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Post by Newan on Feb 28, 2020 21:28:24 GMT -5
Discussion for episode 3 of season 7 to be released on March 6th.
“ After their escape, Anakin Skywalker and the clones defend a local village.”
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Post by Newan on Mar 6, 2020 4:49:23 GMT -5
This one honestly felt a bit filler to me, really it’s just a predictable escape plan and we know the heroes won’t fail. The villagers being included at least makes that part of the previous episode feel more appropriate. These new droids don’t do it for me, I’d rather just have the old ones even standard B1s feel like more of a threat.
I wish they explained why Tambor is out of prison tbh, either all the separatist leaders got freed at some point or they are getting out of jail on corporate senate deals since most of these corporations are members of the senates. At least that’s my new theory after the failure of Crisis on Naboo. Tambor and the other corporate leaders are free from senate deals.
Anyways this episode was pretty weak overall and not much cool stuff tbh. I’m looking forward to the battle of Anaxes next episode though, my limited memory of the arc I think that’s the best one.
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Post by Newan on Mar 6, 2020 4:54:57 GMT -5
Also why was this episode 18 minutes long? The story reel should have been longer at least... what was cut? But I guess the previous two were 24 minutes so it cancels out a bit.
It did feel pretty short.
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Post by Star on Mar 6, 2020 10:14:03 GMT -5
I agree with Newan. I'm not sure why this episode was 4-5 mins shorter, especially when it felt like nothing critical happened. The action sequences were great to watch, but it didn't feel like the stakes were real. I would've preferred less action for more character development. If this episode had a standard run time, maybe it would've been better as a whole.
I don't really remember what happens in the finale, but it kind of feels like they could've just taken the first few mins of this episode and tacked it onto next week's episode. Other than continuity with the villagers from last week, this episode didn't really have relevance to the overall story.
I'll have to see how next week wraps things up, but this episode didn't impress me nearly as much as the previous episodes.
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Post by Kenbo on Mar 6, 2020 10:49:24 GMT -5
I agree with both of you, this one was pretty weak. Tbh I think I'm gonna say this arc isn't that great. We've yet to see the last part but still as a whole I don't think it's anything special. Story wise I mean. Visually it is stunning of course. Would've been fine earlier in TCW but poor choice to be of the show's very last episodes
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Post by Kenbo on Mar 6, 2020 10:53:45 GMT -5
I thought I was imagining it at first but did y'all notice the narrated intros are kinda off? I don't think they did such quick fade cuts before
Also I believe the scene that was cut was Tambor using the organic decimator on villagers. If that's true it's classic Disney I knew I couldn't expect them not to fuck this up
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Post by Star on Mar 6, 2020 11:13:54 GMT -5
I thought I was imagining it at first but did y'all notice the narrated intros are kinda off? I don't think they did such quick fade cuts before Also I believe the scene that was cut was Tambor using the organic decimator on villagers. If that's true it's classic Disney I knew I couldn't expect them not to fuck this up It's something they've added for the new episodes. I'm not really sure how I feel about them, since it feels a bit jarring in some moments, but also looks clean in others. From what I read, this was the cut scene. Yet even if it was included, it barely would've added to the runtime or the narrative, so I'm pretty indifferent. |
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Post by Newan on Mar 6, 2020 11:17:07 GMT -5
I thought I was imagining it at first but did y'all notice the narrated intros are kinda off? I don't think they did such quick fade cuts before Also I believe the scene that was cut was Tambor using the organic decimator on villagers. If that's true it's classic Disney I knew I couldn't expect them not to fuck this up No I pointed out the intro changes in week 1, I’m not sure why they choose to make them different with the fade outs, they also seem longer now like we don’t remember what happened the previous week... This arc is ok, it’s not nearly as bad or filler as D-Squad or Younglings but it’s nothing amazing either. I think Bad Batch would have been better in the Kashyyyk arc they were said to be in as well. But for one of the final arc we will see I think Utapau would have still been better. |
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Post by Newan on Mar 6, 2020 11:19:02 GMT -5
I thought I was imagining it at first but did y'all notice the narrated intros are kinda off? I don't think they did such quick fade cuts before Also I believe the scene that was cut was Tambor using the organic decimator on villagers. If that's true it's classic Disney I knew I couldn't expect them not to fuck this up It's something they've added for the new episodes. I'm not really sure how I feel about them, since it feels a bit jarring in some moments, but also looks clean in others. From what I read, this was the cut scene. Yet even if it was included, it barely would've added to the runtime or the narrative, so I'm pretty indifferent. There was two things cut: A) the execution scene which tbh probably didn’t add that much anyways since the droid didn’t do much and B) there was over a minute of dialogue where Anakin and Tambor discuss the Techno Unions neutrality. The original runtime was still on the short end for Clone Wars at 21 mins. |
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Post by Star on Mar 6, 2020 11:19:28 GMT -5
If I'm comparing this arc to other 4-parters, I think I have to place it around the same quality as the Onderon arc personally. It has great visuals, some interesting new characters, a unique approach to looking at the war, but stories that meander a bit too much.
