Get ready for an all-new episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars this Friday, March 19, at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on Cartoon Network. In "Senate Murders," Senator Onaconda Farr dies under mysterious circumstances. Padmé Amidala sets out to find the person responsible. She decides to take matters into her own hands and works independently of the efforts of the bureaucratic local inspector. As she follows a trail of clues, she will find herself deep in a dangerous world of backstabbing, lies and corruption.
Here's a clip courtesy of Lucasfilm.“Many of Padmé’s episodes center around politics, for obvious reasons, and they’re sometimes a departure – to a degree – from the action-packed episodes,” says Catherine Taber, the voice of Padmé in the series. “We try to create a feeling of tension and suspense, but Dave [Filoni] and the writers always include a touch of comedy, as well. It’s an essential element of the classic detective genre that influenced ‘Senate Murders,’ but it’s also such a key ingredient of classic Star Wars. One of the nice things about The Clone Wars is that we hearken back to all of the classic elements that made Star Wars so great, including the political intrigue,” she continues. “Diplomacy – or the lack thereof – is essential to The Clone Wars, and part of the foundation for the Star Wars Saga. Good and bad, the motivations are so important; these are the reasons people fight. I love the great battle sequences and I love watching things blow up, but it’s all so much better when we know about the quiet conflicts underneath.”