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The difference between Order 66 and Krell is that Krell was actually ready for a fight

Bro the umbra arc is one of the best arcs in the series rivaling the siege of Mandalore.

If you were wondering, counted about 206 on screen clone deaths including the named clones. This battle inflicted 60-75% casualties on the republic forces. It was probably one of costliest victories.

Something I just noticed was that Rex and Pong Krell mirror the RotS scene with Mace and the other Jedi going in to arrest Palpatine. “So it’s treason then.”

I recently rewatched the entire series with my step-dad and I noticed a detail that absolutely broke my heart: I remembered Waxer having the drawing of the twi’lek girl on his helmet from this arc but if you pay close attention to his scenes in the Geonosis arc you’ll notice he had the marking from as far back as season 2. I was nearly brought to tears when I realised the mark wasn’t an Easter egg to give an easy tug on the heart strings and a reminder to viewers who may have forgotten who Waxer was, it was a defining trait of his character that stuck with him for the rest of his life. It honestly speaks to how amazing this show is that that one detail that is so minute gives so much story to a minor character. It’s so tragic when you realise that clone characters that kind of disappear back into the setting after they get an appearance or two despite how human and fleshed out they feel in their brief time on screen is exactly how they would’ve been viewed in world. All of them are their own person and yet they fade away into the mass of faceless soldiers like numbers on a page whether they be clone troopers or later storm troopers. They were tools, given life and conscious but denied humanity.

Plot armor aside it's surprising that Krell did not target to kill Rex

Some of the main things to notice in this arc are the haircuts, tatoos, and painted helmets of all the reoccurring 501st clones, now with phase 2 armour. I think they dedicate a fair amount of lines to naming them all and showing off their distinctive features. The main characters are all from previous episodes; obviously Rex and Fives had a lot of screen time before this, but also Jesse and Hardcase appeared in "the deserter". So did Kix, and although he's not really central to the plot at any point, you can spot him easily since his design is very distinct, being a medic. Then you also get the new characters Tup and Dogma, plus the first clone wars appearance of Appo.

At all fairness @12:45 it is explained that Jedi are more venerable to attacks from those they trust as we see in Tales of The Jedi and Aayla is actually searching for an enemy that she thinks the clones spotted, she doesn’t even turn to look at them as she believed they spotted something she didn’t, they were trusted so much

Honestly I think Pong Krell is a good villain because he knows his enemies. He talked down the clones, as the Kaminoans did. He also views himself as right, which pretty much all villains do, but better. He’s also so manipulative he literally caused the clones to fire at their own brothers. No wonder Dogma shot him.

I’m a fan of all the “all out war” clone wars arcs. But there’s an episode that I just love and it the one with captain keellie and the ryloth people. I believe it’s the one where that just have to hold the line until the twilikes get the supply ships.

The Umbaran tech is so different because they're an isolationist world. They actively attacked anybody that got near. While the rest of the galaxy was working together to develop and distribute advancements, Umbarans made their own instead. Also, for your armor questions, you're seeing the difference between plasteel (clone armor) vs Mandalorian beskar (Boba and Djinn armor). Plasteel is great for heat dispersion, and can stop some shrapnel, but beskar is durable and strong enough to stop even a lightsaber blade for short periods of time.

14:22 I’m inclined to believe this cause Rex is one of the few clones Krell even kinda respects. Earlier in the arc, during the road ambush, when Rex stands up to Krell, Krell makes some comment and gives for the first time. Rex is probably one of the few clones Krell would actually think about when killing, if that.

The scenes where the clones are killing each other is very heart wrenching as Rex comes running yelling about how they’re killing other clones, and the music really sells that sense of dread. Also RIP Waxer.

The Umbara arc is a perfect way to show the brutality of war, especially against an entrenched, native force. The only criticism I could possibly have is I kinda wish they left dooku and pure evil out of it and just made it that Krell just didn't care about clone lives.

It would've been cool to see how Krell would handle Order 66. The other Clones the 501'st fought againts were the 212th Legion lead by Commander Cody and General Obi-Wan Kenobi.

the only person hated more is the droid that shot 99

I think I might have a correction? When hardcase throws that “bomb” looking thing into the reactor, I don’t think it was a bomb but an engine for the umbaran ship, and that the engine didn’t explode, but the impact of the engine puncturing the reactor caused the explosion

On my last rewatch of clone wars, I was genuinely scared to rewatch it because of how sad it is. Amazing video

18:00 I believe they had said that if Galen Marek/Starkiller was brought into canon, he'd be equal to Anakin or Mace Windu. Also he didn't really bring that Star Destroyer down. Its engines were already gone and it was already falling. He just made it fall faster and in a different direction. He wasn't overpowering the Destroyer's own power.

Krell did the folding light sabers first.

