Star Wars:Clone Wars Theatrical Release and TV Series

[KazeYama]

Finally Star Wars back on the big screen! I can't fucking wait I nearly pissed myself hearing the news finally confirming this.

http://www.starwars.com/theclonewars/news/announcement.html

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Trailer for it

And a new video talking about it that came out.
http://www.starwars.com/theclonewars/video/intro_webdoc.html

The new character Ahsoka looks badass since I loved Shaak Ti in the films. This will make my year with all the badass new star wars action.

[Captain Gir]

aww come on.....i was just fine with everything including the shortlived tv show on cartoon network......and now another movie??

[Ryuk]

Kool with @ capital K :]

[Crimson Dragoon]

I knew there was going to be another Clone Wars but I didn't know it's going to be in theatres. Though I'm disappointed that cartoon Grievous' voice isn't used.

[Vonocourt]

Graphics look like some bad cg cutscene from a early ps2 game.

No more Star Wars, please.

[Ziko]

Well, the CGI didnt really look that good..But wth, its Star Wars..Ill end up seeing it no matter what.. :P

[Blaze of Glory]

Please just let the series die.... T_T

[Sunuvmann]

Spoiler Alert: Everyone in that video but Anakin, Yoda and Obi Wan die.

[Kira U. Masaki]

the imdb article title got my hopes up, when they said new star wars movie i was hoping for Shadows of the Empire (Viggo M as dash rendar), this is kinda disappointing but i will see it, its star wars afterall

[Tomorrow King]

CGI, 'eh? 'CUZ WE ALL KNOW HOW WELL THT WORKED WITH TMNT RIGHT?

Stars Wars needs to GB2//Realactors.

[SGLP]

I wish this was the live action series' instead, but I'll take what I can get. I don't understand this obsession with the Clone Wars... I'd rather have the gap between Episode III and IV or post-VI.

[Jackal]

they need to make a film/series for the republic comando game.

[Graham Aker]

Lucas should just let this era in Star Wars end. People are sick and tired of it!

[forgotten_hero]

Personally, I enjoyed the Clone Wars series more than Episodes 1, 2, and 3. I, for one, am extremely excited to see this.

[Chatulio]

Would have been awesome if this w as the Thrawn saga :(

[Stallyns808]

Looks like epic phail. :uwah

[saint_Reginold]

Why do people want the series to die? Other than the dialouge being pretty terrible and knowing what was gonna happen at the end, I thought the movies were pretty good. Well except for clone wars, i thought that one was garbage. But the first and third movies were entertaining.

I can't say I'm excited for the new movie, but that doesn't mean I want star wars to end. Well the 'comedic' bits are terrible. Other than that I can only hope there will be another movie.

[destroy_musick]

ok, the money should have gone to launching the first episode of the Thrawn saga, with Lucas just putting his name on creative rights. Handed the script to someone else, like, oh i dont know, Timothy Zahn? and got a different director for each episode.

That is how to continue the franchise, but for the love of god NEVER introduce to the Yuuzhan Vong >_<

[JediJaina]

I think it might have worked better as the tv series animation myself.

Yeah George, make the Thrawn series already and just let Tim Zahn do his thing. Zahn's novels inspired my moniker.

[The Question]

ok, the money should have gone to launching the first episode of the Thrawn saga, with Lucas just putting his name on creative rights. Handed the script to someone else, like, oh i dont know, Timothy Zahn? and got a different director for each episode.

That is how to continue the franchise, but for the love of god NEVER introduce to the Yuuzhan Vong >_<

I agree whole heartedly. The new books are terrible, I stopped reading them. I hate the New Jedi Order books (and related ones) with a passion.

[Capacity]

Ugh all CG :(

I think they should of left it off or remade the original movies that came out in the 70s or w.e.

[The Question]

If they had to animate it, I would have preferred that they used regular animation (not anime knockoffs, but quality animation.) CGI is the in thing right now though and it can look cool if they do it right.

We'll have to wait for the actual movie. Sometimes movie trailers don't do the movie justice, so it might be better than it looks. I'm going to see it regardless if it's still in theaters when I get back from Japan.

[RAGING BONER]

Lucas should just let this era in Star Wars end. People are sick and tired of it!

no shit.

they either need to go back to the KotoR era...soo much potential there, or focus on the years after the empire...though EU has already stunk up most of that timeline as well with their shit story telling and ridiculous power scalings.

