My oh my. What just happened?
This episode gave me some amaaaaziing thrills!
The first episode of this new story arc brings Anakin & Co. Back to Geonosis to bring down a droid factory. I must say I was not very enthusiastic about the premise, as for me Geonosis was a closed chapter.
And how wrong was I! The production team deservers quite the recognition! They were able to make a super action packed episode, shot in a fantastic way! There were already some strong "battlefield-type" episodes so far, but this one kinda felt it was shot to mimic/honor classic war-like movies (read the Trivia section for more info). From the landing sequence to the destruction of the shield generator, there are moments of brilliance through and through. And how fun it was to listen to Ki Adi Mundi's lines at the end! It's not a story rich episode so to say, but I guess that's something to be developed in the following episodes of this arc.
One other strong point - Geonosis does feel quite real at times! They did a great work in bringing it back to life with this CGI models (it's not Attack of the Clones, but it could fool you :))
I must say that it also sort of portrayed the horrors of war, and that there were some strong scenes for a cartoon that is also aimed at young audiences (like the flamethrower scenes). I'm sure the production team is putting a message out there with it.
This episode gave me some amaaaaziing thrills!
The first episode of this new story arc brings Anakin & Co. Back to Geonosis to bring down a droid factory. I must say I was not very enthusiastic about the premise, as for me Geonosis was a closed chapter.
And how wrong was I! The production team deservers quite the recognition! They were able to make a super action packed episode, shot in a fantastic way! There were already some strong "battlefield-type" episodes so far, but this one kinda felt it was shot to mimic/honor classic war-like movies (read the Trivia section for more info). From the landing sequence to the destruction of the shield generator, there are moments of brilliance through and through. And how fun it was to listen to Ki Adi Mundi's lines at the end! It's not a story rich episode so to say, but I guess that's something to be developed in the following episodes of this arc.
One other strong point - Geonosis does feel quite real at times! They did a great work in bringing it back to life with this CGI models (it's not Attack of the Clones, but it could fool you :))
I must say that it also sort of portrayed the horrors of war, and that there were some strong scenes for a cartoon that is also aimed at young audiences (like the flamethrower scenes). I'm sure the production team is putting a message out there with it.