Separatist POV Episode 4.22 - Revenge - Season Finale.

The fortune cookie is:

The enemy of my enemy is my friend

***SPOILERS***

Right of the bat, the logo of The Clone Wars has turned to red. That immediately assumes of what is to come for Season 5.


Then we see that Darth Maul is getting busy in the back room of the ship with his arachnid metal body.




He mumbles all sorts of stuff, whining and crying as sick as we was. Savage Opress as the caring brother returns him to Dathomir before Mother Talzin who appears within the green mist. Like an animal, Darth Maul follows a green ball of light that takes him to the same "magicks" table that transformed Savage Opress.

On the table, Mother Talzin transforms Darth Maul's body back into a "two legged" cyborg creature with "magicks". One thing else she does that is not well developed, which as removing what looks "spiritual" from his body that may have "restored" his "rationality" than being an animal and a monster. Because after his transformation, Darth Maul is more lucid and coherent.

After a tirade of what to do, Maul agrees to pursue revenge for what the Jedi have done to him. To call their attention, Maul and Savage go to Raydonia and slaughter the innocent to send a message to the Jedi that they want Jedi Master Obi Wan Kenobi.



Obi Wan decides to go alone to fight his nemesis. But the minute he lands and discovers the truth of it and is beaten by both Maul and Savage. They take him aboard their ship when from a cut, Asajj Ventress appears to collect a bounty on Savage Opress. After a fight, Asajj saves Obi Wan and the both escape!

That was the end of Season Four.

This was a highly anticipated episode and it lived up to expectations. Unsure why Yoda agreed that Obi Wan should go by himself to deal with Darth Maul threat. Thing is, does a Sith Lord stop being one because his master casts him aside? But that is if one considers Darth Maul a Sith Lord due to what is stated in the Darth Plagueis novel.

But Maul needs his revenge against the Jedi and then Savage Opress asks what will he do, Maul replies he well wait for his vengeance. Opress asked what has been done will bring all the Jedi. Maul replies, "I am counting on it..."

Foreboding words.

From a Separatist POV:

No big shocker that Darth Maul was made two legged. What was interesting was Savage Opress' response regarding the "Massacre" on Dathomir was told by Mother Talzin of the betrayal.

It was never explained why Dooku decided what he did. Dooku is just as expendable to Darth Sidious as Maul was expendable. But even Obi Wan Kenobi stated that Maul's head should be cut off.

Is Maul just as strong as he was before being whole?

Then, Maul still held the Sith vice of psychologically messing with the minds of their opponents.



Either way, there are bigger things at stake than just Maul's vengeance and the feeling missing it.

Separatist POV Episode 4.21 - Brothers

The fortune cookie is:

A fallen enemy may rise again but the reconciled one is truly vanquished

Watch "Brothers" on Mastertoons here

*****SPOILERS*****

Count Dooku senses a huge disturbance in the Force and blames Mother Talzin for creating it. He tells General Grievous that this must be dealt with.

Mother Talzin is located in the netherworld moving through her space and Asajj Ventress senses him, too. She tells her new crew that she senses a monster.

He is Savage Opress in search for his brother Darth Maul.

Sensing him was through a Talisman that Mother Talzin gave Savage Opress to use as a compass. He finds out on a planet that just offloaded junk from the garbage planet, Lotho Minor.

The first being Opress meets is a slimy talking snake and it is a travelling circus to find Maul. Fighting creatures that seem to look like "Jawas" and machine monsters named "Firebreathers" who eat the garbage.

Eventually the talking snake "betrays" Opress who falls down a distant "hole" only to find a robotic "Maul" shaped like a "tarantula". Maul has gone absolutely crazy, which appears to Savage depressing. Sort of watching "Horders" and how one allowed them to get so bad.

Talking to Maul, Savage wants to destroy whomever caused Maul to suffer. Maul blames Obi Wan Kenobi. Only Yoda is able to tell Obi Wan Kenobi that his life is in danger and to remain attuned to the Force.


