10 Mind-Blowing Facts You Didn't Know About Star Wars: The Clone Wars

The Force is strong with this show. Which facts did you know?

[@modeler308]

Actually, Gen Grievous said to Anakin, "I thought you would be...OLDER." Anakin responds with, "General Grievous, you're shorter than I expected."

[@Laesis]

"I was expecting someone with your reputation to be a little... older." *Autistic coughs*

[@twstf8905]

Ah, everybody just _loves_ the "Actually...." guy! 😅

[@felixrauschenberger]

Actually he said "I expected someone with your reputation to be a little older"

[@Janda370]

Yeah not a lot of these are really new if you watched clone wars. So this may have been a video purely for views due to hype around Kenobi

[@warwick4208]

@@Janda370 it’s whatculture. That’s all their videos are about ever. Hype

[@AlexanderTerminator]

Grievous called out Anakin because he expected someone with his reputation to be older. Anakin was the one who fired back with the "you're shorter than I expected" remark.

[@elywahl9520]

The theory on why is because when Ashoka first fought grievous she was shorter so to her she would have explained to anikan how tall he was to her lol so he literally thought he would be taller because he was told lol

[@RichO1701e]

Either way, they'd never met so the animated clone wars couldn't put them together

[@Star4wars1]

This show made clones from one note characters in the films to some of the best characters in star wars media and the great talent of Bradley dee baker for making each clone sound unique but similar

[@t22c]

Disney+ Needs to make a Son of Dathomir and Dark Disciple animated movie or mini series. People would eat them up. I think they should do more Animated Star Wars.

[@daniel-it2lw]

disney fucked up canceling the show, but disney seem to fuck up everything

[@AverageCommentor]

Assuming they'd take 4 episodes like the video stated: They should just add them to season 6. Episodes 14, 15, 16 and 17. Some filler episodes: Episodes 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22. Asajj Ventress too. Episodes 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30. Boom, best season. Fives, Clovis, Jar Jar's girlfriend, Yoda, Bane, Qui-Gon, Maul, Sidious, Dooku, Talzin, Asajj and Quinlan. 30 episodes too.

[@didimean]

Would love to see Dark Disciple. As long as it's Filoni and/or Favreau in charge of it.

[@alsandairosullivan1525]

Only thing I didn’t know was how the 501st came to be. I thought the cosplay group came after not as the creator! That was actually really cool! To be honored in the ultimate finale movie and then subsequently featured in arguably the best Star Wars game ever, is amazing!

[@mucicafrajer9882]

The best Star Wars game ever? Don't get me wrong, I love the original Battlefront II, but Fallen Order definitely beats it, as well as arguably Republic Commando and the recent Lego Skywalker Saga

[@Crayveee]

@@mucicafrajer9882 and the final product of battlefront 2 2017 though a shame they pulled the plug just to work on... battlefield 2042

[@jediclonekag13]

"Star Wars: The Clone Wars" will always be among my top 5 favorite animated television series of all time.

[@JT-295]

1. The Last Airbender & Legend of Korra 2. The Clone Wars & Rebels 3. BoJack Horseman 4. Gravity Falls 5. Simpsons & Family Guy I know no one asked:)

[@minicle426]

@@JT-295 Never got the fuss about Atla. Always found it ridiculously overhyped.

[@JT-295]

@@minicle426 I love it! It’s my favorite show and I think you should give it another chance :)

[@Star_Joker]

It's in my top 5 shows of all time - not just animation.

[@revine9243]

@@JT-295 Rebels is in the same tier as clone wars? I always thought that Rebels was worse then CW

[@andydoms2001]

I can’t believe it’s already been 2 years since the incredible series finale aired. It was at the same time I graduated High School. Time really does fly.

