Animated Star Wars Series Gets Theatrical Debut
Star Wars: The Clone Wars courtesy Cartoon Network/(c) & TM 2008 Lucasfilm Ltd.
By the moons of Tatooine! I'm a card-carrying member of the Boba Fett Fan Club, but does anyone else wish that
George Lucas would make a movie set in a galaxy far, far away from
Star Wars? Not Lucas himself, apparently. Remember that
animated Star Wars series about the Clone Wars? Well, it seems that Uncle George liked the results so much that he's ordered up a full-on theatrical release for a new
Clone Wars animated film that will kick off a new series. "I felt there were a lot more
Star Wars stories left to tell," says Lucas, executive producer of
Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which will premiere on the Cartoon Network in the fall. "I was eager to start telling some of them through animation and, at the same time, push the art of animation." (
Start telling?)
The new film, which takes place between the events of Episodes II and III (before Anakin becomes Darth), will hit theaters on Aug. 15. And I'll probably be there on opening night. Sigh. -
Mickey O'Connor
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