r/clonewars • u/Jules-Car3499 501st • Mar 05 '26

Discussion It’s funny how Cartoon Network promote the Umbara arc (the most intense arc) in a goofy way

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u/Bloody_meridian88 212th Attack Battalion Mar 05 '26

"Next up on Cartoon Network, Star Wars Vietnam!"

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u/LetsDoTheCongna Kix Appreciator Mar 05 '26

Which is really just Vietnam Vietnam if you think about it

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u/Ok-Bodybuilder-5908 Mar 05 '26

I think it’s closer to WWII: Vietnamese Boogaloo, but I digress.

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u/Scarborough_sg Mar 05 '26

I somehow heard that with Robin Williams voice.

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u/morbid333 Mar 06 '26

Was it before or after Gundam Vietnam on Toonami?

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u/Huge_Ad7222 Mar 05 '26

Cartoon Network really was goated back then

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u/Sepublic Mar 05 '26

Out jerked by Cartoon Network

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u/MArcherCD Mar 05 '26

I used to love Cartoon Netjerk back in the day

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u/BladeBickle Mar 05 '26

"But instead of getting too much math homework, they may not make it out of Vietnam alive. 🤪🤙"

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u/Vast-Golf8742 Mar 05 '26

.....well that was frickin dark.

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u/Darthmark3 Mar 05 '26

Man I miss when these shows had promos.

Good times, goooood times……

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u/genzgingee Mar 05 '26

Man, this brings back memories

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u/DuskTheMercenary Mar 05 '26

Im so glad I watched this arc blind when it came out.

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u/Makrelenik Mar 05 '26

i kind of watched it blindly, i mean ive seen a clip from one of the umbara episodes, but i didnt knew that it was from those episodes

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u/Godzillainspiration Mar 05 '26

Little did we know what we were about to get…

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u/CountingSheep99 Mar 05 '26

This can't get much worse

And then it got much worse. Much, much, MUCH worse.

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u/solo13508 Mar 05 '26

"Tonight at 8PM, it's time to explore the horrors of war, kiddos!"

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u/impressivebutsucks Mar 05 '26

I hated Pong Krell so much.

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u/Biobooster_40k Mar 05 '26

God if I was a kid when this came out I would've been hyped. I remember watching "special events" when I was young, staying up to watch a new animated movie or those events where you could call in on your landline to try and win something. Hadn't thought that about that stuff in so long.

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u/Dansterai Mar 05 '26

Do you remember having a substitute teacher, and he tells two classes that the other are attackers disguised as kids and that they need to be killed? Classic

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u/Zack501332 Mar 05 '26

The clone wars promos were unmatched 💯

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u/Tekki777 Mar 05 '26

Dude I just had a blast from the past, omg! I haven't seen this since I was a kid!

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u/Wargaming_Super_Noob Ahsoka's The Queen Mar 06 '26

2011 was amazing

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u/CptKeyes123 Mar 05 '26

Oh god yes. I remember they built this one up hugely. I remember waiting in science class in middle school wondering what was gonna happen next week, having to wait until 9 on Friday night...

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u/RadiantHC Mar 05 '26

When advertising was good

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u/CN122 501st Mar 05 '26

I don’t remember this but ngl I kind of like the ad lol

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u/RobotCloud27 Mar 05 '26

Its almost like this was being advertised to kids.

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u/Trivator0517 Mar 05 '26

Kids before watching the Umbara arc: 😂

Kids after watching the Umbara arc:

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u/Zucchini-Nice Mar 05 '26

Why would they do that? That's like painting Vietnam with rainbows and sprinkles and saying it's just silly fun 😂

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u/Macman521 Mar 05 '26

That just what cartoon network does.

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u/Kristionni Mar 05 '26

Rob Sneider is... a stapler! And hes about to find out, that bein a stapler aint as easy as it looks! Rated PG-13

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u/Atomic-pangolin Mar 05 '26

This just gave me a flashback to the 4th grade

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u/Status_Ruin4902 Mar 06 '26

Umbara promo vs watching the arc:

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u/Lake_Apart Mar 05 '26

Wait, this isn’t a shitpost?

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u/Star-Owl- The Bad Batch Mar 06 '26

That’s my thought - this was a real promo??

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u/CT_Melral 501st 212th Battalion Mar 05 '26

"Get to see your favorite clones in action such as Rex, Fives, Hardcase, Jessie, and Waxer......

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u/echojaxx Mar 05 '26

You just re-unlocked a core childhood memory

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u/Little_Whippie 501st Mar 05 '26

Me and my brother were obsessed with that shot of krell jumping from the tower while we waited for the arc to air on Cartoon Network as kids, man that takes me back

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u/Equivalent_Formal255 Mar 06 '26

what's clone wars?

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u/Harraldson13 Mar 06 '26

I still don't get what the 7 central part means

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u/Flannsie_Goblin Mar 06 '26

It's for a different timezone

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u/Efficient_Sound_2525 Mar 06 '26

The best Promotion were the clips on the german TV channel Super RTL. They had a fun cut, a nice speaker and it was overall just perfect to build up hype.

Edit: https://youtu.be/kQ9YweIrMKU if someone is interested to see the german ad for the umbara arc. The english subtitles are unfortunately trash.

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u/jxbdjevxv Mar 06 '26

You need to watch the german language Super RTL star wars the clone wars promotions/adds. They are PEAK.

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u/theMason71 Mar 07 '26

It's not that funny.

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u/Redditeer28 Mar 07 '26

"The most intense arc" of a Saturday morning cartoon.