Clone Wars "The Gathering" Review

Hello people!  Here's the review for the latest episode of the Clone Wars series, "The Gathering!"

As we see in the opening sequence, we see Ahsoka about to bring a group of younglings to a secret temple to find their own lightsaber crystals; once they land on the planet they enter into the caverns to find Master Yoda waiting for them.  He explains to them that each padawan would know what crystal was there's once they entered into the tunnel-but he warns them that they must find their crystal before the door froze over thus trapping them inside.  From what we can see, each padawan is unqiue not just in species type, but in personality as well. 

Once they enter into the tunnel, Petro is the first to leave the group as he goes in search of the prized item, while the others stick close together to find the crystals as well.  Coming upon a series of doors, Zatt suggested that everyone chooses a door by closing their eyes and pick one.  Soon the younglings were on their way to find their crystal.  In one tunnel, Katooni discovers her crystal-but her confindence quickly fades when she notices that it is high above ground.  Her comrade reassures her that he believed that she was capable of completing the task and goes his own way.

Ganodi and Gungi are the next to find a crystal-which had chosen the young wookie.  Unfortunatly, the item is located across a lake.  The Rodian suggests to her comrade that he should wait until the water freezes over again to make it easier to retrieve the item.  Then we come upon Byph, who spots the crystal but is fearing the creature that holds it hostage.  Meanwhile, Petro exits out of the cavern thinking he found his crystal and shows his findings to Ahsoka and Yoda-only to be dissapointed by the fact that it was just ice-and he is sent in again to find his crystal with limited amount of time.  Zatt in the meatime is frustrated that his device is unable to find a crystal for him, while Ganodi wanders in circles despairing that she would never find her crystal.

Soon though, many of the padawans overcome their obsacles and retrieve their prized item; Zatt trusted his instincts to find the crystal, Ganodi learned about hope, Byph overcame his fear of the unknown, Gungi learned about patience, Katooni learned about confidnece, and Petro overcame his selfishness to help out his fellow jedi.  Yoda tells them to keep their crystals close, for they were now Jedi.

All in all, this was a fairly made episode which gave the audience a sneek peek of what the younglings must do in order to build their own lightsaber.  I was also impressed that they showed a rare clip of when Plo Koon found Ahsoka-and it was just an adorable and heartfelt scene!

I do wish though that there was a twist in the episode, such as one of the younglings failing in the mission thus that youngling wouldn't have been able to move on to the promotion as Padawan.  On the other hand, we wouldn't have been able to see each youngling learn their lesson when they entered into the cavern.  If this arc continues, I hope that we get to see these younglings in action-maybe even pair up with one of the cannon Jedi Masters like Kit Fisto, Shakk Ti, or even Plo Koon.  Either way, I have a feeling that the action in the series will pick up tremendously.

That's all for now folks, and I'll be back with another review and possibly more news in the si-fi world. And with the Christmas season approaching quickly, I'll be posting up a craft blog soon for old and new fans alike in the sci-fi universe; also to my current followers, please pass the word along about the official facebook page, I truly would appreciate it.

May the Force be with you, always :)