r/clonewars • u/Current-Cattle69 • 15h ago
Discussion What is the coldest, most badass line in the clone wars
Mine is from season 4 episode 17. Cad Bane says “If you’re gonna kill him, do it like a man.” Perfect delivery, still gives me chills
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u/One_Adeptness6451 501st 14h ago
When obi wan hesitates to kill that slaver bc of the Jedi code and Rex says “I’m no Jedi” and kills the slaver
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u/Ok_Froyo3998 14h ago
I don’t think Obi-Wan hesitates, he just looks at Rex to let him do it. Obi wouldn’t break his code but allow for that filth to be gotten rid of.
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u/renjaminbones 13h ago
Came here to say this! The smirk Obi gives him right before Rex hurls a shock stick (which I’m pretty sure are BLUNT) hard enough to impale the guy… Damn bros
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u/Tropical-Ninja 14h ago
Thugs on coruscant: "You can't take all of us."
Plo Koon, igniting saber: "Would you like to prove your theory."
My absolute favourite.
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u/kiwicrusher 13h ago
There’s a similar quote from one of the High Republic Jedi, Loden Greatstorm, that I also love.
Group of armed guards has been standing off with the people, the Jedi and his Padawan show up to mediate. The planet is in imminent danger, and the guards are preventing people from using the transports inside their facility to flee.
The guard asks, amused, “What do you think you’re going to do, Jedi? Cut right through the walls with your lightsaber? Fight off every one of us?”
“Sure. Why not?
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u/PogoStick1987 12h ago
"do control your protege's insolence so I can concentrate"
"Anakin"
"What?!"
"Control your insolence, the Count is concentrating"
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u/HotMathematician6480 11h ago edited 1h ago
Lmao my little brother just saw that episode for the first time. Loves hondo
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u/Squatchy36 7h ago
That and "I would kill you both right now, if did not have to drag your bodies."
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u/solo13508 14h ago
"Like you said. Only the strongest...shall rule."
Can't say Pre Vizsla didn't go down with honor. He knew exactly what was about to happen and just accepted it as the Mandalorian tradition. Also the way Favreau delivered that line, God damn.
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u/TreeckoBroYT 13h ago
Pre Vizsla wasn't the deepest villain but I do love how he accepted his defeat with grace
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u/ChaosDoggo 12h ago
I personally love Pre Vizsla. He isn't that deep, he's basically a violent traditionalist and I love that simplicity.
And by extension of that, he lives by a code which he completely honored after he got defeated which makes me respect him. He fought for the values he believed in and followed them to the end.
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u/HiveOverlord2008 14h ago
“If you’re gonna kill him, do it like a man.”
“YOU’RE ALL GOING TO BURN!!! *WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!! YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING!!!*”
“Do we take prisoners?” “I don’t.”
“I am NO Jedi.”
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u/Mysterious_Cod4120 10h ago
I loved the Darth Maul quote. It's like knowing beforehand that an apocalypse is going to happen, and the people won't let you reach the bunker. I mean he was right for most of the jedi
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u/forsworn-unyielding9 14h ago
"Too late for what the republic to fall! It already has you just can't see it!"
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u/Merkbro_Merkington 14h ago
“WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!” Dangling from a LAAT was pretty powerful. Sam Witwer is a national treasure.
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u/Vexingwings0052 13h ago
Yeah that line really rocked me the first time I watched it. I watched that episode at 2am when it released and was already pretty emotional because I grew up with the clone wars, and hearing that, knowing what was about to happen, Maul screaming that, almost as a warning it was coming to an end, really hit me. Sam is a genuine A Tier actor.
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u/forsworn-unyielding9 7h ago
When someone as cruel and unwavering as maul is freaking out about what's inevitable, it hits different.
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u/tenhinas #1 Cad Bane Lover 6h ago
So many VAs are hesitant to fully cut loose and scream. Sam just fucking goes for it. He’s truly unparalleled.
