Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 7, Episode 4 Review

The latest game news from IGN - one of my fave channels ever - check it out Warning: this review contains full spoilers for Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 7, Episode 4! If you need a refresher on where we left off, here's our review for Season 7, Episode 3. [poilib element="accentDivider"] The Clone Wars often runs into trouble with its longer, four-episode story arcs. More often than not, the series fails to justify spending so much time with one conflict and one group of characters. That's certainly been the case with Bad Batch, with "Unfinished Business" finally wrapping up the story of Echo and his kooky clone saviors. It's a solid finish to an overly lengthy Star Wars adventure, but also one that proves just a bit too anticlimactic in the end. As with Episode 3, this finale has no trouble boosting the scale of the conflict, especially with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Mace Windu joining Anakin in the fight to reclaim Anaxes. Dividing the conflict between Obi-Wan and Mace on the ground and Anakin's team aboard the Separatist Dreadnaught helps keep the battle fresh, at least for the first two acts. Eventually, this episode devolves into the same sort of claustrophobic running and gunning that was so prevalent in the first two chapters of Bad Batch. But up till that point, the combination of Mace slaughtering droids and Bad Batch turning Admiral Trench's precious algorithm against him helps keep the excitement factor high. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=star-wars-the-clone-wars-final-season-gallery&captions=true"] The Jedi characters tend to steal the show in this episode. The series has never really devoted as much time to fleshing out Mace as you might expect, given how important he is in Episode III. And while there's not much in the way of actual character development for him here, he does make for a thoroughly entertaining hero. His display of bravado to the droid army is pure Sam Jackson-y goodness (delivered with full authenticity by TC Carson). And it's nice to see him get his big moment to shine as Mace races against time to disarm a bomb that could easily tear the planet in two. However, it's Anakin who really shines here. Following up on that fascinating scene between Anakin and Padme in Episode 2, now we get to see a much closer glimpse of how close Anakin is to falling to the Dark Side. His attack on Trench's command center purposely calls back to Episode III with the low angle shot of Anakin igniting his lightsaber. That scene is basically a mashup of Anakin's Youngling killing spree and his slaughter of the Separatist leaders on Mustafar. It's chilling to watch him callously torture Trench, even openly admitting he's willing to cross lines ordinary Jedi never would. If this season succeeds at nothing else, at least it'll bridge that final gap between the animated series and the movie where Anakin's arc is concerned. I can't wait to see how Ahsoka's return will impact a Jedi who's already clearly in a great deal of turmoil. It's just a shame this episode doesn't do more with its clone protagonists. Echo at least gets his moment in the spotlight, saving the day and proving the Separatists can't reprogram his loyalty to his fellow clones. But that moment comes surprisingly early in the episode, leaving him with little to do but pass out and wait for Bad Batch to shoot their way to safety. At that point, the episode never really conjured the sense of danger and dread it should. The fact that all four members of Bad Batch make it through the entire storyline with nary a scratch seems like a questionable choice. It never feels like these characters were in any real danger. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/star-wars-the-clone-wars-unfinished-business-clip"] More disappointing is how little meaningful interaction we've gotten between Echo and Rex. These most recent two episodes barely gave the two any room to reconnect and to dig deeper into Echo's psychological ordeal. The ending does resonate as we watch Echo make his choice and throw his lot in with the outcasts, but it would have connected even more if this episode had devoted more time to Echo's feelings of alienation. This arc dragged on longer than it needed to, but only because it didn't take full advantage of the dramatic storytelling possibilities available. Let's hope these next two Ahsoka arcs are different.

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