[@marshalllatta2073]

Star wars the clone wars was so freaking amazing show well done in fantastic i will never stop watching it

[@nbriez-c5914]

Same my friend, Same

[@jeffreycarman2185]

I’m on my fourth time through the show. The first couple of seasons are a bit rocky (I really don’t like the episodes being out of chronological order, and the story is not super compelling) but as the story and the characters progress it becomes a really great show.

[@daledoback9566]

You edited this?? Jeez

[@Pinkielover]

@@daledoback9566 lol

[@AverageCommentor]

@@daledoback9566. Probably misspelled a word and noticed it just after posting it, but then never realised that the comment didn't make any sense and was like 5 different sentences merged into one. A list of the possible sentences going through their head: Star Wars: The Clone Wars was so freaking amazing. Star Wars: The Clone Wars was a freaking amazing show. Star Wars: The Clone Wars was well done, incredible and fantastic. Star Wars: The Clone Wars was well done and fantastic. I will never stop watching Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Merge them all together and you get: Star Wars: The Clone Wars was so freaking amazing show well done, in fantastic; I will never stop watching it. Remove your punctuation (apart from a capitalisation of the 's' in 'star'), and you get their exact comment: *Star wars the clone wars was so freaking amazing show well done in fantastic i will never stop watching it*

[@richardfisher4741]

Christopher Lee also appeared in the film as Count Dooku

[@jaikal5357]

The last scene with Darth Vader is just so sad. I wished everything was going to be okay even tho I knew what was going to happen and that’s amazing writing

[@kalvin187douglas]

1:23 I wish you’d note that Ahsoka gave Anakin the description of Grievous of his height and capacities explaining why Anakin said he was excepting Grievous to be shorter than he expected. It was because when Ahsoka met Grievous for the first time at the age of 14 he was huge to her and quite wide but Anakin assumed she was exaggerating due to the fact she was short and young as a Padawan

[@rossy360]

Taller*

[@benthecat4345]

Qui-Gon appeared more as a Force Voice than a Force Ghost as he wasn't able to physically manifest his body due to his incomplete training

[@edwardrhoades6957]

He was a Force ghost on Mortis.

[@car9melo]

@@edwardrhoades6957 that wasnt him, it wasnt even real

[@benthecat4345]

@@edwardrhoades6957 Likely due to how strong in the force Mortis is

[@spencerhansen8374]

So he trained Yoda and Obi wan but didn't have enough training to do it himself? I guess those who can't, teach..

[@car9melo]

@@spencerhansen8374 he didnt train them, he told yoda where to go to train

[@shardcollectorfilms6575]

Ashla is also the Lasat name for the Force in Rebels. This was revealed in an episode of Season 2 called "Legacy of Lasan".

[@subtrixpl02]

In the Ahsoka Novel she gives herself the nickname „Ashla“. This is so cool.

[@davidpeters4334]

They really need to make Son of Dathomir into a animated story arc.

[@-thesalemcrow-5941]

6:51 Piting Maul against Grugus that would of been epic

[@RbkARI]

Because the Son of Dathomir comic and Dark Disciple novel were originally planned to be Clone Wars arcs, I always read them whenever I rewatch the show.

[@patrickschardt7724]

That’s a good idea

[@alexmiller7132]

Still kinda pissed we never got the ventress arc

[@datastorm75]

The Ahsoka/Maul fight was amazing. It looked great, and had personality.

[@JordanWeberMusic]

Hey, former animator here! I know it’s semantics, but while saying the lightsaber fights are animated is in the most general term since the whole show is animated, using it in juxtaposition to motion-capture (Mocap) is confusing as motion capture is a type of animation. The term you could use instead is “hand-keyed”. This term is what animators use to say the animation was done by hand; meaning that every keyframe is created by the animators, which is more akin to drawn animation where artists needed to draw every frame, rather than a motion capture actor providing those key frames. Because even with Mocap animators still have to correct and adjust the Mocap data to match the style and exaggerate the movements! Either way, the animators of this show, and Rebels did surprisingly well given the time constraints.

