I've been sorry to recently hear that LUCASFILM have now been kind of disowning the great work that animation giant Genndy Tartakovsky and his team did for the CARTOON NETWORK's CLONE WARS micro-series of a few year back, in favour of their own 2008 onwards show, even going so far as to removing certain elements and characters from it that had been previously recognised and mentioned in their Official Expanded Universe timeline and characters table (I guess any kind of future Blu-ray has also just been shot down in flames, too!).
Check out this interview for more: Genndy Tartakovsky, 'Hotel Transylvania' Director, On The Disappearance Of His Version Of 'Star Wars: Clone Wars'
Those two early series show the excitement, action and adventure of the Prequel STAR WARS saga in its purest form yet during the 2005 lead up to the release of EPISODE III, of which there are a few fans out there who actually prefer them to the movies, and remain as enjoyable as ever. Why both series can't just sit proudly on the LUCASFILM shelf I don't know. STAR WARS AFICIONADO, however, will certainly not forget them, and will continue to celebrate such a brilliantly conceived show, brought to life by a dedicated group of industry professionals who were also tremendous STAR WARs fans...
Roddenberry did the same thing to the animated series of Star Trek and really even the Ewoks/Droids cartoon series from the 80's has gotten no love either. It's probably because some of the ideas were Tartakovsky's ideas and not Lucas'. That series filled the bill as promotion for the movie and as a test to see response for any new tv series. With that done, they've just moved on from it. But hey, there WERE comics and action figures made from it. It shouldn't just be shoved to the side like the 'Holiday Special'.
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I guess we won't know for sure until the current version of Clone Wars ends it's run.
Genndy Tartakovsky Speaks Out About His Star Wars: Clone Wars Animated Series
ReplyDeletePrior to the premiere of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the traditionally animated Clone Wars was deemed “non-canon” by Lucasfilm. Tartakovsky recently addressed that in a new interview with Digital Spy.
Clone Wars aired on Cartoon Network beginning in 2003 before it was cancelled in 2005 and later declared non-canonical by George Lucas
“It’s frustrating that they tried to erase it from being canon,” explained Tartakovsky. “At first, it was canon. And then once George [Lucas] started doing the CG version, he wanted to clean the slate. And so they de-canonised ours.”
“The whole Star Wars thing — I’ve moved on. I don’t lose sleep over it,” related Tartakovsky. “It’s fun to have people still love it, and for new people to still discover it.”
Genndy Tartakovsky Interview with Digital Spy, 2020
https://www.superherohype.com/tv/475912-genndy-tartakovsky-speaks-out-about-his-star-wars-clone-wars-animated-series
https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a30629880/star-wars-clone-wars-force-awakens-director-similarities/
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Tartakovsky Talks About The State Of His SW: Clone Wars Micro-Series
Posted By Mike on September 15, 2012
Before Star Wars: The Clone Wars, as we now know it, entered the galaxy far, far away starting with the 2008 theatrical release, we had Genndy Tartakovsky's Emmy-winning Star Wars: Clone Wars micro-series to bridge the gap between Episodes II & III. You might have noticed that DVD's and references to the series are no longer available due to Dave Filoni's new series taking priority in terms of Star Wars canon. While providing an interview to the Huffington Post about his recent directing gig on Hotel Transylvania, interviewer Mike Ryan asked Genndy about his current thoughts on the state of his previous Clone Wars series...
"Speaking of your version of "Clone Wars," does it bother you that there's another one and that the one you did seems to no longer be canon?
Yeah. I mean, you know, of course it bothers me. But, you know, it's George's characters. It's his world and he has to do what he has to do. And the new ones are totally inspired by what we did: A lot of the same character designs and stuff.
Does that part bother you, too?
No, again, it's not my characters, so he can do whatever he wants. And the story was also that I was going to do it. I was going to go to Lucas and be their John Lasseter-type of person and do a feature and supervise the "Star Wars" television show. And things kind of fell apart, blah blah blah. But, yeah, I'm super proud of what we did. And I felt like we did a justice to "Star Wars" and as a fan.
I mean, people haven't forgotten them, even though we are supposed to.
That's the one thing that is kind of weird that he just wants to wipe it off. Because we used to be in the encyclopedias, some of the characters that we created. And now they're gone. And you can't get the DVD and all of this other stuff. And it's like, whatever. What are you going to do, right? It existed.
But it feels like its been thrown on the scrapheap with the Holiday Special.
I think George is brilliant. And I think he just wants to ... I don't know the reasoning, exactly. But from any sense that I can make out of it, he just wants it to be clean. But there's so much fiction that's out with "Star Wars," I don't think it would matter."
Thank you, Grimalkun for all the new info.
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