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Star Wars: Clone Wars Premieres Tonight

Posted by michael on from the better-with-three-beers dept.

phalse phace writes "According to Cartoon Network, Season 2 of Star Wars: Clone Wars, the epic micro-series, is going to premiere tonight at 9:30 PM (E/P)."

196 comments

  1. If it's as good as the 1st series was... by evil-empir3 · · Score: 1

    ...they'll be working on a 3rd series for sure. great stuff.

    1. Re:If it's as good as the 1st series was... by wardomon · · Score: 0

      Yeah, I agree. Almost enough footage to fill one of those flip book things. I hope they don't get writers cramp or anything.

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    2. Re:If it's as good as the 1st series was... by mabhatter654 · · Score: 1

      Actually it's just the rest of the story...it's really the same 'season' it was all laid out at once, just split up to make the $$$ come in longer.

  2. Uh oh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    That's the same time as the Duke game. Too bad I don't have a Tivo. :/

    1. Re:Uh oh. by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 3, Funny

      VCR?

      Do we always have to go for the fancy gadgets?

    2. Re:Uh oh. by Total_Wimp · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, we do.

      TW

    3. Re:Uh oh. by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 1

      I think my post was misinterpreted. Grandparent poster didn't have a TiVo, so I suggested s/he use a VCR.

      I was not implying a VCR was fancy.

    4. Re:Uh oh. by mabhatter654 · · Score: 1

      It will probably be on all weekend. That was the point of making it so short...they sneak it into commercial break spaces several times a day for each episode! Great marketing idea...

  3. this looks pretty sick by bsDaemon · · Score: 5, Troll

    this looks pretty sick... then again, the movie wasn't any good, so this can't be any worse. Low expectations means no disappointment.

    1. Re:this looks pretty sick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      I don't think commenting on how fucking terrible the movies were makes someone a troll... damn.

      They were WRETCHED and I feel that they deserve every bit of criticism they get.

    2. Re:this looks pretty sick by chimpo13 · · Score: 1

      Crappy movie, but it made for a good Simpsons.

      Some clips

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    3. Re:this looks pretty sick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      More like a crappy simpsons! Simpsons hasn't been funny in forever and that episode was no exception. Ha ha Jar Jar is so ridiculous! Thanks for the insight, Simpsons. If I ever end up four or five years ago, mind if I borrow "your" jokes?

      Also a guy I know was like, "It's a testament to the relevancy of the simpsons these days I suppose." and really I can't agree more.

  4. Micro series? by Stevyn · · Score: 5, Funny

    So instead of fighting and light sabers, they just go straight to plaid

  5. Interesting by mercan01 · · Score: 0, Interesting

    I didn't see much of the first season. What's the consensus from the /. gang? Good or bad inrepretation of the Star Wars Universe?

    I'll probably end up picking the set up on DVD when they release it.

    Oh, wait...

    1. Re:Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      This is master trolling indeed: you said rigorously nothing in your post worth posting, yet your post someone looked interesting enough to someone that it got modded up.

      Truly brilliant.

    2. Re:Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      Translation: Please tell me what to think.

      Thinking is hard. Let's go to the mall.

    3. Re:Interesting by drskrud · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I very much disliked the series. There is very little that seems to happen in each episode, of course, they're only 5 minutes long. Plus, I'm not a big fan of the animation at all. While I love Samurai Jack, I don't think this particular style suits Star Wars at all, and it doesn't seem to do justice to the Star Wars legacy in my eyes. Then again, neither did Episodes I and II. And the more I watch Clone Wars, the less I like it... I'm starting to get disappointed with Star Wars. I know they can do better.

    4. Re:Interesting by mrsam · · Score: 1

      See for yourself. TOON will replay all of Season 1 right before the first Season 2 episode.

      So, if you read this in the next ten minutes, RUN TO THE TV :-)

    5. Re:Interesting by dswensen · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Clone Wars had at least one extended, cool-looking space battle, something the last two movies have been somewhat lackluster in, IMHO. And never once did it grievously insult my intelligence, as the last two movies, sadly, have done.

      So I will buy it when it comes out on DVD for those reasons alone, because there is a small part of me that still wants to like Star Wars despite the many disappointing things done to the franchise since 1999.

    6. Re:Interesting by fucksl4shd0t · · Score: 1

      I'm starting to get disappointed with Star Wars. I know they can do better.

      Why? Out of 5 movies so far, they've had one that was mediocre, one that was really good, and three that sucked ass. How could you conclude that they can do better? The track record isn't that good....

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    7. Re:Interesting by oohp · · Score: 1

      First I thought they were commercials for some upcoming Star Wars cartoon. I lost most of them so.. Then again there was this mega-Toonami weekend which gave me the opportunity to watch all the series. It's pretty frustrating that they are so short. It's also that if you lose one episode, all is lost. They should rather do a full length cartoon.

      I think the micro series are rather a marketing thing to test the waters of Star Wars animation, nothing more, nothing less.

    8. Re:Interesting by Cowclops · · Score: 1

      Even further, it depends on who you specify by "they." If you consider the writers, Leigh Brackett wrote Empire Strikes Back and died shortly afterwards. Unless we can come up with some new technology that can summon writers from beyond the grave, no future Star Wars movie will ever be comparable to ESB.

      (Of course, this wasn't the ONLY reason ESB stood out, but its a major one.)

    9. Re:Interesting by peragrin · · Score: 1

      Why wait go online and watch the entire thing should only take you an hour and change with broadband.

      overall not terrible impressed

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    10. Re:Interesting by fucksl4shd0t · · Score: 1

      Well, now that you mention it, why don't we talk about why ESB was so great (and in my opinion is one of the best movies ever made)? ;)

      First, Star Wars wasn't that great of a movie. But the casting was a bit different. George Lucas lined everyone up and had them all work together, and he chose the group of actors that worked best as a team. That had the result of generating instant chemistry between the leads. This is the casting that essentially chose the actors for ESB. Second, the same set of actors had already been through one movie together, and they were playing familiar but growing characters. It was an opportunity for each actor/actress to personally grow with the movie, and they all took it (regardless of Mark Hamill's plunge into dorkdom). Star Wars also had cutting-edge special effects, and they carried into ESB with many of the techniques being perfected. It was a couple of movies that essentially defined where the special effects industry would go throughout the '80s. This is all ignoring the basic story, which was actually only pretty good. The direction, though, was great (Lucas didn't direct it). All in all, ESB was very well-put together from the ground up, and since it drew on previous experience, they were able to grow almost everything they did. There's very little way it could have been a bad movie, in fact.

