Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Dave Filoni

Writers:

Henry Gilroy (written by) &
Steven Melching (written by) ...
(more)

Release Date:

15 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

As the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, the heroic Jedi Knights struggle to maintain order and restore peace...

Plot Keywords:

Jedi | Star Wars | Apprentice | Sequel | Good Versus Evil

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Matt Lanter	...	Anakin Skywalker (voice)
Ashley Eckstein	...	Ahsoka Tano (voice)
James Arnold Taylor	...	Obi-Wan Kenobi / 4-A7 / Medical Droid (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker	...	Clone Troopers / Captain Rex / Cody (voice)
Tom Kane	...	Yoda / Narrator / Admiral Yularen (voice)
Nika Futterman	...	Asajj Ventress / Tee-C-Seventy (voice)
Ian Abercrombie	...	Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious (voice)
Corey Burton	...	General Loathsom / Ziro the Hutt / Kronos-327 (voice)
Catherine Taber	...	Padmé Amidala (voice)
Matthew Wood	...	Battle Droids (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Jabba the Hutt (voice)
David Acord	...	Rotta the Huttlet (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Mace Windu (voice)
Anthony Daniels	...	C-3PO (voice)
Christopher Lee	...	Count Dooku (voice)

Directed by
Dave Filoni

Writing credits
Henry Gilroy		(written by) &
Steven Melching		(written by) &
Scott Murphy		(written by)
George Lucas		(characters and universe)

Produced by
George Lucas	....	executive producer
Catherine Winder	....	producer

Original Music by
Kevin Kiner

Film Editing by
Jason Tucker

Makeup Department
Aurora Bergere	....	makeup artist: Ahsoka

Production Management
Julie Peng	....	production supervisor
Diana Tauder	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dave Bullock	....	sequence director
George Samilski	....	sequence director

Art Department
Russell G. Chong	....	designer
Matt Gaser	....	concept artist
Steward Lee	....	storyboard artist
Darren Marshall	....	designer
Justin Ridge	....	storyboard artist
Jerome Moo	....	concept artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
David Acord	....	sound designer
Sean England	....	foley artist
Sean England	....	foley recordist
Zach Martin	....	sound mix technician
Cheryl Nardi	....	dialogue editor
Juan Peralta	....	sound mixer
Juan Peralta	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard Quinn	....	foley editor
Ronald G. Roumas	....	re-recordist
Matthew Wood	....	sound editor
Matthew Wood	....	supervising sound editor
Caroline Cannizzaro	....	foley recordist (uncredited)
Adam Davidson	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Edward Chaplin	....	digital artist
Ling Chen	....	digital compositor: Lucasfilm
Jon Childress Farmer	....	modeler
Matthew Cioffi	....	senior modeler
Chris Foreman	....	research & development: LAL
Matthew Gidney	....	visual effects supervisor
Andrew R. Harris	....	CGI and lighting supervisor (as Andrew Harris)
Tom Hendrickson	....	visual effects coordinator
Justin Leach	....	model and rigging supervisor
Shawn Lovette	....	layout artist
Greg Maguire	....	research & development supervisor
Bertrand Ong	....	digital artist supervisor
Stephen Parker	....	pipeline supervisor
Mitch Paulson	....	second digital colorist: EFILM
Gregg Ricks	....	technical assistant
Steven J. Scott	....	supervising digital colorist: EFILM
Mark Therrell	....	character supervisor
Vincent Toscano	....	digital set supervisor
Dawn Turner	....	production manager
Paul Zinnes	....	digital set supervisor
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)

Animation Department
Lauren Balson	....	production coordinator
Rob Coleman	....	animation consultant
Ronan Debrun	....	additional animation consultant
Sylvain Doreau	....	layout artist
Jahkeeli Garnett	....	layout artist
Ryan Heuett	....	lead layout artist
Chieh Huang	....	layout artist
Kevin Jong	....	animation director
Danny Keller	....	additional animation consultant
Steward Lee	....	story artist
Sianoosh Nasiriziba	....	animator
Bosco Ng	....	story artist
Dan Sukiennik	....	layout artist
Le Tang	....	layout artist
Jesse Yeh	....	animation director

