Five Worst Episodes of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars"
These episodes will not only on their enjoyment, but how they added to the development of the characters, the series, and their effect on the source material. Also, given that the series had several multi-parters, I will include subsequent episodes in the same arc if it is warranted. NOTE: This list may contain some minor spoilers
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- DirectorGiancarlo VolpeStarsAshley EcksteinWhit HertfordJulian HollowayAhsoka is assigned to tutor at a leadership academy on Mandalore. Duchess Satine's nephew Korkie and three of his classmates discover a conspiracy involving the black market and the planet's food supplies.After being pulled from the front line, Ahsoka Tano is sent to Mandalore to tutor a class of cadets at their academy. Well, sort of. This episode exemplifies a common problem with the series. Focusing too much on new characters rather than developing the main ones. This could have been an opportunity to develop Ahsoka's character by putting her into the role of a mentor and leader, but too much focus is given to the cadets and they spend too much time away from Tano. Therefore, her new role does lend much to developing her character.
The cadets themselves are also pretty bland, with none of them really having any distinct characteristics. Which would not be much of a problem if more time was spent on Ahsoka giving them advice and leading them on a mission rather then them trying, on their own, to root out corruption.
In the end the episode is not terrible, but because it had so much unrealized potential that it is hard to forgive its shortcomings. It makes the list not because of what it is, but for what it could have been. - DirectorGiancarlo VolpeStarsTerrence 'T.C.' CarsonMatt LanterGreg BaldwinWhen the Republic detonates a powerful electro-proton bomb to settle the battle of Malastare, it accidentally wakens an ancient and thought to be extinct Zillo Beast.An obvious homage to the Godzilla films. Which itself is not a problem as much of Star Wars is paying homage to something or another. But here it is too obvious and too frequent. The references to the source material appear so often that it becomes distracting. The homages in the films and elsewhere were more subtle and therefore more effective.
The episode also negatively impacted the character of Palpatine/Sidious, who is supposed to be a cunning manipulator, but here, he is shown to be short sighted and foolhardy. He makes several reckless decisions and behaves in such an obviously shady manner that you wonder why no one is calling for his resignation. Even after the beast rampages through Courasant no one hold him responsible or even looks at him suspiciously. You would think that someone with a "Grand Plan" like Sidious would be more cautious about revealing his true self, or at the very least avoid doing things that cast a negative light on him.
The Zillo Beast itself looks rather goofy. It is supposed to be an indestructible and unstoppable force, but its design does not give that impression, as it looks slender and flimsy. The third arm protruding our of his back is especially weird looking(and not in a good way) .
A Godzilla based episode certainly had potential. But because of the faults mentioned above it fell drastically short - DirectorDanny KellerStarsAnthony DanielsDee Bradley BakerJames Arnold TaylorCommander Wolffe and his men aid the Aleena whose planet has recently suffered terrible quakes. Translator droid C-3PO and his counterpart R2-D2 find the natives need them to fulfill a special task."All style and no substance" is the best way to describe this episode. The story involves R2-D2 and C-3PO joining a company of clones troopers on a mission to give relief supplies to a disaster stricken planet. A planet also stricken with obnoxious inhabitants. The tiny Aleena(seen briefly in The Phantom Menace) are loud, unintelligent, and useless. They do nothing but scurry about and make noise. They are without the doubt the biggest problem with the episode.
As mentioned earlier, the story really has no substance. It exists only to show the audience some interesting visuals and move on. One part involves the droids being threatened by a group of moving trees. They droids just move on and the tree people are never brought up again. That like much of the rest of the episode, it is just mindless fluff. - 2008–202022mTV-PG6.1 (3.1K)TV EpisodeDirectorKyle DunlevyStarsStephen StantonBen DiskinTom KaneD-Squad has obtained their mission objective, but crash-land on a desolate planet after a run-in with comets.This is the sequel to the rather decent episode Secret Weapons. Which serves as perfect example of a story that did NOT need to be continued. It was self contained with the characters going through a story arc and successfully completing a secret mission. Nothing epic, but enjoyable.
Unfortunately, the story is needlessly continued, in this bland and tedious episode, which has the characters crash landing on a desolate desert planet and going through many of the standard desert cliches, like water shortages, mirages, etc. And that is all that can really be said about it. Empty and boring from start to finish.
The subsequent two episodes in the series were better, somewhat mediocre but delivering some occasional excitement. They also contributed something to the story. Whereas you can skip most of A Sunny Day in the Void and not miss out on anything. It is just dry, pointless, filler. - DirectorDuwayne DunhamStarsCatherine TaberDee Bradley BakerPhil LaMarrSenators Amidala and Organa are opposed to funding five million new clone troopers, but they and other like-minded dignitaries find themselves targeted by thuggish bounty hunters set on changing their vote.Sanctimonious. That is the word that best describes this episode. In it Padme leads a movement to oppose bills that would increase military spending and deregulate the banking clans. Gee, do you think this has any correlations to real life politics?
But that alone is not the the problem with the episode, it is the way it is handled that is unbearable, as the senators who oppose the bill are the most cliched shady politicians imaginable. This episode could have been an intelligent look at political discourse and debate with legitimate arguments being raised on both sides. Such as:
Couldn't cutting military spending potentially leave them vulnerable to Separatist attack?
Would peace through strength be a better diplomatic strategy?
Why should we believe the Separatists are interested in peace when they are lead my a Sith?
Do you think any these obvious concerns are addressed. Of course not. No attempt is made to show any legitimate opposing arguments. Nor is any attempt is made to negotiate or compromise with the other side. Which is ironic, because Padme argues that they were in the process of negotiating with the Separatists, who again are led by a Sith. Total small minded, black and white, if you disagree you are evil mentality. Highlighted by Padme's speech at the end which is downright insufferable.
And before anyone accuses me otherwise, in real life, I strongly support cutting the military, big time. And although my opinion in bank regulations is a bit more nuanced, I do support regulating the banks. But I do not think that everyone who disagrees with me is corrupt.
This episode could have been an opportunity to show kids something in the form of honest political discourse. Instead, we got unfair caricatures and overly pious protagonists.