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Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003)

Even though it disappointed repeatedly, the Star Wars prequel trilogy was worth it for 2007's animated micro-series Star Wars: Clone Wars. If you want to see a young Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan in awesome action sequences with character development and sights even the best special effects would struggle to bring to life, this offers it in spades. Stylish, action-packed, and teeming with memorable moments, this is the Star Wars you’ve been dreaming of.

From Genndy Tartakovsky - creator of Samurai Jack, Dexter's Laboratory, and the animated segment of Priest (the only good part). Clone Wars is an animated anthology series that bridges the gap between Episodes II & III. Anakin Skywalker (voiced by Mat Lucas), Obi-Wan Kenobi (James Arnold Taylor), Mace Windu (T.C. Carson), and Grandmaster Yoda (Tom Kane) battle the armies and minions of the Confederacy of Independent Systems. As armadas of ships, legions of droids, and underwater militia clash, special op covert missions, fiendish monsters, ominous visions, and terrifying villains shape the future of the universe.

If you haven't heard of this series or dismissed it as a kid’s cartoon, you have no idea what you’re missing. This is no mere children’s entertainment, it’s Star Wars going back to its roots with a series of short adventures that tie together to make a gigantic story. There’s no way real-life actors or stuntmen/women would dare to pull off the moves we see here. They'd wind up digitally rendering people on digitally rendered background and at point... why not simply animate it all? This is the kind of story that shows what animation is best suited for. Atmosphere is generated through Tartakovsky's simplified color pallets and character designs. Nothing stands out as artificial, because it's entirely artificial. If you thought General Grievous was a pretty cool character in Revenge of the Sith, you haven’t seen anything yet, at best he’s a mere shadow of what you will witness here.

When it first aired, I fell in love with Clone Wars because of the cool villains and visual carnage. These depictions of Count Dooku, Darth Sidious, and the new foes introduced are instant favorites. The battles are varied and dynamic. This time, I was struck by the character arcs, particularly Anakin Skywalker's because of how much is done with the visuals. This is a confidently directed piece by someone who understands the power of silence. It’s so much more impressive to see a group of Clone Troopers take down an opponent by communicating with only hand signals than it is with them shouting orders at each other. Instead of actors, it's the animators doing the storytelling through the characters’ body movement. Anything extraneous has been trimmed out and tossed away to deliver a lean and satisfying epic.

This is a “movie” that no one will be able to agree upon because inevitably, the question of “What was the best part” will come up and everyone will have a different opinion. Will it be Mace Windu standing alone against impossible odds? The first encounter with General Grievous? The space battle whose uneven odds are tipped in the underdog's favor thanks to superior strategy? How about Kit Fisto in a prolonged underwater war, Anakin in a mission that would test his strength like none other before, or that part where Count Dooku and… well I don’t want to spoil it.

I do have some criticisms, and I know they’ll sound unfair. Technically, this is not a movie, but I’m judging it as if it was. It’s because it’s that good. Other television shows would struggle to stand next to it because it accomplishes so much in so little time. Star Wars: Clone Wars is only 2 hours long but it packs in as much as my favorite series’ do in an entire season-spanning arc. (On DVD, December 4, 2015)

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Album Number Four Hundred Seventy Four “Fool for the City” is the fifth studio album by #foghat , released on 15 Sept. 1975. Featuring the band's signature song "#slowride ", along with the title track, it was the band's first album to go platinum. It was also the first album the band recorded after the departure of original bassist #tonystevens . Producer #nickjameson played bass and keyboards on the album, and co-wrote the closing track, "Take It or Leave It", with #davepeverett . My copy is a #bearsvillerecords reissue - BRK 6980 - The LP was released with two different catalog numbers. The original was released as BR 6959. It was reissued as BRK 6980 in 1978. The album cover shows drummer #rogerearldrummer sitting alone on a soap box fishing down a manhole near 229 East 11th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenue) in New York City, near the address of Foghat's American office. The back cover features skeptical bystanders observing Earl's unusual activity and the other members of the band either asking him what he is doing or trying to dissuade him from it. #rodprice #theseventies #rogerearlfoghat #rogerearl https://www.instagram.com/p/Coe0NpuOMF1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#foolforthecity #foghat #lonesomedavepeverett #rodthebottleprice #rogerearl #nickjameson #robloverde #slowride is the guiltiest of all pleasures!! As any song that defines 70’s rock was this band and this song! My best story with regards to Foghat happened in #singapore A cab driver picked me up early for a flight to #tokyo and he was blasting this particular song. This happened to be 2015 and I was chuckling in the back seat on my way to #changiairport and the drivers goes “ You know this band, this song?” As he had it given to him on a cassette with other artists and songs . What was great, was he loved it and was going through the history of rock and discovering all this music for the first time. That is what is happening globally, as everyone around the world is being turned into this music through all the various new music streaming services. Now love this band as they were a favor of our great #detroitrockcity audiences oh the nights with my 2 Daves Hanna & Jackson with Lonesome Dave Enjoy (at Hollywood Hills) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO1SbzFH8GZ/?igshid=1ciz8nx25ogzz

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Uncle Owen played by Nick Jameson in Star Wars - A new Hope #uncleowen #starwars #anewhope #nickjameson