Tuesday, December 2, 2025

The Clone Wars - S1E1 - "Ambush"

When Lama Su gives Obi-Wan a tour of the cloning facility in Attack of the Clones, he explains, "Clones can think creatively.  You will find that they are immensely superior to droids."  This ability to "think creatively" is subtly demonstrated by Lieutenant Thire in "Ambush."

Roughly halfway through the episode, as Yoda and his squad of clone troopers retreat from a group of destroyer droids, Yoda deflects the droids' blaster fire into a coral branch that then falls on the droids and crushes them.  Later, when Yoda is holding off an-other group of destroyer droids by himself, Thire uses the same sort of technique:  he fires the clones' one remaining rocket at a cliff so that it explodes and the resulting rubble falls on the droids.  He paid attention to Yoda's strategy (taking advantage of his environment) and was then able to adapt it to his own circumstances.