query: who voices anakin in the clone wars?

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels

text: Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels is a Wii fighting video game based on "". The game was released on November 11, 2008. It features the same voice actors to reprise their roles from the show, such as Ashley Eckstein. Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, Matthew Wood, Corey Burton, Nika Futterman, Tom Kane, Phil LaMarr, and Terrence Carson. The events of the game's "Campaign Mode" take place during the and select from the first season of the , specifically "Duel of the Droids", "Cloak of Darkness", "Shadow of Malevolence", and

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: 15 in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. "The Clone Wars" served as an introduction to the television series of the same name, which debuted on October 3, 2008. Though critical reception was negative, the film was a box office success, and grossed $68.3 million worldwide against an $8.5 million budget. It is the only theatrical "Star Wars" film not to be distributed by either 20th Century Fox (soon to be owned by Disney) or Walt Disney Studios. During the Clone Wars, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi lead a small Republic clone army against the Separatist

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)

text: 2010, at the San Diego Comic-Con, Craig Glenday, editor of the Guinness World Records, presented "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" supervising director Dave Filoni, CG supervisor Joel Aron, and lead designer Kilian Plunkett a certificate proclaiming the cartoon series "the highest rated sci-fi animation currently on television". In 2014, WatchMojo.com ranked "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" as the seventh-best cartoon to have gotten cancelled. "Tech Times" said that, "while the "Star Wars" prequel films fail to make audiences care about characters like Anakin Skywalker, "The Clone Wars" succeeds." At the time of cancellation in March 2013, 65 more episodes were

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002 video game)

text: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002 video game) Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by LucasArts for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. This game mostly consists of vehicular combat, such as clone war ships, starfighters, speeder bikes and tanks, although there are a few times on certain missions where the player controls Anakin Skywalker and Mace Windu. The game is split up into two segments, vehicles and third-person person Jedi fighting. The vehicle segments involve most vehicles from the Star Wars universe: STAPs, tanks, AATs, AT-XTs, and Republic gunships. The controls

title: Clone Wars Adventures

text: "Clone Wars Adventures" was set in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant set between Episodes II and III of Star Wars. Here players can interact with popular Clone Wars characters like Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu, Yoda, and Obi-Wan Kenobi, and play more than 20 different mini-games including Lightsaber Duel, Republic Defender, a tower defense game, and Speeder Bike Racing. Other mini-games are campaign based on Seasons 3, 4, and 5 from Star Wars the Clone Wars. Players can challenge each other in multi-player games to win Credits. Even though the game is based on the Jedi temple, players can travel to

title: Clone Wars (Star Wars)

text: Windu because he needs Palpatine's knowledge to save Padmé. After Palpatine murders Windu, he dubs Anakin his new apprentice Darth Vader. Palpatine orders the clone army to execute Order 66, and clones kill their Jedi generals across the galaxy. Palpatine then dispatches Vader to kill the Separatist leaders on Mustafar and to issue a "shutdown command" to their droid army. With their demise, Palpatine declares an end to the Clone Wars and the Republic's reformation into the Galactic Empire. The series (2003–2005) depicts several Clone Wars battles and was meant to generate interest in "Revenge of the Sith". It also

title: Clone Wars (Star Wars)

text: side of the Force . Instead of opening the film with various Clone Wars battles, Lucas decided instead to focus on Anakin. The absence of the "seven battles on seven planets" in part led to Lucas's decision to launch the CGI animated "Clone Wars" television series; Lucas said the cartoon could "do better" at depicting the conflict. "Attack of the Clones", set at the beginning of the wars, opens with the Galactic Republic's rising concern about the secession of thousands of star systems to the Confederacy of Independent Systems, which is led by Count Dooku. Chancellor Palpatine manipulates Jar Jar

title: Clone Wars (Star Wars)

text: Binks and the rest of the Galactic Senate into granting him emergency powers. Investigating two attempted assassinations of Senator Padmé Amidala, Obi-Wan Kenobi discovers Dooku used the identity of a dead Jedi master to secretly arrange the creation of a massive clone army on the Republic's behalf. Yoda leads the clone army to rescue Obi-Wan, Padmé, and Anakin Skywalker from the Separatists on Geonosis, and the first battle of the war ensues. At the battle's conclusion, Yoda declares that the Clone War has begun. "Revenge of the Sith" shows the waning days of the three-year Clone Wars, in which clone

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: relentless violence." Ebert also found protagonist Ahsoka Tano "annoying," and Michael Rechtshaffen, of "The Hollywood Reporter", said the attempts of humor amid the bickering between Ahsoka Tano and Anakin Skywalker are "strained". Puig said she enjoyed the character, and that "her repartee with Anakin enlivens things." "The Clone Wars" earned $68,282,844 worldwide, including $35,161,554 in North American domestic box office grosses and $33,121,290 in international grosses. The film earned $14,611,273 on 3,452 screens in its opening weekend, including $6,228,973 on its opening day, August 15. It was the third-highest earning film of the weekend, behind "Tropic Thunder" and "The Dark

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (novel)

text: Jedi Knights as they struggle to maintain order and restore peace during the tumultuous Clone Wars. More and more systems are falling prey to the forces of the dark side as the Galactic Republic slips further and further under the sway of the Separatists and their never-ending droid army. Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano find themselves on a mission with far-reaching consequences, one that brings them face-to-face with crime lord Jabba the Hutt. But Count Dooku and his sinister agents, including the nefarious Asajj Ventress, will stop at nothing to ensure that Anakin and Ahsoka fail at

title: Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)

text: Company purchased Lucasfilm in 2012. "Star Wars: Clone Wars" is part of the "Star Wars" prequel storyline, surrounding the fall of esteemed Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his subsequent transformation into the Sith Lord Darth Vader. The series begins in the year 22 BBY, a few months following "". The Clone Wars have just begun, with the failing Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order under siege from the Confederacy of Independent Systems wishing to secede from Galactic society with the help of the Sith. As the war rages, more and more planets slip from Republic control. Both the Jedi and

title: Star Wars Risk: The Clone Wars Edition

text: turn. While playing the Clone Wars version, the Republic armies and the Separatist armies have different card decks. When a player draws a card, the card is drawn from the appropriate deck. Each card has a symbol of a spacecraft on it, as well as a section for special rules. During gameplay, cards can be played in 3 different ways: Some cards have a red colored background, which represent the Jedi Anakin Skywalker. Anakin cards are available to both the Republic and Separatist armies, representing his struggle between the Light and Dark sides of the Force. Once Order 66 is

title: Clone Wars (Star Wars)

text: forming the "Confederacy of Independent Systems", often referred to as "the Separatists". The Republic uses an army of clone troopers, the namesake of the conflict, led by the Jedi Order against the Separatists' battle droid army. The conflict is manufactured as a scheme for the Republic's Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, secretly an evil Sith Lord, to gain power and ultimately to convert the democratic Galactic Republic into the dictatorial Galactic Empire featured in the original trilogy. Lucas used the Clone Wars narrative to answer questions about the original trilogy, such as how the Empire originated and how Anakin Skywalker became Darth

