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Clone Wars: Many will love, some will hate. Some background on me so you understand my point of view: In 1977, I saw the orginal Star Wars at 7 years of age and there's no doubt it made an impression. Though I am a big fan of Star Wars, I'm not the type to dress up for a premiere, but you can pretty much bet I'll be at the midnight showing of Ep III. I thought Episode I was very weak, Episode II a little less so and have at least some hope for Episode III. But the originals will always be better IMO. Now to Clone Wars... I agree with a number of the criticisms. Some of the scenes are silly, and over the top... However, you need to take the Clone Wars episodes in the context of the animation style. THIS IS NOT A STAR WARS MOVIE. It is an animation piece with some of the back story for the Star Wars genre. The animation is done by the same fellow who created the Samurai Jack cartoons and the style is almost identical. If you don't like Samurai Jack, you probably will hate Clone Wars. The action is very over-the-top and a little goofty in many places (as cited by other reviewers) and the main characters generally display an invincibilty over an overwhelming number of foes (as does Samurai Jack). However, I liked the change in style... If you take it as a fun piece of animation with good "fill in the blanks" back story included, and do not come into it expecting realistic action (it's animation, for goodness sake), then you'll probably enjoy it. Quite a few of the 5 minute episodes are very good. Leave your fan-boy expectations behind a little, and enjoy it for what it is. A fun little romp in the Star Wars universe.