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"Clone Wars" Cartoon Shorts on Cartoon Network

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-isn't-that-interesting dept.

snilloc writes "Starwars.com announces that Cartoon Network will carry "Star Wars: Clone Wars" cartoon shorts in order to bridge the gap between Episodes 2 and 3. I guess this means we won't be seeing the Clone Wars in Ep3, as many of us had hoped. On the bright side, we get our SW fix in twenty 2-3 minute shorts. We can only hope against hope that they won't suck."

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  1. cop out by madhippy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    sounds like they didn't get enough of the story told in ep1 and ep2, with ep4 a known entity they were either going to have a really long and sprawling ep3 or miss a huge amount of what happened between ep2 and ep3 or ep3 and ep4....

  2. This is horribly stupid by kaltkalt · · Score: 5, Interesting

    99% of people (or even Star Wars fans) are not going to watch the cartoon network to see 2-3 minute cartoons which are apparently necessary for Episode III to make sense. Yes, I'm sure that Lucas will stick all the cartoons on a $24 DVD for sale a week or so before Ep3 comes out, but that aside, this is simply idiotic. If he doesn't want to film the clone wars, or other necessary plot devices, that's fine (a shame, but fine) - just allude to them in the movie. Have a character talk about it and fill us in. But 2-3 minute cartoons on an obscure cable channel? What is Lucas smoking?

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  3. "I have a very bad feeling about this" by Comrade+Pikachu · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Yeah, I think you're right. Full reverse! Chewie, lock in the auxiliary power."

  4. Will roak by bytor4232 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Given Genny's work on Samauri Jack I think it will rock hard. I am looking forward to it big time.

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  5. Old News! by Amsterdam+Vallon · · Score: 5, Informative

    Go to START > RUN > and type "telnet://blinkenlights.nl"

    They have an animated Star Wars Episode IV in ASCII text!

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  6. Star Wars As Domestic Abuse by gonerill · · Score: 5, Funny
    "We can only hope against hope that they won't suck."

    I'm sure that, by now, the relationship between George Lucas and his fans is a standard case study in counseling handbooks, codependence manuals, psychotherapy training, etc.

    Fans (to counselor): I love him, he's really wonderful deep down, I know he means well and is a decent man.

    (Cut to videotape) Lucas: Take this, you stupid bitch! [Smack! Punch! Ewoks! Jar-Jar!]

    Fans (Sobbing): It must be my fault --- I just can't seem to please him. I know he doesn't mean to hurt me like this....

    It's awful, really.

  7. Re:Obscure??? by JaxGator75 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I would hardly call Cartoon Network obscure. Everyone with basic cable has heard of them, and those of us with non-food-stamp cable get it without exception. . . I still can't believe that people are continued to be shocked and appalled by Lucas' next moves. He's gonna do what he wants with his legacy, and we're stuck with the choice of watching or ignoring. My PERSONAL philosophy is that it's pretty cool if you don't try to take it so very literally (and dissect it with an electron microscope). E.G. Go get Ep 1 and Ep2, smoke a HUGE fatty and tell me it wasn't cool... They have LIGHTSABERS! C'mon. . . (PS - I'm an adult, not a 12-yr-old fanboy)

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