This was definitely ark where they were showing us 100 ways a clone can die from a force user since we very rarely see clones get destroyed by lightsabers.

Dogmas fate is unknown, there are multiple things that could have happen to him. The reason why he was still cuffed is because he shot krell and not Rex. Dogma did not have the authority to do that. Which was why he was then cuffed.

If I am not mistaken the man who played Pong Krell is an amazing voice actor by the name of Dave Fennoy. He has played many video game characters such as the legendary Lee Everett in The Walking Dead, Bluebeard in The Wolf Among Us, Finch in Tales from the Borderlands, Gabriel the Warrior in Minecraft: Story Mode, and Lucius Fox in Batman: Arkham Knight and Batman: The Telltale Series. He voiced many characters in tv shows and movies such as Tobias Whale in Suicide squad hell to pay, He was also in Deep, He also voiced a mouse henchmen in Nut Job 2, and he also voiced Textrad Shard in Ben 10. Overall Dave Fennoy seems to be a pretty cool guy and one of my all time favorite voice actors.

One character that might be more hated they got an even more satisfying death was the head slaver that had Obi-Wan. That moment at the end where the bad guy looked at Obi-Wan and said a Jedi can't kill an unarmed man and Rex put the spear through the guy's chest. I have never fisted pumped so hard for a cartoon show in my life LOL

I loved that TCW did show clones with major character flaws like Sgt. Slick, Dogma and Commander Fox.

The Umbara Arc is probably the most visually stunning set of episodes in all of Clone Wars. The colors, the cool alien tech, the character design, and especially the kinetic action sequences. It's like a thrill ride from start to finish.

It's insane how easily Krell could kill all of the clone. I like to think that this was the reason why clones were then later more trained in combat with jedi or lightsaber users in general. Which made it look so easy during Order 66. With this theory, the Umbara arc is even darker.

My favorite besides Umbara would either be the Zygerria arc or the Citadel arc from S3. That was the best and most emotional prison break I have ever seen (for its shortness of course)

i never noticed in episode 3 that one of the galactic marines actually dodged a reflected blaster bolt

My favorite archs by were the Savage and Maul archs, from Savage's creation to the formation of the Shadow Syndicate, just peak darksider shit. I loved it. Umbara comes right after.

19:55 it's funny you mention the taunt thing but the clones honestly have a legit taunt function lol. It works on droids, Jedi, Sith and even animals lol. That's how they really killed most of the Jedi during order 66, they were all spamming taunts until it glitched out the Jedi's targeting and left them vulnerable to attack rofl

I think (laying outside of universe reasons) the reason Krell does so much better than the council members is that he was ready and waiting for this then he's going into a fight fully aware and using his sabres front and rear protecting him from all directions. The council members however are starting from a surprise attack they're not expecting and are usually trying to regain their balanc,e figure out what's happening and draw their sabre while being fired on from very close range with little reaction time. It works as an explanation with the only survivors we see in Ep3 being Yoda who had some warning and Obi Wan who was fired on at a distance and had time to recover from the shock.

Temple guards have existed for thousands of years in Star Wars technically and almost always they had the yellow sabers because they were to signify " We are not a normal part of the order. We are the only ones here trained to put you down. " - They were trained in various double-bladed saber forms. Most of them to do with dismantling opponents similar to Form 2, the same form used by Dooku to absolutely body Anakin and toy with him in their first encounter and then used by Anakin to body Dooku. Anakin had apparently studied it in secret " because we're facing Sith now and they won't come quietly. We have to. " - so he learned the form all about cutting off limbs.

21:25 yes there is. Commander Fox

I love how Krell's lightsabers sound

You should watch Star Wars lightsaber duels at 0.25x speed, the videos won't be as long as usual but would still be awesome!

He doesn’t care about his men. Only himself. And was just doing this to serve dooku. The most funniest thing is he gets killed by the clone that was loyal to him. Wars hell.

Siege of Mandalore was my favorite, with Umbara, Five's, Obi Undercover, and the Shadow Conspiracy arc being my top five. All amazing arcs

We should get a tales of the Jedi about krell and the missions he has with other clone casualties, and why he fell from the Jedi more specifically

Umbara if memory serves was pretty isolated from the rest of the galaxy by it's location, resulting in their technology developing without much influence from the rest of the galaxy, which is why their tech looks so different.

