Clone Wars Third Season Closing Thoughts

After managing to put some thoughts together at the close of the second season of Clone Wars, the thought of doing that again has been something I've been thinking about for a while. I suppose that if I was to try and sum up the third season in just a few words, they would be "changes of pace." Along with the different kinds of stories that each new "plot arc" seemed to bring, the series kept up its experiments in "non-linear" episode order, but in such a way that it seemed more interesting than "too clever" to me. Partway through the season, though, in addition to the new looks for Padme turned out on what seemed a regular basis, the designs for Anakin, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan were updated to give a sense of moving closer to Revenge of the Sith; that does make me wonder a bit about whether we'll see as many flashbacks for a while so long as they're going to be "obvious" that way.
( A few more closing thoughts )