Helmed by Japanese animator Atusushi Tekeuchi, the episode leans into the influence of anime with the depiction of Grievous's distorted mechanical body horror.Īfter a first season that was mixed in quality, The Clone Wars launched a most ambitious storyline in season two with a five-part storyline that reintroduced the planet Geonosis from Attack of the Clones. Jedi Master Kit Fisto ( Phil LaMarr) and his recently promoted padawan Nahdar Vebb ( Tom Kenny) search for the Seperatist leader Nute Gunray, but become trapped in Grievous's personal mansion where he torments them with trap doors, monstrous pets, and chaotic explosive devices. The first season episode “Lair of Grievous” spotlights the character in what's essentially a haunted house story. Grievous wanted nothing more than to best the Jedi in combat and take their lightsabers as trophies, but he’s frequently dismembered and lacks force abilities. Grievous was as close to a classic Universal monster that the Star Wars universe had, as he’s tormented by his metallic state. The Seperatist droid leader General Grievous ( Matthew Wood) had a strange introduction in Revenge of the Sith, but The Clone Wars developed his character further. "Lair of Grievous" (Season 1, Episode 10)
The Clone Wars often featured callbacks to classic horror films, and Star Wars fans may want to revisit these spooky episodes amidst their Halloween binge. Although the series was mostly focused on Anakin’s training of Ashoka, the anthology nature allowed for many offshoot episodes that explored different classic cinema influences on the franchise.
The Clone Wars succeeded in showing the gradual descent of Anakin Skywalker ( Matt Lanter) where George Lucas had failed with the prequel films, exploring the mythic “Clone Wars” that Obi-Wan Kenobi hinted at in the 1977 original. Although the series got a rocky start thanks to the botched 2008 theatrical film of the same name, the show developed the characters of Ashoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein) and Clone Captain Rex ( Dee Bradley Baker) into beloved favorites.
Before there was a new Star Wars television project announced nearly every week, Dave Filoni’s groundbreaking animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars expanded the galaxy far, far away during a time when the concept of a “sequel trilogy” seemed like a distant dream.
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