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Over time, George Lucas’s 10/10 Star Wars the show continues to get better. While the franchise started with the original Star Wars movie Released in 1977, television shows have become increasingly important, particularly after Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012. Before The Force Awakens in 2015, animation Star Wars Rebels helped launch Disney-era Stories in 2014.
Another animated series, Resistance to Star Warshelped flesh out the sequel trilogy films. The launch of Disney+ then led to the the franchise’s first live-action spectacle, The Mandalorianand its success opened the door for more live-action series on the streaming platform, including Andor, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka, The AcolyteAnd Skeleton crew. However, one of the franchise’s best shows started before Rebels, ResistanceAnd The Mandalorian.
The Clone Wars is a 10/10 Star Wars show
One of the best of all time Star Wars watch East The Clone Warscreated and produced by George Lucas. Set between Attack of the Clones And Revenge of the Siththe animated series uses multi-episode arcs to explore different characters and planets throughout the Galactic War. It features familiar characters like Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, and Darth Sidious, but also introduces individuals like Ahsoka Tano and Captain Rex who have become an integral part of the franchise.
Although jumping between arcs may seem disorienting at first for those more accustomed to linear storytelling, this narrative style allows the series to more fully showcase the effects of the Clone Wars and its impact on various characters and worlds. The show is accessible to younger and older audiences and entertaining in its own right, but it also highlights the prequel trilogy films and the entire saga. From Anakin’s fall to the dark side to the execution of Order 66, invaluable context and clarity is provided for crucial plotlines and events.
Each season of The Clone Wars is compelling, but the storytelling and animation quality continue to improve as the series progresses, with the Mortis, Umbara, and Siege of Mandalore arcs being some of the best stories of all. Star Wars. This naturally contributed to many fans’ frustration when the series was canceled after five seasons and after Disney’s acquisition. A shortened season 6 was released, and then years later a seventh and final season was released that concluded the story.
Most of the best Star Wars stories from the Disney era wouldn’t exist without the Clone Wars
The Clone Wars has always been great, but it just keeps getting better because of how it shaped many of the best new Star Wars stories that have come out since the Disney acquisition. Dave Filoni, who was the showrunner of The Clone Warsrod Star Wars Rebelswhich continues the journeys of Ahsoka, Rex, Maul and other key characters.
The clone group known as the Bad Batch was intended to be part of The Clone Wars before its cancellation. Not only do they play an important role in Season 7 released on Disney+, but they also have their own series, which ran for three seasons, and is a fascinating exploration of what happens to the Republic clones after the war and during the early days of the Empire’s rule.
On the live-action side, The Clone Wars dives deep into the Mandalorians, which helped pave the way for The Mandalorian to show. After initially being introduced in Lucas and Filoni’s animated series, Ahsoka and Bo-Katan Kryze make their live-action debut in The Mandalorian season 2, and Ahsoka even got her own show. In the movies, The Clone Wars the character Saw Gerrera is a notable character in Thief Oneand later made a memorable return in Andor.
Much of the upcoming list for Star Wars in 2026 and beyond would also not exist without The Clone Wars. Maul – Lord of Shadows is the upcoming animated series, The Mandalorian and Grogu is the first film in the franchise since 2019, and Ahsoka season 2 is on the way. The Mandalorian and Grogu will even feature the long-awaited return of Rotta the Hutt, a character introduced in The Clone Wars film which essentially served as a pilot for the series.
- Release date
- 2008 – 2020-00-00
- Network
- Cartoon Network, Netflix, Disney+
- Showrunner
- Dave Filoni
- Directors
- Brian Kalin O’Connell, Steward Lee, Giancarlo Volpe, Bosco ng, Danny Keller, Rob Coleman, Justin Ridge, Nathaniel Villanueva, Saul Ruiz, Jesse Yeh, Duwayne Dunham, Atshi Takeuchi, Robert Dalva, Walter Murch
- Writers
- Katie Lucas, Christian Taylor, Brent V. Friedman, Matt Michnovetz, Drew Z. Greenberg, Steven Melching, Chris Collins, Charles Murray, Eoghan Mahony, Bonnie Mark, Craig W. Van Sickle, Daniel Arkin, Jose Molina, Steven Long Mitchell, Cameron Litvack, George Krstic, Carl Ellsworth, Craig Titley, Julie Siege, Jonathan W. Rinzler, Ben Edlund, Douglas Petrie, Kevin D. Campbell, Kevin Rubio
Cast
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Tom Kane
Narrator / Yoda / Medical Droid / Yularen / Kraken (voice)
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