A noisy, hectic and largely unthrilling adventure.
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The Clone Wars (2008)
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Reviews Counted:149
Fresh:28
Rotten:121
Average Rating:4.1/10
Consensus: Mechanical animation and a less-than stellar script make The Clone Wars a pale shadow of George Lucas' once great franchise.
Theatrical Release:15-08-2008
Synopsis: On the front lines of an intergalactic struggle between good and evil, fans young and old will join such favorite characters as Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala, along with... [More]
Starring: Ian Abercrombie, Anthony Daniels, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee
Director: Dave Filoni
Reviews for The Clone Wars
George Lucas is turning into the enemy of fun.
08/15/08
The saddest attempt yet to capitalize on the success of George Lucas' original sci-fi epic.
08/15/08
CGI Star Wars saga is dull, despite action.
08/15/08
The film has several of the same problems that afflicted Lucas's live-action prequels — there are stiff, almost cardboard performances, some tin-eared dialogue and a few moments of cornball humor.
08/15/08
If it was free, perhaps fans wouldn't judge it so harshly. They'd also be able to change the channel.
08/15/08
The Clone Wars may introduce a younger generation to the franchise - while chasing away existing "Star Wars" fans.
08/15/08
Lucas can't seem to let it go. He is like a preacher with a four-point sermon on Sunday's second service. The fourth time through point four and you've zonked out.
08/15/08
...Saturday morning rugrat bait...
08/15/08
George Lucas's fixation on this saga has gone past commercial smarts into full-blown monomania. With all the money and power he has at his disposal, here he is once again fobbing the same leaden dialogue and nonvisionary visuals at us.
08/15/08
Has it come to this? Has the magical impact of George Lucas' original vision of Star Wars been reduced to the level of Saturday morning animation?
08/15/08
Top CriticWithout the grandiose narrative structure of the six live-action releases, this feels even more pointless, a mechanical attempt to milk the kids for every last dime.
08/15/08
It's difficult to say whether the dialogue or the characters are more wooden.
08/15/08
The latest example of how the franchise keeps frustratingly spurning the magical simplicity of the original trilogy.
08/15/08
Young audiences will lap it up like ice cream, and its good humor and faith in the Force will put adults in a Saturday-morning frame of mind even at midnight showings.
08/15/08
In our new tween-dominated star economy, with Miley Cyrus and other Disney Channel starlets printing money, I suppose it was inevitable that the shamelessly market-savvy Lucas would seize an opportunity to do the same.
08/15/08
Kids will enjoy it, fans will tolerate it, geeks will feel obligated to love it, and cynics will note that at least Jar Jar doesn't make an appearance.
08/15/08
Clone Wars was executive-produced by George Lucas, who may be feeling a tad sheepish about the results.
08/15/08
The inaugural animated Star Wars feels and looks every bit as introductory as a foundational attempt could be. The animated format, though, actually manages to dial down the dreadful acting and makes it more tolerable than the human format.
08/15/08
If Star Wars: The Clone Wars were a simple board game stacked up in a toy store aisle, the side of the box would read: "Ages 7 through Check Your Star Wars Ego at the Door."
08/15/08
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