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01 Sep

How Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ First Episode Showed the Darker Side of the Jedi

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This Star Wars: The Clone Wars article contains spoilers. “Ambush,” the first episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, opens with a simple question: who is stronger, an army of droids, or a single Jedi Master? Well, when that Jedi Master is Yoda, fans can be pretty sure of the answer, and “Ambush” delights in that certainty. The episode is an action-packed, droid-busting romp, with a short interlude for Yoda’s serene Jedi wisdom. It’s an episode unlikely to be accused of being deep. And yet, “Ambush” carefully seeds the paradoxes that will ultimately cause the downfall of the Jedi. How…

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02 Apr

Star Wars Clone Wars: Which Parts of the Tartakovsky Series Can Still Be Canon?

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Party like it’s 2003! On April 2, Disney+ will begin streaming the Genndy Tartakovsky version of Clone Wars, which means, for certain generations of Star Wars fans, a slightly alternate version of the iconic storyline will be available to watch on the app for the first time. Along with Clone Wars, Disney+ is also dropping two of the made-for-TV Ewok movies, and the animated ‘80s TV series Ewoks. And while all of that Ewok action certainly makes us nostalgic, let’s get serious: the Tartakovsky Clone Wars is the real deal.  Besides being the first animated series set during the Clone…

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09 Feb

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Episodes You Need to Watch Before The Mandalorian Season 3

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This Star Wars contains spoilers. Din Djarin reluctantly found himself thrust in the middle of Mandalorian politics in season two of the hit live-action show. The bounty hunter just wanted to bring Grogu to a Jedi who could teach him to use the Force, but that journey also led him to Bo-Katan Kryze and Boba Fett, two Mandalorians who operate completely outside the strict traditions of Din’s own clan, the Children of the Watch. For the first time in his life, Din’s seeing all the different angles and factions of the society to which he belongs. If all of the…

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25 Aug

Star Wars The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark Review

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars is having a Renaissance at the moment. The powerful, status quo-shattering season seven was just one of the ways this fan-favorite animated series was able to live on past its original 2014 series finale. And after the success of the seventh season, which saw the show revisit some of the darkest moments in Revenge of the Sith, it isn’t much of a surprise that Lucasfilm is anxious to bring more The Clone Wars stories to life. Stream your Star Wars favorites right here! Unfortunately, The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark short story anthology…

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15 Jul

How Star Wars: The Bad Batch Could Continue Echo’s Story from The Clone Wars

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This Star Wars article contains spoilers. The Clone Wars has had a long life. From its debut in 2008 to its conclusion in 2020, the animated series expanded the Star Wars Prequel era with fewer jokes and more of the titular war. And while the final season just bowed on Disney+ earlier this year, it won’t be the last time we see of some of the show’s characters. Disney has greenlit a spin-off series starring Clone Force 99, the squad of genetically enhanced clone troopers that was first introduced in season seven. The Bad Batch follows five clones in the…

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13 Jul

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Animated Series Takes Place After The Clone Wars

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If you were left wondering what happened to our beloved Bad Batch at the end of The Clone Wars, you’ll likely get some answers very soon. Disney has announced a new Clone Wars spinoff series called Star Wars: The Bad Batch, which will explore the adventures of Wrecker, Crosshair, Echo, Hunter, and Tech after Order 66 and the Rise of the Empire. The series will hit Disney+ in 2021. Stream your Star Wars favorites right here! Does this series mean that the Bad Batch escaped the clone brain-washing involved with Order 66? Disney hasn’t confirmed as much, but the press…

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02 Jul

Clone High Revival Set at MTV, Phil Lord and Chris Miller to Return

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Clone High, the early-2000s era-defining cult-classic animated series, is about to have its story genome extracted and spliced into a new television series vector, with MTV now set for franchise revival plans. MTV has announced the long-awaited return of Clone High, which will manifest as an all-new small-screen series that will “re-imagine” the 2002-2003 single season original series. Auspiciously, the revival will see the return of creators Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Bill Lawrence, who will develop alongside its appointed showrunner, Erica Rivinoja, who served as a writer on the original series. Thusly, Rivinoja will co-write the pilot with Lord…

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01 May

Star Wars: Best Darth Maul Moments from The Clone Wars and Beyond

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This Star Wars article contains spoilers. Since his debut in The Phantom Menace, Darth Maul has demanded the attention of Star Wars fans everywhere. In 1999, Maul looked unlike any villain that had come before in the saga, and the movie’s high-energy lightsaber duel is still one of the most memorable parts of the Prequel Trilogy. It’s unfortunate, then, that Maul was originally created by George Lucas as a one-off character, present only to re-establish the threat of the Sith.  But you can’t keep a good character down. Maul returned in The Clone Wars season 4 to introduce even more…

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22 Apr

Star Wars Blaster Canon Podcast: The Rise of Skywalker, The Clone Wars, Kenobi

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Mid-lockdown, Den of Geek’s Star Wars experts talk The Clone Wars and The Rise of Skywalker news. Episode IX is out in home release, and Paul breaks down the merits of the different versions, including the digital, physical, and 4k editions. He has high praise for the physical version, laying out an argument for sticking with physical discs to preserve the dynamic look of the film and avoid the grainy look of the digital version. Plus there’s just something about having it sitting on your shelf as part of a larger collection… We have relatively few new tie-in books or book…

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