Customer Reviews

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - A Galaxy Divided -Season 1, Vol. 1

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(23)

 

 

The announcement of this bare bones, single disc has caused quite a stir in some fan communities..and apparently here on Amazon as well.

Here's the skinny: At the bottom of the press release for this single DVD, Lucasfilm clearly states a box set for Season 1 (with extras) is in the works, including Blu Ray. I have to give them credit for at least telling us up front that this DVD is not intended for the people that will want the whole season. Although I am not sure who the intended consumer is for this, I guess almost an hour and a half for $14 is enough to keep the little ones quiet in the back seat of the SUV and make it so you don't have to worry about losing a disc from your box set.

For releasing a no frills single DVD: 1/5
For content: 3.5/5
For telling me to wait a few months for a season box set: 5/5

The movie was great, the series is equally as good, and in case you missed it, It has been airing on Cartoon Network since November of last year (2008).
I was going to dive in and purchase this, but once again the movie makers have decided to give you and I the usual "rip off"
Here are the first four episodes, that carry on pretty much exactly from where the movie finished, and make no mistake the stories, animation and acting (voices) are all excellent, but I ask again, 4 Episodes???
My kids have seen at least 12 screened on TV at around 25 minutes per episode. Are you telling me that we need to buy 3 or 4 separate DVD's to get a whole series already shown on TV? That's a joke.
My advice, when it's all old news (in a few months) a "complete collection" will come out, and I guarantee it will be cheaper. Vote with your wallets folks, stop letting them rip us off.

The Clone Wars show is great, I enjoy watching it with my son. But no way I will be buying a dvd with 4 episodes on it. Give me the entire season or no thanks. It's so maddening to see how companies do this stuff with shows geared towards kids.

I don't have the patience or the money to let Lucasfilm string me along. I'm not going to buy this show 4 episodes at a time. This is, however, a great show so let me know when it's the whole series and then we can talk.

And Hollywood wonders why pirating is so widespread... Dont get me wrong it would exist either way. But this kind of release drives the otherwise "honest movie buyer" to rationalize his disgust with George and punish the greed with a few free downloads.

Disclaimer: This post does not represent an endorsement of piracy. Piracy not available in all areas. Eye patch sold separately. Cape does not enable wearer to fly.

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Tv show- sweet. First disc to finally come out- LAME. I vote, as well, to boycott this insult and wait for the set.

The ENTIRE SERIES will be finished aroung the time these FOUR episodes come out. I won't even buy the movie until I'm positive they aren't going to include that in the series one boxed set for 200 million dollars.

Star Wars is a great franchise, I prefer the later episodes of this show personally, but this attempt at a dvd release is like buying the single before the album comes out.

Fans make excuses for Lucasfilm all the time in relation to their releases, and their paying for it.

DON'T BUY THIS DVD, PLEASE SHOW THAT THE CUSTOMER, NOT THE STUDIO, IS ALWAYS RIGHT!!!

My advice as a fellow Star Wars fan and loyal for 30 years and counting is to wait for the whole season DVD that will be released when the first season ends.

There's another DVD scheduled fcr release soon that contain 5 or so episodes, don't buy that, wait for the whole season. That DVD according to speculation and reports most likely will be released in may or june.

So, save your credits and have "patience" as Yoda advises.

However, this DVD contains great episodes of the series, with the famous "Malevolence" trilogy.

I don't know the extras yet, but perhaps those extras will be repeated again with the whole season DVD.

This is just quick cash LFL wants to have due to the high demand of the series.

I'll get this out of the way right now: I really like the new series. It's pretty clear that Mr. Lucas doesn't have a hand in the writing, as the stories are getting progressively sophisticated and smart. However, I'm getting sick of what was started by Tarantino and his Kill Bill phenomenon: Charge multiple times for the single experience. I understand that this series was pretty much in the can by the time the theatrical release came around, and now they are going the route of Avatar, trickling out a few episodes at a time at $13 a pop to milk as much money out of the franchise as they can. Simple math will tell you that a 22 episode season will cost you $72.00 to own the series if you buy them this way!!! and that's just for the DVD version. I wish I could say this was surprising, but we continue to prove that we as consumers are suckers and we deserve every gouging we get since we allow this to go on and on.

We all know a full season boxed-set is imminent. Just save your cash until then. Don't waste your time and money with this release - WB and Lucasfilm already wasted theirs.