I don’t know why, but I’m not feelin’ the new trailer for Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I do love the look of the animation, and there’s plenty of awe-inspiring spectacle, as usual, in the Lucasverse. But I’m not sure if I’m going to care enough about the story. Something about Darth Sidious/Senator Palpatine embroiling Obi-Wan, Anakin, and the rest of the Jedi in a war sparked by the kidnapping of Jabba the Hutt’s son.* The stakes just don’t seem high enough, especially since we know already how this all plays out (the movie takes place during the gap between Episode II — Attack of the Clones and Episode III — Revenge of the Sith. The second half of the trailer is all battle scenes and explosions, and while I’m always up for some lightsaber dueling (Darth Maul may have died in Episode I, but his double-bladed ’saber is apparently still wreaking havoc), I’m worried that the film will consist largely of action sequences meant to distract from busy plotting and thin characterizations.
Not that any of this is going to stop me from lining up to see the movie on Aug. 15, mind you.
Tell me, PopWatchers, am I being overly pessimistic? The Clone Wars TV ‘toon was really good, but it came in small doses. Can the feature be as involving? Are you more willing than I am to give the Lucasfilm team the benefit of the doubt, especially after geeking out on this clip? Comment below, my young padawans.
*Um, so how do you kidnap a Hutt-sized creature? And Jabba has a son? Does that mean there’s a Mrs. Jabba? How do Hutts reproduce, anyway? And do I really want to know the answer to that question? Ewww.
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It looks and sounds, both in content and detail,like a trailer for an upcoming game rather than a movie.
i, too, liked the animated series, but i have never been with this film. the trailer doesn’t help. i just don’t like the animation.
this must mean something…I am a huge Star Wars fan and my birthday is August 15.Connection…no…i don’t know my feelings about the movie yet but i liked the animated ones so i hope it’s voiced by the actors
It shall be the greatest story ever told…
In static shots, I wasn’t too impressed with the character designs, but now having seen them in motion I am changing my mind. Everything looks great. The trailer was exciting. Can’t wait for August.
I am looking forward to seeing more of Anakin as a “good” Jedi. I loved the close chemistry of he and Obi in the beginning of Episode 3. Although the ending is so sad (even though it was preordained) that I cannot bring myself to watch it anymore.
I think it looks terrific and I have no problem with heavy action and “thin” characterization. What do you want, Shakespeare?
My major thing is it looks too much like the intro scenes to a PS2 game. Cooler than PS1, not quite as cool as a movie movie should be. I kept expect them to stop and sink into a first person view.
As to how Hutts reproduce, AC Crispin wrote about in his really awesome Han Solo Trilogy (not to be confused with the Han Solo Adventures Trilogy). Basically, when they want to become pregnant, they just change gender and spit out a baby asexually (and no, they don’t literally spit).
I could give a frogs fatt patootie what people say about plot and how the film is animated. Its star wars and for the true fan its another chapter to look foreword too..hell yeah ill be going to see it. No ones forceing (pardon the pun) those of you who are having problems with script and animation to go see it…me personally, I cannot wait.
HILARIOUS trailer. Especially the premise! Glad to know that the Hutts reproduce without um,doing the Wild Thing. I was laughing all during the trailer–THANKS FOR THE LAUGHS! The premise is ROFLMAO.
I’m all prequelled out. Now,if the second “Hobbit” movie is all about Frodo&Galadriel’s passionate love,then I’ll see it.
UHH..SUSAN? IF YOU WERE ALREADY “PREQUELLED” OUT..WHY BOTHER WATCHING THE TRAILER NOT TO MENTION TAKE THE TIME…AT MIDNIGHT ON A FRIDAY TO POST A COMMENT? I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE GET UGLY ABOUT A MOVIE AND FEEL THE NEED TO POST A COMMENT….BUT I GUESS IN AMERICA THATS ONE OF YOUR FREEDOMS. LIKE I SAID BELOW, TRUE STAR WARS FANS WONT CARE, ITS ANOTHER MOVIE AND IT WILL BE FUN, LIKE ALL THE OTHERS…SOMEONE NEEDS TO GET LAID I THINK.
Wasn’t Jabba a gangster? Why would the government give a crap about his son? How much power can Jabba really have?
This looks like a 2001 video game…computer animation has come a long way, Lucas should be moving it forward not making it look RETRO, Playstation 1.
Bottom line ladies and gentlemen this is another piece of the story. Being 32 and just finding this on accident I can tell U that 4 true fans any piece of this story played out right b4 your eyes is a dream come true. 4 those of U that understand there was a day when we thought that it was done with Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi… With the idea that George wasn’t going 2 do anything with it or let anyone else touch it. At this point I’ll take claymation figures as long as I get 2 watch more of the story.
