Clone Wars: Volume 1
Originally airing as a series of 3 minute "mini-sodes", the first volume of Genndy Tartakovsky's "Clone Wars" doesn't quite flow as smoothly when viewed as one continuous story, but the non-stop action and fantastic animation serve to propel it into an immensely entertaining, if not always narratively satisfying, tale. The best arc involves new villain Asajj Ventress and her quest to kill Anakin Skywalker. Tartakovsky and his team do an excellent job of giving their story a real cinematic quality. The rest of the vignettes are more straight forward action, but they do help to flesh out a conflict that was given short shrift in the live action films.
Clone Wars: Volume 2
Ties up the remaining loose ends from the first season and then leaps ahead in time to just before the opening crawl of 'Revenge of the Sith'. These episodes were longer, and the story focus here is much tighter. As a result, volume 2 feels more like a movie when watched all at once. Unfortunately, it lacks anything as compelling as the Ventress arc from season 1. Still, it's a fast paced and entertaining slice of animated action. I only wish this had been conceived as a traditional, full-length animated series.
Originally airing as a series of 3 minute "mini-sodes", the first volume of Genndy Tartakovsky's "Clone Wars" doesn't quite flow as smoothly when viewed as one continuous story, but the non-stop action and fantastic animation serve to propel it into an immensely entertaining, if not always narratively satisfying, tale. The best arc involves new villain Asajj Ventress and her quest to kill Anakin Skywalker. Tartakovsky and his team do an excellent job of giving their story a real cinematic quality. The rest of the vignettes are more straight forward action, but they do help to flesh out a conflict that was given short shrift in the live action films.
Clone Wars: Volume 2
Ties up the remaining loose ends from the first season and then leaps ahead in time to just before the opening crawl of 'Revenge of the Sith'. These episodes were longer, and the story focus here is much tighter. As a result, volume 2 feels more like a movie when watched all at once. Unfortunately, it lacks anything as compelling as the Ventress arc from season 1. Still, it's a fast paced and entertaining slice of animated action. I only wish this had been conceived as a traditional, full-length animated series.