[Cabbage Cabrera]

This is gonna' rule.

[Vangelis]

I think there is enough star wars movies.

[~Flippy]

I'll definately check this out, but I would much prefer a movie exlporing the KOTOR era a bit. I think the whole vader and post vader era has been overdone.

[Jotun]

Well there's a reason the Thrawn saga wouldn't work, they would have to recast Luke, Han etc and I don't think Lucas wants that.

[KazeYama]

Why isn't there more hype about this? Am I the only true SW fan on these forums? Anyways the CW movie is less than 1 week away and I can't wait. I'm definitely hyped to see it and the animation style is new and more interesting than everything else on the market. I really hope it inspires other companies to stop producing poor quality CG films and just trying to cash in on the child demographic and really examine how animation and even CG can be used as tools to present a movie instead of as the movie itself.

[Ryuk]

Hey, I am a true SW fan.:pek

[Graham Aker]

The Gendy Tartakovsky Star Wars Clone Wars > this CGI piece of tripe.

[~SAGE~]

This movie better be good and not too kiddy.

[Koi]

This movie looks fun, and the animation is beautiful. I'm satisfied just because of that. I'm kinda excited to see it.

[eD]

idk, but this whole new star war thing isn't attractive at all for me

[Cabbage Cabrera]

I'll watch this regardless of the whole CGI deal. It looks awesome. I saw a clip of the battle of Cristophsis on the official site and i was amazed.

[Shippingr4losers]

I really think this movie is a bad idea. Why he would release this to the masses, instead of DVD is beyond me.
I wouldn't mind an animated series, but this movie is just...too much.

[Hidd3N_NiN]

I never completely watched the cartoon but I'll still watch it if just to see the animation.

[Nakor]

I really think this movie is a bad idea. Why he would release this to the masses, instead of DVD is beyond me.
I wouldn't mind an animated series, but this movie is just...too much.

the movie is basically the first few episodes of the new series. lucas just wants to get the word out for the series so he can make more money

[Koi]

the movie is basically the first few episodes of the new series. lucas just wants to get the word out for the series so he can make more money

He can make all the money he wants, but he'll still never have a chin.

[~SAGE~]

Does anyone notice that Anakin looks alot like Luke Skywalker. I guess it was to show there resemblance

[narutosimpson]

what is the purpose of the movie, the story of anakin was already told, what untold story needs a 4th movie (according to promos)

[Cabbage Cabrera]

There's alot of time between the Clone wars live action movie and RotS. I think it's actually more then 6 yrs. or so. That's alot to cover, so they're expanding on it.

[Gaiash]

what is the purpose of the movie, the story of anakin was already told, what untold story needs a 4th movie (according to promos)
How he got the scar I imagine. In the Clone Wars series he came back from a mission with a scar and looked sad but thats all we saw. I'm quite sure it is this because accourding to Wookiepedia he got it in a rematch with Asajj Ventress who is in almost every trailer.

[Nakor]

He can make all the money he wants, but he'll still never have a chin.

Money could buy him a chin :laugh

[Chee]

Movie looks retarded, I hate the art style.

[narutosimpson]

his scar was explained in a video game or in that samura jack style cartoon wasn't it?

[Vonocourt]

Why isn't there more hype about this? Am I the only true SW fan on these forums?

Just because I don't lap up the shit that George Lucas has been producing for the past decade means I'm not a true fan?

As for the Clone Wars movie, do you think they'll hand out the video game controllers when they give you your ticket stub back, or will they hand it out when everyone is sitting down?

[Byakuya]

Looks like shit.

[narutosimpson]

Looks like shit.

as in, this one's going straight into the toilet :hehee

[Mider T]

I don't understand where this fits in the timeline if the cartoon was canon.

[Gaiash]

his scar was explained in a video game or in that samura jack style cartoon wasn't it?
Not really, as I said it only showed him coming back from somewhere with a scar and a sad look on his face. It was only part of a montage that was shown after Anakin became a Jedi Knight.

[KazeYama]

Not really, as I said it only showed him coming back from somewhere with a scar and a sad look on his face. It was only part of a montage that was shown after Anakin became a Jedi Knight.

It was explained in a comic book that he got the scar during one of the million fights between him and Asaaj.

