Before he became the paranoid revolutionary from Rogue One, Saw Gerrera was a scrappy fighter who thought sheer force could win a war. Matthew, Alex, and Erin head back to "The Clone Wars" Season 5 for the Onderon arc, the four episodes that introduce Saw and his sister Steela Gerrera as they lead a rebellion against a separatist-backed puppet king, with Jedi advisors Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka training them in guerrilla warfare.The hosts dig into what makes Saw and Steela such effective foils for each other, her patience against his instinct to just go fight, and trace how her death reshapes him into the extremist audiences meet years later. There’s a droideka lesson that doubles as a thesis statement and a Hondo Ohnaka cameo with real consequences. What does it cost to keep fighting after you lose the one person holding you together?

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