#3.13 witch hunt

[dinneratgrannys]

ONCE UPON A TIME 3.13, Witch Hunt

[thehylianbatman]

The Missing Episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars

This post has nothing to do with Disney or their movies.

Hello. Star Wars is extremely close to my heart, and extremely important to me. As a narrative and a creative work, I believe Star Wars is unique and distinctive. I believe that Star Wars is now in an unfinished state, and will more than likely remain so forever, but my anti-Disney tirades can go in another post. For now, I simply want to inform you about Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and share my theory that there are episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars being hidden from us.

All information in this post is publicly and freely available from Wikipedia.

Here is a list of every episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars released before production was cancelled by Disney in 2014, along with seasonal notes.

SEASON 1 (2008) - This season contains 6 standalone episodes, 5 arcs of 2 episodes, and 2 arcs of 3 episodes, covering episodes 1 through 22 of the series. The seasons opens and closes on standalone episodes. As the first season of the series, these formats are all appearing for the first time.

"Ambush" (1.08)

"Rising Malevolence" (1.07)

"Shadow of Malevolence" (1.09)

"Destroy Malevolence" (1.11)

"Rookies" (1.14)

"Downfall of a Droid" (1.02)

"Duel of the Droids" (1.06)

"Bombad Jedi" (1.05)

"Cloak of Darkness" (1.10)

"Lair of Grievous" (1.12)

"Dooku Captured" (1.16)

"The Gungan General" (1.20)

"Jedi Crash" (1.22)

"Defenders of Peace" (1.24)

"Trespass" (1.25)

"The Hidden Enemy" (2.01)

"Blue Shadow Virus" (1.26)

"Mystery of a Thousand Moons" (2.02)

"Storm Over Ryloth" (1.15)

"Innocents of Ryloth" (1.17)

"Liberty on Ryloth" (1.19)

"Hostage Crisis" (2.04)

SEASON 2: Rise of the Bounty Hunters (2009) - This season contains 4 standalone episodes, 2 arcs of 2 episodes, 3 arcs of 3 episodes, and 1 arc of 5 episodes, "Senate Spy" to "Brain Invaders"; this covers episodes 23 through 44 of the series. The seasons opens and closes on 3-episode arcs. The 5-episode arc is appearing for the first and only time.

"Holocron Heist" (1.23)

"Cargo of Doom" (1.13)

"Children of the Force" (2.03)

"Senate Spy" (2.05)

"Landing at Point Rain" (2.07)

"Weapons Factory" (2.08)

"Legacy of Terror" (2.09)

"Brain Invaders" (2.12)

"Grievous Intrigue" (2.14)

"The Deserter" (2.06)

"Lightsaber Lost" (2.11)

"The Mandalore Plot" (2.13)

"Voyage of Temptation" (1.21)

"Duchess of Mandalore" (2.16)

"Senate Murders" (2.10)

"Cat and Mouse" (2.17)

"Bounty Hunters" (2.19)

"The Zillo Beast" (2.22)

"The Zillo Beast Strikes Back" (2.23)

"Death Trap" (2.15)

"R2 Come Home" (2.18)

"Lethal Trackdown" (2.20)

SEASON 3: Secrets Revealed (2010) - This season contains 3 standalone episodes, 5 arcs of 2 episodes, and 3 arcs of 3 episodes, covering episodes 45 through 66 of the series. The season opens and closes on 2-episode arcs.

"Clone Cadets" (3.01)

"ARC Troopers" (3.02)

"Supply Lines" (2.24)

"Sphere of Influence" (2.25)

"Corruption" (3.04)

"The Academy" (2.26)

"Assassin" (2.21)

"Evil Plans" (3.03)

"Hunt for Ziro" (3.05)

"Heroes on Both Sides" (3.06)

"Pursuit of Peace" (3.07)

"Nightsisters" (3.08)

"Monster" (3.10)

"Witches of the Mist" (3.12)

"Overlords" (3.09)

"Altar of Mortis" (3.11)

"Ghosts of Mortis" (3.13)

"The Citadel" (3.14)

"Counter Attack" (3.15)

"Citadel Rescue" (3.17)

"Padawan Lost" (3.16)

"Wookie Hunt" (3.18)

SEASON 4: Battle Lines (2011) - This season contains 1 standalone episode, "A Friend in Need", 1 arc of 2 episodes, "Mercy Mission" and "Nomad Droids", 1 arc of 3 episodes, "Kidnapped" through "Escape from Kadavo", and 4 arcs of 4 episodes, covering episodes 67 through 88 of the series. The season opens and closes on 4-episode arcs. The 4-episode arc is appearing for the first time.

"Water War" (3.22)

"Gungan Attack" (3.23)

"Prisoners" (3.24)

"Shadow Warrior" (3.19)

"Mercy Mission" (3.20)

"Nomad Droids" (3.21)

"Darkness on Umbara" (3.25)

"The General" (3.26)

"Plan of Dissent" (4.01)

"Carnage of Krell" (4.02)

"Kidnapped" (4.03)

"Slaves of the Republic" (4.04)

"Escape from Kadavo" (4.05)

"A Friend in Need" (4.06)

"Deception" (4.07)

"Friends and Enemies" (4.08)

"The Box" (4.09)

"Crisis on Naboo" (4.10)

"Massacre" (4.11)

"Bounty" (4.12)

"Brothers" (4.13)

"Revenge" (4.14)

SEASON 5 (2012) - This season contains 1 standalone episode, "Revival", 1 arc of 3 episodes, "Eminence" through "The Lawless", and 4 arcs of 4 episodes, covering episodes 89 through 108 of the series. The season opens on a standalone episode and closes on a 4-episode arc. This is the first season since Season 1 to open on a standalone episode, and the first season to open and close with episodes/arcs of different lengths, as well as the first season to have fewer than 22 episodes; it contains only 20 episodes.

