On Mar 14, 11:36=A0pm, Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> By Josh Grossberg
>
> Los Angeles (E! Online) - The Jedi Master hit Sin City to send the
> latest Star Wars hype into hyperdrive.
>
> George Lucas made a surprise appearance Thursday at ShoWest, the
> annual movie exhibitors' confab going on this week in Las Vegas, to
> plug the upcoming computer-animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
>
> The 'toon, which unspools Aug. 15, chronicles the intergalactic
> adventures of A****in Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and a host of familiar
> and new additions to the Star Wars rogue's gallery, battling each
> other in the Clones Wars, the epic events taking place in the period
> between Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars:
> Episode III--Revenge of the Sith.
>
> Clone Wars will also serve as the kickoff to a live-action TV series
> of the same name, which is set to debut on TNT and the Cartoon Network
> in the fall.
>
> "I think it can live up to the live-action movies," Lucas said before
> screening a five-minute clip of the highly stylized animation for
> theater owners at the Paris Hotel. (Of course, Phantom Menace didn't
> exactly raise the bar.)
>
> Lucas added that all the major characters from the prequel trilogy
> will be present and accounted for--from Yoda and the Emperor to Mace
> Windu and Boba Fett (though they won't be voiced by the film actors).
That kinda stinks, since Sam Jackson and Hayden Christensen said
they'd be up for reprising the roles.
However, the "all the major characters from the prequel trilogy will
be present" bit is a slight change from past statements (Lucas said
the only ones returning would be Boba, 3P0 and R2), so maybe this can
yet change?
--
Sean
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