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DarthSapient Registered: Jun '01	Date Posted: 7/22/08 12:03pm Subject: RE: Samuel Jackson and other Original Actors providing their voice in the CGI series
	If Mark Hamill actually did do some voice work and we knew for which part, I think it does more to interrupt suspended disbelief than to add to the story. As much as I love Luke, I don't think having him would be a good idea at all.
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Veloz Registered: Aug '04	Date Posted: 8/25/08 2:16pm Subject: RE: Samuel Jackson and other Original Actors providing their voice in the CGI series
	Ok, finally Lucas answers why some of the original actors didnt return to voice their characters: http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/08/11/george-lucas-explains-why-familar-voices-wont-return-for-clone-wars/ George Lucas Explains Why Familar Voices Won’t Return For ‘Clone Wars’ The animated “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” opens this week, giving audiences another opportunity to pal around with old friends like Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and R2-D2. But while a lot of the action and characters will be familiar to fans of the series, a majority of the voices won’t. No Hayden Christensen or Ewan McGregor. No Natalie Portman or Frank Oz. In fact, the only actors returning to voice their characters are Samuel L. Jackson (Mace Windu), Christopher Lee (Count Dooku), and Anthony Daniels (C-3P0). So why aren’t a lot of the actors who made the roles famous returning? “When we decided to do the feature, we went back to the actors and said, ‘Look, we’re doing a feature. Would you like to do the voice? Could you come in a month?’ Some of them were all over the world. It was hard to get all the actors that would be off on set,” Lucas told reporters at a press conference last week. “You need people available every week. [Also] you can’t really afford multi-million dollar actors to do a television series. Those guys make more during their coffee break.” But the bottom line for why most of the actors aren’t returning to voice the characters they made famous? Because George Lucas doesn’t need them, Lucas himself said to reporters. “It used to be in animation you just had [unknown] actors do the parts. The idea of hiring a really good actor – Tom Hanks [for instance] – was a really revolutionary idea,” Lucas said. “Partly they did it because they were great actors, partly they did it cause they wanted to use them for publicity. To be very honest with you, I don’t really think I need to hire a big movie star to publicize my movie. I don’t need Angelina Jolie here. That’s what it comes down to in the end. They have two days in the studio and then they have like two weeks doing press. They are mainly paid for the press stuff.” -----signature----- "Hello there!" "Remember the Force will be with you..always" - Obi Wan Kenobi, ANH "Who's the more foolish...the fool or the fool who follows him?"- Obi Wan Kenobi, ANH
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MistrX Registered: Jun '06	Date Posted: 8/25/08 2:32pm Subject: RE: Samuel Jackson and other Original Actors providing their voice in the CGI series
	I was actually a bit surprised that with all the work he's done for the video games they didn't or couldn't get Temuera Morrison back to voice the clones. I would've liked to hear him again, but if he's busy or whatnot, good for him. -----signature----- We are well and truly forked
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TwiLekJedi Title: Classic Trilogy Manager Registered: Jun '01	Date Posted: 8/25/08 3:20pm Subject: RE: Samuel Jackson and other Original Actors providing their voice in the CGI series
	instead we get a guy from Indiana whose NZ-impression almost sounds like an Australian pretending to be Scottish. Only really weird voice change for me. -----signature----- We do what we must Because we can For the good of all of us Except the ones who are dead
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GARTH_MAUL Title: LACWAC Manager & White Wizard Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 8/25/08 3:37pm Subject: RE: Samuel Jackson and other Original Actors providing their voice in the CGI series
	Really? The clones voice didn't bother me at all. -----signature----- Dustin + Tina = 5 years of marriage Obama given First Annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence
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Mitth_Fisto Registered: Sep '05	Date Posted: 8/25/08 3:44pm Subject: RE: Samuel Jackson and other Original Actors providing their voice in the CGI series
	The clones voice bothered me a little bit, but mainly because it was obviously not the same guy unless he had a cold or something. But on an off the wall topic, when does TV series begin now? -----signature----- Pride before the fall Humility before honor Friendship is unnecessary like philosophy like art It has ho survival value; rather it's one of those things that gives value to survival http://boards.theforce.net/fan_art/b10020/25366431/p1/?79
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snap-hiss Registered: Aug '01	Date Posted: 8/25/08 4:33pm Subject: RE: Samuel Jackson and other Original Actors providing their voice in the CGI series
	I'm sure it's been said before but the actor who preformed Obi Wan was excellent. For approx half the film I was convinced it was Ewan. !snap -----signature----- Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory.
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maderic Registered: Oct '04	Date Posted: 8/25/08 5:15pm Subject: RE: Samuel Jackson and other Original Actors providing their voice in the CGI series
	snap-hiss posted: I'm sure it's been said before but the actor who preformed Obi Wan was excellent. For approx half the film I was convinced it was Ewan. !snap Then you're, no offense, deaf. James Arnold Taylor does amazing work, but it's very evident that it's not Ewan McGregor. On an unrelated note, I really wish they could get Christopher Lee to do Dooku for the whole series. That'd be amazing. -----signature----- "The Star Wars story is really the tragedy of Darth Vader. That is the story. Once Vader dies, he doesn't come back to life, The Emperor doesn't get cloned and Luke doesn't get married," George Lucas. I'm a proud hater of 98% of the Expanded Universe.
