Star Wars: The Clone Wars is arguably the best piece of TV or film that has come from the Star Wars universe. And with a thrilling and dramatic finale, it has finally concluded.
Though the seventh and final season of TCW was near-perfect, there are some things that just don't make perfect sense, whether that's to do with the plot, the characters, or the writing. Here are the top ten things about season seven that just don't add up, much as fans try to figure it out...
Echo
Echo's surprise reintroduction into the first arc of the season brought an extreme amount of emotion to the show, largely through the medium of Captain Rex, the veteran soldier who has lost too many brothers to count. But Echo's story doesn't make complete sense -- he was clearly and completely blown up in The Citadel.
TCW does enjoy bringing back apparently dead characters, but Echo was only ever a clone trooper -- he could not rely on the Force to keep himself alive. How he survived the immense explosion is still not adding up.
Ahsoka Surviving Order 66
Throughout the course of the show, Ahsoka definitely grew in her abilities, coming to where she is in season 7, she is without a doubt one of the most skilled Jedi in the Order. However, when Order 66 was initiated, Ahsoka was in the middle of a Republic cruiser. Her escape pitted her against what seemed like an entire battalion of experienced, battle-hardened clone troopers. And in the midst of that fight, she was hit numerous times.
The only thing that doesn't add up here is that far fewer groups of clone troopers killed far more experienced Jedi Masters, such as Aayla Secura or Ki Adi Mundi. Was it just the famous Star Wars plot armor that brought Ahsoka safely out of that mess, or is she actually one of the most powerful Jedi in the Order?
Ahsoka Beats Maul
The duel between Ahsoka and Maul was definitely one of the best duels of the entire show. But its conclusion doesn't make sense. Darth Maul has proven to be one of the most powerful Sith Lords of this time period.
He killed countless Jedi and he proved himself to be, at the very least, a match for Obi-Wan Kenobi. Yet he was defeated almost easily by Ahsoka. Has she really become that powerful?
Darth Maul
At the beginning of his duel with Ahsoka, Maul confessed that he wanted to bring Obi-Wan Kenobi to Mandalore so that both of them could defeat Anakin and ruin Darth Sidious's plans. Was this truly Maul's main goal? Did he want to ruin Sidious and take control for himself, or was he just intent on revenge? How was he even allowed to escape Sidious's clutches to attempt to formulate this plan in the first place?
The Inhibitor Chip
The sixth season of TCW offered up one of the most emotional arcs of the show, in which Fives gets pulled into a vast conspiracy as he uncovers Order 66 and the plot against the Jedi. This entire situation clearly upset Rex, and in his report, he expressed the possibility that Fives' notion might actually be true.
So why didn't Rex look further into the inhibitor chip sooner? It would have made sense if he and some of the 501st had removed their chips before Order 66 came through, and before Ahsoka even reunited with them.
Removing The Chip
When Fives removed his inhibitor chip, not only was it a relatively long and difficult process, but it also seemed to unhinge him somewhat.
His damaged mental state could be due to a whole plethora of other factors that Rex was not exposed to, but the fact remains that Ahsoka using the Force to find and quickly remove Rex's chip seems to be a bit too easy.
Gone With A Trace
The second arc of the seventh season received its fair share of criticism. Regardless of the content, however, the timing of this arc seems to be a bit confusing. Ahsoka has clearly been away from the Order from some time -- what has she been doing in between the beginning of this arc and when she first left? Why is she still on Coruscant? It doesn't completely add up.
Ahsoka Walkabout Arc
Of the three arcs that made up season 7, this arc was definitely the weakest. It introduced brand new characters whose only purpose was really to further Ahsoka's moral dilemma, reinforcing this idea that the Jedi might not be as amazing as she was led to believe.
But the arc itself doesn't really make sense in the grand scheme of the show. Regardless of how short the final season was, there were few long arcs throughout the history of the show that were made up of filler episodes. To make an entire arc feel like 4 strung-together filler episodes does not seem to make sense in the overall concept of the season.
The Pikes And Maul
If Darth Maul had indeed escaped Sidious and was indeed in control of Mandalore and several cartels and gangs, including the Pikes, the fact that he did not know about Ahsoka sooner does not make sense. Surely his Pike underlings would have informed their overlord that they had captured Ahsoka Tano, ex-Jedi Knight?
Is Each Clone .... Different?
Clones, by nature, should be almost completely the same. When looking at how most clones responded to Order 66, this is very clear. No clone showed any amount of hesitation. Cody shot down Obi-Wan, Plo-Koon's men shot him out of the sky, Yoda's troopers attacked him -- the list goes on. But when Rex received the Order, and before his inhibitor chip was removed, he did not immediately acquiesce with the Order. It was clear that, though he knew he needed to comply, he was still in there somewhere -- his hands were shaking, his jaw was clenched. He recognized that he did not want to do what he was about to do.
This all makes for a great dramatic scene, but it begs a confusing question - are some clones different? It seems that they are -- what makes certain clones less prone to following these ingrained commands than others?