First episode impressions: ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Season 5 (TV review)
“Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (8:30 a.m. Central Saturdays, Cartoon Network), which has switched from Friday nights to Saturday mornings with little fanfare for its fifth season, isn’t content to ease into a new batch of episodes. Picking up from the Season 4 finale, it jumps right back into showing Darth Maul and Savage Opress terrorizing
On ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars,’ how in the world is Darth Maul still alive? (TV commentary)
The “Star Wars” saga has a weird tendency to tell stories out of order. Most notably, the film saga started with Episode IV. The books and comics are rife with stories that fill in the gaps of continuity, such as “Shadows of the Empire” chronicling the search for Han Solo and “Darth Plagueis” telling the
After ‘Slaves of the Republic,’ what story would you like to see adapted to ‘The Clone Wars’ next? (Comic book review)
“Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (7 p.m. Central Fridays on Cartoon Network) is currently in the midst of its first-ever adaptation from another medium: It has adapted the first two-thirds of Henry Gilroy’s 2008-09 six-issue Dark Horse comic series “Slaves of the Republic,” and the trilogy’s final episode is slated for Jan. 6.
First episode impressions: ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Season 4 (TV review)
As if to not overwhelm “Star Wars” fans who were also picking up the Blu-ray release of the films on Friday, the fourth season of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (7 p.m. Central Fridays on Cartoon Network) starts with a one-hour technical showcase that has very little story and character. It’s basically just a big underwater battle
Fall TV 2011: 6 new shows and 6 returning shows to watch (Commentary)
Believe it or not, the fall TV season is less than a week away. Fittingly, one of the best-looking new shows and one of the best returning shows will throw out the first pitches of the season when they premiere on Tuesday. Here’s a closer look at those shows and more — my top six
Chewbacca and Ahsoka team up in ‘The Clone Wars?’ OK, I’ll buy it (TV commentary)
Long before the prequels started filming, George Lucas announced that R2-D2 and C-3PO would be in all six “Star Wars” films, so we had time to accept the huge coincidence that these two droids just happened to be owned by two generations of Skywalkers who never knew each other.
Top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 1 — Ziro the Hutt
TV commentary: John’s list of the 10 best “Clone Wars” characters concludes with one of George Lucas’ most amusing creations of recent years: Ziro the Hutt.
Top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 2 — Cad Bane
TV commentary: John’s countdown of his 10 favorite “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” characters continues with No. 2, bounty hunter Cad Bane.
John’s top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 3 — Asajj Ventress (TV commentary)
In the “Star Wars” universe, it’s almost impossible for a character to quietly, slowly emerge as a fan favorite. Most characters on this list arrived with a lot of hype behind them (Ahsoka) or they were already a popular character from the movies (Tarkin, Boba Fett).
John’s top 10 ‘Clone Wars’ characters: No. 4 — Ahsoka Tano (TV commentary)
Because Jar Jar Binks was unpopular among fans and took on a lesser role after Episode I, the next two movies lacked a protagonist whose fate was unknown. With Padme and Mace Windu, and especially Anakin, Obi-Wan and Yoda, we weren’t watching so much for “what happens” to the characters but rather for “how it