Star Wars Live Action and Clone Wars TV shows

[automaton]

A few weeks ago I commented that young Boba reminds me more and more of the whiny, nasally kid with glasses from The Polar Express and then this week they go and put him on a train!

Next week Boba gets to take revenge for not getting the first gift of Christmas this year.

look at the annoyance Vader once was... it's the big babies that make the best villains.

besides, i thought it was kind of cool seeing the Medicom Boba Fett in action.

 

[Darth Caedus]

Yeah, now that I've had some time away from it, I don't think the episode is as good as I thought it was. I think I was just so happy to see Savage Opress that he kept me at full attention, even during the slower parts. So in one episode next week, we are supposed to have Savage bring Maul back to Dathomir to "repair" Maul, set up this Asajj Ventress/Obi Wan pairing up, and have time for an all-out epic battle? Hopefully it lives up to the hype. I do think that this episode had too much hype going into, and next week's could be the victim of the same thing. But then again, that's what the bastards get for making us wait through 4 water battle episodes, 4 slaver episodes, 4 bounty hunter episodes, and then random breaks in between to make us wait even longer to see Maul.

I will agree that the Maul storyline should be at least 4-5 episodes, but alas, we don't get that

We all knew that he was going to find Maul at the VERY end and that it was going to setup the finale episode. Heard spoilers that

Spoiler

Maul will be back next season...so at least he doesn't die

 

[GodzillaSpawn]

I will agree that the Maul storyline should be at least 4-5 episodes, but alas, we don't get that

We all knew that he was going to find Maul at the VERY end and that it was going to setup the finale episode. Heard spoilers that

Spoiler

Maul will be back next season...so at least he doesn't die

Spoiler

I'm sure they aren't going to kill him too quickly again. I expect a cliff hanger ending (hopefully not the same kind of cliff hanger that Maul had Obi-Wan hanging on in Episode 1 ) with Maul and Savage appearing to be winning the battle or something.

 

[Batty]

I found the episode to be meh too. Maul is dead. Period.

But what I love, once again, was the design and look of everything in this episode: the trash planet, the giant walking incinerators, the scavenger robots, Maul's creepy spider body...all of it was so well done. The way they made Maul's body move and twitch looked fantastic to me. Even if I don't like that they brought him back to life.

 

[Gruson]

I loved the idea of Maul coming back. Great character but did not like what was shown in the first episode, hoping next week is better.

The animation was amazing though, so real looking.

 

[Jaycepticon]

I agree that while the animation was just beautiful on this show, I wish it would've just been a one hour season finale. But at least it's only a week and I could tell that it's definitely an hour episode that CW just decided to break into two. And after that, you could always just watch it back to back like it was meant to be.

 

[riky]

If they stick with the EU storyline that this is clearly based off of maul will be around for another six or seven years, and well past the timeline of the animated series. Hopefully we have years of new Darth Maul storylines to look forward to. Loved the broken horns btw

 

[Darth Caedus]

Anybody else wonder why the trash planet wasn't Raxus Prime ?????

 

[riky]

Anybody else wonder why the trash planet wasn't Raxus Prime ?????

Yup, first thing I thought of

 

[Khonsu70]

Anybody else wonder why the trash planet wasn't Raxus Prime ?????

I sure did, because it was obviously inspired by Raxus Prime...! I love it when Star Wars uses parallel themes and all I could think of throughout the episode was The Force Unleashed and Kazdan Paratus, the insane Jedi with spidery mechanical legs who rebuilt the Jedi Temple out of trash on Raxus Prime - so why not just have this be set on Raxus Prime?

Impressions: it's hard to judge this episode on its own, because it's so obviously set up for the second half. There were things I liked, and things that felt a bit flat. At first, I didn't like the snake guy, felt the same way as the poster who said it reminded him of Kaa. But as the episode went on, the imagery of a serpent leading a horned man across a planet that looks like hell, I got what they were doing. It hit upon lots of achetypes, so I decided I liked him better, just wished he communicated via telepathy or something, watching him talk was a little too cutesy for an episode this dark.

And speaking of dark, I was watching this with my roommate in the same room and she is NOT a SW fan, so she was only half paying attention. It started to get her interest and she commented that she was really surprised this was in the children's programming because it was so dark. For me, this is one of the strengths of the direction the CW is taking and I hope they continue with that.

Maul - I'm not one of the "Maul is dead" crowd, so I have no problem with that in itself. I think the spider body, all jittery and unstable, was a nice reflection of his madness, but I am looking forward to seeing Savage restoring his sanity and Maul adopting the two legs. For me, I think that's when the character will come full circle, which is obviously the intent. Sam Witwer's vocal performance, though, was over the top scenery chewing and I hope he reigns it in for part two.

I agree with those who liked the design (although I'm not a huge fan of Dex's diner, so I could have done without that particular setting being referenced with the eatery in this episode - anyone notice the floating bounty hunter guy from a few eps ago in the background? Nice easter egg moment.) Everything about the trash planet worked for me, even if it should have been Raxus Prime.

The pace of the episode felt slow, but maybe that's because I'm anticipating the events of the second half of the episode and we're not there yet. Hoping they knock it outta the park next week, would be a shame if all this build-up was for naught...