[@natelupton6995]

The carbonite freezing episode "Citadel" one my favorites. Fives says "You sure this thing is safe? I don't want to end up a wall decoration." For sure a nod to Han in Jabbas palace I think.

[@patrickschardt7724]

That and the idea that certain people would keep their frozen possessions as trophies

[@tikiviktor]

The narrating that was done during the opening sequence was what George Lucas wanted for the original trilogy and not the scrolling text.

[@ellarommel7696]

In the Ahsoka novel, when she goes into hiding, she calls herself Ashla:) so the name does reappear

[@markhartford9843]

You make some very good videos. I've watched quite a few and truly enjoyed them all. Thanks for that and may the force be with you!

[@honotenshi]

Should have said shocking facts with that thumbnail.

[@sceylo9573]

Quin lan Vos and Ventress almost teamed up to fight Doku?! I need to research this alternative plotline immediately

[@uniquelyawesome4455]

It’s in a book called the dark disciple.

[@sceylo9573]

@@uniquelyawesome4455 Thanks👉🏼

[@uniquelyawesome4455]

@@sceylo9573 You’re welcome! It’s one of my favorite Star Wars books.

[@BactaYT]

The Ashla has always been part of star wars legends. She is the sister of Mortis. Also she is that owl that always follows ahsoka around, because she sacrificed her life energy for ahsoka on Mortis. If you dont know, the Bogan is the dark side, and the Bendu is the middle. If I remember correctly, the Bendu was featured in Star Wars rebels, but he is also the Father in the Mortis episodes in TCW. Technically, the Ashla IS ahsoka, at least since what happened on Mortis. And was I the only one that knew all 10 of these? 😂😂

[@dekekun]

The owl is Morai, not Ashla.

[@BactaYT]

​@@dekekun To be clear Ashla is just an 'ancient' name for the force wielders on Mortis. So The Ashla is just another name for the daughter or sister or whatever else you want to call her. The owl/convor named Morai is just a manifestation or maybe alternate form of the daughter/ashla from mortis. The convor which ahsoka calls Morai follows her around because the Daughter transferred her life energy to ahsoka on Mortis. First things first, there is clearly some connection between the convor, ahsoka and the daughter, and there is some interesting evidence for a few different claims about the connection between these 3, but I believe the daughter/ashla *IS* Morai, specifically because in rebels ahsoka said "I owe her my life," referring to the events that happened on Mortis and confirming that Morai *is* the daughter, and the ashla. Mortis isnt really accessible to the rest of the galaxy, I'm not even sure if it's a planet. The species Convor comes from Mortis. So if you dont believe the own and the daughter were not always the same, how do you propose the owl got off of Mortis? And how did she get to the "world between worlds" in rebels? It's pretty clear that this isnt some normal owl, she clearly has at least deep connection to the force and to the daughter, if she is not literally the daughter in a different form. The force wielders on mortis arent exactly biological beings, and have some sort of influence on the future, and the events that happen *after* their "deaths" on mortis so it's definitely possible that the daughter *is* the owl even after her other physicals form died. The last thing I want to say is that the daughter only transferred part of her life energy to ahsoka, and the force wielders were very very powerful beings, so it's also possible that the daughter can still live in the physical galaxy with whatever remaining energy she has left, she just isnt powerful enough to appear in her full form which we see on mortis. This argument isnt really well organized but i've gotten all my thoughts and evidence down and im not feeling like spending time to put this together nicely.

[@Rosadullaghan]

Ashla is also the name that Ahsoka goes by in the Ahsoka novel.

[@BactaYT]

@@Rosadullaghan really? I didnt actually know that lmao

[@Samylton]

I would love more of these if possible, I feel there are a million more of videos that are well on the way based off this

[@j4x756]

These are definitely 10 facts I did not know

[@4523bgb]

The music when Rex turns on Asohka is the first thing I noticed in that moment.

