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The Clone Wars: Shadow Conspiracy [102-105/134] ✦ Watchalong Reaction & Review
Added 2022-09-16 03:22:56 +0000 UTCWell, that was that. Emotional damage. Incredible music. Amazing fights. A super powerful arc. I'm sure many of you have been looking forward to this one. I looked up "The Lawless" on IMDB after I finished watching it and it's rated 9.7/10. Yeah, I get why! The Shadow Conspiracy arc consists of the following episodes:
Season 05, Episode 01: Revival
Season 05, Episode 14: Eminence
Season 05, Episode 15: Shades of Reason
Season 05, Episode 16: The Lawless
Looking forward to all your comments on this one. Type away! 💛 Please remember to keep things spoiler-free. [Direct link here.]
PS. I edit it into the video cause I forgot to mention it, but I was sent the Sons of Dathomir arc, which never made it into the show but is in comic-book form. This shows what Maul gets up to after this arc. I have not yet dove into it. I think I am going to wait until the show is over, as I have other things to look at too. Thanks again to Alex for sending the info!
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Hey, Kaiielle! THE LAWLESS: Maul hits Kenobi where it hurts but attracts some unwanted attention of his own. IN MEMORIAM: IAN ABERCROMBIE, who voiced Palpatine, passed after this episode and was replaced by the masterful TIM CURRY. The Clovis Trilogy of Season 6 features the last of Abercrombie's vocal performance as it was scheduled to air after the Onderon Arc but was set aside in favor of the Youngling Arc. The RETURN of the Academy kids! KORKIE KRYZE, Satine's nephew, and his classmates AMIS, LAGOS and SONIEE are all grown up and they break the Duchess out of prison! Korkie has the full head of hair, Amis has the shaved head, Lagos is the blonde girl and Soniee is the brunette. OMID ABTAHI of "American Gods", "The Mandalorian", "Fear the Walking Dead", "Homeland" and "Better Call Saul" again voices AMIS. The Academy quartet are aided by BO-KATAN who seems to be on familiar terms with Satine. BO-KATAN is again voiced by KATEE SACKHOFF of "Battlestar Galactica" and "Longmire". The DEATH WATCH who pledged themselves to Maul have painted their armor RED. Those who have affixed a ring of horns to their helmets mimicking Zabrak physiology are the elite MANDALORIAN SUPER COMMANDOS! The escape attempt FAILS but Satine sends a plea for help off-world to OBI-WAN KENOBI! The Jedi Council refuse to intervene because Mandalore is neutral and the coup is an INTERNAL AFFAIR. Prime Minister ALMEC reports the recapture of Satine to Savage and Maul who is delighted by the trap he has baited for Kenobi. MAUL is again voiced by SAM WITWER and SAVAGE OPRESS is again voiced by CLANCY BROWN. OBI-WAN KENOBI arrives in Anakin's old jalopy 'The Twilight' which he picked up on Teth in the "Clone Wars" movie and which was last seen in "Children of the Force" (Season 2, Episode 3)! He is disguised in RAKO HARDEEN's gear from the Undercover Arc of Season 4. A SECOND BREAK-OUT fails and 'The Twilight' is DESTROYED! SATINE suggests contacting her sister for aid. MAUL tries to goad Kenobi but Kenobi's attempt to relate to Maul goads the Sith instead! The DEATH of Duchess SATINE KRYZE! Maul runs her through with the DARKSABER! SATINE declares her undying love for Kenobi with her last breath. MAUL wanted Kenobi to SUFFER as he did and he has finally succeeded! "Let him drown in his misery." A RIPPLE REVERBERATES through the Force and PALPATINE senses it on Coruscant! BO-KATAN and her loyalists rescue Kenobi and get him off-world amid a full-scale insurrection! I love the small ENERGY SHIELDS the Mandalorians emit from their vambraces! The REVELATION that SATINE's SISTER is BO-KATAN KRYZE! The second Mandalorian CIVIL WAR has begun! Amid the turmoil, a shuttle lands and DARTH SIDIOUS disembarks Force-strangling his way to the palace. MAUL senses his former Master and defers to him claiming his efforts are for Sidious' benefit to demonstrate his worthiness. SIDIOUS brooks no rivals and brandishes TWO LIGHTSABERS! This is one of the great lightsaber duels of the series as SIDIOUS battles both MAUL and SAVAGE OPRESS! The DEATH of SAVAGE OPRESS with a dual back-handed run-through! As the NIGHTSISTER MAGICKS DISSIPATE from Savage, he apologizes to Maul for his unworthiness and dies as the man he once was. SIDIOUS reminds Maul of the RULE OF TWO noting that he has been replaced! MAUL rages and attacks Sidious with both the DARKSABER and his own lightsaber! SIDIOUS is so powerful that he disengages from Maul to sheathe one of his sabers and FORCE-PUMMELS him instead! MAUL LOSES the DARKSABER on the plaza as he's tossed about! Defeated and stripped of his pride, he crawls from his Master PLEADING for MERCY! Say what you will about VIZSLA but he went out like a boss. SIDIOUS blasts him with FORCE-LIGHTNING sadistically cackling that his erstwhile protege has not yet outlived his usefulness.... To find out what Sidious means and what happens next, see the SON OF DATHOMIR motion comic after the Yoda Arc and before Season 7! The SHADOW COLLECTIVE ARC is one of the series' most extraordinary delivering non-stop drama, action and surprises! Just imagine all this in live-action!
