Whether you like it or not, zombies are canon now, Obi-wan says so himself.
8 Reviews
Legacy of Terror
lassegalsgaard19 February 2021
It felt like they were cheating with this episode, knowing how much I love "Aliens." The concept was taken straight out of that film, and it worked much better than I ever thought it would have. The Geonosian zombies were creepy and threatening, while the design of the queen was amazing. It does feel like the arc took a small detour from the last episode, and the overall cohesiveness of the arc is a little messy, but the episode does not suffer from that. Actually, I thought it was better and more intense than the previous episode. It felt more claustrophobic in nature and I think the premise made for a really investing rescue mission. It would have made sense to include Barriss in this episode, though, but that was an afterthought in an otherwise great episode.
Hive of Horror
A_Kind_Of_CineMagic24 July 2020
Anakin and Obi Wan attempt to find and rescue Jedi Master Luminara Unduli after she disappears at a Geonosian temple. They discover hordes of undead Geonosians controlled by the Queen.
The horror aspect of this episode is great and the character interplay and dialogue is really nice. The plot is interesting and fun and the scenes of zombie Geonosians attacking Luminara and then the rescue party are effective and enjoyable. Olivia D'Abo is a great voice actor for Luminara.
A strong episode overall.
My rating: 8.5/10.
The horror aspect of this episode is great and the character interplay and dialogue is really nice. The plot is interesting and fun and the scenes of zombie Geonosians attacking Luminara and then the rescue party are effective and enjoyable. Olivia D'Abo is a great voice actor for Luminara.
A strong episode overall.
My rating: 8.5/10.
Makes the season much better
skyguy1117 June 2022
This season (Season 2) is, to me, the season right before Clone Wars becomes an actual masterpiece (Season 3 and beyond).
This season isn't bad, it's just not fantastic like later seasons are.
However, this season is boosted heavily by episodes like this and the "Zillo Beast" two-parter.
- This episode basically takes the classic horror flicks "Aliens" and "Night of the Living Dead", combines them, and fits it into Star Wars and the Geonosian Invasion arc taking place currently. It's a great mashup, it's executed very well, and legitimately creepy. Definitely spruces up one of the weaker seasons.
This season isn't bad, it's just not fantastic like later seasons are.
However, this season is boosted heavily by episodes like this and the "Zillo Beast" two-parter.
- This episode basically takes the classic horror flicks "Aliens" and "Night of the Living Dead", combines them, and fits it into Star Wars and the Geonosian Invasion arc taking place currently. It's a great mashup, it's executed very well, and legitimately creepy. Definitely spruces up one of the weaker seasons.
Jedi Dynamics and Destruction of War
cglamb-15 December 2023
Really enjoyed the last two episodes and the addition of Luminaria and Bariis. The different approaches to the Jedi teachings and the responsibilities to their Padawans are the crux of this series, and these two episodes bring out those ideas and dilemmas in interesting ways. It's also really cool to see how Ani and Obi approach problems so differently, and to see the foreshadowing of the tragic end of their time together. The whole sequence on this planet also highlights disturbing truths about the wholesale destruction of life, cultures, entire peoples, and massive ecosystems in the pursuit of war.
The expendability of the clones and anyone deemed an enemy, even while defending their homes, and the constant dehumanization of the native enemies and the helmeted clones while the quip-ready, blue-eyed Jedi survive every time is hitting hard, whether or not it was intentional at the time the series was written. I assume it was since we are seeing how righteous Anakin becomes Vader, but as a more casual Star Wars viewer, I'm appreciating this unexpected complexity in an animated series I'd barely heard about before.
The expendability of the clones and anyone deemed an enemy, even while defending their homes, and the constant dehumanization of the native enemies and the helmeted clones while the quip-ready, blue-eyed Jedi survive every time is hitting hard, whether or not it was intentional at the time the series was written. I assume it was since we are seeing how righteous Anakin becomes Vader, but as a more casual Star Wars viewer, I'm appreciating this unexpected complexity in an animated series I'd barely heard about before.
Who's the villain here?
Ar_Pharazon_the_golden28 September 2021
I've been watching Clone Wars at a fairly slow pace, and I think one of the reasons is that the Republic seems more and more like the bad guys in this conflict.
Even disregarding deeper concepts (which I'm sure have been explored elsewhere in detail) like the fact that they are breeding what is essentially an army of clone-slaves just to send them off to their deaths, look at the last few episodes. The Republic has invaded Geonosis, leveled it to the ground and now they find the time for comments like 'ah, what an ugly bug' - dude, you destroyed their planet, killed their families, and on top of that you're racist? Com' on. The Jedi should be pillars of integrity and morality, no? I do expect and hope that this will be explored in more detail in later seasons but for now it's off-putting.
This episode in particular was fairly typical - bug queen, zombie minions, underground setting.
Even disregarding deeper concepts (which I'm sure have been explored elsewhere in detail) like the fact that they are breeding what is essentially an army of clone-slaves just to send them off to their deaths, look at the last few episodes. The Republic has invaded Geonosis, leveled it to the ground and now they find the time for comments like 'ah, what an ugly bug' - dude, you destroyed their planet, killed their families, and on top of that you're racist? Com' on. The Jedi should be pillars of integrity and morality, no? I do expect and hope that this will be explored in more detail in later seasons but for now it's off-putting.
This episode in particular was fairly typical - bug queen, zombie minions, underground setting.
