Hello everyone and welcome to another double dose of Clone Wars catchup with episodes 18 and 19 of season 2. Starting with episode 18, it kicked off the multi-episode arc with a bang in the most literal of senses. The bomb was an interesting idea as it only hurt droids. It was basically an EMP and you had to wonder why something like this hadn’t been produced on a large scale before. It actually effected more than just the droids as it woke up one incredibly huge beast from under the ground.

The beast itself and some of it’s scenes afterwards where it was tossing vehicles and breaking stuff was very reminiscent of Godzilla. How they wanted to deal with the creature really did open up an interesting and relatable debate. The preservation of species and wildlife differ in importance depending on who you ask, especially if it goes up against human well being. It was clearly a threat so it needed to be dealt with but it was a bit weird how they had to dupe the locals into thinking that they had killed it so that they could take it away. I know we got the whole ancestors back story, but as long as it’s gone, surely that was the most important thing. It’s not like their attempts to kill it were even working anyway!

The ending was a bit suspicious as Palpatine switched the beast’s location to a new, secret and secure one that he would not reveal details for. Unless he is planning some sort of Jurassic World level weirdness, I’m not exactly sure what he plans to do with it. He must be doing something though because there is no reason why he would have just killed it.

And when I got to the second episode many of my questions were answered, and my prediction of Palpatine weaponizing the beast in some way were not all that far off. It was the first time we properly see Palpatine showing a darker side, wanting to get his way no matter what. He already has Anakin wrapped around his little finger as we also got to see Anakin show his allegience to the future Emperor. Having Padme be the voice of Palpatine’s opposition made it even more effective, as although Anakin swore he was on Padme’s side, he still seemed to agree with the Chancellor’s point of view.

We got a full on Godzilla battle which also included Yoda for some reason and it was great fun…well that is until Palpatine got his way and killed the creature. I actually felt sad as it started to go down. I’m not even sure why but it somehow got to me. Despite the story seemingly wrapping up, Palpatine’s request for the beast to be cloned surely means we are going to see one again in the future. Do we really need to though? This story wasn’t all that interesting if I’m honest.

DD Rating: 5/10