Awaiting reinforcements, the two Jedi greet a shuttle carrying a young Jedi Padawan named Ahsoka Tano, who insists that she has been assigned by Grandmaster Yoda to serve as Anakin's apprentice instead of Obi-Wan's, as initially believed. The events of the film chronologically take place between the season 1 episode 'The Hidden Enemy' and the season 3 episode 'Clone Cadets' of the television series.ĭuring the first year of the Clone Wars, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and his master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, lead a small battalion of Republic Clone troopers against Count Dooku's Separatist droid army on the planet Christophsis. The film serves as the backdoor pilot to the television series of the same name, which premiered on Cartoon Network two months after the film's release. It grossed $68.3 million worldwide, making it the lowest-grossing Star Wars film to date. It received largely negative reviews, who criticized its story, animation, dialogue, action sequences and the decision to release the pilot episodes as a feature-length film. The Clone Wars premiered on August 10, 2008, at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, followed by a wide release five days later. While Anakin Skywalker and his newly-assigned apprentice Ahsoka Tano attempt to deliver the child back to his father, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala lead separate investigations to uncover Dooku and Ziro's plot.

In the film, Count Dooku and Jabba the Hutt's uncle Ziro orchestrate a plan to turn Jabba against the Galactic Republic by framing the Jedi for the kidnapping of his son.

It is the first fully animated film in the Star Wars franchise and takes place shortly after Episode II – Attack of the Clones, at the start of the titular Clone Wars.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a 2008 American computer-animated epic space opera film directed by Dave Filoni, produced by Lucasfilm Ltd.

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