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'Star Wars: Clone Wars' Premieres Tonight

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-tivo dept.

securitas writes "The Cartoon Network is about to premiere a new series of animated shorts based on the Star Wars prequels. The series comes from Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack, Dexter's Lab) and debuts Friday Nov. 7 at 8PM Eastern Time. One correction: The USA Today article is incorrect in saying that 'Clone Wars marks the first animated series to involve any of the saga's leading characters.' That distinction goes to Nelvana's Droids, which followed the adventures of R2D2 and C3PO."

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  1. not FP: real content! : by ed.han · · Score: 3, Interesting

    OK, i've been seeing posters for this on NJ transit trains for the past month. i'll be watching, esp since food network no longer runs iron chef on fridays.

    20 3-minute episodes works out to 1 hour of content. and just think: too short for commercial breaks!

    i'm curious to see just how long it takes cartoon network to air all 20 episodes. if they space 'em out from tonight all the way through until ep3 debuts, i'm gonna be cranky.

    ed

  2. Star Wars Holiday Special by nucal · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's not a series, but I consider the animated Boba Fett to be a major Star Wars Character ...