tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post3643157758779526101..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: Clone Wars -- "Weapons Factory" (Ep. 2.6)Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-28385790332852501112015-12-08T17:40:42.967-08:002015-12-08T17:40:42.967-08:00TAS: I think some of the intent of Clone Wars is t...TAS: I think some of the intent of Clone Wars is to show us that the Jedi and the Sith are two extremes on a continuum. There are, actually, good things on both ends as well as bad things on both ends. Anakin lies somewhere in between: He is the balance in the Force, to paraphrase the prophecy about him.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-69214959194774544992015-12-08T15:58:36.922-08:002015-12-08T15:58:36.922-08:00Anakin is a challenging character for the audience...Anakin is a challenging character for the audience. On the one hand, we want him to love and to feel compassion and the Order denying him his attachments seems cruel and unjust. <br /><br />But we also know what the future holds for him. We know the means Palpatine will use to manipulate him. As such, the Jedi caution against emotional involvements is, at least in this instance, vindicated. To be sure, the Order and the Galaxy pay dearly for his vulnerability.<br /><br />Obviously, the Jedi are not ordinary people. Even though they hold military ranks, they are not soldiers. Though they are politically powerful, they are neither politicians nor royals. They are more like a highly influential monastic order. The wisest among them, like Luminara and Obi Wan, know they cannot afford to live normal lives and also serve their higher purpose. Luminara demonstrates that she is not unfeeling, simply realistic.<br /><br />We all know that Anakin is never going to be quite ready to drink the Jedi Kool-Aid. Part of it is clearly arrogance, and we see some of that in this episode too. But more importantly, his ultimate loyalties are to people rather than to the cause.<br /><br />Obviously, I am not saying anything new or revolutionary here. The strength of the Anakin story is his moral ambiguity. The prequels would have done well to explore it more. You have argued before that The Clone Wars do a good job of filling in the gaps and I agree.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-57878396719305448692015-12-08T15:54:13.034-08:002015-12-08T15:54:13.034-08:00Sheena-kay: You do need to watch this series! It&#...Sheena-kay: You do need to watch this series! It's great.<br />I'm hoping to start Rebels soon.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-90487354199623757242015-12-08T14:31:42.403-08:002015-12-08T14:31:42.403-08:00I need to watch this series. I am in love with Sta...I need to watch this series. I am in love with Star Wars Rebels and even though the movie prequels often get a bad wrap it was that which got me into Star Wars. Before I thought it was this old franchise that I couldn't get into. But when I decided to check out the last prequel in theaters I was proven wrong. <br /><br />Anakin's story shows both how being too attached can destroy and being too distant can lead you astray or missing bad signs.Sheena-kay Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712661419116636671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-30160925315667706182015-12-08T10:55:58.008-08:002015-12-08T10:55:58.008-08:00Actually, I think it's that any strength can b...Actually, I think it's that any strength can be a weakness, so, in this instance, Anakin's refusal to let go is a strength but, as we saw back in the episode with Bane and the holocron, it was a weakness. This episode, though, shows us how the detachment of the Jedi has come to be a weakness within the Order.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-13828209837723123702015-12-08T10:49:44.405-08:002015-12-08T10:49:44.405-08:00TAS: It seems that way.TAS: It seems that way.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-80822132785529849822015-12-08T03:09:33.108-08:002015-12-08T03:09:33.108-08:00Well yes, it does seem we came away with different...Well yes, it does seem we came away with different impressions.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.com