Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Created by	Henry Gilroy George Lucas (characters)
Country of origin	USA
No. of episodes	100 (expected)
Production
Executive producers	George Lucas Catherine Winder
Running time	approx. 0:30 per episode
Original release
Release	2008 – Unknown

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3D rendering of Yoda

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an American 3D CGI animated television series currently set to debut in 2008. It is set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy; a continuation of the 2003 Star Wars: Clone Wars series. At April 2005's Star Wars Celebration III, George Lucas stated "you know we are working on a 3-D continuation of the pilot series that was on the Cartoon Network; we probably won't start that project for another year." Genndy Tartakovsky, director of the original series, will not be involved with the production.

History

At Comic-Con 2005, several announcements were made on the work on the series. As of July 12, 2005, pre-production had begun on the series, according to Steve Sansweet, head of Lucasfilm fan relations. Sansweet referred to the series as "the next generation of the Star Wars saga, a cutting edge 30-minute, 3-D computer-animation series based on the Clone Wars that take place between Episode II ... and Episode III." Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Count Dooku, Palpatine and General Grievous are expected to appear. Sansweet described the look of the new series as "a melding of Asian anime with unique 3-D animation styling." Primary production will take place at the Lucasfilm Animation facility in Singapore.

According to another statement by Sansweet, "Over the next several years, Lucasfilm Animation will be hiring a total of about 300 digital artists and others in both California and Singapore locations to produce not only the series, but animated feature films in the years ahead." He said about the series, "to get the series underway, Lucasfilm Animation has hired key production and creative talent to lead the development of its first animation project." Sansweet has said that "a large component of the future of Star Wars and Lucasfilm is digital animation." Gail Currey, the Vice President and General Manager of Lucasfilm Animation, has stated that she felt the early treatments for the series were amazing, and that she couldn't wait to share it with Star Wars fans.

At a press conference for Revenge of the Sith, Frank Oz confirmed that he would be involved with the series. Anthony Daniels confirmed in June of 2006 that he had been contacted for the series. Many of the actors from the original cartoon series are expected to return.

A video interview with Rob Coleman from Imagina 2007 can be found here: [1] In the interview Coleman divulged this information:

• Currently 15 episodes in various stages of production
• One episode fully completed; another almost completed
• Coleman to direct 5 of the first 26 episodes
• Some licensees have viewed footage and the reaction was very positive
• Final assembly of shows is done at Skywalker Ranch

In February of 2007, Anthony Daniels revealed on his website [2] that the eleventh episode will be titled "Destroy Malevolence." However, the information was removed shortly thereafter.

At George Lucas' March 3 appearance at the 2007 William S. Paley Television Festival [3], Lucas revealed the following information:

• The title of the series will be simply Clone Wars
• The series is episodic, so it won't focus on the Skywalker story. Specifics mentioned were:
  • "Episodes with nothing but stormtroopers"
  • An "episode just about Kit Fisto"
• There is still no television network set for the series

On the red carpet at the same event, Lucas revealed further information in a fan interview [4]:

• There will be a new Padawan Togruta character named Asoka
• There will be over 100 episodes
• An appearance by Boba Fett is possible

On April 8, Ain't It Cool News reported that musician Eric Rigler had recorded some music for the series. Rigler disclosed the following:

• Each of the planets in the series has its own theme music
• The planet's music that Rigler developed was based on Bulgarian music and played on Irish pipes
• His episode will air in summer of 2008

Cast

• Anthony Daniels .... C-3PO
• Frank Oz .... Yoda
• Matthew Wood .... General Grievous

Crew

• George Lucas .... Characters and story, Co-writer, Executive Producer
• Catherine Winder .... Executive Producer
• Sarah Wall .... Associate Producer
• Chris Kubsch .... Managing Director Lucasfilm Animation Singapore
• Henry Gilroy .... Co-writer
• Dave Filoni .... Director
• Rob Coleman .... Animation director
• Dave Bullock .... Animation director
• George Samilski .... Animation director
• Justin Ridge .... Animation director
• Brian O'Connell .... Animation director
• Andrew Harris .... CG Supervisor
• Trish Brunner .... Post Production Supervisor

External links

• Untitled Clone Wars TV Series at IMDb