Casting Department
Jenn Berry	....	casting coordinator
Ellen Connell	....	casting coordinator (2008)

Editorial Department
Beth Dewey	....	digital intermediate producer
Mitch Paulson	....	colorist
Steven J. Scott	....	supervising digital colorist
Chris DeLaGuardia	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
R. Orlando Duenas	....	music editor (as Orlando Duenas)
Mark Evans	....	music editor
Mark Evans	....	scoring mixer
James Fitzpatrick	....	orchestral contractor
Takeshi Furukawa	....	additional music arranger
Takeshi Furukawa	....	orchestrator
Mathias Hilger	....	music editor
Jan Holzner	....	scoring engineer
Kevin Kiner	....	conductor
Kevin Kiner	....	orchestrator
Nic Raine	....	conductor
Nic Raine	....	orchestrator
Matthew St. Laurent	....	assistant music editor
Matthew St. Laurent	....	music programmer

Other crew
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Jane Bay	....	executive assistant: George Lucas
Talon DeSoto	....	martial artist (as Daxton Edwards)
Anne Merrifield	....	assistant: George Lucas
Meagan Miller	....	production support
Sarita Patel	....	executive assistant: George Lucas
Nancy Sandberg	....	lead production accountant
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
John Singh	....	film publicist
Sandi Smith	....	production assistant
Maria Turnhout	....	martial artist
Nicole Vigil	....	production crew

Production Companies

• CGCG
• Lucasfilm Animation
• Lucasfilm

Distributors

• Fox-Warner (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• InterCom (2008) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Karo Premiere (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment Polska (2008) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• CGCG (animation production services)
• Lucasfilm Animation Singapore (additional animation material)

Other Companies

• City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus  music performed by (as City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra)
• EFilm  digital intermediate (as EFilm Digital Laboratories)
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Kicks Martial Arts  martial arts consulting
• L.A. Studios, The  dialogue recording services
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Sony Classical  soundtrack

MPAA:

Rated PG for sci-fi action violence throughout, brief language and momentary smoking.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #44445) | Finland:K-7 | UK:PG | Ireland:PG | Australia:PG | Netherlands:6 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Brazil:Livre | Portugal:M/6 | Hong Kong:I | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Malaysia:U | Sweden:7 | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | New Zealand:PG | Spain:7 | Peru:PT | Argentina:Atp | Germany:12 | Mexico:A

Company:

CGCG

Trivia:

The white headdress and traveling cloak Padme wears while visiting Ziro the Hutt was originally designed for Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) but never used on screen. Several behind the scenes pictures from the production in which Natalie Portman is seen wearing the headgear were released at the time.

Quotes:

[the clonetroopers' transport lands on Teth under enemy fire]
Clone Transport Pilot: Welcome to paradise, rock jumpers!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Troldspejlet: (#40.1)" (2008)

Not nearly as bad as critics are reporting...

I just got back from a matinée of The Clone Wars, and I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm a long time Star Wars fan, so I was rooting for this to be a great movie--well, the truth is that it's a good movie, not a great one.

As you've no doubt guessed, it was created with children as the intended audience. There are several lines that are cringe-worthy for the older crowd, and I became annoyed with the constant whining of Jabba's baby son. There are a few plot elements, too, that are completely pointless.

On the flip side, this film ventures into classic Star Wars territory. Oddly enough, at times the dialogue and overall storytelling felt very old school. Then, in the very next "screen wipe", you get prequel-equivalent scenes. You'll encounter some familiar creatures/characters, as well as locales that will evoke a smile. And even though much of the humor is directed toward children, a large chunk of it is also aimed at older fans.

The voice-over work is solid enough. Obi-Wan is the best, followed closely by Jabba and Ahsoka.

If you're a completist, then you're probably going to see this no matter what kind of reviews it receives, but rest assured that it's not nearly as bad as may critics are making it out to be. It's actually a strong entry into the Star Wars canon, and I'm geared up and ready to go for the show.