      Now let's look at Attack of the Clones, the sister movie to ESB.

      First, the Phantom Menace was made using only already known special effects techniques. They didn't do their cutting edge stuff until Attack of the Clones. Casting was based more or less on actor/role, and *not* the team-oriented casting that was done for the original star wars. So there isn't enough chemistry on the scene. Direction and story both come from George Lucas himself. Lucas' biggest strength seems to be to tell people the work isn't "good enough", but if you leave him to do the work himself, it always sucks. So anyway, the story itself isn't as good because Lucas is writing all of it (he's offloading screenplay, I think). Most of the characters die in the first movie, or otherwise don't move on the second (or are already well-established characters, like Yoda and Obi-wan. Obi-Wan shouldn't be treated as a well-established character, though, but he is. There's also 3PO and R2D2 that are well-established already). And there's the huge gap in Anakin's age, meaning that while his character moves on and grows, the actor must be replaced completely.

      So, for attack of the clones, they don't get to reuse much of Phantom Menace. They are re-using various plot devices from the original series, which kinda sucks. Further, it sucks that Quai-Gon isn't making the spectral appearances we were so fond of Obi-Wan for making. They basically built the whole movie from scratch, and rather than offload as much of the movie as possible to other people, Lucas micromanaged all aspects of production. There's no 'team' working on it, there is only Lucas. See, power passes from God to George.

      Don't get me wrong, Attack of the Clones is very well put-together. It's an awesome movie, and I really like it. But its a movie that easily doesn't live up to it's position in the series, and it must be compared to ESB because it occupies the same position as ESB. If it were a freshman attempt in the series, it would really really rock. But as the sophomore attempt, it's a pretty sucky movie.

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  6. High Quality by LordoftheFrings · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've got to say, since Episode 1 and 2's massive failure in the eyes of many geeks, and most of the press (despite my love of both movies), the press surrounding the Clone Wars and the opinions I've heard have been tremendous, to say the least. IMO, the quality of animation is superb, Samurai Jack style, and it's just real Star Wars fun to watch. Also, one simply MUST love the new dark Jedi in the fight against all those monsters.

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    1. Re:High Quality by art-boy · · Score: 5, Informative

      The high quality and similarity to Samurai Jack is because the person responsible, Genndy Tartakovsky, also created Samurai Jack and worked on Dexter's Laboratory and the Power Puff Girls.

    2. Re:High Quality by quantaman · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I've got to say, since Episode 1 and 2's massive failure in the eyes of many geeks, and most of the press (despite my love of both movies), the press surrounding the Clone Wars and the opinions I've heard have been tremendous, to say the least. IMO, the quality of animation is superb, Samurai Jack style, and it's just real Star Wars fun to watch. Also, one simply MUST love the new dark Jedi in the fight against all those monsters.

      I have to say of the few episodes of Clone Wars I've seen I didn't think much of it. The animation I'm not really concerned about but I'm guessing they did it to save money rather tha any artistic reason. But my biggest problem with with the actual content. I wasn't excited by their action sequences, nor could I care about the characters or feel their emotion, in general I just couldn't find any of it mildly interesting. Perhaps you were able to get something out of them and I'm glad for it but for me it fealt like episodes 1&2 without the good action sequences and with somewhat worse writing. Maybe they improved later on and maybe some people do really enjoy them but from what I saw I wasn't impressed.

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    3. Re:High Quality by mabhatter654 · · Score: 1
      And he's been doing inside Star Wars jokes in those cartoons for years now...he was practically BEGGING for this gig....and pulled it off too.

      The writing is MUCH better than Ep1 or 2!!

      Comercials are over...

    4. Re:High Quality by dswensen · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Well, no slam intended to Clone Wars, it's great stuff, but these episodes are like 3 minutes long apiece and have very little dialogue; some have none whatsoever. A good majority of them are just 3-minute fight scenes. I think comparing them to the movies (lacking as I will admit the prequels are in the writing dept.) is kind of apples and oranges.

    5. Re:High Quality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes: excellent, high quality apples compared to poor, small, undernourished, spoiled oranges.

    6. Re:High Quality by RickHunter · · Score: 1

      Yeah, even though the episodes are short, they're FUN. And the action sequences are just plain cool. Even though a lot of the stuff is really implausible or silly (the giant "crusher" that's going after Windu, the massive shrimp/beam cannon) it still feels like Star Wars... In a way that none of the prequels have.

      I think its definite proof that its not just the audience growing older, but that Lucas has lost it.

    7. Re:High Quality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "lacking as I will admit the prequels are in the writing dept."

      Like mildly inebriated Yoda you speak.

    8. Re:High Quality by cgenman · · Score: 1

      Well, no slam intended to Clone Wars, it's great stuff, but these episodes are like 3 minutes long apiece and have very little dialogue; some have none whatsoever.

      You're right, it's a very unfair comparison. Clone Wars would have been so much better if it was 3 minutes long and had very little dialogue.

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    9. Re:High Quality by mabhatter654 · · Score: 1
      but at least they didn't ruin it by adding crappy dialogue!


      Having sat thru the whole 11 mini eps again it is really close to a "Star Wars" feel. A few things are too "Samauri Jack" particularly some of the architecture, but that's part of Genndy's feel for the piece.


      I still think that for over all "Star Wars experience" the Clone Wars mini-eps hit closer to home than George's own stuff. I'd love to see Genndy do something like Dark Empire...he's somebody who could do it justice!!

    10. Re:High Quality by fm6 · · Score: 1

      Which is probably why all the characters look to me like nerdy little kids....

    11. Re:High Quality by bckrispi · · Score: 1

      I don't quite understand the animosity towards the prequels on /. either. Although I think I might have been close to the mark here. Personally, I think the prequels tell an excellent story. Of course there's going to be wooden acting & some crappy dialog; so did the original trilogy!!! I agree that while TPM was far from perfect (and even farther off than the expectations for it), it did a good job of setting the stage for things to come. What I can't understand is how down the /. crowd is on AOTC. This site is very hostile towards any SW film that isn't ESB, so don't think that the geeks here are a representative of the SW geek population as a whole. After the film was released, almost every fan site poll I read showed that it placed a strong second as the fan-favorite of the whole franchise (just under ESB, of course). Yeah, you've got to endure five minutes of "I don't like sand" scenes, but beyond that, you have a Fantastic film. Seriously, if I have to see one more "George-Lucas-sucks-and-has-no-talent-and-should-b e shot" post modded up to +5, the Poodoo's gonna hit the fan!

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    12. Re:High Quality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      In Soviet Russia, Samurai Jacks Genndy Tartakovsky!

