Clone Wars: Loved it!

posted by Jeff | Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 5:24 PM | comments: 0

Went to see Clone Wars this afternoon. Loved it! I think it sets up the premise of the forthcoming TV show very nicely. And since it wasn't written by Lucas, it doesn't suffer from any of the boring dialog.

The movie, and the forthcoming series on Cartoon Network, takes place between Episodes II and III, where Anakin mentors his own padawan, Ahsoka. She's a rebellious pre-teen type sent by Yoda to teach him some responsibility. The movie has quite a few familiar characters, and already expands on some of them, like Jabba the Hutt (and his species), as well as a deeper understanding of Count Dooku's role in Palpatine's plot. In fact, the movie does more to help you understand the politics of the republic to empire transition than all three movies combined. The original films did a shitty job explaining the plot and double crosses, not implying enough for it to make sense (the role of the trade federation and separatists was vague at best).

I think if you're a Star Wars fan, this does a lot to redeem the franchise after the mess of Episode II and the all but the last half hour of Episode III. The animation is very cool too. It's CG, but it looks almost hand-drawn in terms of the textures. The new female Sith and Padme not being a pussy all of the time is welcome as well. I hope the TV show can live up to the precedent set by the film.


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