This was a lot of fun. It sort of felt like the Star Wars version of a sports movie, with the dysfunctional underdog team learning to band together and scrap their way to victory. There were also shades of Ender's game here with the interesting design of the Citadel setup. The whole "brothers in arms" thing got a little on the nose at the end of the episode, but it was a bit touching nonetheless. Not particularly complex, but well structured and crafted, and a tidy little story.
A fantastic episode and my favourite so far (watching in chronological order). This really highlights the individuality and backstory of how the clones are made. The mistakes that are made in creating them. I loved the 99 clean-up member. Such a deep character. He is mentally the same as them all but he obviously was born, like his batch, mutated in some way.
I really feel like this should have been an early episode and is for me, but seeing it as a season 3 episode makes me wonder why it was made this way.
I hope there is more like this to come and more from the 99s. I really liked him and think it'd be a missed opportunity if they let it go.
Shaak Ti looks even more beautiful animated than in live action.
I thought this was a great opener for the new season, got to see some familiar clones and also meet new faces.
An awesome start to the third season.
@ 08:30 "Colt: Start the Citadel Challenge, version THX, Variable 1138" :grin:
99 is an absolute G
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Watching the episodes in chronological order.
I like the episodes focused on the clones, there's much more potential for storytelling. Domino Squad are a difficult bunch and that made me like them. It's further evidence that each clone is an individual. The episode isn't very subtle with its message about working together, but that's okay. These guys get their names and finally understand who they are a lot better.
The Jedi Shak-Ti has a fantastic alien design (I think she's a Togruta, same as Ahsoka). One of the best parts of the episode comes from the "defective" clone Ninety-Nine who provides solid, caring advice while obviously enduring a lot of discrimination.