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Millions in one episode! What kind of space epic is "The Clone Wars"?
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A spin-off of the Star Wars movie, the timeline (seasons 1 to 6) is mainly after the second movie (Prequel 2: Attack of the Clones), and the seventh season in the third movie (Prequel 3: Sith’s Revenge) before and after. Of course, even if you have never watched the movie, you can even understand the plot accurately when you plug in halfway to watch one of the episodes, because each episode begins with a "magic" plot introduction narration, which is still for non-Star Wars fans. Very friendly, you can quickly get to the point, and the plot of an episode is also very compact, not at all dragging down.
The story tells the story of a three-year war between the Galactic Republic and the separatist forces in the distant past. Because the Republic side used the cloned arms and won, this war is also called the Clone War. The clones are led by the Republican General Jedi (Jedi) to fight against the army of separatist robots. In this context, this soft science fiction group drama with more than 130 episodes in seven seasons, except for some episodes that are related to the following plots, about every 2-3 episodes are independent stories with different lines, covering battles, The display of various elements such as strategy, science and technology, politics, feelings, etc., there is no lack of discussion and thinking on various issues.
For example, in episodes 13-14 of the first season, the Jedi Knights were forced to land on a colony planet due to unfavorable warfare. The leader of the local immigrants did not agree to help the Jedi. They believed that the Jedi used violence to fight against divisions, and they were accomplices in war rather than defenders of peace. In the face of unprovoked aggression by the separatist forces, he also adopted a compromise and non-resistance response method, believing that this was their way of survival since ancient times (somewhat similar to Gandhi's style, but "government comes out of the barrel of a gun"). At the end of the film, this idea was also criticized. The leader's son defied his father's order and led the villagers to assist the Jedi to fight back against the invasion. There are three propositions involved in this story alone that are worth exploring: whether to use violence to resist in the face of oppression; whether to use Faguo in the face of historical variables; whether war can end war and bring peace and freedom.
Many events in the Clone Wars can find their shadows in reality, and it is true that art comes from life. In the 12th episode of the second season, there is an anti-government armed "Reaper Guard" on the neutral planet Mandalorian. Palpatine, the Speaker of the Galactic Republic, uses this as an excuse to station troops on the planet, interfere in internal affairs, forge its internal intelligence, and He cooperated with Earl Dooku in an attempt to eradicate Duke Satine, but was eventually prevented by the Duchess and her lover Mr. Obi-Wan. In this war, there is no absolutely justice party, whether it is the Galactic Republic or the separatist forces, they will use all means to achieve their goals, and they have the essence of a hegemonic regime.
As a TV series that costs millions of dollars in production, the Clone Wars can be described as a classic of episodes. It not only has high-quality renderings, impressive expression details, but also commendable plot performance and characterization, as well as Expansion and supplement of the Star Wars world view system layer by layer.
Regarding characterization, the play also has a high degree of attention to humanistic emotions
In addition to the daily bickering between the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan and Skywalker and the mutual trust and dependence at critical moments, the show also has a generous description of clones. The hometown of the clones is the planet Camino, produced by the genes of the bounty hunter Jango Fett. Since all clones are real and carved out of the same model, although there will be some differences between individuals, they have a strong sense of identity for "clones are all brothers" and have extremely high cohesion and combat capabilities. Concentration has a lot of performance towards their comradeship.
In the first episode of the third season, a pair of clone recruits who are not competent after Domino's training are far from reaching the standards for the battlefield. They lack tacit understanding and friction with each other, and have failed many times in the test. One of the trainers was extremely dissatisfied with the team, gave up expectations of them, and formed a prejudice in his heart. Perhaps in his eyes, as clones of industrial products, they are just defective products. But as the Jedi master Shaak Ti said, "they are living people." Even if it is a clone, everyone has their own personalities and advantages. When they were about to abandon themselves, another "abandoned" clone No. 99, promptly enlightened Harvey "hevy", the most powerful person in the team, and untied him. Finally, they successfully graduated and entered the army. I believe that from that moment, their friendship and destiny as clone brothers are closely linked.
