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Animated Film Set To Kick Off Star Wars TV Show

Posted by Zonk on from the could-be-worse-i-guess dept.

Sasseen writes "George Lucas has announced that the animated Star Wars television show, which we've discussed previously, will be kicking off with a feature-length theatre release. Lucas felt that, 'there were a lot more 'Star Wars' stories left to tell. I was eager to start telling some of them through animation and, at the same time, push the animation forward.' A fully animated film will be released in theaters on August 15 with a TV series of more than 30 episodes planned to follow on Cartoon Network and TNT. Also of note from the article, 'A new character named Ahsoka, Anakin's padawan, will be the first female Jedi to be a character of focus'."

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  1. Unfair by mfh · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    That is an unfair translation. Lucas doesn't make this stuff for money alone. Sure he is in business, but he truly loves the rich detail and intricate delivery of his stories. I think it's easy to throw a pie at a person of influence, but it's harder to accept that they have better values than many of us.

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    1. Re:Unfair by mfh · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      What do you have to deal with when you are famous? People who attack you BECAUSE you are famous?

      Seems like it's a small world after all.

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