Star Wars The Clone Wars - Season 1 Retrospective 

It's funny how out of all the characters, Hondo is the one to survive every era of Star Wars.

“Control your insolent prodigy so I can concentrate.” “Anakin.” “What?!” “Control your insolence. The count is concentrating.” Best line in season 1 change my mind

"How is Cad Bane not in the Mandalorian? he would fit right in" has aged well

D. Bradly Baker is a f**king legend for effectively talking to himself for soon to be 9 seasons.

the "grievous never meets anakin" was my favourite running gag of the show. The lengths they go to make that happen are hilarious

Fun fact: the reason Cad Bane has the tubes is not because he couldn´t breathe otherwise, but just in case he fought a force user who could choke him.

seasons 1-2: WOWEE I CAN'T WAIT TO GO ON ALL THESE JEDI ADVENTURES seasons 3-7: oh my god that wasn't a military base we just bombed, it was full of civilians

Rest in peace, Patrick.

downfall of a droid is a terrible episode, but the level in the Lego clone wars game is 10/10

Seeing all the Hooty comments: "Your clones are very impressive, you must be proud"

I think in the "Trying to capture Dooku" arc, the pirates didn't actually drug Ani and Obi. They switched their cups with the other pirates next to them so they didn't have their drugged drinks. Plus in the next episode, Ani says that he "only had a sip" while Obi replies with "We were drugged, obviously." But they both have their cheeky 'I'm being sarcastic' smiles plastered in their faces lol. So its my personal head-canon that Anakin and Obi-Wan got black out drunk then woke up in a cell, and that makes the episode even funnier lmao

I love the double joke of calling him Count Dracula. Cause it’s like “oh yeah cause he’s a Count” but then you realize “oh wait Christopher Lee was also Dracula!”

I loved the scene where dooku basically tells grevious he’s testing him and grevious is so done with his shit he hangs up on him mid call. For once, I can say I felt bad for grevious in this episode, imagine people breaking into your home and killing your pet because your master was “testing” you.

I'm convinced that "Oh my god" was improvised and George and Dave were just dying in the booth when he did it

"They should have made Hello There a running gag, saying it every time Griveous and Obi Wan meet" I had never in my life heard anything anymore perfect

Season 1: oH woAH whAckY adventures, and we learned the true meaning of friendship :) Season 7: There are horrors I will never unsee, my traumas will follow me to my grave.

Ahsoka really is one of the best written characters in TV history. She starts off as a cocky kid and, despite being hated by fans, the writers don’t make her character do a 180 in one episode, but she grows over several seasons. It really showed that everything about Ahsokas character was purposeful and Filoni stuck to his guns despite fans backlash against her character. 10/10 character writing one of the best Star Wars characters.

This was the first schaff video i ever watched, patrick you will be greatly missed, may you rest in peace

It gets so much more enjoyable to watch Jar Jar when you accept that he's the sith overlord mastermind

Best S1 joke: “I’m not the commander! He’s the commander!” Clones: *blast other droid* “Guess I AM the commander now-“ *also shot* Edit: okay I was wrong, guess that’s S2

17:03 That single “Gor” has too much emotion. Poor Greivous dog

Mace Windu’s head cutting scene is supposed to be disturbing. It cuts to Dooku looking kinda shocked like “you guys aren’t supposed to do that”, showing that the Jedi are becoming soldiers instead of peace keepers

“Disney needs to put cad bane in more things” Book of boba fett: “Hold my blaster”

That you didn't play Heavy's final quote is a crime. Droids: "Do we take prisoners?" Heavy: "I... don't." *Flips the Manual Detonation* Went out a hero.

It kinda sucks, that this is the only season, where grievous kills a Jedi. This should have happened at least once per season

Rest in Peace, Mr. Patrick.

The fact that ahsoka went from intolerable in season 1 to an amazing character in season 7, rebels and mando is so amazing. People went from hating her to loving her in a matter of years. Well done Dave Filoni.

In defense of Yoda's characterization. Order 66 was centered on the knowledge that Jedi precognition was based around sensing intent. With the inhibitor chips stopping the clones from even knowing that they had the capacity to have the intent to kill Jedi. So until that moment on kashyyyk Yoda had absolutely no reason to believe the clones were a threat and treated them the same way he would treat any of his subordinates. But when he sensed all of the Jedi death, and the two troopers advancing on him had their intentions on full display, he quickly understood what was going on and knew there would be no reasoning with them.

Holy shit, I completely forgot the the "Oh my God" line. It's still fucking legendary.

