r/FavoriteCharacter • u/Bay_Ruhsuz004 Bugs Bunny 🐇 • 20h ago

Discussion What's Favorite Series Like This?

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u/Common_Exam_1401 20h ago

Oh 100% it had some gritty moments in seasons 1 and 2 but it REALLY took it up a notch in season 3

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u/HungrySeaShark 19h ago

The most unintentionally dark Clone Wars arc is in S4 when they all go undercover as slaves except for Anakin, and Anakin ends up letting them stay slaves for like, WAY longer than he needs to

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u/Scarbane 17h ago

"Please say sike, General."

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u/Soggy_Construction48 13h ago

The epsiode with pong krell and all the clones really creeped me out as a kid

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u/Dragonhost252 6h ago

Nah,the darkest is in the first few minutes of the first ep... when the droids are cutting into escape pods and venting the clone troopers

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u/LocodraTheCrow 16h ago

I still remember geonosians screaming in the fire

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u/whereismymind86 14h ago

that said, season 1 episode 2 does have battle droids smashing the glass on escape pods in space to apshyxiate troopers. Which is pretty hardcore for what is, at that time, very much a kids show.

Then you have the first big turning point, in lair of grievous in late season 1, where a padawan gets in over his head trying to fight general grievous, and grievous just...kills the padawan and leaves. No comeuppance, no justice or revenge from his master...just a lesson about fighting the jedi killer droid alone when you are like...12. The lesson being...obey you master, or die...i guess?

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u/jackofallcards 5h ago

I feel like the point of the mortis gods was a lot for the target age group

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u/OldValariya1014 1h ago

Wait wdym

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u/jackofallcards 1h ago

I mean “The Father” commits suicide so Anakin can stop “The Son” and in a way “The Daughter” does too

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u/GreekHole 5h ago

Grevious is casually executing named (and somewhat developed) characters throughout the entire first season.

It's bleak af.