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: to have Ziro punished for his betrayal, Jabba agrees to the Republic treaty while Anakin and Ahsoka are retrieved by Obi-Wan and Yoda. In the meantime during his escape, Dooku reports to his master Darth Sidious about the failure of their plot against the Jedi and Jabba, but the Sith Lord assures him that the tide of war is still in their favor. "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" was made to serve as both a stand-alone story and a lead-in to the weekly . George Lucas had the idea for a film after viewing some of the completed footage of

title: Clone Wars (Star Wars)

text: all of "Star Wars," was the Vietnam War and Watergate scandal era, when leaders embraced corruption for what they thought was the best course of action. In 2002, Lucas said: The clone forces shown at the "Attack of the Clones" conclusion comprised the largest digital army created for film at that point. Lucas proposed to concept artists that "Revenge of the Sith" would open with a montage of seven battles on seven planets. Lucas then radically re-organized the plot, which Michael Kaminski surmises in "The Secret History of Star Wars" stemmed from flaws with Anakin Skywalker's fall to the dark

title: Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)

text: stating that the Nelvaan events occurred before Tythe, with the final scene of Obi-Wan and Anakin getting the message from Mace on the cruiser taking place after Tythe. General Grievous' asthmatic cough in "Revenge of the Sith" was intended to emphasize his organic nature as well as the flaws of having cyborg prosthetics. Grievous had previously appeared in "Clone Wars" before many of his personality traits had been finalized. To reconcile the differences between the two presentations, the "Clone Wars" production crew inserted a scene in "Chapter 25" of Mace Windu Force-crushing Grievous's chestplate housing his internal organs, as the

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: of clone troopers, and Ziro is arrested. Upon their arrival on Tatooine, Anakin and Ahsoka are shot down by MagnaGuards. Anakin devises a ruse to confront Dooku while carrying a decoy Rotta, leaving Ahsoka to take the real Rotta to Jabba's palace. While Anakin fights off Dooku, Ahsoka is ambushed by the MagnaGuards, whom she defeats. The two deliver Rotta safely to Jabba, who nonetheless orders the Jedi's execution for their supposed attempt to kidnap him. However, Padmé contacts Jabba in time and reveals Ziro and the Separatists' responsibility for the kidnapping. Acknowledging the Jedi's heroism and allowing the Republic

title: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (video game)

text: only actor from the films to do so. All other voice actors have either before or since provided voice work in the "Star Wars" universe. James Arnold Taylor, who voices Obi-Wan Kenobi in the series, provides the voice of Obi-Wan. Mat Lucas provides the voice of Anakin Skywalker, having also doubled for Hayden Christensen in the video game, "", as well as in the 2003 "Clone Wars" series. Voice actor Corey Burton, primary talent for the animated version of Count Dooku, voices various minor characters as well as Dooku himself. General Grievous is voiced by Matthew Wood, who also provided

title: Clone Wars (Star Wars)

text: Empire Strikes Back" (1980), Lucas considered introducing a clone character who had been involved with the Clone Wars. Leigh Brackett's first draft of the film initially developed Lando Calrissian as a clone from a planet of clones involved in the Clone Wars mentioned in "A New Hope" and were nearly made extinct by the war. Boba Fett was also considered as from a group of shocktroopers nearly wiped out by Jedi Knights during the Clone Wars. However, these concepts were not included in the final version of the film. Lucas was more guarded about the details of the Clone Wars

title: Clone trooper

text: Organa from entering the Temple, and he is ultimately cut down by an escaping Jedi Padawan. Appo later appears in season four of "The Clone Wars" television series as a sergeant in the 501st serving under clone Captain Rex. His armor bears blue markings. In "The Clone Wars" television series, his helmet is adorned with a white arrow in reference to Appa of the "" television series, on which "The Clone Wars" supervising director Dave Filoni worked. Captain Rex, CT-7567, leads Torrent Company of the 501st Legion, often under the command of Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Commander Ahsoka

text: not focus on Anakin Skywalker's story; with episodes dedicated to clone troopers and other characters. Lucas revealed further information in a fan interview, a new character named Ahsoka Tano, over 100 episodes and a possible appearance by Boba Fett. The first trailer for the series was released on the official "Star Wars" website on May 8, 2007. In an interview in the September 24, 2007 issue of "TV Guide", Lucas confirmed that 39 episodes of the series have been completed. On April 8, 2007, "Ain't It Cool News" reported that musician Eric Rigler had recorded music for the series. Rigler

title: Clone Wars (Star Wars)

text: Vader. The political and military events of the Clone Wars draw inspiration from real-world conflicts and historical events, such as World War II and Adolf Hitler's rise to power, and show similarities with the American Civil War. The first reference to the Clone Wars is in "Star Wars" creator George Lucas' third draft of the first film, which mentions the grizzled cyborg General Kenobi's "diary of the Clone Wars". The wars were mentioned twice briefly in the final version of the film, referring to Obi-Wan Kenobi as a General who served Leia Organa's father during the conflict. In drafting "The

title: Clone Wars (Star Wars)

text: Clone Wars (Star Wars) The Clone Wars, occasionally referred to in the singular as the Clone War, are conflicts in the "Star Wars" franchise by George Lucas. Though mentioned briefly in the first "Star Wars" film (1977), the conflicts themselves are not depicted until "" (2002) and "" (2005). The Clone Wars are also the setting for three eponymous projects: (2003–2005), (2008), and (2008–present). They have featured in numerous "Star Wars" books and games. Within the "Star Wars" narrative, the Clone Wars involve a three-year war fought to prevent thousands of planetary systems from seceding from the Galactic Republic and

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: first bona fide "Star Wars" flop." The film also earned $23,428,376 from DVD sales in the US. The film was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award in the category "Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel". Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film) Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a 2008 American 3D animated science fiction action-adventure film set within the "Star Wars" universe, leading into a produced by Lucasfilm Animation. The film is set during the three-year time period between the films "" (2002) and "" (2005), and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, who also holds the home media distribution rights

