I just watched the Bad Batch episode (Season2) about Kamino Conspiracy. I was so sure that they won't be able to prove to the council that Kamino was not destroyed in a storm but was destroyed by Admiral Rampart, because, that would absolutely lower Palpatine's control over the council. I was surprised they proved it and I was thinking how would Palpatine defend himself from such accusations.

And then he comes, damn. He turns it on Admiral Rampart and silences him. Turns the whole situation in his favour by using the same evidence, and getting the imperial stormtrooper program sanctioned. God damn, I wasn't expecting such a good play. I know he is a genius, he did what years of Sith couldn't, and was always a mastermind, but scenes like these keep reminding me why he was so good.

Sorry, none of my friends or anyone I know watch star wars, so I had to show my excitement here.

For full announcement: https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-marvel-comics-adaptation

Fun Fact: In the Revenge of the Sith Japanese dub, Anakin calls Grevious "chibi" in this scene, in which Grevious responds, "Jedi no baka!"

As a Japanese, I will never forget the marketing for Revenge of the Sith with their goofy Darth Vader voice changer commercials during my childhood visit to the motherland to see relatives in the summer of 2005.

First of all Matt Lanter absolutely killed it as Anakin in these episodes. He'd already been doing a great job in the show prior to this but these were the episodes that made Matt Lanter my favorite take on the character. From the tremoring in his voice when shown his future or the pure desperation when Ahsoka died he was on he absolutely nailed Anakin's feelings throughout all of it.

This is also my favorite arc for the Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka trio. Their relationships have been well-established at this point and their banter is great.

Mortis itself is a fantastic setting. I love the idea of a whole ecosystem completely changing during the day-night cycle.

And finally I love how these episodes expand the Star Wars lore overall and really broke the mold of what the show had previously been capable of. Until this point most of the Clone Wars arcs were pretty formulaic. Separatists are doing bad stuff and the Jedi have to stop them. Pretty clean-cut. (Not that this is a bad thing at all, mind you.) Mortis felt like the first time that Clone Wars really got out of its comfort zone and did some weird shit. This is not at all something that even would've been attempted in the first two seasons and I love it for that. The Mortis Gods are fantastic addition to the lore. The Son in particular is very compelling largely due to Sam Witwer's performance. He's really a tragic character when you think about it because he was basically born into the dark side but we see hints a few times that this not who he wanted to be. For example when the Father kills himself the Son expresses genuine grief that seemingly has nothing to do with his power source being gone. All around the characters in this arc both new and old were all perfectly executed.

And also Liam Neeson came back as Qui-Gon! Love his commitment to the character.

Definitely curious to see where Ahsoka season 2 is going with the hints of the Mortis Gods having been to Peridea before. Something tells me there's still one of them left unaccounted for... (cackles in Abeloth)

Who do you consider the most evil character?

There are many good candidates here. An obvious choice would be Palpatine, there’s no doubt he’s a psychopath. Though Palpatine can do some positive things if it it benefits him and his cause. So yeah he’s pure evil but he’s not someone who destroys for the sake of destroying.

My vote her will go to Grievous, who in my opinion has zero redeeming qualities. While Palpatine can put on the mask of a good guy, Grievous is a true monster. He loves killing and destruction and doesn’t seem to care about anything else than inflicting pain and death upon others.