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I love animation and I love Star Wars. It looks great.
I also think that this style will suit a longer format more than the fantastic but slightly manic style of the Tartatovsky Clone Wars. I think they'll comple ment each other well really. I'm sad to see so many predictable anti-CGI/ animation comments in reaction to this news so far. More
Posted by Artoo02 at 15:49 on 19 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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This looks really good - can't wait.
Although those cynical of its quality after the prequel disappointment think of it this way - if you think its gonna suck, if it turns out to be good it'll be all the sweeter and more suprising.
I think when people are excited about something its seems worse because you've had all the anitcipation. If you don't really care or you think its gonna suck, if it turns out good its suprising and usually means its better. More
Posted by James Hunter at 12:52 on 17 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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L: Cabal aka Boone
I agree that it would have been better for the focus to be moved to a more interesting time in the Star Wars Galaxy, after ROTJ, before Phantom Menace.
This timeline of 40 years is done, let it rest.
If this series was actually planned for years, why bother letting Tartakovski (sp?) do that Clone Wars mini-series in the first place? Like I said, it seems that Lucas has realised that the public may have preferred someone elses telling of the Star Wars universe to hi More
Posted by pablohoolio at 22:43 on 14 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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fused. Is it the first episode of the TV show that will debut in cinemas or is it a movie length version? Either way it will be sad to see Star Wars on the big screen without the fanous Fox Fanfare at the beginning. More
Posted by Darth Goonie at 21:00 on 14 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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L: Cabal aka Boone
It seems as if George felt Genndy stole his thunder, seeing as a lot of people actually enjoyed the Clone Wars cartoons more than the films themselves, and is now trying to out do the Samurai Jack genius. ling. ote]
Er, sorry, how has he 'failed'? Have you seen the film and the show yet? For what it's worth, I think this looks good.
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Take my comment in context with the preceding sentence, about him trying to out-do Genndy's More
Posted by Cabal aka Boone at 20:31 on 14 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Looks good but they already did it! |
Yes it looks good. But what i want to know is were in the timeline this will fit? Will it be set in between the 2 volumes of the 2d Clone Wars cartoons as Anakins hair isnt really long like in volume 2 but it isn't really short like n volume 1 and also Asajj Ventress is in it and she is killed in volume 2 so it must be set before that. Anyone any ideas? More
Posted by goldleader at 16:43 on 14 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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| Looks good but they already did it! |
The Cartoon Network 2D clone wars cartoons were great. Why have they been forgotten so quickly by Mr Lucas. This new version just looks like a fancier version of that. Let's hope it doesn't do anything to contradict the previous Clone Wars cartoon. The star wars website seems to have removed all traces of the old cartoon as if they are ashamed of it or something. More
Posted by giddig at 12:48 on 14 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Milk it, milk it real good..... |
L: the ageless stranger
Quick people, George Lucas is in urgent need of more money!
awn! here's one thing that was 100% predicatble to come along in this thread, it's this soundbite above.
You know what the answer to that is then? DON'T GO AND WATCH IT! Just leave it to people who want to watch it.
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Posted by pablohoolio at 22:08 on 13 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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L: Cabal aka Boone
It seems as if George felt Genndy stole his thunder, seeing as a lot of people actually enjoyed the Clone Wars cartoons more than the films themselves, and is now trying to out do the Samurai Jack genius. ling. ote]
Er, sorry, how has he 'failed'? Have you seen the film and the show yet? For what it's worth, I think this looks good.
ut I'll never understand why Lucas doesn't do something with Stormtroopers and classic characters (or set it after ROTJ?) rather tha More
Posted by pablohoolio at 22:06 on 13 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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Quick people, George Lucas is in urgent need of more money! More
Posted by the ageless stranger at 17:15 on 13 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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| Looking Forward to it! |
Strictly speaking this is a TV series that is getting a cinema launch to promote the run of TV. Looks fantastic, using the Clone Wars cartoon as a basis, and the cinematography of the films to give it that Star Wars feel. I enjoyed the serialised story of the prequels that showed the start and the end of the wars, and I read the novels and watched the cartoon for all the extra stuff and the majority of it was excellent (Read Shatterpoint and the Medstar Duaology!), so this will be a blast for th More
Posted by Funk_Knight at 09:11 on 13 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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Posted by Funk_Knight at 09:04 on 13 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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please can you get your heads out of that great all knowing cavity called your backside AND GIVE IT A CHANCE!!!!, YOU REALLY MAKE ME MAD!!! More
Posted by quigonjaf at 07:33 on 13 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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| I like it!! |
it cant be any worse than the previous prequels, imo. It looks good and i think it sa good chnace to give some areas of the sotry some more umpth. sure those story elements werent really needed in the first place but now their here why not embelish on them wiht some top animation? More
Posted by BlueDragon21120 at 01:34 on 13 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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Is it just me or does that trailer merely look like AOTC or ROTS?
All the space shots, (and even the shots of the Clone Troopers) just look like they did on the big screen in 2002 / 2005.
The main characters are clearly just CG versions of the Genndy Tartakovsky originals. This does seem a bit of a waste of time. I know the running time of Tartakovsky's version was little over an hour, and this is gonna be a full length movie followed by a 30 minute WEEKLY show, but still, Why George, Why?
