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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: WARNER HOME VIDEO
EAN: 0883929094578
Feature: STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS: SEASON 1 (DVD MOVIE)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageSpanishOriginal LanguageFrenchOriginal LanguageFrenchSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchDubbedSpanishDubbed
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: WARD114148D
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 03, 2009
Running Time: 503 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Features:- STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS: SEASON 1 (DVD MOVIE)
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/03/2009 Run time: 484 minutes Rating: Nr
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I watched this DVD pack, the DVD animated movie, the original 2001 Episode 2 movie and anything in between to get all I could about the Clone Wars! To think all this started when Sir Alec Guinness
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This set collects the 22 episodes that comprise the first season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. It follows the theatrical pilot, available separately as Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Widescreen Edition). Each adventure recounts the dramatic battles of the Clone Wars that take place between Episodes II and III of the movie saga.
I had skipped season one during its initial broadcast - having caught the theatrical movie and not being impressed - but after watching through this set, I'm quite pleased with the results. What wasn't quite theatrical quality animation is in contrast leaps and bounds above conventional TV animation. This is some eye-popping stuff here - even accounting that Lucasfilm probably shelled out a bit more than your average TV budget, there are epic space battles, intricate Lightsaber duels, new planets and characters, and more. It's Star Wars, and it feels right. The stories are a mix of singular installments and two or three-part sagas. In a fun convention, each episode begins with a serial-style recap, regardless of whether or not there actually was a direct preceding installment. You can pretty much jump in at any point in the season and be up to speed.
What doesn't work? The Battle Droids remain chatty and Jar Jar still makes you want to turn your TV off. Ahsoka Tano ends up faring much better than she did in the theatrical pilot - more eager apprentice and less "Sky Guy" arrogance. Really, the series' biggest fault is that ultimately, little of consequence can actually happen - the majority of characters meet their fate in Episode III, and as pointed out in the bonus features, Anakin and General Grevious can't actually meet face-to-face. The best stories revolve around the Clone Troopers or aspects of the war that don't directly involve trying to end it.
This is a nicely produced DVD set - there is an attached booklet of concept art from the show, and each episode comes with a mini featurette that has cool production tidbits. I did find the set somewhat expensive - the Canadian sale price is higher than the American MSRP, so Americans are really getting a deal with this one.
If you like Star Wars, this is worth picking up.
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For the Science Fiction Star Wars geek, what's not to love? So what, it's done in almost video game animation style. I'm all right with that. The series absolutley SCREAMS Star Wars. It has all the things we all thought were cool about the movies. And it is made by fans of Star Wars, which is a plus. They stay true to the universe. The bonus features are awesome as well. I was, like I am sure a lot of fans, a little hesitant that animated SW could be good, but this is good. Granted the droids are a little too dumb, but I can get over that. This is good entertainment.
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This set is really well-designed. Better even than the SW film sets. The case itself is more like a book with the DVDs attached to the inside front and back of the cover. In the middle are pages of production illustrations from the show including a few spoiler illustrations from Season 2. The set feels like a nice hardcover book, not a cheap DVD keepcase.
The extras are plentiful. So far I've only had time to watch the first disc but every episode has a six-to-ten minute featurette specifically geared to that episode. I prefer that to the generic featurettes and EPK materials usually included with TV series discs. In addition, many of the episodes include additional materials. But best of all, all of these episodes are in widescreen format, 2.35:1! Even wider than the original Cartoon Network HD showings in 1.78:1. This really helps the cinematic qualities of the show shine through.
As to the show itself, it's never looked better. LFL has created some of the best transfers ever for this set. The episodes themselves are mostly entertaining and get better as the season progresses. Early on I found myself a bit annoyed with the Ahsoka character but I could imagine that children would find her interesting. The production staff seems to have been trying to walk a very thin line between the tone of the SW films and the new "kiddie" audience this show was bound to attract. They went down a few dead ends but by the end of the season it felt like they had found their way. I look forward to all that season two promises.
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I distinctly remember seeing STAR WARS (sorry, kids, it's NOT called "A New Hope"!) in 1977 when I was 10 years old. I've been a fan ever since. I was disappointed in the prequels, but loved the animated shorts on the Cartoon Network, so I had my hopes up for this series. The theatrical film was fairly bad - had it been released as part of the tv series, it would have been the weakest story arc of the season. But these episodes are GREAT! Good, old-fashioned, Star Wars fun: Good guys vs. bad guys, space battles, droids, lightsabers and blasters.
Only two things keep this from being a 5-star item: 1. The short length of the half-hour episodes sometimes makes them seem a bit rushed; and 2. Why is it that the female jedi (with one exception) have to run around in not much more than a bathing suit, while the male jedi are covered from head to toe in robes, armor, and gloves? It might be nice if they brought a few female character and costume designers on-board to make things a little more equitable.
These, are minor quibbles, though. All-in-all, my 9-year-old son and I love to watch this series together, and we hope that Lucas sees it through to at least 100 episodes, as he has said he'd like to do.
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