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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 1329
Released: November 11, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Description of Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Widescreen Edition):
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is the 2008 CGI-animated theatrical film that serves as the kick-off to the weekly animated Clone Wars TV series. The concept came about way back in 1977's original Star Wars film, when Leia says in her message to Obi-Wan Kenobi "Years ago, you served my father in the Clone Wars." Initially a simple offhand reference that would reveal Luke's past, the phrase captured fans' attentions for years, until Episode II: Attack of the Clones revealed just how the Clone Wars figured into the battle between Republic and Empire. The 2008 movie is full of familiar characters--Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Count Dooku--and a new one: Ahsoka Tano, a young girl who has been made Anakin's Padawan. Together, the two headstrong youths embark on a mission to rescue Jabba the Hutt's kidnapped child, battling each other as much as they battle the Separatist forces. There are some kind-of-cool sequences, including duels with Dooku and his assassin, Asajj Ventress, and it's interesting to see some new corners of the Star Wars universe, such as the seamy underbelly of Coruscant. But Ahsoka and her penchant for nicknames that are too cute to stomach seem aimed only at tween-age audiences, and for all that goes on in the movie, nothing really happens in the end. The 2003 animated Clone Wars microseries, which had the advantage of being directly tied into the live-action film series, had much more emotional bite.
At least some familiar voices return: Samuel L. Jackson (Mace Windu), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO, and still the only actor in every movie), Christopher Lee (Dooku). Other voices include Matt Lanter (Anakin), Ashley Eckstein (Ahsoka), and James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan). But even the traditional opening crawl has been replaced by a narration more suited for Starship Troopers. Veteran Star Wars fans will probably want to see The Clone Wars--once--but it won't take them long to discover that this Star Wars isn't their Star Wars any more. --David Horiuchi
Stills from Star Wars: The Clone Wars (click for larger image)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
The last Star wars film 
2009-12-05 - This movie stink It has great Graphics I will give it that but this is not Star Wars this is horrible Dave Filoni needs to have a personal date with vader and let his lightsaber kill him Revenge of the Sith was the best film of the films while this one was the worse thanks Dave for destroying a classic .
From worst to OMG
2009-12-02 - This movie was, is and always will be the worst movie in the Star Wars Saga. This mountain of a terd should have been created. Ok CGI is not bad but the story does not follow the events that happened in the movies or books. Don't bother with this !
'The Clone Wars' is a piece of Sith
2009-11-20 - To put this in perspective,I have always been the one to defend the prequels after it became trendy to criticize them but I have to draw the line at this particular cinematic travesty.
At best, the storyline reads like amateur fan fiction but to be fair, it has potential to keep small children occupied for a while. The action sequences were reasonably entertaining but unfortunately, I was too distracted by the painful dialogue to thoroughly enjoy them. If a movie that bears the iconic name of "Star Wars" has a need for comic relief, it could not come from a much more ridiculous source than assembly-line droids whose programming should not include personality of any sort, much less slow-witted ineptitude.
But the annoyance of the droids pales in comparison to that of the character of the young Padawan "Ahsoka Tano". From the word 'go', this alien brat exhibits an attitude that should have got her drop-kicked out of Jedi College a long time ago (in a galaxy far away). Her consistent backtalk and unwillingness to follow orders is difficult to picture being tolerated in any military organization but somehow she is given a free pass by the Jedi masters, and recalcitrant pre-teen girls will probably also find her quite inspiring. If 'The Clone wars' were an AT-AT walker, Ahsoko would be the snowspeeder tow-cable that brought it to its knees and crashed it.
For any true and long-term fan of the Star Wars franchise, this movie is worth its weight in Rancor droppings. For the writers of this animated insult, perhaps Vader could suspend Boba Fetts "no disintegrations" restriction...
Father of a Star Wars Fanatic 
2009-11-11 - I bought this for my 6 year old son who loves Star Wars and the Clone Wars cartoons. He is always asking me to let him watch the Clone Wars on TV but it is on past his bedtime. This helps satisfy his need to see the TV series. He loves it and I think its very imaginative.
Sky-guy and Snips; are you serious? 
2009-10-30 - I've always been a star wars fan, I even enjoyed the new ones although not as much as the originals. This movie I knew it was more geared towards kids, not me, but I had a opportunity to watch it so I did, I ended up stopping it three times cuz I was bored but I did finally finish it. I'm really not sure what to think, it could've been a lot better but it is what it is. If you're a die-hard star wars fan be warned, if you're a kid, you'll probably like. As bad as it was I'm still curious to watch some of the show, thats the only reason I gave it that second star... a baby hut. Ha!
