There were also casual references to key Star Wars locations like Dantooine and the fourth moon of Yavin, authentic sound effects, and fun in-jokes – the look of Muunilinst, home of the Intergalactic Banking Clan, was inspired by the US dollar bill. One episode, for example, showcased an army of IG assassin droids jetting into battle, while another featured Ortolans, the blue elephant-like race that counts Max Rebo (of Jabba’s house band fame) as a member. While the Expanded Universe that existed beyond the Star Wars movies was nowhere near as vast, prominent or complex as it is now, Tartakovsky’s show displayed considerable understanding – and affection for – what had come before. At that point the animator was already hot property, best known for his work on Cartoon Network hits Dexter’s Laboratory and Samurai Jack – he’d later go on to direct the Hotel Transylvania movies, and help future The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau storyboard action sequences in Iron Man 2.
Set just after Attack of the Clones had kickstarted the galactic conflict that would subsequently conclude in 2005’s Revenge of the Sith, it was our first proper glimpse of the skirmish Obi-Wan Kenobi had teased in A New Hope.Īnd even though the first run of episodes clocked in at just three minutes apiece, you rarely felt short-changed on the storytelling front – it was like watching Star Wars on fast forward.
First released on the Cartoon Network in 2003, the original, 2D Clone Wars cartoon was Star Wars with the talky bits surgically removed.
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