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Keeps Me Quiet Until the New Movie These are pretty cool to watch because Revenge of the sith hasn't come out but otherwise I don't think I would be excited. I'm not the hugest fan of the animators that did all of the pieces. They're not bad but they arn't very good either. I felt like a lot of space dogfights and lightsabre battles were canned, but of course even a lame light sabre battle is still pretty cool. Rendering of certain characters wasn't particularly good either. Specifically I'm referring to yoda and anakin but I thought Obi-wan and Dooku were right on. I wish that lucasfilm had taken the same approach that Wachowski's took with animatrix and commissioned various animators to do longer pieces. My favorite episodes were those that focused on characters that previously havn't gotten much exposure. Particularly those that focused on the elite clone unit and Kit Fisto. I think Chapter 14 with Barriss Offee and Luminara Unduli is the best although I have no clue why the droids which can turn invisible bother to become visible again right before they attack??? I wish that more story had been developed but that is admittedly difficult given the length of each piece. There was barely any dialogue in this that isn't just a rehash of things in episode II. One thing that certainly stands out in these pieces is the voice talent. I had thought they used the original actors until I read otherwise. The Mace Windu episode is just silly and makes him into an interesting combination of superman and the flash. It misses a crucial opportunity to do something interesting with a farmboy introduced in the first seconds but settles for a ridiculous battle against a gigantic trash compactor. It's definitely cool in some parts but proves that mace doesn't need a lightsabre light the other sissy jedi (or probably even a spaceship for that matter). Then there were things that were downright stupid, like the heavy artilery that can be taken out with a single hit from a LANCE. I don't want all my complaining to mislead you, there are a lot of extremely cool scenes that will run a shiver up a true star wars fan's back. Still there are enough dumb scenes to give this only three stars.