Any Star Wars fans out there? Whether you’re a casual fan or a Star Wars geek, you at least know a little bit about it. Star Wars has become such a huge cultural icon that it’s almost impossible to not have at least heard about it. And with this franchise has come movies, books, comic books, and TV shows. One of these shows is the famous Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which changed quite a few things for Star Wars.
I actually wasn’t really a huge fan of Star Wars until I watched Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Oh, I had seen the movies and I was fine with them, but I didn’t really get what everyone was talking about. But then I saw this series and suddenly, it clicked for me. I understood why people were so fascinated with this world that George Lucas had created. And since then I’ve been a pretty big fan of Star Wars.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars was a pretty unique series as it decided to expand on the events that happened in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. We got some pretty significant world building, a better look into Anakin’s rel🌠ationships with everyone, and an idea of what this war really meant to everyone. The series was also pretty crazy, not shying away from things like destruction.
As a result, Star Wars: The Clone Wars has its fair share of different moments and secrets that you probably didn’t pick up on initially. So here are 20 interesting and kind of strange secrets about Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
20 Never Stood A Chance 🍸
Considering Revenge of the Sith came out three years before this series even got started, there are quite a few “spoilers” that happen just as a result of the events of the 3rd movie. But one element that we probably tend to forget is that nearly all of the Jedi featured in this series were deceased by the time the 3rd movie was over.
I wanted to point out two particular Jedi whose demises are quite tragic: Plo Koon, and Kit Fisto. Both of these Jedi were very remarkable and were quite likable in the Clone Wars series. It makes it all the more tragic when you know they will eventually pᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚerish as the result of Order 66. Kit goes down while fighting Palpatine, and Plo Koon was shot down by his own men. It makes it even harder to bear when you know that Plo Koon loved his clone troopers and they loved him back.
19 Gone Too Soon🏅
Any Clone Wars fan will tell you how unfair it was ℱthat the ﷽series was canceled. There were quite a few story arcs that were in the works when the series was shut down, and fans often lament on what could’ve been.
A few of the arcs were going to take place around the movie Revenge of the Sith.
A few of the arcs were going to take place around the movie Revenge of the Sith. In fact, director Dave Filoni, he wanted to end the series around the end of the 3rd movie, having Ahsoka out on her own and feeling the effects of Ord🌠er 66. What’s truly sad about these arcs was that they never came to pass in the TV series. But some stories did get told in graphic novels, so fans who are craving more can check those out.
18 This Guy Nearly Prevented Order 66 💦 🌊
Order 66 was one of the biggest devastations in the history of Star Wars, as it essentially wiped out almost all of the Jedi. It was a massive elimination and it’s what led to the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Empire. But did you know thatಞ the plans for Order 66 were almost exposed back in the Clone Wars? And by a clone?
Fives, one of the clones the series had been following, discovered the conspiracy behind Order 66 when another clone Trooper, Tup, started going crazy and eliminated a Jedi General. Fives discovered all the clones had chips in their brains and eventually learned that Palpatine had plans to destroy the Jedi Order using the clones. But then Fives was hunted down and destroyed. He did manage to tell Anakꦅin and Rex before he was eliminated. Anakin didn’t believe him, but we could tell that Rex had some suspicions. It’s likely what led to him eventually defecting. So, Fives’ passing wasn’t in vain, at least.
17 Time Has No Meaning ౠ 🍒
If you just watched the episodes of Star Wars: Clone Wars in the order they were released, you’d probably be a little confused. If it feels like events jump around and seem out of order, especially in the first few seasons, that’s 💮because they are.
The episodes are quite a bit out of order chronologically in the beginning.
The very nature of The Clone Wars series was to tell the stories behind the movie. So, the episodes are more of a collection of stories rather than one big story. As a result, the episodes are quite a bit out of o✱rder chronologically in the beginning. In the later seasons, things have settled down a bit and we get a more linear timeline, but there are a few episodes here and here that are out of place. So don’t panic, you’re not going crazy.
