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{| style="border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 1em; margin: auto" bgcolor="#A8A8B5" align=center The Completely Unofficial Star Wars Fanon Newsletter  Volume Edition XVIII - August, 2008  Hello, , and, once more, the CUSWFN is here to greet you right at your doorstep, for August, 2008!
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The Clone Wars

 * Written by Drewton

I saw it and most of it, especially the second half, was absolutely horrid. An insult to Star Wars. One of my friends who I went with, who quite liked Star Wars as a whole, now quite dislikes it. Everything was terrible. The only redeeming part was the beginning, with the nostalgia of the Admirals on the bridge, along with a scene later in the film where a starship won't work at first, reminiscent of the Millennium Falcon in The Empire Strikes Back. Ahsoka was clearly created just for younger audiences, nothing to do with the story.

Another thing I hated was how the Jedi and the Republic were made the same. Calling a ship a "Jedi" cruiser...gah, that's a Republic Venator-class Star Destroyer! And the "Jedi" were plotting against Jabba? Once again, it should have been the Republic. The Jedi were made far too important, Anakin was automically suspected to be the one with Rotta because he's a popular character.

Ziro is also the worst character of Star Wars now. George Lucas, who was a good director but has now lost his mind, specifically asked for him to talk like he did. Seriously...has he lost his mind? No director in their right mind would do such a thing. And I've read that he made the series animated because he has problems working with actors. Any director who has that much of a problem working with actors shouldn't even be directing.

The movie as a whole was completely pointless, too. They could easily have thought of something better than rescuing Jabba's son. It could have been incredible if it was based on a novel or Dark Horse comic. I want to see a gritty war that's actually believable and threatening, not one with absolutely silly droids.

The nicknames were also very annoying. Skyguy and Snips weren't great, but I was fine with those. But really..."Punkymuffin" and "Artooey"? Jabba would have been so much better if they'd used subtitles, not a translator droid. Anakin also should have spoken to him in Huttese.

It was all muddled in too many battles which weren't even that good. Absolutely no character development. It felt very rushed. I'd understand it if it was a TV series (as it will be), but really, couldn't they have at least added some development for the movie? It can't even really be called a movie. George Lucas simply made the decision to get more money.

There wasn't a single good line of dialogue. Lucas can't even seem to create a good villain anymore. "General Loathsome"? Voice acting wasn't good, either.

Even the lightsaber fights were bad. An overkill of three, and all incredibly short. I wanted to see Anakin really be beaten up by Dooku, as to add meaning to his line in ROTS. Obi-Wan's fight with Asajj was extremely disappointing. Ahsoka's skirmish with Ventress needed to be cut. The only thing I was impressed with at all was the animation.

My ratings: Plot: 2/10 Story execution: 1/10 Dialogue: 1/10 Voice acting: 4/10 Animation: 5/10 (good execution, bad concept)

I'm still reserving judgement of the series until I see Ep. 4 because I've heard that George Lucas had a lot to do with these episodes. Seriously, the man needs to retire. Hand the keys of Star Wars to someone who can direct. With live-action actors.

This only decreases my zero excitement for the series. The series might not be so bad if it wasn't in the Clone Wars, which I've had enough of.

The next live-action series has potential but sounds extremely boring. 400 episodes about bounty hunters? With no Vader, even though it's in the Dark Times?

''CUSWFN edition XVIII CUSWFN EXIII''
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