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Online Store - Star Wars - Clone Wars, Vol. 1
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List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $49.99
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Mat Lucas, Jerome Beidler, James Arnold Taylor, Wanja Gerick, Philipp Moog
Directed By: Tippy Bushkin
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543157922
Format: Animated
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2005-03-22
Running Time: 69
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2003-11-07
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Editorial Reviews:
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The saga continues with the Emmy-winning "Star Wars: Clone Wars," available for the first time ever on DVD. This animated micro-series, directed by Genny Tartakovsky, captures George Lucas' vision in a dynamic animated style that is a visual delight for all ages. "Star Wars: Clone Wars" Volume One reveals the epic adventures that bridge the story arc between Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones and Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. Follow the valiant Jedi Knights and the brave soldiers of the Republic's clone army as they battle against the droid forces of the Separatists, led by the evil Sith Lord, Count Dooku. Witness the battles that made galactic heroes out of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, and along the way get a first look at the new menace from Episode III, General Grievous. This is a must-have for any Star Wars DVD collection.
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Summary: Must have!
Comment: This is a must have for a true fan of the greatest movie saga ever made!
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Summary: Whoah.(Keanu Style)
Comment: This is more awesome than I remember! Originally aired as a micro series on the Cartoon Network, it's brilliant animation style, head exploding battle scenes, and eyeball peeling fighter dogfights make this dvd a must have! A bridge between Episode II and the new Clone Wars movie and series that shows more of Anakin while still a Padawan. Watching this got me back into Star Wars. Genndy Tartakovsky(Samurai Jack) is at his best with this collection. Pays tribute to Star Wars Holiday Special animation. How can this be out of print?! Snatch it up while you can! Also see Vol. 2.
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Summary: If the Star Wars universe worked this way, there would be no wars. Ever.
Comment: The physical side first: Where's the innovation? There is none. It's typical of Genndy Tartakovsky style, in which everyone has square or misshapen heads, construction-paper-cutout looking bodies, and highly surrealist comically misshapen objects and fight sequences. The voice acting is bad, with most of the characters sounding about as much as their movie counterparts as a horse would sound like a chicken.
Considering the majority of the series consisted of 5 minute "microsodes", there's little room for story beyond "ZOMFG ACTION ACTION ACTION EXPLOSION LIGHTSABER VWOOM WOOSH EXPLOSION JEDI JEDI JEDI~!" And while this may be visually entertaining to children, it's hardly worth the sort of critical acclaim this series has gotten.
Now to the core of the problem: If the Star Wars universe worked the way Genndy Tartakovsky portrays it, there would be no wars. Ever.
The Jedi are like Superman, and there is no kryptonite in this universe.
Everything moves at rapid-fire pace. In one space scene, you're staring at stars for a few seconds. Then in the space of a second or two, the Republic and Confederate fleets emerge and fighters are chasing one another and lasers are filling the airspace. Nothing in the Star Wars galaxy works that fast out of hyperspace.
Whoever designed the Republic's armored vehicles in this series should have been executed for treason, because it really goes to show just how pathetic they are when robots on speeder bikes with big metal sticks scratch at the surface of an armored vehicle (even making alittle squiggly line that looks like it would be made by scratching wallpaper) and the ENTIRE FREAKING THING BLOWS UP. Just BLOWS UP. No destruction, no leaking of fluids and sparking and igniting. Just a scratch on the surface, maybe a tear through the hull, and the thing blows up like it was a jar of propane on stilts.
And the Jedi are just unstoppable. An entire minisode is dedicated solely to Mace Windu fighting against an ENTIRE SEPARATIST ARMY of several THOUSAND battledroids AND a BIG FREAKING SPACESHIP HAMMER, and guess what... Mace Windu kills the shit out of EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING. His injuries? His robes get torn a little.
Seriously. And this is the same Mace Windu who got killed by a little bit of lightning. What the hell is lightning compared to A THOUSAND DROIDS DESIGNED AND BUILT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF KILLING?
Mace Windu is not the exception here; every single Jedi on screen just about becomes as powerful as fifty Clone armies, with such chestnuts as Yoda fending off hundreds of blaster bolts without moving anything save his lightsaber arm, while simultaneously having a conversation with someone.
So you have with this series a GAPING lapse of logic, which if were true of the Star Wars universe, would mean that there would be no wars ever. The Republic would just need to send a single Jedi to a troubled planet, and they could likely blow the whole freaking planet up, Dragon Ballz style.
This may be "entertaining" for some, but considering the fact that the Jedi are SUPPOSED to die en masse in the Clone Wars (that's how Palpatine is able to seize power, after all... thin out the Jedi with war, then execute Order 66 to eliminate the remnants), and SUPPOSED to die to a man/woman/child save for Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, this series basically spits in the face of EVERY STAR WARS MOVIE/BOOK/COMIC/GAME EVER CREATED by claiming that the Jedi are invincible.
Why did they even bother with a Clone army, Tartakovsky's Star Wars, if they could have just sent BADASSMUTHA Obi-Wan and Anakin and Mace Windu to kill the shit out of the entire Separatist movement within a day?
As such, I, and just about any logical Star Wars fan, should disown this as part of the Star Wars canon, and see it solely for entertainment value. Because that's all it's good for; entertainment. And only if you like Tartakovsky's style.
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Summary: love this
Comment: My kids begged to see the Clone Wars. They love all things Star Wars. I am of the generation that saw it in the theaters. I thought this could be awful. I was really delighted when I liked watching it. I even loved some parts. My kids LOVE it. IT is a nice bridge from 2 to 3. Fantastic job with story and character. I even liked the drawing style.
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Summary: If you thought all the jedi did in Ep I and II was sit around.....
Comment: Then this is for you. The precursor to Ep III shows in a fantastic setting where the future for the whole franchise will be - as with Homer's Iliad - Homer left the minor poets to fill in the lesser stories - so George Lucas must be content to let others tell the stories of the minor characters. If you enjoy Japanese anime then you should enjoy this.
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