Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Combo Review

[@MTTT19]

One thing that Star Wars The Clone Wars did that I don't think alot of TV Shows have ever accomplished is having a character go from being hated by viewers to becoming arguably the most popular character on the show.

[@BrynjarReynisson]

I would say game of thrones has done that.

[@popefrancis7048]

you have not watched enough tv then if u think that

[@Recovery15]

Plus it's probably the darkest thing I've ever seen on CN, due to it covering terrorism, suicide, an entire episode I'm pretty sure was based on the Native American/US government relations (the snow moon of Pantora?), and other really hard topics. But it's how it was done that made it work.

[@Yust1234]

Agree

[@lanceshadow5582]

+Thegoldenenderman33 Miners i actually like Ezra. His design is a bit silly (as soon as i saw him on screen for the first time in the show I was like "Wow, Disney just put Aladdin in Star Wars" because he looks just like Aladdin) but hes evolving into a wonderful character, especially with the most recent episodes.

[@thecosmicpallbearer]

Clone Wars had the most badass Grievous

[@johnsmithy9850]

Darth Grievous Oh yeah, no contest. Then he was rather butchered in Revenge of the Sith

[@JoydurnYup]

Darth Grievous I personally thought grevious sucked in the clone wars. Well yea hes cool and all but like everyone of his episodes he just runs away:/:/:/

[@thecosmicpallbearer]

Wumbology just clone wars,not the clone wars

[@JoydurnYup]

Darth Grievous Oh in that case then u're right xD

[@eirikmarthinsen3850]

He was OP. He is not like that in any of the canon material. He destroyed several Jedi Masters alone in that show. How the hell does a non-force sensitive android do something Sidious would be damn proud of? In the cannon material he's on the level of a above average jedi knight, which is where he should be, not on the level of Yoda, Vader and Sidious.

[@slpater1]

honestly the clone wars anakin was exactly what we wanted from anakin throughout 1-3

[@Eziokilla9595]

Agreed. The Clone Wars should be no less than an A-.

[@streetsoldierhood9796]

nicholas williamson i agree 100% thank you for saying that. the voice actor did a much better job than hayden christinson. (i misspelled his name but oh well he ruined my childhood)

[@HunhowsShadowStalker]

Hayden Christensen is a great actor, the problem was with the directing. Lucas didn't give the actors enough direction with the dialog. I mean, look at Samuel L. Jackson! He's a great actor, but he sounded terrible in the movies.

[@streetsoldierhood9796]

Keva the Half-Kestora i mean if you've ever seen the movie jumper that he stared in u can see why hollywood doesn't cast him anymore

[@HunhowsShadowStalker]

StreetSoldierHood Regardless, people always blame the actors for the dialog in the movies, yet no one ever realises that it's the director's fault for not giving the actors proper direction and the writer's fault for writing dialog so bad that no amount of acting can save it. Even if Christensen isn't an "amazing" actor, even at average, with the right direction, he could've made his role as Anakin work.

[@greengoku10]

They didn't release it in chronological order? That's like releasing episodes 4,5 and 6 and then 1,2,3. I mean, can you imagine that?

[@alexturlais8558]

greengoku10 no it's like having 3 then 4 then 6 and 2 and 1 and 5

[@arami187]

I don't care if it's Star Wars, I'm not watching that unless they are in chronological order.

[@andrewmason1332]

greengoku10 😅😂

[@KitchenSinkSoup]

arami187 ... Then watch it in chronological order.

[@kevintravers3988]

I tip my hat off to you on that sir.

[@alejandroalba6909]

The tv show did the prequels right

[@streetsoldierhood9796]

Pix El it did. also tried to fix the mess they caused.

[@abramsullivan7764]

Yes it did

[@user-ox2ey4rl9h]

Say that on /r/prequel memes

[@saintpatrick7673]

And now the Prequels are arguably the best cuz of it

[@vetarlittorf1807]

No. The prequels were fine without it.

[@hunterkiller1440]

The Clone Wars film was a huge letdown. The cartoon series redeemed itself.

[@kevinclayton4965]

hunterkiller1440 Yeah, I know what you’re talking about. I think The Clone Wars cartoon show is way much better than the movie itself.

[@KingOfAnime247]

I mean the Clone Wars movie is just episodes taken from the show to be put into a movie for theaters.

[@generalgrievous3731]

I enjoy the Clone Wars film more and more on every rewatch. Also, nostalgia OVERLOAD.

[@yveltalpoderoso1303]

Decent pilot for the show

[@jarrodedson5441]

Hey I loved the film

[@Tropcopter]

Studios should be begging Genndy to make stories out of their IPs. Such an underused guy in the industry. I would give anything for a Genndy Tartakovsky-led Batman or Daredevil animated series, or even something as goofy as Power Rangers - he can make it work.

[@EightThreeEight]

Tartakovsky actually did a bit of art work with the Batman animated series.

[@shadekerensky3691]

Oh my God, I would love to see a Genndy Tartakovsky Might Morphin Power Rangers series with the same style of seriousness and comedy as what he brought in the final season to Samurai Jack.

[@AlexanderDiviFilius]

He should direct a proper Star Wars film. It'd add some flavour into the state of the film lineup.

[@dixonb.tweenerlegs4225]

He should make an Old Republic show.

[@jswatch9270]

@@EightThreeEight where is it?

[@TheDalinkwent]

I enjoyed the animated Clone Wars vastly more than the prequels. Its like night and day.

[@emilengen7825]

TheDalinkwent i enjoy revenge of the sith.

[@Nataton-cg8zo]

emil engen good for you guess what i hate you

[@75JUNAKI]

Nataton3000 okay that's mean

[@PlanetSaturnz]

Why was George Lucas telling Hayden Christensen his plans? What kind of interview is that?

[@RobinSijtsma]

It's called unscripted. It's this show on youtube where actors are interviewing eachother basicaly.

[@zacharyhaynes8969]

Hayden continued telling George in said review about how he wish we could just wish his acting in Attack of the Clone away.

[@sbentsen2714]

Jeremy 616 😆😆

[@TheSEAempire]

Zachary Haynes lol good one 😂😂😂

[@uscman]

Robin Sijtsma so it’s Variety’s Actors On Actors series before the show came out

[@BarbieTano]

Ahsoka & Ventress were fucking cool.

