It's interesting to see that Umbara will be fighting on the side of the Separatists, especially considering that they had a republic senator and a staff aide to the Supreme Chancellor during the war. Makes me wonder if this is fallout over Mee Deechi's murder.
The Death Watch change sounds interesting. With this info and what was said in the EW.com article, it makes me think they dropped the Separatists as allies and are a truly independent entity willing to fight against both sides. That falls more in line with what I thought the Mandalorians should be portrayed as in this show.
We'll see if Death Watch eventually wins out on Mandalore in an attempt to "correct" some of the show's EU-continuity "mistakes".
Top of the thread has been updated downloadable versions of recent released trailers.
PREMIERE: September 16 2011 8:00 EST PM
Episode S04E01 • Water War
• In the first two episodes of this three-part story arc, the inhabitants of the watery world of Mon Calamari find themselves on the brink of a civil war.
Episode S04E02 • Gungan Attack
• The Jedi soon realize they will need the help of a powerful and amphibious ally to stop the war and drive out the Separatist invaders.
Above is the premiere date along with the episode titles and info taken from the Lucasfilm Press Release. Gungan Attack is assumed to be the "powerful and amphibious ally" portion of the press release.
Pretty cool preview. All though I sorta find it hard to believe their sabers would work underwater. I thought the sabers would automatically get shut off once they fell into water or were submerged into some form of water.
I remember when playing the Jedi Outcast games and every time I fell in water the saber would deactivate right there.
Pretty cool preview. All though I sorta find it hard to believe their sabers would work underwater. I thought the sabers would automatically get shut off once they fell into water or were submerged into some form of water.
I remember when playing the Jedi Outcast games and every time I fell in water the saber would deactivate right there.
And there was a deleted scene in TPM where Qui-Gon gave a lesson to Obi-Wan because he fried his saber underwater.
The thought process of underwater lightsabers is probably like this: With an under water battle, combatants would need to attack at each other in some way. In real world terms, harpoons and knives are the good methods.
However, while this can be fun (see the climax of Thunderball), it’s not that Stars Wars-ish. So, the creative team decided that the warring combatants should fire blaster blots at one another. And, if laser guns are allowed to work underwater, there’s no in-universe reason to exclude laser swords.
I don’t believe that the Clone Wars series has gone off the believability rails. Other than the Mortis arch, it’s not been any more scientifically ridiculously than some of the stuff in the OT (see wiki page: "Physics and Star Wars").
I do concede that the Tartakovsky Clone Wars series is wacky. That show displayed the same laws of physics as a Roadrunner cartoon.
IGN: That Nightsisters story also left us with one of the bigger dangling threads of the series so far, with Savage Opress and… Darth Maul?
Filoni: Something was in the crystal ball, right? What was that? I mean Darth Maul got cut in half. It seems highly unlikely that anything could happen with that character. So it's going to be interesting to see how that… Because I've said it before, that is a story we are going to continue. We have to! [Laughs] We left that right there.
So we can't just go, "Ehh, we're not gonna do that!" Savage Opress, his story continues and his arc continues. It's one of the more interesting ones, especially because it's so on the Dark Side of things. But I think the fans really want it and we really want to tell it too.
That and the Ventress arc…
I thought the changes we made to Ventress and the evolution of her character was one of the more interesting decisions that we got to experiment with. And we take that even farther this season. I'm excited to see that and how the audience reacts to that, because she has become, to me, one of the most interesting characters on the show.
She starts off as kind of that, "Oh, she's just the bad girl," running around with a lightsaber. And she's become so much more. We've learned that she had a past, that she had this childhood and it was great to get to develop that stuff. It was fun to work on with Katie [Lucas] – that was really fun for us all.
The voice of all the Clone Troopers -- Dee Bradley Baker -- talks about Order 66 getting ever-closer.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars returns next week with a big visual change, as the Clone Troopers transition into the Phase 2 armor we saw them wearing in Revenge of the Sith. Continuing to voice every single Clone Trooper on the show is the amazing voice actor Dee Bradley Baker, who is called upon to create the subtle distinctions between Captain Rex, Commander Cody and so many other Clones.
Last month, I spoke to Baker about what's to come on The Clone Wars – where the unknown fate of Rex, who is not in Revenge of the Sith – always looms like a shadow.
IGN TV: This season, we're getting an upgrade to the new armor. [Supervising Director] Dave Filoni told me Rex is not thrilled with that and holds on to elements of his original armor.
Dee Bradley Baker: Yeah. That begins to reveal itself as his story plays out. My question has always been what happens to Rex and what happens to Ahsoka - those two characters in particular. There's no way that they can't deal with that in a meaningful and very important way. And that will be happening. And yeah, you start to see that - that Rex is part of the old guard, and the new guard, as Dave said, starts to muddy the waters, so to speak, in terms of the genetics and I think maybe the training. And then they start recruiting people until you end up with the stormtroopers that we see in Episode IV. So that evolution is taking place as this unfolds, as these stories become increasingly cinematic and the arcs become more cinematic. There's more and more of that, where it's not just little one-offs or even two-offs. You see more three and four [episode arcs] and bigger, truly cinematic story arcs coming out. It's quite remarkable.
The show really continues to deepen and evolve in really rich and rewarding and fascinating, exciting ways. I can't wait to hear what people think of the Umbara arc. That's all that I've seen of Season 4 -- and that was even with I think some temp stuff in it -- but it looked absolutely stunning. It's just so exciting to see how this show continues to grow.
IGN: It must be gratifying to see how Rex has resonated. People love this character.
