Clone Wars Slaves of the Republic
Chil-dren
Children are slaves
Contin
-uing
on,
That’s
Kin
da-
Narrator
(smarter than Anakin)
It hasn’t been for several years
though right?
Z-y
ger-i
a-
Seriously
you guys co -exist
and have a giant council,
How did no one
notice this shit?
Also if they’re
Sep-ar
Tist-
-
they have a
govern
-ment-
So, is this some kind of
iron
curtain?
Se-
riously?
-
How?
Also why is
Rex
or Cody?
—
Okay, seriously what is up with the
uniform?
-
Where’d you even get that from?
There’s one dude,
And if it was from like a secret
stash of disguises?
Wouldn’t that be
several years
out of date?
Like,
What?
-
You’re better off not doing the
dis-guises
Also, geez a lot of assumptions like one
extremist made a claim and now the whole planet has the
burn
...
Like seriously it’s in
char-
acter,
But this means Obi-Wan was only agreeing with her because he knows her personally
(’Her’ being
Man-
dal
Or
Ia
N
Duchess,’)
Those are
ships
What- music-
Why?
The music is just
nope,
Bor
der-
Ing-
On-
.
Seriously
why is he here?
.
What is with the
clothing ?
Why?
Seriously, how is that going to
fool anyone,
They’re-
I don’t like the lack of logic
already in this episode,
Why?
‘you’ll be so distracted by that she won’t notice that we completely invaded her kingdom wearing the uniform (possibly 10 years out of date) of her guard and do not at all look like a species
Or anyone
she hi
-re
-d
(And somehow
won’t get stabbed to death)
Oh,
And
Ahsoka,
Sl-ave
Y-eah,
Also why is
she wearing face coverings?
Like, didn’t seem to be a
custom?
Odd
Dis
guise
(I guess anything covering features would
give her less of a chance of being
recognized)
(Yeah but you know more about the emotions involved,
And probably would be better acting at it)
Ma-ster
No,
Damn
she just scorch
ed his teaching
Boomers,
Don’t know
shit
Why is it
blue?
Why is there a
dragon thing?
-
I don’t know
Ah-soka why don’t you ask the
clone you’re work
-ing with,
Or remember how they raised you for the sole purpose of serving their system
Fighting for it
This
Oh great
did she tell you that information ?
(Instead of
y’know
fixing the damn problem,”
Yeah,
Sucks,
Oh they actually
brought that up,
Okay, I deduct that point
(Slight
ly,)
-
Invit
-ation
-
Fair
Brig
-and
Again what makes them think that this is anything more than an
extremist ?
Like, how is that
important?
Halt,
What,
That
thi-ng,
?
Again
what?
?
Also yeah the uniforms look
significantly different?
That mean
anything?
Again
Oh, so those
birds are native ?
Or, Other
Wise-
Se-
riously
what?
Not exactly how
attraction works,
Which I think is
what they were trying to
imply there,
There needed to be more of a
look over-
Or
Him
taking off his hat
(For that
gasp reaction,)
Also yeah
a newly minted slave would totally
bow,
To their oppressor,
That’s
something Anakin,
should be doing,
Ah, did you not send from
your-self?
That would’ve been more of a rea-lis-
tic scene for
the drinks line,
Ha-
tred
-
Yeah no this is a really bad
job,
Yeah, there’s no way
she’s falling for this,
‘This is he
he’s cute so I’ll play along,
There’s, no other way this
isn’t ending with a dagger to a neck,
Wa- rrior
Oh she’s
talking about Ana
-kin
Stock,
Again he literally sent you the
whole population of the planet,
So, I don’t think he was that
specific,
You know
it’s a good thing
Ahsoka’s as an adult
Because this would be highly
disturbing with any other
alternative..
