Random Movie Review - Star Wars: The Clone Wars

So with the recent news that Walt Disney are looking at the future of the franchise due to how Solo performed as well as some general negativity of the franchise in recent times, I decided its time to look at what is arguably the only theatrically released Star Wars film that everyone seemingly forgets that it ever existed. Some of you may remember two cartoons that talked about a war known as the Clone War which was a three year period set between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith which saw Jedis, clone armies, droid armies and even the Sith going to war with (spoiler alert) both sides secretly being manipulated by Palpatine as a means for dominance and peace in the galaxy as we know it. Well the film serves as the pilot for the second (and arguably better) cartoon and it along with the first five seasons it spawned are the only known forms of Star Wars media not to be distributed by either 20th Century Fox or Walt Disney but instead by Warner Bros. of all people. Why do people forget about it. Well let's find out:

During the three year period that is the Clone Wars, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker (voiced by Matt Lanter) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (voiced by James Arnold Taylor) lead the battle on Christophsis in which they meet a young Ashoka Tano (voiced by Ashley Eckstein), a Jedi who claims to have been sent by Master Yoda (voiced by Tom Kane) to be an apprentice to Anakin who reluctantly takes her on as his apprentice, but she eventually wins him over after the mission on Christophsis proves successful. Following this, Yoda then informs the trio that the son of Jabba the Hutt (voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson) who is known as Rotta the Huttlet (voiced by David Acord) has been kidnapped which then sees the trio go out to save him while also establishing a peace treaty between the Hutts and the Republic.

To be honest, the film could've worked better if it was a made for TV film bearing in mind that here in the UK, only those who have digital would've been able to watch the whole series while those without digital, would've likely only saw parts of it. And because of similar issues worldwide, a made for TV film would've been better rather than be bought to theatres. At least then it would've been shown to the audience that would be able to get it. Oh well, I guess these things happen. So for what it was, it's not a great Star Wars film even if it was a pilot for an otherwise much better cartoon series. The story is bland and predictable, the CGI is even worse than it was in the prequels and where it was shown in later versions of the original trilogy. Voice acting is spot on for most of the characters and although not anything like John Williams, the music is pretty action packed. I guess many of us were hoping for something better that what we got, but at least the cartoon is better. And that was the film that fans forgot about. But we still got a good cartoon which just a day or two ago at Comic-Con, will be getting a 6th season, but on Disney's streaming service which is unfortunate for some of us. 6/10