The Siege of Mandalore... 3 Years Later 

wonderfully said

@@thegoldman25 thank you :D

😢 so true

Well, ultimately that IS the message - that war is a tragedy and the there are no winners, besides those in the highest of places who gain power from it - we are just fighting amongst ourselves by arbitrary distinctions and for no real reason.

Yes, the entier show is... bittersweet? Becaude we all know most characters will die painfuly.

I may have to agree

Now Imagine there would be 40 more episodes before the finale

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No hype will ever add up to this. Smash character reveals? Nah Tears of the kingdom? Nah Metroid Dread & Prime 4? Nah El Camino? Nah PS5? Nah The Mandalorian season 2? Nah Season 2 of rebels? Nah I can go on.. im only speaking to the nerd side for yall. I. CAN. GO. ON. When Dave announced the return of the clone wars... I was balling...

Breaking Bad>>>

I agree it's pure Gold... MAN

That lightsaber duel between Ahsoka and Maul is some of the best lightsaber fights since obi wans and Anakin's duel on mustafar

​@@kdusel1991 Facts, legendary duel for real

Delusional

Also his design was sick asf

@@gapplejuice6012 ye trust those small shoulder pouldrons look nasty

I totally agree!

​@@thegoldman25 I am sorry but I don't see how. I mean have you compared to other stories? Many stories were written better, than this. This season 7 was just about "every jedi even Yoda and Obi-Wan are trash, except Ahsoka, because Ahsoka is perfect." The way as Ahsoka was playing with Maul was ridiculous. Maul never seem weaker than this. And this was not good. Shortly the was like this: Ahsoka chased Maul, then capture him. Then Ahsoka release Maul so she could chase him again!!! This was so dumb, I cant find the words. And remember when Ahsoka had that argument wiht Obi-Wan. "You gonna abandon BO Katan and her people" Ashoka suggested that Obi -Wan doesn't want to stop Maul, his archenemy, and he doesn't want to free his former love, Satin's planet from Maul. Once again: This was so dumb, that I can't find the words. 😒

“If not the greatest” dude are you stupid, this doesnt even come close to any of the originals or revenge of the sith

I agree, this is the best Star Wars media as far as story goes ever.

@@balazsillyes7639 i’m not gonna waste my time dissecting your entire essay here, but i do want to point out one particular thing. maul being “weak” in this arc is just ignorant. if you truly think that then you must have just watched the show in the background while doing something else instead of actually taking in the story. maul is incredibly powerful, maybe one of the most powerful force users in established canon. but he has one huge flaw in his personality that proves to be his downfall consistently. his arrogance is what prevents him from accomplishing his goals, and in typical narcissistic fashion he doesn’t learn from it. phantom menace? his cockiness gets him cut in half. rebels? his cockiness gets him killed by obi wan. there’s other examples too, but the point is this is no different. if you actually pay attention to maul and ahsoka’s duel, you’d notice that maul has the upper hand for most of the fight. at the culmination of the fight in the rafters, he has ahsoka dead to rights, but his arrogance and cockiness lets ahsoka take advantage of him and turn the tables, capturing him. if he took the easy win, ahsoka would be dead and maul would have escaped. but his arrogance gets the best of him and it costs him the fight, as is a consistent and well-executed theme of his character.

Damn bro. Never thought of it that way.

Damnnn, that hits home, man. So much/many sad symbolic metaphors hidden in plain sight.

Great call.

I watched it the very night it came out. The entirety of Season 7 I stayed up till midnight watching. After the finale, I went to bed crying because the Clone Wars was literally my childhood. The Siege of Mandalore arc encapsulated everything just perfectly.

YES!!! Couldn't Agree More!

agreed

I really do wish they explained how maul was saved by his followers. Yeah I know it’s in a comic and Dave didn’t want to ret-con it this time but please man, you gotta do it for me I’m begging yeh

I agree. I absolutely hated the martez sisters arc. And I thought the bad batch was decent but was more of a pilot for the actual bad batch show, which is of course, pretty good.

@@kdusel1991 This week's episode was wild.

