Note: Full spoilers for the episode follow.

It feels strange that The Clone Wars is already going into its final story arc of the season. Yes, this season is two episodes shorter than previous ones, but the other reason it feels so abrupt I think is simply this format of always doing four episode storylines now, which means we really only get a handful of stories each season, albeit told in several parts each. I do wish they’d mix it up more and only do the longer story arcs when the story needs it, but “Sabotage” was a strong episode that hopefully will lead into another satisfying arc, on the heels of the Darth Maul one.

The interesting thing is if I didn’t know there were three more episodes continuing this storyline, I’d assume “Sabotage” was a self-contained story, though one that was establishing elements the series could use later. We began to really hear about the unpopularity of the war with the general populace here and how it’s affecting the Jedi. And the fact that a Jedi seemed to be the perpetrator of a horrible bombing 00 even if that was eventually disproved — is obviously laying the groundwork for the Republic at large turning on the Jedi in Revenge of the Sith and believing Palpatine’s lies about them. On the other hand, those protesters specifically seemed to be anti-Clone when it came to their animosity (their logo reflected this, to be sure), so I’m curious if upcoming episodes will show how Palpatine begins to have the public see the Clone Troopers on the right side of the things and the Jedi… elsewhere.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at IGN Movies