    13. Re:High Quality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Do you know if Genndy Tartakovsky is a man or a woman? What kind of name is "Genndy" anyway?

    14. Re:High Quality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Quality of animation and Genndy Tartakovsky in the same sentence?

    15. Re:High Quality by CoderB · · Score: 1

      Apples and Oranges maybe, but it sort of highlights the problem with the first two movies. Lucas is trying to tell us everything through dialog instead of allowing the movie to show us what's going on. The cartoon shows Lucas what he's stopped doing.

      Examples:
      "Master, look: destroyers." (two destroyer droids rumble down the trade federation ship, as if we couldn't see them)
      "It's a standoff. Let's go."

      We're not that dumb, George. We could figure all of this out. Bad exposition. A teacher friend of mine uses this sequence as an example of how a story should not be told.

    16. Re:High Quality by packeteer · · Score: 1

      What if you just dont like apples? The point is that if you compare Clone Wars to other TV shows you might not like it. You also might not like the SW movies when compaired to other movies. That doesn't mean you dont like movies. Personally i dont watch any tv so although this show might be great im not gunna watch it. I do however not like the new SW movies.

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    17. Re:High Quality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Fix your sig you stupid fucking arse-reamer

  7. 1st series by dirvish · · Score: 1

    How was the first series? I haven't seen a single episode. Is it worth checking out? Is it worth checking out if you aren't a total Star Wars fanatic?

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    1. Re:1st series by Trurl's+Machine · · Score: 1

      Is it worth checking out if you aren't a total Star Wars fanatic?

      Certainly it will hurt you less if you aren't.

    2. Re:1st series by dirvish · · Score: 1

      I guess folks can't complain as much about it being made for kids (like episodes I & II) since it is a cartoon.

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    3. Re:1st series by thelasttemptation · · Score: 1

      since it is a cartoon.

      Like that's ever stoped a self respecting anime geek...

    4. Re:1st series by renelicious · · Score: 1

      I have seen every episode and they were very entertaining. I would have considering myself a Star Wars fanatic until the last two movies have kind of let me down.

      However these cartoons really got me excited again. If the third movie turns out to be as good as the Clone Wars series, I may camp out again...

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    5. Re:1st series by Jacer · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Admit it. You'll camp out anyway. Just like me, we can't not watch it. Seeing it might make us angry, but not seeing it at midnight of the release is possibly deadly. It's just like any addiction.

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    6. Re:1st series by stecoop · · Score: 1

      I was drawn to the cartoon. But did anyone else notice that there was an enormous amount of commercials; I couldn't enjoy the show. It seemed like there was about 5 minutes of action and 2 minutes of commercials and other junk.

      I enjoy Star Wars so much that I'll watch the next series of the clone wars anyway (maybe with a PVR this time).

    7. Re:1st series by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      brother, you ought to know better. after the Phantom Plot, and then Attack of the Cloned Plot, you have to admit that jarjar binks won't be going away. you also know that yoda is a little bouncing, badly animated cg character with almost nothing in common with the Yoda i grew up with. damned if i'll be seeing the newest failure in the series, or encouraging george lucas to make more movies at all.
      do the world a favour, and say NO to fake-ass wannabe Star Wars prequels.

      just download the Natalie Portman parts on opening night, and you'll be fine :)

  8. Eh. by MacFury · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't call it epic...

    1. Re:Eh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That's exactly what it is. By definition.

      ep-ic
      1. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero.
      2. A literary or dramatic composition that resembles an extended narrative poem celebrating heroic feats.
      3. A series of events considered appropriate to an epic: the epic of the Old West.

      From dicitonary.reference.com.

      Consider: This is a dramatic composition that resembles an epic poem in content.

    2. Re:Eh. by phalse+phace · · Score: 1
      Not my words.

      Cartoon Network are the ones advertising it as Star Wars: Clone Wars. The Epic Micr-Series.

  9. Great show by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Definitely try to catch this or download it even if you didn't like the star wars movies...in my opinion the shorts are way better eps 1 and 2, and unfortunately probably episode 3

  10. Clone Wars DVD by kacymartin · · Score: 1

    Doed anyone have any news on wheather or not (or when) the Clone Wars cartoon is going to be on DVD? I didnt catch the first season at all ('cept for the first episode) but i would really like to see them.

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    1. Re:Clone Wars DVD by PCM2 · · Score: 4, Funny

      According to Lucasfilm, first you'll have to wait for the special edition, then reruns of the original, and then the next three series of cartoons. Then they'll put out DVDs of everything, except the DVD of Clone Wars will only be the special edition, not the one you watched.

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    2. Re:Clone Wars DVD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      According to my TV schedule (Charter Cable), they are replaying Episodes 1-5 at 8:00PM Eastern and Episodes 6-10 at 9:00PM Eastern so you may be able to watch the full first season tonight. Check your local listings.

    3. Re:Clone Wars DVD by kacymartin · · Score: 1

      ugh... LucasFilm always has to make these things so easy dont they...

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    4. Re:Clone Wars DVD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You can see all the old episodes, and the new ones as they come out, online at http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/clonewars/index.html

    5. Re:Clone Wars DVD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      you would waste a good dvd that other wise could have had some content... I mean, fill a dvd with like 13 eps of les than 3 mins each?

      Why would anyone want a dvd of that anyway? the animations are there on the website.

    6. Re:Clone Wars DVD by mabhatter654 · · Score: 1
      There'll be 20 5 minute episodes...just about 2 full hours worth back to back.

      I'd personally like to see the DVD include some extra animation to tie the whole series together rather than having to watch it in pieces. It would flow much better that way...and animation compresses on DVD so well

  11. Do they.. by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do they feature a horrible actor, awful script, and whiny, annoying characters?

    No? Then it's got to be better than the last movie.

    1. Re:Do they.. by dirvish · · Score: 1

      Actually, it stars the cartoon version of Jar-Jar...

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    2. Re:Do they.. by fm6 · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, he that was the one in the movie! The cartoon will feature the live action version of Jar Jar! Be afraid....

    3. Re:Do they.. by cgenman · · Score: 1

      Do they feature a horrible actor, awful script, and whiny, annoying characters?

      Oh do they. It feels like the writer was constantly going down to Tashi Station to pick up some pooooower conveeeerters.

      Darth Vader has to be extra whiny and annoying, because he is only passing half of that on to his offspring. It's called continuity. It's also called writing yourself into a corner.

      And it's an intergalactic war with a bunch of Bankers. Bankers. If it isn't clear how a hollywood mogul would feel about Bankers, let's just say Lucas has always pronounced his B's and W's similarly.

