Following the timeline we agreed upon in the Early Clone Wars Part 1 post, we're finishing off everything to do with our main characters, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, ahead of the events of Star Wars: The Clone Wars . They were originally meant to be spread across many months or even years, but in the revised timeline we condensed them into a handful of weeks. We end with the story in which Anakin ceases being a Padawan and becomes a Knight, as we see him when he first appears in The Clone Wars . Therefore, for this post, I read the following stories: Republic 60: Hate and Fear (comic by Haden Blackman , 2004) Republic 61: Dead Ends (comic by John Ostrander , 2004) Republic 62: No Man's Land (comic by John Ostrander, 2004) Republic 63: Striking from the Shadows (comic by John Ostrander, 2004) Republic 64: Bloodlines (comic by John Ostrander, 2004) Republic 65-66: Show of Force (comic by John Ostrander, 2004) Republic 67: Forever Young (comic by Randy Strad
In November 2003, the Clone Wars animated series premiered on Cartoon Network. Composed of at first ten very short (approximately four minutes each) episodes, these cartoons told stories of the Jedi and Sith, of Republic and Separatists, of light and dark set between Attack of the Clones and the then-unreleased Revenger of the Sith . Kids were treated to Star Wars on television for the first time since the 1980s. This cartoon was written and directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, an animator with a very distinctive style whose other works included Dexter's Laboratory , The Powerpuff Girls , and Samurai Jack . The new show lines up with his style, and he was able to create truly massive battle scenes between the grand armies of the Republic and Separatists. Characters of very similar animation style from three Genndy Tartakovsky series: Dexter's Laboratory , The Powerpuff Girls , and Star Wars: Clone Wars . Images from Google Every episode was aired in a five-minute timeslot on Carto