Star Wars the Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 10 “THE PHANTOM APPRENTICE” has finally
released on Disney+.
After seeing the incredible beginning to the Siege of Mandalore last week, in one of the
greatest episodes in Clone Wars history, we move into the action packed second episode
of the arc.
Today’s episode was once again longer than the usual runtime, being 26 minutes, instead
of the usual 20, which is absolutely fantastic, I’m never going to complain about getting
extended Clone Wars Episodes!
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The episode began with another very different introduction to the last time.
We again got the traditional Lucasfilm logo flashing on the screen, followed by an ominous
score as the Clone Wars Logo faded in.
This time however, we did not get the usual news cast or opening crawl music, instead
being replaced with a Rogue One style intro queue.
The proper episode begins exactly where we left off last time, with Ahsoka being surrounded
by Maul and his super commando forces, in the tunnels below Sundari.
Maul confirms that he is not familiar with Ashoka, but Ahsoka makes it clear that she
knows about the history of Maul.
Instead of moving straight into a duel, Maul paces around Ahsoka taunting her and pondering
why Kenobi is not present.
As Maul is doing this, Ahsoka triggers her commlink, alerting Rex to the danger that
she is in, prompting him to rush to Ahsoka’s location.
As Maul is pacing around Ahsoka, he says the line “I wonder if the moment may be upon
us”.
Maul is referencing Order 66 here and the transition from the Republic into the Empire.
He reveals that he knows of Darth Sidious’ plan for takeover, but Ahsoka struggles to
accept the idea.
Maul’s monologue is quickly interrupted by Rex, who rushed into the tunnel that Ahsoka
is in, gunning down Maul’s super commandos, and prompting him to lock lightsabers with
Ahsoka.
Maul then force pushes Rex and Ahsoka into a wall, allowing him and his remaining men
to make an escape.
Rex and Ahsoka give chase to Maul, scouring the tunnels of the undercity, but ultimately
fail to track him down.
Following this, we cut to the Mandalorian Royal Palace, where Bo Katan is giving a briefing
to Rex and Ahsoka about the current status of the Siege.
Surprisingly, Kenobi is also keeping tabs on the situation on Mandalore, and is listening
into the briefing through hologram.
I have to say, Kenobi is looking amazing in his Revenge of the Sith outfit here!
Ahsoka then relays to the group that Maul mentioned the name Darth Sidious.
This shocks Kenobi, who of course has heard of this dark presence that is looming over
the republic senate.
At this point of course, he still does not know that Darth Sidious is Chancellor Palpatine.
We then get a massive reveal, where Kenobi confirms that the Jedi council already suspect
that Clone Wars are being played on both sides by this mysterious Darth Sidious.
After this we get another incredible tie in with Revenge of the Sith, where Kenobi confirms
that he cannot get any further information about Sidious from Count Dooku, because Anakin
has already killed him.
It's Honestly so amazing to hear this line and that tie in with Revenge of the Sith still
flowing.
Following that, Kenobi reports that he has just been tasked with hunting down General
Grievous on Utapau, further adding to the incredible the Revenge of the Sith tie-ins.
Ahsoka then requests that Anakin be personally sent to Mandalore to assist with the battle,
to which Kenobi asks that he speak with Ahsoka, alone.
As Rex and Bo Katan leave the hologram table, Kenobi informs Ahsoka of Anakin's mission
from Revenge of the Sith, where he was tasked with spying on the Chancellor.
Ahsoka is visibly upset with this decision from the council, in a very similar way to
that of her master in the film.
Kenobi then asks Ahsoka to speak to Anakin, without the approval of the council, because
he himself does not agree with what they have Asked Anakin to do.
Kenobi and Ahsoka’s transmission is then interrupted by Rex, who reports that an attack
has just taken place on their forces.
Following this, we are taken back into the undercity tunnels, where Clone Trooper Sterling,
who has taken a blaster shot to the chest, reports that Maul has kidnapped Arc Trooper
Jesse.
He says he chose Jesse because he was older than the rest of the Clones and wanted to
gain more insight about Ahsoka.
We then see Maul, Gar Saxon and Rook Kast holding Jesse captive.
Maul begins telling Jesse about the grand plan of Darth Sidious, explaining how he was
betrayed by him after Kenobi chopped his legs off.
Maul then hopes to extract information about the inhibitor chips placed inside of every
Clone, but Jesse initially refuses to talk.
