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| Saturday, April 25, 2009 12:29 PM |
| On the Viewer - Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Episode 22 - "Hostage Crisis") |
 by Fëanor |
I haven't watched this show in a while, so I figured I must have fallen way behind, but in fact I was only two episodes behind. Unfortunately, one of those episodes (#21, "Liberty on Ryloth") appears to no longer be available for viewing on the web, so I had to skip to this one.
A gang of bounty hunters attacks the Senate, led by a guy named Cad Bane, who speaks and dresses as if he's in the Old West, cowboy hat and all. But after an exciting scene of action and slaughter, we unfortunately cut to Anakin being all creepy and emotionally bullying to Padme. Argh! I hate these characters. This scene appears to only be here so they could make up some reason for Anakin to not have his lightsaber with him when the fighting starts. It's so contrived. Get back to the killing!
Oh, they did get back to the killing. Good. Wow, the bounty hunters are even taking out the droids. That's cold. Heh. I like the little fish guy, though. Apparently he's the hacker of the group.
Man, these bounty hunters are hardcore! They're snapping guys necks, blowing them up, shooting them when they ask for help. This is a seriously violent and cold-blooded episode.
Turns out the bounty hunters are taking some Senators hostage so they can negotiate the release of a Hutt who's been taken prisoner by the Republic.
You know, Padme has already had ample opportunities to throw Anakin his lightsaber, but has failed to take any of them. All she has to do is get it out where he can see it and he can grab it with the Force. I mean, c'mon. And he only just remembered he doesn't have it?! Good lord, he's stupid.
Hey, what's with the curvy feminine droid hanging out in one of the Senate chambers? Is she a sex bot or what?
So, why didn't Anakin steal the guns from the bounty hunters with the Force and kill them? Or convince one to kill the other? See, this is the problem when you create a character with super powers: it's hard to create a situation where he's actually believably in danger. If Anakin were using his abilities in a realistic manner, he'd already have taken care of all of this. Instead we have to essentially pretend he doesn't have the Force for this episode to even make sense.
Again, another pointless scene as Anakin gets in a protracted physical fight with a droid. Just crush his head with the Force! Steal his gun from him with the Force! This is nonsensical. I'd be a way better Jedi than Anakin.
Finally Anakin does steal one of their guns with the Force! Thank you! Of course, the bounty hunters are much smarter than him and planned for him to do that. Although throwing him in among the other prisoners and assuming he'll be harmless now is not such a good idea.
I thought they had no outside communication. How did the Chancellor call in all these clone troopers?
Could it be any more obvious that Padme and Anakin are in a relationship? They are so bad at hiding it!
As you can probably already tell, I didn't really enjoy this episode. The plotting was clumsy and contrived, and all they did was pretty much reinforce how incompetent Anakin and Padme are. |
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