Evil is everywhere.' The leader of both sides of the Clone Wars was the same person It may have been more accurate to say: 'There are no heroes.
Whereas the Rebels versus the Empire or the Resistance versus the First Order is fairly clear-cut, figuring out who the good guys are in the Clone Wars is actually pretty hard. In Revenge of the Sith, it feels like not only are there no heroes on the Separatist side of the war, but perhaps none in the Republic either. If your first response to this is to incredulously say 'really?!' you're not out of line. In the opening crawl for Revenge of the Sith, we learn 'there are heroes on both sides' of the Clone Wars. The Clone Wars as depicted in the prequels and The Clone Wars cartoon lasted only three years, and yet, even before the launch of The Clone Wars Season 7, we have a staggering 121 episodes (60 hours) devoted to this period of time in Star Wars, unequaled throughout the saga.īut what were the Clone War s actually fought over? The answer reveals why this war is so important, and why, despite being (mostly) a cartoon, it's the most realistic depiction of war in the entire saga.
But the Clone Wars occupy a staggering amount of material within Star Wars canon. What's your favorite star war? True to its name, each era of Star Wars - from the original trilogy to the sequels - is defined by a specific galaxy-spanning war.
