Unlike Bad Batch, Tales of the Jedi can be the true successor show to the Clone Wars. The most criminally underrated, in my opinion, Star Wars show that is coming out soon, Tales of the Jedi, has the chance to live up to the greatness of its predecessor series: The Clone Wars.
This show has been flying under every media outlet’s radar as far as I’m aware. They have either been focused on Andor, the live-action, political-spy thriller about the early days of the Empire coming out Sept. 21, or on Mandalorian Season 3 as a new trailer for that show was also released at D23.
Yet, I haven’t seen that much buzz around the Tales of the Jedi, the prequel to Star Wars: The Clones Wars. And I think that is a disservice to the potential story we may get from Tales of the Jedi.
Not only is this show going to revisit the early days of Anakin and Ahsoka’s relationship, but it will also showcase Qui-Gon Jinn, Mace Windu, and Count Dooku’s padawanships. Plus, there is also going to be some sequel arcs with Ashoka and Rex after their crash-landing at the end of the Clone Wars.
Personally, I’m super excited to see how Count Dooku went from a noble, honorable hero of the Jedi to a despicable, ruthless murderer only working to better his own means and position in life.
Dooku always was an extreme personality, believing in the Machiavellian philosophy of ‘the end justifies the means’, but what made him completely turn on his Jedi teachings to follow a guy like Darth Sidious? Was it something the Jedi did? Was it something his old master, Master Yoda, said or did? Or did Sidious twist his mind just as he did Anakin decades later?
We’ll soon find out.
Moreover, we can finally see how Mace Windu and Qui-Gon Jinn ended up being the way they were when we saw them during the Prequel Trilogy and The Clone Wars series.
Both of them are so different in their personalities and their interpretations of the Jedi teachings. Windu is cold, ruthless and strict to the Jedi codes, while Qui-Gon is calm, open-minded and flexible with his interpretations of the Jedi texts.
However, both of these characters had Count Dooku as their masters. Obviously, Dooku influenced them in some respect, but by how much? And who did he like more, if he liked either one of them?
And, finally, the great Clone Wars graphics are back. I have such a hard time watching Star Wars Rebels for one simple reason: it doesn’t have The Clone Wars graphics.
Simply put, there have been few animated television shows in history that can boast of having equal graphics to the Clone Wars, let alone surpassing it.
I’m glad Disney is using that art design again.
Nevertheless, out of all the upcoming Disney shows, this is the one I’m most excited about. It has all of the best Star Wars characters in different stages of their, respective, lives that we have never seen on screen before. It is bound to be fantastic…. hopefully.
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