Star Wars The Clone Wars

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an American computer-animated television series created by George Lucas and produced by Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm and CGCG Inc. The series began with a theatrical feature film that was released on August 15, 2008, and debuted on Cartoon Network two months later on October 3, 2008. It is set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy during the three years between the prequel films Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, the same time period as the previous 2D 2003 TV series Star Wars: Clone Wars. Each episode had a running time of approximately 22 minutes to fill a half-hour time slot. Dave Filoni was the supervising director of the series.

The Clone Wars was a massive ratings success, becoming one of Cartoon Network's highest rated shows during its initial run. Throughout its run, the series received mostly positive reception from critics, receiving praise for its writing, action, characters, visuals, voice acting, music, scale and tone. The series has also garnered a massive fan following and was also nominated for many industry awards, including the Daytime Emmy Awards and the Annie Awards.

In early 2013, Lucasfilm announced that The Clone Wars would be "winding down". Thirteen episodes composing a new sixth season were made available in the U.S. for streaming on Netflix, along with the entirety of the series, beginning March 7, 2014. A project known as The Clone Wars Legacy adapted unproduced story arcs into other formats, such as comics and novels. The series was revived for a seventh and final season of 12 new episodes, which premiered on Disney+ on February 21, 2020.

Star Wars Rebels, released during the hiatus between the sixth and seventh seasons of The Clone Wars, continues the character arcs of several characters introduced in The Clone Wars after the events of the series, including Captain Rex, Ahsoka Tano and Maul.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch, a spin-off and sequel series centering on the titular clone trooper team introduced in the seventh season, was announced on July 13, 2020. Set after the Clone Wars and in the early years of the Galactic Empire's reign over the galaxy, the show will follow the team's adventures as soldiers for the Empire, and later as mercenaries trying to find their place in the galaxy.

## Cast and characters

### Main

* Matt Lanter as Anakin Skywalker, Additional voices
* James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon, Additional voices
* Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano, Additional voices
* Dee Bradley Baker as Clone Troopers, Saesee Tiin, Onaconda Farr, Bossk, Arok the Hutt, Admiral Trench, Additional voices
* Tom Kane as Narrator, Yoda, Admiral Wullf Yularen, Additional voices
* Matthew Wood as General Grievous, Battle Droids, Poggle the Lesser, Wat Tambor, Additional voices

### Recurring

* Ian Abercrombie (Seasons 1–6) / Tim Curry (Seasons 5–6) / Ian McDiarmid (Season 7) as Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious
* B.J. Hughes (Season 1) / Ahmed Best (Seasons 1–6) as Jar Jar Binks
* Clancy Brown as Savage Template:Not a typo
* Corey Burton as Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus, Cad Bane, Ziro the Hutt, Chairman Papanoida, Additional voices
* Terrence C. Carson as Mace Windu
* Jim Cummings as Hondo Ohnaka
* Olivia d'Abo as Luminara Unduli
* Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
* Ben Diskin as AZI-3, Krismo Sodi, Morley, Otua Blank, WAC-47
* Robin Atkin Downes as Castas, Cham Syndulla, Cin Drallig, Ima-Gun Di, Rush Clovis
* Jon Favreau as Pre Vizsla
* Nika Futterman as Asajj Ventress, Chi Eekway Papanoida, Gardulla the Hutt, Sy Snootles, TC-70
* Brian George as King Katuunko, Chi Cho, Ki-Adi-Mundi
* Barbara Goodson as Mother Talzin
* Anna Graves as Duchess Satine, Sugi, Tiplar, Tiplee, Additional voices
* Jennifer Hale as Aayla Secura, Riyo Chuchi
* Julian Holloway as Almec, Admiral Killian
* Tom Kenny as Greedo, Lt. Tan Divo, Nute Gunray, Silood
* Jaime King as Aurra Sing, Cassie Cryar, Additional Voices
* Phil LaMarr as Bail Organa, Kit Fisto, Orn Free Taa
* Daniel Logan as Boba Fett, Clone Cadets
* James C. Mathis III as Gregar Typho
* Angelique Perrin as Adi Gallia, Mama the Hutt
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Jabba the Hutt, Hay-Zu, Xomit Grunseit
* Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan Kryze
* Meredith Salenger as Barriss Offee, Che Amanwe Papanoida, Ione Marcy, Pluma Sodi
* Kath Soucie as Mon Mothma, Jek Lawquane, Mina Bonteri
* Jason Spisak as Lux Bonteri, Zinn Paulness
* Stephen Stanton as Mas Amedda, Tarkin, Colonel Meebur Gascon, Moralo Eval, Marg Krim, Additional voices
* Catherine Taber as Padmé Amidala, Additional voices
* Tasia Valenza as Shaak Ti
* Sam Witwer as Darth Maul, The Son

### Notable guests

* Pernilla August as Shmi Skywalker
* Clare Grant as Latts Razzi
* Seth Green as Todo 360, Ion Papanoida
* Mark Hamill as Darth Bane
* James Marsters as Faro Argyus
* Bobby Moynihan as Pintu Son-El
* Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn
* Simon Pegg as Dengar
* Greg Proops as Tal Merrik
* Elizabeth Rodriguez as Rafa Martez
* Ray Stevenson as Gar Saxon
* George Takei as Lok Durd
* David Tennant as Huyang
* Adrienne Wilkinson as The Daughter
* Michael York as Dr. Nuvo Vindi

## *The Clone Wars Legacy*

At the time of cancellation in March 2013, 65 more episodes were in development. Thirteen of these episodes were finished to become part of *Season 6: The Lost Missions*, but there were still additional arcs that were never released. In September 2014, StarWars.com released details of three story arcs from the unfinished episodes.

