Ambush

The evolution of this show throughout these years are absolutely phenomenal. One of the best animated show ever, imo. Started as a good show ended as a masterpiece. I'll definitely recommend this to a Star Wars fan. You must watch this if you are to be thorough with the entire Skywalker Saga.

I like Yoda's calm arrogance in the face of evil. There's also a beautiful scene in a cave where Yoda asks the clone troopers to remove their helmets so that he can see their faces, encouraging their individuality. Ventress intrigues me. I can already tell she should have been used in the movies.

Dear reader.

It was pretty good. I enjoyed it. I would recommend it.

The humor may be a little childish to some, but for diehard "Star Wars" fans, this signals the beginning of something great. It is difficult to not look at this episode in retrospect, but seeing it again brings me back to an eight-year-old me watching this for the first time. Seeing Yoda kick a lot of ass was the greatest, and even though I have some reservations at seeing him wave around a lightsaber and cutting up droids, I love the fact that he uses it more for defense than attack, and relies heavily on the Force. It is easily digestible while laying the groundwork for the development that the Clone Army is going to have in the series, and it presents one of the great Jedi Masters in the most badass time of his life. A great beginning to what we now know became a great series in the long-run.

In this review i will break it down into storyline, characters, and overall Storyline: The storyline was pretty simplistic. Yoda has to negotiate with Watto's race for a republic base. In order to do that he needs to pass a "test" of count dooku. The storyline is simple and lacks anything more than that simple premise but for Yoda's introduction, it works well because it brings out what a great Jedi Master he is to overcome the odds.

Characters: Who doesn't love Yoda? This episode once gain shows Yoda's ability to Mentor others (as a teacher) and also his ability to use the force (when he stopped ventress). The other characters were well done (clone troopers)in that it helped establish that the Jedi cannot overcome all odds without support. Of course the droids made the episode feel a little kiddish at time (especially the whole argument with them bringing the tanks into the reef). Ventress didn't do much here, but it worked with the storyline (not that she could have done anything against Yoda anyways)

Overall: The story was good, it worked well with Yoda and the connection he had with his troopers. Overall great introduction