Also I guess that kind of makes sense as
the shock wearing off
but she definitely wouldn’t be that wild,
Mo-
Pro-cessed
Yeah there’s
no way lady is falling for this,
That’s
got dragged into it
temperament,
Point,
It’s
Not-
It’s
not
fitting
‘ I know you’re
bull-
shitting me,”
Her,
Yeah there’s
no way,
she’s falling for this,
(Anyone
would probably have a let’s see
where this leads,
This-
Isn’t
It-
You know this flir-
ting is better than anything that happens with
Padme-
Like
it’s at least got the tone
-right
Good
But also no
She’s significantly older than him and...
toxic,
I’m going with
tox
-ic
-
Also- yeah
Anakin is definitely a lot better
at this-
Ah-
soka
-
Not
even bothering
with it,
Ai
Again,
Why is this so much better than anything with
Pad-me,
Like it’s toxic
-
but it holds them both accountable,
Generally a lot
better writt
-en
(Hopefully they were going for they don’t actually love each other
they just like breaking the rul-es)
Because-
I can’t see it as any
-thing
else
Now,
(Or even then,)
Da-
Mn-
W-e
Yeah dude
it’s clear that she’s faking,
What’s a
Hutt?
Mm
What?
Also yeah no one questioned them about their
human appearance-
Why-
Ob-vious
Also, yeah what are they even doing
bury-ing them alive,
Why-
Obi-Wan acts a lot more sus instead of just staying down in the pit with him under the guise of screwing with a prisoner
Also yeah
I can’t blame him,
She’s an adult
Bru-tal
Tox
-ic
Also,
You
figured out the price between you two
That
should be
a lot more dramatic,
They’re adults.
Gi-
Also yeah
no way she’s falling for that
-
Also yeah
where did his name come from?
-
Like did they give an
alias at some point?
-
Cause is Lars just seems to come out of the air-
[they told them that they knew said dude, Anakin talked with the queen but I can’t- but he didn’t mention her name-
Me
Again this is pretty good
though the tone did drop there a little,
She’s
screwing with him-
Yeah,
I’d be worried about him drinking the Kool-Aid right about now
too
[he already drank the Generational Overstep one
]
We-ll
P-
Holo-
What
-
Sl-
aves
-
Uhm,
Sucks
. .
that he decided to enable that shitty system
Accoun-
tability is always better,
But if he dies the system of his
own making it his own fault,
?
- also yeah
now we’re sussing out the human targets,
Ye-ah
Yeah
no she’s definitely fucking with them,
Also you’re telling me they didn’t notice him from the
white republic ass
robes?
(Or did they just
give that to him?)
Sub-mission
Yes
she’s right,
Mhm, loving this ro-
ast of Kenobi right now,
It’s still said by a
worse enable
So not too sweet
But it
hits a spot,
Any
way,
Aight
Well isn’t this Anakin’s fantasy,
finally his anger out on his abuser
(Vent-ing)
Hm,
Yea-
O-k
Ok
Seriously that is damn light
Call-ing him a
boomer
Then they’re both enabling old Gen
So pretty past the
redemption mark,
But,
Still,
Cath,arsis
is nice,
B-ack
W-h
Yeah,
see
she
knew
it
was
bull,
shit-
D-ie
Wh-elp-
-
A more realistic relationship
(toxic)
High
-
Well
(Also when did the
clone get back?)
Well,
Also R2-D2 has the capabilities of a
projectile
launch
-er
-
G
-uard
-
A-i
Whe-
Whe-n?
Okay?
D-amn
A-gain
Exp-ression going a little
Looney Tunes
the-
re-
(I should be able to read
their ex-
pression,”
]
How?
Did
that?
She wasn’t wearing a
shock collar,
And we didn’t see her gets sent to processing with that kind of thing would be implemented,
Ser-
Oof
-
Rex?
-
Freckin
down,
Oof,
W-h-
elp
Again
emotion?
[what’s
the
emotion?]
W-h
Oh-
I thought that was
pretty neat~
Th-em
Da-mn
Also,
friends,
His
poisonous
en-abler
who
groomed
him
to
be
a child soldier,
And someone from a
younger
generation,
Who he groomed to be a child soldier,
Great
freck
‘in
friends,
W-
Hey, that’s
some thing,
Mis-
s-
ion
.
Again has anyone been taking the mission
seriously
.
ever?
..
At any point?
Anakin‘s been hecking around with this
Obi-Wan decided screw
Subtlety, and went for
one guy,
And Ahsoka’s been been
be
grud
G
Ing
Ly
-
Putting
up
with
it-
...
