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Welcome back to Ahsoka, who finally appears for the first time in Season Three. Also returning in this episode are Senator Chuchi from Pantera, a planet where everyone sounds like an Australian, Padmé for about 15 seconds, the detective from Season Two, Lott Dodd, and our old pal Rotta! From the movies we get Greedo and Jabba the Hutt, and the main stars of this episode, Baron Papanoida and his family, which were portrayed by George Lucas and his kids in extra roles in ROTS.
The Trade Federation has blockaded Pandora, home of blue-skinned and yellow-eyed people who say wise-ish things. To show Chuchi and Papanoida they mean business, Papanoida's two daughters are abducted and held prisoner by the Neimodians. Ahsoka--working off the record, of course--and Chuchi try to find the girls on their end, while Papanoida and his son take things into their own hands.
As much fun as it was to see Padmé's exchange with Anakin ("I still can't believe they let you teach" after Anakin winky-winks Ahsoka working without Jedi Council approval) or Ahsoka in action again, Papanoida steals the show. He trails Greedo all of the way to Tatooine, strides fearlessly into Jabba the Hutt's palace, and drops by The Cantina where he engages in a double-barrel shootout. "I shoot first, dammit!" he exclaims. Well, no he doesn't, but I'm kind of surprised they didn't bother with who-shot-first jokes.
Ahsoka's Force powers have grown. She's able to levitate Chuchi and for the first time, we see her pull the Jedi Mind Trick. However, she's clearly struggling to keep Chuchi from splatting on the floor and when she does the Mind Trick, she forgets to make the guard let Chuchi pass as well. Heh heh.
The Star Wars Examiner's review noted that the bartender at The Cantina was the original "Jabba" drawn for the Marvel Comics adaptation, when they had no idea what the Hutt was supposed to look like. At the time it didn't matter because Jabba's confrontation with Han was dropped from the movie. Then ROTJ came along six years later and rendered it un-canon. Amazing that anyone remembers any of this sort of trivial stuff, because I sure didn't.
The episode highlights the utter fail and stupidity of the Senate. How could they allow any member to "do business" with the enemy in the middle of a war? And how come nobody was the least bit suspicious of the Trade Federation's motives in blocking trade to Pantora when it did the exact same thing to Naboo for specious reasons only a decade beforehand? It's like the space opera version of "Idiocracy."
Next time: Jedi love interests Satine and Padmé get together for intrigue and diplomacy. Will they pass the Bechtel test? If not, will they at least get to make fun of Obi-Wan? Find out on The Clone Wars...same clone time...same clone channel!
The Trade Federation has blockaded Pandora, home of blue-skinned and yellow-eyed people who say wise-ish things. To show Chuchi and Papanoida they mean business, Papanoida's two daughters are abducted and held prisoner by the Neimodians. Ahsoka--working off the record, of course--and Chuchi try to find the girls on their end, while Papanoida and his son take things into their own hands.
As much fun as it was to see Padmé's exchange with Anakin ("I still can't believe they let you teach" after Anakin winky-winks Ahsoka working without Jedi Council approval) or Ahsoka in action again, Papanoida steals the show. He trails Greedo all of the way to Tatooine, strides fearlessly into Jabba the Hutt's palace, and drops by The Cantina where he engages in a double-barrel shootout. "I shoot first, dammit!" he exclaims. Well, no he doesn't, but I'm kind of surprised they didn't bother with who-shot-first jokes.
Ahsoka's Force powers have grown. She's able to levitate Chuchi and for the first time, we see her pull the Jedi Mind Trick. However, she's clearly struggling to keep Chuchi from splatting on the floor and when she does the Mind Trick, she forgets to make the guard let Chuchi pass as well. Heh heh.
The Star Wars Examiner's review noted that the bartender at The Cantina was the original "Jabba" drawn for the Marvel Comics adaptation, when they had no idea what the Hutt was supposed to look like. At the time it didn't matter because Jabba's confrontation with Han was dropped from the movie. Then ROTJ came along six years later and rendered it un-canon. Amazing that anyone remembers any of this sort of trivial stuff, because I sure didn't.
The episode highlights the utter fail and stupidity of the Senate. How could they allow any member to "do business" with the enemy in the middle of a war? And how come nobody was the least bit suspicious of the Trade Federation's motives in blocking trade to Pantora when it did the exact same thing to Naboo for specious reasons only a decade beforehand? It's like the space opera version of "Idiocracy."
Next time: Jedi love interests Satine and Padmé get together for intrigue and diplomacy. Will they pass the Bechtel test? If not, will they at least get to make fun of Obi-Wan? Find out on The Clone Wars...same clone time...same clone channel!
