Post by mrx on Jun 11, 2014 15:58:23 GMT -5
Fortune Cookie: Courage makes heroes, but trust builds friendship.
I would imagine referencing both helping the farmers learn to defend themselves and the Jedi and bounty hunters teaming up to fight the pirates.
Back to Felucia. Good to see you. This show gets a lot of mileage out of that visually rich planet.
TCW's Big Three, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka!
"That's not good!" No, Obi-Wan, it's not.
Nice discussion about Anakin's crashing was. Though he manages to destroy the droid fighters in the process.
"Why do you even ask for my opinion? We never do things my way."
"We crashed the ship your way."
Here's a HAMMER!! The Felucians here do not look like the Felucians in The Force Unleashed. Though the planet could have more than one sentient species.
Go Dave Filoni-voiced Embo! Thus a fan favorite is born.
When I first saw this episode, I thought the village chief sounded like the late Mako a.k.a. Uncle Iroh on Avatar: The Last Airbender. Turns out, the voice actor is the guy who was basically Mako's protege and voiced Iroh in Avatar's last season, after Mako had passed away.
Obi-Wan, always looking at the big picture. One of the themes he has to grapple with in John Jackson Miller's excellent Kenobi.
Hondo! Woohoo!
This episode is probably the most Hondo is ever an outright villain. There's not much here he does that redeemable.
If there's one flaw that this episode has, it's the annoying farmer with the goggles. I kind of wish they'd killed him in the fight.
"Sas the peacekeeper who failed to keep the peace." Sugi did not make enough appearances.
Seriously, Obi-Wan could have chemistry with a tree. You know there are Obi-Wan/Sugi shippers out there somewhere.
I remember Ahsoka's "You don't have to look tough to be tough" line causing controversy on the TFN boards. Mostly among the anti-Ahsoka crowd, even though it's basically Yoda's "Judge me by my size, do you?" rephrased.
Embo has a handy hat.
Soon as this episode aired, I wanted Embo and Cad Bane to share an episode so they could have a Cool Hat-off. Season four let me realize this dream.
I think we're all glad they didn't kill off Embo like originally planned.
Anakin not immediately trouncing Hondo in their duel was controversial, but I doubt you can survive in the underworld for long without some fighting ability. Though maybe the creators disagree, considering how long Cad Bane's later lightsaber wielding lasts.
The first time I saw this episode, I thought Anakin would kill Hondo, taking another step toward the dark side. They couldn't let Hondo go, though.
Next, pay homage to legendary giant monsters in "The Zillo Beast".