"Revival" (4.26)

"A War on Two Fronts" (4.15)

"Front Runners" (4.16)

"The Soft War" (4.17)

"Tipping Points" (4.18)

"The Gathering" (4.22)

"A Test of Strength" (4.23)

"Bound for Rescue" (4.24)

"A Necessary Bond" (4.25)

"Secret Weapons" (5.04)

"A Summer Day in the Void" (5.05)

"Missing in Action" (5.06)

"Point of No Return" (5.07)

"Eminence" (5.01)

"Shades of Reason" (5.02)

"The Lawless" (5.03)

"Sabotage" (5.08)

"The Jedi Who Knew Too Much" (5.09)

"To Catch a Jedi" (5.10)

"The Wrong Jedi" (5.11)

SEASON 6: The Lost Missions (2014) - This season contains 1 arc of 2 episodes, "The Disappeared, Part I" and "The Disappeared, Part II", 1 arc of 3 episodes, "An Old Friend" through "Crisis at the Heart", and 2 arcs of 4 episodes, covering episodes 109 through 121 of the series. This is the first season to contain no standalone episodes.

"The Unknown" (5.12)

"Conspiracy" (5.13)

"Fugitive" (5.14)

"Orders" (5.15)

"An Old Friend" (4.19)

"The Rise of Clovis" (4.20)

"Crisis at the Heart" (4.21)

"The Disappeared, Part I" (5.16)

"The Disappeared, Part II" (5.17)

"The Lost One" (5.18)

"Voices" (5.19)

"Destiny" (5.20)

"Sacrifice" (5.21)

The series had 5 seasons conventionally constructed, intentionally sequenced and released weekly on television, and 1 season released in bulk on a streaming service, Netflix. Altogether, this covers 121 episodes of the series released before Disney's interference.

However, this is not all of the information we have. You'll notice that, next to every single episode title, there is a sequence of two numbers. This sequence is that episode's production code; the first digit is the production block, while the next two digits are the episode's particular order within the production block. This information is more pertinent for a look at the series from a production standpoint, so here is that information put together:

BLOCK 1 - This block contains episodes from Seasons 1 and 2.

1.02 - "Downfall of a Droid" (S1E6) 1.05 - "Bombad Jedi" (S1E8) 1.06 - "Duel of the Droids" (S1E7) 1.07 - "Rising Malevolence" (S1E2) 1.08 - "Ambush" (S1E1) 1.09 - "Shadow of Malevolence" (S1E3) 1.10 - "Cloak of Darkness" (S1E9) 1.11 - "Destroy Malevolence" (S1E4) 1.12 - "Lair of Grievous" (S1E10) 1.13 - "Cargo of Doom" (S2E2) 1.14 - "Rookies" (S1E5) 1.15 - "Storm Over Ryloth" (S1E19) 1.16 - "Dooku Captured" (S1E11) 1.17 - "Innocents of Ryloth" (S1E20) 1.19 - "Liberty on Ryloth" (S1E21) 1.20 - "The Gungan General" (S1E12) 1.21 - "Voyage of Temptation" (S2E13) 1.22 - "Jedi Crash" (S1E13) 1.23 - "Holocron Heist" (S2E1) 1.24 - "Defenders of Peace" (S1E14) 1.25 - "Trespass" (S1E15) 1.26 - "Blue Shadow Virus" (S1E17)

BLOCK 2 - This block contains episodes from Seasons 1, 2, and 3, tied with Block 4 for the most seasons within a single block.

2.01 - "The Hidden Enemy" (S1E16) 2.02 - "Mystery of a Thousand Moons" (S1E18) 2.03 - "Children of the Force" (S2E3) 2.04 - "Hostage Crisis" (S1E22) 2.05 - "Senate Spy" (S2E4) 2.06 - "The Deserter" (S2E10) 2.07 - "Landing at Point Rain" (S2E5) 2.08 - "Weapons Factory" (S2E6) 2.09 - "Legacy of Terror" (S2E7) 2.10 - "Senate Murders" (S2E15) 2.11 - "Lightsaber Lost" (S2E11) 2.12 - "Brain Invaders" (S2E8) 2.13 - "The Mandalore Plot" (S2E12) 2.14 - "Grievous Intrigue" (S2E9) 2.15 - "Death Trap" (S2E20) 2.16 - "Duchess of Mandalore" (S2E14) 2.17 - "Cat and Mouse" (S2E16) 2.18 - "R2 Come Home" (S2E21) 2.19 - "Bounty Hunters" (S2E17) 2.20 - "Lethal Trackdown" (S2E22) 2.21 - "Assassin" (S3E7) 2.22 - "The Zillo Beast" (S2E18) 2.23 - "The Zillo Beast Strikes Back" (S2E19) 2.24 - "Supply Lines" (S3E3) 2.25 - "Sphere of Influence" (S3E4) 2.26 - "The Academy" (S3E6)

BLOCK 3 - This block contains episodes from Seasons 3 and 4.

