Ghosts of Mortis Episode Guide

Episode Information...

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Season 3 Episode 17: Ghosts of Mortis

Premiered February 11, 2011

"He who seeks to control fate shall never find peace."

The Jedi remain stranded on Mortis, and the Son, aligned with the dark side of the Force, renews his efforts to convert Anakin as the Jedi prepare for a decisive confrontation. Anakin is stunned by images of his dark future. The Son promises him the power to avert this destiny. The Father recognizes that the Son has broken the rules of time. He wipes Anakin's memory of these future visions, and steals the Mortis Dagger to end the conflict. The Father impales himself, thus preventing the Son from stealing his power. The Son, stunned by this, is run through by Anakin. With all three Force-wielders destroyed, the imbalance in the Force disappears on Mortis. The three Jedi are transplanted back to the galaxy proper, apparently at the moment that they disappeared.

Written by Christian Taylor

Directed by Steward Lee

Characters...

Matt Lanter as Anakin Skywalker
James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano
Lloyd Sherr as Father
Sam Witwer as Son

Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn

Dee Bradley Baker as clone troopers

Ian Abercrombie as Darth Sidious
Catherine Taber as Padmé

Tom Kane as Yoda and the narrator

Behind the Scenes...

It is completely intentional that the Father is the only one of the three Force-wielders that vanishes upon his death as Obi-Wan and Yoda do.

The lava used in the Well of the Dark Side uses some of the same elements from Revenge of the Sith Mustafar scenes, according to effects supervisor Joel Aron.

The very portable Jedi jumpseeders are based off a speeder bike concept drawings from Return of the Jedi.

Some of the concept design for the Well of the Dark Side was taken from early Ralph McQuarrie designs for subterranean levels of the Imperial Palace where Luke was going to face the Emperor deep within Coruscant in Return of the Jedi.

















Ahsoka is wearing a re-purposed pare of Hondo Ohnaka's pirate goggles with the strap removed.

Hidden among the constellations etched into in the Father's monastery is a wolf.

Watch the Episode Online...

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=N19N2WOH
http://www.starwars.com/theclonewars/?video=v001226#vid

Download the Episode...
Use http://clipnabber.com/ to download the Megavideo version.

Official Episode Guide...
http://www.starwars.com/theclonewars/guide/episode317.html

Official Commentary...
http://starwars.com/theclonewars/?video=v001225#vid



Reviews...
http://thegleemo.blogspot.com/2011/02/ghosts-of-mortis-review.html
http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/reviews/archives/22192
http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/TFN_Review_Ghosts_Of_Mortis_136614.asp

Articles...
http://www.starwars.com/theclonewars/moebius_mortis/index.html
Discusses the artist influence of "Moebius" on the Mortis Trilogy

http://www.starwars.com/themovies/saga/mysteries_of_the_force/index.html
About the "mysteries of the Force" revealed over the years

http://benhartattack.blogspot.com/2011/02/clone-wars-bloopers-ep-317-ghosts-of.html
A humorous look at production mistakes in the episode

Images...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/59173127@N02/sets/72157625916857509/
Here you can view and download all of the official starwars.com screengrabs and concept art images.

http://www.4shared.com/file/SGQ6m_NR/GhostsofMortis_screencaps.html
This links to a site where you can download a zipped folder that contains over 60 official images from starwars.com including screencaps, concept art, and clone cards.

http://clonewars.dramatic-personae.net/thumbnails.php?album=61
This site includes hundreds of screengrabs from the version of the episode that aired on Cartoon Network.


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