Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series)

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Format Serial
Created by George Lucas
Country of origin USA
No. of episodes 100+
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 George Lucas
Catherine Winder
Running time 22 Mins per episode
Broadcast
Original channel Cartoon Network[1]
TNT[2]
Original airing Fall 2008
External links
IMDb profile
This article is about the upcoming 3D CGI series. For other uses, see Clone Wars.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an upcoming American 3D CGI animated television series created by Lucasfilm Animation and Lucasfilm Animation Singapore. It is currently set to debut in late 2008.[3] It is set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy, during the same time period as the 2003 Star Wars: Clone Wars series. Each episode will have a running time of 22 minutes,[3] to fill a half-hour timeslot. Star Wars creator George Lucas says "there will be at least 100 episodes produced."[4] Dave Filoni, who has worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, is the supervising director of the series.[5] Genndy Tartakovsky, director of the first Clone Wars series, will not be involved with the production,[6] but character designer Kilian Plunkett referred to the character designs from the 2D series when designing the characters for the 3D series.[7]

On May 8, 2007, the first trailer for the series was released on the official Star Wars website.[8]

On February 12, 2008, the official Star Wars website announced that the series would kick off with a feature film set to be released in theaters on August 15, 2008.

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[edit] History

At April 2005's Star Wars Celebration III, Lucas stated that "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."[6]

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.[9] 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, Mace Windu, 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.[10]

According to another statement by Sansweet, "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 could not wait to share it with Star Wars fans.

Anthony Daniels, who portrayed C-3PO in the original and prequel films, confirmed in June 2006 that he had been contacted for the series.[11]

In a video interview with Rob Coleman from Imagina 2007 divulged this information:[12]

  • Currently 15 episodes in various stages of production
  • One episode fully completed; another almost completed
  • Coleman to direct five of the first 22 episodes
  • Some licensees have viewed footage and the reaction was very positive
  • Final assembly of shows is done at Skywalker Ranch

In February 2007, Daniels revealed on his website[13] that the eleventh episode will be titled "Destroy Malevolence." However, the information was removed shortly thereafter.

At Lucas' March 3, 2007 appearance at the 2007 William S. Paley Television Festival,[14] Lucas revealed the following information:

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

On April 8, 2007, Ain't It Cool News reported that musician Eric Rigler had recorded some music for the series.[16] 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

Lucas was interviewed in the September 24, 2007 issue of TV Guide[17][18] and revealed the following:

  • 39 episodes of the series have been completed

[edit] Confirmed Cast

[edit] Characters

[edit] 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
  • Matt Gidney - digital supervisor Singapore
  • Scott M. Murphy - writer
  • Henry Gilroy - co-writer
  • George Krstic - writer
  • Dave Filoni - supervising director
  • Rob Coleman - animation director
  • Steward Lee - 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

[edit] References

  1. ^ IGN: Star Wars: The Clone Wars to Cartoon Network and Theaters
  2. ^ "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" Hits Theaters, TV - Animated Saga Will Air on Cartoon Network, TNT, Zap2It.com, February 12, 2008
  3. ^ a b The Official Star Wars Blog. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
  4. ^ a b IESB Video Portal. IESB.net. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
  5. ^ www.starwars.com/community/event/celebration/news20070511.html. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
  6. ^ a b iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1778&Itemid=99. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
  7. ^ Vilmur, Pete (2007-10-05). Clone Wars Character Designer Kilian Plunkett. StarWars.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-06.
  8. ^ Star Wars: Video
  9. ^ www.starwars.com/community/event/con/f20050712/indexp5.html. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
  10. ^ www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10626. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
  11. ^ www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/Anthony_Daniels_Radio_Interview_98870.asp. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
  12. ^ www.mintinbox.net/reportages/Imagina_2007-Interview_Rob_Coleman. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
  13. ^ www.anthonydaniels.com. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
  14. ^ tv.ign.com/articles/770/770160p1.html. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
  15. ^ "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" Hits Theaters, TV - Animated Saga Will Air on Cartoon Network, TNT, Zap2It.com, February 12, 2008
  16. ^ www.aintitcool.com/node/32215#comment-1458177. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
  17. ^ George Lucas on his two Star Wars TV series, Heroes and HBO's Rome - Celebrity and Entertainment News | TVGuide.com
  18. ^ http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/3/30/TVguidescan.jpg

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