Topic: Star Wars: The Clone Wars

It's well class like! Me, my friend Louis and my stepdad went to see it!! :D

It's awesome!!

I love the IG model Assassin droids. They're cool! :)

Ok I read something today, an newsletter announcement article about the Clone Wars, and I found the propaganda overwhelming in it. Mind you, I ENJOYED the Clone Wars, but the obviousness of Lucas' pandering was rampant. What bothered me most of all was that they described the director as being a big SW fan with "encyclopedic knowledge" when there were some very big mistakes in my eyes made. A true encyclopedia would know how Jedi have gotten their apprentices for millennia, instead of just making up a new thing, that I for one will be ignoring.

Plus just in time for holiday consumerism there will be a Clone Wars game released for the Wii and the DS, involving lightsaber combat. I will wait to see if it can be 1/2 as good as i think the dueling feature on TFU will be.

*sorry if im ranting off here...

Does it suck as much as it looks like it does Si?

Encyclopedic Knowledge? Then why did he make a Hutt speak Basic? Why did they keep saying Jabba and Ziro are of the "Hutt Clan" instead of the Disilijic T'jure Clan?

I'm thinking the padawan getting was special cause of the war. Remember, Anakin got to be a Knight in an odd way in the old CW.

And, AA, it's actually really good. You should at give it a chance anyway. Remember, I'm the one who kept saying "Doom! Doooom!" before it came out, and now I've gone to see it twice and can't wait to see it a third time.

I still think it will suck, and I cant see it now, theater here isnt playing it.

HA! There are SOOOO ways around that A_A.  I was all set to say it sucked to, but its really not THAT bad. There are a lot of good things about the movie too besides my whining.

Besides, what kind of good SW fans would we be if we didn't whine and complain about almost every aspect of the newest movie in-between viewings? :D

"It was horrible! I hate this, this, this, and this. And this made no sense at all. But I'm still going to go see it again tomorrow. And I bought all the action figures. And I'm gonna buy the movie the moment it hits shelves, maybe even before the poor employee can even get it that far."

Yes they can.  I looked it up in the new guide to alien species.  And it pains me to admit that because I was in the same boat as you. 

But here's an interesting article from the Star Wars Homing Beacon.

http://www.starwars.com/kids/read/cwspotter20080822.html?page=1

Ten Things You Probably Didn't Notice in the Movie.  Except for the Lucky Lekku thing.  We have some sharp fans here.  :P

woah, those are pretty interesting. i shall go watch Clone Wars and keep an eye out for them.

I even have the alien guide. I have both the old and the new, I could have looked that up myself. That is sorta painful to admit isn't it. For me too I mean. Actually, I just went and read the entry and I don't see any mention of language? Did I miss it?

The ten list is great! I had actually read the list before my second viewing and made sure to look for them, I missed a few cause I forgot but otherwise caught the rest.

*Sigh*

Well I went to watch this friday and honestly, It didnt impress me. Enless your a big star wars fan (or a five year old) I wouldent recommend it. When if first started with the 'A long time ago in a galaxy far far away...' and the combat chatter was getting all intense i was drifting to the edge of my seat getting pumped up..before the corny dialoge set in and started ticking me off.

Honestly, the only parts I enjoyed were when the Clones were in action.

Alot of the talking was corny, (such as anikan, his padawan and a bit of Obi-wans mainly)

The droids were a bit on the incompetent side but they were pretty funny. They were the second best part of the move.

And just the overall story was pretty crudy, I mean come on the ending with Jabba reunited with his sun was ******* gay! hes supposed to be a crime lord god dang it! Not a lovaable father. (Not to mention the huttese he was speaking didnt sound right). Director Filoni (spelling?) needs a swift kick in his ballz for not reconizing it on the spot.

When It comes to SW stuff, Im pretty accepting of fault, but this is cutting it to close even for me. George Lucas needs to STOP watering it down for ******* 5 year olds, and bring in somthing the adult fans can enjoy.

watched it today, i actually liked it more than i thought i would. yes some of the dialogue was cheesy, maybe a different director would've made it better, but it wasn't bad.

Hmm.  You probably did not miss it as I read it over at Chapters.  This must have been me imagining things.  I'll have to do some more research on this.

