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Post by Star on Nov 27, 2018 22:18:28 GMT -5
I think the problem with ARC Troopers is that there’s too many major players. Obi-Wan, Anakin, Grievous, Ventress, Rex, Cody, and then finally Domino Squad. Everyone is siphoning attention from Echo, Fives, and 99. Maybe they could cut a few of them out. Like obviously Anakin needs to be here but why Obi-Wan? Did they just want everyone who had a minor part in Rookies to be a big player in this one? Maybe Anakin is blocked from coming back to the surface so the clones are more cut off and the situation feels more desperate. Just anyway to stop would should be the Domino Squad conclusion from dropping into boring retreads of duels we’ve already seen. The episode has a lot to cover in 22 minutes, which also makes the large cast of characters even more of a problem. The clones feel like the background for the conflict the Jedi are leading, when it should've been reversed. |
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Post by Newan on Nov 29, 2018 14:38:24 GMT -5
I’m fine with Arc Troopers being only one episode despite so much going on because it’s more of an Incursion with very specific objectives rather then a full Invaison with the intent to conquer. I do agree with earlier points that there’s a lot of major characters in this episode but they kind of have to include Ventress and Grievous to give the seprstists some sort of competence and threat. To be fair I think we only ever seen Grievous vs Kenobi like twice so far in the show (Malevolence arc and Grievous Intrigue, with a very brief fight in The Deserter). So I don’t mind them fighting that much here.
Anyways they had to show us a battle on Kamino at some point or else basically the separatists would be completely clueless if they didn’t. I’m going to give this one an 8/10. I don’t care that much for the domino squad stuff since that was really only one episode with Clone Cadets, Rookiees was probably thought up as a different concept entirely.
Which reminds me... I actually have to watch the S2 Grievous episodes still, some of the only episodes I’m missing from the rewatch
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Post by Newan on Dec 11, 2018 15:07:17 GMT -5
Well I finally watched The Academy and thus am caught on all the episodes from this overall boring week of the rewatch... Mandalorian politics are just uninteresting to me when it doesn’t involve actual traditional Mandalorians. Mandalore is meant to be a culture of honor and combat not pacifism.
The Cadets are not as annoying as I remember though, they are probably the lowest age (13-14 maybe) that I would want to see appear in the show and the Star Wars universe as a whole. That also lines up with the ages we first see Ahsoka and Ezra.
I guess they had to show this arc for the Maul stuff, but idk it’s not that exciting and idk why Ahsoka is teaching kids wearing that outfit..
Hard to take her seriously.
I’m going to say 5/10
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Post by Spidyyr on Jan 12, 2019 15:04:10 GMT -5
The only good part of the Corruption arc was that we finally got to meet Obi-Wan’s disappointing son.
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it’s been quite a while. I’ve been pretty good, how about yourself? 