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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Widescreen Edition)

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I just finished watching `The Clone Wars' & to be honest it was pretty good. No it's not as good as the movies & it's not as intense as the Samurai Jack-esk `Clone Wars' shorts from 2003 but then again it's not supposed to be like ANY of those. It's like comparing apples to oranges.
ALSO keep in mind that Lucas is trying to broaden his appeal to kids with this movie's style & story telling as well as with the series on CTN so it's going to be, over all, a bit more simple in its execution but no less entertaining. Don't watch this expecting an Oscar performance. It is a CGI cartoon after all, how serious/critical are you supposed to take it? It has more of an Episode 2 feel to it, for me at least, but the action sequences are just as long, intense & still 'edgy' for a CGI cartoon. They flowed well & were non-stop action. Clone troopers got it pretty bad in this movie & the lightsaber duels left me wanting for more(longer duels, that is) but were pretty good for a CGI cartoon. It held my interest the whole time though the plot of helping the huts was a bit odd. The dialogue could have used a little help but what star wars movie couldn't? I wouldn't recommend buying this movie until you see it first but if you keep in mind what this movie is supposed to be/do & you don't take it as seriously as some, then you should have fun & you'll be just fine. Anakin's apprentice is there for the young girls as well as to be the little miss know-it-all pain in the butt for Anakin the way he was to Ben (it's called irony) so she may be a bit annoying for some out there (she's better in the TV series)...and who in this world isn't about money? There is a lot of story that can be told between episodes and he wants to tell it (whether is executed well or not). We all would do it too & you all know it.
`TCW' story line isn't a major one in the Star Wars universe. It feels more like a made for TV movie but it ultimately starts up the TV series so there is a longer broader story to set up here as well.

Simple, aims at a broader audience & still a fun watch, if only once, in my opinion.

I say rent it first, watch it for what it is & go from there.

I bought this for my 6 year old son who loves Star Wars and the Clone Wars cartoons. He is always asking me to let him watch the Clone Wars on TV but it is on past his bedtime. This helps satisfy his need to see the TV series. He loves it and I think its very imaginative.

I bought this for my 7 year old grandson for Christmas and he loved it. He's a Star Wars fan and really wanted this DVD. Great gift.

Over the years I have seen every single Star Wars film in the movie theater, even the special editions during the nineties, and I can honestly say that I enjoyed them all. But when I saw that they made a Clone Wars CGI animated movie, I thought to myself, "Why bother?" So as it goes I didn't bother to see that one in the theater. Recently I began watching all of the old films again starting with episode one to see how well they hold up (I still love 'em.) and so it was that I wanted even more Star Wars to entertain me and soon I decided that I would give The Clone Wars a try.

The movie takes place between episodes 2 and 3 and has some familiar characters such as Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Count Dooku, Mace Windu, General Grievous, Senator Palpatine, C-3PO, R2-D2, and Jabba The Hutt. The plot involves the kidnapping of Jabba The Hutt's Son by Dooku and his gang in an attempt to lay the blame on the Jedis in order to cause the Hutt's to join the separatist's movement against the Republic.

Upon it's release the movie received many negative reviews some of which compared it to a Saturday Morning Cartoon, which to be honest, it basically is. And of course there is now the Clone Wars TV show that followed it now airing on TV. Yet despite all of that, I still enjoyed the movie a lot. It had it's moments and I really enjoyed the excellent CGI animation and thought the battles and spaceships and scenery and characters and lightsaber fights were all very well done. The only downside that I can think of is the character Ahsoka Tano, who is a Padawan to Anakin Skywalker. She's an okay character and has some good scenes in the movie, but she's a little too cutesy for my liking. Plus, I have to agree with some previous critic's opinions that it seems a little strange to have Anakin mentoring a Padawan, especially when you know a lot of his history in the prequels. Otherwise, it's a very cool Saturday Morning CGI cartoon movie.

I noticed a lot of bad reviews for this movie and I can understand why a lot of people would be turned off by it, but I am not one of them. I can look at this as being a whole different part of the Star Wars universe and enjoy it for what it is. A whole new chapter of CGI animated stories for children to enjoy, and also older teens and adults who still have their inner child within them. I have to admit that my inner child liked The Clone Wars movie a lot and now looks forward to viewing The Clone Wars animated series.

If you like Star Wars, then you should see this. The plot was solid and the action was nonstop from start to end. There should be another non cartoon movie like this. It was as good as a real movie though too...

The characters work, the story is watchable -- already it beats 'The Phantom Menance' and 'Attack of the Clones'. Add some genuinely exciting action, a sexy new villianess and some tongue-in-cheek humour and you have a STAR WARS film.