Alex Vazquez
2022-09-27 22:07:59 +0000 UTCHey, Kaiielle! SHADES OF REASON: Two Alphas go head-to-head but there can be only ONE TOP DOG! MAUL institutes a FALSE FLAG attack on Sundari led by ZITON MOJ of BLACK SUN, LOM of the PYKE SYNDICATE and SAVAGE OPRESS. SAM WITWER again voices Darth Maul and CLANCY BROWN again voices Savage Opress. PRE VIZSLA swoops in and steals SATINE's thunder as she tries to urge calm. I love how the FICKLE MOB starts chanting Vizsla's name after just a single speech! JON FAVREAU again voices Pre Vizsla. DEATH WATCH saves the day in a series of STAGED CONFRONTATIONS with Vizsla himself taking down Savage! SATINE is arrested and slandered as a fleeing coward by Death Watch! The mob goes wild as the syndicate heads are paraded before them and VIZSLA's EGO gets swept up by a wave of POPULAR ACCLAIM! Vizsla decides it's time to part ways with the Shadow Collective and SEIZES MAUL! Vizsla publicly HUMILIATES Maul but makes the mistake of HONORING THEIR ARRANGEMENT for ensnaring Kenobi. Maul uses his down-time in prison to recruit FRESH TALENT! Former Prime Minister ALMEC doesn't have to be asked twice! I like how Maul and Savage leisurely tour the prison while slaughtering sentries! Maul issues a CHALLENGE FOR LEADERSHIP of Death Watch which Vizsla is obliged to answer! The duel between VIZSLA and MAUL is one of the greatest fights in the series! SITH vs MANDALORIAN! Vizsla uses his entire arsenal but Maul is victorious without resorting to the Force! The DEATH of PRE VIZSLA! Maul beheads him with the DARKSABER and claims OWNERSHIP OF THE BLADE! Vizsla was scum in life but he accepts his death STOICALLY like the warrior he claimed to be. BO-KATAN is appalled! She cries foul and flees with a group of loyalists. KATEE SACKHOFF again voices Bo-Katan. ALMEC is installed as a PUPPET Prime Minister who further maligns SATINE by charging her with the assassination of VIZSLA! Unlike Vizsla, slippery sleaze Almec has no illusions about who is MASTER. MAUL now rules the underworld through his SHADOW COLLECTIVE based out of Sundari on Mandalore. All that remains is REVENGE.