[@andrewmason1332]

Hyuna, BlackJack, Blink so true

[@joshdaymusiced]

Why did I read that with a comma before "cool?"

[@Djinsin]

Best Things Ever Given to Us by the Prequel Chronology: -Darth Maul -Star Wars: Clone Wars -Duel of the Fates -"You don't want to sell me death sticks" -Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV Show) -Ahsoka -Asajj Ventress -Boba Fett Scholastic book series -Different wolds -Improved lightsaber duels -Yoda vs the Emperor (HE WAS USING THE FORCE TO MOVE LIKE THAT, WHY DOES NO ONE GET THAT!!) -Domino Squad -Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir -Captain Rex -Star Wars: Delta Squad

[@SwfanredLotr]

Djinsin Don´t forget General Grievous and Count Dooku!!!

[@fullygraciousedits8238]

What about grevious, order 66, savage opress and a fuck load a clones

[@Djinsin]

Familyguyextreme I had a lot to remember. And yes, Savage was an awesome BEAST; the individual clones (in the TV show) I didn't mention were also cool (not as cool as Rex and Domino Squad (AKA the Rookie clones) though); and the Order 66 scene was really well done. General Grievous was alright.

[@Dahxelb]

Familyguyextreme Order 66, yay. Savage opress, Darth Maul clone-ish. fuck load a clones, we had stormtroopers in the original movies. And general Grievous? While i remember enjoying him in some Star wars 3 game, I were disappointed with his character in the movie. so while not AS bad as a lot of other prequel stuff, he's still one of the bad creations lucas has conjured with the last two/three movies. but yea.. order 66 was pretty good

[@Ruko]

Djinsin Doesn't matter, that fight with Joda vs the emperor wasn't good either way.

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

I thought Anakin's portrayal as a character in general was just better in the Clone Wars animations than it was in the films. Not just his slide to the Dark side, but also his status in the republic and just how he acted as a person. Like when it shows how much he hates the idea of slavery, since he was a slave himself, or when he's teasing Ashoka, or bantering even more with Obi-Wan, or his attachment to R2, and how much he distrusts R2's replacement. He's just a deeper, better character. All the characters are portrayed better. From Mace Windu to Count Dooku. Although, I get that they did have more time to work with them.

[@death-king1834]

''Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfucking Sith! In this motherfucking Galaxy!''

[@Flight_of_Icarus]

+Lord Gimli I liked the direction they took with Mace Windu. I think a bad-mouthed jedi would be out of place. It was also nice to see Jackson act outside of how he's been typecast. Although it would be funny.

[@BigA207]

I just saw the first episode broadcasted, and they actually did my man Yoda justice!

[@death-king1834]

In my opinion the Clone Wars shows especially the latter were probably the best things to come out of the Prequels.

[@liaminator4950]

In my opinion, one of the best things to come out of Star Wars period.

[@lorki3]

Yes, the Clone Wars show is excellent.

[@SolarDragon007]

Bane Knightfall The Clone Wars comics are also excellent

[@srmayinn]

especially after appearing darth maul,these episodes are great.

[@grippingrope9937]

There are some story arcs in The Clone Wars, Umbara and Darth Maul especially, which need their own individual reviews.

[@kayeffty]

Darth Maul literally didn't have any character before Clone Wars.

[@909bkaby]

Dani Simmons I thought it was cool like that tho . He was mysterious and made you wanna know more about him. He was less talking and more fighting

[@tomstonemale]

@@909bkaby He was more dead, though

[@diegodelafuente5056]

@@909bkaby that's still not a character, just a bland breathing action figure

[@diegodelafuente5056]

@JulzBrad 1996 yeah, and you shouldn't need a spin off show to make an interesting character

[@diegodelafuente5056]

@JulzBrad 1996 yeah, that's cool👌💯

[@Skyman08]

just finished the clones wars season 5. let's just say I cried.

[@qernanded8161]

Now on to season 6 :)

[@mvttz]

Qernanded thanks to D$sney, they don't show them anymore

[@Skyman08]

Matthew Brant yes it's a shame they only showed half of season 6. I've seen the unfinished bad batch story arc and it left me disappointed that Disney didn't let Lucas finish off the season.

[@Skyman08]

As fan service Disney should finish animating all of the unfinished clone wars season six episodes because they are really good.

[@Yus-b9e]

You did watch the Lost Missions, right? Up to 4 arcs of storyline, completely animated.

[@anomyn2249]

I dare say, I think both Clone Wars series were so good that they made the prequels worth it, do you agree?

[@adamprotz]

agreed!

[@cassu6]

Anomyn I mean for me just the clones made the prequels worth it

[@abramsullivan7764]

I truly agree

[@CrissAssasin7]

It excuses their existence, not them being as crap as they were. But I'll admit, Clone Wars is definitely worth the price of the prequels.

[@abramsullivan7764]

I truly agree with you

[@SlurpeeTheUnholy]

Is it bad that, in the entire time I spent bingewatching "The Clone Wars" from season 1 to season 6 on Netflix, I never once noticed that the episodes were out of order?

[@SwampFox4939]

Same

[@wafflewizard7629]

Same

[@Superman-fv4eq]

I finally noticed when I saw Adi Gallia sitting in the Jedi council in an episode that was after the episode she died in I was all WTF?!?!?!?!

[@Bent773]

It was confusing to see the training of domino squad a season or two after they fought on wherever.

[@Uchiha-fi4ij]

Superman on the Season 5 dvd it goes Onderon arc, Younglings arc, Droids arc and then Revival and the rest of the amazing Maul episodes. I think it's because Filoni and Lucas wanted a more unique premiere episode instead of the first part of a four episode arc (Onderon arc was going to come first)..

[@rikudoubapeck]

Someone else who has seen Star wars clone wars. THANK YOU!!!! It was so amazing and there wasn't that much dialouge but the emotion was so high. Not to mention Greivous. I swear Grevious in Clone wars and greivous in every other star wars media are two different characters. Surprised you didn't mention him he was so badass and watching the film after ,since the microseries released inbetween stars wars 2 and star wars 3, I felt robbed of such a badass villain. Such an underrated series.