The trailer for the show, which begins October 9, is now online:

http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/clonewars/

I have not read all or even most of the posts. But I just wanted to give my 2 cents. I might not even check up on this again so you don't HAVE to reply.
I think Lucas is doing the same thing he's been doing since ep6 when he used ewoks instead of wookies because they would sell better. What I am saying is that for Lucas this is all about the money. He likes it and knows how to make it. Most people my age 17-18 and up are not buying that much SW stuff and most of us fans of the original SW are getting "to old" for the toys. Now there are some fans that will always be buying star wars stuff, but they will be fans no matter what Lucas does so he could care less about them. So what must Lucas now do to get people baying again? Easy make a new star wars for a new generation. You may have noted that most us the older fans don't like the clone wars so much, yeah its fun and has some good action but most of us would like it better if it was not cannon. But everyone 14 and under I know LOVE the new clone wars and can't help but buy ever action figure,toy lightsaber and wii/ds game they can get their hands on. Lucas knows who is going to buy and when. Not that Lucas ONLY cares about money...but it is what makes him do things like ewoks,clone wars,and the upcoming tv shows. I don't blame him and I can't wait to see the tv shows I mean would you pass up a opprtunity like that? Didn't think so.
As I said just my 2 cents my own opinion you do not have to agree or disagree.

I'm 21. My husband is 31. We both love it.

And why shouldn't kids have something about SW for them? Don't we want another generation of fans? And besides, kids DO need something good to watch, all they have is garbage right now.

You've got a good point there, Miba. If George Lucas can make some money off this Clone Wars so much the better.

Like he really needs the money, GL really needs to step it up.

Is that some crack ont the prequels :(

No, it's a crack on Hannah Montana and all of those retarted cartoons that are out now that kids love. I personally don't watch cartoons, I never liked them, but I will watch The Clone Wars. I will probably see the movie too but not until it's a DVD.

just watched the trailer, am looking forward to the show. although i HATE Plo Koon's voice. never imagined him with a voice like that all.

No, it's not. I love the prequels. :)

Me too. I don't like his voice at all, I was surprised when I realized that was Plo Koon talking!

Same here. I always thought of his voice like the one in the Obi-Wan video game that came out a LONG time ago with the release of TPM.

I never really figured he had a voice similar to any human... it doesn't even sound like he's speaking through the face-thingy.

Yeah in the Obi-Wan game it makes him sound like he's speaking through it so his voice is weird and not human-like. I;m still glad that GL is going to show more about some Jedi that we've seen in the movies and don't know much about, like Koon and Kit Fisto, along with more of the clones. I think Captain Rex's dyed hair is stupid looking though.

I bet someone in lucas animation would dissagree with you :P

Yeah well they suck pretty bad. Anakin looks completely different and so do the SBDs and Clones' waists are too skinny. And Dooku looks completely different too. And so does Yoda. And so does Obi-wan. And so does Mace Windu. And so does pretty much everyone. But I still think the fight scenes were cool. I saw the Battle of Teth and the Battle of Christophsis on the CW website.

I don't like the name Christophsis. I haven't looked yet, but I wonder who it's named after. It's obviously based on the name Christopher. I think it's kinda stupid, really.

It kinda sounds like crystal, so I think the name is fitting for the planet considering it's made of crystals, but yes, I agree it's obviously based off of Christopher.

yep, perhaps Christopher Lee? apparently the city where the battle took place is called Crystal City, so it might be based off the word crystal. yes, Count Dooku looks very different (it's the beard, there's way too much hair). they also shaped his head funny. of course, I think Mace Windu looks similar to his original CW counterpart. same for Yoda (don't forget, he's supposed to be younger). the only real difference between CW Ventress and this new Ventress was the eyes (they didn't give her eyes in the old show and it made her look more evil, even though she actually did have eyes).

Yeah I didn't like Dooku's pointy beard, it didn't look right to me. I actually like the fact that Ventress has eyes. They look black and heartless, and they make her seem more evil then in the old CW, but that's my opinion.

I was thinking the same thing about Christopher Lee/Christophsis. He's definitely one of the only good actors in the prequels, along with Liam Neeson and a couple others.

Oh, right. I don't know how I missed Christopher Lee. And I didn't know that about the planet being made of crystals, that would make sense for the name.

And I don't like the look of just about anyone in it. Everyone looks weird. But Dooku especially.

Is it true that the animation is so stiff and wooden that the characters move like puupets amde of wood?

Yoda has weird growths on his face

Yea. But he is very cool so far. :D

Did anyone else think that the film ended really abruptly?

