Nearing the end of the Geonosis saga with the droid factory destroyed and the planet annexed, you would think that would be the end of the siege on the bug-filled planet and the Jedi could move on to the next campaign. This, fortunately, is not the case as, in this penultimate episode we have another cracking action-packed 20 minutes that’s a bit of homage to numerous dark, shadowy corridor horror movies, and is a chance for Jedi Luminara to shine. Hot on his heals is Luminara who, on a tweaked speeder-bike, follows the cowardly Poggle to an ancient temple which, at first, seems empty. But within its dark catacombs holds horrors and some of the creepiest monsters yet to be seen on the show. With communications cut off with Luminara, Obi-Wan and Anakin are called into action and, as the sandstorm diminishes, they follow Luminara to the temple, accompanied with a handful of cannon fodder clone troops. Difficult to kill and appearing from every crevice and dark corridor, the rescue team are plucked away one by one. And with the ever-diminishing number of troops left, Obi-Wan has to try and change tactics, thinking that these bug-zombies cannot be as mindless as first thought and that deep within the labyrinth there must be something controlling them. Making their way down to the very lower levels of the cave, the Jedi do, indeed, find there is a controlling power behind the zombie drones and that deep underground is a huge bloated ancient Geonosis ‘queen’ bug (who, of course, bears a striking resemblance to a certain queen from another Alien-based film). Read our review of episode 6 here. Star Wars: The Clone Wars is showing every Saturday on Sky Movies Premiere and Sky Movies Premiere HD.