3.01 - "Clone Cadets" (S3E1) 3.02 - "ARC Troopers" (S3E2) 3.03 - "Evil Plans" (S3E8) 3.04 - "Corruption" (S3E5) 3.05 - "Hunt for Ziro" (S3E9) 3.06 - "Heroes on Both Sides" (S3E10) 3.07 - "Pursuit of Peace" (S3E11) 3.08 - "Nightsisters" (S3E12) 3.09 - "Overlords" (S3E15) 3.10 - "Monster" (S3E13) 3.11 - "Altar of Mortis" (S3E16) 3.12 - "Witches of the Mist" (S3E14) 3.13 - "Ghosts of Mortis" (S3E17) 3.14 - "The Citadel" (S3E18) 3.15 - "Counter Attack" (S3E19) 3.16 - "Padawan Lost" (S3E21) 3.17 - "Citadel Rescue" (S3E20) 3.18 - "Wookiee Hunt" (S3E22) 3.19 - "Shadow Warrior" (S4E4) 3.20 - "Mercy Mission" (S4E5) 3.21 - "Nomad Droids" (S4E6) 3.22 - "Water War" (S4E1) 3.23 - "Gungan Attack" (S4E2) 3.24 - "Prisoners" (S4E3) 3.25 - "Darkness on Umbara" (S4E7) 3.26 - "The General" (S4E8)

BLOCK 4 - This block contains episodes from Seasons 4, 5, and 6, tied with Block 2 for the most seasons within a single block.

4.01 - "Plan of Dissent" (S4E9) 4.02 - "Carnage of Krell" (S4E10) 4.03 - "Kidnapped" (S4E11) 4.04 - "Slaves of the Republic" (S4E12) 4.05 - "Escape from Kadavo" (S4E13) 4.06 - "A Friend in Need" (S4E14) 4.07 - "Deception" (S4E15) 4.08 - "Friends and Enemies" (S4E16) 4.09 - "The Box" (S4E17) 4.10 - "Crisis on Naboo" (S4E18) 4.11 - "Massacre" (S4E19) 4.12 - "Bounty" (S4E20) 4.13 - "Brothers" (S4E21) 4.14 - "Revenge" (S4E22) 4.15 - "A War on Two Fronts" (S5E2) 4.16 - "Front Runners" (S5E3) 4.17 - "The Soft War" (S5E4) 4.18 - "Tipping Points" (S5E5) 4.19 - "An Old Friend" (S6E5) 4.20 - "The Rise of Clovis" (S6E6) 4.21 - "Crisis at the Heart" (S6E7) 4.22 - "The Gathering" (S5E6) 4.23 - "A Test of Strength" (S5E7) 4.24 - "Bound for Rescue" (S5E8) 4.25 - "A Necessary Bond" (S5E9) 4.26 - "Revival" (S5E1)

BLOCK 5 - This block contains episodes from Seasons 5 and 6.

5.01 - "Eminence" (S5E14) 5.02 - "Shades of Reason" (S5E15) 5.03 - "The Lawless" (S5E16) 5.04 - "Secret Weapons" (S5E10) 5.05 - "A Sunny Day in the Void" (S5E11) 5.06 - "Missing in Action" (S5E12) 5.07 - "Point of No Return" (S5E13) 5.08 - "Sabotage" (S5E17) 5.09 - "The Jedi Who Knew Too Much" (S5E18) 5.10 - "To Catch a Jedi" (S5E19) 5.11 - "The Wrong Jedi" (S5E20) 5.12 - "The Unknown" (S6E1) 5.13 - "Conspiracy" (S6E2) 5.14 - "Fugitive" (S6E3) 5.15 - "Orders" (S6E4) 5.16 - "The Disappeared, Part I" (S6E8) 5.17 - "The Disappeared, Part II" (S6E9) 5.18 - "The Lost One" (S6E10) 5.19 - "Voices" (S6E11) 5.20 - "Destiny" (S6E12) 5.21 - "Sacrifice" (S6E13)

Looking at this list, gaps are plainly evident. 1.01, 1.03, 1.04, and 1.18 are all missing, and Block 5 is 5 episodes shorter than the previous 4 blocks. Where are these episodes?

The missing episodes from Block 1 are easy; they were cannibalized and stitched together to make the Star Wars: The Clone Wars film. The film is 98 minutes long, while episodes of the series are typically around 22 minutes long; 22 minutes per episode times 4 episodes is 88 minutes total runtime, 10 minutes short of the film's runtime. Those 10 minutes are likely the credits and polishing for the film's theatrical release, if not simply the episodes themselves being slightly longer.

Therefore, we can add these to the list:

1.01 - The Clone Wars Film (FILM) 1.03 - The Clone Wars Film (FILM) 1.04 - The Clone Wars Film (FILM) 1.18 - The Clone Wars Film (FILM)

This resolves the issue of the missing episodes from Block 1, meaning that all of the episodes produced before 5.22 were released. This gives us a total of 125 episodes. But what about Episode 5.22 and the rest of Block 5?

This is where the trail gets murky. Fans of the series who were around when it was cancelled may recall The Clone Wars Legacy, the plan to release content from the series in different means in order to not waste the work that went into it. Some may think that this simplifies things. In fact, it does the opposite.

Here is a list of all the content from The Clone Wars Legacy:

Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir, a comic adapting a 4-episode arc covering Darth Maul's story after getting captured by Darth Sidious at the end of "The Lawless", released by Dark Horse Comics.

Dark Disciple, a novel adapting either an 8-episode arc or two related 4-episode arcs covering Asajj Ventress' story after her last appearance in "The Wrong Jedi".

Crystal Crisis on Utapau, a rough story reel of incomplete episodes of a 4-episode arc, covering the emotional fallout of Ahsoka's departure from the Jedi Order after the events of "The Wrong Jedi".

The Bad Batch, a rough story reel of incomplete episodes of a 4-episode arc, intending to work as a backdoor pilot of sorts to a spin-off series focusing on the titular Bad Batch.

Those keeping track of the numbers will quickly spot that we have the content of 20 episodes released as The Clone Wars Legacy. This does not easily fill in the gaps we have, nor does it finish things off neatly.

