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Animated Star Wars on Cartoon Network
NeoCode writes "There were rumours and speculations first. Now it looks like its a done deal. Harry Knowles, of AintItCool.com has reports on an animated version of Star Wars set after AOTC but before episode 3. This series is produced by Genndy Tartakovsky (Dexter's Lab, Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack). The cartoons will be a series of short films. Could this infuse Star Wars with a new life or is this just another merchandising plot? Nevertheless, this could be quite interesting."
Yeah look what good Ewoks & Droids did for the SW universe ;)
I hate to see the already over commercialized star wars further cheapened like this. Are they going to have a Leia in the prisoner outfit???? If they do I'll watch it, cheap or not.
Then we got Senator/Princess/soon-Milf/ Amedalla and Pricess Laya. That covers the middle age male crowd.
Then we got Anakin, Obi Wan, Luke, and Han Solo. That covers the middle age female crowd.
Then we got Episode II Yoda whoppin some ass, but then getting really tired. There's a happy senior citizen crowd.
I think Lucas is just trying to appeal to as many people as possible to make as much money as possible. Make something for everyone and everyone will want one.
Ignore the "p2p is theft" trolls, they're just uninformed
Much of Lucas' dialog writing skillz come off like Mojo Jo Jo.
Luke, I, Darth Vader, am your father! And you shall obey my commands because I am the father (not the son). It is I who you will obey! Obeying my commands is what you will do as the son. I will give you commands, and you will obey them! Ha ha ha ha ha! I do this because I am bad, I am evil, I am the father. I am Darth Vader!
(Luke is busy working on a piece of machinery)
Leia: "HI LUKE!!!!!"
(Luke tumbles from the shock of surprise)
Luke: "Leia, what do you want? I wish you would leave, because you are so STUUUPID. You are dumb and you are stuuupid."
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
*sniff... sniff*
I R is good jedi!
Take that, silly weasel!
*sniff... sniff*
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The word "ewok" is a tribute to merchandising.
It is never said in Return of the Jedi.
What if I do the same thing, and I do get different results?
"StarWars Christmas Special"?
'nuff said!
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"Empire" was much more grown up, but large parts of "Jedi" were as cartoony as episode 1.
The problem with Episode 1, was that while it really did have a pretty grown-up plot, the grown-up plot was given short shrift so Lucas could show us 21 minutes of Jake Lloyd going "Yippee!", 47 minutes of droids being blown up and chopped in half, 67 minutes of teeth-grindingly annoying Jar-Jar antics and 153 minutes of min-numbing pod racing. The plot, while very interesting, seemed like an afterthought, and was shoe-horned into a couple of short scenes, even though there was much more story to tell.
Episode II was good for pure action, but the lame attempts at characterization dashed any chance of being able to take the characters seriously.
Anakin: "My mother was killed so I became a mass-murderer!"
Amidala: "There, there. That's OK. We all go on a killing spree once in a while. Let's get married and have twins."
Anakin: "For no reason, I don't have a father."
Amidala: "Parthenogenesis is so-o-o-o cute. Can Jar-Jar be our best man?"
Anakin: "I'm just angry all the time."
Amidala: "Hush, dear. We're late for your aqualung fitting."
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
"If they make a Star Wars cartoon, they can make a whole new range of merchandise to keep em going until Ep3 comes out..",
Spaceballs the Toilet Paper!