Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Complete Season One
by Atsushi Takeuchi, Bosco Ng, Brian O'Connell, Dave Bullock, Dave Filoni
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Actor: Catherine Taber, Corey Burton, Dee Bradley Baker, James Arnold Taylor, Matthew WoodDirector: Atsushi Takeuchi, Bosco Ng, Brian O'Connell, Dave Bullock, Dave Filoni
Brand: Star Wars
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); French (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 503 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-11-03
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- The Clone Wars goes back to the original Star Wars film when Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Luke Skywalker that he was once a Jedi knight the same as your father and that they fought together in the Clone Wars. Since that moment fans have been obsessed with what the clone wars were. This new TV series takes place immediately after the events of Star Wars-Episode II: Attack of the Clones. The series fo
DVD Reviews of Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Complete Season One
DVD Review: Great Show, but... Eh? Where'd Grievous Go?
Summary: 4 Stars
Star Wars, ever since I've been a kid, has taken my life and flipped it right-side up. The mesh between drama, action and science fiction has such a unique quality only someone as brilliant as George Lucas could create. I'm proud that he has expanded his universe from as far as toys to video games so his fans can cherish more and more wonderful moments. Every movie and every comic book introduces numerous amounts of characters. One in 'general' catches my eye...
Now Lucas has produced and supervised something revolutionary for Star Wars: a show that runs daily. I have to admit, I had wished Lucas would put the 'Clone Wars concept' to rest and make the show's time-line during the Empire's time, but I decided to let it go, seeing one of my favorite characters in the trailers.
I watched the show and was fairly impressed. Every episode held the same great writing that smooths along the bread that is the Star Wars universe. Lucas had said before that he had wanted to introduce new characters, as well as dive into less-famous ones. In fact, in "The Clone Wars'" 22 episodes, the show spread all over the galaxy, exploring new worlds and characters. That being said, I can now honestly say that I did not look forward to any new planets, new weapons or new characters. I looked forward for someone in particular.
The DVDs by itself is well worth the buy, oozing with special features and commentary most die-hard Star Wars fans like myself will be drooling over. It has even been released in Blu-Ray, offering a richer and more visually-appealing experience for fans willing to cough-up an extra $20-or-so. I've covered the show, how great it is and what the DVD has to offer. Now I'll discuss the main reason why I even bother with this show, and Star Wars, in the first place.
*THE FOLLOWING IS MY OPINION EXCLUSIVELY OVER THE MANAGEMENT OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTER*
Throughout the Star Wars saga, I've had my share of obsessions over Star Wars' many bad-asses: Boba Fett, Darth Vader, Durge! But no one captures my imagination as much as the one and only General Grievous does. Since his first epic entrance in the cartoon series, I've wanted to see him more and more. In his first appearance, his character is portrayed as a military genius capable of wielding, at the most, 5 lightsabers at a time (4 in each arm and one in his foot)! Grievous was head-strong, practically unstoppable and annihilated everything in his path.
Along with the cartoon series, George Lucas was preparing the final missing chapter: Episode III. Figuring that Grievous would be a confirmed character, I'd stay up all night sketching battle-scenes and wondering how many Jedi's sabers Grievous could add to his collection. But, to my disappointment, Episode III came out with half of Girevous. He still had the same visually-appealing look and an even-cooler commanding voice, but he was so toned-down his awesomeness was nearly transparent.
It made me question logic. Surely Lucas saw Grievous in the cartoons, which came at least a year or two before the movie. Couldn't Lucas keep consistency? It broke my nerdy heart to see Grievous hacking up hairballs for his 30 minutes of screen-time. Or maybe Genndy Tartakovsky, the creator of the cartoons, should have made Grievous less over-powered so he hadn't given people high expectations and anger fans such as myself?
Regardless, I looked forward to watch Clone Wars. I looked forward for Grievous to be redeemed and to finally be able to brag to my friends about how many faces he'd step on. Then things just got from bad to worse.