The Umbaren tech is different because they isolated themselves from the rest of the galaxy, similar to feudal Japan

I loved the underwater arc with Kit fisto and the shark dude

At 20:25 when talking about spatial awareness with his limbs it actually looks like Krell tucks his bottom two arms into his chest to avoid a potential accidental cut

my fav arc is the one where Amidala goes to the separatist friend she has, we see more of the CIS point of view of the war

"Is there any other clone wars character that's more hated than Krell?" Well shit, I couldn't think of anyon- Fox. That's all I have to say

Krell and Fox are definitely the most easy to hate characters in the clone wars. I loved this arc it was top 5 arcs for me. I'd also be sick if we got to see Anakin show up mid-battle and Rex explains everything. Then Anakin goes all darkside on Krell striking him down no hesitation. They seriously need to make a Star Wars what if series I think that it would be so emotional and probably would become my favorite Star Wars series of all time.

Something I noticed is that you didn’t acknowledge Hardcase’s death (rip Hardcase) but you acknowledged Waxer’s death

What are the odds that I JUST watched these episodes last night?! Awesome stuff as always man, thank you!

21:43 ah yes, I’d forgotten that that was how military justice worked.

The best conventional way to kill a jedi is actually to get in close with numbers. Not close enough to get sliced but just out of blade reach. Being this close to a jedi and outnumbering them means the blaster bolt will be near instantaneously on them rather than the few seconds from longer ranges. Also, the number of bolts will overwhelm the jedi making unable to use the force as they will be too focus on defending themselves as well as too focused to deflect the bolts back and the need to just guard. Krell's style means he basically has a super-computer for a brain (though once again arrogance and over confidence was his downfall), being able to control those arms and blades and not nick himself would require a ton of mental training and nonstop thinking. He's basically perfect to defend against the clones.

12:43 To kill a Jedi you need specialized equipment or the weight of numbers, you need omnidirectional fire on their position (or artillery), and surprise if you can get it. You do not give them a chance to surrender, if you're taking them alive you surround them, use flashbangs, and tear gas in an enclosed space, troopers should be fine with helmets, and blast them into oblivion with enough stun blasts to make the Sarlac feel it. If you're not, recommend the use of land mines, and not just a few, basically set up a triggerable minefield, lure them into it, and detonate it, then bombard the position with every gun you've got.

I just found this video through the algorithm. I love your enthusiasm for The Clone Wars!

I watched Resistance. In my opinion, it started out as "okay but on the verge of meh". But luckily, it got better. After the show ended, I thought it was alright. To me, the story was "meh" in Season 1 and "okay" in Season 2. While it can get a lot darker than the animation style and first few episodes may suggest (especially in Season 2), it's still quite tame compared to the vast majority of other Star Wars media I've seen/read with a lot more Slice of Life and a bit less fighting than we're used to seeing in Star Wars. The animation was alright after I got used to it. The characters were the strong point of the show and the main reason I kept watching. While average for Star Wars standards, that's still enough that I do hope to see them again someday. IF any writer ever dares to touch the time post-Episode 9, that is. Overall, it think it was alright. I'd definitely consider it the worst animated Star Wars show since the Disney takeover but truth be told, that's not saying much. I'd still give it a 5/10 on average, a 5.5/10 at best and a 4.9/10 at worst. I definitely don't think it's a "must watch" for any Star Wars fans like I consider TCW or Rebels to be.

Something i always wondered was how none of the clones questioned the umbarans taking clone armor. They have to have specific air to breath that they couldnt use in clone helmets.

You gotta do takeover of Mandolore in season 5. So many many good battles in that arc including personally, my favorite lightsaber battle

Someone also noticed that during the space battle you can find strange looking Umbaran support ship?

I think the umbra arc is one of my favorites. And it leads to my theory that clones didn’t need the chips to execute traitorous jedi who turned against the republic. I think the chip only activated when the clones were unwilling to execute traitor jedi. And while some may say the jedi weren’t traitors, let’s look at it. The clones were in no position to realize that, it’s fully reasonable to think the higher jedi order may have been corrupt and sought to overthrow the republic. So for clones out on the front lines, hearing that their jedi general was a traitor, they may have needed the chip to activate if they were unwilling to follow the order, but some I think were just down to be like, of course it all makes sense. I like to look at bad batch where crosshair followed the empire without the chip.

The armor of the clone troopers was mainly intended to deter shrapnel and such. Only the armor of the stormtroopers protected them from death when they were hit and they fainted

Umbara arc is still one of my favourite arcs in the Clone Wars. I think Krell is overlooked as just another twist villain because of what he did but he actually is probably the one of the best villain in Star Wars👍

The hunter was not seen in episode 3 because logically the successor version the ARK 170, was used there. And the successor version of this is the well-known X-Wing

I love how heavy krell and savage opress’ lightsabers sound

"if he just kept rolling like tuk-tuk or something" droidikas: *angry beeps*

9:21 Inhibitor Chip arc is so good because of how tragic it is and well I don't think anything can top the siege of Mandalore personally

Great video, keep up the good work

I’d love to hear your thoughts on Andor or any of the other live action series

Maybe someone else brought it up in the comments and I couldn't find it but... What about Krell at 12:14 does the Senator Palpatine thing with, "It's treason then." as Mace Windu and the other Jedi went to arrest Senator Palpatine when Rex and company show up to relieve Krell of command...? Chills, man...gave me chills!