It really says something about Clone Wars and Dave Filoni when THIS is the weakest season. While there are definitely duds, the good more than outweighs the bad here. I’m sad I didn’t watch the show growing up, only eventually watching it on Disney+, because it really was something special.

rest in piece Patrick

I wish in the clone wars there was a fight between grevious and obi wan while anakin's watching from a distance and says "woah that guy is tall"

When Schaffrillas said he was doing the star wars the clone wars season one review this month, I decided to watch it before the review came so I could form my own opinion on it and I don't regret it. The show manages to make the clone wars feel like a real war, since it's not just about going round the galaxy fighting bad guys. It's also about gaining allies, keeping old ones and keeping casualties low like a real war

"Name's Rex...but you will either call me Captain, or Sir." I know that people often gush over Anakin and Ahsoka, and Cad Bane and Obi-Wan but MF REX DESERVES LITERALLY ALL THE RESPECT.

Hey Shaf, you probably won't see this comment but I wanted to let you know that I am so sorry for your loss. I did not have the pleasure of knowing Chris and Patrick in real life, but the inspiration and joy they brought to this channel was truly incredible. The dynamic you have with Patrick reminds me of my own relationship with my close sibling - especially when we were both super into Clone Wars and would tune in to watch it all the time. There's a deep sense of nostalgia and childlike innocence that I feel when watching these videos, as though I am wading back through foggy memories and distant thoughts so I can relive a series that did and still does bring me so much joy. Much love to you and your family.

If the reports are true.. Rest in Piece Patrick. I loved this video and was really looking foward to potentiel future retrospective.. life isent fair, you were too Young.

I actually love Anakin giving Padme his lightsaber in the season finale. From what I remember he pretty much forces it on her to show her that 'his life is in her hands' or whatever, which she didn't ask for and is visibly uncomfortable with Anakin going to such lengths to prove anything to her. It's pretty innocent at first glance but I think it nicely shows the beginnings of his toxic obsession over her.

I think an underrated aspect of the series is how they made Anakin and Padme''s relationship an actual romance between adults and not a badly executed parody of Shakespeare . Hope he still hates sand tho

Personally, I consider the Kit Fisto/ General Grievous episode one of my favourite in the whole show. I love the subtle Allusions of Grievous tragic backstory and the claustrophobic setting. Also I feel like Grievous line "You expect victory over jedi but all you give me to fight them is battle droids!" has some undetected meme potential.

Honestly, the biggest clue that Anakin and Padme had something going on was the fact that Anakin went everywhere with R2-D2, who was PADME'S DROID!!!!

Tbh, I like Mace still being an asshole. Him being the human version of all the Jedi's arrogance is very interesting and he offers more variance in the good guys' morality (especially in season 1, they get a lot more of that later)

The fact that there was no joke about twist villains around R3's presence is shocking.

Hooty would absolutely DESTROY Cad Bane in a fight, because Hooty is the best bounty hunter of them all. P.s. Any idea when we’ll get season 3?

Innocents of Ryloth was actually the first Clone Wars episode that I ever saw... and it was the perfect introduction for me.

Hadn't seen the episode yet, and audibly laughed at that one clones "oh my god". I think whats funny about is how genuine it is. You can hear the disdain in his voice about *this* being what he has to do as someone built for combat, escorting a giant slug who thinks a sun is too bright.

Can’t wait for them to talk about the jar jar and windu episode

The thing about Ahsoka'a character is that her flaws and her being annoying were intentional. They knew people wouldn't like the character at first so they decided "hey, if we decide what people don't like, we can develop it naturally and make them like her"

R.I.P Patrick and Chris.

As someone who didn't grow up (or old I guess) with the Star Wars franchise and was never really into it, Clone Wars was something I truly enjoyed back in the day and I still have nice memories about it, despite the terrible Star Wars fandom and the subsequent Disney productions

The first 2 seasons are just a over all fun g rated adventures, the middle seasons are a healthy mix, last few are just "ive commited so many war crimes and are about to make those war crimes look like childs play."

Re watching these with a heavy heart right now. RIP Patrick and Chris 💛

Respect for how D Bradley Baker was able to keep his sanity while having to have conversations with himself while trying to be different people.

2:29 Fun Fact the Clone Lieutenant Thire in this episode is the same clone in Revenge of the Sith that tells Palpatine there's no sign of Yoda's body after their duel in the Senate Chamber. Those are his only 2 appearances and it's so heartbreaking considering what Yoda tried to teach him.

