I missed the first half but I did see Asajj kill a clone commander. Does anyone know who it was? Was it an Arc Trooper Commander? And who was 99?

No idea who the Clone Commander was. I was wondering the same thing myself. But 99 was a Clone that was unfit for duty. So he was assigned to Kamino. Here is what wookieepedia has for him so far.

99

99 was a malformed clone of Jango Fett, deemed to be unfit for service in the Grand Army of the Republic. He was instead assigned cleaning and maintenance duties in the cloning facilities of Tipoca City, Kamino. He was killed while trying to get more weapons in the defense of Kamino.

Ya Ninja-ed my post Sithborg. Beat me to it.

I thought "ARC Troopers" was among the best episodes of the series so far. I also like the interaction between Greivous and Ventress, and Ventress was superb.

I have been waiting for ARC Troopers to appear for some time, and overall I liked thier debut. The armor had to be distinct from Rex's to avoid confusion, and it makes sense to use Phase III armor for the elite troops as it would be in its initial trials during this time before distributed to the bulk of the troops. The double pauldron look was interesting. We really didn't get a great look at their fighting prowess, so I hope we see more of them in the future. I also get the sense that ARCs will be just highly trained troops rather than the genetically created super soldiers we are used to.

At the end though, during the promotion scene Rex/Cody mentions something to the effect that if Kamino needs defending then it would need good ARC Troopers like them. I hope ARCs will not be relagated to just defending Kamino, as I'd like to seem them in the thick of things. Thoughts on this?

I really liked the tie-ins to 'Rookies' episode. I caught the names right away, but mostly since they did tie-in action figures for that episode so the name stuck with me. The opening monologue to 'ARC troopers' even recounts the 'Rookies' episode on the Rishi moon. Filoni did say that there would be a lot more development of characters in Season 3 and already we see that in the background characters.

Was Boba Fett one of the young cadets they passed in the hallway right at the beginning of 'ARC Troopers'? Sure looked like him with the long hair and grumpy look as he stares at Echo and Fives in passing.

Agreed Ventress stole the scenes. Grievous pulled his regular "do a flip and jump in a ship and run away" move he uses so often in this series. The lightsaber battles were fun though. Great combat in both episodes even if in a simulator, but also story line that ties things together and helps with the characters.

Sergeant Bric was a cool addition - not a likable character, but that is his role. Would have made a cool mini to bolster the clones and make them playable with some CE or SA. I'm sure we will see plenty of ARC action as I don't think we are finished with Kamino yet.

Actually, what the ARCs in the episode had was sort of like phase 1.5 (expanded T-visors, but still had the fin). In the episode guide, Filoni said that the ARCs get to try out the advanced equipment first, so they were prototypes, I guess. He also hinted that the switch to phase II will happen over the course of this season.

The season premiere was okay, and the training simulators were pretty cool, but I think at this point Lucas is individualizing the clones TOO much. Whatever happened to "obey orders without question" like Lama Su said they do? When one almost goes AWOL, they're no better than hired soldiers, and probably more expensive.

The ARC Troopers episode was a little disappointing; I was hoping for something more drawn out that would show Grievous' true tactical genius. Instead, once again, he just lets the battle droids wander around blasting things.




I had that same weird echo-y sound as well.

The Ryloth episode would've been good if it wasn't for Jar Jar. And I thought they could've gone at least a couple of episodes with the Nikto Jedi (aptly called "Master Di) before killing him off; also, where's the emotional music when he dies?

And is it just me, or is Lott Dod's face a lot more detailed than Nute Gunray's?

Keep in mind, they have upgraded a LOT of their models. While they will likely not change Gunray's, I wouldn't be surprised if it looks a little tweaked. Anakins and Obi's looked better, especially after seeing a Season 1 episode.

The sound was annoying, it was even there on the rerun this morning. As for the Jedi, what would you expect from Jedi Master Ima Gun Di? Should've let him live just to mess with people's heads.

So what did we think of Episode 4 then?

I was disappointed that all the members of the family survived the bar shootout. I liked their blasters though.

If WotC decides to make more SWM (doubt it), they need a Chairman Papanoidia Mini!

Corruption is in Mandalore!
"Nice shooting for a senator"- Go Padme!