User Reviews

I never had high expectations for the clone wars because of it being animated and a kids show.

Well how does a Tv show about a galactic war where soldiers constantly die mean represent a kids show.

If you are thinking about watching the clone wars please do it's simply fantastic.

The whole umbara arc is special and visually amazing. And as I go through seasons it just gets better and better.

All four episodes of the Umbara arc are just brilliant. I always believed the clones were one of the most intriguing elements in the Star Wars universe, yet in this arc I think the production team had topped the expectations. Despite the brilliance of its fellow arcs of Ryloth (3 +1 episodes) and the Geonosis second war (3 episodes), the Umbara arc has certainly reached the highest top.

All main clone characters had ultimately "come to life" in a most perfect way, the story was a hook by itself (the devoted and legendary 501st led by Anakin, finds itself amidst a change of leadership and a seemingly unbreakable resistance by the local Umbarans), the way all main characters are being developed throughout the arc, the battle scenes, the emotional and moral conflicts, and many, many more, that can make one feel like he's watching an excellent 3D war movie, based on a truly deep story.

On a different perspective, this is the first time the Clone Troopers reveal their true abilities on adapting to the circumstances -and very difficult ones- trying to accomplish their mission and do their duty, not as "creatures bread in a laboratory" in order to just "follow orders" and "support the system in which they too belong", but as individuals believing in the grater value of the freedom of choice against blind obedience to a cause they were "bread to serve". It's the nobility to be able to fight and defeat the enemy, not because they were "engineered" so, but because they have come to understand their own value, their own contribution to a world struggling for democracy and justice.

Being a good soldier is one thing; being able to feel the deeper meaning of a purpose not yet clear until recently, Rex, Jesse, Fives, Hardcase, even Dogma, they all give a brilliant example of valour, honour, ingenuity and effectiveness both in the battlefield and in person, the way it has never been seen before in the series.

There is also the counter example of a "bad Jedi", master Krell, who's humiliating behaviour and defiance towards these loyal soldiers, does bring justice to this "human-inhumane" idea of clone troopers bred exclusively for battle, in a strange planet, trained for 9 years only to be thrown in the meat grinder. Krell acts as an indirect "moral generator"; in most episodes, a clone killed in action is not much of a deal, as they were bred to give their lives for the republic. But in this particular arc, the death of a clone gets the appropriate significance, even for the die-hard, loyal soldier and smart leader Captain Rex.

No matter how many times I watch these same episodes, I never get enough. It's like I always seem to enjoy every single minute of the action.

In this episode Anakin is called back to the Jedi Council at the request of The Chancellor and replaced by General Pong Krell. The key words are "At the request of the Chancellor." The following episodes reveal a very dark path.

Very good series this is.