Gen
eral
. . .
Ser
-vant
-
Okay the tone just went into
gar-
g-
,ling
marbles,
And the
expression
is
neutral
(at
best)
What
the
hell?
(Seriously why whenever Anakin‘s unfortunate childhood
it turns into gargling marbles?
Like I can’t even tell what
emotion that is
Either way
it’s just not how people talk,
Voice possibly getting
lower,
Not
what th
is- is
She is right - he has enabled a terrible system and continue(s - to be Obi- wan and the Council’s
bitch
(Non
identification
term,)
Me
Power
Hey, no
difference from Obi-Wan,
Great,
Here,
The Boomer bait
Obi-Wan gave me,
Promising a place in
their screwed up
Future,
That I traded it then
Future
Now
Present
Ahsoka
’s
(Chance)
at
A
Non-
(Completely)
Feck
-e-d
Child
hood
For,
Thank
-s
(Totally not a servant)
Despite the
very conditional nature of
that agreement
Also I real-ly like what they did there,
Anakin not being a slave
(Like he
said,
Like in childhood)
Now just being
a willing
servant,
Really showing the
Modi
-cum
Of
Diff
er
en
ce
Be-tween
Being unwittingly
ordered
into it,
And
(continued)
choosing to
enable it
Fri-en
d-s
Well that’s better for Ahsoka than literally anything Anakin and Obi-Wan have done for her
Con-stantly
putting her in harms way-
(Not giving a shit
about the child soldier thing)
Great
Why?
I don’t
honestly don’t get the idea behind the get up
As seen none of the
other
[of her
species]
Is
wearing
similar
get up
Just-
doesn’t
add
up,-
Aight
Seems-
fine-
More hassle to get
food and water and
everything else up there to be
quite honest,
Also seriously what is up with the wildlife?
Like we have the cute
squishy things?
And then
these?
How?
Promised
Also,
That really
didn’t sound
too malicious
...
Don’t get me wrong I think
I know what they’re trying to imply,
But dude here’s suffering from
Clovis syndrome,
Aka the tone just isn’t
carry
-ing
—-
There doesn’t seem to be any
malician
.behind what he just said,
Like dude sounded like he said
“mine” as in mine for
board game night,
“sk
-ug,”
Ok,
that’s Malacian
but it’s not the
right
kind,
That just sounds
mildly offensive
Non
committal
Doesn’t really connect with
the tone of the previous sentence,
Which was
like;
‘The queen has promised you to me
how do you feel about it?’
That, just coming
out of nowhere,
Not carrying
W-help
A-
Ight-
Not even
-consistent
Like seriously,
If you’re going to do a flat character
like that;
At least try to do it
consistently;
Like dude went from “lust”, (I’m assuming it seems more like self-
conscious/doubt) to me then off-hand
Passive aggressiveness, then
Disciplinary,
Without so much
Of a pre-
empt
(Not
prompt,)
We never saw that
conscious
-ness
turn
to
aloofness,
Then cold rage,
pushing the button
no shift,
Only
impromptu
jump,
Shame would’ve been interesting if Ahsoka had a Clovis like friend,
(I don’t know
his age,)
Again,
Re-action?
What am I supposed to feel
what, emotion is that
I have
no clue,
Well,
Why?
[Why-
?
Who is
this guy?
A slave
owner/buy
-er?
Whel-
We’ve
found them
No you were brought to them
-by force-
Also where is the dude
that was just in a chair?
Where?
[also wow for Rex this must feel a
return ho
me-
Oh-but-
Okay, not gonna
question it,
Jedi
-
Also yeah that was the question what their education of their youth actually is like
*Groom
Ing
Like the
propaganda
must be
damn
thick,
As well as
the child abuse
(If this is the state of society and seeing how they can see another
adult human being
(Sen
-tient)
Yeah there’s no way those kids are in good condition,
Also this dude comes off as such a
doof,
Like not even remotely intim-
idating-
-
Well,
Fuck
(Also yeah I’m pretty sure the
queen is going to be real fucking pleased that you just wasted a bunch of
stock
Of a trade that is just getting back up and running again
Also yeah
Kenobi really fucked this one up
-
His job to find them-
Fecked that
up-
-
Atten
-tion
-
Worst. way to get
attention
ever,
You
See, they’re specifically doing this to
mess with him-
-
De-fy
And Obi-wan was then
allowed to wander off,
While dude
spun the wrong way in his chair,
Wh-
Wh-at
Why?