[@twmcgraw3035]

Bat Bapeck Agreed. In the 2003 series Grievous was menacing and awesome, but in everything else he was made to be nothing more than a coward who ran away from fights and complained a lot.

[@lexxstrum]

Bat Bapeck Agreed on Greivous; the episode where they introduced him it was like he was this unstoppable force that made Jedi afraid. I just chalked it up to him getting force crushed when they kidnapped Palpatine.

[@BenEd2]

Bat Bapeck The way they introduced Grievous was nothing short of a masterpiece. I wasn't a massive fan of the show, this is pretty much the only episode I remember, but for good reason. My God that episode with him picking off those Jedi one by one was incredible, surprisingly dark and scary for a kids show. I'm gonna have to go watch it now for the nostalgia XD

[@rikudoubapeck]

Mr Grumpyface Agreed! My goodness that sequence was beautiful. I remember actually feling scared for the Jedi.

[@AIRWAY26]

Bat Bapeck Remember when Grevious just wiped the floor with everyone that faced him. those were the days.

[@ryankeefe1236]

Glad to see clone wars 2003 finally get some love

[@blue_pingu]

Ryan Keefe when does it not, I can't see how it's good. It's hard staying awake while watching it due to how boring it is. I watched 3 episodes on KZbin and the Characters feel hollow. It also feels slow? Idk how to put it other than boring

[@AlexanderDiviFilius]

spartan 1337 taste is subjective. Just because plenty of other people like something doesn't mean you're wrong in disliking it. Vice versa obviously applies as well.

[@blue_pingu]

Pepe did nothing wrong 2 month old comment, after watching more episodes I can say I do enjoy the show more than what I did before

[@AlexanderDiviFilius]

spartan 1337 that's cool, man. Nice to see you started to enjoy it

[@thomaspearson8078]

@@blue_pingu How can you think that's boring and survive the 2008 series? That thing had at least 2 hours devoted to senate meetings!

[@jaxter6610]

My favourite animated light saber fight is easily maul and savage vs sidious

[@josiahstankus4193]

Jaxter it's my favorite, too!

[@DarkPrject]

It makes you understand why Vader didn't kill him earlier, because holy shit that guy is a sith god!

[@RoChede]

Obi-wan x Darth Maul in Rebels. All the dialogue,the meaning, the tension and the 3 moves finish were just brilhant.

[@ggamesgarner8027]

And people still think mace couldn’t do the same thing.

[@fantom5894]

Ahsoka vs Vader in Season 2 of Rebels was great. And sad because she was fighting her old master.

[@aerowindwalker]

I love the animated Clone Wars too!!!

[@aerowindwalker]

I only saw the season six The Clone Wars, from what I saw I gave it an A too. In comparison I give the Rebels a C (too childish and PG13 for me).

[@keithperkins9871]

Aero Windwalker I give your grammar a TWO

[@BozheTsaryaKhrani]

Aero Windwalker clone wars, the clone wars, or both

[@xavidelfiorano]

Griveous is a totally badass and a true nightmare for the jedi in the first clone wars, in the cgi show he is a joke.

[@MysteriousMrL]

Kannon Unfortunately for the CG show they had the established Episode 3 portrayal to stick to. The microseries had more room to do whatever prior to his official movie appearance, and sort of inadvertently made a way better character.

[@mattwo7]

Smarmee Both of them are CG

[@MysteriousMrL]

The Tartakovsky Clone Wars micro series was traditional 2D animation.

[@mattwo7]

Smarmee There is literally nothing traditional about digital ink.

[@mattwo7]

Smarmee Or do you seriously believe mainstream animators actually still used physical mediums ever since the Little Mermaid came out?

[@Ralagla]

Clone wars definitely was a special experience. Highly underrated, I think people who didn't like it didn't know gendys style. The idea was that dialogue wasn't needed to convey a certain emotion, it was all through the actions of characters.

[@RainbowPowerRangerX]

The 2003 Clone Wars was so imaginative, I love it. And we actually get to see Obi-Wan and Anakin's friendship so that we know what we've lost when he turns!

[@imahackfraud8089]

I actually saw the clone wars film in theatres when I was little

[@darthbaggins007]

I did too. I sort of had a phantom menace experience in that I was really let down.

[@BlueGuy98]

Wesley Morgan Same

[@syndrax8554]

Wesley Morgan Reviews I watched it after the first series, I think.

[@semi-demiminigod4219]

I was quite young when I watched it and remembered being very scared, in particular the scene with all the beheaded bounty hunters

[@ethanreynolds8195]

Wesley Morgan Reviews same!!

[@michaelfang1393]

I enjoyed the show and I understood what went on even when it's not chronological.

[@jamesmulvihill8726]

Michael Fang same when he said it wasn't chronological I was like whaaaa!!!!!

[@DSC24]

fuck. I'm sad this isnt for episode III. I was so looking forward to seeing it this month rofl. But I shall be patient.

[@baldviking3]

DSC Ikr. When I saw the video in my subscriptions, I was like "FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK". Been waiting so long. Before anyone hate on me, I love Chris, he's my favorite youtuber. But, when you have been waiting a month (felt like an eternity), you get a little disappointed.

[@sharathsh9987]

"Patient, you should be.." -Yoda..

[@BadLuckPR]

Brawl Zige felt*

[@baldviking3]

rps121 Oh, sorry. From sweden.

[@BadLuckPR]

Brawl Zige No problem, here to help ;)

[@Hurstcules]

I'm so glad to see Clone Wars (2003) getting some recognition. Special mention should go to Chapter 13 (its on the Volume 1 DVD), its just Mace Windu fighting a droid army on Dantooine all by himself. There is no dialogue, kudos to them for not using a Sam Jackson impersonator, and he is so badass. This is the Mace we thought we were getting when we heard SLJ had a role in the prequels....but he mostly just sat in a circle and talked calmly.....b/c talking calmly is what Samuel L. Jackson is known for.

[@Hurstcules]

Its actually chapters 12 and 13

[@Hurstcules]

***** Because those movies are terrible and George Lucas only cared about how many lightsabers he could put on screen. Instead of a few highly trained Jedi laying waste to battle droids you have 40 indistinguishable swinging light sabers. It just comes down to how you view the Jedi and their power set. I would have preferred to see them as a force that can single-handedly change the course of a battle, rather than just another wave of soldiers with different weapons.

