>>115767076There's more room for investment in a longform story. Ashoka, Ani and Obi are at their best in this material - it's a fact. TCW also retro-actively breathes life into the prequel films despite adding in some continuity issues at the same time.
Getting to know the clones and seeming them at war was also an enjoable way to experience the star wars setting. The show took advantage of the exposure characters would be getting over time and really slow burned their development. It feels natural coming to care about particular clones.
There were a lot of fuck ups in TCW as well but the bulk of it is either good or excellent. It balances out to a very worthwhile expierience for "Star Wars" which is generally not all that substantial, selling you on the idea of a story or a setting instead of actually taking you through it
Kotor deep dives unabashadely as well but does so with more finese which is why 1 and to a greater extent 2 are the strongest pieces in the frachise. We agree on that at least.
If nothing else Clone Wars is able to become immersive without becoming oppresive like other fanservice books and media. There's a fine line of weaving a world into a story and spamming lore for the sake of it. Often things that do the latter get tied into extremely convoluted and pathetic storylines. We can see that in many of the extended universe features but not least of all the Luke Luuke Luuuke shit.