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film) Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a 2008 American 3D animated science fiction action-adventure film set within the "Star Wars" universe, leading into a produced by Lucasfilm Animation. The film is set during the three-year time period between the films "" (2002) and "" (2005), and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, who also holds the home media distribution rights to this film, even after Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012. The film premiered on August 10, 2008 at the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, while screening in wide-release on August 14, 2008 across Australia, and August

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (novel)

text: in the movie. On January 1, 2008 it was announced the publishing company Penguin Group obtained rights to publish books for an upcoming series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. It was revealed Penguin had planned many kinds of books to publsih for the series including a main line novel series based on the movie and the show. Del Rey Books, the company that published the novel series is an imprint of Penguin. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (novel) Star Wars: The Clone Wars, written by Karen Traviss, is the novelization of the animated movie "". The audio book is narrated

title: Clone trooper

text: lord Count Dooku. The clone troopers' genetics are altered so that they age at twice the normal rate and are more loyal and easier to command. The clone army is deployed to Geonosis under the command of the Jedi to rescue Obi-Wan, Anakin Skywalker, and Padmé Amidala from execution by the Separatists. In , set three years later, the clone army continues to fight in the Clone Wars against the Separatist battle droid army. However, Chancellor Palpatine, truly the Sith lord Darth Sidious, orders the army to execute Order 66, turning all clones against the Jedi. The clone troopers kill

title: Star Wars prequel trilogy

text: save Chancellor Palpatine from Count Dooku and the droid commander General Grievous. Anakin begins to have prophetic visions of his secret wife Padmé dying in childbirth. Palpatine, who had been secretly engineering the Clone Wars to destroy the Jedi Order, convinces Anakin that the dark side of the Force holds the power to save Padmé's life. Desperate, Anakin submits to Palpatine and is renamed Darth Vader. Palpatine orders the clone army to fire on their Jedi generals, and declares the former Republic an Empire. Vader participates in the extermination of the Jedi, culminating in a lightsaber duel with Obi-Wan on

title: Clone Wars (Star Wars)

text: claims that "like Palpatine, the Bush administration has been able to feed on people's fears to gain more power". Lucas stated that the Iraq conflict "didn't exist" when he developed the Clone Wars, but he did see parallels between the Vietnam conflict that inspired "Star Wars" and the conflict in Iraq. "Star Wars" producer Rick McCallum also said that the Clone Wars was developed before the War in Iraq, and he added that Lucas "is a product of Vietnam". Chris Taylor called the Clone Wars "a major part of Star Wars lore". In its attempt to keep its "Star Wars"

title: Clone Wars (Star Wars)

text: line of toys active after "Return of the Jedi" (1983), Kenner devised a storyline that would involve the return of an exiled "genetic terrorist" and his Clone Warriors. Timothy Zahn said the clones' unexpected appearance fighting for "the good guys" in "Attack of the Clones" — despite many years of fan speculation that the clones were an invading force — was "wonderfully blindsid[ing]". After seeing the CGI "Clone Wars" television show, Zahn was grateful Lucasfilm rejected his initial "Heir to the Empire" draft, which had a different depiction of the conflict. Clone Wars (Star Wars) The Clone Wars, occasionally referred

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: comic book series, "" and "Rebellion". The "Clone Wars" comics did not receive the promotional campaign it otherwise would have due to the abruptness of the theatrical and comic book releases. Topps, the trading cards company, released a series of 90 "Clone Wars" cards on July 26, which also included foil cards, motion cards, animation cel cards and rare sketch cards by top "Star Wars" artists and Lucasfilm animators. DK Publishing and the Penguin Group released books, activities and other merchandise that tied in with the film. Also released was the "Clone Wars: The Visual Guide", published by DK, and

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: was composed by Kevin Kiner. The original motion picture soundtrack was released by Sony Classical on August 12, 2008. The disc begins with the main theme by John Williams, followed by more than 30 separate music cues composed by Kiner. Kiner is known for his work on such television series as "Stargate SG-1", "", "Superboy" and "". The soundtrack uses some instruments never heard before in a "Star Wars" score, including erhus, duduks and ouds. "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" merchandise was first released on July 26, 2008. Hasbro released several 3-inch "Clone Wars" action figures, an electronic clone trooper

title: Technology in Star Wars

text: of cybernetics in "Star Wars" is documented by much of the "Star Wars" media, including novels, comics, and television series. It is used by characters for both enhancements and replacements for damaged or destroyed body parts. In the films, it is most recognizably used on two major characters: General Grievous and Darth Vader, both whom are cyborgs. Its applications are also first seen on film in "". Darth Vader, previously Anakin Skywalker, lost one of his limbs starting in the Clone Wars, and later, towards the end of the Clone Wars, lost most of his limbs after a deadly lightsaber

title: Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

text: Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game based on , developed by Traveller's Tales and published by LucasArts, released in March 2011 for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows and Nintendo 3DS consoles. "Lego Star Wars III" features missions and characters from the "Clone Wars" television series, as well as favourite characters from the original "Star Wars" saga, in both single-player and multiplayer gameplay modes. The Mac OS X version of the game has been released by Feral Interactive. Gameplay in

title: Clone Wars (Star Wars)

text: comic books set during the conflict. "" novelizes a story arc about Asajj Ventress and Quinlan Vos from eight unfinished episodes of "The Clone Wars," and the "Kanan" comic book series depicts the eponymous "Star Wars Rebels" character Kanan Jarrus as Jedi Padawan Caleb Dume during the conflict. LucasArts also produced video games like "" and "" that depict the Clone Wars. Comparisons have been made between the political aspects of the Clone Wars and the events leading up to World War II. Radio host Clyde Lewis' article on historical similarities in "Star Wars" claims that Palpatine's tactics parallel those

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (novel)

text: their quest. Meanwhile, on the front lines of the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Master Yoda lead the massive clone army in a valiant effort to resist the forces of the dark side. The book was released before the movie, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars", was released. Because of this, there are some differences between the movie and the book. The one that is noticed is during the Battle of Teth. In the movie, after the clones are defeated and Asajj Ventress and her droids and closing in on the surviving clones, there are six troopers instead of five like

title: Captain Rex

text: clone trooper character. However, because Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, and Artoo were also principal characters, "Star Wars" creator George Lucas felt Alpha's name created too much alliteration between the main cast, and a new character, Captain Rex, was created instead. The name "Rex" was chosen by Lucas. Previously, Captain Rex was the error-prone rookie droid pilot RX-24 of "Star Tours," who in turn replaced the initial concept of an unpredictable and risk-taking Clone Wars veteran. Voice actor Dee Bradley Baker voices all the clone trooper characters in "The Clone Wars", including Rex. To differentiate the characters, Baker considered the personality