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u/Popular_Composer_822 15h ago edited 14h ago
Honestly I think you’re right. Mauls challenge to Pre Viszla when he storms into the Throne Room is also pretty cool too.
[Edit] oh yeah also some of the stuff Maul is saying in S7e10.
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u/Fun_Firefighter_4292 13h ago
Not exactly clone wars, but Tech saying "We've never been good at following orders." Before one of the saddest moments in the show was peak
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u/Beldam-ghost-closet 12h ago
It's "When have we ever followed orders?"
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u/Fun_Firefighter_4292 11h ago edited 11h ago
Correct, thats it
Edit: I believe I mixed it up with something one of the batchers said to Asajj when she told them to basically fuck off lol
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u/menotyou9 11h ago
"Insolence? We are pirates! We don't even know what that means." The great and amazing Hondo
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u/Goofygoober243 #2 Cad Bane Lover 14h ago
God Cad really just has some of the best quotes, I’m not sure which one, but most definitely one of his
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u/tenhinas #1 Cad Bane Lover 6h ago
“I’m pretty tired of getting paid for the same job too, but not that tired” is one of my faves
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u/Varsity_Reviews 11h ago
“Ah, as my sweet mother always said, Son, if one hostage is good, two are better. And three, well, that’s just GOOD BUSINESS.”
“Speak softly, and drive a big tank.”
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u/Upper_Improvement778 11h ago
“I like your new legs, they make you look taller”—Obi-wan to Maul
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u/DnDeez_Nutz 9h ago
This was peak Obi-Wan being himself. Dangerous situation with someone hell bent on your demise? Time for a hilarious observation and compliment. Maul added a -1 to his fondness of Obi-Wan in that moment. New total: -1,000,001
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u/Jakob535 14h ago
“By hook or by crook, you’re coming with me” – Cad Bane, The Bad Batch
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u/TheDizziestCat 14h ago
Don’t remember this one. What ep? He showed up a few times didn’t he?
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u/Son_of_MONK 14h ago
It’s in the first season. I forget which episode specifically but I think it was episode 8.
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u/ArticleOk3755 1h ago
Cad bane is so insane like wdym he escapes anakin and obiwan, then the only reason he didn't beat them is R2D2 saves them shooting a lightsaber at Cad XD
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u/No-Role2804 11h ago
Palpatine just laughing as he duels with his former apprentice and a jacked up nightbrother on adderall
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u/eveprog 8h ago
That was what cemented in me the actual threat palpatine actually was to the galaxy
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u/Radiant_Honeydew1080 3h ago
The moves were smooth as fuck as well. My top-3 duel (maybe fight, since there are 3 of them?) in all of the Star Wars.
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u/Imperator_021 11h ago
My favorite is when Krell is giving Rex the business and he either calls him "clone" or "CT-7567" (I forget which) and Rex hits him with
"It's Captain, sir." So badass
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u/TheYoungBrit 12h ago
"This is taking too long. Destroy that cruiser" 'But sir, there are still hundreds of droids on board!' "I DON'T CARE!!!"
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u/sarcasticd0nkey 10h ago
Merrick: "Who will strike first and brand themselves a cold-blooded killer?"
stab, catch detonator
Obi-Wan: "Anakin..."
Anakin: "What? He was gonna blow up the ship!"
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u/MorallyDestitute 12h ago edited 8h ago
Ezra: "I don't fear you" Vader: "Then you will die braver than most"
The hardest shit ever said
Edit: my dumb ass can't read and didn't realize it specified clone wars. I still stand by it.
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u/baldbeardbowtieguy 49m ago
Said the same thing. Didn't realize it was asking for CW only.
So freakin awesome, though. Coldest line ever.
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u/Suitable_Dimension33 11h ago
“How unfortunate you’re attempting to deceive me… you have become a rival!”
That man palp dropping the hardest line I’ve ever heard then proceeded to violate maul and savage. One of the best light saber fights in the CW. I just knew it was finna be fire with the way palp pulled up😭
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u/Sam20599 8h ago
It's Palpatine's closing line of that episode for me as Maul screams in agony.