I still don't get why people think George Lucas is just cashing in. He is spending his own money to make the show so he isn't making any profits. Plus he is already a billionaire so I don't think he cares about money anymore.

I guess the visuals are either hit or miss but I like the way it looks sort of like the 3-D version of the Clone Wars animated miniseries. Plus the director worked on Avatar so it has to be better than 99% of the other animated movies/shows out there.

[Gaiash]

It was explained in a comic book that he got the scar during one of the million fights between him and Asaaj.
I know, I'm saying I imagine this is an adaptation of that story.

[mangekyou power:tsukuyomi]

How he got the scar I imagine. In the Clone Wars series he came back from a mission with a scar and looked sad but thats all we saw. I'm quite sure it is this because accourding to Wookiepedia he got it in a rematch with Asajj Ventress who is in almost every trailer.

Its retarded idea to make a movie to find out how something as trivial as a scar was created

and second...

Looks like shit.

what he said

[Wesley]

Well, I'm sure there was another thread around here, but this was the most appropiate one that the search function could find.

Anyway, tonight's the night the second season starts. This season's emphasis seems to be on another iconic figure within the Star Wars universe, the Bounty Hunter. At the end of season one we were introduced to Cade Bane and his entourage, a mixed group of assasin driods and bounty hunters like himself, and it seems as though they will be the recurring villians for this season. Expect lots of tricks and traps for our protagonists!

[Nakor]

what time does the episode start tonight? 9pm?

[excellence153]

When is the first season coming out on DVD? I'm tired of these four-episode ripoffs.

[Wesley]

what time does the episode start tonight? 9pm?

8 PM Eastern, so it's airing right now.

[Blaze of Glory]

How the hell does this gay poor piece of shit fit anywhere in the Star Wars universe much less the time during the movies? :facepalm

At the end old Clone Wars series it immediately heads into the third movie Revenge of the Sith :apathy

[mystictrunks]

How the hell does this gay poor piece of shit fit anywhere in the Star Wars universe much less the time during the movies? :facepalm

There are big time skips int he SW timeline .

[Blaze of Glory]

There are big time skips int he SW timeline .

Pay attention to the time genius at the end of the old Star Wars series Anakin and Obi-Wan immediately head after Palpatine and we go into the third movie.

[KazeYama]

Wow you bumped my super old thread. I was just gonna make a new one for season 2.

I loved the premier. The animation and tone was alot better than season 1. The brief comedic moments that were thrown in made me laugh instead of cringe and the action was awesome.

I still don't understand how people can't like this show. Even for anyone that hated the movie or season 1 I would give season 2 another chance they are taking the series in a whole new direction.

After these 2 episodes I actually started to like Ahsoka when I pretty much hated her all of last season. If it manages to do that then I'm impressed enough to stick with it.

[Emperor Joker]

Pay attention to the time genius at the end of the old Star Wars series Anakin and Obi-Wan immediately head after Palpatine and we go into the third movie.

And there's six years inbetween episode 2 and 3, and besides it's not like there aren't continuity errors anyways. Especially if you want to factor in the novels.

[mystictrunks]

Pay attention to the time genius at the end of the old Star Wars series Anakin and Obi-Wan immediately head after Palpatine and we go into the third movie.

You mean the one from 2003 that only covered some of the events?

There's a 4(?) year gap in between Attack of The Clones and Revenge of The Sith. There's plenty of story to tell.

[Blaze of Glory]

There's a 4(?) year gap in between Attack of The Clones and Revenge of The Sith. There's plenty of story to tell.

That was the 4 year gap..... :oh

That series took place after it

[KazeYama]

The new series retconned the timeframe in which Anakin became a Jedi Knight which allows for alot more storytelling.

[Emperor Joker]

The new series retconned the timeframe in which Anakin became a Jedi Knight which allows for alot more storytelling.

So does this mean Jedi Trial got retconned. please say yes.

[Blaze of Glory]

The new series retconned the timeframe in which Anakin became a Jedi Knight which allows for alot more storytelling.

So what they're basically nearly scrapping every inch of details from the old series? FAIL

[KazeYama]

I don't know. All I know is for the Genndy series he was knighted towards the very end of the war whereas now he a knight basically from the beginning. I imagine the circumstances involving how he got his knighthood are still canon just that the timeframe got shifted.