The production codes of the original episodes adapted into the material for The Clone Wars Legacy are known. The production codes of the in-production 20 episodes are listed below:

BLOCK 6 - This block has 16 known episodes.

6.01 - "A Death on Utapau" (REEL) 6.02 - "In Search of the Crystal" (REEL) 6.03 - "Crystal Crisis" (REEL) 6.04 - "The Big Bang" (REEL) 6.09 - "The Bad Batch" (REEL) 6.10 - "A Distant Echo" (REEL) 6.11 - "On the Wings of Keeradaks" (REEL) 6.12 - "Unfinished Business" (REEL) 6.13 - "Lethal Alliance" (BOOK) 6.14 - "The Mission" (BOOK) 6.15 - "Conspirators" (BOOK) 6.16 - "Dark Disciple" (BOOK) 6.21 - "The Enemy of My Enemy" (BOOK) 6.22 - "A Tale of Two Apprentices" (BOOK) 6.23 - "Proxy War" (BOOK) 6.24 - "Showdown on Dathomir" (BOOK)

BLOCK 7 - This block has 4 known episodes.

7.05 - "Saving Vos, Part I" (BOOK) 7.06 - "Saving Vos, Part II" (BOOK) 7.07 - "Traitor" (BOOK) 7.08 - "The Path" (BOOK)

While we can add these to the list of produced episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, this raises more questions than answers. Not only was there a Block 6, but there was also a Block 7 as well. Block 7 is nearly entirely unknown, while Block 6 also has gaps, and, to top it all off, none of the things we gain from this are in Block 5, meaning those episodes are still unknown as well.

However, we do gain one answer from this: the production blocks got shorter. The last episode of Block 6 is 6.24, not 6.26 as one might expect from Blocks past. This makes Block 5's gap a little more clear-cut; it means we're only missing 5.22 through 5.24. That's 3 episodes, a common arc length. If Block 5 was as long as the other blocks, that would be 5 episodes missing, which could be either a 4-episode arc and a standalone episode, or a 2-episode arc and a 3-episode arc. All still common arc lengths, but not as clear-cut.

Of course, there's no definitive proof that the blocks got shorter. It's possible there'a 5.25 and 5.26 and a 6.25 and a 6.26. That would be a 2-episode arc missing from Block 6, as well.

The only "proof" I have seen stating that the blocks got shorter, besides the lack of trails for a theoretical 6.25 and 6.26 confirming that Block 6 remained the same length, and therefore Block 5 must have, as well, is a statement by Pablo Hidalgo on Twitter, stating that there is no 5.25 or 5.26. I do not know where he gets his information from, and his relationship with Lucasfilm is murky to me, so I'm hesitant to just accept it as fact. There's also the fact that he could be lying to cover Lucasfilm and/or Disney for the sake of money and employment.

This is not an allegation or a statement of belief, merely an acknowledgement of possibility.

However, the production blocks do seem to be 26 episodes long specifically just to cover the film initially, which leaves 22 episodes for the regular season; since Season 5 definitively got reduced by 2 episodes, it's entirely possible that the production blocks did also get reduced by 2 episodes, and the new season length merely reflects this.

All this does is muddy the waters, however. Without solid answers, we've got next to nothing to go on.

Except Disney.

Of course, Disney resurrected the rotting corpse of Star Wars: The Clone Wars to be completely sure that the money well within was completely dry, before discarding it and moving on to whatever live action thing they're working on now. These episodes do, however, give us some information. Listed below are the episodes Disney released:

BLOCK 6

6.05 - "Gone with a Trace" (DISNEY) 6.06 - "Deal No Deal" (DISNEY) 6.07 - "Dangerous Debt" (DISNEY) 6.08 - "Together Again" (DISNEY)

BLOCK 7 7.21 - "Old Friends Not Forgotten" (DISNEY) 7.22 - "The Phantom Apprentice" (DISNEY) 7.23 - "Shattered" (DISNEY) 7.24 - "Victory and Death" (DISNEY)

While these episodes have been "adapted" (read: scrubbed and censored) by Disney, the fact that they continue to use the original production codes leads me to believe that these episodes originated as original episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. However, they've been written or additionally written by Dave Filoni, who, aside from assisting with one episode ("Lethal Trackdown", S2E22, 2.20), was not a writer on the series until after Disney bought the property; he was a director. This tells me that the direction he took the episodes in was not their originally intended direction, but rather, the Disney-approved direction given to him. This says, to me, that we cannot pull any information from these episodes besides possibly basic premises, as these are not the original episodes with renewed production, but new "adaptations" of what was being produced when the series was cancelled.

However, this does give us new information, in telling us that the final episodes of Block 7 were the finale of the series. This feels too large of a fact to be new or changed; I feel that, while the content and direction of 7.21 through 7.24 may have changed, them being the series finale is just too big of a basic premise to ignore or change. If it isn't, then why make those episodes the finale of the revived series? Why not 7.01 through 7.04, or invent new numbers in 6.25 through 6.28?

Therefore, going off that conclusion, we have a solid ending point: 7.24, the end of the final production block, Block 7.

This also supports the idea that the production blocks get shorter with Block 5, as, while 5.24 is not known, both 6.24 and 7.24 seem to be the end of their blocks.

Therefore, with all this information, I feel we can see a basic roadmap of where Star Wars: The Clone Wars was going to go, and what Disney took from us. Looking at a list of the production blocks:

Block 1: 26 episodes Block 2: 26 episodes Block 3: 26 episodes Block 4: 26 episodes Block 5: 24 episodes Block 6: 24 episodes Block 7: 24 episodes

If all information is correct, this means LucasFilm were planning on producing 176 episodes of the series. Looking at a list of the released episodes before the buyout:

Season 1: 22 episodes Season 2: 22 episodes Season 3: 22 episodes Season 4: 22 episodes Season 5: 20 episodes Season 6: 13 episodes

This means that LucasFilm released 121 of their ostensibly planned 176 episodes. Adding the 4 episodes used for the film gives us 125.

