Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Decoded, the enhanced version of the first season of the hit 3D animation cartoon series from Lucasfilm, will be premiered in Cartoon Network this coming May. Using text windows to provide in-the-moment insights into all aspects of the sweeping galactic conflict — from trivia to background on characters and storylines — Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Decoded — enhances each episode with exclusive content created by George Lucas and Lucasfilm Animation talent responsible for the show itself.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Decoded is Cartoon Network’s first-ever season-long commitment to enhancing the content of existing series episodes. Offering a new twist on the beloved series and serving as an unprecedented primer for faithful fans as well as new viewers, Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Decoded premieres Friday, May 1, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. This full season of enhanced episodes will continue each Friday at 9 p.m. ET/PT, the regular time slot for Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Decoded, leading up to the fall 2009 premiere of season two.
The Clone Wars are a series of fictional battles chronicles in the fictional world of the cult movie franchise Star Wars by George Lucas. Although the Clone Wars are only explored in detail now, this conflict was mentioned as early as the first Star Wars movie Episode IV: A New Hope in 1977. However throughout the first trilogy, details were not accurately provided. It was only until the second and third part of the prequel trilogy Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005) was the conflict detailed.
An animated microseries Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003-2005) and a feature-length film Star Wars: The Clone Wars (August 15, 2008) were also released prior to this new enhanced cartoon animation series. Many of the events featured have parallels in history, politics, and mythology from which Lucas and other writers drew inspiration.
As portrayed in the 1999 film The Phantom Menace, the beginnings of the Clone Wars began with the Invasion of Theed and the Battle of Naboo. However, the real reason for its eruption began with the Separatist Crisis, a series of debates in the Galactic Republic that are referred to in Attack of the Clones, and began about two years prior to the start of that film. The dreaded Palpatine, Darth Vader’s master, was behind all the political influencing in the wars.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Decoded has emerged as the preeminent sci-fi series on television, combining the expansive scope of the Star Wars saga with exciting weekly adventures. Ranking #1 on all television — broadcast and cable — with the key demo of boys 6-11, Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a weekly 30-minute “mini-movie” created by the artists at Lucasfilm Animation.
Here is a trailer of Star Wars: The Clone Wars to keep the force in you:
May 2nd, 2009 at 2:50 am
Cartoon Network HD dropped the ball again this time because this show was NOT broadcasted in 16:9 Widescreen 1920×1080i HD it was broadcasted in 4:3 letterboxed Standard Definition 720×480 which sucks!!!
I was really looking forward to watching and capturing the Decoded shows and sharing them with the Star Wars fans around the world but now I won’t waste my time with this INFERIOR junk because IF the show is not being broadcasted in TRUE 1920×1080i HD Widescreen on the Cartoon Network HD channel on DirecTv HD Satellite then why in the hell does Lucasfilm allow this High Quality show to be downgraded to 4:3 letterboxed Standard Definition LOW QUALITY JUNK?
I think this is PATHETIC AND I and I’m sure others around the world like me also DEMAND that the Cartoon Network HD broadcast engineers wake the hell up because IF I was in charge there then Cartoon Network HD channel would be hiring some NEW broadcast engineers because the ones responsible for DOWNGRADING and RUINING the FLAWLESS HD Quality of The Clone Wars to standard definition format would be FIRED!!!
WHY does George Lucas allow his High Quality series to be turned into blurry looking 4:3 letterboxed crap format instead of the 1920 x 1080i HD format that it should be broadcasted in? It is especially frustrating considering that the channel it comes on is supposed to be a HD channel not a SD channel!!! When the CN logo in bottom right corner is blue and white it is 4:3 standard definition letterboxed format and it is only HD if you see the CN HD logo in Black and Gold which indicates that it is in High Definition and NOT in Standard Definition.