Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Take Star Wars Away From Lucas - Clone Wars
~Keep in mind I write this without seeing "Revenge of the Sith". I pray with every midichlorian (sic) in my body that this movie redeems the series.~
Last night I watched "The Clone Wars" cartoon on DVD. Yes, all of the episodes presented in one long 45 minute arc, sans commercial breaks, sans the network logo in the lower right corner of the screen, and sans Jar-Jar Binks and it...was...GLORIOUS.
This is what the first two-episodes should have been. Jedi Knights kicking ass across the galaxy. They were still able to make Anakin a whiney bitch and Obi-Wan was still an arrogant bastard. But the Clone Wars cartoon made it interesting.
For the unitiated, the cartoon aired on the Cartoon Network chunked out into 12 minute story arcs. Each arc focusing on a separate campaign in the Clone War. The element ties these vignettes together outside of the war is the emperor and Dooku trying to pull Anakin to the dark side.
There are two moments inparticular that were visually stunning and left my jaw on the floor.
Last night I watched "The Clone Wars" cartoon on DVD. Yes, all of the episodes presented in one long 45 minute arc, sans commercial breaks, sans the network logo in the lower right corner of the screen, and sans Jar-Jar Binks and it...was...GLORIOUS.
This is what the first two-episodes should have been. Jedi Knights kicking ass across the galaxy. They were still able to make Anakin a whiney bitch and Obi-Wan was still an arrogant bastard. But the Clone Wars cartoon made it interesting.
For the unitiated, the cartoon aired on the Cartoon Network chunked out into 12 minute story arcs. Each arc focusing on a separate campaign in the Clone War. The element ties these vignettes together outside of the war is the emperor and Dooku trying to pull Anakin to the dark side.
There are two moments inparticular that were visually stunning and left my jaw on the floor.
- One of the twelve minute arcs focused on Mace Windu. The action with him fighting the droid armies of the sepratists was some of the greatest fight choreography captured on television.
- Second was when Anakin was in a stalemate with a Sith apprentice sent to attack him. The two battle for a few minutes and then end up staring at one another, one waiting for the other to make the next move. Rain starts to fall. Have you ever seen and heard rain fall on a lightsabre? Neither had I before this. The two stared at each other for what felt like hours. There was more emotion between these two animated characters than between Anakin and Padme in all of Episode II.
If you are a Star Wars fan and haven't seen the "Clone Wars" you are a dam fool.
