12: The Ryloth Arc (Clone Wars 19 - 21)

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🗓️ 19 May 2021

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Summary

“Another armed occupation is not a free Ryloth. How long before I am fighting you, master Jedi?” -Cham Syndulla

On and above the Twi'lek homeworld of Ryloth, battles rage between Separatist and Republic forces. This three part, anthology-style arc gives us different perspectives on the conflict, and that's true in more ways than one. These episodes offer us both our most paternalistic, simple minded vision of racial harmony yet and our first de facto "radical" figure. Oh, and no, before you write in: They are not French.

Next time: Episodes 22-25 (S1E22-S2E3), Hostage Crisis + Magic of the Holocron Arc

Show Notes

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Hosted by Rob Zacny (@RobZacny)

Featuring Alicia Acampora (@ali_west), Austin Walker (@austin_walker), and Natalie Watson (@nataliewatson)

Produced by Austin Walker

Music by Jack de Quidt (@notquitereal)

Cover art by Xeecee (@xeeceevevo)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Let us return once more to a more civilized age, a Clone Wars podcast.
0:12.6	I'm Rob Zachary, joined by Alia Campora, Austin Walker, and Natalie Watson.
0:17.2	So this week, the Clone Wars is back to being a full-on military sci-fi procedural, as
0:23.4	it embarks on a three-parter covering or public's campaign to liberate the Tuleck home
0:28.5	planet of Ryloth from a separatist occupation.
0:31.8	Each part covers a different phase of the operation.
0:34.9	Storm over Ryloth is about the fleet engagements that break the separatist blockade.
0:40.2	The innocence of Ryloth takes us in with the first wave of troops who have to disable
0:44.1	the separatist air defenses to enable the landing of the main forces who show up in Liberty
0:49.5	on Ryloth as they mount a final assault on the separatist stronghold and unite two factions
0:55.4	of Tuleck resistance against the separatist.
0:58.4	But I'll say these three episodes are three snapshots of the war and the experiences
1:04.5	of the people leading it, fighting it, and living through it.
1:08.6	Storm over Ryloth is a familiar story of a young commander, Asoka, in this case, getting
1:13.2	her first taste of real combat leadership and the things that go with it.
1:17.0	Innocence of Ryloth is about the clones and their alienation from the people they're
1:24.9	supposed to be saving and how that then gives way to a real bond with their cause and
1:29.6	a broader definition of common humanity.
1:33.4	And Liberty on Ryloth is about what it really means to have Jedi masters like Mace Windu
1:37.8	on your side on the battlefield and just how much negotiation and diplomacy is required
1:43.1	to hold the Republic's military alliances together.
1:47.3	Let's just get into this first episode.
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