[@MysteriousMrL]

***** Exactly. It is fun to watch, but then you stop to think about it. If one Jedi could take out an entire army single-handed then how could they possibly be wiped out? I definitely agree the prequels weren't very good, but this part is just trying to be over the top cool without regard for story logic. I can maybe give it a pass by justifying it as the kid's perspective exaggerating what really happened.

[@jonathanpartin9833]

Brian Hurst THAT WAS AWESOME!!!

[@tomstonemale]

@@MysteriousMrL Because Star wars it's not for children apparently lmao fucking fans and their delusion man

[@thumbhead3370]

Remember before The Force Awakens came out and everyone assumed there would be a plan for this new trilogy and that it would be consistent and well developed while expanding the lore? Good times.

[@abramsullivan7764]

Yeah good times

[@siddharthmehta6397]

I would rate them like this Film: D+ TV Show: A Micro Series: B+

[@Uchiha-fi4ij]

I would rate them out of 10: Film: 6/10 TV Show: 9.5/10 Micro Series: 4/10

[@Uchiha-fi4ij]

+Damian Charleston Meh IMO the animation is really tacky, the voice acting is bad and there isn't as much emotion in it but I respect the people who like it if they respect TCW fans as well :)

[@Uchiha-fi4ij]

I never thought I'd say this but there isn't enough politics in it either lol

[@ne3333t]

Film: 4/10 Clone Wars: 9.99/10 The Clone wars: 5.5/10

[@Uchiha-fi4ij]

Nicholas Eitenmiller I disagree

[@infoluminux]

I disagree in something. I think Anakin's turn to the dark side was far better portrayed on the CGI clone wars series (SPOILER) as you can see he loses Ahsoka as a Jedi and a partner and as he is slightly worker by Palpatine. In the clone wars animated series Anakin looks anger and all, but that doesn't is enough to turn to the dark side (Luke was a very angry man when he fought vader and didn't become evil.)

[@Melkac]

Francisco Arcos The first part of the shorts don't portray his turn to the dark side all that well. But Anakin's sub-plot in the second part is the perfect portrayal of his turn to the dark side.

[@Film21Productions]

***** I think it fits better as a companion piece to Revenge of the Sith. The CGI version has Ashoka Tano who is never once mentioned in revenged of the Sith even though role and relationship to Anakin is very strong. I don't think it's mediocre I think It does a lot of things better than the CGI version, and I think it's A hundred times better than that piece of shit movie. Anakin's voice wasn't that good only because he was trying to emulate Hayden Christensen's wooden portrayal.

[@Melkac]

John Watson Indian vision...?

[@GAdmThrawn]

Francisco Arcos Glad to see I'm not the only one who thought that TCW had some better points than CW.

[@Melkac]

John Watson Odd.

[@tibne2412]

Just finished watching the 2003 show, loved it.one detail I liked in the ventriss vs Anikan fight was the rain causing steam to rise from the sabres, badass stuff.However the powers of some jedi were drastically overegsadurated like mace taking on a whole army.....also ashoka was not present which is a pity.

[@alexandersison2030]

Well I mean, Ahsoka wasn't invented yet at the time.

[@danielchristensen3657]

Alexander Sison thank god

[@alexandersison2030]

Daniel Christenson Haha. But I agree, though. As much as I enjoy her now on Rebels, I didn't like her on The Clone Wars until her last arc, when she got betrayed.

[@yoshiplaysmc2163]

Alexander Sison She was annoying in the first couple of seasons, but as time went on she was great. There's a reason she's one of the most beloved characters now.

[@weknowthetruth6863]

Ahsoka doesnt even match up tot he fucking films fuck her dumbass character

[@bekahteske7949]

I love that my mom was shocked that The Clone Wars was a kids' show. It covers some pretty dark stuff and I'm glad it does.

[@noobmaster-wj3qm]

Its not a kids show.

[@reigoemon2229]

@@noobmaster-wj3qm it was technically a kids show since it aired on Cartoon Network

[@MrGojira95]

8:00 And thus, the show, Primal by Genndy, was born. XD

[@Horesmi]

"WHY WOULD YOU PURPOUSLY AIR A SHOW OUT OF ORDER???" Take my love, take my land Take me where I cannot stand I don't care, I'm still free You can't take the sky from me Take me out to the black Tell them I ain't coming back Burn the land and boil the sea You can't take the sky from me There's no place I can be Since I've found Serenity But you can't take the sky from me *sheds a tear*

[@littlewinterflower1831]

AlHoresmi Uh...what? ._.

[@Horesmi]

Little Winter Flower just go watch Firefly.

[@healsyeah]

I needed this

[@SEANSTAVENABLES]

Fox purposely aired it out of order so the show would fail

[@jeancrolon3639]

We feel you man...The signal lives on tho in the verse

[@spinlok3943]

The hand drawn clone wars is SO underrated. I had some friends who were big fans of the CG clone wars and I tried to get them to watch the hand drawn but they just would not listen to me.

[@spinlok3943]

John Watson I disagree.

[@jonathanpartin9833]

Spinlok I LOVED IT

[@jonathanpartin9833]

John Watson WRONG!

[@suyo3380]

+John Watson Totally disagree. It's just, just... just not as badass!

[@suyo3380]

John Watson Watch the 2003 Clone Wars. Ahsoka isn't needed at all.

[@gamingeagle19]

Are you going to talk about Rebels and your thoughts on it? Chronologically it comes after 3.

[@formerlychucks]

As well as it being chronological, unlike The Clone Wars.

[@gamingeagle19]

They are chronological.

[@formerlychucks]

Chess RedEagle No shit

[@gamingeagle19]

Alan Rar Then what are you talking about? Do you think the Clone Wars are chronological or not?

[@tropicalcatdetective]

Chess RedEagle He's making a joke about the way the show was aired, as stated in the review.

[@ierondarklord6024]

My Favourite thing about The Clone Wars CGI Series was Count Dooku. They really made him a badass in this one.

[@diesenutss]

I still don't get how a Sith Lord as powerful as him and so worthy of the title, could fall the way he did in RotS after having beaten off 3 invisible assassins in his damn PJs while drugged and with his EYES CLOSED.

