(RE)RELEASED - S02E10 - Terror of Geonosis (v2.0)

RELEASE VERSION, now brought up to my more polished v2.0 standard.
Our tenth and final episode of season two, and the third and final episode of the Geonosis trilogy.
Comprising the original episodes Legacy of Terror, and Brain Invaders.
Running 40 minutes.
DOWNLOAD LINK is in the tracker spreadsheet, PM me for access.
Note: It’s recommended that you download this before watching, rather than streaming it directly from Google Drive.

Geonosis is a great arc, with a lot of good action but a real focus on our core trio, and especially Anakin/Ahsoka. A worthy finale. This part, part three, follows the action-heavy previous episode probably the most true horror episode of the show. And it’s genuinely tense, and with that good character-building trauma for our main character Ahsoka.

Noteworthy changes:

This episode is titled ‘Terror of Geonosis’ to continue the callout to the recognisable planet but to tell the prospective viewer that we’re going in a whole new direction after the prior two.
Regarding placement, as I stated above, the episode is part of an arc that’s a fitting finale. I also placed it here as the final part of the ‘opening’ of the show, the first two seasons, to mark the transition point into darker terrain (and new character models). It concludes season two’s theme regarding the instability of the war, and the lighter theme that we haven’t really heard much from Dooku lately (turns out he was churning out weapons factories). After this, the war’s back to the forefront.
I use the opening text to clarify a couple of things that’re the focus of this episode - the state of the battle (but absence and search for Poggle), Ahsoka’s emotional state, and the new non-military threat.
Structurally I borrowed Smudger’s idea to intercut the two episodes so that the plot develops in parallel and the most tension is preserved at any given moment.
I cut Poggle fleeing - It was a bit goofy, and Luminara’s dialogue brings us up to speed.
I also removed the ‘coming in too fast’ subplot because it’s not interesting - we don’t care about the medical station so there’s no additional jeopardy there, and it takes away from the main drama of the worms. (I’ve further refined a transition here compared to the earlier version of this episode.)

Good fun. Onwards to season three!