Alright, the show is pretty amazing, but there just a few things that simply ANNOY me during the show's production:

-Creation of Savage Opress: How can a n00b dark jedi trained for less than a month by Dooku defeat not only Dooku's ex-assassin, but also Obi-Wan AND Anakin ("The Chosen One" -- the guy who defeated both the Father's daughter/son)....AND was shot a bunch by droids and still survived. Seriously, where's the logistics in that?

-Exchange of Anakin for General Grievous in "Shadow Warrior": Tarpals sacrificed his life to capture General Grievous, and Padme and Jar Jar disregard his sacrifice and decide to exchange the key to the end of the war for a single jedi (he could of brought balance to the force ~50 years earlier if they didn't do the Ani-Grievous exchange!).

And the most recent one...: General Pong Krell: Not only does his stereotypical asian name + goatee annoy me, but his methods of executing commands. How can a world (galaxy)-renowned Jedi Master be known for his ability to complete missions if all he does is send his troops in a straight formation in a "suicide-mission"? The droid army does almost the exact same thing and they almost always fail! It would make a difference if Krell lead his troops but no he sits in the back and just surveys his troops getting cut down.

And of course...Ahsoka. Her preppy-spunky attitude annoys me. I'll be happy when they kill her off in Season 5 lol.


Whew...just had to get that out there. It's not really the canon issues that annoy me, but the logistics of things. Any pet peeves of CW for you guys?

It's the canon contradictions that annoy the crap out of me, primarily because the authors get told by the holocron managers that "No, you can't use this character (Eeth Koth), he's dead" or "You can't kill this character (Evan Piell), he survives the clone wars and is featured in several novels", then they go to Lucas and he tells them to go ahead as he doesn't care about the EU. It's like when a kid gets told no by one parent then goes and asks the other.

I love the Clone Wars TV series. Pretty well done for the most part. However, some things do irk me. Pong Krell. Is this guy even a jedi? I really can't tell by the way he acts. Even Mace Windu, who is as serious as they come and shows little attachment to those under his command, doesn't disregard them and send them on suicide missions.In fact Mace is a front line commander and actually does care about his troops by saving them from dieing in many instances on Ryloth (for example the laser bridge). I really hope they are not just making this character to be a cool looking anti-anakin. I will be dissappointed they couldn't think of a better way to make the character.

As far as earlier comments about Savage Opress, I would have to a say a guy who was transformed by the Nightsisters to be a beasty warrior is going to be able to take and dish out some major pain. I thought it was rather cool when he did the Repulse against all the droids after taking a few hits. I do beleive he has some really good armor to take those hits. As far as I'm concerned, The Force Unleashed ruined star wars as far as force users. Talk about way to good it just overkill.

I also have an issue with Greivous's lack of "OMG this guy is a insane warrior" when all we see is him run away every time! I could understand a couple times...but not every time. Why can't they have the jedi run from him? Isn't this guy a jedi destroyer? How does he get those lightsabers if he never actually kills jedi? Maybe they should bring in Durge and show how its done. I want to see a really good fighting Grevious.

Another issue is the lack of order in chronology. Its annoying to wait for the ned of the series in order to compile a list of in order episodes and then watch them in a row with out thinking about who is still alive and why.

he is a Traviss Jedi lol

I actually love General Krell and the dynamic that he is brining to the show. Despite the fact that the Jedi we have seen all treat the clones as men and with due respect, he does not and I think it is important to realize that there are thousands of Jedi, and that regardless of the training they receive, they are still individuals and have their own thoughts and beliefs. Obviously Krell was designed to show that not every Jedi is a huge fan of the clones. Unlike Rahm Kota, who would probably come off very similar, Krell does not necessarily mind having clones, he just sees them as pawns in the scheme to achieve his goals. Plus he is serving the purpose of showing the burgeoning independence of the clones, giving them the thought that "Hey, maybe these Jedi are not all good" making the Execution of Order 66 that much easier for the clones conscience. And I can see "Pong" being a typical Asian name, but "Krell" does not.

Lucas has often indicated that the EU is all essentially fanfic. That beings said, the inconsistencies do aggravate me.
I do appreciate that Filoni and co do take the EU intO consideration when designing haracters and story lines (Reapblic Commandos, Darth Bane's sadly unused appearance, etc). I think it is really cool when stuff from the EU is legitimized in the show.

Overall I am very happy with the show. I think between the visuals created by the darkness and light contrasts on Umbara, the cool machines the Umbarans use and the uncomfortable dynamic between Krell and the clones, the present story arc is among the best in the series, and certainly my favorite.

Now if they would only bring Quinlan Vos in for a few more episodes....

It'll be interesting to see how they have Ventress return to the Sep camp, though


Side note: when will we see Durge?

I wasn't really surprised. I'd consider the steady change more of the series growing the beard than anything.

I think he studied command techniques under Zap Branigan.

not the best of climaxes, but everything leading up to it was fantastic.