While I agree that it has a video game cut scene quality to it, I don’t have a problem with that at all. I actually have grown to like the way it looks (for a while, I was weirded out by the eyes and hair of the people, but everything else looks awesome). My only concern now is that they’re not showing much of people talking, and what they have shown looks janky. I really hope mouths line up with words somewhat convincingly…that’s a bit of a pet peeve of mine.
Also, Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars mini-episodes were bite-sized works of art that added up to a perfectly satisfying meal. I don’t expect anything else to match them. I did enjoy all of the prequels, though, plus the original movies and some of the video games and books, so I reckon I’ll enjoy this too!
theres so many characters that have connections with each other. for example, in Episode1 (greedo who gets shot by han solo) is anakins friend, the scene where everyone is gathered around anakins pod racer. greedo is in that scene. what im trying to say is that Emperor palpatine uses everyone as a distraction(s) so that his evil plot wont be revealed. jabba has alot to do with the different connections. jabba was once anakins onwer, & the other reason why hes so important is because the hutts aka jabba were influential that the hutts controled the commerce on entire worlds scattered throughout the Outer Rim and elsewhere. jabba would benefit sidious in a few ways. 1. fuel anakins hate because he once was owned by jabba, 2. money, 3. he a distraction; sidious orders dooku to kidnap hutts son it tears the galaxy apart further. im sure there are more reasons im to tired to think of any more. i hope this helped email me if you want to discuss anything further…. =)
fett head dont talk in caps, it makes u look like a jerk. as for this clone wars series, my biggest concern is lack of character depth. sure from the movies we already know alot of the characters, but i think id like to see them talking. and as for what we have already seen with the hutts son taken, who cares? why should anyone care? the republic has this massive army to easily counter all hutt forces, and so they shouldnt even be a player in this time of star wars (20 BBY).
i hope they dont go too much on the hutts, even though that was the only thing talked about in the trailer.
I really didn’t care for the latest Star Wars Prequel trilogy. I am happy with the original three. In the latest trilogy, the dialogue was as bad as ever, acting robotic, and all three movies contained the worst plots. I am not excited about this new venture because it will probably be the same thing. Great action, but that’s it. The new rice cakes of Sci-Fi…just blah.
I am still trying to wipe clean the memory of Hayden Christensen’s atrocious acting.
I can’t believe how bad that looks. I’m still irate over the fact that the Clone Wars weren’t depicted in the prequels, so we never got a chance to see Anakin do anything cool.
And why would anyone care about Jabba’s son? Ew. Now I have to think about Jabba having sex.
The place to run is behind anakin and Obi-Wan
As a die hard Star Wars fan, I can not wait to see this on the big screen. Of course its going to be awesome, and even if it isn’t, I’ll still say it is!
As a life-long SW fan, I found myself surprisingly blasé when they announced this animated feature. There’s a certain element of suspense that’ll be missing since we know how things will ultimately turn out for all the pre-exisiting characters. That said, seeing the trailer has actually sparked some enthusiam for me. The style of animation suits the material. But how weird is it going to be watching this thing and NOT hearing the 20th Century Fox Fanfare at the beginning? A Warner Bros. logo instead? That just feels wrong, you know?
EW doing what it does best – trashing a movie before it comes out.
The reason the reblic cares about Jaaba is the CIS has cut of many trade routes but Jaaba has his own secert ones so if you have an allinance with Jaaba you can most likely use his trade routes.
Marc wrote:
“There’s a certain element of suspense that’ll be missing since we know how things will ultimately turn out for all the pre-exisiting characters”
WHAT? Since Episode I you knew the outcome of the majority of the characters in Star Wars. You knew anikan would become Darth Vader, you knew Obi Wan would survive and go into hiding, you knew Yoda would survive and go into hiding, and the rest of the Jedi would die. Where was the surprise in Episode I – III?
I hate the animation.
I hate that the movie is even animated at all.
I don’t care about Jabba’s kid. i hate that this is all still prequel material (didn’t those suck?) Who cares, we know how it all ends up, anyway.
It annoys me when people claim being a “true” fan means eating up anything and everything with a Star Wars name attached, without thinking twice.
God forbid a “true” fan actually have standards and expect quality stories.
These prequels have ruined what I once loved. Are we going to follow Anakin on every little freakin adventure he had from now on? I miss Luke and Leia
I’ll see it. You know what really bothered me about this trailer? Seeing the Warner Bros logo at the start, instead of 20th Century Fox. It’s just wrong.
This trailer inspires me to yawn, “Who cares?” And Jabba’s son? The plot surrounds Jabba’s son!? That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. Sounds like th premise for a mediocre video game. Go back to the drawing board and give us something note-worthy if you’re going to charge us money for this.