"Clone Wars" Cartoon Shorts on Cartoon Network

snilloc writes "Starwars.com announces that Cartoon Network will carry "Star Wars: Clone Wars" cartoon shorts in order to bridge the gap between Episodes 2 and 3. I guess this means we won't be seeing the Clone Wars in Ep3, as many of us had hoped. On the bright side, we get our SW fix in twenty 2-3 minute shorts. We can only hope against hope that they won't suck."

Would this classify...

[the_argent]

As Cartoon Network: A new hope?

More like

[Mdog]

more like Attack of The Clones

We can only hope against hope that they won't suck

[Anonymous Coward]

That's not A New Hope!

Headlines like these make me think that . . . .

[LazloToth]

. . . . I really DO have a life.

"I have a very bad feeling about this"

[Comrade Pikachu]

"Yeah, I think you're right. Full reverse! Chewie, lock in the auxiliary power."

Star Wars As Domestic Abuse

[gonerill]

"We can only hope against hope that they won't suck."

I'm sure that, by now, the relationship between George Lucas and his fans is a standard case study in counseling handbooks, codependence manuals, psychotherapy training, etc.

Fans (to counselor): I love him, he's really wonderful deep down, I know he means well and is a decent man.

(Cut to videotape) Lucas: Take this, you stupid bitch! [Smack! Punch! Ewoks! Jar-Jar!]

Fans (Sobbing): It must be my fault --- I just can't seem to please him. I know he doesn't mean to hurt me like this....

It's awful, really.

Hardware Clone Wars!

[Text Roller]

I'd like to see the Millineum Toaster again.

Look At It This Way...

[superdan2k]

How much suckitude can George Lucas cram into a 2-3 short? There's only so much bad dialogue and plot loopholes you could cram into that amount of time...

Damn straight

[0xdeadbeef]

I mean, WTF? There aren't any saucer-eyed girls in school uniforms. You call that animation?

Clone Wars?

[AnonymousCowheard]

Lemme guess...the movie won a mere battle, but the war rages on! I despise hollywood's logic; anything to continue slugging kids' cereal boxes with wookies, jarjar, and pokemon...

Now Slashdot Wars...that'll be one hell of a cereal box! It would be rockin' if I get buy a box of "Quaker Oaties" and I would receive..."Quake4:william_pen's_alien_outhouse!" or open a box of "William Wonker's Nerdz" and receive a free 30-day add-less subscription to "Slashdot: News for Nerdz, stuff that matters a bit!"

That'll be the day...*cries*

This makes good sense.

[Syncdata]

After all, the only parts I liked in Ep:1 and ep:2 were roughly 2-3 minutes long. The opening chase in ep:2, yoda knife fight, all about 2-3 minutes long. The rest of the movie could have been cut all together. As a matter of fact, I nominate there not be a EP3: at all, that lucas just show a quick montage of lightsabers turning on, women with odd haircuts, and planets/planetoid bodies exploding. Maybe set it to techno music, rather than the john williams score. 10 minutes long, in total, no muss, no fuss, just give me my noisy splosions in space.
I'm so tired of the train wreck of the star wars universe, I'm not even going to bother to preview this post before clicking submit.

Re:Will roak

[jcsehak]

I agree. And given Lucas' work on eps 1 and 2, I expect ep 3 will indeed roak.

Re:(insert witty "you insensitive clod" reference)

[Politburo]

You're right! There's absolutely no way they could transmit a 2-3 minute cartoon across the internet for easy viewing. Kill em all!

Re:This is horribly stupid

[Kaz Riprock]

99% of people (or even Star Wars fans) are not going to watch the cartoon network to see 2-3 minute cartoons

99% of StarWars fans are going to watch them over the internet, download them, burn them to CD, burn them on the back of their retinas, memorize them, act them out on the streets of NY waiting in line 3 months for ep3 tickets ala the best.Triumph/Conan.skit.ever, download the new Triumph/Conan.skit that will be based on the acting out of the cartoons, memorize *those* lines, go write their own 8 page fanfic to replace and fill in between the cartoons....and still act like Lucas is a hideous beast for destroying the legacy of 4,5, and 6 once they see the cartoons and ep3....and buy all the toys.

So, don't worry about the viewership...because you know Lucas isn't. There's plenty of time for these things to disseminate to everyone who wants to see them regardless if they are released as flipbooks, written in Lithuanian.

Re:Star Wars Trek

[corbettw]

"What's the next movie bandwagon? I predict five years of dog movies. :)"

You may be on to something here:
Cats and Dogs, 2001 [imdb.com]
Snow Dogs, 2002 [imdb.com]
Cats and Dogs 2, 2003 [imdb.com]

Re:SW cartoons: a reaction to the Animatrix?

[flauntbaby]

They're making a big mistake by kiddifying it.

Oh, so NOW they are kiddifying it. Yippiiieeee!

Re:"I have a very bad feeling about this"

[shadowbearer]

Cartoon Network executives:

Exec #1: *He* is here.

Exec #2: What makes you think so?

Exec #1: A tremor in my balance sheets. The last time I felt this, it was in the presence of Disney...

SB

George Lucas says,

[tuxedo-steve]

"I find your lack of faith... disturbing."