Sunday, April 10, 2011

Counterattack Episode Guide





Episode Information...
Premiered March 4th, 2011

"Anything that can go wrong will."

With freed prisoners in their possession and the brutal warden attempting desperately to thwart them, Obi-Wan and Anakin search for a way out of the Citadel and back to Coruscant. The prison, however, has more traps, perils and pitfalls in store for them than they had imagined and they must work past their differences if they are to escape. Their bid to board their shuttle fails when heavy weapons fire destroys the escape craft. Trooper Echo dies in the blast. The escapees then flee to the caves and call for rescue from the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.

Written by Matt Michnovetz
Directed by Kyle Dunlevy

Characters...

Behind the Scenes...
Seen several times throughout the Citadel are mouse droids, the same little boxy droids seen as messengers aboard the Death Star and Star Destroyers in the original trilogy, and on Mustafar in Episode III.


Anakin's hopping on a STAP is an echo from way back in 2008, The Clone Wars animated story.

The entire sequence where Obi-Wan and Even Piell try to sneak around the landing platform when they emerge from the ventilation duct was originally shot on top of the citadel tower. It was later moved with minimal pickups to the landing area behind the tower, on the ground.

Obi-Wan's line to Osi Sobeck, "I must say, you're not at all what I pictured. Someone with such a soft voice," is particularly ironic given that actor James Arnold Taylor voices both characters.


The monitoring devices along the walls of the Citadel seen in these three episodes are designed after similar devices seen aboard the Death Star in Episode IV.

The non-existent Separatist outpost that OOM-10 mentions as part of his bluff is Point Tarron.

To differentiate Lola Sayu's hellish conditions from the lava planet Mustafar, its molten rivers are colored a bright yellow, to suggest sulfur. Given what sulfurous deposits smell like, it's understandable Tarkin and Anakin hold their noses.


Behind the scenes information courtesy the official episode guide at starwars.com

Watch the Episode Online...

Download the Episode...

More Video Options...

Official Episode Guide...

Official Commentary...



Reviews...

Articles...
Starwars.com interview with Stephen Stanton, the voice of  Captain Tarkin

A humorous look at production mistakes and tidbits in the episode

Images...
Here you can view and download all of the official starwars.com screengrabs and concept art images.

This links to a site where you can download a zipped folder that contains over 60 official images from starwars.com including screengrabs, concept art, and clone cards.

This site includes hundreds of screengrabs from the version of the episode that aired on Cartoon Network.



If you have any suggestions on how to make this guide better, feel free to comment. I'm always looking for more resources to add to this.

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