Clone Wars

It's no secret to any of my friends that I'm a very big Star Wars fan, been that way since I was wee high and able to mumble "Darth Vader". I blame my uncle for the addiction, he got me into it back in the 80's.

So here's the deal. George Lucas the creator of the Star Wars franchise is kicking of the new era of Star Wars, yep there's another movie coming out this year! Before you go any further, I should only be fair to warn you that its going to be completely CGI. The movie will take place between episode II: Attack of the clones and episode III: Revenge of the Sith.


It will delve more into the battles that progressed between the two movies, how Anakin Skywalker went from padawan learner to Jedi Knight. If you noticed, in the movie before he had short hair from being a padawan learner and in the next he had long hair because being a knight now allowed him to and he had a distinctive scar over his eye, which he got from all the battle's he has been. He became so well known in the republic that he was given the nickname "the hero who does not know fear". Clone Wars will fill in this gap, so most naturally you'll see familiar faces like:

Obi-wan Kenobi

Anakin Skywalker

Clone Troopers

Of course it'll have new elements to the drama, for instance Lucas has decided to give the last person you would expect to give, a padawan apprentice. That's right Anakin Skywalker will have his own padawan whom hell be training amidst the clone wars, and shes a girl no less!

Anakin and his Padawan

The movie premiers August 15th 2008, it will kick of a TV animated series of the same style to be aired on Cartoon Network. It should run enough seasons to last 3 to 5 years. There will also be a live action TV series, but that's not scheduled until 2010 and it'll have no Jedi's in it, time period will be after revenge of the Sith but before a new hope. It involve the lives of others in the galaxy that are affected by the new empire. Lucas has confirmed that there might be cameos of main characters like Darth Vader, Obi-wan Kenobi and the emperor for whom all the original casted actors express interest in performing should they get the opportunity.

May the force be with you....