Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an animated feature film that will debut the later television series of the same name. It will be released on August 15, 2008. According to Dave Filoni, the film will focus on (in reference to Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi) "the mission they are sent on, which brings them together as a mentor and student". A key plot point of the film will be a mission involving the Jedi with Jabba the Hutt and his son.

Production
Lucas and crew had the idea for a film after viewing some of the already completed footage on the big screen. Additionally, Warner Brothers had tracked the series' development from the beginning, and decided on a theatrical launch after viewing some footage.

The music is being composed by Kevin Kiner

Release
At Hasbro's fall 2007 analyst event, it was announced that Star Wars: The Clone Wars would have a "theatrical launch" on August 8, 2008, with it beginning to be shown on TV during that fall. Although Lucasfilm had previously announced that it would produce an animated feature film in 2008, when initially asked for confirmation, a LFL representative replied that "It's one of the many things being discussed but we have no decisions yet. For us it's all about finding a creative way to launch a creative TV series." At ToyFare 2008, a LEGO official announced that an animated feature film would be released in the UK in September 2008, and would be made up of the first three episodes of the series, with regular episodes airing later on television on an at-the-time unrevealed channel. Another report incorrectly stated that the film might have been made up of four episodes of the series.

It was officially announced on February 12, 2008 that the feature film will be released in theaters on August 15, 2008, with the TV series debuting in the fall. The studio also has the home video rights, and has already planned a DVD release of the film and TV series. Warner Bros. showed a preview of the film in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 13, 2008. Lucas attended the event and held a question and answer session. The first theatrical trailer debuted on May 8, 2008 on five separate Turner Network channels. It will also be released with Speed Racer. According to SpikeTV producer Terry Minogue, the channel will ultimately debut the film on television at some point after its theatrical release.

Dave Filoni has been interviewed several times about the film and series, in which he explains the importance of the new character Ahsoka Tano.

Voice cast

 * Anthony Daniels as C-3PO.
 * Ashley Drane as Ahsoka Tano.
 * Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu
 * Tom Kane as Yoda.
 * Matthew Wood as General Grievous and the battle droids.
 * Corey Burton as Count Dooku
 * Seth Green (rumored) to be Jar Jar Binks

Crew

 * Steward Lee&mdash;storyboard artist

Characters

 * Padmé Amidala
 * Jar Jar Binks (rumored)
 * Salacious B. Crumb
 * C-3PO
 * Clone Trooper
 * Clone Pilot
 * Cody
 * Count Dooku
 * Kit Fisto
 * General Grievous
 * Nute Gunray
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Plo Koon
 * Palpatine
 * R2-D2
 * R4-P17
 * Captain Rex
 * Rotta
 * Anakin Skywalker
 * Wat Tambor
 * Ahsoka Tano
 * Jabba Desilijic Tiure
 * Asajj Ventress
 * Mace Windu
 * Yoda

Droid models

 * R2-series astromech droid
 * R4-series agromech droid
 * B1 battle droid
 * B2 super battle droid
 * Droideka
 * Dwarf spider droid
 * FA-4 pilot droid
 * Protocol droid
 * Tri-droid
 * Vulture droid starfighter

Events

 * Clone Wars
 * Battle of Tatooine (Clone Wars)
 * Battle of Teth

Locations

 * Coruscant
 * Tatooine
 * Jabba's Palace
 * Teth

Organizations and titles

 * Order of the Sith Lords
 * CIS
 * Galactic Republic
 * Grand Army of the Republic
 * Jedi order

Sentient species

 * Human
 * Hutt
 * Kaleesh
 * Kel Dor
 * Kowakian monkey-lizard
 * Nautolan
 * Neimoidian
 * Rattataki
 * Skakoan
 * Togruta
 * Twi'lek
 * Unknown tridactyl species

Vehicles and vessels

 * Acclamator I-class assault ship
 * Anakin's customized Jedi starfighter
 * Twilight
 * AT-TE
 * Bantha-II cargo skiff
 * C-9979 landing craft
 * Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor
 * Low Altitude Assault Transport/carrier
 * Low Altitude Assault Transport/infantry
 * Munificent-class star frigate
 * Providence-class carrier/destroyer
 * Punworcca 116-class interstellar sloop
 * Soulless One
 * STAP
 * V-19 Torrent starfighter
 * Venator-class Star Destroyer

Weapons and technology

 * DC-15A blaster
 * DC-15S blaster
 * E-5 blaster rifle
 * Lightsaber

Behind the Scenes

 * This film will continue the trend of having a Star Wars movie being released every three years since 1999 although this time it is being released in August instead of May.
 * The only actors in the main Star Wars movies that will be voicing in this film are Anthony Daniels, Samuel L. Jackson and Matthew Wood; who voice C-3P0, Mace Windu, and Grievous respectively.
 * This film is the first not to be released by 20th Century Fox but by Warner Brothers instead.