@@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45 I agree. It was a pretty good one.

so much weight behind that line

Imo, they were always knights. They always fit in that architype that lives for, strives for, and fights for something bigger than themselves. They always had the galaxies safety and eventual harmony as their priority, either on an individual level or in a large scale battle. Sure, the clone wars was a distraction, and Palpatine's way of spreading out the Jedi, but they had the best intentions, and did seek/teach truth, (even if they were mortal and weren't perfect), in my opinion. Ahsoka was by no means "calling out" Obi Wan but it was written to look that way. Sorry to pop off, but idk what happened to Ahsoka this season, it just felt like another "be better" session with strong wahman. Obi knew that Coruscant had a big population, and saving lives is not playing politics. Because they're allied with the Republic it only makes sense they didn't want to go on a random crusade on a planet that isn't in present danger. The Jedi were blind and arrogant in Filoni's retelling of these events, not in the prequels. I wish people would pay attention to what is in front of them (Revenge of the Sith, the OT). Whatever Filoni is trying to convey about the Jedi in those last seasons was not what they were meant to be. The Jedi were good, even if they are mere mortals and mistake prone. This explains the intended vision we didn't see in Revenge of the Sith: a novel review with s*** audio ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MKgEalHrQj8.html

@@ThreadBareHope1234 I was just alluding to the fact that chivalric Knights were essentially lone, medieval peacekeepers just like the Jedi had been. They were seen mostly as Generals in the Clone Wars because now they commanded battle troops, which was really unprecedented for peacekeepers since they hadn't dealt with war for thousands of years. Sorry I wasn't casting moral judgment on the Jedi Order, just pointing out that their role had in practice changed during the Clone Wars.

@@1983horizons1 Oh, yeah. I know. Sorry if that sounded accusative. I agree with you and just started rambling.😄

@@ThreadBareHope1234 Ah, no worries. The rant was valid!

I don't think it was unnecessary that Anakin changed the colors. Maybe it reflects how much he missed her and tried to pass a part of himself to her. So when he retrieved the lightsabers he was reminded of his humanity again.

@@vassilyvodka2638 or how he also wants control

What's your point, really? That Anakin himself used to have a blue lightsaber? Or something else? In other words, what is the ending rhyming with?

It’s because of the obsessive control he puts over his loved ones

I agree

@@thegoldman25 okay

hmm

I actually forgot how long ago was Season 7 release, it can't be 3 years i said to myself, since i still remembered it scene by scene till this day.

They completely bastardized the Mandalorians. Filoni and Favro's entire careers are retconning great material and replacing it with worse material.

couldn't agree more!

Sam Witwer did a fantastic job! His voice acting is part of the reason why I think the force unleashed is one of the best star wars games ever made! The only game that slightly beats it for me is jedi fallen order.

@@thegoldman25 Maul went straight up Vegeta after he broke out.

Maul challenged his inner Starkiller since they are both the same person 😂

I think you have a point, I think it just doesn't have the same atmosphere. Vader's is terrifying tense moment and Luke's is an epic return, whereas Maul's is just cool, but it doesn't really have the same feel imo

Maul and Ashoka while not even really exploited on in live action are what I believe to be the best written characters besides obi won anakin and palpatine

If you look back at maul this is like the second we have seen him absolutely dominate with out a lightsaber

@@MidnightNachos lol

I have to disagree. Vader's and Luke's hallway walks are perfect because they were unexpected and them bathing the hallway with the colour of their lightsaber makes them some of the best scenes of those characters.

That single tales of the jedi episode with Ahsoka destroyed Rey and made us hate her even more. Because with 2 scenes it shows Snips has been practicing for almost 3 years, whereas Rey can just do whatever she wanted without training

@@rodmusic3787Rey sucks lol

@@rodmusic3787you gotta let it go. Enjoy the SW you love, and just let go of the things you don’t.

Both are S Tier, but Rebels is also fantastic

@@thegoldman25 I would agree. I think clone wars is better than Rebels though. It's way darker in tone whereas rebels is a bit too kid friendly to me to really love it.

@@kdusel1991 Rebels is pretty hit or miss, but when it hits, oh boy does it hit.

@@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45 I agree with that. I still hate Ezra though, but I'm happy that by season three he changes.

And what's great is that Filoni had a hand in creating the first season of TLA and was recruited onto the clone wars while he was working on TLA. Makes sense these 2 shows are S tier.

same here!

That was one of my favorite musical touches too. Along with the altered intro, and the very Return of the Jedi-esque theme that plays when Rex and his men pop out from under the bridge to fight the trade federation droids.

one of the best things to happen to star wars

@@thegoldman25 agreed.

Thanks for watching the video! I appreciate it!

@@thegoldman25 thanks for a great breakdown man! Enjoyed your insight on the episodes and would be really interested in seeing you talk about other arcs that stood out to you from the show!

