Clone Wars multimedia project

The Clone Wars multimedia project was a project by Lucasfilm, in conjunction with Del Rey, Dark Horse, and LucasArts, to tell the story of the Clone Wars. Set largely between Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (in terms of both in-universe and real life chronology), the Clone Wars multimedia project (similar to the earlier Shadows of the Empire and New Jedi Order) attempted to tell the story through books, comics, television, and video games.

Books and Short Stories
Shatterpoint by Matthew Stover was the first Clone Wars novel, released on June 3rd, 2003. It was soon followed by The Cestus Deception, Medstar I: Battle Surgeons,Medstar II: Jedi Healer, Jedi Trial, and finally by Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, released on November 23rd, 2004.

A number of short stories and e-books were also written as part of the Clone Wars series. These were: The Hive, Storm Fleet Warnings, Equipment, and Duel (the last three of which were formed into the Hasbro Short Story Collection).

Although Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Republic Commando: Hard Contact, Republic Commando: Triple Zero, [Labyrinth of Evil]], Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, and Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader are set in this era and cover the Clone Wars, they are not considered part of the Clone Wars book series.

All Clone Wars books were published by Del Rey.

Comics
The comics segment of the Clone Wars storyline was told primarily through the Star Wars: Republic serial, starting with Issue 49 (four issues after the comic had been renamed from Star Wars to Star Wars: Republic) and continuing until the final Issue 83.

The five-part Obsession and Jedi comics, and the Brothers In Arms and Purge one-shots, were tie-ins to the Republic Clone Wars storyline. Together, the comics were collected into a series of nine trade-paperback volumes, appropriately titled Clone Wars.

In addition, a collection of six Clone Wars Adventures comics, based on the art of the TV show, were also released. Several of the stories from latter Star Wars Tales also tied into the Clone Wars storyline, with varying levels of continuity. From May to September 2002, the Jango Fett: Open Seasons comic (the counterpart to the Bounty Hunter) game was released; while not part of the Clone wars series, it depicted the events that led to the creation of the clone army.

All Clone Wars comics were published by Dark Horse.

Television

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The television aspect of the Clone Wars project was carried out by Star Wars: Clone Wars. Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, this "micro-series" consisted at first of two seasons (Season 1, from November 7th to 20th of 2003, and Season 2, from March 26th to April 8th of 2004), each consisting of ten three-minute episodes. In addition to movie characters, the show used several characters from the Star Wars: Republic comics from Dark Horse, and was notable for introducing the character of General Grievous in Chapter 20. After the first two seasons won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Animated Program," they were continued into Season 3, consisting of five 12-to-15 minute episodes. These episodes detailed the leading up to Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Although criticzed by fans (primarily for not being consistent with the Episode III tie-in novel, Labyrinth of Evil) they were also a hit, and led to George Lucas announcing plans to continue the show as a half-hour, 3D cartoon sometine around 2007.

The collected episodes of the show were made available in DVD form in Clone Wars Volume I and Clone Wars Volume II. The style of animation for the show was the inspiration for the Clone Wars Adventures comics. Many of the show's voice-actors would go on to reprise their character(s) roles for various Clone Wars-related computer games, or had come from such roles to the show.

Video Games
The majority of Clone Wars games were released in 2002. Jedi Starfighter was released March 10 of that year, with Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns released shortly after Episode II and The Clone Wars on November 28 of that year. Also released in 2002 was Bounty Hunter, a game that centered on the buildup to the clone army's formation and a tie-in to the Jango Fett: Open Season comic.

Battlefront, which contained several levels depicting both original and movie, comic, or game-based Clone Wars battles, was released on September 20th, 2004. The sequel, Battlefront II, again with Clone Wars missions, was released on November 1st, 2005.

Other games depicting the Clone Wars are Republic Commando (released on March 1st, 2005) and the Episode III game (May 5th, 2005).

Many of the computer game characters had the same voice actors as those who played them in the Star Wars: Clone Wars show.