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The thread is separated into several different sections: Story & Plot, Facts: General, Facts: Characters & Plot, and Facts: Miscellaneous, Season 1, Season2. Enjoy!

Story & Plot

Phil Lamar, voice actor for Senator Organa and Jedi Master Kit Fisto, did an interview on newsarama where he revealed that the Clone Wars will be taking a darker turn very soon. I eagerly await.

Source: www.newsarama
Article: FUTURAMA's Return w/ Hermes Himself, (& STAR WARS Too)
Link: http://www.newsarama.com/tv/Lamarr-Futurama-Star-Wars-100209.html
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I have a general question with regards to technology in TCW. I asked the question before on TOS, but since I would like some more ideas/information/input, I would like to ask it here again.

After again watching Duel of the Droids and Innocents of Ryloth where "droid poppers" were used with great success against both B1 battle droids and B2 super battle droids, I began to wonder: since these EMP-grenades are capable of affecting different sized droids and effectively shutting them down, what would their effect be, or how effective would they prove to be, against a cyborg like
Grievous? And why hasn't anyone ever tried throwing one at him? He doesn't have Force abilities with which to deflect it at a distance, and the grenades also seem to have a wide area of effect, so why not use it? The cables are proving ineffective at restraining him.
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Knight Joined: 06 Apr 2011 Posts: 309 Location: Sofa

Still a good question. I would assume it would fry his body, but he could probably survive.
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I'm thinking organics are also affected by EMPs.
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Thinking about Grievous too much never produces good results. His character has many flaws that, to my knowledge, have never been fully addressed. I mean how can a non-Force sensitive cyborg slay dozens of Jedi in lightsaber combat? I don't care how good he is in combat, all a Jedi has to do is Force push him. Grievous has zero defense for negating Force attacks. Jedi should just be able to pick him off the ground and throw him around. They could snatch the lightsabers out of his hands, deactivate them, and if they wanted to push the boundaries of the Dark Side, they could simply crush him.

That aside, EMP grenades would theoretically work, and it should make it fairly easy to take Grievous out. Then again, EMP grenades should theoretically work on Vader's suit as well. Deactivating their robotic life support systems would kill them. Since this hasn't been done, and because it would make them way too vulnerable, I'd hazard a guess that they've got some sort of high tech defense mechanism that shields them from EMP attacks.
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I think a plausible reason that the clones never use "droid poppers" on Grievous is because he's quicker thinking than droids. Droids are are slow-thinking so they are vulnerable to an attack like that, but Grievous can avoid it easily enough. Think about when a grenade is thrown at a good guy; they jump out of the way. Grievous probably would too.

Although I can't think of any good reason why Jedi can't pin Grievous to the ground with the Force. Confused

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Thank you all so much, I love these ideas, and they have given me a lot to think about. I never thought of the Vader-angle before either!
And I completely agree with using Force abilities against Grievous. If I remember correctly, in TCW Obi-Wan has used the Force-push against Grievous on two occasions, and it worked perfectly everytime.
So yes, like Darth Skuldren said, perhaps I shouldn't think too much about the General Grievous.
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Knight Joined: 10 Apr 2011 Posts: 434

Could someone give me a complete rundown on what episodes form trilogies or duologies? I've got most of them figured out, but there's some I'm not sure about. For example "Cloak of Darkness/Lair of Greivous" and "Jedi Crash/Defenders of Peace." Are these duologies?

The list I made below separates episodes by arc size. This includes "formal" arcs (a trilogy of episodes following each other) and "informal" arcs (e.g. a trilogy of episodes that are linked, but scattered in terms of their airdates).

Season 1: Default
Season 2: Red
Season 3: Cyan
Season 4: Green

Standalones:
-Trespass
-Lightsaber Lost
-Bounty Hunters
-Sphere of Influence
-Shadow Warrior

Duologies:
-Downfall of a Droid, Duel of the Droids
-Dooku Captured, The Gungan General
-Jedi Crash, Defenders of Peace
-Blue Shadow Virus, Mystery of a Thousand Moons
-Grievous Intrigue, The Deserter
-Corruption, The Academy
-The Zillo Beast, The Zillo Beast Strikes Back
-Padawan Lost, Wookiee Hunt
-Mercy Mission, Nomad Droids

Trilogies:
-Rising Malevolence, Shadow of Malevolence, Destroy Malevolence
-Clone Cadets, Rookies, ARC Troopers
-Bombad Jedi, Cloak of Darkness, Lair of Grievous
-Cat and Mouse, The Hidden Enemy, The Clone Wars movie
-Holocron Heist, Cargo of Doom, Children of the Force
-The Mandalore Plot, Voyage of Temptation, Duchess of Mandalore (very tenuous link to Corruption/The Academy. above)
-Heroes on Both Sides, Pursuit of Peace, Senate Murders (weak link between first two and Senate Murders)
-Death Trap, R2 Come Home, Lethal Trackdown (tenuous link to Assassin/et al, below)
-Nightsisters, Monster, Witches of the Mist (link to future S4 episodes too)
-Overlords, Altar of Mortis, Ghosts of Mortis
-The Citadel, Counterattack, Citadel Rescue
-Water War, Gungan Attack, Prisoners

Tetrologies:
-Assassin, Evil Plans, Hostage Crisis, Hunt for Ziro

Quintologies:
-Supply Lines, Ambush, Storm Over Ryloth, Innocents of Ryloth, Liberty on Ryloth
-Senate Spy, Landing at Point Rain, Weapons Factory, Legacy of Terror, Brain Invaders
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Knight Joined: 10 Apr 2011 Posts: 434

Thank you, Taral.

I wanted to know because, if I ever get the season sets, I'd been thinking about watching the linked episodes together like I do with two- and three- parters from other TV shows such as Star Trek and Merlin. I knew there were wide story arcs in TCW, but not precisely which episodes might be standalone or not. This list really helps.