The Clone Wars Rewatch: “Mercy Mission” and “Nomad Droids”

Skytalkers

Charlotte Errity & Caitlin Plesher

Tv & Film, After Shows, Film Reviews

4.7 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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On this week’s episode of Skytalkers, we’re continuing our The Clone Wars Rewatch and discussing the two episodes, “Mercy Mission” (405) and “Nomad Droids” (406)! Tune in to hear us discuss: How were these C-3PO and R2-D2-focused episodes first received by fans in 2011? How do these episodes lean in to archetypes found across fairy tales? What do these episodes say about the role of the clones and droids during the Clone Wars? Why does it matter to have parallels to classic stories like “Gulliver’s Travels” and the “Wizard of Oz” in Star Wars? …and much much more! Join our Patreon community and unlock bonus episodes + more! Our website! Follow us on Twitter/X @skytalkerspod Follow us on TikTok @skytalkers Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram @skytalkerspodcast Follow Charlotte on Twitter/X @crerrity Follow Caitlin on Twitter/X @caitlinplesher Email us! hello@skytalkers.com For ad inquiries please email: skytalkers@58ember.com Please note this Episode may contain paid endorsements and advertisements for products and services. Individuals on the show may have a direct or indirect financial interest in products or services referred to in this Episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to a 58 Ember production.
0:05.2	You fought in the Clone Wars?
0:07.3	Yes.
0:08.5	I was once a Jedi Knight, the same as your father.
0:11.5	Since that, one simple sentence,
0:14.8	fans have on different levels been obsessed about thinking,
0:18.7	what was the Clone Wars?
0:35.6	No, has been obsessed about thinking, what was the Clone Wars? This idea of doing an animated TV series was intriguing to me because it really did allow me to broaden the canvas of what Star Wars is about.
0:50.2	Hello and welcome to Sky Talkers. I'm your host Charlotte.
0:53.4	Hey everyone. I'm your other host, Keitland, and welcome to this week's episode where we are back with the Clone Wars.
0:58.9	It's been a couple weeks since we've gotten to dive back into the Clone Wars.
1:02.1	And we got some good episodes to talk about.
1:06.2	I'm happy to be back.
1:07.7	We've got two episodes this week, Mercy Mission and Nomad droids. And what a wild ride.
1:15.0	What a wild ride. What a truly wild ride. Yeah. If this is your first time checking in with us for our Clone Wars rewatch, this is what we do. We talk about a different Clone Wars arc, basically every other week. And we, this week, we're focusing on this droid arc.
1:31.0	It's a rewatch podcast.
1:32.0	So we are operating under the assumption that we know the ending and we know what comes after the Clone Wars.
1:38.2	So just this is my bi-monthly reminder that this is a spoiler-filled episode. However, a spoiler alert for our
1:47.6	episode here, I don't remember these episodes at all, so brand new info here for that. But we're
1:55.8	happy that you're here and we love the Clone Wars. Yes, yes, we're very excited. And we break up our episodes into three parts.
2:02.9	It's the same three parts for every episode.
2:05.3	And our Clone Wars rewatch.
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