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Clone Wars
Aug. 15th, 2008 02:53 pmSo at SIGGRAPH last night LucasArts showed a screening of the new Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie. It's basically a pilot for the new TV show, which is not directly related to the Cartoon Network mini-series.
In short, the render look is pretty good. The character animation is a bit too stylized, but works ok. The writing is, well, a script approved by George Lucas. The only real complaint (other than the fact that the theater had the sound turned up to 11) is that the pacing is designed for an ADD 8-year-old child.
There are a few pretty strange choices, notable what has been dubbed by some reviewers as "Jabba's Gay Uncle", but whatever. The original trilogy was in part so powerful because it was a a classic hero cycle largely reworked by Lucas' friends and the actors. All the 'new material' are all war-driven action films. Fun with well-executed special effects, but fluffy both spiritually and emotionally.
They lead in to the showing with an interview-style Q&A with the director. He's clearly a fanboy, and worked previously on King of the Hill and Avatar: The Last Airbender. They are wrapped up with the first 22 episode season of the show which starts in October. The director volunteered to finish up Jar-Jar's storyline, killing him off in some fan-appealing way.
In short, the render look is pretty good. The character animation is a bit too stylized, but works ok. The writing is, well, a script approved by George Lucas. The only real complaint (other than the fact that the theater had the sound turned up to 11) is that the pacing is designed for an ADD 8-year-old child.
There are a few pretty strange choices, notable what has been dubbed by some reviewers as "Jabba's Gay Uncle", but whatever. The original trilogy was in part so powerful because it was a a classic hero cycle largely reworked by Lucas' friends and the actors. All the 'new material' are all war-driven action films. Fun with well-executed special effects, but fluffy both spiritually and emotionally.
They lead in to the showing with an interview-style Q&A with the director. He's clearly a fanboy, and worked previously on King of the Hill and Avatar: The Last Airbender. They are wrapped up with the first 22 episode season of the show which starts in October. The director volunteered to finish up Jar-Jar's storyline, killing him off in some fan-appealing way.