On another note...

Does it bother anyone else that Lucas built an entire subplot around a minor background character. I mean everything from the clone armor to the Mandalorian back story he just pulled out of his behind when he saw that there was cash to be made. I hate the evolution of the clone/ stormtrooper armor soooo much. It is so obvious that some dork was looking at a stormtrooper helmet and looking at a Boba Fett helmet and thought  "two great tastes that taste great together. "One of the things I liked about Boba Fett growing up was how mysterious he was. He was a much more interesting character before episodes 1-3 and all the other stuff. I am a bit older than a lot of the folks in the forum so it may just me being an old fart but Lucas has lost my admiration little-by-little over the years and the change in Boba Fett's character is a perfect example.

I love Boba Fett and I think everything about him is pretty cool but I guess I have my own pre-episode 1-3 version in my head that keeps him cool for me. I don' read a lot of the expanded universe stuff and I am not so into the games so if there are people out there that know something I don't I am happy to hear other opinions.

Where??

And this is why Lucas is making the movies and not you. lol. if you read my post on the page before this one I talk about how all Lucas has cared about since ep6 is making money. Witch I think is fine I would do the same. Plus I love the mando background and I would rather have Lucas "ruin" it than someone like Travis or one of the many many people who write stupid stories changing his character.

So you would like all the mandos to get wacked into a big pit by a bunch of blind dudes?

Yeah...I think I'll stick with Karen Travis.

Traviss who tried to turn Clonetroopers into Mandalorians? Even though there's really no possible way for that to work?

Why is there NO Possible way for that to work?  I think KT went a little overboard in her Mando conversion of the clones; but that's just be being a guy who likes his own version of how it happend  :P

My totally seperate idea for how it Could be possible, why Isn't it possible?

It's true, I'm just a translator living in my small corner of Tokyo living my small little life and George Lucas is, well, George Lucas. It's his world to do with as he will. I guess I just react to the developments of Boba Fett's evolution the same way I react when a Super hero film comes out and the costume looks nothing like it does in the comic. I mean for those who read the comics they know what they want or expect to see for everyone else, they wouldn't really care because they are usually going to see the film because of camp value or because they read the comics as a kid or something like that. What I am saying is that people would still think Boba Fett was kick ass even without all the back story. I just don't see how it helps make the character any cooler and for those people that are not really that into him anyway it wouldn't make a difference. Does any of that make sense?

Well, because in the comic Open Seasons we see that the Mandalorians are killed off and that Jango is the only sole survivor. So then many, many, like just about 20 years later probably, we have a bunch of Clonetroopers magically having Mandalorian knowledge, training, language, songs, and are Mandalorians in almost everything but name. I've heard that someone tried to fix this by saying Jango trained a few, and even if he did train five or six guys that doesn't account for how a few million clonetroopers could all know this stuff.

There were other Mandolorians who also trained the Clones who were brought in by Jango. The idea that the Jedi wiped out the last few except Jango has been effectively ret-conned by Lucas. Just another dumn ret-con to add to the list....

y'know this movie is just a pilot episode for the tv show right? they'll replay it on tv before the new episodes start.

If that's the case there is no point in me going and seeing the movie I'll just see it on TV or wait until the DVD comes out.

I doubt it'd be on tv before the dvd came out unless the dvd was coming out on the same day.

This movie was NOT a kiddie movie as I have been told by many. This movie is basicly a regular Star Wars movie.......ANIMATED. We find out that Anakin has been assigned a Padawan, and apparently, her skills with a lightsaber suggest otherwise. of course in this movie they DID exagerate the abilities of the Jedi, but it was still a great movie.
Once I saw this movie, a lot of new questions arose in my mind about Anakins unexpected padawan, as Im sure everyone else did as well.

Where is she from?
Whats her backround story?
Did she survive order 66?
Did Vader slaughter her along with the other jedi in order 66?
Did she acheive the rank of master?

These questions went unanswered for a considerable amount of weeks, until I saw a commercial of the new Star Wars: Clone Wars series on cartoon Network. Hopefully, this new series will answer all of my questions. ;)

TW

Yeah...actaully it was a kiddie movie.

The lines for the characters were corny and stupid...somthing only a five year old would find really entertaining/funny.

Its obvious as to what age group it was aimed at.

I do not associate animation with kiddie movies...its just that this movie was both.