[@ierondarklord6024]

eNDMyLifE bOi Because George Lucas is a bad director and although he creates many badass characters with potential he wastes them. Examples other than Dooku: Bobba Fett, Darth Maul, Anakin(he should have been a much better character in the prequels but he was just a whiny brat), Greivous and so on.

[@diesenutss]

It's sad how basically this entire show was just Lucasfilm apologizing for the Prequels

[@ierondarklord6024]

eNDMyLifE bOi Yep. It is.

[@ierondarklord6024]

eNDMyLifE bOi And even Grievous was ruined a bit. In the CGI series he was still a wuss whilst in the 2003 Clone Wars he was menacing, terrifying and a true force to be reckoned with.

[@stefanshedenhelm8276]

"Why would you air a TV out of chronological order?!" Star Wars being episode 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3 😂

[@GothamGeneral]

Honestly, i loved both clone wars shows but the latest one has arcs and episodes that are easily my favorite visual star wars media

[@Blackfox006]

Clone Wars micro series from 2003 was brilliant! It explores Anakin's motives to become Darth Vader better than Episode II. My friends and I got so excited when we realized that Episode III started exactly where the micro series ended. Thank you for talking about that, it was so underrated.

[@yoshim616]

I still hold onto that 2D Clone Wars Series, I also find it grossly underrated.

[@ferdia748]

Feature Film- C+ CG Series - A- Micro Series - A

[@jacob31993]

I remember seeing the Clone Wars in theaters but I don't remember the plot or anything. I just remember thinking "this is shit". And I was 15, I was so into Star Wars in that age.

[@celeste1823]

The opening, the battle of christophsis, was good. The rest was boring scenes after boring scenes

[@jacob31993]

Carl Filion I wanna revisit it one day and I wanna check out the show as well as the other cartoon. I still love Star Wars. Those movies have a special place in my heart.

[@bruh9317]

It wasn't very memorable tbh. The only thing I remember from it is when that one clone punched a battle droid and got shot right after

[@celeste1823]

The show is great, you should really watch it. One thing it did greatly is side characters. They had arcs on varied obscure characters. Plo koon, a jedi that wasn't all that important in the movies, is the sixth most represented jedi afetr anakin, obi wan, ashoka, yoda and mace windu

[@jacob31993]

The Russian Hacker yeah bro. It killed me too. But I love The Force Awakens so much and Rogue One was good also.

[@labileslama9848]

I was silently applauding while Chris praised Clone Wars (Animated). I absolutely LOVE this Series and I thought, that absolutely everyone has forgotten about this Show. Thanks Chris for bringing this up!!!

[@grando111]

The general grievous scenes in the micro series was fucking amazing, i got rly fucking sad when i see the bad ass grievous die in such a boring battle in the movie.

[@goodnesswhy]

Bernardo Grando Because Obi-Wan Kenobi cannot die until A New Hope and he was one of the best swordsman of the Jedi Order. He is also the master of Form III/Soresu and a very powerful Force user.

[@sawyerthurber]

Bernardo Grando I agree his death sucked in the film, but when you think about it if they wanted to kill him off in a totally badass way it would have taken a longer time. Which they didn't have time for.

[@quintonthevillain2745]

CJ Ferrer YES EXACTLY! So where the FUCK was the epicbattle between Grievous and Obi-wan there huh!? Grievous dieing was logical, helicopter hands Grievous wasn`t, it was extremely poorly executed.

[@grando111]

i didnt said Grievous shold wn , i just think he deserved a better death. way better

[@brenoslhq]

Bernardo Grando He could've atleast killed all of Obi-wan's clones..as a reason for him to survive order 66.

[@JamezKelly]

Anyone remember that scene in Clone Wars (2003) where Mace Windu fought that whole army of Battle Droids? So Badass!!!

[@zbh9268]

Jamez Kelly Yeah Mace was punching out robots with the Force. You can't get more badass than that.

[@MedTech37572]

+Arraik Cruor Lucas tended to include a lot of dumb screams as star wars went along are you really surprised he had that one?

[@SQGReviewShow]

love that scene!

[@gabrieltsiry]

"M-Anakin-like acting"? What you did there, I see, ah, yes, yes.

[@anamorgana.]

XD

[@fortblocks]

+Gabriel RAKOTONAIVO Anakin rhymes with Mannequin. It explains alot of his character in the prequels

[@Brachlo]

I remember when I watched every episode of The Clone Wars on Netflix, it took forever, but I think it was worth it

[@hughg.rection3628]

Brachlo hell yeah im watching it right now it makes the prequels make sense and better written characters

[@Zenetris]

Thank you so much for spreading the word about the animated series. It was probably one of the best Star Wars elements of my childhood and, as you said, absurdly underrated.

[@neilvarma]

Clone wars really is one of the most underrated Star Wars things. I loved both seasons of this series

[@thecinematicmind]

The final lightsaber fight between Anakin and Asajj Ventress when I was young will always stay with me forever as one of the greatest fights in a show and in Star Wars history! It really did surprise me on how there is satisfaction, but to an extant, you may become your worst enemy! Now that is what I felt the prequel films did very wrong on the character of Anakin. (Except 3, despite it's flaws occasionally)

[@HejaWolf]

Finally, someone else who loves the Star Wars Clone Wars Micro Series!!! I absolutely love that show and it was one of the best things I've seen!!!! Back when Cartoon Network was at its prime!!!

[@Macro105]

Making The CW an Anthology series is actually a really cool thing. I think it shows that the creators wanted to make good stories, regardless of the timeline and continuity. Imagine your a creator and you wanted to make an epic story with awesome characters but a different creator killed off one of the characters. Instead of "nope you can't do that" it's "sure why not" and I think that's awesome

[@benjenkins2241]

It still makes if confusing.

[@Macro105]

@@benjenkins2241 Think harder, itl be easier to understand

[@Orphanlast]

The animated theatrical release of The Clone Wars. Think about it Chriss. That's how the public found out Anakin had a Padawan. Everyone heard through the trailers that "Yes, there's another NEW hope for Star Wars. And her name is Asoka Tano. And she's Anakin's Padawan." I guarantee you George, and the producers in Industrial Light and Magic didn't give a crap if even one ticket was sold, even though George was kinda going out of business around that time. The only reason why that was released in theatres was for the public service announcement about Anakin' Padawan. That theatrical release was ACTUALLY the most expensive trailer on earth.