[@alexmiller7132]

The soundtracks written for the show are FANTASTIC the Ryloth music is brilliant

[@martinlewis6775]

This was an interesting video however these are mostly well known and hardly surprising but I still enjoyed the video

[@karlkirby2003]

That one throw away line I love it

[@arjr74]

Ahsoka was also created by Dave Filoni. That's his baby. He said he was just doodling and drew her messing around and still till this day he says it's his greatest creation so far🔥

[@frankharr9466]

I didn't know that. Thanks!

[@NedFlanders1040]

Just started watching it, does anyone know where I can find the clip where the producers say it was difficult doing episodes with anakin and grevious? I remember seeing A behind the scenes mini documentary as a kid and was so fascinated with that but can’t find the clip for the life of me I’ve been looking for it for 2 years now

[@jeremy1860]

One of the best works to come out of the Star Wars franchise 😊

[@jedileader0174]

I think Hamill's role as Darth Bane is equally as significant as Liam Neeson returning as Qui-Gon in his force ghost version. While Qui-Gon's return is significant as it explains how Obi-Wan came back to continue to train Luke, but Bane's appearance shows us how the Sith were able to hide from the Jedi fod so long and eventually control the entire galaxy and get their revenge.

[@Jaxax27]

The story called The Dark Desciple that feature Ventress and Quinlan Vos teaming up to kill Dooku should definitely become a movie or series. It's so good!!

[@holbvgbbbbkfz]

Who felt the joker when Darth Bain talked

[@DragonLigerX]

That's his psycho bad guy voice

[@wickdaline8668]

TC Carson used to be the voice of Kratos.

[@Metawen]

I knew about the 501st but thought they were named after the series, not the othe way around. So cool!

[@milocorrigan7128]

Alot of facts to take-in - Ashla would've sounded very similar to her voice actress Ashley - Alpha has now been adapted to The Bad Batch with Boba Fett having the code name - I can't believe we missed on Ventresses full redemption arc & Son of Dathomir would've been awesome on screen - George Lucas said he didn't want to ruin the films but he still allowed that scene where Obi-wan finds out Dooku is Tyrannus who recruited Jango Fett to become the clones

[@timgillott9290]

There was another short series of Clone Wars cartoons released before this, with a very different animation style.

[@MTTT19]

It’s a shame they didn’t use the Duel of the Fates music in The Clone Wars. A real missed opportunity

[@daledoback9566]

7:19 And we can’t forget about the Cad Bane Ava. Boba Standoff. Or the scene where Anakin uses a blaster to help him and Obi-Wan escape 😂

[@CatS2TailS]

You forgot to mention for the Han Solo references that Fives says he doesn't want to end up a wall decoration in the same episode before he and the others gets frozen

[@roninjedi2494]

This channel and I have very different definitions of “mind blowing”

[@freelancenerd4804]

Good video!

[@MegaMbender]

Darth Vader didn’t know the Carbonite was going to work on han. He wanted to use it on Luke and tested it on han because he needed to make sure it wouldn’t damage Luke.

[@Lanwarder]

I a finished the show recently, and I found it interesting (I had to convince myself to keep watching after season 1.) I thought it was a bit of an uneven series. You have these 2 to 4 episode arcs that allow you to learn about the origins of the force, the clone wars, or the relationships between key characters...and then you have 1 to 3 episodes about like Jar Jar Binks saving the day by falling everywhere, or C3PO helping Padmé organize a party...those aren't exactly as good lol.

[@trstn3915]

i wouldve loved that asajj ventress arc man

[@josiahtkc]

Finally someone else who noticed the Grievous-Anakin arc.

[@pikachuattack542]

Starkiller voiced Maul? Awesome!

[@averagejoe2798]

Ashley Neal wants his intro music back

[@shrunkenheadsandspiderwebs697]

Number 1 is half right. Ahsoka is Dave Filoni’s character and George Lucas just gave him the green light.

