Before Ahsoka leapt on screen with spunk and one-liners, the Clone Wars were some of the most intense stories in the entire canon.
The Mandalorian and Dave Filoni’s The Clone Wars both owe a considerable debt to the wave of Star Wars Legends material Republic Commando was at the forefront of. This isn’t a Star Wars story where people call each other “Snips” and “Skyguy” with quaint moral lessons at the end. An elegant weapon for a more civilized age, eh? Well, guess what - times have changed.
In that miserable hole, you find a fellow clone trooper with a lightsaber beside him. You find yourself climbing into a vent, familiar territory turned hostile by Trandoshan boarding parties.