Gorr wasn’t a Rancor and I can never forgive you for not saying, “Bell got his rung.”

Thank you Pappy G and Chris for all you've done, glad you were preserved in a form to bring joy to others

Trespasser has unironically been one of my favorite S1 episodes. It handled the subject of colonialism really well, and it actually made the daring decision to let "the good guys" acknowledge their mistakes and meet the demands of the Indigenous people rather than finding some kind of a middle ground like most media covering colonialism do. The episode is disliked by a lot of people, but I like it. I also like it because it's an episode that goes away from the "Seppie VS Clones and Jedi trend".

I love how Dave Filoni and crew gave an origin for the "Hello There" meme way before it even became a meme.

"Skip the snowy avatar episode, there's nothing important in it." Inner young me: how dare you say my waifu Chuchi isn't important.

Pappy G man... Rest in Peace

I love Trespass though. Hits the nail when it comes to themes of anti-war and racism (in the context of Star Wars of course). I also love the environment art and the horror-like scenes where we see both the clones and droids being wiped out.

That I know of, the only named cloned you missed are: Tag (Same death scene as Matchstick) and Droidbait (Rookies, gets killed while scouting)

I think Duel of a Droid is an underrated episode personally. Downfall of a Droid is generally a mess, but Duel of a Droid really adds a lot of great development to R2 and Anakin's relationship, there's some great action and the soundtrack really hits in that episode. Also, the point of the fight with Ahsoka and Grievous is that Grievous CAN easily beat her, but spends his time toying with her due to his overconfidence, which Ahsoka uses against him.

actually George is heavy included in everything of every TCW 1~6 season episode, he teached Filoni how to make Star Wars, he deserves more credits

I genuinely don’t understand how people found Ashoka intolerable in the beginning, she just seemed like a kid (kids are annoying guys) and growing up I saw a lot of myself in her (maybe that says a lot about me…and perhaps not in a good way haha) overall though she was (and still is) very relatable in the way she acted. Being able to grow up with a character like Ashoka weirdly taught me a lot, especially when she’d do or say something stupid and there’d be an almost immediate consequence for her action. Which I think was great for the younger viewers of the time who acted a lot like her as they’d learn whilst she learned.

Is no one gonna mention the fact that they missed the clones weaponizing Jar-Jar? I mean...THE CLONES RECOGNIZE THE ABSOLUTE CARNAGE THAT JAR-JAR CAUSES. THEY LITERALLY ACKNOWLEDGE JAR-JAR'S KILL COUNT AND HAVE HIM ACTUALLY BE USED HILARIOUSLY! IT'S COMEDY GOLD!

Schaff :”Palpatine is the most trustworthy guy I know “ Me:”Okay I believe you “

I actually loved the asoka and anakin relationship, I get she is naive but that's her character ,she is a coming if age maturing over the series

Kit Fisto is my favorite Jedi. How can you not love that winning smile?

"Why is Cad Bane not in The Mandalorian?" cries in unfinished episodes 😔

Love how Palpatine sees how badass Cad Bane is and straight up hires him in the start of season 2

This hits different

"Cade Bane need to be in more things". Dave Filoni must watch this channel.

I agree with everything you just said especially the scene where Hooty murders Cad Bane, truly one of the greatest scenes, if not the greatest scene, in the entirety of Clone Wars.

Hooty would absolutely destroy Cad Bane in a shootout because Hooty is the greatest bounty hunter in the galaxy and subscribe to Goop Videos because he did a good job editing this.

I'm going to say it, this show knew how to use Jar Jar, for the most part. I'm actually going to point out Gungun General on this one as the best example. When the clones realize that Jar Jar is a force of chaos and just point him at the enemy, that's hilarious and ingenious. As a previous comment I found said "The clones weaponized Jar Jar". It doesn't make him a good character, and he is in this show way too much, but this idea that he is so terrible that people in the universe don't like him is funny. It's like the creators wanted to have fun and make people hate him more

GOODBYE PATRICK!!😢😭

“ Hooty would absolutely destroy Cad Bane in a shootout because Hooty is the greatest bounty hunter in the galaxy and subscribe to Goop Videos because he did a good job editing this” - From Schaffrillas’ Bad Batch, Owl House, and Monsters At Work Good Or Nah video

I actually found Trespass to be one of my personal favorites of the season for its message and commentary on colonization, as well as for it being one of the animation highlights of the season with the snow environment it took place in. Also, the Clone-Trooper snow gear is awesome.