[@TopTwom]

Filoni and Lucas worked on the Clone Wars together. Lucas had created the initial concept and characters. So yes, Ahsoka was created by Lucas. Dave Filoni was the one responsible for developing and fleshing out the character. It kinda makes the Ahsoka we know now Filoni's... but she was still Lucas' creation.

[@cosinguspalpatine4449]

If you want what happened between II and III watch the Genndy version 😉 plus Grevious is TERRIFYING! But this has always been a great what If kind of show for me ♥️

[@hazeltade3679]

I actually knew all of this but that’s because something is wrong with me

[@finlayoneill303]

U forgot to mention when talking about reprising roles that Christopher lee played count Dooku in the movie but was replaced in the series by Corey Burton

[@jarmoliebrand2005]

I really would have loved the clone wars arcs that were never made.

[@Mando_calrissian]

When Lucas doesn’t even want to use the name alpha for one of his clones and Disney goes ahead and makes it Bobas name lol

[@Nautilus1972]

Number one amazing thing for me was the Priestess on the force planet telling Yoda that there was another Skywalker. Complete mindblower that passed everyone by. Anakin has a sibling.

[@jonathanhamm3649]

i always assumed the Priestess was talking about Luke and/or Leia but mostly Luke because he actually became a full fledged jedi

[@debbralehrman5957]

Thanks

[@Twiglet015]

What book is the narrator referring to when he talks about Ventress' story finishing?

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

There was a canceled clone wars arc about the yuuzhan vong.According to pablo hidalgo the story would only have hinted at the origins of the vong and weren't immune to the force to better align george lucas's description of the force.It was canceled before a script could be written if i remember correctly. Dave feloni also drew sketches of a yuuzhan vong scout.

[@lassekleemann3607]

I honestly never realised that anakin and grievous didnt fight

[@slaughterman44]

didn't vader NOT know freezing someone in carbonyte would work? thats why he did it on Han Solo first bc he actually wanted to do it on Luke but he didn't want to risk killing him, hence why Solo was done first.

[@benthecat4345]

It makes no sense to release part of canon for a series in a different media from the rest of the series since not everyone has access to all media and switching media for a part of canon not only limits the fan base, but also keeps them from knowing about the new parts of canon since books and comics never get trailers and are rarely announced to everybody

[@mikeyoung9810]

I've been rewatching clone wars and rebels and feel I never really gave either much credit when they were new but now realize that at times both shows are the best star wars ever made with the exception of maybe Mandalorian and now Obi-Wan (time will tell on this).

[@BoredBricks]

We need an animated show that shows what happened between Episodes 1 and 2.

[@yukkicoss6677]

That would be awesome. I always wondered what happened. It would also explain the start of padme and anikhans relationship. It just feels too weird going from a little boy straight to a late teenagers (or later) body.

[@roguebritgravy1]

I wish Disney does some good and recreates the lost and incomplete arcs.

[@spark0420]

Watching maul and Ashoka’s lightsaber battle I just cried out “why couldn’t every battle have been like this” final bloody episode 😂

[@squidster102]

Would have to say experiencing order 66 in clone wars was more tragic than the movie

[@Firefight_]

I knew all of these already…

[@ShadySliver17]

During the arc where Obi-Wan becomes Rako Hardeen to infiltrate and sabotage a plot to kidnap Palpatine, Cad Bane Can be seen looking at a Fedora thats identical to the one Indiana Jones wears

[@ThePhengophobe]

Using the season 5 finale when talking about cathartic conclusions should be a crime. I hope that was done deliberately, because if not, I dread to meet the fan who saw that as it aired , then had no follow up for quite a while and thought "Yeah, that's cathartic."

[@bobby9217]

Pretty sure Ahsoka was made by Dave Filoni...

[@timidwolf]

Once again the lack of a 'probably' or similar is missing from the title, and this is possibly the worst example as most of these are common knowledge for Clone Wars fans. I'm willing to bet I wasn't the only one to have already known all ten of these. I don't mind the sharing of these facts for those that may not know some or any of them, just stop telling everybody that they don't!

