The television series "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (including the pilot of the same name) has been added to the list, replacing "La Femme Nikita" (which I have discontinued watching, my final episode being "Mother"; see my review of that episode for full details).
In general I don't review films on here (unless they are part of an ongoing television series, e.g. "24: Redemption") and all Star Wars productions so far have been classed as films by me. This includes the television movies Caravan of Courage and The Battle For Endor, and the edited films The Pirates And The Prince, et al, and Clone Wars Volume I and II. The last of these I've just watched this last Sunday (28/06/2009) and so the next logical move would be the film titled "Star Wars: The Clone Wars", a prequel to the television series also titled "Star Wars: The Clone Wars".
Confusingly, this film is unrelated to the prior edited films "Clone Wars Volume I" and "Clone Wars Volume II", although it does take place after the events of Volume I, and involves some characters introduced in that film. To add even more confusion, 20th Century Fox released a largely unedited DVD comprising the first four episodes of the television series "The Clone Wars" titled "Star Wars: A Galaxy Divided". The film "The Clone Wars", on the other hand, effectively comprises four episodes not included in the television series edited together (called "Castle of Deception", "Castle of Doom", "Castle of Salvation" and "The New Padawan"). And let's not forget that the original "Volume I" and "Volume II" are just edited versions of an original TV/web series. Therefore it seemed reasonable to assume that 20th Century Fox would continue to release these four-episode DVDs. However, the second DVD announced is titled "Star Wars: Clone Commandos" and while it does contain the fifth episode of the show, it doesn't have the sixth (they moved straight to episode 19 instead). Therefore, I'm forced to get the season box set and watch it like a TV series to get the full experience. (This is not unprecedented: prior releases such as "Star Wars: The Haunted Village" were out-of-sequence edits from their respective original television series. However, in that case ("Droids" and "Ewoks" television series edited films) the original episodes not included in the edited films are not even available on DVD).
It's coincidental and fortuitous that I have only just discontinued a series, and "The Clone Wars" neatly takes its place. I'll have to wait til November (when the season box set is released) to start watching it though. Still, plenty of science-fiction to keep me occupied until then.
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