Because of this refusal, Maul looks deep inside of Jesse’s mind, in the exact same way that
Kylo Ren looked into Rey’s mind in the Force Awakens.
Next we cut back to the prison cells which we saw Maul locked up in earlier in the series,
but this time, Prime Minister Almec has been captured.
Bo Katan demands that Almec reveal Maul’s plan, but he of course refuses to give up
any information of value.
He does however reveal that Maul has been sensing a feeling of dread for the past week,
because of the impending activation of Order 66.
The group asks Almec why he wanted Kenobi to be lured onto Mandalore, but Almec says
that Kenobi is not the only one that he wanted.
As he is about to reveal the name of this second person, Maul’s Super Commando Gar
Saxon executed him in his cell.
In the final moment before he dies, Almec reveals that the second name that Maul was
talking about was in fact Anakin Skywalker, to which a soft rendition of the imperial
March plays.
Wow, what an ominous scene, so incredible!
Comment down below if you think this is the greatest episode of Clone Wars ever.
Bo Katan’s Nite owls then chase Gar Saxon out of the prison block, but fail to capture
him before he is able to escape.
Right here we get an awesome fight scene, with the Mandalorian shields from last episode,
being used to block flamethrower blasts.
Following this, we again cut back to Maul’s hideout, where he informs the members of his
criminal syndicate to go into hiding in preparation for Order 66.
Right here, we also get a shock appearance from the second in command of the Crimson
Dawn syndicate, Dryden Voss, from Solo A Star Wars Story.
I absolutely love Solo, so it was incredible to see this cameo!
A realization then washes over Maul that both he and Dooku have been betrayed by Sidious,
in favour of a more powerful apprentice, Anakin Skywalker.
Maul then promises his men that they will not die hiding in the sewers of Mandalore,
but instead out on the battlefield, as strong warriors.
Next we cut to a distressed Bo Katan, who is watching the people of her planet be rounded
up and displaced by the Republic Clone troopers.
She makes it clear that she does not want the Republic forces to be on Mandalore for
a second longer than they have to be.
Following this, Bo Katan, Rex and Ahsoka enter the throne room of Mandalore, but Bo Katan
cannot hold her anger back when she sees Maul sitting on the throne.
She quickly pulls her blasters out and fires on Maul, but he is able to do exactly the
same thing that Kylo Ren did in The Force Awakens, simply force pushing the blaster
bolts away from himself.
Maul is holding Jesse in cuffs, but he quickly returns him to Ahsoka because he no longer
has a use for him.
The information that Maul required has already been extracted.
Rex leaves the throne room to tend to Jesse’s injuries, while Bo Katan leaves to aid her
people as explosions ring out on the battlefield, leaving Ahsoka and Maul alone, setting the
stage for one of the greatest duels of all time.
Ahsoka then demands that Maul tell her everything he knows about this impending plot.
Maul then reveals that he knows about Ahsoka’s exile from the Jedi order, but tells Ahsoka
that they are simply puppets of a higher power.
Maul forcefully tells Ahsoka that the Republic is already too far gone and that it is only
a matter of time before it falls.
He then reaches his hand out in an offer of peace, but we are left on a momentary cliffhanger,
where we cut back to the raging battle outside of the palace.
Cutting back to the palace, an explosion rips through the palace windows, shattering each
one of them.
We then get a monumental twist, where Ahsoka agrees to join Maul, but on one condition.
She wants to know why Anakin Skywalker is so important to this plan.
Maul then reveals that Anakin has long been groomed by Sidious as his potential apprentice.
Ahsoka refuses to believe this, becoming increasingly enraged, before the twist is quickly reversed.
Maul ignites his red lightsaber in exactly the same way that he does in the Phantom Menace,
beginning his duel with Ahsoka.
The incredible duel rages on until Ahsoka eventually knocks Maul through a window, where
she continues to chase him through the buildings of Sundari.
Maul’s super commando forces are simultaneously being decimated on the ground, by the republic,
causing Maul to leave them to die in a stunning betrayal.
Ahsoka eventually hunts Maul down to a rooftop, where they continue their intense battle.
Cutting back to the ground battle, Gar Saxon is captured by Commander Rex.
Maul then gives Ahsoka one more chance to join him, but she refuses, knocking Maul off
of the rooftop to his near death.
Ahsoka fortunately holds his body in the air, allowing the Republic forces to capture him.
And that is where the episode ends, in another amazing setup for next week’s episode.
Wow!
What a fantastic episode, I honestly cannot wait to see what they have in store for us
next week!
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