Star Wars: Clone Wars

[sdelmonte]

Just finished watching the second Clone Wars cartoon, the one that was CGI and ran five seasons (plus one on Netflix).  And my love of Star Wars is back.  Oh, it's not perfect.  A few too many episodes concentrate on political and philosophical matters to be exciting (recalling some of the draggier scenes in the prequels).  Jar Jar pops up every so often and some of the original characters are almost as annoying or shallow.  And on occasion the writing is subpar, especially a few written by Katie Lucas, George's daughter.

But for the most part, the vision Lucas was striving for in the prequels comes to life much better here than there.  Anakin, working with a padawan of his own, flourishes.  The full extent of both the war and Palpatine's schemes becomes clear.  The clone troopers become real characters, a testament to both the writing and the voice work of Dee Bradley Baker, who does ALL of them.  The animation is often stunning, the voice work is strong, and sometimes the whole package is amazing.  Interestingly, Lucas was involved on the show, and it seems like his ideas are still viable.  They just need some help from people who aren't him.

I highly recommend Clone Wars to Star Wars fans.  Even if you didn't like Anakin or much else in the prequels, the richness of the Star Wars universe is still quite alive and well.  Here's hoping that future interpreters of the stories do as well.  (PS: Executive producer Dave Filoni is working on the upcoming Rebels series with Greg Weisman.  That should be fun, too.)

Comments

[gingicat]

I've just started watching, both with and without the kids. (They use the fast-forward function a lot, so technically they're ahead of me.)

It reaffirms my desire to retell the Exodus with R2D2 as Moses and C3PO as Aaron, though.