Alex Vazquez
2022-09-25 21:38:45 +0000 UTCHey, Kaiielle! EMINENCE: MAUL and SAVAGE cut a swath through the galaxy's underworld with the aid of Death Watch! SAM WITWER again voices Maul and CLANCY BROWN again voices Savage. The return of DEATH WATCH last seen in "A Friend in Need" (Season 4, Episode 14). The opening scene is a deliberate homage to the opening scene of a very famous movie which shall remain nameless. Maul gets outfitted with PLANTIGRADE LEG prosthetics and Savage gets a mechanical arm courtesy of PRE VIZSLA. PRE VIZSLA is again voiced by JON FAVREAU. BO-KATAN is again voiced by KATEE SACKHOFF of "Battlestar Galactica" and "Longmire". With Kenobi as a common enemy, a PACT is made between the Nightbrothers and the Mandalorians. BLACK SUN is a long-established criminal organization from LEGENDS having debuted in the very popular novel "Shadows of the Empire" written by Steve Perry in 1996 as part of a multimedia endeavor that included a comic book adaptation, video game adaptation and merchandising. The novel was set between "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi". BLACK SUN is the chief rival of the Hutt Cartel and is presided over by the FALLEEN. These repto-mammalian humanoids have thick spines, wear their long hair in top-knots and exude powerful pheromones irresistible to the opposite sex. BLACK SUN had their headquarters on MUSTAFAR until Darth Vader made the world his home. The INTRODUCTION of ZITON MOJ, the sole survivor of Maul's negotiation with Black Sun. The PYKE SYNDICATE is the chief trafficker of SPICE, the illegal narcotic of the Star Wars galaxy. The INTRODUCTION of LOM, head of the PYKE SYNDICATE who shrewdly elects to partner with Maul. Notice Lom's kinky FINGER CLAW! The HUTT CARTEL is the oldest and most powerful criminal enterprise in the galaxy controlling a large portion of the Outer Rim regardless of whether the centralized government happens to be a democratic republic or a totalitarian dictatorship. The RETURN of the HUTT COUNCIL last seen assembled in the Ziro Trilogy of Season 3. JABBA, appearing holographically, AROK, MARLO and ORUBA were last seen in "Hunt for Ziro" (Season 3, Episode 9). GORGA, appearing holographically, was last seen in Nal Hutta's Bilbousa Bazaar in "Friends and Enemies" (Season 4, Episode 16). AROK has the stogie, GORGA has the monocle, MARLO has the 'stache and ORUBA has the beret. The Hutts resist and bring out the BOUNTY HUNTERS! They actually force the Nightbrothers to retreat but the Mandalorians soon overwhelm them! Human DENGAR was last seen on Quarzite in "Bounty" (Season 4, Episode 20). Theelin LATTS RAZZI was last seen sharing a drink with Asajj Ventress on Tatooine in "Brothers" (Season 4, Episode 21). Zabrak SUGI was last seen on Tatooine chatting at the bar in "Revenge" (Season 4, Episode 22). Kyuzo EMBO, once again voiced by DAVE FILONI, and his Anooba, MARROK, were last seen on Tatooine sharing a booth with Asajj Ventress in "Revenge" (Season 4, Episode 22). The DEATH of ORUBA, the albino Hutt, in his beret and capelet no less! So much for sartorial dash! Mandalorian invasion of Jabba's palace on Tatooine makes short work of his Gamorrean, Quarren and Nikto thugs! Wily JABBA plays long games and agrees to Maul's coercive tactics. Maul's SHADOW COLLECTIVE is complete! PRE VIZSLA, however, chafes under Maul's snide command and CONSPIRES WITH BO-KATAN to bail once Mandalore is in Death Watch's grip.
Alex Vazquez
2022-09-24 18:51:30 +0000 UTCJim is great voicing Hondo, he brings so much life and fun to that character. And that insolence line was so awesome!
kaiielle
2022-09-24 05:08:06 +0000 UTCHey, Kaiielle! REVIVAL: MAUL sets his sights on the underworld. The RETURN of DARTH MAUL and SAVAGE OPRESS last seen in "Revenge" (Season 4, Episode 22). SAM WITWER again voices Maul and CLANCY BROWN again voices Savage. Before the episode even begins, a TWI'LEK and NIKTO JEDI have been slaughtered! It's kind of touching that brutish Savage suggests an EQUITABLE PARTNERSHIP but Maul shuts that down fast in favor of his SITH INDOCTRINATION which invariably puts the brothers at odds. The Sith way is not to share power but to seize it for oneself! It's almost as if the man Savage ONCE WAS is peeking through the monstrous exterior momentarily. The RETURN of Tholothian Master ADI GALLIA last seen in the Council Chamber while Anakin suggested aiding the Onderonian guerrillas in an advisory capacity in "A War on Two Fronts" earlier this season and last featured prominently escaping Grievous' clutches in "Nomad Droids" (Season 4, Episode 6). She was also seen in live-action in "Phantom Menace" and "Attack of the Clones". The warehouse supervisor with the folksy drawl is a SNIVVIAN voiced by Hondo's JIM CUMMINGS. It doesn't take much to flip JIRO, the mohawked Weequay, and GORU, the hulking Weequay. Naturally, the lone loyalist captain, SABO, gets killed for his integrity. HONDO'S BASE is in ruins after Grievous' assault in the YOUNGLING ARC earlier in the season. The DEATH of Tholothian Master ADI GALLIA! Savage GORES her with his horns before delivering a lightsaber coup de grace! She is replaced on the Council by another Tholothian, STASS ALLIE, who is seen getting blasted on her speeder bike by Commander Neyo during the Order 66 montage in "Revenge of the Sith". HONDO and OBI-WAN back-to-back! One of the better JEDI DUELS of the series in which Obi-Wan impressively stands against both Maul and Savage! Savage's KNEE takes SIX hard kicks before buckling! Adi Gallia delivered the FIRST BLOW and Obi-Wan followed up with FIVE more! SAVAGE LOSES AN ARM! Hondo flips his men back just as easily with the prospect of PLUNDERING MAUL! It must be exhausting for Hondo to keep these guys in line! Lol. Hondo gets the BEST RETORT of the series: "Insolence? We're pirates! We don't even know what that means!" MAUL LOSES A DIGITGRADE LEG and has to ditch his ship! His first attempt at becoming a kingpin ends in abject failure. Naturally, PALPATINE COULD CARE LESS about the Jedi lost or the havoc being caused trivializing it as an internal matter of the Order unrelated to the war because every Jedi eliminated and the more chaos sown feeds right into his grand scheme. The final close-up shows him relishing the distress the Maul WILD CARD brings. The contribution of JIM CUMMINGS' wonderfully rakish performance to this series cannot be emphasized enough!