Baker: Rex is a rock, man. He is dependable, he's smart, he's flexible, and in a way, he's kind of the heart in the tragic change and tragic switch that has to happen with the demise of the Jedi and the Order 66 and everything that has to happen. I mean, he's been there from the beginning when this was a pure mission. And it slowly starts to fall apart or there's a misstep here or a misstep there… And you know things are starting to change for Anakin. You know that that's going to happen. But how does that happen for Rex? You've seen, even in "The Deserter" episode, that even Mr. Straight-Ahead, by-the-book Rex, he's got a sense of humanity and a flexibility in him that shows that he's human and not just purely straight-by-the-book-and-nothing-else dogma. Logically, that is his strength… and his weakness maybe, but I don't know.
IGN: You got a glimpse of it in Revenge of the Sith, but now on the show you're really able to flesh out the relationships the Clones and the Jedi have, such as Cody and Obi-Wan, and how that all changes in a second with Order 66. Is that an interesting element for you to play?
Baker: Yeah. Well as you get closer and closer to Episode III, and the whole body of these stories begins to play out, you start to see questions that have begun to emerge in the clones' minds. They're humans, and they're just slaughtered in such great numbers. And to what cause - for this battle or for that battle? That's part of what's so compelling to me is that whole switch of that order that seems so sudden in Episode III. But episode by episode, piece by piece, you start to see that this is all starting to take root. And then finally, it happens. IGN: You've had some other fun roles besides the clones on this show. Should we be listening for you in any upcoming episodes?
Baker: Well the past couple of days I've been playing with Jim Cummings as Hondo and a bunch of others. Doing some pirates - that's a lot of fun. I've been doing pirates for a couple of episodes at least. But it's so great that they can take it in so many directions and take characters that just kind of jumped up briefly and then all of the sudden, "Aw, I liked that character. I want to see him more." And they bring them back more. And there is more of that.
You'll see a lot more Ventress. Ventress, for me, was always one of my very favorite villains and one of my very favorite characters. And we've seen with the Nightsisters what a compelling and fascinating story that she has. The evolution that she goes through and the stuff that's happening to her, I've gotta say, that's probably a third [overriding] issue for me, is what's the deal with Ventress? Because that sure ain't over…
IGN: I loved in one of the trailers for the new season where you get to say, as a Clone, "Oh, it's going to be one of those planets," when you see some "cute" aliens. Is it fun for you when they throw in those little self-deprecating bits?
Baker: Well, it's a delight! It feels utterly right as somebody who's enjoyed Star Wars since Episode IV -- and I saw it many tens of times when it first came out, because I worked in a theater as a Jawa when it re-released. But they're constantly sprinkling in those kinds of references, those idioms that are familiar to all fans of the original movies that really make it feel like Star Wars.
IGN: Wait, did you say you worked in a theater as a Jawa?
Baker: Yeah! What happened was the Halloween after -- And I've gotta find this picture. I've got a picture of it -- The Halloween after the summer of Star Wars, my mom and dad put together a really killer Jawa costume for me with the glowing eyes and everything. It looked really, very good. That was my Halloween costume. And then the following summer, they re-released Star Wars. And I got hired at the local theater just to be there as a Jawa. And they paid me in movie passes, which was, like, better than money.
IGN: How old were you?
Baker: Let's see. Like 14 or 15 maybe?
IGN: Yeah, movie passes are everything at that age.
Baker: Yeah. "I don't want money. Let me watch Star Wars all summer long and pay me in movie passes. And I get to dress up as a Jawa and sit in the theater?!" That was my first Star Wars gig! Needless to say, that movie meant a lot to me, and it still does. And to watch these shows, and what a wonderful realization of this it is, I can't tell you what it means to me to see it. I almost can't really believe it when I see it.
• Synopsis: Underwater unrest! The assassination of the King of Mon Calamari creates conflict with the Mon Cala and Quarren, so Padme and Anakin are dispatched to make peace. However - The Separtists have other plans....
• Look out for: Captain Ackbar!
Episode S04E02 • Gungan Attack
• Air Date: September 16 2011
• Director: Brian Kalin O'Connell
• Writer: Jose Molina
• Synopsis: The Jedi find themselves trapped by sustained Separatist attacks. Can the Gungans save the day?
• Look out for: The Gungan Army, back in action for the first time since The Phantom Menace!
Episode S04E03 • Prisoners
• Air Date: September 23 2011
• Director: Danny Keller
• Writer: Jose Molina
• Synopsis: Seemingly crushed by the might of the Separatist assault, the only hope for the Republic is a Padawan and a Prince.
• Look out for: The shark-like Karkarodons!
Episode S04E04 • Shadow Warrior
• Air Date: September 30 2011
• Director: Brian Kalin O'Connell
• Writer: Daniel Arkin
• Synopsis: Can Jar-Jar Binks defeat a Separatist invasion led by the evil General Grievous?
Thanks for pointing this out. The most important info from the videos is that:
- Things become much more ominous as the season progresses
- The scripts for seasons five and six have already been finalized (!)
- Anakin and Padme’s relationship is a center point this season
- The Ahsoka, Lux, and Death Watch episode is a one-off episode, but an important one
- Filoni says that the audience will get a sense of Mandalore’s ultimate fate at the end of the war
- Krell and Rex participate in the battle on Umbara
- Filoni calls the Umbara arch “challenging” and is very curious to see the fans reaction to it
- Dengar “gets his punches in” during his episode
- Ventress and several other characters participate in a later action heavy episode which features more than one original trilogy character
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