This is the Obi-Wan we were waiting for from Ewan. We see him as a swashbuckler (the jump out of the window in Padme’s apartment), a space cop (the Coruscant nightclub), a PI (visiting Dexter’s Diner), and finally, as a Jedi General. It’s in AOTC that we really meet the Obi-Wan we’d been waiting so many years to see.ĪOTC gives us a confident Jedi Knight, with a full Alec Guinness beard no less. But in The Phantom Menace, aside from the cool fight scene in the finale, he basically sits on board Queen Amidala’s ship and plays phone tag with Qui-Gon. Even the biggest prequel hater will admit that. Inarguably, the Clone Wars battles topped anything in the film, but AOTC was their gestation point.Įwan McGregor was perfect casting for Star Wars. Without it, we don’t get the Battle of Ryloth, or General Krell’s attack on the planet of Umbara. Yes, we wouldn’t see that many Jedi fighting together at once on that series, but the idea of Jedi Generals leading the Clone Army into battle came from this film. The Jedi fighting together as an organized force is something that Clone Wars animated series would milk for everything it was worth. AOTC finally gave us that, and it was glorious. Great scene, but fans always wanted to see the Jedi leading an army. Well, The Phantom Menace gave us two Jedi fighting one Sith Lord.
We imagined them fighting together in some glorious battle against evil forces.
Most kids who grew up with the original trilogy imagined the days “before the Dark Times,” when there were thousands of Jedi Knights across the galaxy. So stories of the exploits of clones like Captain Rex, Fives, Hevy, and so many others gave fans drama and excitement we never expected. The Republic’s clones are, from the get-go, a much better fighting force than the future Imperial Stormtroopers. Mainly in the animated Clone Wars series, and now in The Bad Batch.
We see their titular attack in the climax of the film, easily one of the coolest parts of the whole prequel trilogy.īut the Clone Army, better known as the Grand Army of the Republic, ultimately make story material for some of the best Star Wars tales ever told. In AOTC, Star Wars fans receive a shock upon discovering the clones are the army led by the Jedi, and not an army of clones the Jedi fought against. It was just one single throwaway line from Ben Kenobi in A New Hope. Until AOTC, the Clone Wars were a big mystery.
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