Episode 43: Umbaran Arc, Part 1

No more fun and games. We’re getting down to business in the first half of the Umbaran Arc (The Clone Wars 4.7–8, “Darkness on Umbara” and “The General”).

When’s the last time you read the Geneva Convention? Because war crimes abound on Umbara, especially after Anakin is sent home to Coruscant mid-invasion and the 501st is put under General Pong Krell — a Besalisk with a VERY bad attitude.

We rabbithole into Civil War-era parallels to the full-frontal assault into Umbaran territory, including the Battle of Gettysburg and the Battle of Chickamauga. We also talk about what it means to be a good soldier, what a general owes their troops, and why the Jedi Code slides in times of war.