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Going back to its serial roots, this new STAR WARS adventure feels like a chapter in a continuing story while standing on its own as an individual story. Unlike PHANTOM MENACE it stands on its own. Not only the animation moves this installment into a new direction. The light blue “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” is still present, but the signature text crawl has been replaced by a Gary Owen-ish announcer, filling us in on what has preceded this story. Big on action and pun-filled banter, this film reminded me of the fun I had with SKY CAPTAIN more than any of the STAR WARS prequels.

The Clone Wars are raging. Anakin Skywalker (Matt Lanter, HEROES first season) and Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor, TV’s DRAWN TOGETHER) are battling the Separatists droid army, led by Count Dooku (Christopher Lee, LORD OF THE RINGS). Yoda (Tom Kane, TV’s KIM POSSIBLE) has assigned Anakin a padawan learner named Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein, TV’s THAT’S SO RAVEN), a snippy young girl who is desperate to prove herself. Anakin resists having a pupil at first, but takes to the brash young Jedi quickly. They are given the mission to rescue the kidnapped son of Jabba the Hut (Kevin Michael Richardson, TV’s THE BATMAN), whose help is needed by the Republic in their war effort. But Count Dooku sends his assassin Asajj Ventress (Nika Futterman, TV’s MY GYM PARTNER’S A MONKEY) to thwart their efforts.

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