Blue Shadow VirusPadmé & Jar Jar are captured while searching for a secret Separatist bio-weapons lab, sparking Anakin, Obi-Wan & Ahsoka to try and save their friends and halt the release of a deadly virus.
Cartoon Network aired two episodes last night instead of the normal one. The first new episode, Blue Shadow Virus, had a few things going on that I really dug. Chief among them was Dr. Vendi. A Separatist scientist, he's the one behind the nefarious Blue Shadow Virus and has been working on improving it. I found this character highly entertaining - he was like a mad scientist with a German accent. In fact, there seemed to be some strong Nazi overtones with him and his plot to create genocide with his biological weapon.
Another new character that I liked, but feel most people will find annoying is the new Gungan, Pepe Bow. I don't know why, but I get the feeling we may see her again and my gut tells me she might become a romantic foil for Jar Jar (this is supposition on my part). Yes, Jar Jar is in fact in the episode, but much like the rest of the episodes, I typically don't find his antics annoying in this show. Also, Captain Typho makes his first appearance and that's kind of cool.
The action through the Separatist lab is well done, but at this point, it'd be more of an anomaly if the action in this series wasn't well done. It was also nice getting to see Naboo again and I had deja vu watching Obi-Wan stroll around the hanger in Theed where he fought Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace (why couldn't they have included a bit of throw away dialogue to that effect?).
Overall, not the best episode in the series (it suffers from some slow pacing up front and not much in the way of depth of character), but definitely in the "good" category as opposed to the "okay" or "bad" ones.
Mystery of a Thousand MoonsThe fatal Blue Shadow Virus menace is still at large, infecting Ahsoka, Padmé, and many clone troopers -- and giving Anakin & Obi-Wan just 48 hours to find the antidote on a mysterious planet from which no visitor has returned.
This was my favorite of the two episodes, for one reason and one reason only: Iego. The planet was mentioned in The Phantom Menace as having angels that live on one of its moons and not only do we visit the planet as Obi-Wan and Anakin head there searching for a cure to the Blue Shadow Virus from the previous episode, but we get to see one of those aforementioned angels, which gave me a little bit of a geekgasm.
Another aspect of the adventures on Iego that I dug was the new character, techno wiz-kid Jaybo Hood. His role felt so very..."Star Wars" and odd that I couldn't help but enjoy it. At once, it was both familiar and new and I really liked that. I liked the visual design of the planet too. It seemed like one giant ghost town and that feeling was aided by the mention that the planet may or may not be haunted by "Droll."
Ahsoka and Padme had some decent bits clearing out battle droids from the laboratory they are trapped in on Naboo and Rex, with his final line of dialogue in the episode, proves once again why he's my favorite clone.
This episode has definitely managed to make its way into my ranking as one of the best episodes of the first season, which has just seemed to become more and more solid as it's moved on. I'm still in the dark on why more people aren't watching it. More often than not, it's good. Really good.
Next time on Clone Wars...
Storm Over Ryloth
Ahsoka disobeys Anakin's orders and loses most of her squadron -- prompting Anakin to help give his Padawan a lesson in a respect for authority, and the opportunity for redemption.
EPISODE XIX- 1x19: Storm Over Ryloth
EPISODE XX - 1x20: Innocents of Ryloth
EPISODE XXI - 1x21: Liberty on Ryloth
EPISODE XXII- 1x22: Hostage Crisis
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