When it comes to grandiose projects, there aren't many who can touch Star Wars creator George Lucas. Each Star Wars project he's put his stamp on has been met with unparalleled fervor, as evidenced by series fans camping out for weeks before a movie is released, collectibles fetching insane amounts of cash, and the Star Wars brand being plastered on just about everything.
The next Star Wars project from Lucas is the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which takes place between Episode II and Episode III. The series is a continuation of the 2003 animated series of the same name that aired on the Cartoon Network, but the new version will used enhanced 3D CGI (computer-graphic imagery) animation. The last we had heard about the show was back in May, when Lucas showed off a two-minute trailer at Star Wars Celebration V.
Today, Lucasfilm announced that Clone Wars will debut not on the small screen, but in theaters on August 15 in North America. The company did not disclose any further details on the film, including its run time.
Clone Wars will then move to the Cartoon Network in the fall, "followed by airings on TNT," whatever that means, likely encore airings the same week.
New episodes will air weekly, and Lucasfilm says it has already completed more than 30 episodes of the series.
To see the latest video featurette on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, head over to MovieTome.
Comments (21)
i hope they have better acting, but i love me a good clone movie or cartton
I hope it gets a world-wide release on theaters...:(
Wouldn't a show taking place between Episode 3 and 4 be more fun to watch?
they should make a cartoon of the original trilogy
Star Wars is always welcome on my screen, however I'd prefer less prequel more sequel, though I don't really expect to ever get that.
GLEE! This looks exciting!
I enjoyed Genndy Tartakovsky's direction of the previous ones. I'm a little upset that he wasn't asked to continue his work as a director.On the plus side, Paul Dini is a writer for this iteration!
Have you seen the previous Clone Wars series, sure theres gonna be stuff that happened in episode III, but theres no doubt there is gonna be extra stuff that didn't happen in the movies. Like look at season 2, that Count Dooku sure was an unstoppable Sith
SWEET! I am so excited! How ever thought Star Wars would continue?
I thought CGI stood for Computer Generated Image? anyway i am really looking forward to this, i doubt itll screen here in the UK in the cinemas (fingers crossed)
sounds good :)
This series looks very promising! I'm going to see it in theatres and I'll watch it every week!
As always George Lucas, always makes good star wars films, this will be even better I reckon.
Sweet! Who'da thought we'd see Star Wars in theaters again? If it's anything like the 2003 series, it's gonna flat out ROCK!
i just hope that they wont have to tune down the violence because its airing on cartoon network. or maybe thats what tnt will be for. oh well
Badass!
I really liked the first series and by the look of this one it's going to be much better.
I was waiting for along time and now its coimng.
SWEET!!!!!
OMG OMG OMG!!! Yess!!!! this gonna be awesome!
This is gonna be badass!!