Alex Vazquez
2022-09-24 04:13:38 +0000 UTCThey really do pack a lot into these later episodes. The next arc and a couple of arcs in season 6 and 7 it's like that and it's a lot to digest. Like you said, we're getting closer to episode 3, a lot of things are happening and there's a lot of emotional stuff coming up so be prepared. Like you said, we see Maul go from literally rags to riches and gets all this power, in charge of an entire planet now, then Sidious shows up and he instantly turns back into Sidious' bitch and groveling at his feet. Before the fight even starts, you see how much more powerful Sidious is because we've seen Maul get powerful and Sidious quickly dispatches Maul and Savage.
Andrew Sitek
2022-09-17 05:26:59 +0000 UTCObi-Wan and cutting off limbs, name a better duo
Andrew Sitek
2022-09-17 04:06:24 +0000 UTCCool! Good to know.
kaiielle
2022-09-17 01:22:51 +0000 UTCI just assume Palpatine Force'd his hood to stay in place 😁 The battles in this arc are all so good. A very emotional arc but also a great (proper) introduction to Bo Katan, voiced by Katee Sackhoff, who also plays one of the more prominent characters of the 2004 version of "Battlestar Gallactica" (2-episode miniseries + 4 seasons series + 2x 10-episode web series + 2 movies that are all connected). If you haven't watched it before, I would highly recommend it (once you are all caught up with Star Wars ofcourse, which can take a while still 😎). I believe this is still the show that I have rewatched the most times.
Rune
2022-09-17 01:20:36 +0000 UTCAnd you’re 10% closer to that youngling slayer
Absher
2022-09-16 21:16:45 +0000 UTCThe Lawless - hard to beat that episode. Easily one of my favorites. There are some others though that I like just as much. The last arcs of seasons 5 and 7 are my favorite. This one is a close 3rd and the last arc in season 6 is also good. I so surprised that Satines name wasn’t mentioned in Obi Wan. I just wanted him to say her name once or reference her, I would have lost it. Gotta feel for the guy. Lost his master, his love and his padawan/friend all because of Palpatine. Thanks as always for sharing your thoughts with us Kaiielle
Absher
2022-09-16 21:10:43 +0000 UTCI'll wait til after Season 6 then.
kaiielle
2022-09-16 18:57:23 +0000 UTCHe really is the best of the Jedi. Yes, definitely remember that line from The Mandalore Trilogy. 🥲
kaiielle
2022-09-16 13:46:11 +0000 UTCIs 25 not young?!?
kaiielle
2022-09-16 13:42:29 +0000 UTCSatine's final words to this day, many years later...always makes me tear up soo badly. Who knows how history would be if Obi-Wan had left the Jedi Order when he was a Padawan to be with Satine. Remember in a previous episode, Obi said, "Had you said the word, I would've left the Jedi Order." But even through all that he's been through, he never let's his anger and sorrow corrupt him to the dark side. And that's why he is the example of a TRUE Jedi Master
William. C
2022-09-16 13:40:17 +0000 UTCLol
Justin
2022-09-16 07:50:17 +0000 UTCRIP Qui Gon😢
Justin
2022-09-16 07:50:00 +0000 UTCYeah Kaiielle, if you were to read the Son of Darhomeir Comic after season 6 and before season 7, you would understand a bit more, BUT you can totally read them after the show and then rewatch some stuff too.