      The prequals have to be full of annoying, whiny brats doing annoying whiny brat-like things. Otherwise, how would we know it was Star Wars?

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    4. Re:Do they.. by bckrispi · · Score: 1
      And it's an intergalactic war with a bunch of Bankers. Bankers.

      Huh? If it's the Intergalactic Banking Clan you're referring to, you're a bit off the mark. When the banking clan joined the Seperatists, there were already thousands of Systems breaking away from the Republic. If you read the original screenplays and scripts of A New Hope, you'll see that this is an idea that Lucas had from day 1. A galactic democracy falls under the lobbying and corruption of the most financially powerful cartels in the galaxy. The banking clan provides funding, the Techno Union provides the military technology, the Commerce Guild and Trade Federation use their monopolies (and vast personal armies) to starve out systems that don't "play ball". So yes, bankers were involved, but no more or less than they are in our "real life" wars.

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    5. Re:Do they.. by cgenman · · Score: 1

      Sorry, I had meant that the focus of these cartoons were the bankers specifically. But, when it comes right down to it you do have the seat of power of the Separatists coming entirely from the financial services industry. And the robot guys, whom we hardly ever see.

      Either way they're significantly less compelling villains than, say, Fred from Three's Company.

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  12. Not available outside the USA? by torok · · Score: 2

    So, I tried to watch the season 1 episodes, and apparently you can't unless you're in the USA. Is there an easy way around that?

    1. Re:Not available outside the USA? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Move to the USA.

    2. Re:Not available outside the USA? by renelicious · · Score: 1

      You can get them from Bittorrent, I would have posted a link for you, but search.suprnova.org is so slow i got tired of waiting. Sorry.

      However since there is currently no legitimate (meaning legal) way to get Clone Wars, then P2P is probably your best bet.

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    3. Re:Not available outside the USA? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I have seen it on the Cartoon Network in Ireland

    4. Re:Not available outside the USA? by AndroidCat · · Score: 1

      Or just watch Clone Wars on Teletoons. They're showing Chapter 12 tomorrow at 5pm.

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    5. Re:Not available outside the USA? by khalua · · Score: 1

      find a free public proxy in the US, connect to it, and voila... as good as in.

      worked for me in my third try.

      google search 'free proxy'

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  13. sssshhhhh... by sPaKr · · Score: 2, Funny

    Old What is it ?

    Its as if I heard a thousand poping tivos on the Season Pass.. then.. Silance

  14. First season... by Cyno01 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Is avalible on cartoon networks website(warning, lots of flash). Its avalible in streaming Quicktime and Real(gag), and you can google around for direct download links (looks like the first listings already slashdotted...). I've got all of them in divx at about 35mb apiece, not a bad series either, more deserving of the Star Wars title than some of the other cartoons that have been done(holiday special, and that droids cartoon i havn't seen but have heard was awful. and dont get me started on the ewok adventures...)

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    1. Re:First season... by Gmalloy · · Score: 4, Informative

      Just because I'm such a nice guy:

      Direct Download Links[Google Cache]

      I'm getting >40kb/s right now...go nuts.

    2. Re:First season... by Belgand · · Score: 1

      Hmm... there are at least two different versions and each has different commentary? Where on Earth did this commentary come from and why are there two versions of it?

    3. Re:First season... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
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      ((i++))
      done

      A little script to download the first 10 chapters 480x320 without commentary to 1.mov to 10.mov. It works for me outside of the US, maxing out my pathetic DSL. Slashdot probably put spaces in the URLs (ah yes, change "carto on" to "cartoon").

    4. Re:First season... by asdfghjklqwertyuiop · · Score: 1

      Any way I could get those divx files off you? I hate quicktime.

    5. Re:First season... by Cyno01 · · Score: 1

      e-mail me about it if you've got enough space in a mail account, all 10 chapters are in divx4-fast motion at 480x320 and the whole season is 337 Mb, probly a few less if i zip it, otherwise IM me, or, i used a program called rad video tools, it does QT to divx ridiculously fast, wish i could find something that worked as well for RM format...

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    6. Re:First season... by asdfghjklqwertyuiop · · Score: 1

      Thanks for the link to that tool. I will just use that. I had a hard time finding a program that can transcode from quicktime and does not suck, but this is it.

  15. Only Available in the United States? by Zastrossi · · Score: 4, Informative

    Using a standard connection and browser, you can't access this site from outside the US (I'm all of 50 kms north of the border in Canada). There are ways around this particular bogosity, but it's generally so irritating that I don't bother with whatever site sets this restrictions. I noticed that Showtime does this as well.

    1. Re:Only Available in the United States? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Bounce through a US-based open proxy, then.

      This is Slashdot, after all :-)

    2. Re:Only Available in the United States? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'd guess that you can thank George Lucas for that sh*t, as the Cartoon Network doesn't usually do that. But to be fair, there may be someone else with a finger in the pie who made this decision.

    3. Re:Only Available in the United States? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      They're just annoyed that we get the episodes 6 days and 4.5 hours in advance.

    4. Re:Only Available in the United States? by IntergalacticWalrus · · Score: 1

      I'm in Canada and it works fine here. Showtime does not though.

      Speaking of that, I've wondered, is it even legal to lock out a (non-military) website from certain countries? Such practices pretty much screws up the whole point of the Internet IMHO.

    5. Re:Only Available in the United States? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Is it legal? What, are you going to sue somebody? Arrest them? "WAAAAAHHH, BAD AMERICANS, THEY WON'T LET ME WATCH MY CARTOONS, EH!!!"

      Freakin' crybaby. Turn off your computer and read a book.

  16. Game Over too! by Jonas+the+Bold · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Remember, at 9 tonight Game Over is on UPN too! Two episodes actually, one at 9 and one at 9:30.

    Both great episodes, don't miss em (or at least the first one, if you want to watch clone wars)

    How do I know? I worked on the show. This is a shameless plug :)

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    1. Re:Game Over too! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Do us a favor and kill yourself. That show was absolutely terrible. It was like watching a PSOne game with bad voice acting.

  17. Sorry... by Cyno01 · · Score: 3, Informative

    More direct link to the clone wars site...

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  18. shouldn't feed the trolls... by Cyno01 · · Score: 1

    Uh, its done by the same guy dumbass, Genndy Tartakovsky, also created Dexters Lab, another geek favorite.

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    1. Re:shouldn't feed the trolls... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dexters Lab is the only show I can remember whose sound made me want to vomit while I was viewing VCR menus to schedule a recording.

  19. Am I hearing things? by TheTranceFan · · Score: 5, Funny
    Um, did you just say "epic micro"?

    OK. Just checking.

