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In today’s episode we will be going over 9 things we learned about Star Wars Clone
Wars return.
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars is returning on the new Disney+ streaming service.
In a panel at Star Wars Celebration Chicago, Dave Filoni, Ashley Eckstein, Dee Bradley
Baker, Sam Witwer, and more of the cast discussed the return of the show.
Here are 9 things we learned.
Number 1: The Journey of Ahsoka continues
When we last saw Ahsoka in Clone Wars, she had left the Jedi Order, and we don’t see
her again until Rebels.
“How does she react to everyday life?”
Filoni said.
So we can expect to see how Ahsoka manages to react to life outside the Order as still
a teenager.
Filoni adds, “For me, it’s about her moving toward the person you see in Rebels.”
Number 2: Ahsoka is going to level 1313 of Coruscant
Ahsoka will travel to the infamous level 1313, where she’ll encounter two new characters,
sisters Trace and Rafa Martez.
They have lived a different life than Ahsoka, and hold a different perspective on the Clone
Wars.
Ashley Eckstein said “these stories have surpassed all my expectations.”
So we can be sure to expect some great Ahsoka content.
Number 3: Ahsoka and Maul will have an epic lightsaber duel
As much as the Obi-wan versus Maul fight in Rebels was short, Filoni was determined to
make Ahsoka’s battle with the Sith Lord a big one.
“This one had to be among the best, if not the best, we ever did,” Filoni said.
To do so, he called Ray Park, who played Maul in The Phantom Menace and Solo, to perform
motion-capture for the sequence.
So “when you see Maul fighting, it’s going to really be Maul fighting,” Filoni said.
Number 4: Maul is getting a makeover
The villain's new look takes some visual cues from his appearance in Solo.
The more Maul there is, the better in my opinion, as he has always been one of my favourite
characters in both the movies and the tv series.
Number 5: Completing “The Siege of Mandalore” was special
Many of the story elements are ideas from Filoni and George Lucas.
“It’s been very important for me to keep the DNA of what we were doing alive in this
whole thing, that it feels authentic to Clone Wars,” Filoni said.
He noted that the arc was a challenge, as the scale is massive, but he’s happy with
what they’ve achieved.
“It’s something fulfilled that I never got to do, and I feel really good about this
one in particular,” he adds.
If he has a good feeling about this, then I think we can also share that feeling.
Number 6: Sam Witwer, voice of Maul, is especially excited about “The Siege of Mandalore”
“It’s my favorite stuff that we’ve ever done as the character,” he said,” and
Dave wrote it personally.”
The actor was truly shocked upon reading the script, and offered some hints.
Witwer said that Maul is stuck in a cycle, always obsessed with vengeance and always
trying the same thing.
“What I found most interesting about this arc is that, for a second, he tries to think
his way out of it.
He tries something different that he’s never tried before and we see how that goes.”
Number 7: Celebration showed three different clips
The Bad Batch clip, shows the Clones taking on a lot of battle droids, with each using
their own special skills to take down an impossible number of clankers.
In another clip we see Ahsoka dressed in a jumpsuit, and her speeder bike malfunctions,
forcing her to crash.
“Another happy landing.”
And in the third clip, which was pre-rendered animation, Anakin takes Ahsoka to meet Rex
and other clones.
They have all painted their helmets in tribute to Ahsoka, showing a ton of emotion on so
many levels.
Number 8: The influence of George Lucas is still felt
Filoni mentioned Lucas throughout the panel, crediting him as a great mentor and giving
him credit for why the Clone Wars still resonates to this day.
“In reality, the reason why it works is that I was taught by the master,” “Thank
the maker!”
He also said the fact “that you guys like any of this at all, it just shows you how
George really knew what he was doing, and laid a foundation that was so alive.”
I think he is saying what we are all thinking, that Lucas should just come back to Star Wars
already.
Number 9: New Trailer was unveiled
We were also shown a trailer for the new episodes, showing Ahsoka reclaiming her lightsabers,
however, this time with blue blades.
We also see some Mace Windu and Clone action, Trace and Rafa, and just a moment of the Ahsoka
and Maul clash, among others.
This looks amazing, and if you didn’t have goosebumps after this then sorry I don’t
think we can be friends.
And there you have it!
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