Your thoughts on the cartoon Star Wars film coming out?

[Salvator]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Star Wars: The Clone Wars In Theaters and on Television in 2008

A new era of Star Wars entertainment begins in 2008 when Star Wars: The Clone Wars, from creator George Lucas, premieres as an all-new feature film in August, followed by the television series debut in the fall, in a partnership announced today between Lucasfilm Ltd., Warner Bros. Pictures and Turner Broadcasting System Inc.

Produced by Lucasfilm Animation, Star Wars: The Clone Wars takes audiences on incredible new Star Wars adventures, combining the legendary storytelling of Lucasfilm with an eye-popping, signature animation style. Star Wars: The Clone Wars will open in North American theaters Friday, August 15. International release dates will be announced soon.

"I felt there were a lot more Star Wars stories left to tell," said George Lucas, executive producer of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. "I was eager to start telling some of them through animation and, at the same time, push the art of animation forward."

The theatrical debut of Star Wars: The Clone Wars is only the beginning of all-new Star Wars adventures that continue in the fall when the long-awaited television series premieres on Cartoon Network, followed by airings on TNT. Details regarding international broadcasts will be announced shortly. Star Wars: The Clone Wars showcases an entirely new look and feel to the galaxy far, far away -- combining the expansive scope of the Star Wars Saga with state-of-the-art computer-generated animation. Each week, viewers will see a thrilling, 30-minute "mini-movie" created by the talented artists at Lucasfilm Animation.

On the front lines of an intergalactic struggle between good and evil, fans young and old will join such favorite characters as Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala, along with brand-new heroes like Anakin's padawan learner, Ahsoka. Sinister villains -- led by Darth Sidious, Count Dooku and General Grievous -- are poised to rule the galaxy. Stakes are high, and the fate of the Star Wars universe rests in the hands of the daring Jedi Knights. Their exploits lead to the action-packed battles and astonishing new revelations that fill Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

"Warner Bros. and Turner are uniquely positioned to deliver on the enormous potential of The Clone Wars because together they offer a world-class opportunity: the theatrical and home-video distribution of Warner Bros. and the broad reach of the Turner Networks," said Micheline Chau, President and Chief Operating Officer of Lucasfilm Ltd. "This terrific combination hits the key demographic groups, ranging from kids to adults, that make up the Star Wars audience."

Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. Pictures President of Domestic Distribution, added, "This is a breakthrough project -- returning Star Wars to the big screen in a completely new way while beginning an exciting new chapter in George Lucas' legendary saga. We immediately felt that it would be a fantastic theatrical event and are thrilled to be bringing it to moviegoers."

"Nothing like this has ever been produced for television," said Stuart Snyder, President/COO Turner Animation,Young Adults & Kids Media. "For 30 years, Star Wars has shown that it appeals to a huge breadth of fans. The Clone Wars on Cartoon Network will be appointment television for everyone in the family. We're thrilled to be working with Lucasfilm again and very excited to be playing a role in bringing this remarkable adventure to viewers."With a new story each week, Star Wars: The Clone Wars continues the tradition of thrilling stories, astonishing visuals and extraordinary music that have always been the hallmarks of the Star Wars Saga.


Lucasfilm Animation, which is based in Marin County, Calif., with a studio in Singapore, has produced more than 30 all-new episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and production continues on even more exciting episodes.

[al3d]

Sgould be pretty cool..but i don't get the Teatrical release thing?..

[biotech]

Whats to get, its all about the cash.

[al3d]

i mean are they doing a Movie or TV show?..or both?...and Rick..don't be like that mate, there is a LARGE audience for those kinda shows.

[Guerrilla]

I thought it was going to be a TV show as well?

[spudmonkey]

Both effectively - they will be shown in cinemas, although whether they will be on their own, before a big movie or part of a showcase of smaller films is unknown at the moment

Regardless of whether Lucas is about telling the story, the studios will be in it for the money and showing it in the cinema makes sense from that point of view, but in this case it's probably only happening because Lucas wants it to in the first place

The live action shows are destined just for TV at this time, but who knows, if they are successful with Clone Wars "shorts" running in the cinema then they may do that with the live action stuff too

[biotech]

It is a tv show, one I am looking forward to, but showing the first three on big screens seems like a good way of getting money out of people who would have seen the shows for nothing.

But we know since he already said there would be no new live action star wars films, that for star wars fans, this will be the only way to see a new star wars film, at least until he decides to stitch together the first few episodes of the live action show and put that out at pictures too.

[Glazy]

Now although I quite like the look of the style they're going for I really can't see the point of doing stories that take place between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, we've already seen the outcome of that story, and the last film didn't work for some people because we already knew who lived and died etc... And now we've seen the outcome of Order 66 etc...
At least the Clone Wars series by Genndy Tartakovsky was made before people had seen Revenge of the Sith and helped build up to that movie, but now it seems like this is seriously retreading old ground.
For me Star Wars has become to much about Jedi's and Sith flipping around with 2 lightsabers and lots of Sith lords with fancy tattooed faces, OK it may have worked for Darth Maul but it's become awfully monotonous in my opinion. Star Wars used to be more than just Jedi. They were such a small part of the original trilogy now they've become a bit boring in a lot of ways. In this new story Anakin has a Padawan, Ahsoka,again we already know she doesn't survive even up to Revenge of the Sith making any new characters pretty much redundant already in terms of drama, and how during a war does he find time to train her properly ?

I'd rather Lucas use this style of animation and do sequels to the original trilogy if he doesn't plan to make live action films of them, or the adventures of Han and Chewie etc... There's so much more they could do if they stop being tied down by all this prequel stuff.
I'm sure fans would love to see Timothy Zahn's 'Thrawn Trilogy' turned into an animated show.Characters like Mara Jade already have a very large following, as does Thrawn. Zahn's 3 novels Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command were super books that really stood out because the market hadn't been flooded with the amount of Star Wars novels there are now. I just think Lucas could do so much more than he's doing with this show, perhaps he'll eventually make sequels after all so doesn't want to stray into that area too soon.

[DarthMcWord]

I think just a show would be better...

[Tovette]

Eh, I don't have an opinion either way. If it's out in the theater I may go see it on a weekend afternoon to save some cash. If not, then I'll catch it on tv; no biggy.