[@oneofmanyintheworld]

Were the creators drunk when they gave Ahsoka and other green blade wielders blue bladed lightsabers

[@yungtouch225th]

Would be nice to see a Sith series on Disney +

[@bemasaberwyn55]

I knew these

[@kieronimo1]

I knew all of these.

[@luminaaemor1293]

How is it impressive that General Grievous and Anakin never meet? Just don’t write them meeting?

[@Zazogog16]

Yeah kinda hard for the Filoni wars to not be number 1 star wars TV series, when there was nothing else Star Wars to watch at the time

[@bellicx5819]

I thought Dave Filoni created Ahsoka

[@ThatsSoGiorgio]

Dave should have directed and written the Rey trilogy. He would have made them solid movies instead of crappy attempts.

[@b_rad5651]

Glad he changed the name. Ashla Tano just doesn't sound right 🤔

[@chazblank2717]

Mark Hamill would have the opportunity to play a character who diverges from his more popular role again when they made the sequel trilogy…

[@CharlotteGamesMC]

2007 film* The tv show was in 2008.

[@oliversmardenkas2882]

#CompleteTheCloneWars

[@twstf8905]

Let's see just how many of these "mind blowing facts" I didn't know about the Clone Wars, shall we? #1. Ahsoka being originally "Ashla"? knew it. #2. Filoni "backflips" to preserve Anakin never meeting Grievous knew it #3. Hamill voicing Darth Bane knew it #4. Animating duelling until season 7 mo cap knew it #5. the 501st. Legion inspiring Lucas to become Canonical knew it #6. "Humanizing the Clones" (the Filoni "Clone triangle") ummmm... does anybody _not_ know that?!? 😂 #7. Unaired episodes being released in other media (books, comics, etc.) knew it #8. Filoni's original vision for a smaller crew knew it #9. certain characters, (Han Solo, etc.) being specifically omitted by George Lucas knew it #10. John Williams motifs appearing periodically knew it (how fun!) 👍

[@yarnickgoovaerts]

What did you expect? Its whatculture

[@Thebatman541]

And here is me who didn't know any of them

[@yarnickgoovaerts]

@@Thebatman541 and is your mind blown?

[@Thebatman541]

@@yarnickgoovaerts no

[@twstf8905]

😅

[@The_Swan89]

Thought it started in like 2002 or 2003?

[@kimberlyterasaki4843]

This show proves that George Lucas and the Prequels did have a lot of merit to their storytelling and worldbuilding. It just ended up being better suited to the mediums of animation and television than live action movies.

[@jburgs100]

Ray park didnt play maul in Solo it was CG and the voice was Sam Whitwer

[@edwardrhoades6957]

Yes, the voice was Sam Witwer, but it was still Ray Park in full makeup. Someone else did the voice in Phantom Menace.

[@jburgs100]

@@edwardrhoades6957 ahhh nice i didnt realise that i thought it was cg

[@TorturedMongoose2003]

Ok so the second time he said bane... It sounds like he said Dane... Which threw me off... I went to the clip several more time to relisten to how he said it... Maybe it's just me mind playing tricks on me... But it does sound like he said Dane in the second sentence.

[@demonslayerXP]

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[@ryannewberry3845]

This show Mando and Rogue One are better than all 9 main movies

[@DarthMalaks_Missing_Lower_Jaw]

word

[@warwick4208]

1:53 here’s a better thought, just don’t do it

[@fedr39]

I'll never accept the new Sith home world planet name. It will always be Korriban.

[@andreaslabaugh9401]

How can the 501st be the ones in the movie if basically all of them died after Ahsoka and Rex crashed the ship?

[@DarthMalaks_Missing_Lower_Jaw]

They didn't all die--that was just one company that was put under Rex and Ahsoka's command, the 332nd.

[@Michael15_25]

Anakin split up the 501st