“The truth about yourself is the hardest to accept.” A brand new story arc opens the sixth season of The Clone Wars. With an original airdate of 7 March, 2014, the season opened with The Unknown, written by Katie Lucas. When a clone trooper, Tup (Dee Bradley Baker) inadvertently kills a jedi master while suffering…
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2013) – To Catch a Jedi, and The Wrong Jedi
“Never become desperate enough to trust the untrustworthy.” The penultimate episode of the fifth season of The Clone Wars continues the Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein) arc that sees her framed for the murder of a bombing suspect. With nods to Hitchcock titles the collection of episodes was written by Charles Murray and first aired on…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012/2013) – Revival, Eminence, and Shades of Reason
“Strength in character can defeat strength in numbers.” Revival opens our trio of episodes this week, coming where it should chronologically within the Clone Wars timeline, but after it was produced it was used to open the fifth season on 29 September, 2012. Written by Chris Collins, the story follows the united Maul (Sam Witwer)…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012/2013) – A Sunny Day in the Void, Missing In Action, and Point of No Return
“When all seems hopeless, a true hero gives hope.” Brent V. Friedman pens the next episode in the D-Squad arc. This story first debuted on 8 December, 2012, and sees R2-D2 and the rest of the squad crash landing on a desolate planet following the completion of their mission in the previous episode. Unfortunately both…
Shogun (1980) – Disc 4
We come to the conclusion of James Clavell’s epic Japanese tale this week (it was definitely quicker to get through the miniseries than the novel – course I was fourteen at the time) as I delve into the fourth disc of the DVD set which has the fifth and final episode. Adapted by Eric Bercovici,…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012) – Bound For Rescue, A Necessary Bond, and Secret Weapons
“When we rescue others, we rescue ourselves.” Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein) and the Jedi Younglings have all sorts of trouble to handle in Bound For Rescue. Written by Christian Taylor this episode debuted on 17 November, 2012 and continues the Youngling story arc that began with their journey to Ilum to find kyber crystals for…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012) – Tipping Points, The Gathering, and A Test of Strength
“Disobedience is a demand for change.” The Onderon arc which opened the storyline for the fifth season of The Clone Wars comes to its conclusion this week in an episode written by Chris Collins. It first debuted on 27 October, 2012. A full scale battle erupts on Onderon as the people elect to fight back…
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012) – A War On Two Fronts, Front Runners, and The Soft War
“Fear is a malleable weapon.” Season Five of The Clone Wars got underway with Revival, which actually comes later in the chronology, so first up for us is A War on Two Fronts. Written by Chris Collins, this episode launched on 6 October, 2012. Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor), Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter), Ahsoka Tano…
Star Trek: Enterprise (2002) – Two Days and Two Nights, and Shockwave
Captain’s log: 18 February, 2152 Micheal Dorn directs this episode that was written by Chris Black from a story by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. It debuted on 15 May, 2002, and sees the crew of the Enterprise finally arrive at Risa. We follow a couple of stories for those who get shore leave, Trip…
Star Trek: Enterprise (2002) – Detained, and Vox Sola
Captain’s log: date unknown Mike Sussman and Phyllis Strong pen the teleplay for this episode from a story by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. It first aired on 24 April, 2002 and featured Dean Stockwell, Scott Bakula’s co-star in Quantum Leap in his only Trek appearance. Archer (Bakula) and Mayweather (Anthony Montgomery) are captured by…
The Mind Reels 