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somthin you missed was that after krell yeeted those two clone into a group of clones is that when Rex and co are confronted by dogma in the background you can see alot of clones get back up, and in the scene when the clones decide to arreset Krell you get a shot of tup, pissed off, which I think is when his faulty chip starts to malfunction or degrade even more when Rex says treason against the republic

Just realized the 501st killed _two_ Jedi before Order 66, including a master. No wonder Sideous used them for the Jedi Temple raid.

My favourite thing about Krell is the sound design of his sabers

I remember when I first watched this in, like, 5th grade, when Krell said that they took the clones armor my first thought was "why, their weapons and armor are far more superior than the clones and they stand out more in the jungles"

The Umbara episodes were for sure some of the best made in the series. Wish they could of expanded more on Krell.

You should do the Mon Calamari arc, if you haven't already. Big aquatic battle, lasts for several episodes. And the Temple Guards did the folding lightsabers first.

Umbaran arc always my favorite specially 501 and 202 against Krell

The Umbara arc is the best arc in the clone wars, solely because it focuses on a part of a single campaign and the clones, and introducing an amazing twist that changed the arc from just being the 501st vs the Umbarans by introducing Krell. There should've been more arcs like it in the show. Focusing on smaller parts of the conflict from the perspective of those fighting in the war, instead of focusing on the jedi and specifically the 501st most of the time.

The most i ever laughed is when krell was shot, i like how he never finished the sentence knowing rex wouldnt be the one to kill him.

I dont know if anyone told you this but the more accurate designation for Krell's sabers are Lightsaber Pikes similar to what Jedi Temple Guard carries.

Clone and stormtrooper armour works like our modern armour, for the most part, it dissipates the force of the shot rather then taking it.

For me this Arc, the Obi-wan working with Bane undercover and Ahoska getting framed/leaving the order arcs were my favorites

Krell is one of most coolest Jedi ever

Krill:imma show you skill

I would love to see the Kamino arc if possible

Imagine seeing flashbacks from Rex´s perspective in the Ahsoka show in live-action from The Battle of Umbara.

i’m so glad that the two clones who were trying to turn the others in to krell are the ones that captured him a and killed him

I never noticed Numa on his helmet, that’s so cute. And also really sad

Dogma was just thinking "Good soldiers follow orders."

I always feel bad for people like "robots, clones and synth's" people that are meant to die in war people like the Nikke's from "Godess of victory: Nikke" [where they get slaughter and consumed by their enemies], clones from clone wars [obviously they are cloned just to die in a pointless war], synth's from last origin [Which are similar to the Nikke's except your the last human and they HAVE to protect you as the humanities last order.] its just sad. in the robots case, they often times consider themselves to be only weapons or tools and nothing more, merely the hand of humans. and in the clones and synth's case they are a lot like each other in that they HAVE to follow every order even if it means they die in the end and only a few like rex ever break free.

when jedi cut up droids they fall apart but when krell kills clones in 17:39 his ankles just have this line and dont get seperated

I am pretty sure it's the Temple Guards because they have been around before Krell joined the order so he probably saw and took inspiration from the guards

1:32 Most of them being the younger stock, like Dogma. 1:35 Mostly the veterans, like Rex, Hardcase, and Fives. 6:37 All's I can see are Separatist warships. I the Republic fleet in orbit likely sent the fighters out to go and attack the fleet, try and take out the supply ship, like how the US did during Midway, sent fighters out after their Japanese equivalents to attack their carriers.

Thx for another great work. Resisantce was really enjoyable. Remember, this is still uncle Filloni work!

The umbara arc was so tragic, tho waxer’s helmet of Numa just reminded me that numa was in Star Wars rebels I think.

19:08 is like when leman russ snaps magnus's back

Anyone else realize when Krell was being relieved of duty he said “it’s treason then” just like palpatine?

12:15 love the reference there

fun fact, Dave Filoni said the umbara supply shit scene was the biggest scene they ever did, the whole battle, every single ship, every wreckage were individualy animated also TCW was much much sooner than rebels, so the folding lightsaber for krell was first, rebels temple guard second and sith rey third, but nothing can beat the original TCW ddesign

I was just rewatching Clone Wars and just started the arc. What a coincidence this also appeared

Don’t know if you’ve already done it, but the one where ahsoka is with the separatists senator kid and he’s tryna join death watch. that one of my favorites, ahsoka does one of the NASTIEST moves in star wars!

you were wondering what clone leigions were at the end, it was the 501st and the 212th