This is particularly true when the Son possesses Ahsoka in “Altar of Mortis” and when he possesses Anakin in “Ghosts of Mortis.”Īhsoka is almost always a beacon of light and hope. The Mortis arc is one of the weirdest and most fascinating in The Clone Wars and one that contains some seriously creepy moments. From start to finish, “Brain Invaders” feels like a horror episode that never gets any easier to watch. This, fortunately, doesn’t turn out to be the case as thanks to Ahsoka’s bravery and the help of the cold, the brain worms are defeated and the infected hosts are freed. The episode makes it seem like once someone is infected, there is no hope of living without being controlled by these parasites, which makes it even scarier when each character gets infected. The brain worms seem too elusive to catch or destroy and their complete control after infecting their hosts is terrifying. The brain worms give a small taste of the emotional devastation and betrayal that comes with Order 66 in season 7 as Ahsoka and Barriss experience their friends and comrades trying to kill them. While Star Wars fans know that the clones will eventually turn on the Jedi during Order 66, it is still deeply unsettling to see them turning on Barriss and Ahsoka Tano. The Jedi and the clones defeated Queen Karina and took Poggle the Lesser captive, but most of the clones aboard the medical transport become infected by the parasitic brain worms, as does Jedi Padawan Barriss Offee.
“Brain Invaders”Īfter the defeat of the Geonosian Queen Karina, “Brain Invaders” follows clones who are infected by the Geonosian brain worms. It is disturbing to see the Clone Wars‘ usual heroes trying to hurt innocents and those they care about, powerless against the forces that possess them. Both of these stories feature heroic and likable characters possessed by evil and destructive forces. Some ideas were to make King Julien portray Chewbacca, but the Wookiee, according to Yodakenobi, was too important to replace.Some of The Clone Wars‘ most chilling moments occur in the season 2 episode “Brain Invaders” and the Mortis arc in season 3. Another feature is that because Jar Jar Binks was killed in the first game, the series needed some humorous character. When planning the stories out, User:Yodakenobi pictured the Geonosians as more of a lemur-like species.Poggle the Lesser was portrayed in the games by King Julien from the movie Madagascar.Poggle spent the rest of the war in a jail cell. In 19 BBY he and many leaders were arrested on Mustafar by Yoda after Darth Sidious, Nute Gunray, and Rune Haako left them behind by accident. During the Battle of Geonosis, he gave Count Dooku the plans to a superweapon that could destroy an entire planet. Poggle the Lesser had been present from the beginning of the Clone Wars.