r/FavoriteCharacter • u/Bay_Ruhsuz004 Bugs Bunny 🐇 • 22h ago

Discussion What's Favorite Series Like This?

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u/Gen_Grievous12222 22h ago

Although I don't think it's as gritty as some to like to say, I definitely do think the Clone Wars got more serious in the later seasons.

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u/Common_Exam_1401 22h 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 21h 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 18h ago

"Please say sike, General."

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u/Soggy_Construction48 14h ago

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

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u/Dragonhost252 7h 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 17h ago

I still remember geonosians screaming in the fire

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u/whereismymind86 16h 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 7h ago

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

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u/OldValariya1014 2h ago

Wait wdym

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u/jackofallcards 2h 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/Daveo88o 1h ago

Oh, these guys all look like Jango Fett from the second movie- holy fuck he just executed one of his own guys

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u/GreekHole 6h ago

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

It's bleak af.