S5 - Episode 10: Secret Weapons

Season 5 - Episode 10: Secret Weapons
Airs: 12/1/12 at 9:30 AM ET/8:30 AM CT
Replays: 12/2/12 at 9:30 AM ET/8:30 AM CT

Summary: R2-D2 and other Republic droids receive a mission to retrieve an encryption module from the Separatists.
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I'm not entirely sure whether I liked this episode or not. The concept was decent, and I liked the visuals, and the variety on show in terms of biological and droid characters. Also, while the jokes, on their own, were rather funny, altogether and with the characters of the pit droid and the colonel (as well as the droid maker) it just seemed a little too much.
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Master Joined: 09 Jun 2009 Posts: 1410

I liked it. I laughed through the first half of the episode. Some of it was a little silly, but there's nothing wrong with a bit of the light-hearted now and then. It was a nice change of pace. And I kinda like the whole droids are people too message.
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I think it was mainly because I'd come straight off the last few episodes, where Hondo's humour was quite different from that displayed in this episode. The effect was a little jarring.
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I am a Star Wars fan. That doesn't mean that I hate or love Jar Jar. That doesn't mean I hate or love Lucas, or agree or disagree 100% with him. That doesn't mean I prefer the PT over the OT, or vice versa. That doesn't mean I hate the EU, or even love all of it. These are not prerequisites. Being a man is not a prerequisite. Being a geek is not a prerequisite. The only prerequisite is that I love something about Star Wars. I am a Star Wars fan.

Coming off the Young Jedi arc, I think it worked well. Light hearted, funny, my only gripe is the missed opportunity of making the little frog guy a Croke.
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