[@kikicallahan3662]

The Clone Wars movie is basically the first four episodes of The Clone Wars show glued together to make a full length feature film. That’s like if Stephen Hillenburg took the first seven episodes of SpongeBob, Help Wanted, Reef Blower, Tea at the Treedome, Bubblestand, Ripped Pants, Jellyfishing and Plankton and cobbled them together to make a full length feature film!

[@richardmoran5394]

hmm, mannequin, ma-na-kin oh my god, now i get why lucas casted hayden

[@nostalgiaworks5999]

FUN FACT: This movie is the lowest-grossing Star Wars movie at the box office.

[@MEXUS.]

Kind of Obvious already...

[@ft_kaitothekiller6828]

How is that fun?

[@therockkid5858]

Didn't even know it came out in theaters

[@therockkid5858]

+TheRockKid5 before this

[@generalgrievous3731]

Not anymore. I'm pretty sure Solo is now.

[@actionfx1]

Finally! Thank you Chris for giving Clone Wars 2003 some much deserved recognition. =D Totally agree and will say that it is easily one of the most underrated pieces of animation, not just Star Wars-wise, but in general. It is vastly superior to the Clone Wars movie, the 2008 CGI series and the prequel movies in every way, in my opinion.

[@ytuser_3122]

Disney+ hasn’t even made a chronological order viewing list for this series, I also love seeing it be complete as the closest finale we had was Revenge Of The Sith

[@AngieCarr]

Bruh, Mace Windu and Kit Fisto were OP AF in the micro series. Remember how Mace went dumb against that machine that punched the ground……CHILLS BRO, CHILLS!!! And when Fisto destroyed a whole naval armada!!! Bro was doing DBZ type shit UNDERWATER!!! Still get goosebumps thinking about it. 2 DUDES AGAINST AN ENTIRE ARMY, S-TIER PERFORMANCE!!!

[@sharathsh9987]

Damn.. I already watched like 3 seasons of CGI show and haven't even noticed that they are not in order.. I thought that's how they are made. I'm dumb.. *__*

[@MrCrazy89123]

Sharath SH Same here man, I gave up watching it cause I was so confused and never understood what people loved about it. I'll probably try it again now in the right order.

[@MegaSaltychips]

Mohamed Yusuf what was out of order never noticed lol

[@mattwo7]

Sharath SH Both of them are CGI... I swear, people these days need to learn what CGI actually means. Not that digital ink being CGI shouldn't be painstakingly obvious when you're literally doing the input that causes imagery to be generated by a computer.

[@sharathsh9987]

mattwo7 I know that, man.. I specifically mentioned "CGI SHOW", so it'll be easy to recognize.

[@mattwo7]

You could call it the 3D show. Kind of a no-brainer.

[@Justmyhandle]

The best thing about the Clone Wars micro-series was the introduction of General Grievous. He is hands down my favorite villain in the prequel saga in terms of creativity and sheer brutality. Aside from his one weakness that he can't use and is vulnerable to the force, he still stands as one of the most bad @$$ characters. I liked Darth Maul, Dooku, and Ventress too, but watching Grievous dominate seven jedi at once, even if they were exhausted at the time, was jaw dropping. His episode III appearance though was disappointing, since he wasn't nearly as powerful after Windu crippled his lungs. He also died far too easily.

[@Justmyhandle]

***** Right, I meant six (technically five since the padawan was killed immediately without a fight). I haven't watched the old Clone Wars series for years, so my memory was off. Ki-Adi-Mundi himself commented however that, even considering their exhaustion and injuries at the time, Grievous was the first combatant in a long time to hold his own against so many jedi at once. Even if they had been in top condition and adapted to his fighting style, it still would have been a challenge. He mainly lost against Kenobi because Windu force crushed his lungs prior, drastically weakening him. Also, it was shown in the CG Clone Wars series that, even in his prime, Grievous had never defeated a master in a fair one on one duel. He usually won by surprising or overwhelming his opponents.

[@RockFan98]

+Eclipse Hero it just shows how skilled kenobi is being the greatest form 3 specialist In the Jedi order with an inpenantrble lightsaber defense. Imo no duelist during the clone wars could defeat Obi wan with their lightsaber alone and would need the assistance of the force or physical strikes plus as stated in the rots novel that Obi wan gave himself over completely to the living force which allowed him to block all of grevious strikes and when it became to much he simply altered his blades angle and chopped off the generals hands so yeah.

[@Justmyhandle]

Tom Ridgway I'm not familiar with the novels, there's just too many now for me to make sense of them all. It would be cool to have an anthology TV series covering storylines from at least some of the books, maybe the events involving Luke, Han, and Leia between episodes 6 and the upcoming 7? We can hope :) Also, while I definitely agree on Obiwan's defense being the best in the council, I believe it's plausible that Yoda's Form 4 is fast enough to match or outmaneuver him even without force or physical attacks. He was one of Obiwan's teachers and could likely exploit Form 3's imperfections. In his prime, Yoda was in a class of his own, his only equals in dueling ability to my knowledge being Windu and Palpatine.

[@RockFan98]

it is pssible but exremly unlikely but still a possibily only dooku yoda palpatine and windu have a chance of penetrating his defense however I believe yoda would exaust himself before he could do so as he does it so easily with ataru but still possible

[@RockFan98]

also a tv seris would be cool but I would prefer it to come out after episode 9 but it would be cool btw if u ever get a chance the Rots novel is an amazing read makes the film make more sense same the tpm novel

[@daviddelpozofiliu5556]

Clone Wars (hand drawn) was awesome.

[@danielchristensen3657]

Wow I completely agree with your overall rank and evaluation. Thanks for reviewing the animated iterations!

