I can look into finding some concept art and art revolving around that arc! 

Despite it being very painful, that arc has a lot of great things going for it too.

Gifs are going to be a little more difficult, but I will look into making more when I find a good place to rewatch.

– Admin CG

I’m afraid I’m not the ideal person to bring into this conversation if you are looking for validation. 

It sounds like you’ve already been convinced of how much you dislike it and, though I disagree on your reasoning, I am honestly too tired to take on any sort of responsibility to convince you otherwise.

To me, I am looking at things with an open mind.

It’s been over a decade since the original show ran. The tools and programs have changed. The technology has advanced. And with all these things to consider, I am honestly happy with the fact that they have at least retrained what they could of the overall original style. 

Even if the visual animation feels different than their first trailer, I still find the art style compelling and visually striking to watch. 

I can understand critiquing content – I encourage this with any sort of entertainment content we consume – but I am going to withhold any observations for after the series is released.

I’m sure it was something he discussed with his family for a long while before his passing. I’d like to think that when the moment came, he was surrounded by the people he loved.

And more importantly, he knew just how much he was loved. 

Thank you! I also sometimes go back and revisit old posts so the tagging has been helpful for on my end as well ^^  Also, the show consists of so many characters -- I feel it’s only fair to help other people try and track their favorites, if they like.

From the way that they portrayed him in the movies, and also what we hear of him from other people – what is pretty clear is how much he cares for his son. 

And with that being are the forefront constantly, I never really perceived that Jango wanted for a long term romantic relationship. And perhaps it’s a little too perfect that Boba would never really yearn for a “mother-figure” in his life when having a father at all is already his whole world.

I could see Jango being open to it. But it’s not a priority for him – he’s not wanting for it, and I feel he would honestly be alright with it just being him and his son against the galaxy.

I know that people suspect Zam Wessel – after all, it seems he trusts her to a certain extent. They went on numerous jobs together in the past and he decided to go to her when it came to being hired to assassinate Padme Amidala. A job, I think, he took very seriously if he was enlisting help even when he was already a very experienced bounty hunter.

A good man.

I’ve talked about Wolffe in detail in the past and honestly, I respect where he comes from. His absolute loyalty which stems from his respect of Plo Koon and then his eventual distrust of the Jedi later in Rebels after the events of Order 66 and however that must have tragically played out.

I hope we get to see him in the last season, definitely!

Not canon anymore, but also not contradicted. This is incredibly astute in terms of a lot of the EU nowadays tbh lol

Ahhh now that you mention it, I remember reading about that! Thinking about their montrals/lekku getting hit by lighting -- ow. That must have hurt a lot!

I also remember reading how the montrals being hollow helped togruta with keeping balance. Also, Ahsoka covering her...”ears” here was always interesting to me. Like, how does this work?

There is just...so much we don’t really know for sure, it’s frustrating we have basically nothing nailed down when it comes to a lot of the alien species -- even ones that are as commonplace as the twi’leks and togruta.

I feel that them forwarding what they got from animating Rebels was inevitable, but I don’t think they lost any of the integrity of the original series neither.When they showcased two clips during the Star Wars Celebration, I didn’t notice anything immediately off about the animation. Stylistically, Rebels has always been different from The Clone Wars – and it’s something that was immediately noticed by everyone.Even the way they are story boarded, the way that their scenes are mapped are very different. And I feel like this is going to be a big factor in how we perceive the animation.

I would say that The Clone Wars is more “grandiose” in terms of how they do their action scenes, for instance. There are often moments where they are panning over the area, and also doing constant cuts to create a hectic, rushed feel to their action scenes. The Clone Wars also has its focus on large groups of characters – such as the clones. The camera shifts and moves often, and there are often switches between close up shots of characters being actively attacked, to far off shots where you can see all of them at once. 

Rebels is more small group focused, more personable. War isn’t seen as this heroic or grand thing as much as a necessity they must all take part in. The scenes in turn do not try to cut too often as you take everything in. The camera keeps its steady focus on the characters and keeps you involved in everything that they are doing. You can often see their entire bodies and track their movements as they fight – or at least take in their movements from the chest upward, reading their emotions. Characters can often look awkward or clunky when moving, but I always felt like…this was intentional. Often, these aren’t seasoned warriors, but common people trying to survive with the skills they learned along the way. It’s always clear what the characters are doing, and you rarely lose track of any of them among the chaos.

If The Clone Wars has borrowed anything from Rebels, I feel that even if they are animated in the same way, the way the scenes are story boarded still feels very indicative of the original series. Things look sharper, the colors look brighter and smoother, the animations still look spot on in terms of emotional range and secondary movements. And none of this is to say that Rebels was animated badly at all – rather that the two shows are different and were two stories that needed to be showed differently.

Honestly, I can’t speak for any specific technicalities in terms of animation and am hardly an expert on the subject, but these are things I noticed when comparing the two clips. 

Here are the two videos for people who want to watch themselves and make their own conclusions:

SW Rebels – Kanan, Ezra, and Rex vs Droids

SWTCW – Bad Batch vs Droids

In which something that was once really wholesome turns devastatingly tragic and terrifying in one moment.

If that isn’t a summary of Order 66, I don’t know what is.

No worries! That is definitely something I had in mind when we got news about the last season being confirmed.

I’ll tag them as both “Clone Wars Spoilers” and “Clone Wars Last Season Spoilers” for anyone who wants to block them.

I’ll also give some breathing time and won’t reblog any new content immediately after release to give people a chance to catch up if they need to. (About 2 days at most)

Since we’ve all been waiting for this season for a long time, I feel it’s only fair to give everyone a chance to experience it for the first time so we can all engage and enjoy the content together.