Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an American 3D CGI animated television series created by Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and CGCG Inc. The series debuted on the US-version of Cartoon Network on October 3, 2008.
It is set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy, during the same time period as the previous 2003 Star Wars: Clone Wars series. Each episode will have a running time of 22 minutes, to fill a half-hour timeslot. Star Wars creator George Lucas says “there will be at least 100 episodes produced.” Dave Filoni is the supervising director of the series. Genndy Tartakovsky, director of the first Clone Wars series, is 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 also exists an Online-Comic, depicting story-snippets between the single episodes. The first trailer for the series was released on the official Star Wars website on May 8, 2007. The series was launched with a feature film, which was released in theaters on August 15, 2008. It is one of only four series (along with IGPX, Total Drama Island and 6teen) to be broadcast on the main Cartoon Network with a TV-PG rating.
Feature film
After viewing some of the completed footage of the early episodes on a big screen, Lucas decided to weave the first few planned episodes together to form a theatrical release. Christopher Lee and Samuel L. Jackson reprised their roles as Count Dooku and Mace Windu, respectively, from the live action films.
TV series
Each season consists of 22 episodes. Season 2 was ordered by Cartoon Network in February 2009. George Lucas has said he would like to make at least 100 episodes, regardless of the ratings. Episode 100 would be in the middle of Season 5, so the series is likely to go up to 110 episodes, whether the ratings continue to be good or not.
Cast
* Matt Lanter as Anakin Skywalker
* Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano
* James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Plo Koon
* Tom Kane as Yoda and Wullf Yularen
* Matthew Wood as General Grievous, Wat Tambor and the battle droids
* Dee Bradley Baker as Captain Rex, Commander Cody, Commander Gree, Commander Thire, Commander Bly, Onaconda Farr, Pilf Mukmuk, Thi-Sen and the clone troopers
* Corey Burton as Count Dooku, Cad Bane, Ziro the Hutt, Captain Mar Tuuk and Senator Kharrus
* Terrence ‘T.C.’ Carson as Mace Windu
* Catherine Taber as Padmé Amidala, Numa and Angel
* Nika Futterman as Asajj Ventress
* Ian Abercrombie as Palpatine
* Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
* Ahmed Best, BJ Hughes as Jar Jar Binks
* Olivia d’Abo as Luminara Unduli
* Phil LaMarr as Kit Fisto and Amit Noloff
* Jennifer Hale as Aayla Secura and Senator Riyo Chuchi
* Tom Kenny as Nute Gunray, Nahdar Vebb and Silood
* James Mathis III as Gregar Typho
* Jameelah McMillan as Queen Neeyutnee
* Brian George as King Katuunko and Chairman Chi Cho
* Robin Atkin Downes as Pantoran Representitive
* Gwendoline Yeo as Nala Se, Bettie-Bot VJ and Peppi Bow
* James Marsters as Captain Argyus
* Jim Cummings as Hondo Ohnaka
* Greg Ellis as Turk Falso
* George Coe as Tee Watt Kaa
* Alec Medlock as Wag Too
* David Kaufman as Jaybo Hood
Special guest voices
* George Takei as Lok Durd
* Greg Proops as Tal Merrick
* Ron Perlman as Gha Nachkt
* Michael York as Dr. Nuvo Vindi
Main characters
* Obi-Wan Kenobi
* Anakin Skywalker
* Ahsoka Tano
* General Grievous
* Padmé Amidala
* Jar Jar Binks
* C-3PO
* R2-D2
* Yoda
* Count Dooku
* Mace Windu
* Palpatine / Darth Sidious
Returning/Recurring characters
* Admiral Yularen
* Nute Gunray
* Wat Tambor
* Lok Durd
* Asajj Ventress
* Plo Koon
* Kit Fisto
* Aayla Secura
* Luminara Unduli
Clones
* Captain Rex
* Commander Cody
* Oddball
* Commander Gree
* Commander Thire
* Commander Wolffe
* Commander Bly
* Commander Fox