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: "Clone Wars" movie reviews, but he found the game "a varied and well-paced experience." A "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" MP3 player was released in August 2008. The player includes one gigabyte of memory, which holds 200 songs or 20 hours of music and comes with three interchangeable faceplates: a green one with Yoda and a lightsaber on it, a silver one with Captain Rex and a Galactic Empire logo on it, and one with two Clone troopers on Coruscant. One review claimed it improved upon a Darth Vader MP3 player released in July 2008, which featured only 512 megabytes

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes

text: elements are unresponsive and oftentimes frustrating." He closed his review stating that "Unless you or your kids want to play as Jedi or clone troopers just for the sake of doing so, then there's really nothing here that'll keep anyone, young or old, interested for very long." Roper recommends playing a Lego Star Wars game instead. The game was also criticized on the fixed camera view. The game scored a generally unfavorable 46% at Metacritic.com. Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes is a third-person action-adventure video game developed by Krome

title: Clone Wars (Star Wars)

text: the backdrop of the Clone Wars. The show offers additional details about the clone army's creation, depicts numerous confrontations and developments from the conflict, and portrays the interaction between the clone troopers and their Jedi commanders. The series reveals that each clone has an "inhibitor chip" in his body that makes most of them obey Order 66. The series is set to return for another 12 episodes, on Disney’s new streaming device, in fall 2019. The prequel trilogy brought an end to Lucas's embargo on licensed material set during the Clone Wars. As such, Lucas Licensing sanctioned several novels and

title: Clone Wars Adventures

text: based game is worth a look..." Clone Wars Adventures Clone Wars Adventures was an online virtual world based on the animated television series "Star Wars: ". Players could create and customize in-world avatars and participate in a variety of Clone Wars themed mini-games and activities, earning Republic credits to purchase new weapons, outfits, ships, and furniture. "Clone Wars Adventures" was free to download and play, but only those that had a paid membership got access to a majority of the game's features. Additionally, many outfits and premium items could only be purchased with Station Cash, a form of in game

title: Clone Wars Adventures

text: Clone Wars Adventures Clone Wars Adventures was an online virtual world based on the animated television series "Star Wars: ". Players could create and customize in-world avatars and participate in a variety of Clone Wars themed mini-games and activities, earning Republic credits to purchase new weapons, outfits, ships, and furniture. "Clone Wars Adventures" was free to download and play, but only those that had a paid membership got access to a majority of the game's features. Additionally, many outfits and premium items could only be purchased with Station Cash, a form of in game currency that players needed to purchase

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (novel)

text: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (novel) Star Wars: The Clone Wars, written by Karen Traviss, is the novelization of the animated movie "". The audio book is narrated by Jeff Gurner. It is the first in a series of five novels designed to tie into the events of the movie and the animated series. The book was released almost 3 weeks before the film was released. Because of this there are some discrepancies between the book and the film. This book, like the movie and series, is set between Star Wars: Episodes 2 and 3. The story follows the heroic

title: Clone Wars (Star Wars)

text: than any other element of "Star Wars", even making them off-limits to licensed products and books. Because of Lucas's proscription on the topic, Timothy Zahn's first draft of "Heir to the Empire" (1991) required significant revision because the text included an insane clone of Obi-Wan Kenobi created during the Clone Wars. Lucas noted that Palpatine's rise to power is similar to that of Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany; as Chancellor of Germany, the latter was granted "emergency powers", as is Palpatine. Lucas has also said that one of the primary influences for the political backdrop behind the Clone Wars, and

title: Star Wars: Clone Wars (comics)

text: Star Wars: Clone Wars (comics) Star Wars: Clone Wars is a 9 volume series of trade paperbacks published by Dark Horse Comics between 2003 and 2006 that collect various comics dealing with the Clone Wars. Dark Horse Comics also published a quarterly graphic-novella series and a monthly comic series that take place during the 2008-2014 TV series. This series is aimed towards an older audience than the "" comic book series that were published around the same time. The stories are more complex, and feature more graphic violence. The parts of the series are as follows. The events in this

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: City held costume and trivia contests on July 26, and gave away limited-edition "Star Wars" toys with every purchase. A section of the Toys "R" Us website was also dedicated to "The Clone Wars". The toy line continues with The Clone Wars figures being well received by collectors for their detail to the characters and vehicles. Due to Lucas' sudden decision to produce the film, Lucas Licensing did not have time to enter into agreements with previous "Star Wars" marketing partners like Pepsi, Burger King and Kellogg's, with which the Lucasfilm licensing company had a ten-year marketing plan for the

title: Star Wars: Ahsoka

text: Star Wars: Ahsoka Star Wars: Ahsoka is a "Star Wars" young adult novel by E. K. Johnston, published in October 2016. Set between the events of the 3D CGI animated television series "" (2008–present) and "Star Wars Rebels" (2014–2018), it is centered on the character Ahsoka Tano, the former apprentice of Anakin Skywalker. "Ahsoka" explores what happens to the titular character between her departure from "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" and her reappearance in "Star Wars Rebels". A year after the events of "", Anakin has succumbed to the dark side and become Darth Vader, and Ahsoka has gone into

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: helmet, a customizable lightsaber, and an electronic All Terrain Tactical Enforcer (AT-TE). Target and KB Toys also devoted shelf space for "Clone Wars" toys, but did not hold midnight releases or pursue the branding opportunities Toys "R" Us did. Toys "R" Us mounted digital clocks in all 585 of its stores that counted down to the release of the "Clone Wars" toys, and more than 225 of the stores opened at midnight for the debut of the "Star Wars" products. Two of the Toys "R" Us flagship outlets in Mission Bay, San Diego and Times Square in Manhattan, New York

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: other CGI films. Essentially, it "meant using long camera shots, aggressive lighting techniques, and relying on editing instead of storyboards." Animators also reviewed designs from the when creating the animation style for the film and the new series. In charge was Steward Lee, working as the storyboard artist during filming. Some actors from the live-action films, including Anthony Daniels, Matthew Wood, Christopher Lee and Samuel L. Jackson, returned to vocally reprise their roles of their respective characters, although Lee and Jackson didn't reprise their roles in the subsequent "Clone Wars" series. The musical score for "Star Wars: The Clone Wars"