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swcolts157 Registered: Jun '08	Date Posted: 8/25/08 5:17pm Subject: RE: Samuel Jackson and other Original Actors providing their voice in the CGI series - Date Edited: 8/25/08 5:21pm (1 edits total) Edited By: swcolts157
	Yeah, James Arnold Taylor is pretty awesome. Him and Tom Kane were the best voice replacements in the movie, imo. Maybe it's because they've been doing Obi-Wan and Yoda for so long, though. Cat Taber does a dead-on Padme and Dee Bradley Baker's clone troopers were pretty good. Kevin Michael Richardson was perfect for Jabba. I like Matt Lanter as Anakin, but he wasn't really doing an impression of him. Finally, Ian Abercrombie as Palpatine was okay. His Sidious is great, put his Palpatine could use a little work. It sounded off at times. I guess you could call this a review on the voice acting! Edit: All of the returning film actors (Christopher Lee, Sam Jackson, and Anthony Daniels) were awsome. Christopher Lee added a lot of great characterization to Dooku that seemed to be missing in Eps 2 and 3. For so few lines they had, SLJ and Anthony Daniels did a great job. Mace was arrogant and clueless and 3P0 was as sassy as ever. Ziro was hilarious and Loathsom and the battle droids gave a taste of humor to the separatists. -----signature----- I love the Clone Wars, can't wait for season 2! Can't wait for new Breaking Benjamin album! Go Colts!
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TwiLekJedi Title: Classic Trilogy Manager Registered: Jun '01	Date Posted: 8/25/08 5:18pm Subject: RE: Samuel Jackson and other Original Actors providing their voice in the CGI series
	GARTH_MAUL posted: Really? The clones voice didn't bother me at all. just weird, especially because the accent is all over the place. still beats the German dub though, where we get the guy who usually dubs Nicholas Cage. -----signature----- We do what we must Because we can For the good of all of us Except the ones who are dead
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_Sublime_Skywalker_ Registered: May '04	Date Posted: 8/25/08 10:33pm Subject: RE: Samuel Jackson and other Original Actors providing their voice in the CGI series
	swcolts157 posted: Finally, Ian Abercrombie as Palpatine was okay. His Sidious is great, put his Palpatine could use a little work. It sounded off at times. I guess you could call this a review on the voice acting! First line Palps says in the movie, I cracked up laughing and said "Are you serious?" but after that I didn't notice it. I guess it's because Palpy had like litterally 2 lines in the whole movie. -----signature----- 'You don't know the Power of the Darkside!'-Darth Vader
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maderic Registered: Oct '04	Date Posted: 8/26/08 5:56am Subject: RE: Samuel Jackson and other Original Actors providing their voice in the CGI series
	swcolts157 posted: Cat Taber does a dead-on Padme and Dee Bradley Baker's clone troopers were pretty good. Kevin Michael Richardson was perfect for Jabba. I like Matt Lanter as Anakin, but he wasn't really doing an impression of him. I liked Padme's voice, but I'm wondering why they didn't call Tem Morrison back in for the clone voices. It's not like he has much better things to work on. And yes, Matt Lanter was trying to be Matt Lanter, not Hayden Christensen. It's unfortunate (and bizarre) that they didn't seek Hayden out for the role because, like it or not, he is Anakin. =\ -----signature----- "The Star Wars story is really the tragedy of Darth Vader. That is the story. Once Vader dies, he doesn't come back to life, The Emperor doesn't get cloned and Luke doesn't get married," George Lucas. I'm a proud hater of 98% of the Expanded Universe.
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Darth_William Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 8/26/08 6:04am Subject: RE: Samuel Jackson and other Original Actors providing their voice in the CGI series
	Does anyone know if Sam Jackson and Christopher Lee will be continuing doing the voices of Mace & Dooku in the series, or was it just for the movie and the voice doubles will take over in the series? Any info. on this is appreciated!
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Gopher_Tanis Registered: Nov '06	Date Posted: 8/26/08 6:05am Subject: RE: Samuel Jackson and other Original Actors providing their voice in the CGI series
	Magic_Al posted: Adding a theatrical release has been a tried-and-true tactic for expensive American TV productions for decades. The original 1970s Battlestar Galactica premiere episode was released as a theatrical film overseas (with the change that Baltar dies to give the film some closure, since otherwise the film just sets up the ragtag fleet's search for Earth), and the 1980s miniseries Shogun, 10 hours on American TV, was edited to be a 2-hour theatrical movie for overseas (with additional scenes of nudity and violence that could not be shown on American TV). What's very, very unusual is using this tactic on domestic theater screens! I can't think of another time when an American TV series was launched with an American theatrical release. With Baltar it was actually he was originally planned to die and not be a recuring character in the series, so that film was filmed, then they decided that his performance was so good and that they needed something other than the reptile cyborgs (later changed to Robots) and to keep the character so they reshot the sequence to "spare him" and also at the same time changed the concept of the Cylons to Robots. Also the series had not been presold worldwide, so by releasing it theatrically could generate revenue, and in those days the rest of the world often lagged years behind America for showing American imports.
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SaberJedi2 Registered: Apr '07	Date Posted: 8/28/08 4:33am Subject: RE: Samuel Jackson and other Original Actors providing their voice in the CGI series
	Darth_William posted: Does anyone know if Sam Jackson and Christopher Lee will be continuing doing the voices of Mace & Dooku in the series, or was it just for the movie and the voice doubles will take over in the series? Any info. on this is appreciated! We're pretty sure (I thought confirmed) that they won't be doing the voices during the season. Christopher Lee was added after the movie had been completed and had to match his voice to the animation. Therefore, I'm pretty sure he won't be involved in the season. -----signature----- Fanboys FINALLY in February!
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