### Literature

#### *Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir*

A four-episode arc continued the story of Darth Maul following the events from the season 5 episode "The Lawless", detailing his escape from Sidious; Maul regains control of the criminal Shadow Collective, and battles Dooku, Grievous, and Sidious. The arc was adapted into a four-part limited comic book series, *Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir*, which debuted in May 2014.

#### *Dark Disciple*

An eight-episode arc with Nightsister Asajj Ventress and Jedi Quinlan Vos was adapted into *Dark Disciple*, a novel by Christie Golden released on July 7, 2015. The story follows Vos partnering up with Ventress, hoping to execute Count Dooku.

### Story reels

Two arcs consisting each of four episodes were released on the official Star Wars website for free in the form of complete animatics, albeit with unfinished animation as those episodes only went through the earliest stages of production. Both were fully voiced by the cast.

#### *Crystal Crisis on Utapau*

In September 2014, four unfinished episodes were released on the official *Star Wars* website. The arc took place on Utapau with Obi-Wan and Anakin investigating an arms deal involving the Separatists and a Kyber crystal. The arc also dealt with Anakin's feelings after the departure of Ahsoka. It was also included in the season 6 Blu-ray.

#### *The Bad Batch*

The unfinished animatics for *The Bad Batch*, a four-episode arc, were screened at the *Star Wars Celebration* convention in Anaheim, California on April 17, 2015. Scripted by Brent Friedman, it is a four-part story arc focusing on a ragtag unit of clone commandos of the same name. The arc was subsequently released on StarWars.com for free shortly after on April 29, 2015. The completed episodes were aired as the first part of the seventh season. On July 13, 2020, a spin-off sequel series titled *Star Wars: The Bad Batch* was announced; it will follow the titular group of clones working as mercenaries in the immediate aftermath of the Clone War.

## Video games

Seven video games have been released, which are based on the style and character designs of the series.

* *Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels*, a fighting game released on November 11, 2008 for Wii.
* *Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance*, an action-adventure game released on November 11, 2008 for Nintendo DS.
* *Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes*, another action-adventure game taking place between Season 1 and Season 2, released on October 9, 2009 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo DS.
* *Clone Wars Adventures*, an online PC game launched on September 15, 2010 online by Sony Online Entertainment and shut down on March 31, 2014.
* *Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars*, released in March 2011 by TT Games for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, PC, Mac, and Nintendo 3DS, which further stylizes the characters as part of the Lego *Star Wars* theme and is mostly based on the first two seasons.
* *Star Wars: The Clone Wars Pinball*, a virtual pinball adaptation of the series' original run, released in 2013 as a purchaseable add-on for Zen Studios' *Star Wars Pinball* collection for most seventh- and eighth-generation home video game systems, computers and mobile devices.
* *Disney Infinity 3.0*, released in September 2015 by Disney Interactive for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, Wii U, Microsoft Windows, iOS and Android, which stylizes select major characters from the show as action figures that become playable only via a toys-to-life NFC system. Each copy of the game comes with the playset, "Twilight of the Republic", which is an alternate storyline set during the Clone Wars era, along with two starting characters, Anakin and Ahsoka. Other characters from the show also appear, although most of them are not playable or are fought as bosses.

Characters and/or locations from the show have also appeared in the following *Star Wars* games listed below:

* *Star Wars: Galactic Defense*, a now-defunct tower defense game released on iOS and Android by DeNA, in which a number of playable champions include characters from the show. Several levels in the main campaign also take place on the planet Felucia, a major Clone Wars hotspot featured in some episodes.
* *Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes*, a turn-based RPG also released on iOS and Android by Electronic Arts, where some levels take place on planets depicted in the show (such as Dathomir) and a number of collectible, playable characters are from the show.
* *Star Wars: Force Arena*, an online MOBA game released on iOS and Android by Netmarble, where an August 2017 update allowed players to recruit characters, vehicles and battle units from the series, as well as battle on planets like Felucia.
* *Star Wars Battlefront II*, a video game available on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, in which players can battle on or directly above planets like Ryloth and Kamino, where some battles in the series were fought. Wood, Taylor, Lanter and Burton also reprise their voice roles for four new playable heroes (General Grievous, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Count Dooku, respectively) being added to the game's third season in late 2018, themed after the Clone Wars.

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7. ↑ Full Synopsis For Christie Golden's *Dark Disciple* (March 21, 2015).
8. ↑ Hughes, Jason (September 26, 2014). Unfinished 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' Episodes Released Online. Retrieved on September 27, 2014.
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