The story follows the typical father/son Lucas path (what is with George and his daddy issues?), this time with Jabba the Hutt losing his slimy newborn. Anakin Skywalker and his new Jedi apprentice are sent to rescue the Huttlet as Obi-Wan Kenobi chats with Jabba.

Some of the dialogue is overdone or badly planned (for example, Obi-Wan assures his droid that "...I'm sure Jabba will be in a good mood" despite the fact that Jabba has recently lost his son!) and some characters remain wooden (Mace Windu badly needs a personality) but there is enough eye-candy and energy to keep viewers interested. Count Dooku finally establishes himself as a half-decent antagonist, but it is his slinky sidekick who steals the show.

I'd avoided The Clone Wars for years because of all of the negative reviews. Having come in with lower expectations, I think I enjoyed the movie more. To be sure, it's not great, but it's not horrible. The plot is pretty ridiculous - Jabba's son is kidnapped and the Jedi must rescue him (really, the same Jabba who had Han frozen in Carbonite?). However, the animation is pretty good overall. It's not Pixar, but it does look like Star Wars.

There isn't much character development - Clone Wars is mostly an action film. Despite that, I really do like the relationship between Anakin and his new padawan, Ashoka Tano. Ashoka is a brilliant character whose wisecracking ways fits Anakin perfectly. Obi-Wan isn't as much of a presence, but he gets a fun scene near the beginning. Amidala only plays a small but important role near the end.

Overall, I wish the movie had a plot with more substance and more intimate moments with the main characters. That said, it's certainly not as bad as many reviewers claimed. If you like Star Wars, give it a chance.

A shame all the George Lucas bashing these days because I think Star Wars: The Clone Wars is impressive and I actually bought it. It had good special effects, nice intertwining plotlines, it filled in some blank spaces in the rich canvas of this generation-spanning series, and it was a plain and simple fine piece of imaginative tale-telling. The criticism I've heard is that it panders to a younger audience, and the voices aren't the original actors (do YOU wanna shell out fifty times more money for the on-screen stars?), and some people even said it's inauthentically canonical since it lacked the 20th Century Fox opening credits! Hey, whatever, it's your viewing experience, as for me I say so it's not sci-fi a la Tolstoy and yeah I can see how hard-core purists might kick but you know, I enjoyed this flick and I'm not going to rag on it. I think there are still so many great stories waiting to be mined from Star Wars and hope they keep 'em coming for a long time from now.

Well, after watching the series on Cartoon Network, I decided to buy this movie to see how it all started. I really liked the series, so I figured that the movie should be at least as good as the series, and it is. This movie and the series really adds to the star wars universe in a way that you couldn't do in live action. With the success of the movie and series, I really think that Lucas could add to star wars by making Episode VII, VIII, IX in this 3D cartoon format. I read a script from someone online that was written for those episodes, and I think this would be the perfect way to bring back Luke, Han, and Laya. He wrote it himself, and the story was great. Anyway, this movie and the series are great additions to the Star Wars Universe. Another note for those of you waiting for the full series set to be released, Lucas is doing so sometime later this year. He is releasing the 4 episode sets per fan request, but will release the entire series with a lot of extras later this year. you can read about this at: http://www.starwars.com/theclonewars/news_galaxydivided_dvd.html

I've been a Star Wars geek since the third grade, and I am now the proud mom of two elementary-aged boys who (like most of their friends, I'm glad to say) also adore the series. Frankly, I sort of wish Lucas had stopped with the three original films which I think are classic and wonderful. The three newer live-action films left a lot to be desired, I felt, but my boys adore them all just as much if not more than the old Luke/Leia/Han movies I grew up with. With the boys it's all about the action, and The Clone Wars delivers. We saw the preview to this film in the movie theater, and our whole family of four almost jumped out of our seats. How cool! A neat looking cartoon version of the mythical clone wars starring my favorite character, the awesome Obi Wan. Of course, we went out to see it on its opening day (along with some other families with Star Wars boys) and the kids adored everything about it. My view was that it was neat-o, for sure, but clearly not made for adults. Let's be real, this movie is positioned as the set-up to a new cartoon television series, so it basically seems like a slightly long episode of a tv cartoon. But I like the look of the series with its vivid interplanetary settings and way-cool battle sequences. And being able to see Jedi in action is an overdue pleasure. However, questions are raised which are impossible to answer. I, for one, can not relate to the character of Anakin as a mentor to a youngling since I know that one day he's going to cold-bloodedly murder a whole temple full of them. My kids even asked me if Anakin is going to kill his padawan one day. Yikes! But if you've got kids in the house or a Star Wars collection to add to, you simply have to buy this.