Star Wars: The Clone Wars is the latest entry in the continuous saga involving the Star Wars universe. Though this entry is not an actual new movie rather an animated primer that sets up the television series that will debut on the Cartoon Network this October. The events in this new series is suppose to take place between "Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith". The first thing I noticed when the movie started was the absence of the famous words scrolling up the screen which precedes in every Star Wars movie detailing the story up to that point. It was then when I thought to myself that this may be no longer the Star Wars that I fondly remembered. Most of the characters in Clone Wars are familar to fans and there are a couple of new characters that are introduce. One such main character is a Togruta Jedi Knight named Ahsoka Tano the newly appointed Padawan to an reluctant Anakin Skywalker. The creation of this character in my opinion was clearly meant to drawn in the more younger fans. She and Anakin butt heads throughout most of the movie and she even refers to him during the movie as "Sky-Guy" and in return he calls her "Snips" which after a while was beginning to get on my nerves. It will be real interesting to see how her character progresses in the television series especially since there is no mention of her in Revenge of the Sith.

The story basically involves the kidnapping plot of space gangster Jabba the Hutt's son "Stinky", nicknamed courtesy of Ahsoka, and the quest in rescuing him and returning him back home to Tatooine. Jabba the Hut son is kidnapped by Count Dooku in a ploy to convince Jabba to provide access to routes for the Driod's army to the war that is going on in the Outer Rim, the same routes that the Jedi Council are trying to obtain for the Republic's own armies. Ahsoka and Anakin are sent to Teth to rescue Jabba's son and once there they encounter the kidnapper Asajj Ventress, Count Dooku's apprentice,and her driod accomplicces.

There are plenty of action sequences that will satisfy most Star Wars fans that includes a couple of mandatory lightsaber duels and the 3-D animation is top notch. None of the characters are voiced by the actors that portrayed them in the movies but they did sure did a great job in getting voice talent that sounds practically identical to the original characters. We even get a chance to meet Jabba the Hutt's Uncle Ziro which happens to be a southern sounding Hutt with the voice of Truman Capote. There are some moments of humor which mostly is provided by the droids unfortunately. It very hard for me to recommend this movie to anybody who is not in-tune with the Star Wars universe. This is one of those movie that will be mostly appreciated by the die-hards only. As for myself I enjoyed this movie and look forward to the upcoming Cartoon Network series. May the force be with you!