Justin
2022-09-16 07:49:06 +0000 UTCShades of Reason & The Lawless- Simply Incredible! Some of the best Star Wars right here, and it only gets better still. RIP PRE VISLA, SATIEN, SAVAGE, ANAKIN’s ship😢, he got that ship in the clone wars movie and now it’s gone. Also Obi WAN’s Disguise initially was his Rako Hardien outfit, incase you didn’t notice. Also Palpatien actually does have 2 lightsabers like in here, he only uses 1 in Revenge of the Sith because it’s actually a different one when he fights Mace and Yoda. Mace knocks his first saber out of the window so he uses his other one against Yoda. BUT he stores 1 Saber in the his Senate chamber, and 1 in his Office in a different building. Meaning that he had to make a stop on the way to kick Maul’s ASS😂😂😂.
Justin
2022-09-16 07:36:50 +0000 UTCRevival & Eminence- AWESOME!!! LOVE IT!!! Hondo and Obi Wan VS Maul!!! Just epic. RIP 😢ADI GALLIA (Jedi that died) Crazy how maul is just an agent of CHAOS!!! He turned TWO different armies against one another in 4 episodes, while assembling a CRIME EMPIRE with the HUTTS!!! CRAZY! Also Suki the bounty hunter Maul fought in the Hutt’s compound, she is a Zabrak just like Maul, just a female one from the Actual Zabrak home world instead of Dathomier. Also the Pykes (the more Alien looking Gangsters” I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THEM!!! They are just so cool yet goofy yet threatening.
Justin
2022-09-16 07:30:47 +0000 UTCOk before I forget, cause there is a LOT to talk about imma start of with some non plot fun stuff! You though me for a loop when you said that you found Maul Attractive, I agree with you, as a straight male I also find Maul to be a hottie😅. Also you mentioned Obi Wan was “young” when Qui Gon died, Obi Wan was actually 25 in Phantom Menace🤯. Crazy cause Anakin was 18 and Ahsoka is currently 16 as Padawans! Just a neat detail I wanted to mention.
Justin
2022-09-16 07:23:34 +0000 UTCThat double lightsaber kill from palp was great. Totally showing off his skills. Palp being awesome as always. You said the next ark is called ahsoka? Is this the ark I think it is... I'm done talking now.
Yoshi1990
2022-09-16 07:10:56 +0000 UTCWow, just wow. This is where the series REALLY picks up. every emotional beat here hit, the voice acting is once again, phenomenal, and the world building is plentiful. I would honestly give this arc a 9.5/10, sooooo good. Also completely random and nothing to do with clone wars, I just found out that Yodas blankets in Return Of The Jedi are Qui-Gons robes 🥲 I AM NOT OKAY😭
Sean H
2022-09-16 07:01:41 +0000 UTCThis arc rules, Bo Katan is one of my favorite characters of the show. She started as a background side kick and look at her now. Poor Obi-Wan. This guy lost everything in his life ( master, love of his life, apprentice and friend, republic ) and he never turn bad even once. He is really the best of the Jedi. Regarding Son of Dathomir, season 7 is written with the notion that you have read it ( or watched it, there is good audio comics of it by fans on youtube), just so you know. It feels kinda weird watching s7 without having an awareness of what happened in it, like you missed an arc. Your watch order list it where it takes place so you should be fine with reading a summary if you don't have time for more. Looking forward to the next reaction, cheers !
Guiguioh
2022-09-16 05:43:25 +0000 UTCThe Lawless is my favorite episode in the entire series even though there are better ones. I could go on about it for days lol. As for the comic arc is for between seasons 6 & 7. Maul really shows in this arc the teachings he learned from Sidious as he's always thinking of the bigger picture as opposed to Vizsla who just wants Mandalore. You kinda root for Maul even though Vizsla is the lesser of two evils. Sidious is just toying with them through most of that fight it's not until Savage dies and Maul gets really angry that he's able to give Sidious a real fight even if it's temporary. This is where the fun begins.
Jam
2022-09-16 05:05:35 +0000 UTCEminence - The pacing and music in this episode 10 out of 10. Loved seeing Death Watch team up with Maul. Pre Vizsla, voiced by Jon Favreau himself, with the Dark Saber, awesome. and, I love seeing Bo-Katan
Absher
2022-09-16 04:38:52 +0000 UTCGood call. 🥲
kaiielle
2022-09-16 04:14:21 +0000 UTCNice! Well I just watched Revival and now I’m going to grab a box of tissues before I get into the next 3.The Lawless 😭
Absher
2022-09-16 04:03:28 +0000 UTC
