Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dave Filoni
Written by	Henry Gilroy; Steven Melching; Scott Murphy;
Based on	Star Wars; by George Lucas
Produced by	Catherine Winder
Starring	Matt Lanter; Ashley Eckstein; James Arnold Taylor; Catherine Taber; Tom Kane; Dee Bradley Baker; Ian Abercrombie; Christopher Lee; Samuel L. Jackson; Anthony Daniels;
Edited by	Jason W. A. Tucker
Music by	Kevin Kiner
Production; companies	Lucasfilm Ltd.; Lucasfilm Animation;
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	August 10, 2008 (Grauman's Egyptian Theatre); August 15, 2008 (United States);
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$8.5 million
Box office	$68.3 million

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a 2008 American animated epic space opera film directed by Dave Filoni, produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures^[a], becoming the first Star Wars film to not be distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is the first fully animated film in the Star Wars franchise and takes place shortly after Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), at the start of the titular Clone Wars. In the film, Count Dooku and Jabba the Hutt's uncle Ziro orchestrate a plan to turn Jabba against the Galactic Republic by framing the Jedi for the kidnapping of his son. While Anakin Skywalker and his newly assigned apprentice Ahsoka Tano attempt to deliver the child back to his father, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala lead separate investigations to uncover Dooku and Ziro's plot.

The Clone Wars premiered on August 10, 2008, at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre, followed by a wide release five days later. It received generally negative reviews from critics, who criticized the screenplay and animation. Despite grossing $68.3 million worldwide against a $8.5 million budget, it grossed considerably less than previous Star Wars films and is currently the lowest grossing to date. The film serves as a pilot episode to the television series of the same name, which premiered on Cartoon Network two months after the film's release.

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