  20. Star Wars is a heartless series by sunilrkarkera · · Score: 0, Troll

    Star Wars is a heartless series. Fans stick to it just for the sake of the name Star Wars. May I recommend to you Americas Funniest Videos.

    1. Re:Star Wars is a heartless series by ITR81 · · Score: 1

      umm...nooo.

  21. Can I watch it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    on linux???

  22. But, See, Geeks with Mod Points Control /. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So you musn't criticize, say, gayness such as Star Wars or Lord of the Rings. It's unacceptable. If they weren't a bunch of wimps and fairies they'd hit you for even suggesting that such shows aren't The Greatest Thing Ever!tm.

    1. Re:But, See, Geeks with Mod Points Control /. by JebusIsLord · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Are there any AC Trolls who post NON-homophobic comments? I mean it's always "ROFLMAO!!11 the fudgepaXX0rs r teh ghey!"

      Gets kinda weak.

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    2. Re:But, See, Geeks with Mod Points Control /. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      There are probably some, but because of their inability to recognize the inherent power of gaybashing in the art of trolling, nobody moderates them as such.

      You must be a fag.

    3. Re:But, See, Geeks with Mod Points Control /. by fucksl4shd0t · · Score: 1

      You apparently haven't read all the AC troll posts. :)

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    4. Re:But, See, Geeks with Mod Points Control /. by meebs · · Score: 1

      jezus... who cares??

  23. WTF? by Distinguished+Hero · · Score: 3, Informative

    Upon attempting to watch one of the episodes, I was greeted by this wonderful message:
    "We're sorry, but this content is
    viewable only to those
    within the United States."

    What a bunch of wankers.

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    1. Re:WTF? by Cplus · · Score: 1

      Aol

      I echo those sentiments.

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    2. Re:WTF? by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 1
      I know this is posted too late for you to probably read, but let me explain why this was most likely done. You see, the reason they put the episodes on the website is to hopefully attract viewers to their station. The more viewers they have, the more ad dollars they get. Since Cartoon Network is not available outside the states, it makes little sense to offer up a promotion that only benefits them inside the states to people outside the states. I know you feel left out, but it IS an understandable decision.

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  24. Premiers tonight?!? by AsmordeanX · · Score: 1

    I've already seen up to chapter 12. I didn't realize that it an American made show was actually behind Canada for airing. Teletoon showed chapter 11 on the 20th and 12 on the 22nd. 13 is on tomorrow.

    I've not bothered to watch, I've just let my HTPC archive them all. Once they are done with I will watch all of them in a row. Much less annoying.

    1. Re:Premiers tonight?!? by AndroidCat · · Score: 1

      You sure? According to their site, it's Chapter 12 tomorrow at 5pm.

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    2. Re:Premiers tonight?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Teletoon does this often from what I have noticed. episodes of home movies that hadn't aired in the US yet showed up in the usual places from that source. so yay for canada.

  25. but... by AnonymousCowheart · · Score: 1, Funny

    but, will it have star wars kid in it?:)

    1. Re:but... by artemis67 · · Score: 1

      No, but they did have a lot of other really annoying fat kids doing lots of inane stuff.

  26. season _TWO_ of a 'micro series'? by gl4ss · · Score: 3, Insightful

    wtf?

    seriously.

    add to that, s1 at least lacked quite a bit in the story department. sure it had long stylistic(untraditionally for starwars styled) scenes of guys whacking around with a light saber, in air, in space, on a planet, underwater... but not that much else(hey, that reminds me of... wait for it.. episode 1 and 2!).

    I thought it was just a mini thingy to keep the starwars hype up, so whats the deal with this second season? you know, it seems awfully lot like milking for the viewers since it was a micro/mini ('limited') series after all(as far as I know, I don't live in the states so can't really catch it on 'real' tv).

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    1. Re:season _TWO_ of a 'micro series'? by Sarth · · Score: 1
      Actually, season two was planned from the start.

      I missed Episode 1 of this microseries, and went to cartoonnetwork.com to watch it.. and there were 20 episodes listed, with 1-10 and 11-20 in seperate section "Coming in 2004".

      So.. milking? Maybe. But planned from the start.

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    2. Re:season _TWO_ of a 'micro series'? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If you cared to read a little before jumping on the 'I hate Star Wars' bandwagon that seems so popular with the 'kids' these days, you would realize that a second season and 20 episodes were planned from the start...

      Posted 1 year ago

      Ahhh, the beauty of 30 seconds with 'Google'

  27. series premiere on a friday night? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Series premiere on a Friday night? They clearly know their audience.

    1. Re:series premiere on a friday night? by JKatan · · Score: 1

      hate to nitpick, but technically its not a series premiere, its a SEASON premiere. A series premiere implies the premiering of a series which has not previously been aired. A season premiere refers to a new set of episodes of an ongoing series/serial. as for CW season 2, ehh.. ep 11 was pretty dull, especially when compared to the highly energetic space battle in ep 10 that preceded it. oh well...

  28. You are hearing things. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    No one said anything. If you are putting voices to words on Slashdot, it may just be time to take a walk outside for a bit.

    1. Re:You are hearing things. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Or he has a browser that will do text-to-speech. Clippy can read your posts.

  29. Epic micro series? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't that a bit of an oxymoron?

    Like Jumbo Shrimp...

    1. Re:Epic micro series? by fucksl4shd0t · · Score: 1

      Big Dork.

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    2. Re:Epic micro series? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Actually, "jumbo shrimp" isn't an oxymoron. See, the sea creature came first, and the adjective was derived from the sea creatures relatively diminuitive proportions. The shrimp comes in several sizes, some as large as a perch. Tiger prawns get quite large. So you see, "jumbo shrimp" means a large shrimp. It doesn't mean "large small."

  30. I get the feeling.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    This is going to be the same as the last time.

    Thank you, I'm here 'til Tuesday!

    :-)

  31. Shame he let Dexter be butchered by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    They should really put Dexter out of his misery ... it is just like the low budget Tom&Jerry cartoons, painfull to watch.

    Samurai Jack works when made on the cheap ... but Dexter's lab does not :(

    1. Re:Shame he let Dexter be butchered by NonSequor · · Score: 1

      The person to blame is Chris Savino, who Genndy Tartakovsky left in charge of Dexter's Laboratory. I'm really not happy with the overall direction he's taken the show, although there have been some cartoons I've liked. I don't think it's being made on a lower budget just that they've changed the model sheets the characters are drawn from.

      Anyway, what I'd really like to see Genndy Tartakovsky do after he's finished with Samurai Jack is do a Justice Friends show.

