By: Mark Mc

Mark Mc — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:44:11 +0000

I was waiting to see you review this Sam. As usual you and I have similar views. I feel the animation has ramped up. The colors and the depths of colors have improved greatly. There is a richness and depth of field to scenes that make this episode look quite cinematic. The zero grav scene in particular was well executed.
Ths killing of Master Ropal really showed a daring that breaks from the mold of the writing being aimed at kids. The first season teetered but always stayed towards the more safe side of stories for kids. The torture of Ropal took a step beyond that safe line. It also helped to show the direness of Ahsoka’s situation when Bane captures her.
This leads then to Anakin and his “attachments”. I think the situation of Anakin deciding to open the holocron over Ahsoka’s peril would have been magnified if explained how devastating it would be for the information within the holocron being made public. Master Ropal died for those secrets. Anakin’s attachments made him give up the holocron willingly. and easily. (yes I realize in the previous episode it explained how the holocron and the kyber crystal would lead to all force sensitive children but the importance of that was never lost on Ropal but was certainly lost on Anakin. I would have loved that scene to have been extended 1 minute more and it reinforced just have grave Anakin’s decision would be.)
Finally, I felt the final part where Bane disguises as the trooper to escape I felt was choosing the kid way of storytelling again. It’s a tough way of storytelling to straddle between kid and adult. It was a brilliant idea if only that yes having a Jedi not be able to discover the ploy makes it seem tougher. I think the whole Jedi abilities get changed to serve a stories purpose.
Otherwise I loved the episode. Hopefully this is a precursor to things to come. I look forward to it.

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By: Mark Mc