| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | |
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| Information | |
| Title: | Star Wars: The Clone Wars |
| Format: | Animated |
| Running time: | 22 min. |
| country: | USA |
| Network: | Cartoon Network |
| Seasons: | 6 |
| Episodes: | 121 (projected) [1] 108 (actual) |
| Production | |
| Production company: | Lucasfilm Animation |
| Executive producers: | George Lucas; Catherine Winder; Mary Maffei |
| Producers: | Sarah Wall; Cary Silver; Athena Yvette Portillo |
| Principal cast: | Matt Lanter; James Arnold Taylor; Ashley Eckstein; Tom Kane; Corey Burton; Dee Bradley Baker |
| Air dates | |
| First aired: | October 3rd, 2008 2018 |
| Last aired: | March 7th, 2014 |
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an animated science fiction/fantasy television series set within the world of the Star Wars film franchise. The series was created and produced by franchise visionary George Lucas and began airing on Cartoon Network on October 3rd, 2008. The series ties in to the franchise's prequel trilogy and is a direct sequel to the 2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars feature film. The series takes place between the events of the 2002 film Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, the 2003-05 Star Wars: Clone Wars animated micro-series and the events chronicled in the 2005 film Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
The animation style is the same as that of the feature film and created by Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and CGCG, Inc. The regular cast of characters from the movie make regular recurring appearances in the TV series as well including Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padmé Amidala, C-3PO, R2-D2 and Chancellor Palpatine. A new character, introduced in the film, Ahsoka Tano, plays a major role in the series and many of the episodes are viewed through her perspective. Though some of the episodes are serialized, not all of them are broadcast in chronological order and may take place at any point during the time era between The Clone Wars film and Episode III.
On March 11th, 2013, Lucasfilm and Cartoon Network announced that it would be ending it's five-year run on Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The announcement came some five months after George Lucas sold his multi-billion dollar production company to the Walt Disney Company. [2]
Notes & Trivia[]
- In 2010, at the Celebration V Star Wars convention in Orlando, Florida, director Dave Filoni explained that he and first season head writer Henry Gilroy had originally assumed that Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker would make occasional appearances on the show. The main characters were to be a Twi'lek Jedi and an apprentice who fought piracy and mercenaries around the galaxy. Another idea was to stick to a couple of recurring locations, not unlike the television series Firefly and keep landscapes to a minimum for rendering and conceptualization reasons. However, they soon found out that George Lucas didn't intend to keep The Clone Wars small. [3]
- In order to make the Clone troopers sound like individuals, Dee Bradley Baker records every voice separately and gives each one a different inflection. He likes to write down a particular adjective for each one. For instance some sound a bit younger, others a bit more proper whereas another may sound like a bully or a grunt. [4]
- Dave Filoni and George Lucas have both stated that the look of the characters is inspired by those from Gerry Anderson's super-marionation series Thunderbirds. [5]
- Four years after its conclusion, a seventh season of Clone Wars was ordered, consisting of twelve episodes. The first official trailer for the season was revealed at the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con. [6]
Awards[]
Star Wars: The Clone Wars was nominated for the Saturn Award in 2009 for the category of Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.
Music composer Kevin Kiner was nominated that same year for Best Music in an Animated Television Production or Short Form at the Annie Awards for the season one episode "Rising Malevolence". He was nominated again in 2010 for the same category for the season two episode "Weapons Factory".
At the Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards, the Golden Reel award for Best Sound Editing went to supervising sound editor Matthew Wood, sound designer David Acord, supervising foley editor Frank Rinella and foley artists Dennis Thorpe, Jana Vance and Ellen Heuer for the episode "Lair of Grievous". The series was nominated again in 2010, for the episode "Landing at Point Rain", but lost to The Penguins of Madagascar.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars was nominated for the TCA Award at the Television Critics Association Awards for the category of Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming, but lost out to the live-action children's series Yo Gabba Gabba!
