The Clone Wars S1 E12 - 'The Gungan General' Mini-Review

 


An Unlikely Alliance.

Anakin and Obi-Wan team up with Count Dooku to escape the double-crossing pirates in a fine, fun episode. The trio's banter is solid if a bit cliche, but Jar-Jar Binks' rescue mission is a welcome side-plot as the bumbling Gungan finally does something useful. It was refreshing to see Binks not cock up the mission like he usually does, although even in his better episodes like this I still can't help but wish he was included less frequently. Still, an entertaining episode with a satisfying ending as the Jedi show their honour by leaving the pirates in peace.

JEDI MESSAGE
"Fail with honor rather than succeed by fraud"

STORY ARC - The Gungan General (2/2)

FEATURED CHARACTERS
- Ahsoka Tano
- Count Dooku
- Yoda
- Anakin Skywalker
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Jar Jar Binks
- Hondo Ohnaka
- Turk Falso
- Senator Kharrus (RIP)
- Padme Amidala

FEATURED LOCATIONS
- Florrum

TRIVIA

  • Senator Kharrus' staff was designed off of the Staff of Ra from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
  • One of the swoop bikes has nose art depicting the mudflap girl.
  • At the beginning of the episode, Obi-Wan and Anakin wake up after being drugged with their drinks. However, at the end of the previous episode, they had switched out the spiked drinks.
  • In one shot, when Jar Jar is burying Kharrus, a skalder is walking by him. However, when it switches shots, the skalder is nowhere in sight.
  • Obi-Wan and Anakin arrived without their lightsabers, while the pirates had the lightsabers they took from Dooku—his own and Anakin's. When Obi-Wan and Anakin recover the lightsabers, both are distinctive blue Jedi lightsabers, and Dooku's curved-hilt lightsaber is nowhere to be seen.
  • In a shot, when the shuttle is flying over Florrum, the clone troopers accompanying Jar Jar and Kharrus are shown as troopers with blank armor. When the shuttle crashes, they are shown as Coruscant Guard
RATING: 7/10

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