![]() ![]() I kept tabs on Twazzi last week and, although she isn’t a particularly important character, continued to do so this time. Obi-Wan and the female bounty hunter Twazzi emerge last. Embo also has a nice moment where he shows that his hat, if not as stylish as Cad Bane’s, can be used as a weapon. Cad Bane is also legitimately scary, playing the role of a horror movie villain as the everyman warehouse worker runs desperately toward the light. In this scene, though, we get a hint at a twisted side to him when he silences his victim. I mentioned last time that Moralo Eval was, despite his name, not particularly frightening. It is interestingly different, then, to see a dark warehouse on that planet become a scene of terror for a worker who happens to get in the bounty hunters’ way. It is a familiar planet, and its lavish palaces and festivities will be fresh in the minds of anyone who’s watched The Phantom Menace recently. ![]() The more adventurous part of the episode starts on Naboo. I would think that she would be one of the first people he confers with about his feelings, and maybe some scenes where he does ended up on the cutting room floor. It also, though, leaves questions unanswered, and I wish we had gotten more scenes between Anakin and Ahsoka. This scene is another from this arc that effectively illustrates dialogue with multiple layers of meaning. The secret about Obi-Wan’s new identity is out, but it seems like something is still being hidden from Anakin. Ahsoka gives him a significant look as he walks away, but I couldn’t quite tell whether it was one of anger or concern. Anakin can only retort a few lines later with an accusatory mention of Obi-Wan being responsible for his end of the plan. Initially he sees nothing wrong with the mundane defenses placed around the Chancellor, but Yoda seems to sense something amiss, and chides Anakin for his narrow-mindedness. After his discussion with Yoda in last week’s episode, Anakin is even more arrogant than usual. It was cool to see Mace Windu being as intense about a defense as the other Jedi in The Clone Wars have been in attacks I thought that maybe this was more like a job the Jedi would have done before the war started. The opening scene shows the Council planning their defense of the Chancellor, and gives us a pleasant look at some familiar faces like Shaak Ti and Kit Fisto. The epigraph for “Crisis on Naboo” emphasizes this, saying “Trust is the greatest of gifts, but it must be earned.” This arc has done pretty well so far showing the human side of its characters, and the final episode has a lot to cover if it’s going to continue and deepen that trend as well as have an exciting final action sequence. What is more at stake, however, is the moral standing of Obi-Wan, as well as the trust of his protégé Anakin and grand-protégé Ahsoka. Of course, the viewer who has watched the Prequels knows that Palpatine will survive. Obi-Wan has gone through tests of loyalty and a complex obstacle course to prove that he’s the bounty hunter best suited for kidnapping and possibly killing the Chancellor. ![]() The central plot point, that Palpatine will be attacked at a festival on Naboo, is filled with the political haziness of the Prequels. ![]() “Crisis on Naboo” is the final episode in an arc centered on Anakin’s and Obi-Wan’s relationship. ![]()
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