16 ꧙ Clones Are People, Too! ꧋
The biggest reason the clones were genetically engineered was that they were the perfect soldiers. And they were expendable. To many people, clones were just that: clones, soldiers that were ready ꦡto sacrifice themselves for the sake of the Republic. And in theory, no clone would be any different from the other.
But that’s not the case. As we see throughout the series, every clone has a distinct personality and different quirks. They may be clones, but they’re people too, full of feelings, dreams, and ambitions. When we keep that in mind, the way the clones are treated is kind of horrific. They’re seen as nothing more than expendable tools by some. And we even get clones questioning this way of thi🍌nking, wondering if they could be more than just soldiers. It’s a p🔥retty big ethical and moral quandary.
15 Bridging The Gap 🌌ಞ
It’s no secret that Star Wars: The Clone Wars could get pretty dark. This is a series about a war, one of the biggest wars the galaxy had seen. And with that war came violence, casualties, demise, and more. While it didn’t show anything too graphic, like blood or terrible injuries, the series definitely didn’t shy away from violence and destr🏅uction. This series was one that bridged the gap between being a cartoon for kids and a cartoon for grown-ups.
The series aired on both Cartoon Network and Adult Swim.
That’s probably why the series aired 🔯on both Cartoon Network and its late-night counterpart, Adult Swim. It’s one of those cart♔oons that could technically go either way, so it makes sense that it aired on both. Just make sure your kids are okay with seeing characters perish onscreen before you let them watch this show.
14 ღ The Lost Episodes ౠ
For quite a while, fans thought that Echo, one of the five clone troopers the series focused on, had met his untimely end via fiery explosion. And by all appearances, he did perish, and all that was left of him was his helmet🐈. But that’s not the case.
In the episodes that were in the works when the series got canceled, it was shown that Echo actually survived the explosion. In these “lost” episodes, Echo has a lot of cybernetics on him and he’s basically become part cyborg. Honestly, I’m not sure if staying alive was the best thing for him since he doesn’t exactly look comfortable in his modified body. It’s a pity that we’ll never get more episodes on him becauಞse this development would’ve made things rather interesting.
13 Remembering Those Who Came 🌜Before
We know that quite a few clones have perished throughout the course of the Clone Wars, but do we know just how many have passed? It’s a lot more than you may think, an♌d the proof is etched in stone, literally. No seriously, there’s actually a monument to the clones.
What’s disturbing is how big this monument is.
In the center of the Republic military base plaza, there’s a huge monument that lists the names of the clone troopers that were eliminated in the first Clone Wars battles. What’s disturbing is how big this monument is, and this was just the first battle. It’s not even accounting for the passings ongoing. It does give you a sense of scale in this war. And it makes the clone troopers’ situation even more𓄧 desperate. You were pretty much de♓stined to perish.
12 Your Movement༒ Beꦉtrays You
Did you know that the way the battles progress can have a hidden message? In a lot of Western entertainment, the perspective of movement of good guys fighting tended to go from left to right, while the movement of the bad guys went from right to left. But in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, it’s a bit reversed.
In most of the episodes, the movement of the clone troops and the Jedi tended to be from a right to left perspective, a perspective that was generally reserved for the bad guys. It’s a cool bit of foreshadowing to what the clone troopers will eventually b𒁃ecome. What I like about this interestiꦬng perspective is that it’s a subtle way to remind us that, while these guys are good for the moment, things will eventually go bad.
11 𒈔 ༺ Cameo Status
For me, the Star Wars: The Clone Wars series is what actually made Anakin likable to me. In the movies, he was more annoying and whiny, while this series makes him a more rounded character. And the banter between Anakin and Obi-Wan was incredibly entertain♔ing. But di꧙d you know that these two weren’t going to be in the series as much?
There were plans to only have Anakin and Obi-Wan appear occasionally.
In the early stages of the show, there were plans to only have Anakin and Obi-Wan appear occasionally since the focus was going to be on other characters. The idea was to focus on other elemꦇents of the Clone Wars besides the two most familiar Jedi in the series. But they got put in the show more, and I think it worked out for the best. We got to see the two interact more and their development was pretty fun to watch.