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New STAR WARS film coming to theaters August 15, 2008

post #1 of 208
2/11/08 at 10:00pm
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Star Wars: The Clone Wars In Theaters and on Television in 2008
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post #2 of 208
2/12/08 at 12:00am

Re: New STAR WARS film coming to theaters August 15, 2008

Ooh, rebroadcast on TNT. That means it will be available in HD. TNT has the worst HD channel available, but their typical aspect ratio problems will probably be avoided if Lucasfilm is providing the broadcast material.
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post #3 of 208
2/12/08 at 4:34am

Re: New STAR WARS film coming to theaters August 15, 2008

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
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post #4 of 208
2/12/08 at 6:21am

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Big slap in the face to Fox that Warner is distributing the movie. This will be the first Star Wars project in 31 years that isn't distributed by Fox. Hopefully Warner's involvement will bring a freshness.
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post #5 of 208
2/12/08 at 9:51am
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Re: New STAR WARS film coming to theaters August 15, 2008

Apparently Fox Television wasn't interested in airing the follow-up series. Cartoon Network bought the first run rights to the series, so its parent company TimeWarner gets the theatrical rights to the feature.
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post #6 of 208
2/12/08 at 9:53am

Re: New STAR WARS film coming to theaters August 15, 2008

Is this an actual theatrical release or just a special one-night screening of the new TV show's pilot episode on the big screen like they did with Hi-Def Star Trek?
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post #7 of 208
2/12/08 at 9:58am

Re: New STAR WARS film coming to theaters August 15, 2008

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Originally Posted by SD_Brian
Is this an actual theatrical release or just a special one-night screening of the new TV show's pilot episode on the big screen like they did with Hi-Def Star Trek?

"A new era of Star Wars entertainment begins in 2008 when Star Wars: The Clone Wars, from creator George Lucas, premieres as an all-new feature film in August, followed by the television series debut in the fall..."
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post #8 of 208
2/12/08 at 11:01am

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"A new era of Star Wars entertainment begins in 2008 when Star Wars: The Clone Wars, from creator George Lucas, premieres as an all-new feature film in August, followed by the television series debut in the fall..."
Hmm... sounds interesting but I wonder whatever happened to all those experimental, non-Star Wars-related projects George Lucas said he was going to be turning his attention to after the series wrapped up in 2005? Or, by non-Star Wars, was he referring to Indiana Jones? Even though Lucas has called Star Wars a 30-year detour in his career, he doesn't seem to be in any hurry to get back on his proverbial main road.
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post #9 of 208
2/12/08 at 11:07am

Re: New STAR WARS film coming to theaters August 15, 2008

He's not, since this will all be followed by a 100 episode live-action television series, directed at times by Lucas. If that plan is still on tap, of course.
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post #10 of 208
2/12/08 at 1:47pm

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Gee only 8 replies? Could we be in the early stages of a Star Wars burn out? (one can only hope ). Seriously, where did everyone go?

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post #11 of 208
2/12/08 at 2:15pm

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Originally Posted by Greg_S_H
Ooh, rebroadcast on TNT. That means it will be available in HD. TNT has the worst HD channel available, but their typical aspect ratio problems will probably be avoided if Lucasfilm is providing the broadcast material.

Cartoon Netwoork is in HD now too.
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post #12 of 208
2/12/08 at 2:26pm

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Gee only 8 replies? Could we be in the early stages of a Star Wars burn out? (one can only hope ). Seriously, where did everyone go?
I'd chalk it up to that the only real news is that it's playing in theaters. Almost anyone interested has probably known that the show was coming for months.

I'm just happy that it isn't the usual "i hate u, lUca$" bitch and moan fest.
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post #13 of 208
2/12/08 at 2:34pm

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Originally Posted by PaulP
Cartoon Netwoork is in HD now too.

It hasn't been added to my cable service yet, so I didn't know. I need to try to get them to add it. It'd be better than TNTHD.

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I'm just happy that it isn't the usual "i hate u, lUca$" bitch and moan fest.

Lucche$e Boots raped my childhood!
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post #14 of 208
2/12/08 at 3:07pm

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Lucche$e Boots raped my childhood!

Ah, that's more like it!

Finally: balance has been brought back to the Force.
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post #15 of 208
2/12/08 at 3:36pm

Re: New STAR WARS film coming to theaters August 15, 2008

Just read an article over at MTV.com stating Samuel L. Jackson would like to voice Mace Windu for the Clone Wars cartoon and Lucas is very keen on the idea. That would be awesome.
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post #16 of 208
2/12/08 at 3:39pm

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I am curious if that is Frank Oz doing Yoda's voice?
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post #17 of 208
2/12/08 at 5:10pm

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And Lucas said you would not see new Star Wars stuff on the big screen again!
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post #18 of 208
2/12/08 at 5:47pm

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Originally Posted by SD_Brian
Hmm... sounds interesting but I wonder whatever happened to all those experimental, non-Star Wars-related projects George Lucas said he was going to be turning his attention to after the series wrapped up in 2005? Or, by non-Star Wars, was he referring to Indiana Jones? Even though Lucas has called Star Wars a 30-year detour in his career, he doesn't seem to be in any hurry to get back on his proverbial main road.

