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I think it will be cool. One of my favorite artist, Michel Gagne, is doing some special effects work on this.

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Originally posted by zero
Well if this intended to sell more toys kenner already has my $$$$$$$ since I really buy more Star Wars toys than any other collectable. I'll reserve judgement until I actually SEE the shorts. I do like Samurai Jakc and Dexter though.

That's a good point. Now they can redo all the figures in this style and sell them again. If it was realistic CGI or traditional animation, they wouldn't be able to get away with it.

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Originally posted by Josh-da-man
No. There is another.

:lol:

Looks like there's a set date and time now.

http://forums.toonzone.net/showthrea...threadid=74392

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TheForce.net is reporting that the latest issue of Toyfare Magazine is sporting an article on the new Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoon series, coming to Cartoon Network this fall. Star Wars: Clone Wars will be a series of twenty animated shorts that will air on Cartoon Network in beginning this fall.

The article reveals that the premiere date is 8pm (ET) on November 7th, 2003, and throughout the month of November, a total of ten episodes will air. The remaining ten are scheduled to air in February 2004.

Star Wars: Clone Wars continues the saga where the live action feature film Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones left off - at the beginning of the Clone Wars, an epic civil war that pits the old Republic against a vast separatist movement led by the forces of evil.

Each episodic short will be two to three minutes in length and will air exclusively on Cartoon Network at regularly scheduled times during the network's regular programming beginning later this fall. Clone Wars will be produced at Cartoon Network Studios by a team led by Genndy Tartakovsky, the creator of Samurai Jack and Dexter's Laboratory.

As Clone Wars unfolds the valiant Jedi Knights lead the Republic's Clone Army against many new and ruthless adversaries across the galaxy. These new characters, epic battles and intricate stories will add an exciting new dimension to the Star Wars saga.

The series is expected to be collected on to DVD in time for the release of the sixth, and final, Star Wars movie in 2005.

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Originally posted by Pac-Rat
As Clone Wars unfolds the valiant Jedi Knights lead the Republic's Clone Army against many new and ruthless adversaries across the galaxy. These new characters, epic battles and intricate stories will add an exciting new dimension to the Star Wars saga.

Someone explain to me how a 10 episode series encompassing 20-30 minutes of actual runtime is going to have epic battles and intricate stories (plural!?).

Mordred

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Originally posted by Amadeus
Up until this point i never heard of it,but that picture of R2-D2 and C3PO looks kinda gay.

It was. The drawn C3PO and R2-D2 were not bound by any sort of realistic physics and could "zip" out of the frame like Fred Flintstone. R2-D2's body could bend all over the place.

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Originally posted by Mordred
Someone explain to me how a 10 episode series encompassing 20-30 minutes of actual runtime is going to have epic battles and intricate stories (plural!?).

20 episodes.
Average 2.5 minutes each.

EQUALS 50 minutes

When do the Star Wars: Clone Wars cartoons air?

Thanks; can't wait for these, they should be pretty cool.

Toad -

The first of 10 chapters will debut Friday, November 7 at 8p, 10p & 12a. For the following 2 weeks (Monday-Friday) two episodes will air per day; the previous day's chapter plus a new episode at 8p.

The second batch of 10 should debut in March '04.

That's a painful wait.. :(

There's also summaries of the first 10 episodes over at Toon Zone (spoilers, naturally):

http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?p=961826

If my Tivo will pick them up as "programs", then I'll record/watch them.

Otherwise, I'll wait for the DVD.

Official Website (nothing there yet)

http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/clonewars/index.html

Clone Wars - mini eps. Weeknights 8 PM

Well, tonight was the first episode. Pretty good overall, but 5 minutes is just too damn short. Nice style -- very obviously Tartakovsky (sp?) -- but still noticeably different from his other shows.

Also, unlike Lucas, they show you can do a lot without a lot of unnecessary expository dialogue.

Least it'll be every night instead of just 1x a week.

Also, they'll be viewable on the official website the day after airing. http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/clonewars/index.html

I thought it was fair; just wish it was longer. :)

I agree.

How many of these are there gonna be...?

10 more, I believe. I think they play each weeknight at 8:00pm (EST) for the next two weeks.

Well, from the email, I'm getting the impression of -- every weeknight for.....a month or more possibly? I mean, I guess they figure it's not a problem if someone misses because it'll be so readily available -- really good idea. Hopefully that also means that they'll have a ton of them. I mean, a week = roughly 1 normal episode, so perhaps 4+ weeks for approx. 2 hrs?

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Originally posted by Toad
10 more, I believe. I think they play each weeknight at 8:00pm (EST) for the next two weeks.

Only 2 weeks? Seems a little short.

edit -- looking at the site now (that I linked to but didn't visit) - Toad's partially correct. 10 episodes now and 10 new ones this spring. 20 total.

It was pretty neat just to short. Hopefully this will launch some more Star Wars cartoon and live action series.

Not bad. Whoever they got to do Obi-Wan's voice did a great impression of Ewan McGregor.

Damn! I missed the damn thing. I fell asleep due to being worn out from work.

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Also, unlike Lucas, they show you can do a lot without a lot of unnecessary expository dialogue.

These are 5 minute episodes, not a 2+ hour film that has top explain a ton of things. They don't have the time or luxury for expositional dialogue. They have to get on with it before the 5 minutes are up.:)