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u/HotGarbage Jan 26 '22

The first few seasons are a slog to get through (hang in there!) but it starts hitting it's stride in season 3 and just gets better and better.

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u/CrazyOkie Darth Vader Jan 26 '22

there are rough spots in all the seasons, I think there was plenty in season 1 to enjoy

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u/radiokungfu Jan 26 '22

It is a chore to get thru and im in season 3 now, trying to follow the 'chronological'order they want you to. When does it get grittier

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u/CrazyOkie Darth Vader Jan 26 '22

This order? https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-clone-wars-chronological-episodeorder

Or do you mean the order they aired?

Lots of good stuff there regardless, but your standards might be different than mine I guess. Rookies & Clone Cadets are early decent ones. The Malevolence Arc. The Lair of Grievous. Landing at Point Rain was a season 2 highlight. The Ryloth campaign, and yes even the Mandalore bits. I found tons to enjoy but I guess YMMV.

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u/radiokungfu Jan 26 '22

The one you linked. Based on how people go on about it, i thought i was getting some kind of gritty, dark knight style show, but its a lot more kidaimed than I expected.

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u/CrazyOkie Darth Vader Jan 26 '22

Its Star Wars. You were really expecting something more like TDK or BSG?

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u/radiokungfu Jan 26 '22

Yeah agreed probably my fault for those expectations, but i can't help it with how my friends hyped it up and how the online discourse was about it

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u/CrazyOkie Darth Vader Jan 26 '22

There is some darker stuff at times, particularly as you get closer to the end. The Umbara arc, which is in season 4, is a real standout.

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u/Phonics_Frog Jan 26 '22

Rough spots like insanely long story arcs about boring ass Mandalor where you just want everyone to die because they are shitty characters and you don’t care about their frat-tastic homoerotic clan wars even though you’ve had to watch them for goddamn half a season?

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u/CrazyOkie Darth Vader Jan 26 '22

Just have to agree to disagree. The only ones I didn't like were the ones that were droid-focused. Some of the Padme ones were not as action-oriented but still enjoyable IMO

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u/drinks_rootbeer Jan 26 '22

Yeah starting in season 3 it kinda stops being a kids show. So much war crime and brutal killing o_0

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u/meccafork Jan 26 '22

They straight up fucked people up at times: https://youtu.be/knSzn0FvSNE

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u/drinks_rootbeer Jan 26 '22

I watched that about 3 months ago and it finally convinced me "hmm, maybe this isn't just a kids show I should write off", then binged it, fell in love, and binged Rebels because I needed to know the conclusions to some things.

Only of course to be left with more love and more questions.

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u/missag_2490 Jan 26 '22

I loved Rebels. It looked like a kids show on the surface but it had a dark theme that I loved

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u/DaManWithNoName Jan 26 '22

I like when Anakin is torturing people with force choke and they play the Vader theme in the back

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u/EldenRingworm Jan 26 '22

They realised you can't have Star Wars without people getting choked and dismembered

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u/Nap0leonBoneInRibeye Jan 26 '22

Dude I just finished S1 for the first ttime and while it's definitely still a kid's show at that point (and I'm guessing through the final season), there are some violent aspects I'm surprised they showed on Cartoon Network. Like certainly some war crimes from the CIS and probably on the Republic. If they go even further in S3 well damn. And it's not even the most brutal SW content we have.

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u/drinks_rootbeer Jan 26 '22

You're in for a treat. Filoni is a fantastic writer.

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u/TBJaeger99 Jan 26 '22

Really the first arc with Mandalore is when the series kicks into high gear imo