When the long-awaited seventh season of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" rolled around, it was kicked off with a four-episode arc about this interesting group: Clone Force 99, perhaps better known as "the Bad Batch." In a great final outing for the show, this group definitely stood out as a highlight, which prompted Lucasfilm to give Dave Filoni a chance to continue their story, this time in the form of a new show dedicated to the group. Now, on May the 4th, the first episode has been released, and if it's the indication of anything, we're definitely in for a great ride with this one
Off the bat, the show took my expectations and completely annihilated them. I didn't know that I would be in for an emotional ride from the first scene, but they start out in big fashion, with a great character appearance that I definitely didn't expect but enjoyed very much. They've definitely taken certainly liberties with the canon that's been established so far, but when it's done to effect results like this, I don't really mind it. After that, we get a great insight into the Empire's thinking when it came to discontinuing the production of the clone troopers, and Filoni continues to evolve on the politics that George Lucas developed in his films. The action is energetic and visually stunning. I'm glad they decided to go with the animation style they used for the seventh season of "Clone Wars," because it's truly the most fluent it's ever been and give birth to some of the most exciting action sequences. It's a classic action narrative and very much in vain of the other shows Filoni has been involved with, in its great storytelling. It's still early on, so I can't say that I'm all that into the storyline as it has yet to be fully set up, but as a start to a show, this episode gave me everything that I could have ever wanted. These guys are so awesome, and the fact that I get to follow along on their adventures for the next many months, is very exciting. "Star Wars" is back in style!
"Aftermath" was a great start to the show, and it set the seeds for things to come. A lot of tension will surely come to an explosive climax at some point in the show, and I'm fully invested in following along on this adventure and don't doubt that it will lead to many great places.
