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The Best Episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Every episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars!

Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu and other Jedi Knights lead the Grand Army of the Republic against the droid army of the Separatists.
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Best Episodes Summary

"Victory and Death" is the best rated episode of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars". It scored 9.9/10 based on 19522 votes. Directed by Dave Filoni, Nathaniel Villanueva and written by Dave Filoni, it aired on 5/4/2020. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Phantom Apprentice".

  • Victory and Death
    9.9/1019,522 votes
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    #1 - Victory and Death

    Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 5/4/2020

    In the wake of Order 66, Ahsoka and Rex must work together to survive.

    Director: Dave Filoni, Nathaniel Villanueva

    Writer: Dave Filoni

  • The Phantom Apprentice
    9.8/1017,594 votes
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    #2 - The Phantom Apprentice

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 4/24/2020

    The battle for Mandalore continues, and Ahsoka finds herself face to face with Maul.

    Director: Dave Filoni, Nathaniel Villanueva

    Writer: Dave Filoni

  • Shattered
    9.8/1015,919 votes
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    #3 - Shattered

    Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 5/1/2020

    Maul is captured and the Siege of Mandalore is won. But evil lurks elsewhere, and the galaxy will never be the same.

    Director: Dave Filoni, Saul Ruiz

    Writer: Dave Filoni

  • The Lawless
    9.7/107,479 votes
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    #4 - The Lawless

    Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/2/2013

    Using Duchess Satine as bait, Darth Maul lures Obi-Wan into a trap.

    Director: Brian Kalin O'Connell

    Writer: Chris Collins

  • The Wrong Jedi
    9.7/107,157 votes
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    #5 - The Wrong Jedi

    Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 3/2/2013

    On trial for murder, Ahsoka faces her greatest challenge.

    Director: Dave Filoni

    Writer: Charles Murray

  • Old Friends Not Forgotten
    9.7/1013,326 votes
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    #6 - Old Friends Not Forgotten

    Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 4/17/2020

    The Siege of Mandalore begins, and Ahsoka turns to Anakin and Obi-Wan for help.

    Director: Dave Filoni, Saul Ruiz

    Writer: Dave Filoni

  • Carnage of Krell
    9.3/105,524 votes
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    #7 - Carnage of Krell

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/2011

    With two of his men facing execution for disobeying orders, Captain Rex must confront his overly aggressive commander, General Krell. Risking charges of mutiny, Rex must make a dark choice as the true face of the enemy emerges.

    Director: Kyle Dunlevy

    Writer: Matt Michnovetz

  • Sacrifice
    9.2/104,550 votes
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    #8 - Sacrifice

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 3/7/2014

    After many grueling trials, Yoda next travels to the ancient Sith home world of Moraband, where he must face an ancient evil determined to rule the galaxy.

    Director: Steward Lee

    Writer: Christian Taylor

  • Revenge
    9.1/104,633 votes
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    #9 - Revenge

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 3/16/2012

    Savage and Maul, now reunited, pursue Obi-Wan Kenobi in search of revenge, and the Jedi Knight finds himself forced to unite with a surprising ally to defend against the deadly siblings.

    Director: Brian Kalin O'Connell

    Writer: Katie Lucas

  • Shades of Reason
    9.1/104,757 votes
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    #10 - Shades of Reason

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/26/2013

    Backed by the criminal underworld, the Sith and Death Watch launch an attack on Mandalore.

    Director: Bosco Ng

    Writer: Chris Collins

  • The Jedi Who Knew Too Much
    9.1/104,843 votes
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    #11 - The Jedi Who Knew Too Much

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 2/16/2013

    As the Republic military takes over the Temple bombing case, Ahsoka finds herself at odds with Admiral Tarkin.

    Director: Danny Keller

    Writer: Charles Murray

  • To Catch a Jedi
    9.0/104,699 votes
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    #12 - To Catch a Jedi

    Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/23/2013

    The fugitive Ahsoka escapes to the criminal depths of Coruscant.