Star Wars meets Aliens & Zombies
ttapola7 March 2010
Warning: Spoilers
And I thought the previous episode was bad... I wonder who came up with the high concept of this episode: "Hey, wouldn't it be *awesome* if me mixed James Cameron's Alien Queen with some generic zombies into Star Wars?" Apparently he was unaware that there are already zombies in the Star Wars universe, in two books. He was also apparently unaware that neither James Cameron's Alien Queen and zombies are *not* suitable elements in a children's animated series.
To bring the legendary, truly awesome, nightmare-inducing Alien Queen into a children's animated series, they understood that it would be too traumatizing for the tots, but they did it anyway. Same for the zombies. How? Well, the fact that the Queen is ripped off from Aliens is apparent by the way she is anchored in place, laying eggs from an egg-sack and has a wedge-shaped head. Except that in Aliens the head is the scariest thing EVER designed, but here the head is just unintentionally embarrassing. And just wait for the moment when the Queen here speaks... I wanted to cry, it was *so* bad. If someone reading this review disagrees with me, I recommend that they re-watch this episode *ten* (10) years from now. Because everyone who liked Jar Jar 11 years ago hates him now like the fans of the Original trilogy hated in 1999 (Thank you, The Matrix, for saving that summer).
The prequel trilogy and this Clone Wars series (far inferior to Genndy Tartakovsky's masterpiece Clone Wars that Lucas is apparently trying to bury for some inexplicable reason) features a lot of robots shot and sliced to bits. In the original trilogy flesh and blood creatures died, and we *felt* that. How come Star Wars has regressed to this sanitized state? Sure, the zombies are flesh and blood, but they aren't really alive nor properly sentient (there's some bull**** dialog about a hive mind but that goes nowhere). And, in the dark scenes with rapid editing, it's hard to see exactly what kind of damage is inflicted on the zombies. Meanwhile, all the clone troopers seem to die off-screen.
This Clone Wars started pretty good and entertaining, but at this point it has sunk to a pathetic level of endless battles we have not enough background info to care about and Anakin & co repeating the same mistakes/dialog/heroic feats over and over again. It's boring! And when they try to come up with "new" ideas like this episode, the viewer ends up wishing they had just stuck with the usual predictable formula. I give this episode a 2/10. Oh, and the voice-over narrator at the beginning of every episode is REALLY annoying, his preposterous booming voice coming off incredibly cheesy and effectively ruining the start of every episode. Puke.
To bring the legendary, truly awesome, nightmare-inducing Alien Queen into a children's animated series, they understood that it would be too traumatizing for the tots, but they did it anyway. Same for the zombies. How? Well, the fact that the Queen is ripped off from Aliens is apparent by the way she is anchored in place, laying eggs from an egg-sack and has a wedge-shaped head. Except that in Aliens the head is the scariest thing EVER designed, but here the head is just unintentionally embarrassing. And just wait for the moment when the Queen here speaks... I wanted to cry, it was *so* bad. If someone reading this review disagrees with me, I recommend that they re-watch this episode *ten* (10) years from now. Because everyone who liked Jar Jar 11 years ago hates him now like the fans of the Original trilogy hated in 1999 (Thank you, The Matrix, for saving that summer).
The prequel trilogy and this Clone Wars series (far inferior to Genndy Tartakovsky's masterpiece Clone Wars that Lucas is apparently trying to bury for some inexplicable reason) features a lot of robots shot and sliced to bits. In the original trilogy flesh and blood creatures died, and we *felt* that. How come Star Wars has regressed to this sanitized state? Sure, the zombies are flesh and blood, but they aren't really alive nor properly sentient (there's some bull**** dialog about a hive mind but that goes nowhere). And, in the dark scenes with rapid editing, it's hard to see exactly what kind of damage is inflicted on the zombies. Meanwhile, all the clone troopers seem to die off-screen.
This Clone Wars started pretty good and entertaining, but at this point it has sunk to a pathetic level of endless battles we have not enough background info to care about and Anakin & co repeating the same mistakes/dialog/heroic feats over and over again. It's boring! And when they try to come up with "new" ideas like this episode, the viewer ends up wishing they had just stuck with the usual predictable formula. I give this episode a 2/10. Oh, and the voice-over narrator at the beginning of every episode is REALLY annoying, his preposterous booming voice coming off incredibly cheesy and effectively ruining the start of every episode. Puke.
Should be scary and compelling, but it's not
thegreendrinker7 February 2024
Warning: Spoilers
This episode is the first in the series to feature zombies but still fell flat anyway. Maybe it's because zombies on their own aren't very interesting. That is to say, most bare bone tropes without any nuance added are pretty dull. There was some attempt at suspense when the clones are walking through the catacombs, but there was pretty much no build up to any of them being attacked. Without build up, there isn't a satisfying payoff. The design of the zombie geonosians also didn't inspire any fear. They have white eyes but that is about it. They didn't even behave much differently than their alive counterparts.
There is also a character conflict between Obi-Wan and Anakin in here but we've already seen it a dozen times up to this point. Obi-Wan wants to do things in a more methodical, calculated way and Anakin wants to rush in and rely on instinct. It's a compelling dichotomy but in this episode we don't really learn more about either of them through it. We do get the small tidbit that Obi-Wan's thoroughness may sometimes border on cold and aloof, but that is it.
There is also a character conflict between Obi-Wan and Anakin in here but we've already seen it a dozen times up to this point. Obi-Wan wants to do things in a more methodical, calculated way and Anakin wants to rush in and rely on instinct. It's a compelling dichotomy but in this episode we don't really learn more about either of them through it. We do get the small tidbit that Obi-Wan's thoroughness may sometimes border on cold and aloof, but that is it.
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