Next week's episode could change my opinion, but the way it currently stands, I think this is the most appropriate comparison in terms of quality.
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Post by Star on Mar 6, 2020 11:22:29 GMT -5
It's something they've added for the new episodes. I'm not really sure how I feel about them, since it feels a bit jarring in some moments, but also looks clean in others. From what I read, this was the cut scene. Yet even if it was included, it barely would've added to the runtime or the narrative, so I'm pretty indifferent. There was two things cut: A) the execution scene which tbh probably didn’t add that much anyways since the droid didn’t do much and B) there was over a minute of dialogue where Anakin and Tambor discuss the Techno Unions neutrality. The original runtime was still on the short end for Clone Wars at 21 mins. The discussion between Tambor and Anakin would've been nice to see. Even though he's ordering the droids around, Tambor doesn't have the same presence as other villains like Trench or Mar Tuuk because he doesn't interact with the Jedi/ clones directly. |
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Post by Newan on Mar 6, 2020 11:23:26 GMT -5
I’d rate them right now:
The Bad Batch: 8/10
A Distant Echo: 7/10
On the Wings of Keeradaks: 5/10
I have a feeling the last episode will be the strongest, if I remember right we will get a solid mix of space combat and ground combat stuff
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Post by Newan on Mar 6, 2020 11:24:51 GMT -5
There was two things cut: A) the execution scene which tbh probably didn’t add that much anyways since the droid didn’t do much and B) there was over a minute of dialogue where Anakin and Tambor discuss the Techno Unions neutrality. The original runtime was still on the short end for Clone Wars at 21 mins. The discussion between Tambor and Anakin would've been nice to see. Even though he's ordering the droids around, Tambor doesn't have the same presence as other villains like Trench or Mar Tuuk because he doesn't interact with the Jedi/ clones directly. Yeah he’s a weird separatist leader, like I theorized I think he got off on some corporate senate deal. Whereas a war leader like General Loathsome is probably still in prison. |
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Post by Star on Mar 6, 2020 11:32:03 GMT -5
I’d rate them right now: The Bad Batch: 8/10 A Distant Echo: 7/10 On the Wings of Keeradaks: 5/10 I have a feeling the last episode will be the strongest, if I remember right we will get a solid mix of space combat and ground combat stuff I'll give my ratings once I see the final episode, but I think mine are similar. |
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Post by Kenbo on Mar 6, 2020 11:46:38 GMT -5
I thought I was imagining it at first but did y'all notice the narrated intros are kinda off? I don't think they did such quick fade cuts before Also I believe the scene that was cut was Tambor using the organic decimator on villagers. If that's true it's classic Disney I knew I couldn't expect them not to fuck this up From what I read, this was the cut scene. Yet even if it was included, it barely would've added to the runtime or the narrative, so I'm pretty indifferent. I think it would've given the decimator a good little bit of background for what's already sort of a throwaway plot device |
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Post by Maverick-Jedi-Valen on Mar 9, 2020 16:56:15 GMT -5
Yeah, I agree, this just seemed very stretched out and stakeless. Also, do we really need yet another primitive village fighting back episode?  There wasn't much character play here either. Good news is I believe the next one was actually pretty awesome |
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Post by Star on Mar 9, 2020 19:21:16 GMT -5
I think part of what holds this arc back as a whole for me is that the Bad Batch isn't as interesting as they should be, despite being a large focus of the story. They feel like overpowered video game characters that sometimes come across as too wacky and don't get enough character development.
There's also the fact that I know we won't see these characters again, so that might make me less receptive to wanting to like them. I'm sure if we got the Kashyyyk arc with them, they would've been better.
Personally, the Rex and Anakin dynamic is the selling point for this arc's story.
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Post by Kenbo on Mar 10, 2020 9:02:32 GMT -5
I think part of what holds this arc back as a whole for me is that the Bad Batch isn't as interesting as they should be, despite being a large focus of the story. They feel like overpowered video game characters that sometimes come across as too wacky and don't get enough character development. There's also the fact that I know we won't see these characters again, so that might make me less receptive to wanting to like them. I'm sure if we got the Kashyyyk arc with them, they would've been better. Personally, the Rex and Anakin dynamic is the selling point for this arc's story. True I don't care about the bad batch at all they're weird. |
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Post by Spidyyr on May 27, 2020 22:56:22 GMT -5
They fly now
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Post by Spidyyr on May 27, 2020 23:07:04 GMT -5
Not a bad episode. Just a lot of fluff. Action scene were fun to watch and feel like a breath of fresh air after watching all of Rebels. But not much actual substance.
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There wasn't much character play here either. Good news is I believe the next one was actually pretty awesome 
it’s been quite a while. I’ve been pretty good, how about yourself? 