Subtracting these two gives us a figure of 51 episodes remaining. These 51 episodes were likely in various stages of completion when the buyout occurred.

Looking at the seasons, Season 6 is not constructed like the rest, but rather, a bulk release of product. Assuming that Season 5 was intended to be the new model going forward, we can subtract 7 of those 51 unreleased episodes to round out Season 6 to it's intended length of 20 episodes.

This leaves us with 44 episodes. Divide that by 2, and you get 22 episodes. 22 episodes for a theoretical Season 7 and a theoretical Season 8.

Out of the 51 episodes not completed and released by LucasFilm, 28 have been adapted and released via other means. This leaves at least 23 episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars about which we know absolutely nothing, listed below:

5.22 5.23 5.24 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 7.15 7.16 7.17 7.18 7.19 7.20

These include a 3-episode arc from Block 5, a 4-episode arc from Blocks 6 and 7, and almost the entirety of the middle of Block 7.

These numbers are not solid. It's possible that Blocks 5 through 7 were intended to be 26 episodes as all the others were. That would add 6 episodes, for 182 planned episodes, and 57 uncompleted, about which we know nothing about 29 of them.

It's possible that Seasons 5 and 6 were intended to be 22 episodes as all the other seasons were, and things simply didn't work out that way. This would mean 11 episodes would be needed to round out the seasons, rather than 0 for Season 5 and 7 for Season 6.

This could leave us with 40 or 42 episodes to divide between a theoretical Season 7 and 8. 2 seasons of 20 episodes, or a season of 20 and a season of 22.

There are many possibilities, wrapped in shadows and behind closed doors, regarding this series. We will likely never know the facts, simply because the facts are nebulous and were not, nor ever will be, solidified.

But we can know for sure is that the original intended versions of Blocks 6 and 7, plus the final 3 episodes of Block 5, will likely never be finished, and that we have lost George Lucas' original vision for this series. Those 51 episodes, while potentially getting adapted, will never be released or even completed the way they were originally intended.

(Although George Lucas has stated previously that Star Wars is "like poetry, it rhymes", this series does seem to be lacking in rhyming. Production blocks and season lengths both change midway through, and there seems to have been intended 8 seasons, which is annoyingly only 1 short from matching the intended number of Star Wars movies: 9.)

This is a tremendous shame, because Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a fantastic series which lovingly and accurately adapts a big-screen property for the small screen, tells a dense, varied, but cohesive story, and expands the universe that so many of us have loved since 1977.

We wanted to know about the Clone Wars since that time, and we finally got it. While we may never see the original, epic conclusion, we should still be grateful for 6 seasons of wonderful television.

This post was typed listening to the theme for Star Wars: The Clone Wars on repeat for about 3 hours. As stated at the top, all information is publicly and freely available on Wikipedia.

Thanks for reading.

[ljones41]

Favorite "ONCE UPON A TIME" (2011-2018) Episodes

Below are my favorite episodes from the ABC fantasy series, "ONCE UPON A TIME". Created by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, the series starred Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Lana Parrilla, Josh Dallas and Robert Carlyle:

FAVORITE "ONCE UPON A TIME" (2011-2018) EPISODES

1. (4.12) "Darkness on the Edge of Town" - Rumpelstiltskin aka Mr. Gold returns to Storybrooke with Ursula and Cruella De Vil in tow. Meanwhile, the Nolans (aka the "Charmings"), Regina Mills aka the Evil Queen and Killian Jones aka Captain Hook set about freeing the fairies from the Sorcerer's hat and deal with a threatening Chernabog demon, which had also freed.

2. (1.18) "The Stable Boy" – This very interesting episode revealed the origins of the Evil Queen’s antipathy toward Snow White. In the present, Mary Margaret Blanchard (aka Snow White) faces prosecution for Kathryn Nolan’s alleged murder.

3. (3.13) "Witch Hunt" - Following the return of Enchanted Forest characters to Storybrooke, Maine; Emma Swan works with Regina to find out who took everyone's memories from the past year. Flashbacks in the Enchanted Forest show the Evil Queen and Robin Hood attempt's to break into her castle, which had been overtaken by the Wicked Witch of the West.

4. (4.16) "Best Laid Plans" - While Rumpelstiltskin and the Queens of Darkness continue their search for the "Author" of the town's Fairy Tale Book, Mary Margaret and David Nolan (aka Prince "Charming") try to stop them in order to keep their daughter Emma from discovering their past misdeed, which is finally revealed in flashbacks.

5. (3.11) "Going Home" - In order to prevent Peter Pan aka Malcolm's plans to cast a new curse upon Storybrooke and create a new Neverland. Both Mr. Gold and Regina are forced to make big sacrifices.

6. (7.20) "Is This Henry Mills?" - Regina aka Roni enlists the help of her adopted granddaughter Lucy Mills to wake her son Henry Mills from the recent Dark Curse created by Eloise Gardner aka Mother Gothel. Rumpelstilskin aka Detective Weaver and Wishverse Killian Jones aka Captain Hook aka Detective Rogers go to Margot West aka Robin Hood in hopes of getting through to his daughter and the latter's girlfriend, Alice aka Tilly.

7. (3.09) "Saving Henry" - Emma, Mary Margaret and Regina struggle to prevent Peter Pan from absorbing a dying Henry Mills' heart into his body. Flashbacks reveal how Regina had ended up adopting Henry.

