Friday’s episode features our heroes teaming up with bounty hunters to protect a farmer from Dooku’s old pals the space pirates.
Don’t let the title fool you: It will not feature Boba Fett, who makes his debut later in the month.
The Clone Wars: Watch ‘Cat and Mouse’
Friday’s ‘Cat and Mouse’ – which apparently co-stars the cuddliest evil spider-thing ever – is now available for your optical pleasure on StarWars.com.
The Clone Wars review: ‘Senate Murders’
Star Wars: The Clone Wars started up again with ‘Senate Murders’, and this time the wartime casualties are in the halls of power, and it’s up to Padmé Amidala and Bail Organa to crack the case. Continue reading “The Clone Wars review: ‘Senate Murders’”
Lil’ Boba Fett to appear in The Clone Wars
USA Today was in a Star Wars mood, busting out a big article on the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back focusing on the consistently overhyped yet always fanboy-pleasing Boba Fett, who will be making his Clone Wars debut next month voiced by Daniel Logan. I remain perplexed, but what else is new?
The Clone Wars: Watch ‘Senate Murders’ now
Friday’s episode is now up and running on StarWars.com for a limited time. Or, if that’s old hat, there’s always Dave Filoni’s commentary or a peek at next Friday’s ‘Cat and Mouse.’ (Cue debate on if there are cats and mice in the GFFA at all…)
Friday afternoon news sweep: Dave Filoni, John Jackson Miller and the Squishies are starting a band
There’s been an absolute barrage of news today and I haven’t much time, so you’re getting most of it in roundup forum. Aren’t you lucky?
- TFN’s Mandy is really lobbying for that Barbara Walters job: Today her interview with Dave Filoni went up on TheForce.Net.
- Is this a confirmation? Lucasfilm told MTV they have “many projects in development. One is for a younger audience but it’s in very early development and too early for any details.” I’ve moved from annoyance to meh about this whole deal, if that’s any consolation to you.
- John Jackson Miller is doing another Knights of the Old Republic-era fiction project for Hyperspace.
- StarWars.com has revealed the cover and slipcover art for Star Wars: Year by Year — A Visual Chronicle.
The Clone Wars returns tonight with ‘Senate Murders’
The show is back tonight with a Padme-centric episode that’s likely to bore the pants off the kids and delight the adults – or at least the adults that really like Padme (and/or Agatha Christie.) And since last we checked in, StarWars.com posted an excerpt from the Insider interview with Dee Bradley Baker.
The Clone Wars: Murder on Coruscant
The fandom’s quick-draws (and British and Canadians) may have already caught ‘Senate Murders,’ but for everyone else it’s still preview time. Prep with the episode guide and some Padme insight from Catherine Taber.
The Clone Wars: Watch ‘Senate Murders’ early
Next week’s episode, ‘Senate Murders,’ is available on iTunes now. It’s not known yet if this was an authorized slip, so grab it quickly!
ETA: …And it’s gone.
Duking it out with ‘Duchess of Mandalore’
Last week on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Duchess Satine unraveled a plot to trick the Republic into occupying her planet while she and now-just-friends Obi-wan try to clear her for being framed for murder. Here’s the buzz around the galaxy about ‘Duchess of Mandalore’ -making political intrigue fans happy:
- TheForce.Net called it “really good”, and liked the political intrigue of Palpatine but saw the murder implication and Obi-Wan’s fight as implausible.
- IGN goes 7.8 / 10, also liking the intrigue, but wished for more near the end, especially after the intensity of the first two episodes in the Satine arc.
- Big Shiny Robot goes the other way, thinking the beginning to be boring, but enjoying the Hitchcockian suspense through the middle and end.
- MTV Movies Blog is mostly neutral, but points out that the murder charge plotline simply poofs at the end.
- Dauntless Media gives it an “A”, calling it the “most mature, allegorical story” so far as a cautionary tale about the abuse of power, but found the ineffective assassin to be the weak element.
- Pop Goes the Culture likes the visuals of Coruscant and the political lessons, but hits a little snag of the plot – in the middle of a giant war where troops are stretched to the thinnest, is the stability of one neutral planet really of key interest to the Senate?
- Prequel Appreciation Society snarks up a summary, and wishes the visually impressive episode was longer, because there was so much going on in the plot.
- Pendragon’s Post likes the reversal of the The Phantom Menace storyline to show a different philosophy but wishes that the Satine arc was a smoother in overall plot.
And don’t forget our own review on the episode!