[Gothmogxx]

Originally Posted by Dave Boy

The Clone Wars and Rebels are excellent.
Dave Filoni should have been Lucasfilm president, not SJW Kathleen Kennedy.
Filoni knows his Star Wars and it would have been great to have him on the new films.
The development of the Clone Wars character Ashoka Tano over the seasons was awesome. When the series first started she was a hated character but developed into one of Star Wars most beloved characters. That's great writing.

Clone Wars is amazing. It also has one of the single best fights in Star Wars history with Maul and Savage vs Sidious.

It works well because it doesn't just feel thrown as a cheap way to get viewers. It was a fantastic idea because it just shows how ultra dangerous and powerful Sidious truly is.

SPOILER:

Take Savage. This guy gets set up as a killing machine. Killing other jedi and clones with ease he later holds off Anakin and Obi-wan while simultaneously constraining King Katunko with the force. Later (despite not being able to block the force lightening) he SLAMS Dooku, a trained Sith Lord across the room with a single lightsaber blow. Only the force lightening saves Dooku. Savage then has to deal with both him and Ventress who have to very briefly combine forces to throw him away. Anakin and Obi-Wan enter and get thrown out immediately by Savage before he makes his escape. Savage, relatively untrained I add, by this point can muster up enough strength both physically and with the force to send Sith Lords and jedi flying across a room.

Later on when Maul returns the two of them force Obi-Wan and Ventress to flee a battle.

Savage successfully kills Jedi Master Adi Gallia as he and Maul send Obi-Wan on the retreat. Obi-Wan to his credit is able to get the upper hand with two lightsabers and is able to beat them here and cut off Savages arm. They have no choice but to flee.

Then they run into Pre-Vizla and Death Watch. Pre-Vizla and Maul end up fighting with no use of the force from Maul. Vizla is a skilled opponent but he can't surpass Mauls skill. Maul kills him.

Finally Maul and Savage arrange the death of Obi-Wans ex right in front of him. It has been established, as Obi-Wan is dragged away by Mauls troops, that through these three seasons you quite simply do not mess with these guys. They are powerful, merciless and evil.

Enter Darth Sidious. He enters Mauls palace and within seconds force pushes both he and Savage against the wall. Already he has them where he wants them. But he decides he wants a fight and ignites two lightsabers. Engaging either of these two alone has been an issue for practically every character they've come across, let alone when they're combined. Not for Sidious. Yes they knock him off the roof (Savage does it using the same headstrike he used to kill Adi Gallia: But Sidious just shugs it off and pulls both of them down with him via the force) but he swiftly regains control, knocking Savage away and knocking out Maul. Savage tries to kill him but Sidious, dodging his blows and toying with him without using his lightsabers, suddenly ignites them and kills Savage in seconds. This is Savage. The same Savage that was able to send a fully alert Dooku flying across a room with one blow from his lightsaber. He gets the chance to do the same thing here to Sidious who isn't even facing his direction, instead he's facing Maul and Sidious holds his ground with one arm and one saber as Savage hits him before Sidious swiftly knocks him back.

Maul tries to take Sidious alone but fails. Decent effort and he even manages to kick Sidious once but he gets overpowered immediately after before getting subdued with force lightening...

It is so great how these two are built up as brutal, intimidating killers yet despite all that, Sidious can just show up and dominate the situation with ease, toying with them both throughout. They are small fry compared to him. A perfect example, if not the perfect example, of his power showcased for us all to see.