8. (2.16) "The Miller's Daughter" - While Regina and her mother Cora Mills aka the Queen of Hearts hunt for Rumpelstiltskin's dagger in Storybrooke in this spine-tingling episode, Cora's back story as a poor miller's daughter, who becomes the wife of a prince, is revealed in flashbacks.

9. (1.11) "Fruit of the Poisonous Tree" – This episode reveals the back story of newspaper editor Sidney Glass’ life as a Genie in the Enchanted Forest, and how his relationship with the Evil Queen led him to become the Magic Mirror.

10. (2.10) "The Cricket Game" - Following Cora and Captain Hook's arrival in Storybrooke, the former set about framing Regina for Archie Hooper's "murder" in an effort to emotionally break the former mayor. Snow White and Charming disagree over how to handle the captured Evil Queen in the Enchanted Forest flashbacks.

Honorable Mention: (5.08) "Birth" - Hook risks everything to uncover the truth about what his lady love Emma, the new Dark One, did while they were all in Camelot.

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3.13 Witch Hunt episode stills

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That's exactly how this show went

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Emma and Regina 3.13 Witch Hunt (x)

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A thread of happy - nerdy - intelligent Dean episodes, 1 per season, for his birthday!

This was originally posted in this twitter thread :)

A #deanwinchester birthday thread of "Eps where Dean is genuinely shown to be an intelligent nerd, excited about his job, and is enjoying positive relationships. 1-2 episodes/season, starred* have caveats (usually there was a tragic twist in otherwise light character eps).

TL;DR: just the episode list: (expanded descriptions & reasons are below): 1.17, 2.18, 3.11, 3.13, 4.17, 5.03, 5.08, 6.15, 7.18, 8.08, 8.11, 9.01, 9.07, 10.04, 11.04, 11.15, 12.05, 13.06, 13.16, 14.04, 15.07, 15.14.

Season 1: "Hell House". Prank wars, Dean in a music store, band symbols being painted on a haunted house, and urban legends.

Season 2: "Hollywood Babylon". Dean gets to work a job that isn't hunting and surprise - he's fantastic at team bonding, and his knowledge of horror movie lore helps solve a wonderfully nerdy case.

Season 3: "Ghostfacers" & "Mystery Spot". Mystery Spot features a goofy, silly, relaxed Dean (one of the only times this season) and Ghostfacers features two of the other biggest nerds on the show.

Season 4: "It's a Terrible Life". Again, an ep where Dean isn't a hunter, but does have a remarkable ability to connect with people around him & gets the thrill of hunting without all the repressed trauma! (also, more Ghostfacers!) We sense nerdy themes in Dean's happy moments.

Season 5: "Free to Be You and Me". This season is heavy, but this episode features Dean and Cas bonding, lots of full-body Dean laughs, and a reprieve from all the destiny-and-apocalypse storylines.

Season 5: "Changing Channels". Dean is flustered at Dr. Sexy, again, another world where Dean gets to exist as just a human outside of hunting and surprise, he's pretty chipper and excited about things like food and sexy Drs.

Season 6: "The French Mistake." This season was a hard one for Dean, but this episode is a lighter look at the storytelling of the show in general. (If you have a better s6 suggestion, shout it out!)

Season 7: "Party On, Garth". Do I need to say more? This episode is pure, ridiculous, brain-empty fun in a season where Dean is pretty rarely having any happy moments.

Season 8: "LARP and the Real Girl". Probably my thesis in Dean-is-a-nerd studies; an episode where he gets to genuinely play with fellow enthusiast Charlie in an ep that honours fan culture & queer culture. This is my go-to comfort episode & I could write a whole essay on it.

Season 8: "Hunter Heroici". Again, a fun and whacky hunt, with a Cas misunderstanding human communication and full of fun comic book visuals.

Season 9: "Slumber Party" It's another Charlie episode, this time with Oz and wicked witches! This season is a particularly rough one with not much happy Dean, and this episode is one of the only exceptions.

Season 9: "Bad Boys"* This episode features flashbacks to young Dean in a supportive home environment, thriving as he learns to box & play guitar, & it's a lovely character study, albeit with a bittersweet ending. (I am always impressed by this particular actor's Dean portrayal)

Season 10: "Fan Fiction". The meta nature of this ep lends itself to Dean seeing what his life has meant, & to see himself the way his 'fans' would, & it's lovely to watch him lean into the narrative, gradually embracing & enjoying the young fan culture that is telling his story

Season 11: "Baby". No list about Dean thesis episodes could ignore this episode, because it's crucial to Dean that the Impala is a constant presence in his life, and this episode shows how at home he feels there.

Season 11:"Beyond the Mat." Dean's extra-curricular interests come back in here, with an episode about him meeting an athlete he's loved since he was a teenager. This episode balances the hunt of the episode with many moments of Dean getting to nerd-out about something he enjoys.

Season 12: "The One You've Been Waiting For", or, the one where Dean kills a brought-back-to-life-Hitler. This episode is super enjoyable as a one-off monster, it's well written, and this hunt is one that you can tell Dean gets a ton of satisfaction from.

Season 13: "Tombstone". Dean loves cowboys! Dean loves Cas and Cas is back alive! They dress up as cowboys! This episode is one of the most purely happy episodes for Dean throughout the whole show, which is saying something.

Season 13: "Scoobynatural". Look, you knew this episode would be here. Dean gets to live in his favourite animated children's show world & it's everything you could want. As is a trend in later seasons, Dean isn't having to hide or mask when he likes things, & it's refreshing.

Season 14: "Mint Condition." This is another one-off, lighthearted monster of the week in a heavy season for Dean. This episode is set in a comic book store, and also features scenes of Dean holding his own movie marathons.

