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Post #477081

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Diego
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How many of you watch the Clone Wars series regularly and what do you think of it?
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22-Feb-2011, 5:41 PM

I've watched most of it, and find it to be very inconsistent, with some terrible crap like the virus episode and some pretty good episodes that are better than anything in Episodes 2 & 3.

Sometimes I get the feeling they're not sure who their target audience is (a problem you could say is also present on the prequels). It seems the show started as an excuse to sell more toys and to gain a tween audience, so we got Ashoka Tano, the cool, teenage girl student who calls Anakin skyguy and sounds and dresses like Hannah Montana or whatever kids like these days. That was toned down quickly, I don't think she ever said skyguy ever again and even now she's dressed differently and has become almost a likeable characther.

So we've got some dumb Jar Jar episodes, the ridiculous virus episode. Then we've got what could be considered some pretty dark episodes for children and also what would be some incredibly boring episodes for children so I'm guessing they're not the target anymore. It seems lately the show is on a "fanwank" overdrive so their target must be SW fanboys who want to see Jabba, Darth Maul, Chewbacca, Tarkin, Qui-Gon, the Carbon Freezing Chamber, Detention Block AA23, Sy Snootles, Greedo, etc...

If I liked the prequels, continuity would be an issue though. The whole show seems to me to big to go completely unmentioned on ROTS. The last arc they pretty much met the Dark and Light sides of the force in person, which I would think might come up in a conversation, you know, if you're deciding to turn to the dark side like Anakin did. And of course the fact that Ashoka is never mentioned again, which regardless of the way they chose to eliminate her, makes no sense.