The reasoning about the Wookiees not having their own starships sounded pretty ridiculous.  Some of the EU backstory for the battle on Kashyyyk in REVENGE OF THE SITH was that the Wookiees were masters of hyperspace navigation, and the Seperatists were trying to capture the Hyperspace route data.  The site of the battle, the tree city of Kachirho, was home to the Claatuvac Guild which kept the hyperspace navigation data. 

It just seems ludicrous that the Wookiees would be at the forefront of hyperspace navigation, but not have their own starships.  My own theory on this particular choice in the storyline of Wookiee Hunt?  It was about keeping the design and animation costs down.  Dave Filoni has said in some behind the scenes videos that the animation team tries to re-use some models when possible.  Sugi's ship had previously been seen in a show, but not utilized.  The animation team had to make some modifications to that model in order to make it work for the show.  But that was no doubt a cheaper alternative than designing a Wookiee starship from the ground up and THEN animating it.

Very cool pair of episodes to end Season 3 of Clone Wars.  The Trandoshans were pretty badass and made for some great villains!  And their distress call to one another?  Did anyone else make the connection with Jurassic Park 3, when the velociraptors were calling to each other?  As for the plot, the whole scenario was definitely reminiscent of the Predator storylines.  All of the trophies definitely elicited that kind of tone.  The wampa and gundark trophies were among my personal favorites!

Chewbacca was classic.  I think there was an expectation that since this was the Clone Wars that he would be stomping some Trandoshans, which he did.  Although I was disappointed that he did not actually rip out the arms of any of the Trandoshans.  Chalk that one up to it being a kids show.  But I like the fact that Filoni managed to show that Chewie as a character has depth, and he made a point of showing that he's intelligent and a mechanical genius.  And because of that Chewbacca managed to call in the Wookiee cavalry.  I'm guessing that was Tarfful flying in with the Wookiees, and adding in Sugi and the bounty hunter ship was a nice callback.  Sugi called him General, and that title had only been used with Tarfful when it comes to the Wookiees.

The one thing I had been hoping for with the finale just did not come to pass.  They set up this whole storyline with Savage Oppress going on a quest to find Darth Maul.  Granted, this episode was about Ahsoka's growth as a Jedi, and how she is steadily growing less dependent on her Jedi master, Anakin.  The younglings were a cool group of companions for Ahsoka since she was finally on equal footing with some other Jedi.  

Maybe I'm just too used to some series ending their seasons with a cliffhanger.  But I really think that with all the time they invested in the Savage Oppress storyline, his quest for Darth Maul could have been fodder for a GREAT cliffhanger.

The Han Solo in this wave is really kind of a disappointment.  It works as a generic ANH Han Solo, but it doesn't nail the specifics of a Yavin ceremony Han Solo.  And the differences are pretty obvious.  Just looking at the figure compared with the carback photo you can see that the collar is wrong, and the sleeves should be rolled down to the wrist.



This seems like a figure that Hasbro offered in the hopes of satisfying fans.  But it seems very clear that they were just trying to use a sculpt that could be re-purposed for other ANH Han Solo offerings in the name of cost-savings.  Knowing that makes this figure that much more disappointing.  Because it seems like Hasbro could potentially come back in 3 or 4 years saying "Here's your new, improved Yavin ceremony Han Solo".

I sent away for two pretty late.  But I did get confirmation that those checks have been cashed.

So this is the potential draw for the Revenge of the Jedi set?  It might draw me in to buy more than 1 set.

No Wedge's in the cases I found.

Outwardly, this release looks like it could be a cash grab on both LFL's and Fox's part.

Will there be anything really eye-catching in the 3D release of TPM?  I think the Pod Race sequence has potential.  So does the space battle.  And the underwater sequence on Naboo might be interesting.  I'm not sure about much else though.