Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a 2008 action & adventure series created by George Lucas. It stars Tom Kane, Matt Lanter and James Arnold Taylor.
Between the second and third prequel films, the galaxy is on fire, and this animated series lives in that gap. Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Mace Windu lead the clone army of the Republic against the Separatist droid ranks, planet by planet. Anakin takes on a headstrong apprentice, Ahsoka Tano, and the clone troopers get names and faces instead of numbers. Battles run big, but the show keeps circling back to loyalty, command, and the cost of a long war. It reads as Star Wars for people who want the connective tissue.
Quick answers
What is Star Wars: The Clone Wars about?
Between the second and third prequel films, the galaxy is on fire, and this animated series lives in that gap. Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Mace Windu lead the clone army of the Republic against the Separatist droid ranks, planet by planet. Anakin takes on a headstrong apprentice, Ahsoka Tano, and the clone troopers get names and faces instead of numbers. Battles run big, but the show keeps circling back to loyalty, command, and the cost of a long war. It reads as Star Wars for people who want the connective tissue.
When was Star Wars: The Clone Wars released?
Star Wars: The Clone Wars was released on 3 October 2008.
How many episodes does Star Wars: The Clone Wars have?
Star Wars: The Clone Wars has 133 episodes across 7 seasons.
Who made Star Wars: The Clone Wars?
Star Wars: The Clone Wars was created by George Lucas.
Where can I watch Star Wars: The Clone Wars?
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is available on Disney+, Google Play, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Stream: Disney+
Rent: Google Play
Buy: AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
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Cast
- Tom Kane as Yoda / Wullf Yularen / Narrator (voice)
- Matt Lanter as Anakin Skywalker (voice)
- James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi / Plo Koon (voice)
- Dee Bradley Baker as Clone Troopers (voice)
- Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano (voice)
- Matthew Wood as General Grievous / Battle Droids (voice)
- Corey Burton as Count Dooku (voice)
- Terrence 'T.C.' Carson as Mace Windu (voice)
- Catherine Taber as Padmé Amidala (voice)
- Ian Abercrombie as Chancellor Palpatine (voice)
- Stephen Stanton as Colonel Meebur Gascon (voice)
- Nika Futterman as Asajj Ventress (voice)
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A few thoughts on Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Start with Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, the film this war spills out of, for the setup the series assumes you know. If you want the mythic, grown-up peak of the saga that this show keeps reaching toward, The Empire Strikes Back is the darker Star Wars to pair it with.
The Star Wars films, from the prequels outward
The Clone Wars fills the gap between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, so the films are its natural bookends. These are the saga entries the series grows from and reaches toward, following Anakin, Obi-Wan, and the galaxy through the war that reshapes it. Start here if the movies are what pulled you in.
Play the galaxy: Star Wars games
The Clone Wars is wall-to-wall clashes between clones and droids, lightsabers and starfighters. These games put you in that fight directly, whether you are dueling as a Jedi, flying a squadron run, or commanding armies across contested worlds. A hands-on way to keep living in the era the show dramatizes.
Read the galaxy: Star Wars novels
The show gives clone troopers names and Anakin a headstrong apprentice, deepening a war the films sketch in broad strokes. These novels do the page version of that, expanding Jedi apprentices, bounty hunters, and clone-war fronts into stories of their own. More galaxy to read once the episodes run out.
Serialized adventure with young heroes coming into their own
Much of The Clone Wars belongs to Ahsoka Tano, a headstrong padawan learning command and cost under fire. These series share that spine of young heroes tested by war and duty, growing episode by episode into who they will become. Serialized action built around characters who start green and earn their standing.