The Clone Wars: seasons 1-6

Unpopular opinion incoming… so I apologize… I just was never a fan of the animation of TCW. For those of you that know such things. What type of animation is TCW called or derived from? If such a name for it exists. For example, the Clone Wars micro series was made by the sane guy that did Samurai Jack, so the animation for that Micro Series was very much like Samurai Jack. Is there an equivalent predecessor for TCW?

Thanks! Very interesting bit of trivia. I never watched that show, all I know of it, is that it is some kind of puppeteering. I have seen others say the animation for TCW did get better as the seasons progressed. Admittedly I never took the time to notice. 

I’m more of a “traditional” type (if that’s even what it’s called) when it comes to animation. Like “Rebels” or “Avatar: The Last Airbender” is more my style, than the heavier CG looking animation. 

Right, there's some noticeable carryover. Especially with Dooku's design. And I was so glad to see they kept Asajj, even though I thought she died in CW. Her character was developed so well in TCW. She gets overshadowed by Ahsoka a bit.

I'm a fan of the more traditional animation too. The cg look of TCW took me awhile to adapt to, particularly with the human characters, as I mentioned. But each episode is an astounding work of art when it comes to sets, world building, etc. it more than makes up for it. And the animation itself is impeccable, and the range of nuanced facial expressions they can get is very impressive.

Rewatching The Clone Wars after getting introduced to The Book of Boba Fett and The Mandalorian, to see the evolution of Star Wars TV shows. Some things are clicking for me now that didn't before. I get the need to individualize the prominent clone characters. It's just the clones that are in close contact with the Jedi who develop more individuality, most of the background clones are still "shiny." And really the only major clone character we saw in the films, Cody, was unique, so the idea was there since RotS.

I also get that they jumped straight into the Anakin from the beginning of RotS, in terms of his characterization and voice. I guess that's fine since the micro-series already covered the ground right after AotC to his knighting. I still prefer Mat Lucas' Anakin to Matt Lanter's, though.

I'm still not a big fan of Ahsoka in this show. I get the idea to give Anakin a padawan, and the need for a female protagonist, since Padmé couldn't be around most of the time, but I just find her to be kind of in the way. I would have loved that unfinished Utapau arc with just Anakin and Obi-Wan on an adventure, which felt like the micro-series and the beginning of RotS.

I think this show has quite a bit of filler. Which is nice if you want to spend some extra time in the GFFA, but for a saga marathon, I will probably just watch the essential arcs that connect to the films (Mortis, Order 66, Sifo-Dyas, Yoda) and bookend them with the micro-series.

That I liked also. Anakin being put in Obi-Wan's shoes is conducive to his growth. I just can't get behind her as a character in the show. I like her more in Rebels and especially The Mandalorian.

I really like the artworks that put Ahsoka with Hayden Christensen's Anakin. They make it easier to imagine what she would be like in the films. Hopefully we get some flashbacks in her show to the Clone Wars that show her with Anakin as played by Hayden. That might solidify her place for me.

No, but since it was a very expensive show, it was barely making money, and viewership on Cartoon Network was decreasing. Remember that this was before the streaming boom. The moment they put TCW on Netflix it got more views than it ever had in its entire run combined.

If you're referring to something Lucas said, he was mostly talking about projects like Red Tails and Strange Magic.

The movie is composed of four episodes bundled together. The first 25 minutes of the movie was a late production in Season 1, that's why it holds up better than rest of the feature, which are among the very first episodes produced.

And I agree that the reputation of the movie was undeserved. People judged it as the next cinematic Star Wars production instead of a Star Wars animated movie which was the pilot of a TV series. A lot of people unfortunately skip the movie out of genuine ignorance about its existence, since they Lucasfilm never bothered to promote it as the pilot that it is.