 

[Spartan Rex]

Trash planet looked fantastic in HD.
Why is Ventress still hanging at the cantina with the bounty hunters,
thought she moved on.
Anakin just happening by after the Oppress sighting was an insanely over the top coinkydink.
How the hell did Maul did survive and then come to be transported so far away with bionics? Stupid.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

Trash planet looked fantastic in HD.
Why is Ventress still hanging at the cantina with the bounty hunters,
thought she moved on.
Anakin just happening by after the Oppress sighting was an insanely over the top coinkydink.
How the hell did Maul did survive and then come to be transported so far away with bionics? Stupid.

Vader and Grievous are stupid too then, I suppose...and any other character in the enormous SW universe who survives somthing no normal person could.

 

[Spartan Rex]

Vader and Grievous are stupid too then, I suppose...and any other character in the enormous SW universe who survives somthing no normal person could.

No, even given the fantastical nature of Lucas' universe and characters it's ludicrous. They aren't even making an attempt to explain his on going existence, he just is, period.
They're jumping the sarlacc pit with this storyline.
Oppress is enough they don't need Maul, who diminishes Oppresses character by being around.
Bionic Maul should be shoved into a dark corner with JarJar and Ewoks.
Sorry, calls it as I see's it.

 

[ExMem-LarjaThwei]

No, even given the fantastical nature of Lucas' universe and characters it's ludicrous. They aren't even making an attempt to explain his on going existence, he just is, period.
They're jumping the sarlacc pit with this storyline.
Oppress is enough they don't need Maul, who diminishes Oppresses character by being around.
Bionic Maul should be shoved into a dark corner with JarJar and Ewoks.
Sorry, calls it as I see's it.

So he's stupid because they haven't told you exactly how he survived? Oh, and because him being there makes you appreciate Savage less?

I haven't seen the episode, but if he has spider legs..I agree, THAT part of him should be shoved into a dark corner with Jar Jar (nothing wrong with Ewoks)...But Cyborg Maul, with the two mechanical legs, is a total badass and needs to be seen.

Out of all the things to hate on in the SW universe....

 

[Spartan Rex]

Yup, they're being lazy.
I'll meet the story teller half of the way most of the time if they at least give a plausable explanation within the parameters of that universes ground rules on why "X" occurs, but if they make no attempt then I'm not going to do the work for them in my imagination and rationalize it, especially when it seems unjustified in the first place.
It also diminishes Maul and what Kenobi pulled off as a Padawan.
There should be a whole galaxy of other compelling characters rather than digging up old ones.

 

[automaton]

if i was a 10 year old kid i would be doing hand stands... i envy the kids of today. things have come a long way from the days of the Endor tv movies.
as an adult, my night was a little better seeing Darth Maul again... even if he was a unich. this isn't "The Wire"... this isn't "Breaking Bad"... this is a cartoon... a cartoon based on the adventures of aliens, robots, witches and spaceships. the dude with the horns and body tattoos was able to use the force to keep himself alive... Anakin was born of the force, Grievous was rebuilt with the force, and Obi Wan is able to appear as a ghost through the force... viva la science fiction!

 

[Spartan Rex]

if i was a 10 year old kid i would be doing hand stands... i envy the kids of today. things have come a long way from the days of the Endor tv movies.
as an adult, my night was a little better seeing Darth Maul again... even if he was a unich. this isn't "The Wire"... this isn't "Breaking Bad"... this is a cartoon... a cartoon based on the adventures of aliens, robots, witches and spaceships. the dude with the horns and body tattoos was able to use the force to keep himself alive... Anakin was born of the force, Grievous was rebuilt with the force, and Obi Wan is able to appear as a ghost through the force... viva la science fiction!

Being a particular genere like scifi or fantasy shouldn't be an excuse for lazy writing. Just because anything can happen under those labels doesn't mean it should.

 

[automaton]

not just "anything happened"… the return of one of the PT shinier characters has returned. just because his backstory hasn't been explained, doesn't mean that it won't. Visionaries got their first… the cartoon simply following their lead. i would consider the writing much "lazier" if Maul's return was spelled out within the first episode.

 

[Khonsu70]

So he's stupid because they haven't told you exactly how he survived? Oh, and because him being there makes you appreciate Savage less?

I haven't seen the episode, but if he has spider legs..I agree, THAT part of him should be shoved into a dark corner with Jar Jar (nothing wrong with Ewoks)...But Cyborg Maul, with the two mechanical legs, is a total badass and needs to be seen.

Out of all the things to hate on in the SW universe....

I'm pretty sure he has the spider legs only because his mind has snapped and that's what he has conceived as his form - this shivery, shaky, yet lethal looking monster. He really is pretty scary looking in his own way, like Maul crossed with the Alien queen, crossed with the Borg. This is the lair where he has hidden out for the last decade, alone with his deranged thoughts. When Savage restores Maul's mind, that's when he'll get really bad-ass, I think...

 

[Khonsu70]

No, even given the fantastical nature of Lucas' universe and characters it's ludicrous. They aren't even making an attempt to explain his on going existence, he just is, period.

OMG, they didn't explain how Maul survived in the entire five minutes he was onscreen in this episode? How lazy.

The CW has presented a whole slew of new characters, from Jedi, to clones, to bounty hunters, to Savage, and many of them have been extremely cool in their own right. If they wanna revisit an old one that never should have been killed off in the first place, I'm willing to at least see where they go with it.

If you just wanna hate the idea of Maul's return no matter what, just say so. The rest of us will watch "Revenge".