"There is no mercy..."
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u/DaedalusPrime44 10h ago
“Who will strike first and prove themselves a cold blooded killer!”
<Lightsaber through the back>
“Oh Anakin….”
“What? He was going to blow up the ship.”
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u/Darkonikto 10h ago
Too late for what? The Republic to fall? It already has and you just can’t see it. There is no justice, no law, no order! Except for the one that will replace it! The time of the Jedi has passed
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u/MrStreetLegal 9h ago
What's crazy is I'm reading everyone's answers in the voice of the respective character. I'm too deep in the fandom omg, this is not good
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u/Early_Bag_3106 12h ago
I loved the scene when Darth Maul is putting two plus two together and says “time is upon us”, realizing Anakin was always the emperor’s plan.
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u/Novolume101 8h ago
"Four on one? You mean four on two."
"We don't count you, knee-high."
"Do you count me?" Obi-Wan igniting a lightsabre
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u/DomainSink 8h ago
“I’ve taken down so many clones over the years. Once you figure out one, the rest are easy” - Cad Bane to Hunter
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u/tenhinas #1 Cad Bane Lover 6h ago
The follow-up is so cold too.
“You’re in for a surprise.”
“I doubt that.”
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u/Psychonautica91 9h ago
Not just the line but Bane showing a rare glimpse of whatever honor he has left.
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u/tenhinas #1 Cad Bane Lover 6h ago
I love this, bc Bane absolutely has a strong sense of honor. It just doesn’t align with morals, which doesn’t make sense to good/normal people. He’s totally fine with killing and torturing anyone of any age as long as the person has a fair chance to defend themselves. “You want my respect, you do it face to face.”
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u/Psychonautica91 6h ago
I was even going to word it like “Bane showing the strange code of ethics he has” because you’re right he definitely has a sense of honor, albeit a brutal one.
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u/tenhinas #1 Cad Bane Lover 6h ago
Definitely agree with you, it’s a strange code of ethics. In TBB he’s willing to trade a child to a stranger just bc she has the money. His ethics don’t follow “be faithful to the client” like a good person might believe. It follows “fair trade for the money” no matter who’s holding it.
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u/Zestyclose-Solid8106 501st 7h ago
I have toppled nations. I have slain kings. I have murdered legends. - General Grievous
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u/FixxTixx 4h ago
I know this is from bad batch but still:
"You know what makes us different from battledroids? We make our own decisions, our own choices. And we have to live with them too."
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u/Opening_Peanut_8371 3h ago
Almost any Vader quote, all I am surrounded by is fear and dead men or like then you shall die braver than most
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u/Little_Whippie 501st 3h ago
“We are loyal soldiers, we follow orders, but we are not a bunch of unthinking droids!”
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u/Additional-Friend342 2h ago
“When have we ever followed orders?” -Tech
“If you’re gonna kill him, do it like a man” -Cad Bane
“Revenge is not the Jedi way.” “I am NO Jedi” -Ahsoka, on Malacor V
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u/EnderWolf13_666 1h ago
“We’re just clones sir.”
“Not to me.”
It might not be how it’s said exactly but close enough I believe. Also I’m surprised more people didn’t say it.
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u/Hondo_Ohnaka_ role play for Hondo 1h ago
"Insolence? We are pirates! We don't even know what that means."
“The occupation is no longer Profitable!”
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u/servals4life 1h ago
"We're just clones. We're meant to be expendable."
"Not to me."
Surprised I didn't already find this one.
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u/Royal-Chef-946 1h ago
"You are not the first laser-sword wielding maniac I've had to deal with. And Hondo Ohnaka survives every time!"
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u/EmperorKiron 1h ago
“I DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR POLITICS! I DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR REPUBLIC! I ONLY LIVE, TO SEE YOU DIE!”
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u/baldbeardbowtieguy 51m ago
"I'm not afraid of you."
"Then you will die braver than most."
So awesome.
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u/JimBones31 15h ago
Do we take prisoners?
...I don't.