The WORST episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Every episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars!

As The Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, the heroic Jedi Knights struggle to maintain order and restore peace. More and more systems are falling prey to the forces of the Dark Side as the Galactic Republic slips further and further under the sway of the Separatists and their never-ending droid army.

Last Updated: 3/27/2024Network: Disney+Status: Ended
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Senate Murders
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6.88
2057 votes

#1 - Senate Murders

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/19/2010

Searching for the truth is easy. Accepting the truth is hard. When a Senator dies under suspicious circumstances, Padmé sets out to find the person responsible.

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Dangerous Debt
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6.89
777 votes

#2 - Dangerous Debt

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/3/2020

Who you were does not have to define who you are. Taken prisoner by the Pykes, Ahsoka and the Martez sisters attempt to escape.

Deal No Deal
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6.90
783 votes

#3 - Deal No Deal

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/27/2020

Mistakes are valuable lessons often learned too late. Trace makes a rash decision after learning what they are transporting is for the Pyke Syndicate.

Bombad Jedi
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6.93
2470 votes

#4 - Bombad Jedi

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2008

Heroes are made by the times. The Separatists think that Jar Jar Binks is a Jedi Knight, when the comical Gungan and C-3PO fight to save Padmé Amidala from doom at the hands of evil Viceroy Nute Gunray.

Directors: Jesse Yeh
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Blue Shadow Virus
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7.00
2048 votes

#5 - Blue Shadow Virus

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/13/2009

Fear is a disease; hope is its only cure. Padmé and Jar Jar run into trouble while looking for a Separatist bio-weapons lab, leaving Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka to rescue them and contain a deadly virus.

Directors: Giancarlo Volpe
Writer: Craig Titley
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A Sunny Day in the Void
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7.03
1329 votes

#6 - A Sunny Day in the Void

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/2012

When all seems hopeless, a true hero gives hope. After a comet damages their shuttle, R2-D2, Colonel Gascon, and the other droids crash on a desolate planet where they must make their way across a bewildering expanse of emptiness to carry out their mission.

Directors: Kyle Dunlevy
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The Disappeared (1)
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7.06
1113 votes

#7 - The Disappeared (1)

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/1/2014

Without darkness there cannot be light. The peaceful world of Bardotta finds itself threatened by an ancient prophecy. Since now of all times its spiritual leaders have vanished, Bardotta's people ask their representative in the senate for help. And Jar Jar Binks indeed manages to convince Jedi master Mace Windu that this matter is of grave importance...

Directors: Steward Lee
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Gone With a Trace
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7.10
798 votes

#8 - Gone With a Trace

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/20/2020

If there is no path before you, create your own. After leaving the Jedi Order, Ahsoka Tano finds herself in the underworld of Coruscant where she befriends aspiring pilot Trace Martez. Enlisted by Trace’s sister Rafa to help build dangerous droids, Ahsoka opts to keep her Jedi past a secret.

Mercy Mission
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7.13
2122 votes

#9 - Mercy Mission

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/2011

Understanding is honoring the truth beneath the surface. A mission to save the planet Aleen and its people is launched by the droids.

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Senate Spy
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7.19
2020 votes

#10 - Senate Spy

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2009

A true heart should never be doubted. Padme is asked by the Jedi Council to look into a Separatist conspiracy dealing with the Senate.

Directors: Steward Lee
Writer: Melinda Hsu
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Together Again
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7.20
757 votes

#11 - Together Again

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/10/2020

You can change who you are, but you cannot run from yourself. Ahsoka bargains for the sisters’ freedom and makes a startling discovery.

Evil Plans
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7.21
2303 votes

#12 - Evil Plans

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/2010

A failure in planning is a plan for failure. Look out Threepio! While on an important shopping trip on Coruscant, C-3PO is kidnapped by the sinister bounty hunter Cad Bane in a dastardly plot to free Ziro The Hutt. Can R2-D2 help his counterpart escape in time to warn the Jedi?

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Downfall of a Droid
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7.22
2644 votes

#13 - Downfall of a Droid

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2008

Trust in your friends, and they'll have reason to trust in you. During a battle with the Separatists R2-D2 is lost and they must find him before the Separatists do because of the military secrets locked inside the droid.

Directors: Rob Coleman
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The Gungan General
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7.26
2225 votes

#14 - The Gungan General

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/9/2009

Fail with honor rather than succeed by fraud. In order to escape their capture, Anakin and Obi-Wan team up with Jar Jar Binks. As if that wasn't bad enough, they must bring Count Dooku with them to the Jedi Knights.