[@SamaritanPrime]

The 2008 cartoon throws the timeline of Star Wars out of alignment with the introduction of Ahsoka Tano. Going by the Revenge of the Sith novelization (FANTASTIC read, by the way) the war lasted about 3-3.5 years, judging by Dooku's age at the start of the book (83) compared to his age at Geonosis (80). Let's convert that to 36-42 months. Also, Anakin was Knighted about two years into the war. 24 months are now GONE, as Anakin wouldn't have been able to have Ahsoka as an apprentice if he himself was a Padawan (going by the Phantom Menace). We're down to at most 18 months. In addition, Padme was about five months along in her pregnancy when the book starts, so that's another five months gone. At most, there is a 13-month window for Ahsoka to have been Anakin's apprentice. And that is NOT counting Season 6. To its credit, the 2008 cartoon did validate one section of what is now the Legends universe: Obi-Wan's ex-girlfriend, Satine Kryze, Duchess of Mandalore. There is a Legends story where Qui-Gon and then-Padawan Obi-Wan went on a year-long protection mission; their charge was Satine. When she was introduced in the show, there was heavy implication of a past between her and Obi-Wan; that was it. The 2003 animation was pretty cool. It introduces General Grievous in spectacular fashion, and also takes the time to explain why he was coughing when we meet him in Revenge of the Sith. Oddly enough- is the 2003 animation still main canon? Ventress was blind there, but she can obviously see in the 2008 show, which IS canon. Also, Anakin Skywalker pretty much Force-pushed her off a cliff. How'd she survive THAT?

[@Setosama02]

Aequitas 1995 Ventress was blind in the 2003 show? I don't know where you got that information but I'm pretty sure it's obviously not the case. The major contradiction between "Clone Wars" and "The Clone Wars" is General Grievous who is NOTHING like he is in the former! And no, the 2003 show is technically part of the "Legends" bracket now, which is STUPID because it does not ignore continuity which the 2008 series DOES! And I don't mean with between the series but with THE MAIN FILMS! I'm currently trying to get through the series and break it down and I've stopped about half-way through Season 3 because the show keeps making me rage because it's SO bad! I can't believe Chris gave the series a "B"! From what I've seen so far it should get a fucking "F"! -_- Also, yeah, Ventress surviving that fall on Yavin IV baffles me too! XD

[@tylerskiss]

Aequitas 1995 ain't that the truth? Look at the whole Grievous thing- in RotS the first thing he says when he sees Anakin is how he had imagined he'd be older, yet tCW shows them facing off multiple times!! Same with Dooku- both Jedi fought him several times (according to tCW) between AotC and RotS, yet in Sith they talk about their last meeting being AotC. And then there's the stupid resurrection of Darth Maul. Like everyone else, I was fascinated by Darth Maul and disappointed with his demise, but the problem with all these non-Lucas story tellers is they are always caving in to fan wishes. Boba Fett escapes. Maul lives. It's just foolish and it always aggravated me that they did that and that so many people welcomed the idea.

[@Melkac]

Aequitas 1995 "Going by the Revenge of the Sith novelization" Not canon.

[@SamaritanPrime]

Setosama (The Fanatic) If you look at Ventress' face in the 2003 animation, they're completely white. No iris, no color, just white. She was blind there.

[@Melkac]

Aequitas 1995 That's a pretty dumb reason to think she was blind. She wasn't. That's just part of her character design.

[@floral_bunni1076]

When I first saw The Clone Wars movie, it was like the best movie in the whole world. I was 7 years old back then, so of course I didn't see its flaws at the time. My brother and I were really hooked onto The Clone Wars tv series, but we eventually lost track at some point and stopped watching it. We liked watching the Clone Wars 2003 show every now and then, but I just saw it as alright.

[@abramsullivan7764]

Yeah well I got bad news for you bub Disney canceled the show until this year they released it with a seventh season with twelve new episodes.

[@thenorgalofthehills5688]

When you said that The Clone Wars series's episodes weren't shown chronologically, They actually meant to do that. Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an Anthology series. (Which means the Episodes aren't shown in a strict chronological order )They would show this series of Episodes and then they would show an episode that takes place before the events of that series of Episodes to give us some information about what's going on and how it started up. Then there are some episodes that were meant to be Flashback episodes. Basically they would show one episode involving around a character, And then they would show an episode that took place way before which is part of that character's memory Stuff like that. So for me, Making The Clone Wars an Anthology series was a very brave choice on behalf of Dave Filoni and Lucasfilm. The Clone Wars movie is actually starting to grow on me, But it's still not very good.

[@elpidio9724]

I watched the micro series when u was a kid and I thought it was amazing and it makes me so happy to see someone acknowledge it

[@fantasticopogueable]

I just finished watching the miniseries yesterday and I couldn't agree more with, criminally underrated piece of great art.

[@EliDEVITTSpeaks]

I'm looking forward to Chris reviewing REBELS. Really curious about what he thinks.

[@SamaritanPrime]

***** That could work. If he keeps it up like this, his last Star Wars review would come in early December (possibly the fourth), whereas Episode VII (yes, it's "The Force Awakens", I know; it's Episode VII people) comes December 18th, a full two weeks later.

[@Suuuuule]

I used to watch the clone wars on TV and I loved it

[@roger7500]

I love how he says the feature film is emotionless action scenes, yet that’s what the 2d series is

[@kokopelli_002]

True! I love Clone Wars (2003), but ranting on The Clone Wars (2007) while praising the micro-series is kind of convoluted.

[@WinfieldStrock]

It's great to hear someone who loves the animated Clone Wars. I never watched the CGI because I loved Clone Wars so much. Based on your review, I might give it a chance.

[@DTRMtunes]

Definitely going to check out Clone Wars micro series.

[@shonenbag6478]

That George impression is something else.

[@piercebivens2320]

Ill give slightly different ratings Feature Film: D CGI show: A- Animated microseries: A- I love both the CGI show and the microseries. CGI show was more lengthy and provides a massive boost to the lore. While the microseries was a better show, the CGI show did more for the franchise so same rating. Also Feature film sucked. A lot.

[@spectral5939]

Pierce Bivens That seems reasonable.

[@pigeon-man]

Cool list

[@gandalfthegrey2592]

fix that, CGI show A+

[@basicbluetrash]

Honestly, I really liked the Clone Wars CGI movie. I actually re-watched it the other day and did notice that it was clearly meant for TV, but I don't think that's a bad thing. I found a lot of enjoyment out of it. The show following that movie is one of my favorite Star Wars things EVER. I think it's fantastic. It goes further into the Clones' personalities and the relationships between these characters. And I completely agree that the Star Wars Clone Wars micro series is completely underrated. It's fantastic and needs to be seen by more people. CGI Movie: B+ CGI Show: A Micro Series: A-

[@yoda5523]

Film: d 2008: A+ Micro: B-

[@nicolasriveros943]

Mirco a B-? come on, you're Yoda, you know that deserves a total A

[@KevinStriker]

FINALLY found the second volume of Star Wars: Clone Wars out in the wild today after 10+ years of wondering how it ended.

