Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 6 (2013)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2013
	Creator: George Lucas
	Actors (voices): Tom Kane, Dee Bradley Baker, Matt Lanter
	Country: USA
	Genre: SF, Animation, Action
	Conditions of visioning: March 2017, VOD, 40" TV.
Synopsis: The Jedi Order is facing mysteries that it cannot solve and doesn't even fully understand, but it is sure of one thing: the Republic is close to be at the hands of the Siths.
Review: This season is called "The Lost Missions" because its production started right after the fifth season, but it was stopped at 13 episodes when Georges Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney, and it was never aired on TV but fortunately was released on Netflix. Disney preferred to follow a different path with the new series Rebels which I read is more and more worth watching as the seasons go. This aborted season may in fact be the most interesting one in this whole project, which has surprised me from the beginning for not being purely kid-oriented, but never reaching heights allowing it to have a serious place in the Cinematographic Star Wars universe. The episodes feel a bit like "S**t our series is cancelled, let's put in the last episodes the best ideas we had in stock and bring a kind of closure". And that is for the best. As in the previous seasons the episodes are grouped to be able to tell longer and richer stories: S6E1 The Unknown to S6E4 Orders focuses on Clone troopers like it wasn't done in many seasons, and in particular the repercussions of a single incident that finally give rational ground to the behavior of the troopers when asked to kill all Jedi in Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. S6E5 An Old Friend to S6E7 Crisis at Heart are not really noticeable because of their characters (the insipid couple Padme - Clovis), but more because it made me think about the many schemes the future Emperor has plotted to gain increasing power. After all he did start a war and let fear settle in people in order to better control them. Isn't that a textbook strategy used even in our real world? S6E8 and S6E9 The Disappeard (in two parts) is annoying to watch because of the presence of Jar Jar Binks, but nice for the presence of Master Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson in the movies) for a last showdown in this series, and intriguing because of the mention of a Prophecy. Could THE Prophecy come from that world as well? S6E10 The Lost One to the Finale S6E13 Sacrifice interleaves two plots: one tracking the lies behind the story of Master Sifo-Dyas (who ordered the creation of a Clone Army as mentioned in Episode II: Attack of the Clones) of course orchestrated by the future Emperor, and showing Anakin having premonitions that give only a slight hint of his dark side. The other following Yoda on a quest for the secret to immortality in which he was launched by the voice of Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson guest star from Episode I: The Phantom Menace) and he will face as enemy the ghost of a Sith Lord voiced by Mark Hamill (Luke in the original trilogy). It was quite thrilling to see THE Master Jedi facing doubts and the unknown, and links well to a sentence from Yoda to Obi-Wan Kenobi at the end of Episode III. This season is then well-worth watching for the questions it answers and the reflexion on the future Emperor's implacable resolve, but as usual I am disappointed by the character of Anakin, very different from the one in the movies and never showing his Dark side.
Rating: 6 /10