[BEEPING]
[LIGHTSABER HUMMING]
- Welcome to "Star Wars The Clone Wars Download."
In this episode, we're going to take
a look at "Victory and Death."
- You're a good soldier, Rex--
so is every one of those men down there.
They may be willing to die, but I am not the one
who is going to kill them.
- Ahsoka and Rex find themselves in a tough situation
and need to find a way out.
But things get even more complicated with Maul
still loose on the ship.
- Sir, the hyperdrive generators are failing.
[PHASING]
- Disengage.
Disengage!
- It's too late!
- When Ahsoka and Rex's only way to safety
gets blocked by an army of clones,
Ahsoka comes up with a plan to try to reason with Jesse,
while a group of droids stand by to help when things go wrong.
- Now.
[WHIRRING]
[SCREAMING]
- Also trying to secure a shuttle to escape,
Maul battles his way on-board first,
leaving Ahsoka and Rex to find another way
out and off the crashing ship.
- Come on!
[LIGHTSABER RETRACTION]
[EXPLOSION]
- They make it out safe, but feel pain for those who didn't.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
- And now we have an incoming transmission from Dave Filoni.
Here's what he has to say.
- For me, on this show, I was in a very strange situation
since "The Clone Wars" first began airing,
kids loved the clone troopers.
They love Captain Rex.
They're very fond of these characters.
So here you're in a situation where
there's this massive betrayal.
And in the film, the Jedi, like Yoda,
just turns and cuts down Gree and he
does what he has to to survive.
But I thought a really interesting element here was,
well, is Ahsoka really going to do that?
And what does that say to the audience
if she just was to start cutting down all these old friends
of hers that we've shown in the previous episode,
they all mean a lot to each other,
and they think very highly of her.
So it created a very complex stage for this action
to play out on, and it challenged
her and her convictions and her morality and what she thought
was the right thing to do.
It's a terrible situation for Rex, too.
I mean, these are Rex's brothers.
These are people that he has led for years, that they've
survived enough battles.
And he hides a lot of his emotions behind his helmet,
but we understand that this is a very intense thing for him.
I always knew the end of the show
was going to be difficult because it doesn't end
on the most uplifting of notes, but it's how this part
of the story has to go.
It's what happens to the galaxy.
And through this intense time for the characters,
I think the most important thing is that they
stay true to each other.
They trust one another, and they let go of their fears
to overcome the situation.
- Now let's hear what cast and crew had to say
about "Victory and Death."
- When we recorded "Victory and Death,"
it was definitely emotional.
And Dave constantly reminded us to keep those emotions in check
because we knew that it was ending,
but our characters didn't.
We got the proper goodbye that we didn't get before,
and it was such a gift to have that this time
to say "this is a wrap."
- To bring "The Clone Wars" to an epic,
magnificent, cinematic conclusion that it always
has deserved is one of the very most
satisfying creative experiences of my life and my career.
- It's great to have conclusions to things so we can now look
to the new places that "Star Wars" is going to go as well,
so I think it's really important,
and it's going to stand the test of time,
and people will be very grateful for it.
And I'm grateful to be a part of it.
- Last week, we asked if you had any questions
about "Shattered." @WhiteWolf496 asked,
"In Shattered, was the purpose of the helmets being worn
to dehumanize the clones and tragically take away
their individuality while having Rex be
the only one in and out of the helmets as a way
of showing his humanity and inner conflict with Order 66?"
Dave Filoni, Executive Producer and Supervising Director
answered, "Yes.
There are many ways that we tried to express the transition
of the clones from the characters
that we got to know as individuals to a more mindless
group acting without free will.
The helmets, the music, the movement of the characters,
the lighting inside the Jedi cruiser
were all meant to make things feel more like the Empire."
"Another fun twist is that Ahsoka and Rex
are aided by a bunch of droids, and would
not survive without them.
Droids, of course, made up the separatist forces
during the Clone Wars, so while they weren't battle droids,
it's still fun to think about that juxtaposition, as well."
And now here's Dave Filoni with his final transmission.
- I just really enjoyed making this show.
It was a real privilege to get to write and direct
this particular time period of "The Clone Wars"
and play with these characters.
We never thought we'd do anything
with Anakin and Obi-Wan, and they really became
the backbone of the show.
Ahsoka and Rex, I think, have earned
their place with the rest of the "Star Wars" lead characters
out there.
Making "The Clone Wars" was really
the best of times, all the way up
right through here to the end.
It's been a great thing to have the chance to complete
and put a proper ending on it.
I think it feels good for myself, for everybody that
worked on it, and hopefully, everybody
that grew up with it as well.
So, for the last time "The Clone Wars,"
may the Force be with you.
- Thank you so much for watching "Clone Wars Download"
this season and for all the great questions submitted to
the hashtag #CloneWarsDownload.
We also want to send a big thanks
to the cast and crew of "The Clone Wars"
for making this season happen.
And, as always, if you want to learn more about this episode,
head to StarWars.com/VictoryAndDeath.
You can re-watch the final season of "Star Wars: The Clone
Wars" right now on Disney+.