As a matter of fact, they're Sith...

The HOLOSEC: Social Holographic Electronic Interface Liaison Android (S.H.E.I.L.A.) reports from the Confederacy of Independent Systems from a "Separatist's Point of View" on the Season 5 trailer to Star Wars: The Clone Wars entitled, Revival and the fortune cookie is:

Features: Darth Maul, Savage Opress, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Adi Gallia, Hondo Ohnaka and Supreme Chancellor Palpatine

SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT!

Out of the gate, when the security droids approached, Darth Maul and Savage Opress easily removed them. What is interesting in the Clone Wars shows, the droid appear to "feel" things. But when Darth Maul and Savage Opress used the Force to trample them, the droids did not seem to respond to the crushing or they did not howl. Making this issue a trope one, perhaps?

Separatists Droids would not have been so easily conquered.

Then Darth Maul asserts his rule over his brother. That is when it is asked, why does Savage Opress have a skirt on?

Then we cut to the scene with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Adi Gallia. They land at the space station that were destroyed by Darth Maul and Savage Opress.

They speak to the warehouse supervisor that readily tells them the droids saw that the lightsabers were red. Next to casually, Obi-Wan replies:

Throughout this episode, the Jedi bring up Sith several times and no one really knows what a Sith is! It seems the Jedi do not either. But for the pirates, they have seen some things about the Sith and what they can do, but are not afraid of them.  Is this a revival regarding the Sith? What about the "rule of two" for the Sith? Is it a "revival" of sorts?

It may be a matter of strength in the Force.

Either way, it shows how easily the Sith can be defeated by rogue bands of pirates. 

An angry Sith fighting is not wise to have around. Frustration with a Sith fuels more anger and rampage.

Of course this entire arc is tied into the comic books, Shadow Conspiracy.

At any rate, both Jedi and Sith lose things. These scuffles with Darth Maul and Savage Opress in the crime world mean nothing to the Confederacy of Independent Systems!

In fact, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine of the Republic said so with just one look.

The future? Who knows, but the Separatists must deal with a new possible threat of rogue Sith capable of destroying the Droid Army. 

What was revived, here?

  

TCW Episode 14.17 - The Box

The MasterToons is here

The pre-moral is: The strong survive, the noble overcome it.

***SPOILERS***

On Serenno, they meet Count Dooku the Head of State and Council for the Confederacy of Independent Systems. The stars of the show include:

• Moralo Eval


• Rako Hardeen


• Cad Bane


• MagnaGuards


• Count Dooku


• Embo

When the threesome arrives, Cad Bane is forever making a deal. Raising his fees as needed.

Then we pan back to the Jedi Temple where Grand Master Yoda knows that not telling Anakin Skywalker would enrage him and he tells him that his anger is unpredictable and dangerous. It appears to be more of a matter of Trust.

Back on Serenno, Cad Bane kills an Ithorian bounty hunter because he wears a hat that Cad Bane likes.

Count Dooku invites them into the Box, which looks like the Transformer Allspark Cube X Hellraisers - a puzzle of sorts. 12 enter and only 5 are allowed to exit. It tests agility, but that is not what told to them. Then the test starts with poisonous gas.

Once figured out what is going on, Rako Hardeen (aka Obi Wan Kenobi) starts to help out the Bounty Hunters. Why? He lends a helping hand to Cad Bane who would as soon kill Rako Hardeen for the wrong hat. While watching, Dooku senses something different about Hardeen and learns about his past - the killing of Jedi Knight Obi Wan Kenobi.

Of the images I enjoyed, the laser pikes that move throughout the room that makes one think it is like "Enter the Dragon" movie or "Indiana Jones" movie..

Then another test through a ray shield that closes in like in Star Wars A New Hope, but to get out of this house of horror, it requires an injection of some electroserum that only one person is resistant to---Force Users. Rako Hardeen figures it out that one of the characters is a species that can tolerate the serum and is adapting better to making up a story to be a part of the crowd.

It makes Dooku question Moralo Eval and the backstabbing commences, like it is normal for the Separatists.

The last test is filled with flames. Reminiscent of the planet Mustafar. But the object is to use a sniper rifle to hit a target. One miss and your cast into the fiery pit. The first guy dies. Then Rako Hardeen shoots, making all his targets until his rifle charges drop and Moralo Eval releases the floor for his crashing into floor.

But, then Cad Bane saves Rako Hardeen and Dooku backstabs Moralo Eval by allowing Rako Hardeen to fight to the death. Dooku wants Moralo Eval dead, but Rako says he just wants to get paid--another adaptation to being toughened up to the hardcore life.

Dooku gives the mission that the remaining Bounty Hunters will kidnap Supreme Chancellor Palpatine as a hostage. Then demands will be made to release all Separatist prisoners. If the Republic does not release the prisoners, Palpatine will be killed. Then Dooku mentions that Cad Bane will be the leader of the mission...


From a Separatist POV: It seems that the Separatists are desperate for a win or triumph over the Republic, forgetting the fact that the ugliness underneath is all Sith. Why Supreme Chancellor (aka Darth Sidious) would go with this "war game" to paint a picture that the Separatists are a true threat to the Republic is beyond me. The Seppies do not need to kidnap Palpatine to show they are a threat, they were the richest corporations across the Galaxy, they just have make the the core starve... Unless this is about a Sith issue, which obviously makes a difference. And the Jedi are saying trust. What if Obi Wan Kenobi enjoys his new digs as Rako Hardeen? One never knows. I doubt it, but this is a tidbit.

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