Star Wars: The Clone Wars

PG

Released Aug 15, 2008

1h 38m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

Action

Fantasy

Animation

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19%

172 Reviews

Tomatometer

40%

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As more star systems get swept into the Clone Wars, the valiant Jedi knights struggle to maintain order. Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano embark on a mission that brings them face-to-face with Jabba the Hutt. Plotting against them is evil Count Dooku and his agent, Asajj Ventress, who would ensure that the Jedis fail. Meanwhile, Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi lead the clone army against the forces of the Dark Side.

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Critics Consensus

Mechanical animation and a less-than stellar script make The Clone Wars a pale shadow of George Lucas' once great franchise.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

The movie really is just a series of long emotionless action scenes. That's really all this movie is.

Rated: C-

May 1, 2018

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Joe Williams

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The "Star Wars" franchise has become what the marketing executive always thought: an excuse to steal money from children. The Lucas empire has finally succumbed to the Dark Side.

Jan 4, 2018

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Michael Ordoña

Los Angeles Times

Despite some absolutely gorgeous animation and adjusting expectations for what Clone Wars is meant to be, the Force is not strong with this one.

Nov 16, 2015

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Christian Eulinberg

InSession Film

This is a film I always find myself going back to due to its comedic moments and amazing action scenes.

Sep 26, 2023

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Not a friendly flick for anyone who hasn't stayed on top of the Bunyanesque, expanded universe timeline.

Rated: 5/10

Nov 28, 2020

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Far from awful but woefully disappointing.

Rated: 2.0/4.0

Sep 24, 2020

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Ash P

Okay, as first time I've seen this, I do see why folks do not like this film. Now, I wouldn't say it's worse than say Phantom Menace or Caravan of Courage. Still some solid animation, some decent action and I do enjoy the bonding between master and padawan with Anakin and Ahsoka since this is her debut. Of course, the story is a mess and it does drag on a bit while a bit rushed in a few spots, even when this is a prequel for the series itself. All this was an hour and a half long episode, more or less. I have seen worse films and I do say this is one of the weakest films of the whole Star Wars franshice. 4/10.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/12/24

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the edmerald m

So before airing The Clone Wars tv show, Lucasfilm decided it would be a smart idea to take three or four of their already finished episodes and combine them into one movie. Unfortunately, these were not four good episodes. This was the first introduction of Ahsoka Tano, who is now regarded as one of the greatest Star Wars characters. But she got off to a very rough start in this movie. Rotta the Hutt was also not helping this movie. No one wanted to see a baby Jabba. But yet here we are. As we all know, the animation for The Clone Wars wasn’t the greatest at first. This movie was an hour and a half of that animation. If this was a tv movie, I would have cut it some slack. But since Lucasfilm released this to theaters, and wanted people to pay to watch this, I will cut it very little slack. Overall, this movie is not the worst thing ever made. But it has more weaknesses than it does strengths. 4/10

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/28/24

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Aiden P

Overall an extremely rushed an flawed movie. Forever paints a bad light on the masterpiece that is the TV show that this movie kicked off.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/18/24

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Platty the Perrypus W

Wow, that flopped. Clearly the TV show follow-up isn't gonna be successful, right?

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/06/24

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Chris M

Another great addition to the saga. Loved it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/24/24

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Sebastian S

This movie was awfully boring and it looked liked a TV show episode not a movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/17/24

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Dave Filoni

Director

Matt Lanter

Annakin Skywalker

Ashley Eckstein

Ahsoka Tano

James Arnold Taylor

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Dee Bradley Baker

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Tom Kane

Yoda

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Synopsis

As more star systems get swept into the Clone Wars, the valiant Jedi knights struggle to maintain order. Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano embark on a mission that brings them face-to-face with Jabba the Hutt. Plotting against them is evil Count Dooku and his agent, Asajj Ventress, who would ensure that the Jedis fail. Meanwhile, Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi lead the clone army against the forces of the Dark Side.

Director: Dave Filoni
Producer: George Lucas
Screenwriter: Henry Gilroy, Steven Melching, Scott Murphy
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Lucasfilm Ltd.
Rating: PG (Momentary Smoking|Brief Language|Sci-Fi Action Violence Through)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 15, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $456.8K
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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