Grievous was introduced in the season's second episode (I won't go on to spoil anything for people who have yet to see it) and I wanted to literally beat the snot out of Lucas. Now, more than ever, Grievous fits into the tiers of bumbling droids. He's clumsy, he's 'fleeing' by the end of every episode he stars in, and he might have to be treated with the best anger-management courses offered in the galaxy.
Not only that, but Grievous was only featured in 7 out of the 22 episodes. Now obviously, he can't be in every single one, but you'd think that the Separatist's "Supreme Commander" would be present in major battle situations that the show is revolved around (it is the Clone "Wars"). Also, Lucas and his 'expanding universe' might be on the verge of buckling under its own weight. With fans contributing their own pieces of history to Star Wars every year, timelines grow confusing. Anything not officially confirmed is just rejected and labeled as 'canon' (even Genndy Tartakovsky's cartoons stray away from story lines already established). But now, Clone Wars has the right to expand. It 'needs' to if it wishes to hold up against other Cartoon Network programs. I'm not necessarily angry at the show itself, I just wish a show that promises expansion and character-development would stop being narrow-minded and focus on characters already established. Grievous, for instance.
*I'M DONE RAMBLING LIKE AN ANGRY NERD. THE REST IS PURELY OVER REVIEW ON THE DVD BOX SET*
Getting to the real point, the show is great and has a good reason for being so successful. It's thought-out well and offers new bedtime stories for the kiddies this show was intended for. Everyone has their place: the Jedi are the heroes, the droids and Grievous are the victims of their success.
As for Grievous, this has been the 'second' time Star Wars has failed to realize it's full potential with their murder-crazed, psychotic cyborg. Nevertheless, I can only tell myself four simple words that help me sleep better: "There's always season two."
Description of Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Complete Season One
The "Clone Wars" goes back to the original Star Wars film when Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Luke Skywalker that he was once a Jedi knight the same as your father and that they fought together in the Clone Wars. Since that moment fans have been obsessed with what the clone wars were. This new TV series takes place immediately after the events of Star Wars-Episode II: Attack of the Clones. The series follows Obi-Wan Kenobi and his apprentice Anakin Skywalker and introduces us to some new characters such as Ahsoka Tano a girl Jedi knight as well as characters we already know.The thrilling 3-D CGI animated series The Clone Wars serves as impressive proof that George Lucas's Star Wars universe could translate to a weekly television series that wouldn't lose the scope, imagination, or sense of adventure of the features. Like the 2008 feature film of the same name, the 22 episodes that compose the series' debut season (2008-2009) cover the action between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Here Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and the latter's Padawan, 14-year-old Ahsoka Tano (who takes some getting used to), along with a complex cast of supporting characters from the Galactic Republic (including R2-D2 and C-3PO, again voiced by Anthony Daniels), battle the Separatists, which count members of the Sith and other adherents to the Dark Side of the Force among its ranks. The action is plentiful and the scripts rich with the quasi-mystical and eminently quotable dialogue on which the Star Wars saga has earned its legendary status; one can imagine only the most stringent purist or CGI detractor finding fault with the first season of The Clone Wars.
The handsomely packaged four-disc set for season 1 includes a wealth of extras for those wishing to dig even deeper into the Clone Wars experience. Chief among the pleasant surprises is the widescreen aspect ratio for each episode, which gives greater depth and exposure to every single frame. Seven episodes are listed as Director's Cuts, which translates as an extra minute or two of action or dialogue--not earth-shattering, but they certainly enhance the enjoyment of each episode. Short featurettes, ranging between 5 and 7 minutes, accompany each episode and discuss production notes, character design, and other detail; these are expanded versions of the commentaries by supervising director Dave Filoni that were featured on StarWars.com, with additional contributions by series writer Henry Gilroy and sound designer David Acord, as well as new comments by Filoni. And there's a 64-page book of artwork from the series, including storyboards, concept design, and matte paintings, built into the body of the packaging itself. For the Easter Egg-inclined, a surprise awaits on each disc, including trailers for season 2 and animatics. --Paul Gaita
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