    Director: Kyle Dunlevy

    Writer: N/A

  • Witches of the Mist
    8.9/104,518 votes
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    #13 - Witches of the Mist

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/2011

    Anakin and Obi-Wan, sent to track down the mysterious figure behind the deaths of several Jedi, soon find themselves on the trail of the monstrous apprentice that Ventress has created: Savage Opress, who has been trained in the ways of the Sith by Dooku. When Opress returns to Count Dooku after an unsuccessful assignment, Ventress strikes. With Opress at her side, she attacks Dooku. Opress' loyalty is fleeting, however, and Dooku and Ventress discover that this new apprentice has a will of his own. When Savage returns to Mother Talzin, she gives him a new task: To seek the Outer Rim for his long-lost brother....

    Director: Giancarlo Volpe

    Writer: Katie Lucas

  • Overlords
    8.9/105,031 votes
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    #14 - Overlords

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/28/2011

    A mysterious force draws Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka to a distant planet, and its inhabitants -- a family of exceptionally powerful Force-wielders -- in an attempt to determine whether Anakin is truly the Chosen One. The patriarch of this family, known only as the Father, has spent ages maintaining the balance between his Daughter, who is strong with the light side of the Force, and his Son, who aligns with the dark. The Father reveals his days are numbered, and he seeks Anakin to take his place as the fulcrum of this balance. A series of tests proves that Anakin is capable of controlling both offspring, as the Father does, but Skywalker refuses to take the Father's place.

    Director: Steward Lee

    Writer: Christian Taylor

  • Ghosts of Mortis
    8.9/104,946 votes
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    #15 - Ghosts of Mortis

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/11/2011

    The Jedi remain stranded on Mortis, and the Son, aligned with the dark side of the Force, renews his efforts to convert Anakin as the Jedi prepare for a decisive confrontation. Anakin is stunned by images of his dark future. The Son promises him the power to avert this destiny. The Father recognizes that the Son has broken the rules of time. He wipes Anakin's memory of these future visions, and steals the Mortis Dagger to end the conflict. The Father impales himself, thus preventing the Son from stealing his power. The Son, stunned by this, is run through by Anakin. With all three Force-wielders destroyed, the imbalance in the Force disappears on Mortis. The three Jedi are transplanted back to the galaxy proper, apparently at the moment that they disappeared.

    Director: Steward Lee

    Writer: Christian Taylor

  • Orders
    8.9/104,392 votes
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    #16 - Orders

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 3/7/2014

    Fives continues to push for answers regarding the mystery of the clone contamination and secures an audience with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine. But the situation quickly collapses when Fives is accused of attacking the Chancellor, and he must flee deep into the Coruscant cityscape while pursued by fellow clone troopers.

    Director: Dave Filoni, Kyle Dunlevy

    Writer: Katie Lucas

  • Revival
    8.8/104,448 votes
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    #17 - Revival

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2012

    Fueled by vengeance and rage, the newly reunited brothers Savage Opress and Darth Maul spread terror and violence across the galaxy. As the Sith brothers forcibly recruit Hondo Ohnaka and his pirates, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Adi Gallia chase them down, leading to a deadly confrontation.

    Director: Steward Lee

    Writer: Chris Collins

  • Eminence
    8.8/104,418 votes
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    #18 - Eminence

    Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/2013

    Savage and Maul forge an alliance with Death Watch to target a common enemy: Obi-Wan Kenobi.

    Director: Kyle Dunlevy

    Writer: Chris Collins

  • Voices
    8.8/104,071 votes
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    #19 - Voices

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 3/7/2014

    Yoda is deeply unsettled when he hears something from beyond the grave: the voice of Qui-Gon Jinn. Knowing that it is impossible for a Jedi to retain his identity after death, the Jedi Council begins to worry that Yoda may be corrupted by the influence of the dark side. Determined to find answers, Yoda escapes the Jedi Temple to follow the disembodied voice.