In the fifth episode of the first season, the robot general Grievous intends to control an outpost in the Republic, sending a safety signal to paralyze the Republic in order to raise a large army to attack. It dispatched a team of assault robots to attack the clones. After some battle, it occupied the outpost and locked their operating system. In order to allow the Republican army to discover the anomaly, the local clones decided to blow up this outpost, but there was a problem with the explosive detonation. In order to cover the safe evacuation of his teammates and complete the mission, the clone Hevy resolutely detonated himself and sacrificed himself to save it. teammate.
It can be said that the "Clone Wars", as a derivative drama of the movie, has taken on the task of enriching the images of various characters in the movie and perfecting the settings. In the play, clones are no longer dispensable cannon fodder characters on the battlefield, but are living individuals who are impulsive, exhilarating, thinking, and even trained to cope with various high-intensities. The mission’s strong psychological quality, when Captain Rex had to defy the order of the No. 66 massacre and meet his former teammates, he couldn’t help crying because the war had been going on for so many years and he was born to death. Comrades in arms, now they can only watch being controlled by the chip, standing on the opposite side of them, across the screen also makes people feel distressed.
At the world view level, the construction of the "Clone War" at the world view level is also very brilliant. The republic and the secession alliance are not maintained by a unified centralized central government, but are composed of several planets with their own autonomous governments, a bit similar to the federal system of the United States. Unlike the movie, which is limited by the length of time, the "Clone Wars" can use enough space to describe in detail the appearance and customs of each planet, and how people's lives have been changed under the influence of the war.
In the 20th episode of the first season, the separatist forces occupied the planet Lailos. In order to prevent the Republic transport ship from landing on the planet, tactical robots attempted to use the local residents of the Tylek as a meat shield to protect the ion anti-aircraft guns deployed in the village. The General Keno ratio team, led by a local girl who was alone, went to the enemy's command center. The ground anti-aircraft guns were blown up, and the Republic was able to land. In the 21st episode of follow-up operations, due to the lack of the Republic’s forces, the local guerrillas needed to be helped. However, the guerrilla leader did not trust their congressmen, thinking that he might let the Republican troops station again after the war and take away theirs. free.
In these two episodes, we can see the kidnapping of the little girl’s parents, which has cast a shadow on her; the military occupation of the separatist forces, the brutal massacre of residents even before the evacuation, and the film reminds the Separation Alliance’s contribution to the wealth of this planet. The extreme looting has caused great suffering to the local people. This is also the fundamental reason why the guerrillas persisted in resistance in order to win national freedom and were able to put aside their prejudices and cooperate with the Republic to resist aggression.
Similarly, in the 11th episode of Season 11, a group of immigrants from Togruta lived on the planet Quiros. They created a society without weapons, pursuing art and aesthetics, but the tranquility of this paradise was broken by war, not only the planet was Forcibly occupied, its people were also hijacked and transported away by slave traders. There is also the aforementioned neutral planet Mandalorian. The "Reaper Guards" armed forces that advocate the tradition of armed forces have been assisted by the Separatist Alliance and the Moore Brothers respectively, and eventually overthrew the pacifist government of the Duke of Shatin, and Mandalor has fallen into again. In the state of being impoverished and armed, poor and weak.
It is these gradually expanded worldview narrations that let the audience know about "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" not only in the cool space bombing and handsome lightsaber fights, but in further thinking about the war itself. The chain reaction brought about, the destruction brought to people's normal life and production order. The constantly updated planetary world is not easy to bring people the aesthetic fatigue of sci-fi war dramas. While enjoying a series of high-quality special effects fighting animations, you may also wish to enjoy a kind of sitting and drinking a cup of tea, watching the people coming and going in the world with a smile. Joys and sorrows
There are a thousand Hamlet for a thousand readers. No matter what angle you want to appreciate this space epic with both artistic and commercial value, you can find what you like to watch. Maybe you just want a movie that tells the story well, has the logic in place, and has special effects (not to mention that it is much more than that). The Clone Wars is also a very good choice, except for the seventh season, the rest of the episodes You can watch it as an independent story. You don’t need any background knowledge and settings to understand before watching it. Follow its narration and rhythm to enjoy its story~
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