The Clone Wars: Episode 12 - The Gungan General
Date: January 09, 2009 at 09:18 AM ET Topic: Movie and TV News
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Anakin, Obi-Wan and Dooku strike an uneasy alliance
Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi strike
an unexpected and uneasy alliance with their greatest enemy – the villainous Count Dooku – in “The
Gungan General,” an all-new episode of the hit animated series STAR WARS:
THE CLONE WARS, premiering at 9 p.m. ET/PT Friday, Jan. 9, on Cartoon Network.
In “The Gungan General,” Anakin and Obi-Wan are negotiating Count
Dooku’s ransom when they are also taken prisoner and placed in holding with
the Separatist leader. Their only choice: Work together to escape.
A clone contingent is dispatched to deliver
a ransom in exchange for Dooku – unaware
that the Jedi are with him. But misfortune befalls their mission, and circumstance
finds them with the unlikeliest of leaders: Jar Jar Binks.
Writer Julie Siege penned “The Gungan General,” and is well regarded
in the entertainment industry for her work, which includes a staff writing position
on CW’s “Supernatural.” Siege says her handling of the two-brother
central relationship in that series helped her understand the bond between Anakin
and Obi-Wan – particularly when forced into an untenable situation like aligning
themselves temporarily with Dooku.
“The lure of writing for STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS is
right there on the screen: It is a fantastic story, and this was a great episode. The heroes
and the villain are forced to pool their brain power and fire power in order to escape,” Siege
says.
“Especially at this stage of the saga, it was fun to show the relationship
between Obi-Wan and Anakin – particularly knowing where Anakin is ultimately
going. But at this point in the story, he is clearly a hero. I love that dichotomy.”
Siege said she enjoyed crafting dialogue for the Obi-Wan/Anakin dynamic, and also
scripting the newest bad guy in STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS, pirate
chief Hondo Ohnaka.
“Creating words for that character for the first time was a thrill,” she
says. “Here’s this leader of the pirate colonies and he’s faced
with a paradox that most of us would be uncomfortable with, but he handles easily:
He’s trying to protect his own people, and if that means he has to resort kidnapping,
then so be it. There’s an audacity to him that I really liked.”
Anakin
Skywalker, left, and Obi-Wan Kenobi capture pirate leader Hondo Ohnaka in a scene
from “The Gungan General,” an all-new episode of STAR
WARS: THE CLONE WARS premiering at 9 p.m. ET/PT Friday, Jan. 9, on Cartoon Network.
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