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: of memory and a dated visual display. A "Star Wars" iPod iSpeaker (a speaker/dock for iPods, iPhones and MP3 players) was also released. The speaker includes an image of Captain Rex and three other Clone Troopers. A "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" open wheel car for the IndyCar Series was unveiled at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con International. The #26 car, which also included Blockbuster Inc. decals and was driven by Andretti Green Racing driver Marco Andretti, ran August 24 on the Infineon Raceway in the Sonoma Mountains in California. Andretti said, "I'm hoping that my upcoming battle at Infineon

title: Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)

text: Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series) Star Wars: Clone Wars is an American animated television micro-series adapted, directed, produced and co-written by Genndy Tartakovsky, set in the "Star Wars" universe. Produced and released between the films "" and "", it is the first of many works to explore the conflict set between the two known as the Clone Wars, and directly leads to the events of "Revenge of the Sith". The show follows the actions of various characters from the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy, notably Jedi Knights and clone troopers, in their war against the battle droid armies of

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance

text: Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance is an action-adventure game developed and published by Lucasarts. It was released for the Nintendo DS entertainment system on November 11, 2008. It is set in the science fiction universe of "Star Wars" and is a tie-in to the "" TV series. The game utilizes complete use of the Nintendo DS stylus to control the characters' movements and actions, especially during lightsaber combat; there are also special action sequences in which the player must drag the stylus across certain parts of the screen to

text: strong story, solid visuals and great implementation of voiced dialogue, but criticized the game-play for being overly simplistic and its combat system inefficient. Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance is an action-adventure game developed and published by Lucasarts. It was released for the Nintendo DS entertainment system on November 11, 2008. It is set in the science fiction universe of "Star Wars" and is a tie-in to the "" TV series. The game utilizes complete use of the Nintendo DS stylus to control the characters' movements and actions, especially during

title: Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)

text: personally appointed to lead the space forces by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine (Nick Jameson), the secret alter ego of Sith Lord Darth Sidious. Also on Muunilinst, ARC (Advanced Recon Commando) Captain Fordo (André Sogliuzzo) leads more clone troopers on an assault. Meanwhile, Separatist leader Count Dooku (Corey Burton) takes in the Dark Jedi Asajj Ventress (Grey DeLisle) as his apprentice and sends her to eliminate Anakin. Anakin diverts his attention in the middle of the space battle to pursue Ventress to Yavin 4, where he manages to defeat her in a lightsaber duel by drawing on his anger, which is considered

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: November 11, 2008 in the United States and on December 8, 2008 in the United Kingdom. The film was released as a single-disc DVD, two-disc Special Edition DVD, and Blu-ray Disc. The standard-definition versions include the film in widescreen format with Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround EX sound, and with feature-length audio commentary. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" received an approval rating of 18% based on 169 reviews, with an average rating of 4.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Mechanical animation and a less-than stellar script make "The Clone Wars" a pale shadow of George

title: Clone Wars (Star Wars)

text: of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany; both leaders used wars and scapegoats to manipulate society's emotional state, thus providing the leadership with support and power. Another writer compares the Clone Wars with World War II in general, basing his argument on the fact that Lucas was born during the baby boomer generation, and the dark times featured in the original trilogy rival the dark, uncertain Cold War. Referring to Lucas's statements that the conflict in "Star Wars" was inspired by the cultural backdrop of the Vietnam War, journalist Chris Taylor said the Clone Wars are a parallel to World War

title: Clone Wars (Star Wars)

text: II. Anne Lancashire from the University of Toronto also points out some similar nomenclature between the Clone Wars and the American Civil War. Several publications compared the political context of the Clone Wars to the War in Iraq. In claiming that the "Star Wars" galaxy under the deceitful Palpatine parallels the modern issues of the United States, an editorial on Antiwar.com states that "Star Wars" "establishes first the generally agreeable premise that it's right to overthrow oppressive government, before bringing into focus something more discomforting – that the corrupt tyranny referred to is our own". Additionally, an article from Wiretap

title: Star Wars Risk: The Clone Wars Edition

text: many situations there are no territories in which the figure can be easily defended, allowing the Republic to take the territory quickly, even if many of their own territories were taken. Star Wars Risk: The Clone Wars Edition Star Wars Risk: The Clone Wars Edition is a form of the board game Risk (game). The factions represented in the game are the Galactic Republic, led largely by the Jedi, and the Separatists, led by charismatic Count Dooku. The box contains the gameboard, cardboard tokens and plastic tokens. Plastic pieces include dice (5 six-sided , 5 eight-sided) and tokens depicting the

text: Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes is a third-person action-adventure video game developed by Krome Studios, published by LucasArts, and released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PSP and PlayStation 2 (the latter being only released in the United States). A Nintendo DS version developed by LucasArts Singapore was also released. The game is a tie-in to "" television series and was released on October 6, 2009. A brand-new storyline takes the player on a multi-faceted adventure to stop a mysterious techno assassin's destructive plot. The game takes

title: Star Wars Risk: The Clone Wars Edition

text: Star Wars Risk: The Clone Wars Edition Star Wars Risk: The Clone Wars Edition is a form of the board game Risk (game). The factions represented in the game are the Galactic Republic, led largely by the Jedi, and the Separatists, led by charismatic Count Dooku. The box contains the gameboard, cardboard tokens and plastic tokens. Plastic pieces include dice (5 six-sided , 5 eight-sided) and tokens depicting the armies and Darth Sidious. Cardboard pieces represent other elements of the game being: The game board consists of zones. Each zone contains a grouping of game squares which represent a planet

title: Clone Wars Adventures

text: prevent the use of further personal information or private codes. "Clone Wars Adventures" received mixed reviews from critics. Metacritic gave the game an aggregate score of 65, based on 4 reviews. GameZebo gave it a score of 3.5/5, stating that it contained "Incredible variety of mini-games", and praised its presentation, commenting that it "...matches the look and feel of Clone Wars series perfectly". They further criticized it because "Too much content is locked away." Avault awarded Clone Wars Adventures 4 out of 5 stars, emphasizing that "It doesn’t matter whether you’re a Star Wars fan or not. This free-to-play browser

text: games listed below: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series) Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an American 3D CGI animated television series created by George Lucas and produced by Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm and CGCG Inc. The series began with released on August 15, 2008, and debuted on Cartoon Network on October 3, 2008. It is set in the fictional "Star Wars" galaxy during the three years between the prequel films "" and "", the same time period as the previous 2D 2003 TV series "". Each episode has a running time of 22 minutes to fill a half-hour

text: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series) Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an American 3D CGI animated television series created by George Lucas and produced by Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm and CGCG Inc. The series began with released on August 15, 2008, and debuted on Cartoon Network on October 3, 2008. It is set in the fictional "Star Wars" galaxy during the three years between the prequel films "" and "", the same time period as the previous 2D 2003 TV series "". Each episode has a running time of 22 minutes to fill a half-hour time slot. Dave

title: Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)

text: of 10 episodes, lasting 3 minutes each. Along with season 1, it was released on DVD as "Volume One". The third and final season consisted of 5 episodes, lasting 12 minutes each. These episodes were released on DVD as "Volume Two". In 2009, "Clone Wars" was ranked 21 on IGN's "Top 100 Animated Series" list. Both volumes were distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series) Star Wars: Clone Wars is an American animated television micro-series adapted, directed, produced and co-written by Genndy Tartakovsky, set in the "Star Wars" universe. Produced and released between

