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Reviews Counted:149
Fresh:28
Rotten:121
Average Rating:4.1/10
Consensus: Mechanical animation and a less-than stellar script make The Clone Wars a pale shadow of George Lucas' once great franchise.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Aug 14, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $35,089,551
Synopsis: On the front lines of an intergalactic struggle between good and evil, fans young and old will join such favorite characters as Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala, along with... [More]
Starring: Ian Abercrombie, Anthony Daniels, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee
Director: Dave Filoni
In our new tween-dominated star economy, with Miley Cyrus and other Disney Channel starlets printing money, I suppose it was inevitable that the shamelessly market-savvy Lucas would seize an opportunity to do the same.
Kids will enjoy it, fans will tolerate it, geeks will feel obligated to love it, and cynics will note that at least Jar Jar doesn't make an appearance.
Clone Wars was executive-produced by George Lucas, who may be feeling a tad sheepish about the results.
The inaugural animated Star Wars feels and looks every bit as introductory as a foundational attempt could be. The animated format, though, actually manages to dial down the dreadful acting and makes it more tolerable than the human format.
If Star Wars: The Clone Wars were a simple board game stacked up in a toy store aisle, the side of the box would read: "Ages 7 through Check Your Star Wars Ego at the Door."
Clearly, the powers behind this convenient cash grab can't see the real reason Star Wars remains culturally significant. The Clone Wars is proof that, in some people's minds, it's nothing more than an easily reconfigured revenue stream.
In Clone Wars, one battle seems exactly like the last (and the next): the 'droids shoot like amateurs and the Republican troops always prevail, whatever the odds.
With beautifully inventive animation, this latest chapter in George Lucas' saga is a frantic series of action scenes without a heart.
Kids will enjoy it, but for old school Star Wars fans, this is The Phanton Menace all over again.
If you don’t expect an orthodox Star Wars movie, you may well be satisfied with this for all its flaws. But one gets the feeling that Lucas is coming to the end of his long and richly rewarded road. After all, he has travelled it for more than 30 years.
Really, isn't this where the Star Wars movies were headed all along - a feature-length toy advertisement?
The only thing that would make me punch the air is the sight of the syntax-mangling Yoda being comprehensively squashed. Alas, we have not heard the last from the old gonk.
what Star Wars: The Clone Wars serves up is a rehashed Thunderbirds with a dash of Japanese anime.
George Lucas can’t even come up with a new baddie worth watching.
Top CriticInstead of getting something special, you’re left with the impression the last few dollars are being wrung from a franchise that should’ve been put to bed 25 years ago. Still, kids should enjoy it.
Oh, George Lucas. Please stop diluting the franchise.
Heaven knows why Star Wars creator George Lucas thought this worthy of a cinema release. It is an amateurishly written, inadequately animated, tenth-rate rip-off.
John Williams’ music elbowed in favour of Kevin Kiner’s pale imitations… Little things that jar and jar, but at least there’s no Jar Jar.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars may be a glorified pilot for the upcoming TV series, but as Episode 2.5 it brings back a certain amount of balance to the Force.
Can someone beam a hologrammatic representative into Lucasfilm HQ with a message from the real world? Master George, we beseech you, give it up: nobody cares anymore, and besides, your tea's ready.
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