Clone Wars Review: Revenge

*This post will contain spoilers for Revenge!!!* 


What a season it's been, huh?  I went into this episode with pretty low expectations, only because I wasn't too interested in the entire Maul-Come-Back plot line, especially after last week's episode.
I was pretty impressed actually, with this one!!!  I enjoyed the majority of it, and got quite fangirly during it!!!

First things first, I did NOT like the Witchcraft/Dathomir witch/Mother Talzin thing.  She seems REALLY overdone.  I saw her for three episodes in Season Three...I don't want to see her ever again after her many appearances in Season Four.
I also got super annoyed with "Spider-Maul" as he's been come to be called in my house.  He was all insane and wacky, and I felt like Savage was nothing but a wayward babysitter for him!!
Maul's transformation was kinda on the creepy side, and my sister's reaction was simple...
"Woah, she gave him a necklace and muscles!"  <-- Accurate.

I felt kinda bad for Darth Maul when he was falling all over the place on his new legs, and I REALLY liked his voice.  Sam Witwer did a GREAT job.

Now for the stuff I LOVED.
Obi-Wan!!!!  He was fantastic!!!!  I liked the minor emotion we got out of him, it felt like it was really evident that he'd matured and everything, plus, he was was a good jedi!!!  I have a thing against Mace Windu for some reason....he's always come off as such a jerk to me.  I even wrote in my notes "Shut it Mace!!  Woo Yoda!!"  Yoda was cool for the second and a half we saw him....and he put his faith in Obi-Wan that help would arise.

Ohhhh boy.  Asajj Ventress.  As soon as that chick came onscreen, I was squealing and jumping up and down.  Ventress was FANTASTIC.  She has the coolest outfit in the galaxy (I LOOOVE her new outfit!!!!), and she's so tough and kick-butt!!!  I thought she was great in this episode.  Her dynamic with Obi-Wan was perfect.  As weird as it sounds, I'm going to have issues NOT shipping them together from now on.......they made a great team.  It showed that they had a history, and that there was tension.  I loved their little quips back and forth, I'll have to go back and listen to those again.

The fight scenes were EPIC.  I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, flinching each time Obi-Wan was thrown across the room and punched and injured, and the same for Ventress.  It wasn't easy to watch...but so well done!!!!!

Darth Maul was a fierce opponent.  He was strong and relentless.  It was incredible. When he gloated in Obi-Wan's face about killing Qui-Gon, I felt SO BAD for Obi-Wan.  I wanted to punch Maul (like I'd ever win, I'd be dead in two seconds).

I'm glad that both Obi-Wan and Ventress made it away alive.  And I'm glad that they left the plot so open for more!!!!  TOTAL cliff hanger!!!!  I give this episode a 9/10.  Amazing end to a great season.

May the Force be with you my friends!

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Clone Wars Review: Brothers

**Warning:  This review will contain spoilers for TCW Brothers**


Now I'll be honest. I was quite disappointed with this episode. I didn't like it half as much as I thought I would, and I wasn't at all anticipating the return of Darth Maul. Everything was really shrouded in mystery for a while, and I was hoping that TCW would do something really, really cool with Darth Maul's return...but not really. As my sister put it- "He lived in a dumpster with a spider butt held up with duct tape and he went mental from talking to that stupid snake like, twenty years."
(exact quote...thank you Glo-girl).

I pretty much agree with my sister's assessment. Darth Maul was FREAKY. There was so much potential to bringing him back...and personally, I didn't like the way they went with. I'm sure it all has a purpose but the only thing I see happening is him dying all over again. I mean...they can't kill Obi-Wan (again), so we're running out of options.

Two things I did like, (before I go off on the stuff I didn't)...I liked seeing Anakin and Ahsoka, even if their part didn't exactly fit into the rest of the show. I liked that Anakin could sense something familiar from long ago though...it was kinda foreshadowing.

Another thing I liked- Ventress and Latts got a cameo from last week's episode!!! I love Latts now...she's epic. And I love Ventress too!! It was nice to see them, even if only for a second.

Savage was okay.  I felt bad for him honestly. He wanted to find his brother, after everything else was taken away from him, and all he got was Insane-Creeper-Maul and an annoying-as-all-get-out Snakey Guy.

The Snakey Guy....oohhh boy.  The second it opened it's mouth to talk I knew I hated it.  That did NOT feel like Clone Wars...it looked like something from The Black Lagoon...or something. It's voice was annoying too. I do not blame Savage for strangling it...I was about ready to!!!

Another thing I liked...before I get into Darth Maul...I LOVED the music.  The music selection was great for this episode. Ominous but also it had hints from The Phantom Menace's soundtrack in there too. Nice touch!

Now Darth Maul...yikes. I didn't like his appearance at ALL. He was really really really freaky looking, and SERIOUSLY INSANE. I was cursing in my notes again...this time in serious confusion though. Darth Maul's voice was pretty creepy...his laugh was literally insane. I liked that he used the Mortis "chains" quote. I was like "OH WOW!! MORTIS!!"  For those of you who don't know...Mortis was my favorite arc.

