Tuesday, February 21, 2023

The Clone Wars - S5E2 - "A War on Two Fronts"

12:13 - Obi-Wan (to Steela):  "Be mindful of your frustration.  It will only hold you back."  In Attack of the Clones, he uses the same expression:  "Be mindful of your thoughts, Anakin; they betray you" [12:29].

14:55 - Anakin (after Steela shoots a target):  "Impressive.  Most impressive."  Vader gives the same compliment to Luke in The Empire Strikes Back [1:44:30].

16:21 - Obi-Wan (to Anakin, about the rebels):  "We can only protect them; we cannot fight this war for them."  This echoes what Qui-Gon says to Queen Amidala in The Phantom Menace:  "And I can only protect you; I can't fight a war for you" [1:37:45].

16:29 - Obi-Wan (about the droids):  "There are too many."  Captain Panaka says something similar in The Phantom Menace (referring to battle droids):  "There are too many of them" [23:25], as does a Jedi youngling in Revenge of the Sith (referring to the clones executing Order 66 at the Jedi temple):  "Master Skywalker, there are too many of them" [1:23:40], and a rebel pilot says basically the same thing in Return of the Jedi (referring to TIE fighters):  "There's too many of them" [1:35:13].

17:10 - Obi-Wan (to Steela, referring to a droid tank):  "We'll handle this."  Qui-Gon (referring to himself and Obi-Wan) also says this when Darth Maul appears in The Phantom Menace [1:50:29], although Obi-Wan also says something similar in Attack of the Clones (about fighting Count Dooku):  "Anakin and I can handle this" [2:03:07].

19:41 - Battle droid (to the rebel convoy):  "Halt!"  In The Phantom Menace, a battle droid also says this to Qui-Gon as he leads a group of Naboo to a ship [24:25].

21:11 - Lux Bontari:  "Good luck."  It's ambiguous whether he directs this to Steela or Ahsoka, but in The Empire Strikes Back, an unidentified Rebel pilot wishes Luke good luck [36:02] and Luke wishes Lando good luck [2:00:09], and in Return of the Jedi, Han and Lando wish each other good luck [Han to Lando at 50:33 and Lando to Han at 52:21].