Episodes[]
Season One[]
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1x1 | Ambush | October 3rd, 2008 |
| 1x2 | Rising Malevolence | October 3rd, 2008 |
| 1x3 | Shadow of Malevolence | October 10th, 2008 |
| 1x4 | Destroy Malevolence | October 17th, 2008 |
| 1x5 | Rookies | October 24th, 2008 |
| 1x6 | Downfall of a Droid | November 7th, 2008 |
| 1x7 | Duel of the Droids | November 14th, 2008 |
| 1x8 | Bombad Jedi | November 21st, 2008 |
| 1x9 | Cloak of Darkness | December 5th, 2008 |
| 1x10 | The Lair of General Grievous | December 12th, 2008 |
| 1x11 | Dooku Captured | January 2nd, 2009 |
| 1x12 | The Gungan General | January 9th, 2009 |
| 1x13 | Jedi Crash | January 16th, 2009 |
| 1x14 | Defenders of Peace | January 23rd, 2009 |
| 1x15 | Trespass | January 30th, 2009 |
| 1x16 | The Hidden Enemy | February 6th, 2009 |
| 1x17 | Blue Shadow Virus | February 13th, 2009 |
| 1x18 | Mystery of a Thousand Moons | February 13th, 2009 |
| 1x19 | Storm Over Ryloth | February 27th, 2009 |
| 1x20 | Innocents of Ryloth | March 6th, 2009 |
| 1x21 | Liberty on Ryloth | March 13th, 2009 |
| 1x22 | Hostage Crisis | March 20th, 2009 |
Season Two[]
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 2x1 | Holocron Heist | October 2nd, 2009 |
| 2x2 | Cargo of Doom | October 2nd, 2009 |
| 2x3 | Children of the Force | October 9th, 2009 |
| 2x4 | Senate Spy | October 17th, 2009 |
| 2x5 | Landing at Point Rain | November 4th, 2009 |
| 2x6 | Weapons Factory | November 13th, 2009 |
| 2x7 | Legacy of Terror | November 20th, 2009 |
| 2x8 | Brain Invaders | December 4th, 2009 |
| 2x9 | Grievous Intrigue | January 1st, 2010 |
| 2x10 | The Deserter | January 1st, 2010 |
| 2x11 | Lightsaber Lost | January 22nd, 2010 |
| 2x12 | The Mandalore Plot | January 29th, 2010 |
| 2x13 | Voyage of Temptation | February 5th, 2010 |
| 2x14 | Duchess of Mandalore | February 12th, 2010 |
| 2x15 | Senate Murders | March 5th, 2010 |
| 2x16 | Cat and Mouse | March 19th, 2010 |
| 2x17 | Bounty Hunters | March 26th, 2010 |
| 2x18 | The Zillo Beast | April 3rd, 2010 |
| 2x19 | The Zillo Beast Strikes Back | April 10th, 2010 |
| 2x20 | Death Trap | April 17th, 2010 |
| 2x21 | R2 Come Home | April 24th, 2010 |
| 2x22 | Lethal Trackdown | April 30th, 2010 |
Season Three[]
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 3x1 | Clone Cadets | September 17th, 2010 |
| 3x2 | ARC Troopers | September 17th, 2010 |
| 3x3 | Supply Lines | September 24th, 2010 |
| 3x4 | Sphere of Influence | October 1st, 2010 |
| 3x5 | Corruption | October 8th, 2010 |
| 3x6 | The Academy | October 15th, 2010 |
| 3x7 | Assassin | October 22nd, 2010 |
| 3x8 | Evil Plans | November 5th, 2010 |
| 3x9 | Hunt for Ziro | November 12th, 2010 |
| 3x10 | Heroes on Both Sides | November 19th, 2010 |
| 3x11 | Pursuit of Peace | December 3rd, 2010 |
| 3x12 | Nightsisters | January 7th, 2010 |
| 3x13 | Monster | January 14th, 2010 |
| 3x14 | Witches of the Mist | January 21st, 2011 |
| 3x15 | Overlords | January 28th, 2011 |
| 3x16 | Altar of Mortis | February 4th, 2011 |
| 3x17 | Ghosts of Mortis | February 11th, 2011 |
| 3x18 | The Citadel | February 11th, 2011 |
| 3x19 | Counter Attack | March 4th, 2011 |
| 3x20 | Citadel Rescue | March 11th, 2011 |
| 3x21 | Padawan Lost | March 19th, 2011 |
| 3x22 | Wookiee Hunt | March 26th, 2011 |
Season Four[]
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 4x1 | Water War | September 16th, 2011 |
| 4x2 | Gungan Attack | September 16th, 2011 |
| 4x3 | Prisoners | September 23rd, 2011 |
| 4x4 | Shadow Warrior | September 30th, 2011 |
| 4x5 | Mercy Mission | October 7th, 2011 |
| 4x6 | Nomad Droids | October 14th, 2011 |
| 4x7 | Darkness on Umbara | October 28th, 2011 |
| 4x8 | The General | November 4th, 2011 |
| 4x9 | Plan of Dissent | November 11th, 2011 |
| 4x10 | Carnage of Krell | November 18th, 2011 |
