Clone Wars is ok, definitely not fantastic. About half the episodes are downright skippable.

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Is it necessary, or at least helpful, to watch Clone Wars in its entirety before watching Rebels?

I watched a few seasons of Clone Wars when it was on Netflix (I think it was Netflix) a couple years ago but had to stop when it was pulled from their catalog, and tried to pick up where I thought I left off when I got Disney+. I think I got through most of Season 3. There a lot of episodes to go, though, and I'm having a little trouble getting motivated to start watching again.

Clone wars got a lot better as time went on. You don’t really need to have seen it all for Rebels. Since it’s Star Wars there’s a bunch of cameos and characters from other shows and movies, but other than Ahsoka and a few named clones they’re not important. At least from what I can remember.

I'm struggling through it now. I've started skipping some episodes that seem stupid to ease the burden.

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Disney+ has some “essential” episodes category for Clone Wars you can check.

Was episode 16 a waste or what?

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Pretty much.

Crosshair saved the kid. Thats about it.

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Plan on wrapping this up later today. Sounds like it might be a bit of a letdown but it would have to be really bad for me to not like this show. I almost bought a coffee mug with the Bad Batch 99 symbol/logo on it when at Galaxys Edge last week. For $20 or whatever it was I just didn't want to try to lug it back. I did bring back an empty $6 Diet Coke that looks like a thermal detonator.

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Nah, it's good. You'll enjoy it.

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Really? I'm gonna have to look for that.

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I thought it was a pretty good finale overall. Pretty well written series and sets up well for next season.

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The finale was the weakest episode of the 16 by a wide margin.

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Finally got through the Rebels series yesterday. I really enjoyed the ride and thought they wrapped it up really well. Going to dive into Clone Wars by this weekend and I know there is a lot there to unpack. I went back to read this and was disappointed by your review shakes. Did you ever finish the series and if so was there a pay off worth the effort?

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So far I am about 7 episodes into Clones. I realize that the cartoons are much older than Rebels but the animation takes a little getting used to. I find the news reel old timey voice guy at the beginning of each episode a little unnecessary and silly. I know it's early but just finding it ok thus far.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JX5OW8cOec

Season two kicking off just after New Years. Looks pretty great, I'm going to have to go back and rewatch first season.

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I've been re-watching season one and it has been really good. Season 2 kicks off January 4th, 2023

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Caught first two episodes of season 2 this morning. Pretty enjoyable but I’m trying not to watch too much as I’d rather catch a few in a row and they only come out weekly.

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Yep. I waited for Better Call Saul's 2nd to last episode to air before I started watching the last season.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 3 premieres on Feb. 21, 2024, on Disney Plus. Season 3 features 15 episodes, with the final airing on May 1, 2024, just a few days before the annual May the 4th celebrations, where we’ll almost certainly get news of yet more Star Wars TV shows.

I'll likely go back and start re-watching Season 2 in the next week or so.

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Getting some nice reviews. I started to re-watch last season and am 3 episodes in.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/fir ... 00959.html

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Watching the last episode of the series. Disney fucks a lot of things up but this cartoon series has been very well done. Great animation and good characters. I’d love to see this team show up in a movie or series sometime. Actually really sad to see it go, it’s been my favorite show to watch this year.

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