Look Who Scored Republic Commando Boss

After six months of seeing the exact same figures, in the exact same peg spot, finally, finally, our local Wal-Mart had some of the wave 2 Clone Wars figures.

And sitting up front and center the only figure of the Clone Wars series that we've been interested in, Republic Commando Boss.

Joining the only Boss figure, was a single Aayla Secura, and Captain Rex. Though this may not seem like a big deal to some, to many of us who scour the toy shelves every chance we get, this is a pretty big deal.

Upon the search also came across two figures that were very disappointing; on Darth Maul cards, there were Saga Legends figures, Darth Vader and Phantom Menace Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Not a fan of these figures. Their big feature is that you press on the center of their belt and the lightsaber, which is built into their hand, lights up. The lightsaber being built in not only removes the availability of articulation in that arm, but also limits what you can do with the figure since you can't remove it either. Built in lightsabers wasn't a popular idea when Kenner did it with the very first wave of Star Wars figures, and it's not a popular one today.

-GJ

Clone Wars Season 4 Expectations

Tonight (9/16/11) on Cartoon Network season four of Star Wars: The Clone Wars premiers.

Now for those that follow me here, or over on Tumblr.com know that I've been very hesitant in regards to the Clone Wars cartoon. For me there were just too many things that I had read or seen from trailers/previews that turned me off. But since joining theForcebook.com I realized that I wanted to be part of all the Clone Wars conversations and felt that I couldn't really be a true critic without having seen the actual show.

So I have managed to catch up on the first three seasons, and though there were still some hit and miss issues (and a serious problem with chronological order, nothing new for Star Wars these days), the show turned out to be pretty good.

Now however I have high expectations for season four and here they are...

• Episodes must appear in chronological order and advance the timeline! Be more season one and two by moving forward, not like season three and just fill in holes from the previous seasons.
• A popular character should meet their fate. Of course this won't be Ahsoka or Rex (though I could go with it being either of those two), this should be more along the lines of Cad Bane or Hondo.
• DELTA SQUAD! This doesn't need an explanation.

• More episodes without main Jedi appearances. So far some of the best episodes are those that Jedi like Anakin or Kenobi barely even appear in.
• Pull back on the droid humor. The battle droids need to be more like those in The Phantom Menace, DROIDS!
• More action and less love would also be nice, but I don't expect this to happen. More likely we can expect more love shown between Anakin and Padma.
• We Know that Death Watch appears at some point but I hope to see a lot of episodes with their involvement, not just one or two.
• More bounty hunter action. One can never go wrong with more air time for Boba Fett or Cad Bane. Heck a young Dengar perhaps?

Well there they are, my expectations for season four of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Now who wants to place money on how many of these will actually happen?



-GJ