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So Clone Wars is back!

        So, all of a surprise at comic con yesterday they announced that Clone Wars, the animated series set between Episodes 2 and 3 of Star Wars will be returning for 12 new episodes to finish off the storyline.

        While I'm somewhat glad that they're getting to finish off their stories, I have to question exactly how much there is to finish up.

        We know from Rebels that Ahsoka survives the Jedi Purges, and Rex, Wolffe and Gregor all have their chips removed, disobey orders by not killing their Jedi generals, and survive into the Imperial era. But do we need these stories really told.

        From the trailer, we can see Bo-Katan Kryse (the mandalorian female standing next to Ahsoka in the hologram), and Hunter (standing next to Anakin and Rex with the fleet overhead. Now Bo-Katan we know ends up ruling Mandalore after Sabine gives her the Dark Saber in Rebels, and Hunter only featured in the unfinished episode arc about the Bad Batch, but neither of them particularly have storylines needing finished off, and the introduction of Hunter means that anyone not watching the unfinished episodes is missing something now.

        The two character arcs which do seem to be unfinished are those not actually featured in the trailer at all. We left Asajj Ventress on the path of redemption, having helped Ahsoka, and rescued Obi-Wan already, it would be interesting to know what happens to her after, since she features in no other animated series or movie.
        And Maul, we left him having been captured by Palpatine, being kept alive as he may serve a purpose in the future. We know he turns up in Rebels on Malachor looking for a way to destroy the Sith, and more recently he's in a position of some underworld power in the Solo Movie. But we have no idea how he gets from being a prisoner, to a mob boss, and to his path of revenge.

        Now Asajj Ventress's tale would seem to fit within Clone Wars, but Mauls seems outside the scope of the series, so I somewhat doubt they'll be dealt with.

        And I can see interesting tales to be told, perhaps running concurrently with Revenge of the Sith, Ahsoka and Rex as the Republic falls and the Empire is born from its ashes, fleeing the Jedi Purge totally unaware of Anakin's fate and the rise of Vader, and Yoda and Obi-Wan's plans with the twins. But again, this seems outside the scope of the series.

        So what tales do they plan to finish off? I'm really having difficulty in seeing where there is left to go with these characters.

        Obi-Wan and Anakin have to remain fairly unchanged, and Yoda even though he's learnt the secret of keeping your personality after death, he can't tell anyone, as Obi-Wan isn't aware of the technique at the end of Revenge of the Sith. Mace Windu and the other Jedi all have their fates set, and even characters who were only occasionally in the series like Hondo Ohnaka, don't seem to have any series holes in their storylines which need to be plugged.

        So anyone any thoughts? Please leave your comments below.

Freddy

PS
        In an interview with Dave Filoni about the return of The Clone Wars, he said this.

Clone Wars was a piece of Star Wars that older fans might have, initially, not taken seriously because it was animated, but that wasn’t a barrier for kids. They loved the clones and identified with them. Ahsoka gave kids a character that was like them — someone their age that was experiencing life’s challenges and learning along the way. Plus, having a new episode each week really allowed us to explore what was going on with the new and legacy characters in a dynamic way, including Anakin and Obi-Wan.

        And being the moany type of person that I am, I'd like to contend a couple of points within.
        Firstly, that kids identified with the Clones, which is somewhat worrying that kids might identify with warriors born to die in other peoples wars with no say in their own fate, and a destiny to kill some of their closest friends.
        Secondly, Ahsoka is a character which is like the kids that watch the series, she's a Jedi, a mystical warrior who makes life and death decisions on a daily basis. Writers seem to think that kids need a character to identify with, but perhaps they're fine with someone who they can look up to and want to be like. When I was a kid I watched Star Trek, I didn't need there to be a kid onboard the enterprise, I wanted Captain Kirk to be heroic, and I wanted to be like him. When I watched Doctor Who, I didn't need there to be an identifiable kid on the Tardis, and the one time they really tried it (Adric) I hated him. I looked up to the Doctor and trusted him to save the day no matter how alien they tried to portray him, and wanted to be like him, all ancient and wise and powerful without being a killer.
        Thirdly, my comments throughout the later seasons of The Clone Wars was that there were too many multi-part stories, and Filoni's statement above seems to support that. That the series should have had a different story every week, to allow the exploration of this war spanning the galaxy far far away.

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