    Director: Dave Filoni, Danny Keller

    Writer: Christian Taylor

  • Monster
    8.7/104,451 votes
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    #20 - Monster

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/2011

    When Count Dooku calls upon the Nightsisters seeking a replacement for Ventress, she and her kin seize the opportunity to exact revenge. Ventress visits the far side of Dathomir and the males of the planet seeking the most brutal and powerful warrior among them. Talzin has Asajj secretly select a warrior from the distant Nightbrother village: Savage Opress. With the power of dark magic, Talzin transforms Savage into a hulking warrior ultimately loyal to Asajj. She then delivers Opress to Dooku, where he will serve as his secret Sith apprentice in a plot to overthrow Darth Sidious.

    Director: Kyle Dunlevy

    Writer: Katie Lucas

  • Plan of Dissent
    8.7/104,426 votes
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    #21 - Plan of Dissent

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/2011

    After the Republic conquers an Umbaran airbase, General Krell orders Rex and his men on towards the heavily fortified capital. Realizing there's a better plan, several clone troopers disobey orders to carry out a rogue, covert operation.

    Director: Kyle Dunlevy

    Writer: Matt Michnovetz

  • The Box
    8.7/104,020 votes
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    #22 - The Box

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/3/2012

    The disguised Obi-Wan accompanies Cad Bane and Moralo Eval to Serenno, where they enlist in a brutal competition with other bounty hunters from around the galaxy to determine who will participate in a plot to kidnap the Chancellor.

    Director: Brian Kalin O'Connell

    Writer: Brent V. Friedman

  • Destiny
    8.7/103,958 votes
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    #23 - Destiny

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 3/7/2014

    Letting the Force guide him, Yoda voyages into the heart of the galaxy to an ancient world that is one of the wellsprings of the Force and the source of midi-chlorians. Yoda undergoes difficult trials administered by the Five Priestesses, mysterious Force-wielders who hold the secret to immortality.

    Director: Dave Filoni, Kyle Dunlevy

    Writer: Christian Taylor

  • Nightsisters
    8.6/104,441 votes
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    #24 - Nightsisters

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/2011

    Troubled by Asajj Ventress' growing prowess with the dark side of the Force, Darth Sidious commands Count Dooku to eliminate her. But Ventress survives Dooku's assassination attempt, and the jilted former apprentice vows to take revenge, enlisting the aid of her kinswomen -- the mystical Nightsisters -- in her sinister scheme. Mother Talzin, leader of the Nightsisters, veils Asajj and her fellow assassins in a cloak of invisibility, and they infiltrate Dooku's palace on Serenno. Though they fail to kill the Count, their use of captured Jedi lightsabers leads Dooku to mistakenly believe that the Jedi have tried to kill him. Interested in protection, he requests a new apprentice from Mother Talzin.

    Director: Giancarlo Volpe

    Writer: Katie Lucas

  • Altar of Mortis
    8.6/104,628 votes
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    #25 - Altar of Mortis

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/4/2011

    Before the Jedi can leave Mortis, the Son takes Ahsoka captive in an attempt to entice Anakin into joining him to use their combined strength to overpower his Father and Sister. To this end, the Son casts Ahsoka under the spell of the dark side. Meanwhile, the Father attempts to stave off a disastrous showdown between his children and maintain the Force's increasingly precarious balance on the planet. Fearing that the Son may be unstoppable, the Daughter does the forbidden by taking Obi-Wan Kenobi to the Altar of Mortis, wherein is kept the Dagger of Mortis, a weapon capable of killing a Force-wielder. The Son steals the weapon, and attempts to use it against his Father to steal his power and end his rule, but the Daughter sacrifices herself, placing herself in front of the blade.

    Director: Brian Kalin O'Connell

    Writer: Christian Taylor