I though the lightsaber duel was pretty exciting, but like in every movie I have ever seen, one person sits around and waits for the other to attack. Simultaneous apprarently is not part of the Sith dueling vocabulary.

I couldn't agree more with you on this one, I thought it stood out most on the Dooku assassination attempt in the 1st episode of the arc - one person strikes while Dooku defends, and the 2 others just stand there twirling their lightsabers.

I say Jocasta Nu... and Clone 99 from episodes 3.1 and 3.2.

My list is...

1. Asajj Ventress (Season 3 Nightsister outfit)
2. Qui-Gon Jinn
3. Adi Gallia
4. Feral (Savage Opress's brother)
5. Saesee Tiin
6. Ky Narec (Asajj's late Jedi Master)

 

BTW, My gf and I both laughed when they just zipped on board Dooku's Dreadnaught, and not one person was there to meet them, not one gun fired on them when approaching...  Nothing.  Lame.

I noticed that too - especially because it was Dooku's Dreadnaught! I could have understood if it was just any ordinary Separatist flagship - but the fact that Dooku was on it made it worse.

It's similar to the first episode of the arc, when Obi and Asajj are just able to crash their ships in the hangar of a Separatist cruiser so easily - no shields up, no droids, no "parked" Vulture Droids there, either...

Anyways, I'm pretty stoked for what was shown in next week's preview - possible visions of Ahsoka's future.

My only major criticism about this entire arc is that it threw aside pretty much all previously established canon material... and is now directly challenging one of the films (Episode I). And it's a shame to think that it was Lucas that involved himself in this and allowed it to happen. I understand the need to keep Star Wars fresh, but there just comes a point where you begin to ruin what was originally fine and dandy.

I thought Anakin and Obi-Wan's appearance in this episode was completely unnecessary, if not annoying (those jokes they told each other were starting to get on my nerves) - hell, save that for the next Savage-themed arc! Throwing them into the mix only took away time from the Ventress/Dooku/Savage duel, and Asajj's duel with Dooku was supposed to be one of the key elements of the arc - her trying to get revenge on Dooku.

I would say Asajj is pretty much done for the entire series, unless she somehow reconciles with the Count. Savage will probably make another arc, but I wouldn't count on him playing too big of a role next time.

BEST...NEWS...EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HUGE Liam Neeson fan, loved the character too, and now we finally have an excuse for Hasbro to make an animated figure of him!

I concur, this is just epic! I think Qui-Gon's appearance here makes up for his absence in ROTS. If Hasbro doesn't make an animated Qui-Gon figure, they're just crazy.

I agree that this scene conflicts with the Yoda/Obi scene at the end ROTS, but only to a certain extent. Most canon-related problems can be easily worked out "from a certain point of view."

I saw these at a Wal-Mart today.  Fun note: the dates on the back for first availability are generally all wrong.  Jango and Zam were released in 2000 and the Outlander Obi-Wan Kenobi was 2002-2004 in Hasbro's notes.  Since Hasbro labeled Obi-Wan as a 2003 figure as part of the series number, and the assortment in which it shipped was discontinued in December 2003 as it was being blown out... OK, so I'm anal.

Using the wrong dates for first availability is becoming a trend on Hasbro's part - they also did it with the ROTJ-wave R2-D2, and the ROTS-wave Magna Guard, too. At the same time, it's understandable how this could happen.

Does Hasbro use the POTJ Sneak Preview Zam and Jango on the back of the cards?

The 1st episode was meant to set up the story, and the 2nd episode actually introduced the new villain. If anything, having this just as a trilogy of 3 episodes really narrowed down the potential story there could have been.

Had Savage took up the entire rest of the season (like it was hyped up until a month before the episodes actually started airing), there may have been more time to expand on a better backstory for him.