Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Brain Invaders (2009)
Season 2, Episode 8
10/10
Star Worms
26 July 2020
Follows on from the previous episode where we see worms on Geonosis which enter the body and allow the Geonosian Queen to control beings including dead bodies. Here a worm infects a clone trooper who releases eggs infecting the other clones on board the freighter as it returns to base. Ahsoka and Barrass must try to evade infection and get the ship back.

The body horror aspect is brilliant and gives a really cool, macabre feel to this story with an Invasion of the Bodysnatchers type element. Lightsaber action, strong character interplay and emotion and some nice scripting add to the fun and quality.

There are fantastic touches such as Anakin force choking someone to get information and Vader's theme gently appears in the background music as we see Anakin connect with the dark side. Plus there are themes of letting go of attachment and Clones "knowing how to deal with Jedi".

All in all this is a really excellent episode.

My rating: 9.5/10.
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