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: lightsaber fight; a bit more blah-blah, a spaceship dogfight, and on and on." Linda Stasi, of the "New York Post", also described the lack of character development in the film, writing that whereas the original "Star Wars" films dedicated time to allowing viewers to get to know the characters, "Director Dave Filoni is so concentrated on the action that we're never given the chance to care who lives and who is blown into spare parts." Jason Anderson, of the "Globe and Mail", wrote that although "The Clone Wars" is intended for younger audiences, "parents may be perturbed by the film's

title: Hostage Crisis (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

text: arrested. Anakin wakes up and Padmé gives him back his lightsaber. He then manages to save everyone by cutting a hole in the floor and dropping everyone one floor down, just before Bane triggers the bombs anyway for the clone troopers' interference. Cad Bane liberates Ziro from prison, and they escape. – In one version of the script, Mas Amedda was in the executive office with Chancellor Palpatine. In the final, it is Orn Free Taa, taking advantage of his pre-existing character model. – Among the Senators held hostage are Riyo Chuchi of Pantora; Onaconda Farr of Rodia; Jakker-Sun the

title: Star Wars prequel trilogy

text: hired Jonathan Hales, a writer from "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", to polish it. Unsure of a title, Lucas had jokingly called the film "Jar Jar's Great Adventure". In writing "The Empire Strikes Back", Lucas initially considered that Lando Calrissian was a clone from a planet of clones which caused the Clone Wars mentioned in "A New Hope". He later came up with the concept of an army of clone shock troopers from a remote planet which attacked the Republic and were resisted by the Jedi. Three years into the Clone Wars, Anakin and Obi-Wan lead a rescue mission to

title: Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)

text: edited as feature-length films. Since release, the series has received critical acclaim and won multiple awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program twice for both of its volumes. The success of "Star Wars: Clone Wars", which "Star Wars" creator George Lucas referred to as the "pilot series", led to a second "Clone Wars" series — the CGI-animated "" — which was produced by Lucasfilm Animation and ran from 2008 to 2014 before being resurrected for the 2019 launch of Disney's streaming service. That series' canonicity eventually superseded that of the "Clone Wars" micro-series after The Walt Disney

text: tide of the war, but Yoda reminds him the war is far from over. The game achieved mixed to positive reception on online gaming website reviews. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 75.33% and 73 out of 100 for the GameCube version; 70.46% and 72 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version; and 74.74% and 71 out of 100 for the Xbox version. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002 video game) Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by LucasArts for GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. This game mostly

title: Clone Wars Adventures

text: and is based on the animated television series "Star Wars: ". When "Clone Wars Adventures "original concept was created it was planned to be Star Wars's third MMO and would provide a way aside of the television series to spark interest in Star Wars the Clone Wars. During the pre-development stages of the game licensing was worked out with Lucasfilm in order for SOE to attain rights for the game. The contract extended SOE exclusive rights to have access to all of the sound used in the series as well as access to the series's artwork (though it may have

title: Tag and Bink: Revenge of the Clone Menace

text: Tag and Bink: Revenge of the Clone Menace Tag and Bink: Revenge of the Clone Menace is a comic book published on 26 April 2006 by Dark Horse Comics. The story is set in the "Star Wars" universe, and tells the origins of Tag Greenley and Bink Otauna. The entire story takes place during the storylines of and , using the literary device known as red herring. The whole Tag and Bink series is collected in "Tag & Bink Were Here". Tag and Bink are shown as children, haplessly trying to become Jedi with Master Yoda. They find Anakin Skywalker

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: other films. When questioned by "The New York Times" about "Star Wars" merchandising in July 2008, a Pepsi spokesperson was unaware a new "Star Wars" film was being released. On August 15, McDonald's held its first ever Happy Meal promotion for a "Star Wars" film and for four weeks, 18 exclusive toys came in specially designed Happy Meal boxes. Dark Horse Comics published a six-issue digest-sized comic book miniseries. Randy Stradley, vice president of publishing for Dark Horse, said the sudden decision to release the "Clone Wars" film required the company to temporarily delay plans for two other "Star Wars"

text: central power core to contact for help. Anakin manages to disconnect and hide before the bounty hunters find him, and then uses a mind trick to convince Alama to check the other two floors. As the hunters split up, Anakin follows the IG-86 sentinel droid and manages to bash it into submission. Alama comes back down to check and finds the droid's mangled remains. Noticing no lightsaber slashes, he quickly figures out that Anakin isn't armed. He reports this to Bane, who sends Sing to assist him. Anakin locates the power core, but a panicked Robonino shuts the door behind

title: Star Wars: Clone Wars (comics)

text: "Landing at Point Rain", makes a brief cameo in this comic. Tie in to : This comic book brings back Plo Koon's clone commander Wolffe. It tells how Wolffe lost his eye when he is seen in "Grievous Intrigue". This is also the first time he is seen in clone armor which looks like the clone troopers' armor seen in both "Rising Malevolence" and "R2 Come Home" with a wolf emblazoned on his helmet. Also, Sinker, one of the clone troopers with Wolffe and Koon from the "Rising Malevolence" episode makes a brief cameo in the book. Star Wars: Clone

text: to be aired separately from "The Clone Wars", as a feature-length pilot for a spin-off show that never materialized. For the 2019 revival, the remaining episodes of the series will be exclusively available on Disney+. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment distributed the videodisc releases of the first five seasons, while Walt Disney Home Entertainment handled the videodisc release of the sixth season as "Star Wars: The Clone Wars – The Lost Missions". Apart from the season-by-season videodisc sets, there were also three special DVD releases consisting of four episodes from a particular season that reflected a certain story arc or theme:

title: Doug Anakin

text: and his passion for outdoor activities, the school established the "Doug Anakin Scholarship for Outdoor Pursuits" which is presented annually to a student who best demonstrates Anakin's traits. Anakin owns Doug Anakin Sports in Beaconsfield, a store specializing in outdoor sport equipment. Anakin is married and has two children and four grandchildren. Doug Anakin Douglas Thomas "Doug" Anakin (born November 6, 1930) is a former Canadian bobsleigh competitor. He was born in Chatham, Ontario and was selected by Vic Emery as a member of Canada's gold medal-winning four-man bobsleigh team at the 1964 Winter Olympics. Anakin was also one of

