10 Greatest Star Wars: The Clone Wars Episodes That Changed Everything

Here it is! The final ever episode of The Clone Wars, and (arguably) the greatest that the series has to offer. No, it's not quite as heavy on the action as The Phantom Apprentice, but it does deliver a heavy dose of pathos and closure.

In the midst of Order 66, Ahsoka and a rehabilitated Commander Rex fight their way out of a fleet's worth of clone troopers intent on assassinating all Jedi. The cruiser setting is at once claustrophobic and the escape never feels like it's in grasp. What makes matters worse though is whether or not Ahsoka and Rex are willing to kill the clones to escape.

As you could probably guess from the series' title, the clones made up a sizeable amount of the show, humanising them in ways that the films failed to. Even with an added explanation that this wasn't their direct doing, that they had been programmed to do this from birth, it doesn't make the situation any better.

Rex's despair of seeing his brothers unwillingly betray everything they stood for, and Ahsoka's affirmation that they will not be the ones to kill the clones (even if they are willing to die themselves) brings the emotional arc of The Clone Wars to a heartbreaking close.

It's the final shots, however, that really bring it all home. Some time after the cruiser has crashed on a moon, Ahsoka and Rex have taken the time to set a grave-site for every one of them, with their helmets marking each grave. The subsequent time-lapse then brings Vader, who discovers Ahsoka's lightsaber at the graveyard and takes it with him, his reflection being shown through the visor of an Ahsoka-painted clone helmet.

Needless to say, this was one of the darkest moments in Star Wars, but also the most poetic.