I’ve not see the “new” Star Wars trilogy so I was a little out of depth with The Clone Wars, but all the same I enjoyed it. I’ve no idea who the vocal cast are but they did a decent job. The visuals are stunning with sequences to match anything you’ve seen in the “proper” films, or indeed the Lego games.
Plot in a nutshell: Jabba’s son has been kidnapped and the safe use of a sector of space by the Rebel Alliance (or whatever they were pre-proper Star Wars) relies on their finding him and returning him. Of course, the Empire (or whatever they were pre-proper Star Wars) are involved somehow, so everything is not as clear as it could be.
For a cartoon, the plot’s got quite a few twists and turns which was a pleasant surprise. For me, though, it was the visuals and the battles that made it. Just like the original trilogy.
A worthwhile addition to the storyline – though I still think anything outside the original, unedited trilogy should just be classed as chaff.
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I watched this and enjoyed it too, more so I think than episodes II and III to be honest – the acting wasn’t so wooden and the plot moved along at a good pace. As with all cartoons though, I always wish they could be a little darker but that would scare the kiddies too much I guess.
Not bad for a kiddie cartoon. And Igor below is also pretty dark. Buscemi’s character who keeps trying to kill himself is awesome. And has the best line in the film – if you watch it then you’ll know which one had me almost choking on airline food. In a good way.
It goes something like this:-
Phantom Menace – pants
Attack of the clones – not as **** as the first one
Revenge of the Sith – oooh dear.
I was out and heard something on the tv about Lucas’ editing of his previous movies – they stuck the boot in – but nothing is as bad as Spielberg digitally removing the guns in E.T and replacing them with radios. THAT pissed me off.
Well, re-releasing ET at all was a bit crap. After all, it was over-rated, schmaltzy and … well. It was ****, wasn’t it? Radios or not.