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: Lucas' once great franchise." This constituted the lowest Rotten Tomatoes rating of any "Star Wars" film; the previous six theatrical films ranged from 55% to 95%, and the made-for-television Ewok films and the "Star Wars Holiday Special" garnered higher ratings, although their averages encompassed far fewer reviews. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 35 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". "Entertainment Weekly" listed "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" as one of the five worst films of 2008 with critic Owen Gleiberman saying, It's hard to tell the droids from the Jedi

title: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

text: Nathalie Cox reprises her role as Juno Eclipse, as does Cully Fredrickson as General Rahm Kota. Matt Sloan, who portrays Darth Vader in the webseries and voices Vader in the original "The Force Unleashed" returns to the role in "The Force Unleashed II". Veteran "" voice actors Tom Kane and Dee Bradley Baker are also included amongst the cast. Kane voices Jedi Master Yoda, a role he has provided several times within the Star Wars franchise. Baker voices bounty hunter Boba Fett, a clone and adopted son of Jango Fett. Baker provides the voice of all of the clone troopers

title: The Gathering (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

text: The Gathering (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) "The Gathering" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series "". It aired in the United States on November 3, 2012. The episode marks the first in the series' Young Jedi arc, the entirety of which was screened at the "Star Wars" Celebration VI convention on August 25, 2012. The episode follows six Jedi Younglings, guided by Ahsoka and Yoda, as they fulfill their rite of passage in constructing their own lightsabers, the main weapon used by the mystical Jedi. The episode also discusses the lightsaber's power

text: Younglings' personalities were developed. The Gathering (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) "The Gathering" is the sixth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series "". It aired in the United States on November 3, 2012. The episode marks the first in the series' Young Jedi arc, the entirety of which was screened at the "Star Wars" Celebration VI convention on August 25, 2012. The episode follows six Jedi Younglings, guided by Ahsoka and Yoda, as they fulfill their rite of passage in constructing their own lightsabers, the main weapon used by the mystical Jedi. The episode also

text: Hostage Crisis (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) "Hostage Crisis" is the twenty-second episode and first season finale of "". It first aired on March 20, 2009 on Cartoon Network. Cad Bane and his crew of bounty hunters and droid enforcers arrive at the Senate landing zone, where they meet a host of Senate Commandos, who are not happy with their unauthorized arrival. Aurra Sing snipes three of them from long-range and the rest of the bounty hunters overwhelm the rest of the squad. One of the commando droids fools security into thinking that the guards had taken down a group

text: Filoni is the supervising director of the series. Genndy Tartakovsky, director of the first "Clone Wars" series, was not involved with the production, but character designer Kilian Plunkett referred to the character designs from the 2D series when designing the characters for the 3D series. There is also an online comic depicting story snippets between episodes. In early 2013, Lucasfilm announced that "The Clone Wars" would be "winding down". Super RTL, a German TV network, began airing the episodes on February 15, 2014. The sixth-season episodes were made available in the U.S. for streaming on Netflix, along with the entirety

text: to leave only to be shot by Bane. He then communicates with Chancellor Palpatine, demanding Ziro the Hutt's release from captivity. Palpatine refuses to do so. Unfortunately, Bane proves his point by locking down the entire building, severing all communication with the outside. He takes everyone's comlinks, but before he can search Padmé, who is holding Anakin's lightsaber in her sleeve, Bane notices Anakin in the upper levels and orders an IG-86 sentinel droid and Shahan Alama to get him. Anakin eludes his pursuers and hot-wires a terminal to communicate with Palpatine. The Chancellor advises Anakin to get to the

text: "", "Star Wars The Force Unleashed", and the "LEGO Star Wars" series. The game also features a drop in/drop out co-op mode. A fixed camera angle is used in the game. "Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes" scored generally negative reviews. Chris Roper of IGN gave the game a 4.8/10, starting his review by saying, "The first thing you'll notice is that pretty much regardless of which system you play it on, it looks rather terrible." Roper then goes on to say "About five seconds after you notice how bad it looks, you'll realize that the game's platforming

title: Clone trooper

text: unquestionable loyalty meant he would carry out his orders without question, even if it meant killing a Jedi or another "brother". His exemplary performance has made him one of the most highly decorated soldiers in the Republic army. The 501st Legion is a division of clone troopers under the command of Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and Padawan Commander Ahsoka Tano. It first appears unnamed in "Revenge of the Sith" under the leadership of Commander Appo, and they assault the Jedi Temple on Coruscant under Order 66. The 501st Legion also appears extensively throughout "Star Wars Battlefront" video game franchise and

text: disclosed that each planet in the "Star Wars" galaxy would have its own theme music. The episode Mr. Rigler performed on was based on Bulgarian music and played on Uilleann pipes. Kevin Kiner composed the original score for each episode. Stuart Snyder, who oversaw Cartoon Network and other Turner Broadcasting System cable networks from 2007 to 2014, said he became interested in the new "Clone Wars" series immediately upon starting the job in May 2007. Snyder flew out to San Francisco, California to screen several episodes, and told Lucas the only place he wanted to see the show was on

title: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (novel)

text: the order by name. Only the scene in which Obi-Wan is attacked by clone troopers is the same as seen in the movie. Yoda's escape is not featured; he appears next when he meets Obi-Wan on "Tantive IV". When Anakin, newly renamed Darth Vader, arrives in the Jedi Temple with the clone troopers, the narration describes how he murders the Jedi inside, including the gatemaster Jurokk. In the film, the scene cuts away after he ignites his lightsaber in front of a youngling; the murders are implied. Stover describes the Clone Wars as "the perfect Jedi trap". This is the

