WiC Watches: Season 7 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Photo: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Episode 704 “Unfinished Business” .. Image Courtesy Disney+
Episode 704: “Unfinished Business”
Mace Windu and Obi-Wan Kenobi lead their clone forces against Admiral Trench’s droids in order to free the planet of Anaxes from the Separatist army. Meanwhile, Anakin Skywalker takes Rex and Echo, escorted by the Bad Batch, to Trench’s command ship orbiting the planet.
The plan is to use Echo’s computer-enhanced brain to fool the droids into making mistakes against the Jedi on the planet below. It works, but only after Echo convinces everyone he’s not some Separatist spy working against the army of the Republic.
Thanks to Echo, Obi-Wan and Mace have little problem defeating the droids. However, when he realizes defeat is at hand, Admiral Trench arms a massive bomb that will destroy Anaxes should the Jedi not disarm it in time.
Photo: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Episode 704 “Unfinished Business” .. Image Courtesy Disney+
Mace Windu rushes to the bomb and Echo gives him all but one number of the code to disarm it. Trench realizes what’s happening and sends a shockwave through the computer system and knocks Echo out of commission.
Just when it looks like all is lost for the Jedi forces, Anakin reaches the command bridge of Trench’s ship, and after dispatching the spider-like alien’s security droids, he threatens him into giving up the last number.
This situation provides a unique look into Anakin Skywalker’s slide toward the Dark Side, as he cuts off several of Trench’s arms and then kills him after he gives up the desired information.
Photo: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Episode 704 “Unfinished Business” .. Image Courtesy Disney+
Sure, Trench would have tried to kill Anakin had he been given half the chance, but most Jedi would act defensively and disarm their foe instead of outright killing them. This is the kind of addition to Anakin’s story that I was hoping Dave Filoni and his team would provide in this final season.
In the end, Echo realizes his path has drastically changed now that he’s basically a super-computer, and he joins the Bad Batch as they depart for missions and parts unknown. Before they leave, however, they all turn and offer a salute of respect to Rex. It was a touching moment from a group of renegade clones who had no desire to fall in line when the season started.
Thanks to the intense action, the return of the Jedi to the storyline, and character development for Anakin we didn’t get in the prequel movies, this was, without a doubt, the best episode of the final season of The Clone Wars yet.