Season 15: "Last Call"* Pretty major caveat for the monster twist in this episode & the secondary plot with Sam/Eileen, but this is an episode where we see Dean enjoying singing & reminiscing with an old friend, & until things turn south it's a great moment of letting loose.

Season 15: "Last Holiday". This episode could have been better, & the premise is odd, but it gives us a scene where Dean bakes a birthday cake, gets to be cared for & celebrate holidays he never got, and though this episode DESPERATELY needed Cas, it's still fun.

[stardustwzrd]

Star Wars Watch Guide

I made this list for Star Wars fans and newcomers alike!

Also, to save some romantic partners (and patient friends) a lot of time and confusion with the never-ending task of watching “all” of star wars.

This list combines a couple of people’s posts and ideas, along with my own recommendations, these are their posts and names below!

Star Wars Machete Order – Rod Hilton

How to Bingewatch Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Sarah Long

Star Wars Rebels Viewing Guide – Dave Gladow

Star Wars Resistance Skippable Guide – fullyfancyfan (tumblr)

Star Wars timeline – Hugh Armitage & Ian Sandwell

If you finish this list, I highly recommend checking out the amazing novels, comics and games being made by Star Wars writers right now. Look for anything NOT titled “Legends” for the canon entries that fit into this timeline. They expand the universe even further. A lot of the them give backstory and endings to some of our favorite characters.

For the television series included, the first number shown is the season, and the second number is the episode. For example, 1.16 would be Season 1, Episode 16.

Note: If you’d prefer not to time jump, and want to watch in chronological order, move #1. A New Hope, and #2. Empire Strikes Back, to directly after #13. Rogue One. You may however, encounter spoilers for those two films this way.

 1.     A New Hope

2.     The Empire Strikes Back

(These serve as an introduction to the franchise. Now its time to go back to the beginning of the story, to learn about The Jedi & The Sith. From this point on the list is in Chronological Order, and you should be able to avoid most spoilers.)

3.     The Phantom Menace

(Skippable if you’ve already seen it, but introduces you to a lot of characters)

4.     Attack of the Clones

5.     The Clone Wars Movie

(Stop after the Christophsis scene if you’d like, this movie is … rough)

6.     The Clone Wars

(Essential episodes & others worth watching. If you plan on watching every episode, stop at 7.8. and continue through the guide)

o   1.5 Rookies

o   2.5 – 2.8 Landing at Point Rain/Weapons Factory/Legacy of Terror/Brain Invaders

o   2.12 - 2.14 The Mandalore Plot/Voyage of Temptation/Duchess of Mandalore

o   2.17 Bounty Hunters

o   3.2 ARC Troopers

o   3.12 - 3.14 Nightsisters/Monster/Witches of the Mist

o   3.15 - 3.17 Overlords/Altar of Mortis/Ghosts of Mortis

o   3.18 - 3.19 The Citadel/Counterattack/Citadel Rescue

o   3.21 - 3.22 Padawan Lost/Wookie Hunt

o   4.7 - 4.10 Darkness on Umbara/The General/Plan of Dissent/Carnage of Krell

o   4.19 Massacre

o   4.21 - 4.22 Brothers/Revenge

o   5.1 Revival

o    5.14 - 5.16 Eminence/Shades of Reason/The Lawless

o   5.17 - 5.20 Sabotage/The Jedi Who Knew Too Much/To Catch a Jedi/The Wrong Jedi

o   6.1 - 6.4 The Unknown/Conspiracy/Fugitive/Orders

o   7.1-7.8 The Bad Batch/A Distant Echo/On the Wings of Keeradaks/Unfinished Business/Gone with a Trace/Dead No Deal/Dangerous Debt/Together Again

7.     Revenge of the Sith

8.     The Clone Wars

o   7.9 – 7.12 Old Friends Not Forgotten/The Phantom Apprentice/Shattered/Victory and Death

(These episodes take place at the exact same time as Revenge of the Sith. I recommend watching them after the film).

9.  The Bad Batch (Currently Airing)

10. Solo

11.Obi- Wan Kenobi (not yet released)

12.Rebels

(If you decide to watch every episode, stop at episode 4.16 at 00:42:02 [the episode will fade to black,] and continue with the guide).

o   1.1 -1.2 Spark of Rebellion

o   1.5 Rise of the Old Masters

o   1.12 – 1.15 Path of the Jedi/Call to Action/Rebel Resolve/Fire Across the Galaxy

o   2.1-2.4 The Siege of Lothal/Call to Action/ The Lost Commanders/Relics of the Old Republic

o   2.6 Brothers of the Broken Horn

o   2.9 Stealth Strike

o   2.11 Legacy

o   2.13 The Protector of Concord Dawn

o   2.15 The Call

o   2.17 – 2.22 The Honorable Ones/Shroud of Darkness/The Forgotten Droid/ The Mystery of Chopper Base/ Twilight of the Apprentice

o   3.1-3.3 Steps into Shadow/The Holocrons of Fate

o   3.5-3.7 Hera’s Heroes/ The Last Battle/ Imperial Supercommandos

o   3.10 – 3.13 An Inside Man/ Visions and Voices/ Ghosts of Geonosis

o   3.15 -3.17 Trials of the Darksaber/ Legacy of Mandalore/ Through Imperial Eyes

o   3.20-3.22 Twin Suns/ Zero Hour

o   4.1-4.2 Heroes of Mandalore

o   4.6 -4.7 Flight of the Defender/ Kindred

o   4.9 – 4.16 (until 00:42:00) Rebels Assault/ Jedi Night/ DUME/ Wolves and a Door/ A World Between Worlds/ A fool’s Hope/ Family Reunion and Farewell

13.Rogue One

(We are back to where we started. Return of the Jedi is now set up to conclude everything we’ve seen so far. If you skipped A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back at the beginning, watch them now.)

