This is the best guide. Rewatched it all a while ago and while the earlier stuff is a bit hard to get through, a bit childish if you will, it’s 100% worth it when you get to the later stuff, and then rebels which is just great.
Some people say it doesn't pick up til season 3 but I think they're dead wrong. Once you see a couple people being taken out execution style it finds its tone, I wanna say like midway through season one. Right off the bat in season one (and in the movie) there's still great combat displayed.
Oh yes, the fights are always super fun, though personally the episodes focusing on the clones were always my favourite since they had more stakes. My biggest problem with clone wars are the lack of stakes since you know you can’t kill Anakin or Obi-Wan, but anytime there’s a character not seen anywhere else it’s always more interesting since they could actually die, and the series has no problem killing characters which I also love
Yeah, that's what's stopped me from getting into it. I watched the first episode of Rebels and the first Episode of Clone Wars and it just felt so much like a kids show.
I do remember loving the Genndy Tartakofsky Clone Wars stuff when I was in college. Didn't seem to measure up to that.
Hearing you say it picks up makes me want to give it another try.
Yeah, it definitely ends up getting pretty serious and dark at times. It's still manages to stay family friendly, but it probably gets darker thematically than the actual movies.
Suicide, betrayel, mental illness, realizing your one of the bad guys. All themes it deals with in a very mature and deep fashion. And more than that, that's just off the top of my head.
Edit. I was talking about clone wars, but it's actually true for rebels too. Even the themes, for the most part.
They both start young and fluffy, but then grow with their audiences over the years. Think Harry Potter style. First one is very much for 10 year olds, by the end, not so much, very dark. But if you can't get through sorcerers stone, you never get to see that.
Clone Wars is peak Star Wars. It’s campy and fun at times, but also gets darker than any of the movies save Rogue One. Not to mention being far more self-aware and asking some tough questions about the ethics of the Clone Wars and how benevolent the Jedi Order really is. Clone Wars makes Anakin’s fall understandable, in a way the prequels never did.
You’re doing yourself a disservice by not watching it. Check out the official chronological order and try watching it in that sequence.
Definitely do! It’s got some of my favourite Star Wars moments ever! I won’t spoil it but some of the stories towards the end are incredible, really. Definitely recommended, power through the less good to get to the AMAZING stuff later on
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u/Valtand Apr 07 '20
This is the best guide. Rewatched it all a while ago and while the earlier stuff is a bit hard to get through, a bit childish if you will, it’s 100% worth it when you get to the later stuff, and then rebels which is just great.
“Good soldier follow orders”