Star Wars : Clone Wars Star Wars : Clone Wars is an animated television series that chronicles the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems . Produced by Cartoon Network Studios , the series originally aired from 2003 to 2005 , and was intended to serve as a bridge between the films and . The series consists of twenty - five chapters ; Seasons 1 and 2 ( Volume I ) are made up of three - minute installments , while Season 3 ( Volume II ) is made up of twelve - to - fifteen minute installments . The success of " Star Wars : Clone Wars " led to a second " Clone Wars " series — the similarly titled " " — which was produced by Lucasfilm Animation and ran from 2008 to 2014 . Development . In the early 2000s , Hasbro asked Lucasfilm to develop something between prequel films , which they hoped would boost action figure sales and help promote the upcoming . Cartoon Network — who had previously worked with Hasbro on their series — suggested Genndy Tartakovsky , who was finishing work on the animated series " " . Lucasfilm met with Tartakovsky , who agreed to the project if the shorts could be extended from the original proposed 1 - minute runtime up to 3 - to - 5 minutes . Tartakovsky pitched the show as having " a " " - feel to it — where it ' s episodes of different battles and strategies during the Clone Wars . " After Lucasfilm and Cartoon Network approved the idea , Tartakovsky produced twenty 3 - minute episodes . The series was produced using mostly techniques . For example , Tartakovsky animated C - 3PO ' s eyes in a way that pays homage to the animation style of Nelvana , who produced the " " and " " series and " The Star Wars Holiday Special " s animated segment — all of which he had grown up with . The series ' s success led to the greenlight of a third season consisting of five 12 - to 15 - minute episodes . Cartoon Network held a poll to determine which of three new Jedi should be introduced in the series . The three choices were Roron Corobb , Voolvif Monn , and Foul Moudama . Voolvif Monn won the vote and was introduced in " Chapter 20 . " The other two Jedi were later introduced anyway , both of whom played parts larger than Monn ' s . Release . " Star Wars : Clone Wars " ran on Cartoon Network from November 7 , 2003 to March 25 , 2005 . The episodes were released simultaneously on television and online for members of the . They were available the next day on cartoonnetwork . com and on StarWars . com for non - Hyperspace members . In an act of cross - promotion , Cartoon Network ran a " Star Wars " contest involving the 2004 DVD release of the original trilogy . A of the entire series was released on May 21 , 2008 . Dark Horse released a comic book series based on the artwork and atmosphere of the show , in some cases with direct plot tie - ins . 20th Century Fox released the series on home video in two phases in 2005 ; The was released on March 22 , 2005 ( one day after the third and final season began airing ) and contained Chapters 1 through 20 . The was released on December 6 , 2005 ( the same day as the " family pack " DVD re - release of the original trilogy ) and contained Chapters 21 through 25 . Chapters 1 and 8 were also included on a " " that was packaged with Hasbro ' s Obi - Wan Kenobi , Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader toy lightsabers . Reception . " Clone Wars " was one of the first online series to win an Emmy Award , due to the fact that it was released on television and the internet simultaneously . Seasons one and two won an Emmy award for " Outstanding Animated Program " in 2004 , and season three won in 2005 for the same category . Background key designer Justin Thompson also won in " Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation " for his work on season three . The series was also a nominee and winner , respectively , of the 32nd and 33rd Annie Awards for " Best Animated Television Production . " ranked the series 20th out of 25 of the best science - fiction films or television of the previous 25 years ( 1982 – 2007 ) . IGN ranked " Clone Wars " as the 21st ( out of 100 ) greatest animated series of all time .