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  32. Mods, dammit, be fair! by gamgee5273 · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Hey, mods, be fair! The post isn't quite on topic, but it isn't off topic to the point that "Stephen King, dead at the age of whatever..." or "BSD is dead...", etc. is! We're talking geek-related TV that's on tonight and this guy is hyping his show, which has been mentioned on /. before.

    Jonas, thanks! I almost forgot about Game Over... I'm going to set my TiVO right now (then my wife and I are off to dinner).

    1. Re:Mods, dammit, be fair! by Jonas+the+Bold · · Score: 1

      Thanks man. I didn't think it was totally off topic either.

      The topic was "a show nerds might be interested in is on tonight", and my comment was "this other show nerds might be interested in is on tonight too". I don't think that's really off topic.

      Anyway, enjoy!

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    2. Re:Mods, dammit, be fair! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You mean Wonderfalls?

  33. Not on Brazil... by BRSloth · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Man, sometimes I *hate* living in Brazil. The original series (first season?) was truly amazing. I thought putting Genndy drawing was a big mistake (his lines didn't fit in the way the movies where made), but, for some very misterious destiny things, his drawings where perfectly on sync with the Star Wars universe. Even better: the stories where so impressive that someone should take that Lucas guy out of the direction of the next movie and put Genndy there! :)

  34. ...self respecting anime geek... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    contradictory statement detected

  35. Re:Boycott 'Game Over' by Jonas+the+Bold · · Score: 1

    No we didn't! They (not us) just slightly blurred it. We all got a big kick out of it.

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  36. On Tonite by bobobobo · · Score: 1

    Looks like they'll be on tonite. at 8:00PM and 9:00 PST.

  37. someone please back me up... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    when some idiot comes out in 5 years and says "the clone wars cartoons aren't cannon"

    --hey.. it happened with star trek...

    1. Re:someone please back me up... by mabhatter654 · · Score: 1
      Actually they get to introduce some cool plot points leading up to Ep 3! As far as I know it's sancioned by 'the man' himself. Lucas Licensing has a much better grasp of Star Wars Cannon than Lucas himself does...the licensing group has worked very hard over the last 15 years to closely coordinate all the games, comics, novels, and roleplaying supplaments to make it "look" like it's all cannon. They've upset some authors by too closely reinging in their stories [i.e. Tim Zahn] but most of the authors approve of the coordination and put lots of effort into working together. Again, Lucas is just catching on to the fact that it's a Community...not just HIS anymore.

      That's the real reason Ep 1 & 2 sucked...they were an attempt to pick up from Return of the Jedi from 1983, not at all in touch with how Star Wars has "grown up" as the story has been kept alive for 10 years by other authors and fans..

  38. SlashDot this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://progressive1.stream.aol.com/turner/gl/carto on_net/starwars/chapter1/320_hi_dl.mov

    change to chapter 1 - 10 as needed I'm to lazy to format it

  39. Anyone spliced Season 1 together yet? by ckathens · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What i'm getting tired of is that they're all tiny little slivers of plot, but you have to sit through an intro, review of what the last episode was about and previews of the next episode. This is like HALF the total time of each episode... Someone needs to take all these, remove all the intros, reviews, and previews, and make a single 1 hour episode out of the entire first season... Am I the only one who feels this way? I stopped downloading the episodes after Season 1 Ep 06 because of this.

    1. Re:Anyone spliced Season 1 together yet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      They did that already. They showed 1-5 in one half hour and 6-10 in another before the new episode this evening, you jackass.

    2. Re:Anyone spliced Season 1 together yet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      thanks you fuckface

    3. Re:Anyone spliced Season 1 together yet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You're welcome, needledick.

  40. I just saw it... by wardomon · · Score: 0

    It sucked and blew.

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    1. Re:I just saw it... by probbka · · Score: 1

      Did they just show like the first 5 minutes of the new season or something? I'm confused. Are the episodes only 5 minutes long?

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    2. Re:I just saw it... by dekker · · Score: 1

      Yes, they're only 5 minutes.

  41. Just watched by DrugCheese · · Score: 1

    After making a point to stay home tonight to watch this I can say it's well worth it. I missed the first 10 chapters but am going to try and catch the rest.

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  42. No pleasing star wars fans, as usual by gad_zuki! · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Man, what a harsh thread.

    The Clone Wars series has to be one of the more interesting and original TV shows/experiments in TVs short history. They're short, paced perfectly, fun to watch, and just well done overall. I fully believe if this wasn't attached to the Star Wars franchise we would be singing its praises on originality and animation quality alone.

    Cut Tartakovsky some slack here. He inherited a big job and pulled it off almost flawlessly. Kids love it, adults (at least the ones I know) dig it. He managed to work with such a limiting format and deliver the goods.

    Tartakovsky could very well be the next Disney.

    1. Re:No pleasing star wars fans, as usual by teh*fink · · Score: 1

      disclaimer: i think tartarovsky's work is brilliant.

      this crap better be good...cartoon network is quickly losing my faith, after canceling home movies...for what, more inuyasha reruns?

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    2. Re:No pleasing star wars fans, as usual by bonch · · Score: 1

      I don't. I think the animation style sucks for this type of action. Forgive me but close-up shots of square-shaped eyes grimacing as some sort of suspense is cheesy.

      I know of nobody who is even aware the show exists outside of geek circles.

    3. Re:No pleasing star wars fans, as usual by RickHunter · · Score: 1

      I'd say Tartakovsky has already surpassed Disney. PPG managed to be cute, smart, and funny at the same time, some of the time, which was quite an accomplishment. And while some Samurai Jack episodes really suck, others are incredible. (I'm looking at the Western one in particular) Not only has he managed to get a rather violent animated action show on TV in the USA and keep it there, he's managed to do so while simultaneously staying true to the feel of "Samurai movies" AND riffing off a bunch of other genres.

  43. JAR JAR by stecoop · · Score: 1

    I have a serious question (or poll really): Who likes Jar Jar? Is there a segment that is drawn in to him? Does this segment also like Ewoks?

    1. Re:JAR JAR by fucksl4shd0t · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I have a serious question (or poll really): Who likes Jar Jar? Is there a segment that is drawn in to him? Does this segment also like Ewoks?

      I'll say this much about him. I don't dislike him, and I really really really like it when Quai-Gon grabs his tongue and says "Don't". I really wish Sebulba would have just kicked his ass, 'cause he's a mutherfucker who needs a fuckin' stompin' on.

      But other than that, I don't dislike him, and I think he adds something to the movie that wouldn't have been there without him, since all the other characters were dry, boring, and very very weak (except Quai-gon and obi-wan in the Phantom Menace, but Obi-Wan has gone straight to hell since then).

