Back to the Clone Wars: The "Mortis Arc"
With a little documentary attached to every episode in the Clone Wars first season set, I got to thinking I "had" to say something about every episode (usually about how the creators seemed to be trying to make a big deal of references to the old movies), and that might have slowed down my progress through those episodes. With the documentaries scaled back to occasional ones for "plot arcs" in the season sets that followed, I felt oddly liberated. I was, though, looking forward to the documentary for the unusual and intriguing "Mortis arc" of the third season (which I'm now watching on Blu-Ray), episodes I went to not unexceptional lengths to watch almost as they were first airing so as to not miss out on certain discussions of them. When I first called up its little documentary from the extras menu, though, I saw just how "little" it was, and for a moment I was annoyed that so much more time had been allotted to the documentary about "the return of Chewbacca"...
When I started watching it, though, Dave Filoni explained the decision had been made not to clamp down on speculation by presenting "official explanations," and I found myself thinking I could accept that. While I do wonder if some complaints that "when everything's explained, we can't use our imagination any more" may in fact be a little bit more about not agreeing with the explanation given, there's indeed some invigoration in being free to find your own ideas. At the same time, I did wonder about one small bit of information provided, that George Lucas had brought a binder of some of his oldest notes about the Force to the writers' table. I suppose I found myself thinking of the old tales of the two sides of the Force once being named "the Ashla" and "the Bogan," and even a bit of "the Kiber crystal," even if that doesn't seem to have as much bearing. I was also able to wonder a bit about "the Daughter" holding with the light side of the Force but being somewhat curt and unfriendly, not quite what you'd think a "good" character would be like. However, the thought of having to go back to the episodes at some point, not just to prepare for an official explanation but to try and think of my own ideas, also came to mind.
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When I started watching it, though, Dave Filoni explained the decision had been made not to clamp down on speculation by presenting "official explanations," and I found myself thinking I could accept that. While I do wonder if some complaints that "when everything's explained, we can't use our imagination any more" may in fact be a little bit more about not agreeing with the explanation given, there's indeed some invigoration in being free to find your own ideas. At the same time, I did wonder about one small bit of information provided, that George Lucas had brought a binder of some of his oldest notes about the Force to the writers' table. I suppose I found myself thinking of the old tales of the two sides of the Force once being named "the Ashla" and "the Bogan," and even a bit of "the Kiber crystal," even if that doesn't seem to have as much bearing. I was also able to wonder a bit about "the Daughter" holding with the light side of the Force but being somewhat curt and unfriendly, not quite what you'd think a "good" character would be like. However, the thought of having to go back to the episodes at some point, not just to prepare for an official explanation but to try and think of my own ideas, also came to mind.
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