Continuing with this season’s tagline of “Secrets Revealed,” we get to see a little bit more of the bigger picture in ‘Supply Lines’, last week’s episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Just like ‘Clone Cadets’, this episode is a prequel to a first season episode – this time, leading into the season one premiere, the Yoda-centric ‘Ambush’. What’s revealed here is: Jar Jar’s performing arts talent, how the Trade Federation is still part of the Republic, the Jedi with the most appropriate name in the galaxy, and a deeper look into Toydarian culture – and we get a good mixture of battles and diplomacy. Continue reading “The Clone Wars review: ‘Supply Lines’”
Obi-Wan and Anakin are still stuck on Lanteeb, a planet far in the Outer Rim and of seeming little consequence. The Lanteebans pose no apparent strategic value to the Republic or Separatists; it’s an attitude that grossly misjudges the efforts of captured scientist Bant’ena Fhernan. She’s been hired to construct a virus to end all viruses, a massive biological weapon that will sway the war in Dooku’s favor, but getting materials for it isn’t easy. The key ingredient, damotite, lays deep within the sinuous mines of Lanteeb and Separatist overseer Lok Durd rides the locals hard with threats of drastic food and water rationing if his unreasonable quota and timetable aren’t met.
Luke and Ben are forced to confront a group of Sith ships floating above Dathomir when all they really want to do is get back to business. Luke not only wants to exonerate himself, but thinks following Jacen’s path to darkness may give him the insight he needs to prevent another Jedi from falling to the Dark Side. But these Sith have some information that Luke might be interested in—information regarding Sith who may be succumbing to the same dementia plaguing young Jedi across worlds.