I'm wondering the same thing. All Lucas has saying for years is that SW has taken him on a 30yr detour of his career and that after the release of ROTS, he would take a break and start working on his experimental films and get back to his THX-1138 / Graffiti days. He hasn't done that and he just can't seem to get SW out of his system. We have the new Clone Wars series coming AND a live action TV show.

I love SW as much as anyone and will go see this film, but, I'm more interested in his much talked about post-SW career, which sadly by the looks of it now, might not see the light of day, at least not for years now.
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post #19 of 208
2/12/08 at 6:02pm

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Just read an article over at MTV.com stating Samuel L. Jackson would like to voice Mace Windu for the Clone Wars cartoon and Lucas is very keen on the idea. That would be awesome.


I hadn't heard that. The only original voices I heard was Anthony Daniels and the the guy who voice Grevious. I hope its true. With the money Lucas has made on SW and what will be made on this show. I really thought more of the original actors (Jackson, Smits, Oz, etc) should be hired to reprise their characters.

Back to Jackson for a minute. If I remember correctly Mace was created for him by Lucas since he was a fan.
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post #20 of 208
2/12/08 at 6:32pm

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I hadn't heard that. The only original voices I heard was Anthony Daniels and the the guy who voice Grevious. I hope its true. With the money Lucas has made on SW and what will be made on this show. I really thought more of the original actors (Jackson, Smits, Oz, etc) should be hired to reprise their characters.

Back to Jackson for a minute. If I remember correctly Mace was created for him by Lucas since he was a fan.

Matthew Wood voiced Grevious in the film. He's a sound editor with Skywalker Sound. I don't know if it will be him or the guy who voiced Grevious in the first CW series. I wouldn't expect Hayden, Ewan and Natalie to do any voice work for this, especially Ewan and Natalie.

As far as Windu, I believe he's always been there since the 70's. Lucas brought Jackson aboard because Sam expressed to the media how he would like to be a part of the PT. This was when the PT was in the preproduction stages and TPM was in the script process.
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post #21 of 208
2/12/08 at 8:16pm

Re: New STAR WARS film coming to theaters August 15, 2008

The less of Grevious, the better. Ditching Matt Wood would be a big step. But, no. According to the IMDb, he's back. He almost singlehandedly sunk the film. Then again, it's probably not really his fault. He just delivered what Lucas wanted.
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post #22 of 208
2/12/08 at 8:33pm

Re: New STAR WARS film coming to theaters August 15, 2008

I'm sure if Sam Jackson comes back, it'll because he enjoyed playing Mace Windu and wants to do it again. It's not like he'll be getting a big pay check on a TV show budget and it would be just as easy to get someone else to do his voice too.
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post #23 of 208
2/13/08 at 5:43am

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Originally Posted by TravisR
I'm sure if Sam Jackson comes back, it'll because he enjoyed playing Mace Windu and wants to do it again. It's not like he'll be getting a big pay check on a TV show budget and it would be just as easy to get someone else to do his voice too.

I'm confused. Isn't this a theatrical release of the Clone Wars cartoons from Cartoon network?

All but C3P0 and Greivous had voices already. It's done. There is no need to get new actors to do any voices. There is no pre-production necessary -- they even used origianl SW themes and sound effects. They're done. It's an easy cash grab for Lucas -- plain and simple.
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post #24 of 208
2/13/08 at 6:15am

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Call me excited about this and the TV series. this will have to be damn good to drag me into the theater to see it. At this point I'll wait for DVD. Hopefully the TV show will be available for online viewing. What channel will be running it? Anyone know? ABC and CBS both have streaming versions of their shows. LOST looks particularly good streamed in HD on my PC monitor. It's not as smooth as I'd like but I usually don't notice the very slight occasional jerkiness when there's a lot of movement.
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post #25 of 208
2/13/08 at 6:21am

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Originally Posted by Brett_M
I'm confused. Isn't this a theatrical release of the Clone Wars cartoons from Cartoon network?

All but C3P0 and Greivous had voices already. It's done. There is no need to get new actors to do any voices. There is no pre-production necessary -- they even used origianl SW themes and sound effects. They're done. It's an easy cash grab for Lucas -- plain and simple.


its an all new 3d animated show, not cell animated like the original.
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post #26 of 208
2/13/08 at 6:50am

Re: New STAR WARS film coming to theaters August 15, 2008

Looking forward to this. I still think the two volumes of Clone Wars done for Cartoon Network were outstanding, some of the best Star Wars ever made.
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post #27 of 208
2/13/08 at 7:06am

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its an all new 3d animated show, not cell animated like the original.

Check out the Trailer:

Star Wars: Video
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post #28 of 208
2/13/08 at 8:09am

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Trailer checked. Nice.
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post #29 of 208
2/13/08 at 10:40am

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I can't tell if this interests me or not. I liked the previous cartoon but I guess following these particular characters some more doesn't grab me. I suppose I've had my fill of the prequel cast/era and would like to see Star Wars go somewhere it hasn't been before.
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post #30 of 208
2/13/08 at 11:00am

Re: New STAR WARS film coming to theaters August 15, 2008

Looks really good. The first Yoda clip either has to be Oz, or they've found the best replacement possible.
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