      And yes, as a matter of fact, I love Ewoks. I like to throw 'em on the smoker, still kicking, and skin 'em when they're still only half-cooked. Then you wrap 'em in foil (they're usually unconscious by now, but if not you can still wrap 'em) and start tanning the skin. You wind up with a helluva meal and a really sweet leather jacket out of it.

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  44. 1st series: Watch in a single sitting by mrdrivel · · Score: 2, Informative

    I had a friend who taped the 10 episodes from season one and we watched it in a single 30 minute sitting. Each episode is only 3 minutes, so they seem more like a scene from a story rather than a complete story.

    It is mostly action driven with very little dialog. I found it to be enjoyable. However, I think if I watched each 3 minute episode a week apart it wouldn't have been as good.

    Season 1 is archived at Cartoon Network's page

    1. Re:1st series: Watch in a single sitting by fucksl4shd0t · · Score: 1

      Do they have a non-flash version for those of us who don't use broke-ass macromedia plugins? Or better yet, an mpeg or something I can just download straight off?

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    2. Re:1st series: Watch in a single sitting by arkanes · · Score: 1

      You can find the whole series in a variety of formats on suprnova. The orignal downloads where Quicktime, though.

  45. funny coincidence, that... by vena · · Score: 3, Insightful

    each chapter is not much longer than a commercial... things that make you go "hmmm"

    1. Re:funny coincidence, that... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      As i understand it - Lucas Orginally wanted them to be around 30 Secs long... But The Cartoon Network said then they would be nothing more than Glorified "Toy Commericals" so the 3-5 Min length is what evolved...

      More to make you go "Hmmm". heh

  46. Jammy sods by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    NZ/Australia don't get it until Monday.

    As compensation, we got the first 10 episodes back to back. They're planning to do the same for 11-20 during April.

    One thing that pisses me off is that cartoonnetwork.com.au never put the episodes up for streaming. :(

  47. Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    just saw all the episodes, they were short but the action seemed good enough. I probably shouldn't watch anymore cause it kind of stinks to have ones imagination ruined by seeing someone elses interpration of the looks ;-) One things odd though is that some of the Stars Wars stuff seems inaccurate to the books or previous old movies. Like in the original three movies, Yoda was Obi-wans master but in the new movies it was quin gon(sorry if i didnt spell it right) I really dont get things like that. Episodes II and III seemed to lack a sense of classiness or style to them that made the older ones cool.

    1. Re:Hmm by fucksl4shd0t · · Score: 1

      The continuity is thin, but it's there, at least with the older movies. Do you remember seeing Yoda instructing all the kids in the classroom, when he says "Obi-wan has lost a planet. How embarrassing."? So, Yoda *did* instruct Obi-Wan. At the same time, we get one of the coolest Jedi ever. In fact, I had high hopes for Windu until he looked Dooku in the eye and all he could say, the fucking dork, was "I don't think so". So Quai-Gon Gin winds up being the coolest Jedi of all time, second only to Darth Vader himself.

      As far as continuity with the books, I'm not sure how much Phantom Menace broke it, but the whole Fett thing really irritates me. How can Lucas commission a bunch of books and say "Ok, they're all the real story", wind up with a bunch of authors working their asses off to maintain continuity in the books, and then just turn around and throw it all away?

      If Episode 3 doesn't deliver, I say we take the franchise from Lucas, tell him he can't name himself an Artist, that's a title we have to give him, and we're taking that too.

      I'm partial to doing it anyway, even if Episode three does deliver.

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  48. Series 1 impressions: by fussili · · Score: 0

    I personally loved the whole of the elite StormTrooper assault squad episodes. Although they clearly don't stick to the Film's standard trooper proceedure. For instance, in all of the 10 minutes they were on screen not one of the squad chose to walk into a bulkhead or knock themselves unconcious on a low ceiling - that lack of attention to detail let the series down terribly. ;)

  49. Will be on tonite by bobobobo · · Score: 1

    Encore performance of the 1st season will be broadcast on Cartoon Network tonight. At 8:00 PM Pacific and 9:00 PM Pacific

  50. The Main Reason SW:CW Didn't Hit Bigger Was by wynterwynd · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The 3 minute episodes. Hands down.

    After having obtained a copy of the first season of Clone Wars and watched it all back to back I realized how much fast-forwarding they had to do to make each 3 minute episode entertaining. I for one thought the series was good, if a bit watery on plot (and who can blame them - Lucas isn't likely to give them many plot tidbits with EP3 imminent), but the action was solid and enough to satisfy in a 3-minute format. True SW fans would've liked something more robust I'm sure, but you can't stretch plot over 10 days of 3-minute shorts and expect ppl to be able to soak up deep plotlines.

    The Sith initate was cool, the action in the rest of them was pretty spiffy. All I was really looking for out of this was the Star Wars equivalent of a Kung-fu movie - all action, little story. But to my surprise, that one moment in the first season where Anakin and Amidala exchange a look as he takes off for battle displayed more real emotion and caring to me than any of the hollow-acted "love" sequences in Ep2. But then I give Hayden/Natalie the benefit of the doubt and just consider those parts to be stiff and unnatural in EP2 because he's restraining the true evil bastard he wants to be. At least I hope so, if this turns into Dawson's Galaxy at the end I'm gonna be ill.

    The 3-minute shorts didn't work for people, this isn't like the early theatres where you HAD to watch the serial shorts to see the movie. People have short attention spans these days and you'd better get everything you wanna say across while the hype waves run high.

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  51. Time by nexex · · Score: 1
    9:30 PM (E/P)

    How can it play three hours later in the pacific time zone when it is a cable/satellite channel?

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    1. Re:Time by anakin876 · · Score: 1

      because they have separate satellite streams. THere is a cartoon Network west and a Cartoon network east...or at least it works out that way. That's why Your cable company gets it at what would be 9pm ET, but your neighbors shows it at 9pm PT

  52. No it didn't... by burtonator · · Score: 1

    It premiered on Bittorrent weeks ago!

  53. What did Vader do to his Storm Troopers? by Stregone · · Score: 1

    I dunno what Darth Vader did to his storm troopers to make them suck so much. These storm troopers are almost like an army totally comprised of elite special forces.

    1. Re:What did Vader do to his Storm Troopers? by Bambi+Dee · · Score: 1

      Maybe they're afraid that if they get better they might be promoted, i.e. force-choked to death?

    2. Re:What did Vader do to his Storm Troopers? by Cryacin · · Score: 1

      Nah, inbreeding. See what it did to our friends from the south?

