REVIEW: Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Sabotage
This week’s episode of The Clone Wars, “Sabotage,” begins the four-part finale arc to Season Five. After a police-procedural start, the trailer promises much more intensity to come. In her review, Megan writes:
Another important theme in this episode is the pall of the dark side. Although it isn’t stated, it’s possible the Council called Anakin back because the Chosen One has the best chance of seeing through that pall, and it explains why the council can’t sense when someone is lying. Mace does offer the alternate explanation that he picked Anakin and Ahsoka because they’re blameless since they weren’t present. (We don’t find out what happened on Cato Neimoidia after they left, though.)
“Sabotage” pays more attention to the Force’s non-martial uses than most. “I can still hear the screams” is one of the better lines – a creepy acknowledgement that Anakin can sense a Force-echo of the attack. His scrunched-up face at the end of the scene reinforces that he’s not happy. In fact, Anakin is by far the most perceptive person in the episode, talking often about what he feels in the Force.
Click here for her full review. Also be sure not to miss this week’s Featurette at starwars.com, where Dave Filoni shares some insights – and an ominous hint for the rest of the arc.
Tricia Barr's novel, Wynde, won the 2014 Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal for Best Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Ebook. She was also part of Silence in the Library's successful all-female creator science fiction and fantasy anthology Athena's Daughters, which is available now. For excerpts and tales of her adventures in creating a fictional universe, hop over to TriciaBarr.com.
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