Rom-antic
?
Lady that’s like pointing and saying you were once an abuse victim weren’t you?
Like, very likely
With the council, the clones
At least two slave
states
(Planets)
I think the only way you could get
“vagu-er”
Is saying
child soldier,
Sl-ave
Being a slave
doesn’t make you
naturally virtuous,
With
abusers,
it makes you pissed off
Others,
Ty-pica
ll
y
Fine,
But again that’s not guaranteed,
Ex-abuse victims can still enable the abusers-
And-
[There’s just a lot of problems with this that I’m kind of
gargling,]
Point being you can’t tell
something like that,
And
suffering doesn’t make you more
virtuous,
(Just means normal human decency stand out a lot more in the darkness of degeneracy,
Any,
Way,
Groom
Ing
Oh
So they are actually
fram-
ing that it’s a bad thing,
Good, cause it is
Obi-Wan is a grooming frick
And Ahsoka is a child robb
-ed of her child-
hood-
By the council and implied to be
by Anakin
(Who did nothing and enabled it long past the point of
return,)
Self-
And literally
every-one
else
(Inc-luding
the abuser
as we just saw)
Self-
destruction
(and
enabling
it)
is a shit time,
Be
Absolutely nothing besides a toxic enabler
upon a pile of rubble,
It’s damn
useless,
Oh, that’s almost
flirt
Ing-
That’s really dramatic music
for FLYING Frogs,
Stay
Again, he’s not
terribly opposed to this,
-it
Again, that came out of nowhere
Like Anakin slavery hangups are the equivalent of an
on and off switch
* Note, a reason.
To,
Slavery is bad
objectif
ication of other humans is bad,
Don’t do it,
I called them hangups just to denote the fact
that there never anything,
im-portant,
consistent or some thing he sticks by,
Being perfectly fine with this
flirt
-ing
off the clock
With a sl
-aver
-
Only occurring at random with no reuniting theme
And literally just sounds like the writers,
Shou-ting-
“ Hey guys remember Anakin was a
slave?”
Yes and while that can cause
rush-es of
e-motion
None of that
is shown,
We don’t see Anakin clenching his fist and it building up that resent
-ment-
We don’t see him fighting
the idea,
that the
Jedi just use him,
Like his
old slave
master-
We don’t
see any emotion,
It’s just dull
Not like an emotional dull
Like an unemotional one,
There’s not
h-ing
Which is a shame because there should be a lot of emotion here-
And there’s not-
She’s
Right,
And Anakin is an
inhuman
abomination,
That can’t even
manage an emotion,
(Might want to try
someone else)
Really?
Because he hasn’t managed a single emotion or
conflict this entire time,
Unless you mean biologically complicated in that case yes how the feck does this man work?
Adult people are
very emotional,
Dude can’t
even manage a bit of it
- His expressions
are damn atrocities
(Of logic!)
(And
,empathy)
Again
Emotion,
Well I will give this episode the benefit,
It’s the episode that got things the
closest thing to right
(Greivous’s lair,
Not
withstanding)
In terms of tone,
Near the middle
(Before promptly
coming crashing down to the ground,)
Unfortunately considering the rest of the episodes that isn’t really high praise
The thing about tone is I need to be able to understand what emotions your char-acters are feeling and being por-tray-ed in about every scene,
And,
You can’t cut corners
And hav-ing switching emotional
moods
With
out
pre
empt
or under-
standing,
Still passing the threshold of being a
good story;
-Co-herent tale that can be followed
- doesn’t normalize
problematic or self-destructive
Behavior
However not one of a fun story;
Leaving me with the persistent fee-
ling of chew-
Ing metal
Mildly
irritating,
Clunky,
And not the least bit entertaining
or of any value
(Much)
That it has yet to
rise above
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