[@lukass1727]

i remember watching clone wars as a 4 yr old child on a super scratchy DVD and i adored it and still watch it and with the scripts i write i think of this show and pay a lot of homage to it and i just love it

[@JCOdrjones]

Chris, the creator of CW and SJ worked on PPG. He didn't create PPG.

[@danielyoung9970]

The 2003 clone wars show made General Greivous a force to be reckoned with. He truly was a great enemy. Episode 3 however dumbed him down and worthless. You can say that it was Mace Windu that made him not able to fight in the movie, but the movie could have done more with his fighting style.

[@Xero_Kaiser]

Both Clone Wars series are some of the franchise's highlights.

[@fedorbrockmann1698]

Just watching your Star Wars playlist through, it's so entertaining

[@miked2543]

Thank you so much for giving the 2003 clone wars micro-series it's due props. 👍👍

[@eaglepnw]

The Micro Series just steals the show!

[@OneFluffyBun]

I like both clone wars series a lot. Personally i enjoyed the CG one better, simply because it had more dialogue, and i liked the action a bit more, but the 2003 one does a few things better, like giving insight on how Ventress met Dooku, (I don't remember if the CG did that.) and how Grievous got his cough. Although the 2003 one isn't canon, i personally consider canon, more so out of respect for the show.

[@SilimSavertin]

Any possibility of a Star Wars Rebels review eventually?

[@connercone]

Probably not

[@thomascrudden]

Will probably wait till the series ends. Which could be season 3

[@thomascrudden]

***** Citation?

[@lorki3]

I recall Filoni saying it in an interview.

[@thomascrudden]

+Thijs I thats not a citation

[@jacoblyman9441]

I have seen every episode of both Clone Wars series and that film. Honestly, some of the best Star Wars experiences a fan could get. It is a pity the original Clone Wars show is considered "Legends" now though, however the Battle of Hypori (the awesome part where Grievous made his first on-screen debut) is actually still canon thanks to a small reference James Luceno made in one of his books. In my own "head-canon" Volume 1 and the opening scenes of Volume 2 of Clone Wars take place before the start of The Clone War series, and the final parts of Clone Wars Volume 2 took place before and around the time of the cancelled "Siege of Mandalore" arc from the unfinished final seasons of The Clone Wars. Just imagine that after Anakin had his spirit journey on that one planet in Clone Wars, he went to play his part in the Siege of Mandaolore before rushing off to save the Chancellor and it all kind of makes sense... a little bit at least.

[@sandwich_masterX]

I loved the ARC Troopers on Hypori rescuing Aayla Secura, Shak Tii and Ki-Adi-Mundi. It was the best thing I've ever seen.

[@infinitedonuts]

Star Wars the Clone Wars wasn't in chronological order because it was an anthology series

[@angusfraser-brown1663]

I loved the the 2003 Clone Wars, it was fucking amazing!!!!

[@Ardkun00]

I always find it funny that BoS symbol is similar to Jedi order's. Pair of Wings and a sword. In the case of the brotherhood of steel, gears representing their connection to technology.

[@roberttroy7213]

Clone wars and episode III are my favorite star wars stuff ever lol

[@patrickmarjosef6029]

episode 3 is garbage

[@sarveshnathan7559]

@@patrickmarjosef6029 No, it's the GOAT

[@christmasworld6795]

I LOVED Star Wars: Clone Wars. It answered so much and I loved how it portrayed Anakin's rage and turn toward the Dark Side of the Force.

[@h4724-q6j]

I actually loved that it wasn't in chronological order. Watching it all would have felt impossible, but it's suddenly much more approachable if you can watch it at your own pace, changing the order as you go without feeling that you're missing important things from previously, because that's how it was made.

[@koolbeans3572]

The CG show was much better then the rest in my opinion

[@camoclone1133]

Kool Beans u

[@ianbailey6592]

Mostly for character depth.

[@dixonb.tweenerlegs4225]

Yeah, if it wasn't over half filler. The CG show literally gave a multiepisode story arc to a bunch of random droids. The hand drawn Clone Wars always got to the point.

[@saldanagaona]

the cg show made me fall in love with clones more so i mean i felt connected with some of the main clones and i understood their code it was very emotional you know. The brother hood. Captain Rex and some key clones deaths which kind of made me really sad, and you knew it was story telling because well we all knew this leads up to episode 3 so theyll all die prior to it mace windu dumb found character is well as youd expect ignorant as protrayed in the movies which i hated him so much but i did think he was a bad ass jedi. season 6 i thought elaborated too much like the whole destruction of the jedi dropping hints left and right like i was thinking JESUS who wrote this?! like itd make you think master yoda was a complete bafoon which it did make me think that. If you put it alltogether in the star universe the jedi never took the next step and its what blinded them they didnt keep going into the darkness hell it kind of made me upset season 6 i mean seriously the end of the jedi hints left and right and no one was even curious to go the extra mile it did leave a cliff hanger after episode 3 then we go into rebels series which is more so written by disney you know as far as certain clones removing their inhibitor chips and following up on the suspicions buuuuut yet the jedi wouldnt believe and thus their fall so there was a gap somewhere i still dont know good thing though the clones return was emotional and how they were almost killed i got really sad i was talking to the tv like and i quote "seriously youre not going to turn around you dont even know who these guys were they are better men than you are a jedi!" un quote. thats the kind of love the cg show brought for me towards the clones. Oh and it made master plo koon seem sooooo much cooler.

[@cassu6]

saldanagaona funny thing. My favorite character out off all of Star Wars was Commander Cody, and that was before I watched any of the TV series’

[@kenplamont-diumenti4752]

The Krell plot line in the Clone Wars T.V show is by far one of the best Star Wars stories EVER

[@victorshade8610]

Looking back at this after finishing season seven crazy how far it’s come

[@TheDckfilms]

Just started watching clone wars and now watched your review. now i know about the chronology! thank you!

[@liaminator4950]

2008 Clone Wars = My favorite show of all time.