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krpalmerWhen rewatching "Blue Shadow Virus" from the first season set of Clone Wars DVDs, I noticed how self-contained the episode seemed even though I knew it had a direct sequel. On getting to "Mystery of a Thousand Moons," though, the little documentary managed to explain things when the creators said George Lucas can look at an episode and decide its story can be further developed (although I did notice they said "prequel" before "sequel").
So far as "race for a cure" stories go, this one manages to identify a specific remedy quite early on (if not before Anakin can get dangerous and threatening at the threat to two people he's attached to; however, this isn't allowed to overpower everything else); the problem is just getting to it and bringing it back. Without the whole galaxy to be searched, Iego and its moons (the quote from The Phantom Menace where that world's first mentioned is included at length in the documentary) can be presented at greater length. One thing I might not have remembered about this episode before I returned to it was the "boy genius" Anakin and Obi-Wan meet on Iego; it's pointed out both in the episode and the documentary that his skill with droids is a reflection of the young Anakin's, and I found myself reminded of a production drawing in "The Art of The Phantom Menace," although it wasn't mentioned in the documentary. I suppose it's nice to not have a specific inspiration pointed out for me for once.
So far as "race for a cure" stories go, this one manages to identify a specific remedy quite early on (if not before Anakin can get dangerous and threatening at the threat to two people he's attached to; however, this isn't allowed to overpower everything else); the problem is just getting to it and bringing it back. Without the whole galaxy to be searched, Iego and its moons (the quote from The Phantom Menace where that world's first mentioned is included at length in the documentary) can be presented at greater length. One thing I might not have remembered about this episode before I returned to it was the "boy genius" Anakin and Obi-Wan meet on Iego; it's pointed out both in the episode and the documentary that his skill with droids is a reflection of the young Anakin's, and I found myself reminded of a production drawing in "The Art of The Phantom Menace," although it wasn't mentioned in the documentary. I suppose it's nice to not have a specific inspiration pointed out for me for once.