Just starting to watch The Clone Wars

I don't know, I honestly haven't tried watching it that way yet, but I know that I'd certainly like to at some point. I think it wa Leland Chee who posted it originally, and that man knows his stuff.

Has anyone else tried it that way yet?

 

Hey there, all it is is that it goes chronologically. I have watched it but serial and chronological order, and I find it has some more emotional impact and flow if watched in chronological. Most of the first two seasons were like that actually because of George Lucas's request to jump around the Clone Wars.

 

I have to recommend chronological order. It just feels more cohesive.

 

The Clone Wars prequel movie is like Adventures in Babysitting with added Hutts. Only serves to introduce Ahsoka really which they could've done in the first episode anyway.

 

I tried watching TCW a couple years ago but couldn't get into it. After seeing (and loving) Rebels, I decided to give it another go. I found a list on Reddit that leaves out the "fluff" episodes. It also lists them in chronological order. I'm on season 4 and am satisfied with this list. Here's the link:
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/2xbfm9/essential_clone_wars_episodesarcs/

And here's the list:
Season 1

1. 3x01 Clone Cadets
2. 2x16 Cat and Mouse
3. 1x16 The Hidden Enemy
4. The Clone Wars Movie (ONLY the first ~25-30 minutes, to introduce Ahsoka and wrap up the Christophsis arc)
5. 1x05 Rookies
6. 1x09 Cloak of Darkness
7. 1x10 Lair of Grievous
8. 1x13 Jedi Crash
9. 1x14 Defenders of Peace
10. 1x19 Storm Over Ryloth
11. 1x20 Innocents of Ryloth
12. 1x21 Liberty on Ryloth

(Left out "Malevolence" arc to avoid Anakin meeting Grievous, which contradicts dialogue in ROTS, but it's not a bad arc)

Season 2

1. 2x01 Holocron Heist
2. 2x02 Cargo of Doom
3. 2x03 Children of the Force
4. 2x05 Landing at Point Rain
5. 2x06 Weapons Factory
6. 2x07 Legacy of Terror
7. 2x08 Brain Invaders
8. 2x09 Grievous Intrigue
9. 2x10 The Deserter
10. 2x12 The Mandalore Plot
11. 2x13 Voyage of Temptation
12. 2x14 Duchess of Mandalore
13. 2x20 Death Trap
14. 2x21 R2 Come Home
15. 2x22 Lethal Trackdown

Season 3

1. 3x02 ARC Troopers
2. 3x05 Corruption
3. 3x06 The Academy
4. 3x07 Assassin
5. 3x10 Heroes on Both Sides
6. 3x12 Nightsisters
7. 3x13 Monster
8. 3x14 Witches of the Mist
9. 3x15 Overlords
10. 3x16 Altar of Mortis
11. 3x17 Ghosts of Mortis
12. 3x18 The Citadel
13. 3x19 Counter Attack
14. 3x20 Citadel Rescue
15. 3x21 Padawan Lost
16. 3x22 Wookiee Hunt

Season 4

1. 4x01 Water War
2. 4x02 Gungan Attack
3. 4x03 Prisoners
4. 4x07 Darkness on Umbara
5. 4x08 The General
6. 4x09 Plan of Dissent
7. 4x10 Carnage of Krell
8. 4x11 Kidnapped
9. 4x12 Slaves of the Republic
10. 4x13 Excape from Kadavo
11. 4x14 A Friend in Need
12. 4x19 Massacre
13. 4x20 Bounty
14. 4x21 Brothers
15. 4x22 Revenge

Season 5

1. 5x02 A War on Two Fronts
2. 5x03 Front Runners
3. 5x04 The Soft War
4. 5x05 Tipping Points
5. 5x01 Revival
6. 5x14 Eminence
7. 5x15 Shades of Reason
8. 5x16 The Lawless
9. 5x17 Sabotage
10. 5x18 The Jedi Who Knew Too Much
11. 5x19 To Catch a Jedi
12. 5x20 The Wrong Jedi

Season 6

1. 6x01 The Unknown
2. 6x02 Conspiracy
3. 6x03 Fugitive
4. 6x04 Orders
5. 6x08 The Disappeared
6. 6x09 The Disappeared, Part II
7. 6x10 The Lost One
8. 6x11 Voices
9. 6x12 Destiny
10. 6x13 Sacrifice

 

There are a lot of good episodes left out of that list. You should just watch them all. Also, they made sure Anakin and Grievous never actually met in The Clone Wars. There are many episodes with them both in it, but they never actually see each other face to face.

 

Just watching all the episodes and its much better than I thought it would be (when it first came out I was reluctant not sure why) but I cant help to feel a bit sad cause of the events at the end of the third movie with all the Jedi being executed basically :|

 

Just now got around to it in order to fill the void until TFA. Started a couple days ago and already 32 episodes into it. Watching chronologically. Can't believe I didn't watch it sooner. It's not perfect but it's damn better than the prequels.

 

it really is.

and funny enough, all the best characters arent even in the movies or if they are, they are just cameos (like Plo koon)

 

Personally, I see this show as a mixed bag. There were episodes that had great concepts but with terrible executions. And there were episodes that had stupid ideas but payed off fantastically. And then there were episodes that are just darn silly.

However, the show's greatest strength is when they center around the clones. They showed soooo much personality in this series to the point you feel sorry when some of them meet their demise. If you haven't seen the show yet, I recommend watching the episode "Darkness on Umbara" first. The philosophy of the clones is greatly explored here and it also puts the War in Star Wars.

 

Does anyone else just hate palpatine every time he appears?

 

Today I watched the end of season 5

 

Watch Season 6, and then read the Son of Dathomir comic and Dark Disciple Novel, and then look up Clone Wars legacy for canon, "unfinished and unreleased" episodes, meaning these things they almost finished really are considered to have happened.

 

His animation just isn't very good...but I wonder if we will get to see him in "Rebels" at some point .

 

Before I start to read all of the posts in this section - to avoid spoilers - I just want to ask if TCW are any good? I've once tried to get into it, but it just didn't hit me. I've been watching Rebels though, which I think is pretty awesome. Will TCW get better after season 1?

 

It gets better after one, and way better after 2. 3-5 are totally worth it.

 

6 as well, and the unfinished animation canon episodes, and the novels and comic books they released under "Clone Wars Legacy"

 

I did like 6, much more than 2 or 1 for sure, but for me it wasn't quite as good as 3-5. Also, the unfinished episodes really are great, as is the Darth Maul comic. I'm maybe halfway through the Dark Disciple book, and its taking me a long time. Definitely not my favorite clone wars story.

 

Really? I loved it, but It would be great as a graphic novel, I'm sure. I'm also biased in that I love Ventress, so that may be why, but its gotten nice reviews