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  54. & when fuckface and needledick come together.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Whoo boy, will there be some two fisting fun there!

  55. I'll tell you what.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'll swap you quick access to Starwars cartoons for quick access hot Brazilian babes. Deal?:)

  56. Did anyone see the third chapter by Zakabog · · Score: 1

    And think of Quake 2 the entire time? They even destroy a giant gun that was shooting at the ships...

  57. Mods--you've been trolled by bonch · · Score: 1

    See anti-slash.org. This post is a repost using anti-slash's db tool to karma whore with. It's the link with the "db gives me easy karma!" description.

    1. Re:Mods--you've been trolled by gl4ss · · Score: 1

      sure it's 'trolly' but I never copied it from anywhere.

      It's not like I'd need any karma either, it all goes to waste anyways.

      It's just trolly because it's true.

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      world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
  58. Gendy sold out Dexter for creative freedom by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Gendy let other guys take over animation and direction of Dexter (which looks horrible now,has different voices and is completely unfunny & dumb)ruining what was a funny and smart cartoon. The original Dexter was like a great homage to old cartoons, especially Hanna-Barbera, and now it's just a name to sell a product. A lot of the Cartoon Cartoons start out edgy and funny like this as well, but then are sold out buy their creator to Cartoon Network and suck afterwards. Samurai Jack was nothing, it wasn't funny it wasn't exciting (because you can only do so much on a kids network) and Clone Wars is just as drab. The Batman cartoon a few years back was better and edgier than either of these creations. Gendy sold his greatest strength and hasn't been the same since.

  59. Should've Used Miles by LFS.Morpheus · · Score: 1

    I'm sure if you had used miles they wouldn't have noticed.

    Try it with me now...
    "I'm just over 30 miles north of the border..."

    Good! Now we can move on to step 2, using real money...

    (Just kidding, of course. ;-)

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  60. bit torrent ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    anyone got a bit torrent link?

  61. It's about the story telling. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Maybe it is the three minute limit that forces Gendy to tell it well, and cleanly.

    But stack those together and you've got a DAMN solid half hour of star wars. He took even the overdone teen angst and made it dramatic, and menacing.

    The Storm Troopers aren't a bunch of Jerry Lewis clones with mime based bodyarmour. He knows how to establish villians, and heroes alike.

    After the abortion of the first two prequels, and quite frankly the last of the original series, Gendy reminds us that there is some story worth telling still. In the hands of people with a plan beyond, "I know! Lord of The Rings in Space! But instead of Orcs we'll have Gamorians. BRILLIANT!" Star Wars is pretty special.

    If anything, this accident by Lucasfilm shows us why copyrights should have vastly more limited durations, say 20 years, so other people, more able, can embrace and extend the tales they grew up loving, and the market can in turn decide which are worth while.

  62. Is this series canon? by Jugalator · · Score: 1

    Well, is it? :-)

    Has Lucasfilm just let Cartoon Networks use the Star Wars license, or do they include a story George Lucas has actually been involved in? Only milking the cash cow or part of the story? If it's the former, I'll pay as much attention to this as I do to Pokemon. :-P

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    1. Re:Is this series canon? by The12thRonin · · Score: 2, Informative

      Yes, this is canon. There was much debate over this on the StarWars.com message boards when the episode with Kit Fisto used a lightsaber underwater.

      In the EU books, games, and the scene snipped from TPM, lightsabers do not work underwater. But none of those were canon. So, now it's official.

      The 20th episode is supposed to intro the villian for episode 3, as well.
    2. Re:Is this series canon? by Jugalator · · Score: 1

      Wow, then I've been missing out. :-)

      So I suppose they're supposed to fill the clone war gap between the movie episodes then.

      Thanks!

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  63. CloneWars direct download links. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://progressive1.stream.aol.com/turner/gl/carto on_net/starwars/phase2/chapter11/st_0bi1_dl.mov
    h ttp://progressive1.stream.aol.com/turner/gl/carto on_net/starwars/phase2/chapter11/comm_4dltzim_dl.m ov
    http://progressive1.stream.aol.com/turner/gl/c arto on_net/starwars/phase2/chapter11/320_hi_dl.mov
    ht tp://progressive1.stream.aol.com/turner/gl/carto on_net/starwars/phase2/chapter11/320_med_dl.mov
    h ttp://progressive1.stream.aol.com/turner/gl/carto on_net/starwars/phase2/chapter11/320_lo_dl.mov
    ht tp://progressive1.stream.aol.com/turner/gl/carto on_net/clonewars/phase2/chapter11/comm_320_hi_dl.m ov
    http://progressive1.stream.aol.com/turner/gl/c arto on_net/clonewars/phase2/chapter11/comm_320_med_dl. mov
    http://progressive1.stream.aol.com/turner/gl/ carto on_net/clonewars/phase2/chapter11/comm_320_lo_dl.m ov

  64. Re:High Quality, Genndy, John K.? by Koguma · · Score: 1
    I'm curious, Genndy is quite amazing, and got me so excited that I headed off to Spumco's site. Only to find a NetSol portal!

    Anyone know if Spumco is dead???

    With animators/directors like Genndy Tartakovsky, why isn't John Kricfalusi making a comeback? Looks like cartoon network would be a good home for him. Anyone know???

    All the info I Googled re. Spumco comes up with crap that's years old! Is this all that's left? :-(~

  65. You're an idiot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Just because it gets posted on anti-slash.org doesn't mean its a troll.

    How do you know its not someone trying to discredit someone else by making them think its a troll post?

    Moron.

  66. Everybody hates JAR JAR...except SUN MICROSYSTEMS by iamcf13 · · Score: 1

    Lame Java joke I know.

    James Gosling created a somewhat viable programming language in an effort to have code that you 'write once, run everywhere'.

    My experience with Java has been problematic at best. I was in a programming situation a few years ago where I had to write a piece of some mission-critical code in Java!

    It was a drawn-out nightmare akin to 'death by a thousand papercuts' but with help I was able to get the code up and running. One bright spot was that Java's syntax is very similar to C of which I have written thousands of and thousands of lines of it using Microsoft Visual C++.

    I like programming in the 'programmer is king' environment of C. When done properly, one can code efficient, high-performance software in C.

    Not so in Java with its interpretive nature, syntatic verbosity in places, and the way it handholds the programmer by generating compile-time errors that wouldn't occur or appear to the equivalent C compiler.

    Java is nice as a teaching programming language like Pascal (which I've used in the distant past) but when you need an industrial strength, high-performance programming language that doesn't attempt to second-guess the programmer, C is hard to beat.