And not just the injustice but how easily anyone can be discarded. The clones were the true reason and means of which Palpatine achieved his goal. They were instrumental in keeping the Jedi and Galaxy mired in busy work and then as executioners and finally as a Galactic wide police force until he could get the Imperial Army and Navy up and running. And for their sacrifice, they are forgotten. And even for those heroic deeds and sacrifices during the clone wars, turning on the jedi and stomping hard on the galaxy is their only legacy. Its heartbreaking.

I totally agree with you, but I feel like they had no choice not to do a happy ending considering how the prequels end

Agreed, i feel like that's why a lot of Star Wars fans have such high regard for Revenge of the Sith as well. It's not a happy ending, but a complex yet well-told story based on the very real concept that sometimes evil wins

Feels a lot like Rogue One. I was so happy they ended that with a suicidal mission where everything is lost (but still manage to get the famous death star plans out. Not very Disney like where almost no one survives.

I mean, I don't really feel like Clone Wars had a happy ending. One of the final shots was basically a graveyard of helmets with ahsoka's markings on them.

​@@doomawsogaming that's... what they said

Rex even tell then Ahsoka is included, so yeah.

That’s the thing, This arc _feels_ like a movie. If you take away every intro except the first, and every end credits before the last, it essentially _is_ a movie. I feel it was directed like one, which is amazing. In this context, we were introduced to the Clone Wars by a movie, and it ended with a movie. Pretty neat if you ask me.

I just love u man and i will forever respect u

If you get the chance there's a few arcs that you should watch, particularly the stuff involving Mandalore/Darth Maul coming back with his brother.

​@@kdusel1991 i don't know if you noticed, but Disney plus has a Mandalorian Culture playlist in the star wars section that makes it so easy. Also works as a guide to know what's going on in mandalorian

Have you seen Twin Suns episode of Rebel? Maul and Kenobi's last duel gets my eyes watery

​@@kdusel1991 The Umbara Arc... that will never not affect me

@@hcxpl1 the umbara arc is so good!! Keep in mind that I didn't even watch Clone wars when it came out. I watched it during lockdown. It's incredible! I also like the bounty hunter obi wan arc. And anything with Cad Bane is perfect.

Without outside knowledge of who Palpatine is or what he's ben doing, Sidious could have been someone like Mas Amedda. Him being a Jafar-esk figure, possibly using the force to manipulate Palpatine is 100% believable.

I don't really feel like we needed it cuz he was in many other episodes and arcs in the past that gave his lots of depth like the umbra arc

@@sri-kaushalramana437 he really wasn’t

My exact thought when playing fallen order

10/10!

Thanks for checking out the channel! great to see you here

I love to hear stories like this, thanks for watching!

so glad you watched the series, it's truly special

Wow, thank you!

NWH came out way after endgame though. Also Jedi Fallen Order is one of the best star wars games I've ever played. I'd love it if the sequel was ported to the ps4.

yeah it's a really interesting situation

But that happens before the battle because you can see windu chatting with ahsoka and the masters after Maul and Ahsoka's fight.

would Palpatine realistically have a list of all the jedi

@@thegoldman25 im sure the jedi wouldve kept records in their archives, i mean they knew about force sensitive babies on certain planets that they control. So i think he could definitely have a list of all the jedi.

@@thegoldman25 Well, he certainly would have when the Jedi signed up to become generals and commanders in the GAR.

Not without un-writing the events of the movies. I think what we got was what Dave thought was the most reasonable method of writing where Ahsoka's choices ultimately had no impact on what happened in the movie, no matter how hard she tried. There were impacts elsewhere, but the movie cannot be changed.

@@Nimoodles and still had the effects of making it even more depressing

I'm so jealous. With Mandalorian being a thing now, I feel like no one else will have that stress that you felt. Cherish it

for me its the description of that very finale that gives me the chills: 'Ahsoka and Rex must use their wit and skills to survive the turbulent end of the Clone Wars'. Whats so amazing about this is the fact that the last part 'end of the clone wars' has two meanings: the fact that in universe the clone wars ends with order 66 and the slaughter of all the seperatist leaders on mustafar AND the fact that this episode is literally the end of the clone wars television series

Awesome, thank you!

That would’ve been great

So damb good!

Well, ig technically She wan’t the one to kill them in the end lol.

Wow! Thank you for watching the video that many times, even I couldn't do that and I like listening to myself talk hahaha

Glad you enjoyed it!