[Soul Assassin]

Wow you bumped my super old thread. I was just gonna make a new one for season 2.

I loved the premier. The animation and tone was alot better than season 1. The brief comedic moments that were thrown in made me laugh instead of cringe and the action was awesome.

I still don't understand how people can't like this show. Even for anyone that hated the movie or season 1 I would give season 2 another chance they are taking the series in a whole new direction.

After these 2 episodes I actually started to like Ahsoka when I pretty much hated her all of last season. If it manages to do that then I'm impressed enough to stick with it.

I understand where you're coming from.

It's must be a difficult road to walk. On one hand Lucas seems to always want to please an audience of both older and younger fans. IMO he seems to cater to the younger side of the equation. So not only do the producers have to tone down the violence quite a bit, but they have to reveal the plot in a way that the younger audience can appreciate as well. I guess this is the closest that you're going to get to pleasing as many as possible.

I really wish they would have taken their time with this and lavished both the plot and animation with greater detail. Certainly it would have cost more - but he's got the money to spend. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I've always been under the impression that Lucas could have really hit a home run by making a long running series. He's decided to create something episodic - great! Now dump everything you have into it. Animation is big and attracting many adults as well - make it special. He's got great artists at his disposal, both visual artists and story writers. Give them some liberty and let them breathe a bit. They're very, very talented people: he could have exploited that to a greater degree IMO.

Good...but not great. I'm still watching though.

[Wesley]

Cad delievered imo. Lots of tricks, while oddly enough lacking in subtlely. If things weren't going his way, he'd usually blow something up. Whenever he did something aggressive, most of the time it was a distraction.

[Reaper of the Mist]

I like how we get see the Bounty Hunters now, Cad Bane is very good at being bad. I want to see what he will do.

[~Ageha~]

the clone wars are okay but they should have made a tv series of star wars between episode 3 and 4. darth vader hunting down the Jedi.

[RAGING BONER]

the clone wars are okay but they should have made a tv series of star wars between episode 3 and 4. darth vader hunting down the Jedi.

naw...the series should have been in the time of the Old Republic, long before the movies or the era after episode 6.

by doing a clone wars series you basically limit the way your characters can grow and how the world can evolve since we already know whats gonna happen in a few years time to all these people.

[~Ageha~]

ya that will be interesting. like the old republic games. after episode 6 is also interesting if they follow the star war novels. like when han's and leela's son becomes a sith.

[Wesley]

I'm having the hardest time getting a working torrent. I've downloaded two versions and they both had the same audio/video synch problem.

[Soul Assassin]

Rewatched the last few episodes. Anakin could have plugged Bane so many times it wasn't funny. They need better writing and sequences.

[Corran]

I'm having the hardest time getting a working torrent. I've downloaded two versions and they both had the same audio/video synch problem.

If you find one, let me know and vice versa.

[Wesley]

If you find one, let me know and vice versa.

This worked. (http://www.mininova.org/tor/3036569) To be honest, I think there were still some synching issues, but they were much less of a bother and remained consistent throughout the entire episode.

[Wesley]

This episode surprised me. I don't particular like Padme's character or the relationship she has with Anakin, or rather I liked how their relationship was portrayed in this episode. If you ask me, the ones who were the most unscrupulous were Padme and Anakin. At this point, it's hard to imagine why one would be particularly loyal to the Republic.

If you think about it, this is probably the first time in a thousand years that anyone had to choose sides on a galactic level. If your home planet is closer to Confederate space or if you don't even have a home planet, why would you treat the Republic any differently from the Confederates, unless you liked one political system more than the other?

[RAGING BONER]

^ Republic or Separatist, its all grandpa Palpatine in the end :hoho

[Corran]

I'm bumping the thread because this show needs talking about.

Season 2 has been really great so far and the style and look of the show keeps getting better.
Most recent ep we had a little glimpse of darkside Anakin and I hope we keep getting more.

The thing that surpises me about clone wars is that it isn't as kiddy as I thought it would be.
I got the first season blu-ray and its pretty awesome too :amuse

[Soul Assassin]

I've seen a few episodes recently. I complained earlier that the violence had been toned down...and then I say Landing at Point Rain. Ki-Adi-Mundi was hacking through Geonosians with his sabre - who were already set ablaze by troopers with flame throwers.

It was pretty intense for this show.