Directors: Justin Ridge
Writer: Julie Siege
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The Disappeared (2)
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7.26
1008 votes

#15 - The Disappeared (2)

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/1/2014

Wisdom is born in fools as well as wise men. Jar Jar Binks' beloved Queen Julia of the planet Bardotta has been abducted by the bloodthirsty Frangawl Cult to fulfill a dark and ancient prophecy. Representative Binks and Jedi Master Windu must find the missing Queen before the cult can rise in power.

Directors: Bosco Ng
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Corruption
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7.27
2357 votes

#16 - Corruption

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/2010

The challenge of hope is to overcome corruption. Padmé, on a diplomatic mission to Mandalore, guarantees the pacifist planet the Republic's full protection, but she and Duchess Satine soon find something sinister lurking beneath the planet's serene facade.

Directors: Giancarlo Volpe
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Shadow of Malevolence
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7.27
3369 votes

#17 - Shadow of Malevolence

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2008

Easy is the path to wisdom for those not blinded by ego. Anakin utilizes new long-range Y-wing bombers to lead a strike on General Grievous' warship.

Directors: Steven Melching
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Secret Weapons
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7.28
1366 votes

#18 - Secret Weapons

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/1/2012

Humility is the only defense against humiliation. R2-D2 is part of a team of Republic droids chosen for an important mission led by the diminutive Colonel Gascon to obtain an encryption module from a Separatist dreadnought. The droids must overcome numerous challenging obstacles to succeed in this crucial assignment.

Directors: Danny Keller
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Supply Lines
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7.28
2709 votes

#19 - Supply Lines

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/2010

Where there's a will, there's a way. Ryloth is under siege. Trapped on the surface, Jedi Master Di rallies the local forces with the help of Cham Syndulla. Desperate to save them, Senator Bail Organa and Representative Jar Jar Binks are dispatched to the planet of Toydaria, where they must convince the King Katuunko to send aid.

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Nomad Droids
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7.28
2064 votes

#20 - Nomad Droids

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/2011

Who's the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him? C-3P0 and R2-D2 encounter danger at every turn when they visit two hostile worlds and have a run-in with pirates.

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Jedi Crash
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7.29
2196 votes

#21 - Jedi Crash

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/16/2009

Greed and fear of loss are the root that lead to the tree of evil. When Anakin suffers from extensive injuries in battle, the Jedi Knights must find help on a hostile planet. However, things are only made worse by Ahsoka's constant attempts at controlling her emotions.

Directors: Rob Coleman
Writer: Katie Lucas
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Lightsaber Lost
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7.29
1983 votes

#22 - Lightsaber Lost

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/22/2010

Easy isn't always simple When a wily pickpocket steals Ahsoka's lightsaber, she enlists the help of an ancient Jedi to track down her weapon and reclaim her honor.

Directors: Giancarlo Volpe
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Sphere of Influence
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7.30
2455 votes

#23 - Sphere of Influence

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/2010

A child stolen is a hope lost. Chairman Papanoida's family is kidnapped and held for ransom. Ahsoka must team up with the Senator from Pantora, Riyo Chuchi, to aid the new chairman in recovering his family before the Trade Federation can unduly influence the future of his planet.

Directors: Kyle Dunlevy
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Rising Malevolence
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7.35
3805 votes

#24 - Rising Malevolence

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2008

Belief is not a matter of choice, but of conviction. An attack by a devastating new Separatist weapon – the powerful starship Malevolence – leaves Jedi Master Plo Koon and his clone troopers struggling to survive until Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka can find them.

Directors: Dave Filoni
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Gungan Attack
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7.36
1342 votes

#25 - Gungan Attack

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/2011

Only through fire is a strong sword forged. Anakin Skywalker and the rest of his Jedi team have been overrun by the Separatist surprise attacks led by Riff Tamson while Prince Lee-Char and Ahsoka must evade capture on their own. Unable to summon more Republic aid, Yoda calls upon the help of the powerful and amphibious Gungan Grand Army, but whether they will be enough to stop the Separatist siege is uncertain. An incensed Tamson doubles his efforts in tracking down Prince Lee-Char, unleashing the reinforcements given to him by Count Dooku in an assault that churns the oceans.

Writer: Jose Molina
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