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March 10, 2009March 10, 2009

The Clone Wars: ‘Innocents of Ryloth’ reviewed

‘Innocents of Ryloth’ is the middle chapter of a three-part story involving the liberation of the Twi’lek homeworld of Ryloth during the Clone Wars. Last time we saw Anakin and Ahsoka break the blockade around the planet, and now we see Obi-wan and Cody start the ground assault, to clear the way for Mace Windu to make a full landing of troops. So does this make it The Empire Strikes Back of the trilogy – only if by Empire, we mean Republic. Continue reading “The Clone Wars: ‘Innocents of Ryloth’ reviewed”

March 10, 2009

Running out of things to say about The Clone Wars

Two more. Two more… ‘Innocents of Ryloth’ featured a new villain, the tactical droids. It’s like the Separatists aren’t even trying or something…

Craft: Make a germy-looking (Not an insult! Really!) Tooka Doll.
Next week: It looks like one-liner time with Master Windu and ‘Liberty on Ryloth.’

March 6, 2009

Down to Ryloth on tonight’s The Clone Wars

Tonight’s new episode, ‘Innocents of Ryloth’ was inspired by The Guns of Navarone. It’s also co-written by Dark Horse’s Randy Stradley.

Last week: Watch ‘Storm Over Ryloth’, or read reviews from The Stooge, the review blog, IGN, Den of Geek and Big Shiny Robot.
Podcasts: The Forcecast has their roundtable (featuring some folks from RalphMcQuarrie.com) while EUC has We Talk Clones #8.

March 5, 2009March 5, 2009

Video: Two ‘Innocents of Ryloth’ clips

I haven’t even started thinking about tomorrow’s Clone Wars post, but for now here are two clips from ‘Innocents of Ryloth.’

March 3, 2009March 3, 2009

The Clone Wars S2 coming in fall, maybe

Looks like we might be getting a nice long break from The Clone Wars: A schedule snapped at Toy Fair shows that the second season of the show (and a box set of the S1 DVDs) are on track for the fourth quarter of 2009. That means we likely won’t see them until October at the earliest.

We can also expect another video game (??) in September.

March 3, 2009March 3, 2009

The Clone Wars review: ‘Storm Over Ryloth’

The inherent problem with The Clone Wars is that the main characters are never in any real danger. We’ve all seen the movies, and we know Anakin’s not going to die. We know Obi-Wan’s not going to die. We know Padme’s not going to die (I mean, we know she is going to die, but not until her iddle-widdle heart gets broken and she loses the will to live). Thankfully, the Clone Wars writers also know this, so they load the cast with vulnerable secondary characters… most notably Little Miss Spunkadelic, Ahsoka Tano. Continue reading “The Clone Wars review: ‘Storm Over Ryloth’”

March 2, 2009March 2, 2009

The Clone Wars throws old-school EU fans a bone

The much-hyped Ryloth trilogy began Friday with ‘Storm Over Ryloth,’ in which Ahsoka uses a strategy straight out of the pages of Heir to the Empire.

WonderCon: Ryloth and the series finale were both teased at the con.
Next week: ‘Innocents of Ryloth.’

March 1, 2009

WonderCon: Report from Sansweet’s panel

StarWars.com has a partial transcript of WonderCon’s biggest Star Wars event, Steve Sansweet’s presentation. First part a look back at ’99, featuring John Knoll; Part two introduced a new character from The Clone Wars, Cad Bane; Part three has Pablo and Steve going head to head with the Force Trainer and more TCW stuff.

February 26, 2009

Video: Six Merry Murderesses of the Clone Wars

The execution falls through a little (a bit too much faux lip-syncing) but the concept is pure awesome. I guarantee you’ll laugh at least once. (via)

Also, how come no one has filked this song yet? Chicago cries for Darksiders.

February 26, 2009February 26, 2009

The Clone Wars explores Ahsoka’s existential crisis

Tomorrow’s new episode, ‘Storm Over Ryloth’ kicks off the Ryloth trilogy. Apparently it will be epic. Or something.

Awards: TCW took home a Golden Reel award for Best Sound Editing on the episode ‘Lair of Grievous’.
DVDs: EUC spotted a Netflix listing for the second set of TCW DVDs.
Podcast: The ForceCast talks ‘Blue Shadow Virus’ and ‘Mystery of a Thousand Moons’ with Fanboys Kyle Newman and Ernest Cline. EUC’s We Talk Clones also addresses the two-parter.