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STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS

en years ago, in
T launched and Star Wars:
2008, a new animated
Star Wars TV series

The Clone Wars became
the entry point for a whole
new generation of Star Wars
fans, while making existing
fans question everything they
thought they knew about Anakin
Skywalker’s journey to the dark
side, the fall of the Republic, the
Force, and the huge potential for
Star Wars storytelling on TV.
The show ran for six seasons
until 2014, capturing hearts and
minds with some of the most
grown-up content ever to bear
the name Star Wars—despite

being conceived for and aimed at
“As the series a younger audience. It redefi ned
what an animated TV series can
progressed, not only be, and changed how we view the
did the sophistication prequel trilogy by adding more
depth and backstory than three
of the animation entire movies could ever hope to.
continue to advance, As the series progressed, not
but also the stories it only did the sophistication of the
animation continue to advance,
told became bigger but also the stories it told became
and bolder.” bigger and bolder, encompassing
genres as diverse as war, horror,
romance, political thriller, and
comedy. While the main stories
followed the exploits of Anakin
Skywalker, his Padawan Ahsoka
Tano, and their fellow Jedi, plenty
of other episodes showed us the
galaxy from the perspective of
clone troopers, bounty hunters,
senators, pirates, droids, and even
dark side Force users. Instead of
merely bridging the story between
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
and Revenge of the Sith, creator
George Lucas and supervising

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