What I found interesting in this episode was the Savage Opress did not care where he was when he was doing things. He was psychotic. He does not play well with others in the sandbox. For his "ex" Asajj Ventress to call him a Monster after creating him, is pretty messed up.

Another issue is Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano were present and Anakin sensed the disturbance in the Force, too. Ahsoka did not. But what got me is they are going to what appears like a 1950's Burger Joint where one of the waitresses was physically choked by Opress earlier. The little Security Droids could tell that Anakin and Ahsoka were Jedi. How???

FROM A SEPARATIST POV:

Dooku should have known better to allow the creation of a monster after his nasty divorce from Mother Talzin in the previous episode: Massacre.

That there would be twists and turns indicate there are changes in the Force that only those attuned to it directly - such as the Dark Side would be able to control. Dooku is not that attuned as he thinks he is.

The Jedi as usual are clouded.

The power of the Seppies did not solely rest on the Force Users, it rested in the people. We miss that in this episode. Is Star Wars just about using the Force? And therein lies what is at stake in this episode. We know it is a prep episode and cannot be taking solely alone, but still.

Here is the trailer for Episode 4.22 - Revenge

Separatist POV Episode 4.20 - Bounty

This review of the episode is from the Separatist Point of View.

Here is the MasterToons to watch

The Fortune Cookies is here:

Who we are never changes, who we think we are does!

An aimless Asajj Ventress joins a team of bounty hunters under the leadership of young Boba Fett. On an alien world, they undertake a dangerous but profitable mission that tests the limits of their skills, and the strength of Asajj's character.

***SPOILERS***



Asajj Ventress searches how to find her new self never having a choice. She winds up on Tatooine at Chalmun's Cantina. She requests... Ryll... A Spice Drink of recreational of euphoriants.

While she is getting drunk, she gets hit upon by some slimy guy. She tells him to leave, he does not. So she kills him by firing one her blades into him.





His buddies: Bossk and Latts Razzi tell her she needs to pay them for the loss of their dead comrade. Latts wears a green boa kind of thing that mocks as a weapon. Really nice.

They take her to meet the leader of the Bounty Hunter group...a young teenage BOBA FETT!



Asajj Ventress agrees to do the job which takes them to planet Quarzite, which the atmosphere is highly pressurized that it would cause any ship that lands to implode. So they have to use a transport turbolift to get to the surface.



There, they receive secret cargo in a "treasure box" to deliver to the Lord Otua Blank, much like the first "Transporter" movie and ride high speed railway, like the first modern "Mission Impossible" movie.

Of course during the transportation there are the Kage Warriors who fight to get the "treasure box", the leader is Krismo Sodi. These warriors look like ninjas, hidden and used vibroblades to fight. The martial arts they use appears to be Teras Kasi. Very few Force Powers can be used to fight against users who practice this form of martial arts.



Ironically, all the other Bounty Hunters got taken out one by one, except Asajj Ventress and Boba Fett, until they realized what was the bounty. Inevitably a girl named, Pluma Sodi.



And she is to be married to the Belugan Otula Blank. Perverted.



Of course Asajj Ventress double crosses and tricks everyone from both the bounty and the bounty hunters.

In the end it would up Asajj did not completely give up her sorcerous ways.

Let's leave folks in suspense here...

FROM A SEPARATIST POV:

The take home, Separatists have a heart. Of course it is way after they have been expelled and moves on. But it shows the fortitude of Asajj as a woman, who has now she has discovered she is free and independent. That she does not need a Force Using organization to define her and is this important?

Both Jedi and Sith believe there should be training to wield the Force, respectively in the Light and Dark sides. But what is the other side. Not untrained, but more like, getting expelled like Count Dooku did to Asajj Ventress.

What I liked about this episode was Asajj's realization that her entire "world" has been opened up for the opportunities to her after great threats. And it seemed she was not fearful anymore or rather fear no longer drove her to unleash her greatest asset.

Actually, she felt... FREE and apathy...

And she walks away off into the the background of stars on her own for the first time.