Star Wars: Clone Wars
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In the grand scheme of things, I’d have to say that George Lucas is one lucky bastard who knew the value of merchandising rights before anyone and could make a turnip bleed klingon blood if he wanted. Still, in my personal opinion, Episodes 1, 2, 3 sucked balls because of poorly chosen actors, horrible acting (save for Sam Jackson and the 3D Yoda) and discombobulated continuity problem. That being said, he redeemed himself by not using 1, 2, 3’s actors (save for Sam again) and coming up with some bad ass looking 3D fighting.
The movie (and subsequently the tv series) boast some of the more interesting characters found in the books that followed the original movies. In Clone Wars you’re rewarded with the faces of all the clone storm troopers who, thank god, actually have different personalities. You are also rewarded with decent acting from Anakin and a real english accent from Obi Wan. The only downfall would have to be the annoying little shit Ahsoka, the Togruta padawan of Anakin.
Ahsoka is a lot like the ewoks - cute, annoying and the kids like them. If not for her, Clone Wars would border on actually being an adult movie with the amount of violence that occurs throughout the entire flick. With her introduction you discover that Yoda has decided that Anakin needs to learn how to control a padawan which leads everyone to wonder - well what the hell happened to her before the third movie, then?
Annoyingly (or affectionately, depends how old you are) called ‘Snips’ by her jedi master Skywalker ,who she refers to as ‘Sky Guy’, Ahsoka jumps immediately into her role as his little assistant and initially fucks things up. She does managed to prove her worth, while getting under his skin, and ultimately looks to be a valuable asset to the Obi Wan/Anakin team. She is literally a little tween with a ‘tude. Can’t get any more annoying? OH yeah it could - she calls R2D2 ‘Artooey’. I swear to god.
The movie progresses with Anakin and Ahsoka going on a secret mission to save Jabba, star of Return of the Jedi, ironically. I’ve actually read articles about their ‘relationship’ or hint of one - with their cute nicknames and thoughtful moments, you still have to realize that technically she’s barely a teenager and at this point he’s married to the stiff upper lipped Pademe’.
Despite the shortcomings of certain character personalities (cough) the movie boasts some amazing fight sequences and introduces more cool bad guys and gals. It unfortunately does end rather abruptly, but Lucas had to tie in the tv series somehow.
Rent it for your kids or for yourself if you’re bored.