14.Return of the Jedi

15. Star Wars Rebels

o   4.16 (00:42:00 - end) Sabine’s Epilogue

16.The Mandalorian

o   Seasons 1 &2

17.The Book of Boba Fett (Currently Airing)

18. Ahsoka (not yet released)

19. Resistance S1 (Skippable, but if you love the sequel trilogy, fun)

o   1.1-1.2 The New Recruit

o   1.7 Signal from Sector Six

o   1.10 – 1. 11 Secrets and Holograms/ Station Theta Black

o   1.14 – 1.21 The Doza Dilemma/ The First Order Occupation/ The New trooper/ The Core Problem/ The Disappeared/ Descent/ No Escape

20.The Force Awakens

21.The Last Jedi

22. Resistance (Skip if you didn’t watch season one)

o   2.1 Into the Unknown

o   2.3 Live Fire

o   2.5 The Engineer

o   2.7 – 2.8 The Relic Raider/ Rendezvous Point

o   2.11 – 2.19 Station to Station/ The Missing Agent/ Breakout/ The Mutiny/ The New World/ No Safe Place/ Rebuilding The Resistance/ The Escape

23. The Rise of Skywalker

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emma swan in every episode 3.13 witch hunt 

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ONCE UPON A TIME 3.13, Witch Hunt

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List of Important Adventure Time Episodes

With the series finishing up with a total of 283 episodes, I decided to go through the seasons and make a list of all the episodes that are significant to either the story or have call backs throughout the series. If you find I’m missing an episode you think has importance, please use the google docs link down below to suggest what should be added and I’ll add it ASAP.

Google Docs Link

Season 1

1.01 Slumber Party Panic

1.02 Trouble in Lumpy Space

1.03 Prisoners of Love

1.04 Tree Trunks

1.05 The Enchiridion!

1.07 Ricardio the Heart Guy

1.09 My Two Favorite People

1.10 Memories of Boom Boom Mountain

1.12 Evicted!

1.15 What Is Life?

1.16 Ocean of Fear

1.18 Dungeon

1.20 Freak City

1.22 Henchman

1.25 His Hero

Season 2

2.01 It Came from the Nightosphere

2.08 Crystals Have Power

2.10 To Cut a Woman's Hair

2.12 Her Parents

2.17 Death in Bloom

2.18 Susan Strong

2.24 Mortal Folly

2.25 Mortal Recoil

Season 3

3.03 Memory of a Memory

3.05 Too Young

3.09 Fionna and Cake

3.10 What Was Missing

3.13 From Bad to Worse

3.14 Beautopia

3.15 No One Can Hear You

3.19/3.20 Holly Jolly Secrets

3.25 Dad's Dungeon

3.26 Incendium

Season 4

4.01 Hot to the Touch

4.02 Five Short Graybles

4.04 Dream of Love

4.05 Return to the Nightosphere

4.06 Daddy's Little Monster

4.10 Goliad

4.15 Sons of Mars

4.16 Burning Low

4.19 Lady & Peebles

4.20 You Made Me

4.22 Ignition Point

4.25 I Remember You

4.26 The Lich

Season 5

5.01 Finn the Human

5.02 Jake the Dog

5.05 All the Little People

5.06 Jake the Dad

5.09 All Your Fault

5.11 Bad Little Boy

5.12 Vault of Bones

5.14 Simon & Marcy

5.15 A Glitch Is a Glitch

5.23 One Last Job

5.28 Be More

5.29 Sky Witch

5.31 Too Old

5.32 Earth & Water

5.34 The Vault

5.38 Red Starved

5.44 Apple Wedding

5.45 Blade of Grass

5.47 The Red Throne

5.48 Betty

5.50/5.51 Lemonhope

5.52 Billy's Bucket List

Season 6

6.01 Wake Up

6.02 Escape from the Citadel

6.04 The Tower

6.06 Breezy

6.12 Ocarina

6.15 Nemesis

6.16 Joshua & Margaret Investigation

6.19 Is That You?

6.22 The Cooler

6.24 Evergreen

6.25 Astral Plane

6.26 Gold Stars

6.27 The Visitor

6.29 Dark Purple

6.33 Jermaine

6.35 Graybles 1000+

6.38 You Forgot Your Floaties

6.41 On the Lam

6.42 Hot Diggity Doom

6.43 The Comet

Season 7

7.01 Bonnie & Neddy

7.02 Varmints

7.06-7.13 Stakes Mini-Series

7.23 Crossover

7.25 Flute Spell

Season 8

8.01 Broke His Crown

8.05 I Am a Sword

8.06 Bun Bun

8.07 Normal Man

8.08 Elemental

8.09 Five Short Tables

8.10 The Music Hole

8.12 Preboot

8.13 Reboot

8.14 Two Swords

8.15 Do No Harm

8.20-8.27 Islands Mini-Series

Season 9

9.01 Orb

9.02-9.09 Elements Mini-Series

9.10 Abstract

9.11 Ketchup

9.14 Three Buckets

Season 10

10.01 The Wild Hunt

10.04 Bonnibel Bubblegum

10.05 Seventeen

10.07 Marcy & Hunson

10.08 The First Investigation

10.10 Jake the Starchild

10.11 Temple of Mars

10.12 Gumbaldia

10.13-10.16 Come Along With Me

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“Once Upon a Time” (3.13) “Witch Hunt”

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3.13 Witch Hunt episode stills

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Regina and Roland 3.13 Witch Hunt (x)

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Favourite TV Show Meme: Once Upon a Time 6/7 Episodes • 3.13 Witch Hunt