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: droid army on the planet . Awaiting reinforcements, the two Jedi greet a shuttle carrying the young Jedi Ahsoka Tano, who insists that she has been assigned by Jedi Master Yoda to serve as Anakin's Padawan. Anakin begrudgingly accepts Ahsoka's apprenticeship, and the two succeed in deactivating the Separatists' energy field while Obi-Wan stalls the droid army commander, allowing a Republic victory. Ahsoka earns Anakin's respect. Following the battle, Yoda arrives and informs the Jedi that crime lord Jabba the Hutt's son Rotta has been kidnapped. Anakin and Ahsoka are tasked with retrieving the Huttlet, while Obi-Wan is sent to

title: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

text: about how to prevent Padmé's death. Not only is Saesee Tiin revealed to be a telepath, but his horn, lost in the Clone Wars, is revealed to have grown back. The book explains that Palpatine purposely manipulated the Council into sending Obi-Wan to fight General Grievous, because he knew he needed to get Obi-Wan off Coruscant before he could turn Anakin to the dark side. The novel also reveals Mace Windu's rationale for not bringing Anakin along to the fight with Palpatine: he can sense Anakin's fear and distress, and does not believe the young Jedi is in any mental

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" in the UK, published by Puffin and in the U.S. by Grosset & Dunlap. The publishers also released a storybook, picture books and an activity book. At the American International Toy Fair, Lego announced a product line for the film and the TV series, to be released in July 2008 in the United States and on August 2008 in the United Kingdom. The LucasArts video game developer adapted the film into "" for the Nintendo DS and "" for Wii. A reviewer from PocketGamer.co.uk said his expectations for "Jedi Alliance" were low due to poor

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: will be as exciting as anything in a "Star Wars" movie so I can win it for both Blockbuster and Lucasfilm." The car finished 14th at Infineon, which Andretti attributed to a slow pit stop early in the race; he added, "I just don't think it was a very good performance for us today." The "Clone Wars" car was the second collaboration between Lucasfilm, Blockbuster and Andretti Green Racing. It premiered as an "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" car at the Indianapolis 500 in May 2008. The film's two-disc DVD and Blu-ray Disc was released on

text: unlock new costumes for the characters, as well as concept art for the game. The game is set in the familiar Star Wars universe and takes places on new planets seen in the "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" movie and series such as Cristophsis, as well as the capital planet Coruscant and the home planet of the Nightsisters, Dathomir. The initial level takes place on a republic transport cruiser named the Sedawan, newly designed for the game. The story revolves around the theft from a Republic cargo transport, the cargo being crystals used in the construction of the Jedi Knight's

text: powerful that none could withstand it. It required large amounts of energy to work, which the Force Harvester could provide. Windu then mentions that the Reaper was destroyed by a fallen Jedi Knight Ulic Qel-Droma, and the remains of the Sith weapon were scattered by the Jedi across the galaxy. To learn more about the Dark Reaper, Anakin and Obi-Wan lead Republic forces to Rhen Var to retake the planet from the Separatists. After a long battle, Anakin is led to an ancient tomb, where he meets Qel-Droma as a force ghost, who teaches Anakin how to defeat the Dark

title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

text: of fun." Carrie Rickey, of "The Philadelphia Inquirer", said, "The best that can be said about the movie is that it's harmless and mostly charmless. "The Clone Wars" is to "Star Wars" what karaoke is to pop music." The main criticism toward the film was the animation. Many criticized it as cheap, wooden, non-engaging, and out-of-date; some reviewers drew negative comparisons to 1960s marionette-based shows "Thunderbirds" and "Fireball XL5", although George Lucas previously said the animation style was a deliberate homage to such shows. Tom Long of "The Detroit News" said the animation "is downright weak compared to what's generally

text: specifically praised the episodes "Rookies", "Cloak of Darkness", and "Lair of Grievous" saying that their storylines stood out as some of the best in the "Star Wars" expanded universe. "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" became the most-watched series premiere in Cartoon Network history. The series averaged 3 million total viewers in its debut, according to Nielsen Media Research. Cartoon Network said the "Star Wars" spin-off ranked as the number one channel among all major animated networks in the time slot among total viewers (the largest in the demographic for any premiere telecast of an original Cartoon series). On July 23,

title: Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)

text: general makes a desperate escape with Palpatine. The series was produced by Genndy Tartakovsky, creator of "Dexter's Laboratory" and "Samurai Jack", and employs a similar animation style to Tartakovsky's "Samurai Jack". Tartakovsky revealed in his Hyperspace commentary tracks on the official "Star Wars" website and on the "Volume I" DVD that he purposely animated C-3PO with moveable expressive eyes to pay homage to the animators of and the animation style of Nelvana, the production company behind the animated segment from "Star Wars Holiday Special" and the 1980s "" cartoon series. George Lucas, who inspired the "Clone Wars" television series and

title: Star Wars prequel trilogy

text: the volcanic planet Mustafar. Work on "Episode III" began before "Episode II" was released, with one scene shot during the earlier film's production. Lucas originally told concept artists that the film would open with a montage of the Clone Wars, and included a scene of Palpatine revealing to Anakin that he had willed his conception through the Force. Lucas reviewed and radically reorganized the plot, having Anakin execute Dooku in the first act to foreshadow his fall to the dark side. After principal photography was completed in 2003, Lucas made more changes, rewriting Anakin's arc. He would now primarily turn

text: announced that "The Clone Wars" would be "winding down" to focus on the "Star Wars" sequel trilogy and a new series, "Star Wars Rebels". On February 13, 2014, Netflix announced that starting on March 7, 2014 they would begin the US distribution of the entire TV series, including some previously unreleased director's cuts, and the previously unaired new season dubbed "The Lost Missions". The latter also became available for purchase on digital video stores, such as iTunes, in . In November 2016, Pablo Hidalgo from the Lucasfilm story group revealed that the "Young Padawans" arc from Season 5 was intended

text: that is programmed to use a lightsaber. In "Challenge Mode", the player is given the choice to play as any character in the game currently unlocked, and enter a series of duels in which specific goals are set. If they are met, a blue Republic symbol will appear at the end of the duel. Each character has four challenges. Some challenges are more difficult than others, but they unlock powerful new characters like Kit Fisto, Mace Windu, and Plo Koon. Some battlefields can be unlocked as well like the Sarlacc Pit and Mustafar. Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber

title: Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

text: "Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars" is similar to the previous titles in the series, and other Lego video games. Up to two players can switch between different characters to fight enemies in combat, solve puzzles, and progress through various levels. It introduces a few novelties, including "scene swap", where players can switch between teams in separate locations to complete multi-part objectives, and boss battles. The game also features some real-time strategy elements, such as commanding large ground armies across battlefields. Also, the space fights have been remodelled to use a more instinctive, 3D-space battle sensation. It is set