on Naboo.


I always wondered if Yoda has his own clone regiment. I originally figured Commander Gree was but that’s Luminaras Commander a nd the reason he was there when Yoda killed him on Kashyyyk is because Luminara was also there.


Anyways I would give this episode an 8/10.


Storm over Ryloth 8.5
Innocents of Ryloth 8
Liberty on Ryloth 8

Do you still stand by liking Cat and Mouse more than Storm Over Ryloth?

I think S1 has good episodes, but you're right in the sense that there's a lot of inconsistency in quality. Only a handful of S1 episodes are really high quality for me personally, but there's a lot that are fun stories nonetheless.

I think Storm Over Ryloth was the first major turning point for her character. Yeah, she was still somewhat annoying following this episode, but it developed her individually as well as her relationship with Anakin. The only other episode that came close to this was Cloak of Darkness or maybe Jedi Crash. Yet this one was superior I think, since it showed her failing and then having to rebound by being a leader due to Anakin trusting in her skills.

Wat Tambor is a pretty cool character, just like some of the other Separatist leaders from the early seasons of TCW. I wish we got to see more of him (not counting the Bad Batch arc). His dialogue with his tactical droid is also pretty amusing, since they both almost seem like equals even though Tambor is meant to be in charge.

Mace Windu was great in this episode, both with how he was in battle as well as interacting with Cham and others. Even all these years later, the shot of him breaking the glass to save the AT-TE driver still impresses me. But like Newan said, his strategy in the opening sequence of the episode seemed questionable. Honestly they probably included that because it looked cool.

This is the weakest episode of the arc, but it's still a good conclusion. My main complaint is that the final attack on the capital seems a little rushed. I like the dynamic the freedom fighters add though, and the plasma bridge is cool.

So with all of S1 done (excluding Hostage Crisis), I thought the worst episode was Downfall of a Droid, while the best ones were Cloak of Darkness, Dooku Captured, Storm Over Ryloth, and Innocents of Ryloth. Those are roughly the episodes I expected to be my favorites. There were some other enjoyable episodes as well as quite a few that were okay, but nothing spectacular. From here on out though, I expect the quality to generally increase.

I finished up watching them. One thing that needs to be said is that the battle scenes all around take it up a notch here. However, as weaker paced as it was, I still think Liberty is my favourite. Some of the battle scenes here are just so satisfying. Storm's a solid second, since it kicks off Ahsoka developing more (for the first time I think) and that last space battle is pretty awesome, what with the whole ramming and all. Innocents is also pretty good, but I dunno. It's just not as fun a watch for me. A part I did like was how Tambor's tactical droid seemed more qualified to be in charge than him. Actually, considering how he basically betrayed him in a way, I'm guessing he wasn't Tambor's.

Also, it's a bit weird how Ryloth is seemingly so much more primitive in buildings and tech. Maybe Obi's right and it's just a lower class area.

Innocents of Ryloth is also really good, best of the trilogy for me. The pacing is also really good and that helps. I just really like the scenes where Waxer and Boil are walking around trying to envision what happened to the people. The setting and the music combine for a very real and down to earth tone. Not the most fun episode but there's a lot to appreciate. It kinda bums me out that this is the only time Waxer and Boil get a whole subplot but then again the 212th barely get whole episodes anyway. 7/10