Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 157
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 128
Mechanical animation and a less-than stellar script make The Clone Wars a pale shadow of George Lucas' once great franchise.
Average Rating: 3.7/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 26
Mechanical animation and a less-than stellar script make The Clone Wars a pale shadow of George Lucas' once great franchise.
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George Lucas continues his most popular franchise's legacy with Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a computer-animated 3-D film that takes place between Star Wars: Episode II and III. The first-ever animated feature from Lucasfilm Animation, this action-packed space adventure follows the heroic Jedi Knights as they attempt to maintain order and restore peace during a time of monumental galactic strife. The Clone Wars have engulfed the galaxy in chaos, and as the dreaded droid army of the Separatists
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Matt Lanter
Anakin Skywalker -
Ashley Eckstein
Ahsoka Tano -
James Arnold Taylor
4-A7, Medical Droid, Ob... -
Dee Bradley Baker
Captain Rex, Clone Troo... -
Tom Kane
Admiral Yularen, Narrat... -
Nika Futterman
Asajj Ventress, Tee-C-S... -
Ian Abercrombie
Chancellor Palpatine, D... -
Corey Burton
General Loathsom, Krono... -
Catherine Taber
Padme Amidala -
Matthew Wood
Battle Droids -
Kevin Michael Richardson
Jabba the Hut -
David Acord
Rotta the Huttlet -
Samuel L. Jackson
Mace Windu -
Anthony Daniels
C-3PO, C3PO -
Christopher Lee
Count Dooku -
Mark Hamill
Luke Skywalker -
Harrison Ford
Han Solo -
Carrie Fisher
Princess Leia -
Peter Cushing
Grand Moff Tarkin -
Alec Guinness
Ben "Obi-Wan" Kenobi -
Kenny Baker
R2-D2 -
Peter Mayhew
Chewbacca -
David Prowse
Darth Vader -
Phil Brown
Uncle Owen Lars -
Shelagh Fraser
Aunt Beru Lars -
Jack Purvis
Chief Jawa -
Eddie Byrne
Gen. Willard -
Don Henderson
Gen. Taggi -
Jack Klaff
Red Four (John "D") -
Drewe Henley
Red Leader -
Jeremy Sinden
Gold Two -
Graham Ashley
Gold Five -
Garick Hagon
Red Three (Biggs) -
William Hootkins
Red Six (Porkins) -
James Earl Jones
Darth Vader -
Denis Lawson
Red Two (Wedge) -
Richard Le Parmentier
Gen. Motti -
Angus MacInnes
Gold Leader -
Alex McCrindle
Gen. Dodonna -
Leslie Schofield
Commander No. 1, Comman... -
Malcolm Tierney
Officer in Detention Ar... -
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All Critics (161) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (30) | Rotten (129) | DVD (16)
It moves fast, conquers armies, kicks into hyperspace and spits out idiotic quips with unapologetic cartoon brio.
Top CriticThe visuals are worthy, but the big screen brings the movie's script shortcomings and pacing problems into sharper relief.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars comes as something of a surprise: it isn't the most painful movie of the year!
One of the more mediocre entries in the entire Star Wars catalogue.
Visually busy and visually forgettable, with a less than engaging story line, and characters who look like anime figures and move like the denizens of Geppetto's workshop, Wars will appeal only to the most tolerant, galactically minded children.
The story lacks narrative tension. The dialogue is stilted and overblown, a problem also in some of the live-action incarnations. That, combined with visuals that consistently lack punch, leaves little to engage us.
It's a film of many firsts, but few of them positive: for the first time in history, we have a Star Wars film that you won't love or hate, but one about which you just won't care less either way.
A complete gas to more open-minded fans, and assured catnip to children. The occasional sexually-ambiguous Hutt or sassmouthed, premenstrual Jedi aside, it's an exciting picture and a tempting commencement for the TV series.
70 percent action, 5 percent exposition and 24 percent forced banter ... that's just 1 percent left over for committee meetings and C-Span-worthy parliamentary maneuvering -- proceedings that have so fascinated George Lucas in the past.
It had a lot of potential, but unfortunately, that label of 'supplement' seems more appropriate for it than 'stand alone film' does.
Feels very much like the television pilot that it is.
Its elements are actually quite typical of a syndicated cartoon series, aimed mostly at the young'uns and contributing pretty much nothing to the Star Wars mythos.
Despite Ahsoka's cloying presence, The Clone Wars is still easier to take than Attack of the Clones.
Very busy. Very noisy. Very loud. Very monotonous. (Blu-ray Edition)
xoris kamia prothesi na paei ti mythologia poythena parapera, o Lucas aplos stinei ena kinimatografikis diarkeias, paidikoy prosanatolismoy epeisodio, me amfiboloy aisthitikis animation, gia na doylepsei os launching pad tis kainoyrias, senariaka aneksart
This "First Animated Star Wars Movie" does the series no favors, demonstrating why live action trumps animation--at least when the digital beings and creatures are this poorly designed.
...little plot and almost nothing but redundant action. It becomes tiresome very fast.
Strong new characters are disappointingly thin on the ground.
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