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Posted by Cabal aka Boone at 23:50 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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...I have no interest in some wank looking CGI that takes places between two thoroughly shite films! More
Posted by Jim Bob at 21:58 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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times new roman"]i'v just looked on the sw website and where it previously had the animated clone wars info it now had info on the upcoming cg version of the show.as in the words of tony harison:"its an outrage" More
Posted by werdanny at 20:14 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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the clone wars have already been released.if you release them again it will destroy all the work of the animated series.most people who say they hated the animated series havnt seen it so give it a try before watching this over budgeted repeat of a perfectly good adaption. More
Posted by werdanny at 20:00 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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in the picture the girl looks like shes wearing a boob tube. More
Posted by kumar at 19:37 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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Didnt they already do a Star Wars Clone Wars series? two volumes in fact? Not complaining as any Star Wars is always awesome, but I remember something vaguely about there being a live action tv series. Must be out of touch. Now if they could do an animated series that follows what happens to Luke AFTER Return of the Jedi...now that would rock... More
Posted by coomi01 at 19:01 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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I think they obi wan looks a bit like jude law, and when was he in star wars? More
Posted by daamieyen at 18:16 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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My main hope for the series is that the focus moves away from Anakin and Obi-Wan as soon as possible.
It seems smart for them to use familiar characters to draw in the casual viewers, but I really hope its a case of bait and switch. More
Posted by Fit Kisto at 18:12 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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Looks pretty cool...but it won't be as cool as the episode of the clone wars cartoon where Mace Windu OWNED everything! More
Posted by Rogue at 16:26 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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| Digital Presentation |
I'd love to see this on the big screen with a proper Digital Presentation, digital projecter and full on digital surround sound. ROTS was superb at Odeon Leicester Squares digital showing. It was liek watching DVD quality on an enormous screen. However, it looks like Pixar have really raised the bar with computer animation with the upcoming Wall-E. Lucasfilm will really need to pull out all the stops to match it. More
Posted by Karl Crutchley at 15:24 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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PLEASE Empire. DON'T do another Star Wars supplement or one article which seems to take up half the pages (the other half being adverts). Or it will be another month trying to find something else to take into the loo to read and I really, really, don't want to resort to unsubscribing in a huff.
It's all very pretty but the extended mythology really doesn't appeal. However I'll still watch it if it's on. More
Posted by Joliet68 at 14:52 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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PS I was being sarcastic - Empire must be sighing a breath of relief as they have a new excuse to do ANOTHER Star Wars supplement! haha More
Posted by Kev@CTU at 14:35 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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What's Star Wars? More
Posted by Kev@CTU at 14:34 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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Sorry, I typed too quickly this morning and left out part of the sentence, which should have read "...the battle between the Jedi and the clones, and the separatists". I've edited it now. More
Posted by Olly Richards at 13:52 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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L: Vmondo
I had previously understood this to be a live-action series (albeit with a lot of green-screen), so already dissapointed there George. here is gonna be a live action series, but it's an entirely different project, I think it's coming out in 2009.
On topic: Yeah I'm really looking forward to this, hopefully they'll get this right, at least we know the acting is gonna be sorted out. be honest anything bearing the Star Wars name will get me excited. After the Prequels I'm exp More
Posted by Darth Bork at 13:09 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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Last time I got excited about Star Wars I was rewarded with Jar Jar Binks. It looks nice, but its still a cartoon. I had previously understood this to be a live-action series (albeit with a lot of green-screen), so already dissapointed there George. Plus as mentioned elsewhere, haven't they already done a Clone Wars cartoon? I think they should have gone for a return to the hey-day of Star Wars - lets see a TV series about how the Rebel movement started and grew. I cant believe I am saying this, More
Posted by Vmondo at 13:01 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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"the battle between the Jedi and the clonse " - apart from the obvious spelling mistake, shouldn't this be "the battle involving the Jedi and the Clones"? (or something to that effect).
Unless I've missed something, the Jedi fought WITH the clones and not against. Until order 66 was issued at which point it wasn't so much a battle as a whitewash... More
Posted by Joeyshmoe69 at 12:19 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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Haven't they already done this though? What is this going to offer new that hasn't already been covered in the Genndy Tartosky (apologies for spelling) series?! More
Posted by edhockey at 12:13 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Jedi and the Clonse? |
They wont be ignoring the continuity already established with the two clone wars series from a few years back. They are official "cannon" so anything else will be in addition to. More
Posted by Clark Kent at 10:49 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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Eh? More
Posted by marlo at 10:13 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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Looks good. Asajj Ventress is in the trailer so hopefully she'll play a big part in the series. More
Posted by benmharper at 10:09 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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I know its only a trailer, but this looks amazing. (for a cartoon)
Looking forward to this. Fingers crossed George. More
Posted by shool at 09:55 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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Hope they don't ignore the cartoon Clone Wars as the story arc with Asajj Ventress is crucial to the development of Anakin Skywalkers character. It was she who gave him his scars, and his various tussles with her made him call on the power his anger unleashed to best her on numerous occasions. Yes I am a bit geeky knowing this, but as it has already been put into Star Wars folklore, it can't be changed now, can it George? More
Posted by Karl Crutchley at 09:43 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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Looks fine, but are they just ignoring that cool cartoon that came out before Revenge of the Sith? More
Posted by mattchoman at 09:22 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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Posted by Tim_Bisley at 09:16 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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Its worth a look but i'm not building up my hopes More
Posted by Tim_Bisley at 09:15 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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| RE: CAN'T WAIT!! |
Very excited about this. Saw the trailer at celebration Europe and it was outstanding. The animation looks incredible, and if it does come to cinemas that would be amazing! Bring it on!
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Posted by Clark Kent at 09:06 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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| CAN'T WAIT!! |
This year is starting off to be very exciting it's gonna be a big one. I am more looking forward to the live action series out next year. Especially since LUCAS had just cast Daniel Logan as BOBA FETT. I love animation & this looks awesome I loved the other clone wars cartoon. More
Posted by whitelighter at 08:30 on 12 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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| Not for me. |
Sorry, looks too 80's for me. I have had it with CGI toons. More
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