16:45 I like how the MagnaGaurd does this little pose like “yeah, I did that”

Clone Wars was the last piece of Star Wars media that George Lucas worked on. He ended his Star Wars career with a Bang, just as it begun.

I didn't really have a problem following who's who concerning the clones. Most of the main ones, like Rex, Cody, Echo and Fives have some distinct characterization both on their armor and their faces. And if they don't, than the writers made sure that they were still somehow distinct from the other clones, like in the Landing at Point Rain episode Waxer and Boil, the two clones from the Ryloth arc, show up and they are the only ones wearing scout trooper armor. So yeah, I didn't really have a problem with that but I understand that someone might have gotten confused, they are clones after all.

The special thing about Innocents of Ryloth is it was made to show kids who were too young to understand or know about the war in the Middle East (which was really recent at time) with the city of Ryloth taking inspiration from Middle Eastern architecture and also showing that even the innocent people even children are caught in the middle, it really made what they saw glimpses of on the news easier to swallow I know it did for little me and others I knew, so props to the writers on that

17:04 Fun fact: when me and my friend were talking about this episode we straight up talk about the scene for 20 minutes and the ramifications and the implications of grevious mental state

kit fisto is like that cool teacher in school that always puts actually good memes in his presentations

In regards to the slick episode, it makes perfect sense why he’d want to defect. The clones are slaves to the republic (and the Jedi). They may be clones but they are also people. Of course slick would want freedom for his brothers. I wish this had been explored more in the series or at least have to Jedi address it.

I feel like Grievous did improve a little, but it just took too long. By the end, he was finally starting to be like he was in 2003, definitely not to that extent, but he was getting there. Two examples I like to think about is 1) when he fights Obi-Wan during the youngling arc in season 5. Just before they start fighting, there's five seconds where Grievous tears his way through a group of clones and then brutally murders one of them. The second, is in the unfinished Crystal Crisis arc in which Grievous is kind of scary sometimes. But most importantly, when he fights Obi-Wan in the last episode, he disarms him almost immediately, which is a lot more like the 2003 Grievous. I also like his entrance in Grievous Intrigue, in season 2, because for a second, he feels threating. He cuts through the door with his lightsabers, you hear the tapping on the metal, and then he suddenly kicks the door out and it ends up killing one of the clones. I think the problem with Grievous is that they kept putting him in situations where he had to run away or else he would die (which obviously can't happen) or he would only be fighting Jedi that have to be alive for RotS, so he can't be a killing machine and just slaughter them. They really should've introduced us to some new Jedi that aren't in RotS and then we would have disposable Jedi for Grievous to ruthlessly murder during the show. Also, his reliance on his Magnaguards also dulled his fighting. I don't think he could've reached the level of the 2003 Grievous, (I don't think anything will) but he could've been better. However, I do still like him because I always loved him as a kid and part of that wonder is still there. Also, come on, they started delving into his backstory a little bit in Lair of Grievous but then dropped it. Some of that stuff was actually kind of interesting. Part of me still wants to see what he looks like with his mask off

It’s insane how good TCW gets down the road

watching this now is haunting knowing what would happen only a year after this video.

Did anyone else really enjoy reading the inspirational quotes that would show up at the beginning of each episode? I was kind of sad that the final season didn’t have them

I really love how Dave Feloni intentionally made Ashoka a bad character at the beginning and progressively made her a better one. It really shows his skills at writing and directing. It really seems like he had more thought put into the show than George Lucas did for the prequels.

“Cad bane should be in more things” they heard you. Bad batch and book of boba fett are awesome

They did do a comic where R2 was never found back and R3 was kept there, it was a slow burn but it totally ruined anakin's mental state from the continous "curse" of failures.

fun fact, Ahsoka's maneuver in the Ryloth Arc was named the Marg Sable, something that Thrawn later adopted.

"I'm Rey..." "Rey who?" "NUTE GUNREY"

33:02 Cad Bane after showing up in the book of boba fett 😃

i cant even imagine

The only redeeming quality of the Droid arc is introducing Denal. I LOVED Denal as a kid- had his action figure and constantly carried it around with me. You seem him in several episodes and it really gave me a “wait WHAT” moment when he “kills” Cad Bane but you know Bane survived. My first time having a character I liked die in a show actually,

Hooty would absolutely destroy cad bane in a shootout because hooty is the greatest bounty hunter in the galaxy. And subscribe to Goop videos because he did a good job editing this.

A virus story arc, and lunatics storming senate buildings story arc. Very relevant!

I’m gonna miss ya pappy