User blog:Ericmoro/New Season 5 Trailer!

Hey everyone. I’m writing this from Orlando, Florida where I’m currently attending Star Wars Celebration VI. I just walked out of a screening for the premiere episode of The Clone Wars season five and all I can say is, “Wow!” What an amazing start to what looks to be a dangerous (for the Jedi) and action-packed season. And while I’ll be updating the “Revival” article page soon, I wanted to fill you in on a surprise piece of video Supervising Director Dave Filoni screened after the episode: a new trailer for season five. Several fast cuts of story and action were shown, but I’m going to focus on three snippets that have yet to be seen anywhere.

In the first bit, we see that Darth Maul and Savage Oppress are continuing to terrorize the galaxy... Obi-Wan Kenobi, in particular. It seems that the evil brothers have teamed with the Death Watch, promising them control of the planet Mandalore in exchange for their “muscle.” At one point, Maul is even seen sporting red and black Mandalorian armor – right down to a horned helmet. And while they look to threaten Satine Kryze’s control of the planet, it seems as if Obi-Wan is coming to her rescue.

In another quick clip, Mace Windu is seen briefing a number of droids, R2-D2 being one of them, on a vital mission. They are to infiltrate a Separatist vessel and retrieve vital information hidden therein. Cut to the droids on the ship assaulting another robot – R2-D2 delivering the deactivating blow.

The final memorable scene involved a certain evil Emperor, a.k.a Darth Sidious. The Sith Lord is seen exiting a shuttle craft and force strangling two Mandalorian warriors that are rushing him. He then walks into a chamber and notes that there can only be two: a Master and an Apprentice. He then lights up two lightsabers and engages Maul and Savage in an epic battle. Seems Palpatine has a bit of a problem with so many folks running around claiming to be Sith.

That’s it. The lights came up and the crowd went crazy. Keep your eyes peeled for this awesome new trailer, sure to be hitting TVs and the Internet soon. And season five of The Clone Wars is set to premiere next month.

UPDATE: The trailer is now online! Check it out below, along with a clip from the aforementioned droid adventure episode above.