The Clone Wars Rewatch: “Overlords”, “Altar of Mortis”, and “Ghosts of Mortis” (Mortis Arc)

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Charlotte Errity & Caitlin Plesher

Film Reviews, After Shows, Tv & Film

4.7 • 623 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 142 minutes

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This week on Skytalkers we’ve made it the Mortis arc (Overlords (315), Altar of Mortis (316), Ghosts of Mortis (317)) of our Clone Wars Rewatch! This set of episodes forever changed our understanding of Star Wars and the Force and we have been counting down the days to talk about! Tune in to here us discuss: What memories we have of Mortis first airing in 2011? Did fans immediately love this new exploration of the Force? How has the introduction of Mortis evolved in Star Wars since then? Did these episodes change Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka? Was Qui-Gon Jinn really there? …and so much more! Try Nello and the Supercalm supplement we always have on the go at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠drinknello.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with the code SKYTALKERS10 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.
0:49.7	Hello and welcome to Sky Talkers. I'm your host Charlotte.
0:52.9	Hey, everyone. I'm your other host, Caitlin, and welcome to this week's episode where we are covering Mortis. We made it. So excited to be here. As we've been talking about in the Clone Wars rewatch, we are pedal to the medal for the rest of season three. It is all bangers, no skips. All gas. All gas.
1:11.4	All gas.
1:13.0	And this is the beginning.
1:14.9	Mm-hmm.
1:15.4	Mm-hmm.
1:15.8	Mm-hmm.
1:16.4	And this is not the first time or even the second time or even the third time that we've talked about Mortis on the show.
1:24.0	It comes up all the time.
1:25.8	So I'm really pumped to revisit it in this format, which is our
1:29.9	Clonor's Rewatch format, and come at it with different eyes. And I think I did after, you know,
1:37.7	recently watching everything that came before it chronologically. I think in the previous iterations,
1:43.8	we had been looking at Mortis
1:46.1	through the lens of what does this mean for the future of the saga, et cetera. And now I think
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