Obi-Wan was awesome at the end, and it's leaving me BEGGING FOR BETTER EPISODES NEXT WEEK.  I really am nervous for Obi-Wan, as he is one of my favorite characters.  I don't want to see anything bad happen to him.  Even though I already know his fate. Anyways. I give this episode a 4/10.  It wasn't great. I didn't enjoy it and I'm hoping next week will be better. Until next time my friends, may the Force be with you!!

Clone Wars Review: Bounty

**Warning:  This post WILL contain spoilers for Bounty!!!**


Before I start this review, I'd like to thank everyone who gave me feedback on last week's review, I know it was a tad bit controversial, but they were simply my opinion and thoughts.  I'm happy there was some good discussion though, so thanks!

Now, onto Bounty.....this episode was GREAT!!! Possibly one of the best in Season Four this far!!!  I was very impressed.

I honestly went into this episode with low expectations.  Last week's episode still left me a bit upset, and I was not expecting Bounty to be such a knockout episode!!!

Things I loved:
Jawas!!!  VENTRESS!!!! She was incredible!!!  Boba Fett!  He was cute, and he had the most adorable Clone accent.  Bossk and Dengar and the other Bounty Hunter Chick!  The Ninjas!  And so much more!

Now I shall discuss.  WOW!!!! WOW!!!!! That was awesome!!!  The first thing I liked was Ventress.  She was pretty darn kick-butt in the beginning.  She was on Tatooine, and you see that it truly is a hive of scum and villainy.  The cantina is pretty cool, and they play a new song!  The amount of bounty hunters were so cool!! We even got a little Embo cameo!  Embo had a puppy!!!

The really, really cool Bounty Hunter chick with Bossk (his girlfriend...ahahaha), Latts, was awesome!!! She reminded me of "Poison Ivy" from Batman with her vine like whips.  Dengar was really cool.  I wasn't sure what to think of Dengar, since I don't really know much about him....but from what I DO know, as an EU fan, this really really really makes the EU even cooler.  If I have my facts right, Dengar helps rescue Boba Fett from the Sarlaac pit.  Could he remember Boba, the punk kid who led the mission on (THAT PLANET) with the valuable bounty?  I kind of hope so.  It's cool that they cross paths so long beforehand.

Also, just to mention, Dengar's voice was pretty darn cool, for all the controversy that surrounded the voice actor portraying him, Simon Pegg.

I have to thank Bounty for turning me into a Boba Fett fangirl.  I never really liked Boba before...I mean, sure he's iconic, and cool, and has a jet pack, but I always thought of Boba as that guy that Han knocks into the Sarlaac pit by accident.  Not very heroic or epic of him, huh?
TCW really changed my point of view of Boba.  I liked him in Season Two's finale, and I like him a lot more now in Season Four.  He was a leader, and a really cool guy!!!!  He was cute too, from a girl standpoint.  And I seriously LOVED his voice!!! Daniel Logan did a fantastic job....because Boba really sounded like a Clone Trooper in certain lines, which made my fangirly little self squeal and get super excited.

The really cool planet (INSERT NAME OF PLANET HERE) was awesome for me, because it was purple!!! My favorite color!!! And the sub-train thing looked like something from Tron, one of our new focuses here on FOF!!

Okay, next thing....the NINJAS.  WOOAAHHHH TCW JUST GOT A BILLION TIMES MORE EPIC.  THEY PUT NINJAS IN TCW.  Seriously, if you think about it, the "robbers" looked like Ninjas, they used cool vibroblade-swords, and had really cool hand-to-hand combat skills.  I loved it!!!

This episode had a real "train robbery" feel to it, like you'd see in old TV shows and movies.  Really fun concept, I enjoyed it thoroughly.

As we know, I am all about Character Development.  I now LOOOOOVE Asajj Ventress.  She has a CHARCTER, she has a STORY.  One reason I liked one of those Nightsister episodes in last Season (though I didn't really love them all) was the one with Ventress's back story, because it added more to her story.  Excellent.

Ventress has been burned time and time again.  Nothing but pain and loss for poor Asajj, and in one second, after one mission where she sees someone who she can relate to, she changes her whole outlook.  Her "I have a future" statement at the end left me literally applauding.  My mom was applauding too.  Beautiful.  I loved it!
On top of that, she was really epic, with her use of the Force, her lightsabers and simple hand-to-hand combat.

Now....as soon as that chest was opened, and the girl rolled out, I literally wrote "WHAT? CONFUSED....." in my notes.  I was honestly perplexed.  What was going on?  And why was the head ninja hugging her?  Brother?  Say whaaaaat?

TCW, that was fabulous.  Absolutely perfect.  I loved it.  It held a plot twist, and it made Ventress think, and made the viewers think!!!  I loved Boba, and how he ended up in the end, while the girl and her ninja-brother had a happy ending.  It was so good!

I don't have anything negative to say really....except that I didn't like the centipede bug thing that Girl and Ninja-Bro rode out on.

Fabulous TCW, I really enjoyed this episode!!!!!  I give it a 10/10!!!! Home run with Bounty!!!!