Star Wars The Clone Wars Season 6 Review

The Lost One (Episode 10)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T5Ut5TnFWA Episodes "The Lost One" Synopsis After Plo Koon discovers a crashed Jedi shuttle along with Sifo Dyas's Lightsaber in the wreckage, the Jedi Council decides once and for all to uncover the truth behind his death. Analysis Well that was probably the quickest murder investigation ever. This was an enjoyable enough story and there's nothing within the narrative, visuals, or performances that's especially subpar but it's the pacing that drags it down. It feels like four episodes compressed into one and comes across as too rushed as a result. Especially since the story is so heavily connected to the films and follows on from Obi-Wan's investigations in Attack Of The Clones. This story feels like it would have been better suited as a longer story arc given its significance instead of being compressed into one episode as a precursor to the Yoda story arc. Especially since whole parts of the investigation such as what leads Plo Koon to finding the shuttle's wreckage, and Anakin and Obi-Wan's investigations into Sifo Dyas's death on Felucia happening offscreen. It all feels like to much has been crammed into a too short space of time, hence Count Dooku being ridiculously blatant in covering his tracks for someone so intelligent, and the confession from Sifo Dyas's killers being acquired far too easily.

What there is is enjoyable stuff though and it's fun to see the Pike Syndicate from Season 5 again as well as the return of Chancellor Valorum. And despite its brevity, the story packs in a well written ending that is a pretty nice summation of what the war is doing to people as the Jedi Council are forced to hide their discovery about the Clones from the public in order to keep the public's trust in both them and the war effort. Yoda puts it best: "The right way? No. But the only way it is". Verdict Solid enough but it suffers from too much material being squeezed into only one episode.

rating: 3