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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 058

As a change of pace, our hosts watch the 2003 series Star Wars: Clone Wars created by Genndy Tartakovsky. They’re joined by special guest Jacob. This episode is a change from the normal schedule of watching episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars created by Dave Filoni, so if you’re interested in that, try a different episode.

The discussion wanders around, so if you want to jump to a different part, here are some timestamps:

0:35 Genndy Tartakovsky

11:32 Star Wars: Clone Wars

15:47 Durge

27:32 Assajj Ventress and Count Dooku

35:33 Anakin Skywalker

42:03 Padmé Amidala, C-3PO and voice actors

47:45 Force Powers in Star Wars: Clone Wars

56:13 Animation and posing, clone dialogue

1:02:13 Aliens and fighting styles

1:06:19 General Grievous

1:16:53 Ghost Hand

1:22:39 3D Animated Ships and Ilum

1:25:46 Our favorite things from Star Wars: Clone Wars

Star Wars - Clone Wars - Bridging the Saga

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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 057

Our hosts watch Season 2 Episode 15, Senate Murders. They discuss the speed of Onaconda Farr’s strange funeral, whether or not Tan Divo is like Columbo, and Padme’s propensity to jump to adventure. They also discuss many characters including the Divo Family, Senator Stonks and Senator Dracula.

Tom Kenny: Adding Columbo to Clone Wars

Tanivos Exantor Divo

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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 056

Our hosts watch Season 3 Episode 11, Pursuit of Peace with a special guest, Haven! Before watching the episode, Zac quizzes David and Haven on their knowledge of Padme Amidala trivia.

The hosts discuss the butt shaped heads of Quarren, Robonino’s floppy ears and senatorial holograms. Onto this week's adventures in Clone Wars!

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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 055

Our hosts watch Season 3 Episode 10, Heroes on Both Sides with special guest Haven! The hosts start off with a discussion of Star Wars opening crawls, where the title of this episode comes from.

The hosts generally liked this episode, based on the improved animation, Ahsoka’s new outfit, the evidence of corruption in the Republic and the added nuance of seeing Separatist citizens and government. They were less enthused about how Ahsoka still got looked up and down and was the only character who was ogled at.

The article about Ashoka’s outfit is available here. On to this week's adventures in Clone Wars!

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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 054

Our hosts watch Season 3 Episode 9, Hunt for Ziro. The hosts start by discussing the classic work of jizz music: Jedi Rocks. Zac and David discuss whether the changes to this scene in the 1997 Special Edition made the scene better or worse.

Original Edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1sF9veTzuU

Special Edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiDRgDmXGi4

After watching the episode, they are impressed with how good the episode was overall, especially the fight with Cad Bane and Sy Snootles’s surprise betrayal. Finally they reflect on the last three episodes as a cohesive trilogy. On to this week's adventures in Clone Wars!

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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 053

Our hosts watch Season 1 Episode 22, Hostage Crisis. Before watching the episode, Zac shares Alfred Hitchcock’s thoughts about Star Wars with David. Zac also asks David to look out for evidence to support Bryan Young’s claim that this episode was influenced by Die Hard.

After the episode, Zac and David talk about terrible things including Cad Bane’s plan, the rise of galactic fascism and Anakin and Padme’s romance. Onto this week's adventures in Clone Wars!

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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 052

Our hosts watch Season 3 Episode 8, Evil Plans. The hosts start with a discussion of the article How the Empire Strikes Back Ruined Star Wars which claims that the original Star Wars film had a unique bit of serial cinema magic in it that we've since lost.

After watching the episode, Zac and David discuss the droid spa, C-3PO’s memories, and Cad Bane’s roundabout plan. David admires how R2-D2 actually looks clean after the spa and Zac explains why Todo 360 is back after dying on screen in a previous episode. On to this week's adventures in Clone Wars!

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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 051

Our hosts watch Season 3 Episode 4, Sphere of Influence. Zac starts by trying to see if David can figure out what surprising actor played Baron Papanoida in Revenge of the Sith.

After watching the episode, David argues that the Pantorans are much too competent in all areas to be interesting characters. Zac wishes Rotta the Hutt was in The Mandalorian.The hosts wonder how a blockade of a planet even works and everyone is very curious about when the Commerce Treaty of 1647 was signed. On to this week's adventures in Clone Wars!

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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 050

Our hosts watch Season 3 Episode 2, ARC Troopers. The hosts start by comparing The Mandalorian S1E4 Sanctuary to Clone Wars S2E17 Bounty Hunters and say which one is the better remake of Seven Samurai.

After watching the episode, they wonder how Asajj got onto Kamino, but compliment the Separatists on their clever plan overall. Finally, they make the claim that 99’s death in this episode is the most emotionally impactful death so far in the series. On to this week's adventures in Clone Wars!

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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 049

Our hosts watch Season 3 Episode 7, Assassin. They start off discussing this article from MTV News in 2008: http://www.mtv.com/news/2430499/is-ziro-the-hutt-the-first-gay-alien-in-star-wars-history/ 

  After watching the episode, they contrast Yoda’s advice about force visions in this episode and Revenge of the Sith. The hosts question both Aurra Sing’s skills as the titular assassin and the effectiveness of Padme’s security guards. And for once the fortune cookie was relevant. On to this week's adventures in Clone Wars!

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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 048

Our hosts watch Season 3 Episode 6, The Academy. They start off discussing what Ahsoka’s living quarters would look like. After watching the episode, they all agree that Mandalore is pretty racist. Then they ask the question of how Ahsoka can find the exact identity of a blank hologram, but Prime Minister Almec can’t forge a digital signature. Finally they wonder why Duchess Satine was put into a Houdini style prison cell. Onto this week's adventures in Clone Wars!

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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 047

Our hosts watch Season 3 Episode 5, Corruption. The hosts review Season 2 and lay out their expectations for what’s to come. They are amazed and confused by Padme’s varying hair styles, the Moogan snake people and the recipe for Moogan Tea. Onto this week's adventures in Clone Wars!

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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 046

Our hosts watch Season 2 Episode 22, Lethal Trackdown. The hosts discuss this episode’s imitation of Ennio Morricone style leifmotif and the style of Jedi Jammies. They praise the presentation of Aurra Sing as merciless and terrifying but critique Boba’s inconsistent character arc through this trilogy of episodes.

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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 045

Our hosts watch Season 2 Episode 21, R2 Come Home. The hosts discuss R2D2’s potty mouth, Gundark ecology and Bossk’s sultry voice. Onto this week's adventures in Clone Wars!

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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 044

Our hosts watch Season 2 Episode 20, Death Trap. Zac introduces Jess and David to Aurra Sing and her long fingers. The hosts discuss Aurra’s relationship with Baby Boba Fett. They also discuss the ethics of the clone youth brigade. Onto this week's adventures in Clone Wars!

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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 043

Our hosts watch Season 2 Episode 14, Duchess of Mandalore. The hosts discuss Palpatine’s puppeteering and whether he can be considered a 4D chess master. They also talk about navigation systems, Obi-Wan’s foolhardiness and Mandalorian jetpack autopilot. Onto this week's adventures in Clone Wars!

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ReCloned: Clone Wars Rewatch Podcast Episode 042

Our hosts watch Season 2 Episode 13,Voyage of Temptation. The hosts discuss which Jedi fuck, the creepy assassin droids, the fancy Coronet and R2-D2’s emotional beeping. Onto this week's adventures in Clone Wars!

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