Star Wars: Clone Wars, Cartoon Network’s Emmy Award-winning and critically acclaimed animated extension of George Lucas’ beloved space opera, touches down on home video today. Designed to bridge the gap between the second and third episodes of the film saga, the well-received toon microseries has also done its part to get fans psyched for the May 19 release of Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith.
Directed by Samurai Jack creator Genndy Tartakovsky with art direction by Paul Rudish, Clone Wars chronicles some of the epic battles that are eluded to in the opening scroll of Episode III. The final chapter even introduces General Grievous, an awesome new villain who will figure prominently in the next movie.
All 19 three-minute chapters and the five-minute-long Chapter 20 are assembled together in this release, which offers a host of special features. An exclusive featurette titled Bridging the Saga: From Clone Wars to Revenge of the Sith features new interviews with Lucas, Tartakovsky, and the Clone Wars production crew, and also offers a glimpse of Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume 2. There’s also commentary by Tartakovsky; a behind the scenes featurette; two galleries of concept art, storyboards and sketches; trailers for Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and the Episode III video game; and a playable game level from Star Wars Republic Commando for Xbox.
The DVD arrives just out one day after Cartoon Network kicked off the all-new Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume 2. The new chapters, each extended to 12 minutes in length, will air through Friday at 7 p.m. (ET/PT).
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