Review of film: “STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS” -- “FORCE”-ing the filling-in of “MISSING” pieces

Review of film:   “STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS”  --  “FORCE”-ing the filling-in of “MISSING” pieces  = 

                                   [ RATING:  8.5 of 10 stars ] 

Date Rated: Aug 9, 2008 | Rel. Date: Aug 15, 2008 =

George Lucas provided the story for this animated film, which seems designed to provide details filling-in some “missing” pieces in the Star Wars universe...


...  Altho this movie uses “STYLIZED” (sharply-angular) rather than Pixar-like “realistic” looks and certain movements for characters (which I would have preferred), there are some GREAT special effects and action throughout the film...


...  Some of the characters are voiced by people from the original LIVE-action series-- SAMUEL L. JACKSON as Mace Windu, CHRISTOPHER LEE as Count Dooku, ANTHONY DANIELS as C-3PO, MATTHEW WOOD (ex-Gen’l Grievous) as Battle Droids, etc....


...  Other main characters are voiced by fairly-close approximations of the originals (re Anakin, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Padme Amidala, Yoda, Chancellor Palpatine, Jabba the Hutt, etc.)... 


...  The story: trying to get Jabba’s help for the Jedis’ plans, while Dooku tries deceipts to derail that...


...  It’s well-done, fun (tho it would’ve been better in 3-D!), and I’ve graded it for lovers of Star Wars [& anyone else might well rate it lower].