| 4x11 | Kidnapped | November 25th, 2011 |
| 4x12 | Slaves of the Republic | December 2nd, 2011 |
| 4x13 | Escape from Kadavo | January 6th, 2012 |
| 4x14 | A Friend in Need | January 13th, 2012 |
| 4x15 | Deception | January 20th, 2012 |
| 4x16 | Friends and Enemies | January 27th, 2012 |
| 4x17 | The Box | February 3rd, 2012 |
| 4x18 | Crisis on Naboo | February 10th, 2012 |
| 4x19 | Massacre | February 24th, 2012 |
| 4x20 | Bounty | March 2nd, 2012 |
| 4x21 | Brothers | March 9th, 2012 |
| 4x22 | Revenge | March 9th, 2012 |
Season Five[]
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 5x1 | Revival | September 29th, 2012 |
| 5x2 | A War on Two Fronts | October 6th, 2012 |
| 5x3 | Front Runners | October 13th, 2012 |
| 5x4 | The Soft War | October 20th, 2012 |
| 5x5 | Tipping Points | October 27th, 2012 |
| 5x6 | The Gathering | November 3rd, 2012 |
| 5x7 | A Test of Strength | November 10th, 2012 |
| 5x8 | Bound for Rescue | November 17th, 2012 |
| 5x9 | A Necessary Bond | November 24th, 2012 |
| 5x10 | Secret Weapons | December 1st, 2012 |
| 5x11 | A Sunny Day in the Void | December 8th, 2012 |
| 5x12 | Missing in Action | January 5th, 2013 |
| 5x13 | Point of No Return | January 12th, 2013 |
| 5x14 | Eminence | January 19th, 2013 |
| 5x15 | Shades of Reason | January 26th, 2013 |
| 5x16 | The Lawless | February 2nd, 2013 |
| 5x17 | Sabotage | February 9th, 2013 |
| 5x18 | The Jedi Who Knew Too Much | February 16th, 2013 |
| 5x19 | To Catch a Jedi | February 23rd, 2013 |
| 5x20 | The Wrong Jedi | March 2nd, 2013 |
Season Six[]
"The Lost Missions"
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 6x1 | The Unknown | March 7th, 2014 |
| 6x2 | Conspiracy | March 7th, 2014 |
| 6x3 | Fugitive | March 7th, 2014 |
| 6x4 | Orders | March 7th, 2014 |
| 6x5 | An Old Friend | March 7th, 2014 |
| 6x6 | The Rise of Clovis | March 7th, 2014 |
| 6x7 | Crisis at the Heart | March 7th, 2014 |
| 6x8 | The Disappeared (Part 1) | March 7th, 2014 |
| 6x9 | The Disappeared (Part 2) | March 7th, 2014 |
| 6x10 | The Lost One | March 7th, 2014 |
| 6x11 | Voices | March 7th, 2014 |
| 6x12 | Destiny | March 7th, 2014 |
| 6x13 | Sacrifice | March 7th, 2014 |
Season Seven[]
| Episode | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 7x01 | The Bad Batch | February 21st, 2020 |
| 7x02 | A Distant Echo | February 28th, 2020 |
| 7x03 | On the Wings of Keeradaks | March 6th, 2020 |
| 7x04 | Unfinished Business | March 13th, 2020 |
| 7x05 | Gone With a Trace | March 20th, 2020 |
| 7x06 | Deal No Deal | March 27th, 2020 |
| 7x07 | Dangerous Debt | April 3rd, 2020 |
| 7x08 | Together Again | April 10th, 2020 |
| 7x09 | Old Friends Not Forgotten | April 17th, 2020 |
| 7x10 | The Phantom Apprentice | April 24th, 2020 |
| 7x11 | Shattered | May 1st, 2020 |
| 7x12 | Victory and Death | May 4th, 2020 |
Home Video[]
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Complete Season One
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Complete Season Two
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Complete Season Three
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Complete Season Four
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Complete Season Five
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Lost Missions
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Seasons 1-5 Collector's Edition
See also[]
Media
The World of Star Wars
Star Wars miscellaneous
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ "The Clone Wars: Decoded on May 1 on Cartoon Network"; Star Wars.com
- ↑ Hollywood Reporter; 'Star Wars: Clone Wars' Ends Its Run on Cartoon Network; March 11th, 2013
- ↑ IMDB; Star Wars: The Clone Wars; Trivia
- ↑ IMDB; Star Wars: The Clone Wars; Trivia
- ↑ IMDB; Star Wars: The Clone Wars; Trivia
- ↑ IMDB Video; Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Official Trailer.