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title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film) text: 15 in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. "The Clone Wars" served as an introduction to the television series of the same name, which debuted on October 3, 2008. Though critical reception was negative, the film was a box office success, and grossed $68.3 million worldwide against an $8.5 million budget. It is the only theatrical "Star Wars" film not to be distributed by either 20th Century Fox (soon to be owned by Disney) or Walt Disney Studios. During the Clone Wars, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi lead a small Republic clone army against the Separatist title: Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series) text: edited as feature-length films. Since release, the series has received critical acclaim and won multiple awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program twice for both of its volumes. The success of "Star Wars: Clone Wars", which "Star Wars" creator George Lucas referred to as the "pilot series", led to a second "Clone Wars" series — the CGI-animated "" — which was produced by Lucasfilm Animation and ran from 2008 to 2014 before being resurrected for the 2019 launch of Disney's streaming service. That series' canonicity eventually superseded that of the "Clone Wars" micro-series after The Walt Disney title: Clone Wars (Star Wars) text: Clone Wars (Star Wars) The Clone Wars, occasionally referred to in the singular as the Clone War, are conflicts in the "Star Wars" franchise by George Lucas. Though mentioned briefly in the first "Star Wars" film (1977), the conflicts themselves are not depicted until "" (2002) and "" (2005). The Clone Wars are also the setting for three eponymous projects: (2003–2005), (2008), and (2008–present). They have featured in numerous "Star Wars" books and games. Within the "Star Wars" narrative, the Clone Wars involve a three-year war fought to prevent thousands of planetary systems from seceding from the Galactic Republic and title: Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series) text: Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series) Star Wars: Clone Wars is an American animated television micro-series adapted, directed, produced and co-written by Genndy Tartakovsky, set in the "Star Wars" universe. Produced and released between the films "" and "", it is the first of many works to explore the conflict set between the two known as the Clone Wars, and directly leads to the events of "Revenge of the Sith". The show follows the actions of various characters from the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy, notably Jedi Knights and clone troopers, in their war against the battle droid armies of title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film) text: the early episodes on the big screen. Those first few episodes, originally planned for release on television, were then woven together to form the theatrical release. The story of the kidnapped Hutt was inspired by the Sonny Chiba samurai film titled "Shogun’s Shadow". Warner Bros. had tracked the series' development from the beginning, and Lucas decided on a theatrical launch after viewing early footage declaring "This is so beautiful, why don't we just go and use the crew and make a feature?" Lucas described the film was "almost an afterthought." Howard Roffman, president of Lucas Licensing, said of the decision,