Full Series Micro-series vs. TCW

Even over Prelude to the Rebellion and Republic? Please.

Judging from the rest of TCW, neither was any other Legends Clone Wars material.

 

Dead serious. Never liked much of the Star Wars Republic. There are some exceptions but I enjoy TCW way more.

 

So? It was a fun duel, and it's probably one of the best fight scenes in a cartoon ever. It's way more entertaining than any of the duels in TCW. Also, them jumping around isn't consistent with other duels? Are we just going to pretend the duels in the PT weren't full of flips and jumps?

 

That's just your opinion. But there were flips and jumps in TCW as well, and they were not jumping as high as the Eiffel Tower like in CW.

 

I just rewatched the micro series this morning. There were some nice, memorable scenes here and there; and of course progression of Anakin (which takes place in about 20 minutes of actual storytelling) is good for those who want to see it happen on the screen; but the cartoonish battle scenes, especially those that the Jedi were involved in, were just too much.

You're kidding, right? Name a single Jedi duel scene in the micro series that was better than this one in TCW.

 

Maul and Savage vs. Sidious is great, but I much prefer:

• Anakin vs. Asajj
• Grievous vs. The Hypori Jedi
• Shaak-Ti vs Magnaguards

All of these fight scenes were much more exciting, and they were very impressive given the fact they were only hand-drawn. I also don't know why so many people have a problem with the huge jumps the characters make in the series. Is it exaggerated a bit much? Sure, but I still don't see how it's any different than anything out of the PT duels.

 

TCW is more realistic and it has a better story telling. Which is more suitable for Star Wars universe.

Micro-series is like Samurai Jack, it has nice fighting sequences but that's all.

 

Ahsoka's Tano Honestly, if that's the best example you can bring up, I still think the duels in the microseries are better. Some of the attack sequences the Emperor does are downright laughable. The same goes for some of the blocks. As overblown as you may think Tartakovsky's duels are, at least they have the audacity to make the actual melee combat look viable.

 

Again, the fights in the micro series was good for a cartoon. It didn't matter that Grievious was as flexible as Mister Fantastic of the FF; it still looked cool on screen.

 

They weren't that ridiculous in the PT, c'mon, man...

 

Eh, I think that you could certainly make the case that they were. We see Mace jump off the Geonosis arena balcony onto the arena ground, Yoda jumps around like Sonic the Hedgehog, and Anakin makes a huge leap off a collection arm onto a tiny mining droid at the end of the Mustafar duel.

 

Not to mention everything that happens in the elevators of the Invisible Hand, the giant leap that Obi-Wan performs from the cockpit of his fighter in the Invisible Hand's hangar bay, the OTHER giant leap that Obi-Wan does from one platform to another during his duel with Darth Maul in TPM, etc.

You know, the only real fight that is even the slightest bit exaggerated was Mace Windu's exploits on Dantooine. Other than that, everything makes sense.

 

Exactly! You can say the fights in CW were over the top, but I don't see anything in that series that would seem out of place in the PT.

 

Some of Yoda's feats on Coruscant seem like they're pushing it a little. Still, TCW had similar, slightly smaller scale ones.

Yoda pushes Trade Federation Landing Craft backward (and crashes another craft into it) - Maul (and possibly someone else?) pushes around Jedi shuttles.

Yoda lifts a bunch of droids into the air to be crashed into - Dooku lifts a bunch of rocks into the air to impress Savage.

 

Speaking of TCW, does anyone remember about a year ago when an episode of Rebels had Ahsoka make some sort of huge leap and this forum had a bunch of complaints about it? Even TCW/Rebels has done some over the top stuff in their lightsaber duels.

 

I loved the micro series, but it really can't compare to the character depth and much more variety offered by the much longer The Clone Wars Series. Howoever, the micro series did a lot right! I'm talking about how those clone troopers were badass, and General Grievous was a savage monster rather than somewhat of an incompetent coward. Personally, neither animation style is my preference. Both shows depicted the characters' faces in a "funky" way. I prefer the stlyes more commonly seen in Japanese animation. Still love those Star Wars ones though.

 

Super'Soka!
And fixed.

 

I feel that TCW focus on wrong descriptive dialogue from the movies:
"Queen Amidala is young and naive......................"
"Greivous will run and hide as he always does, his a coward."
"...his abilities have made him arrogant."
"...the Jedi are taking over!"

.............If anything the show is case study on how he would play in the sand box.

Link?

 

http://theforce.net/latestnews/stor...e_Of_His_SW_Clone_Wars_MicroSeries_148068.asp

http://www.blastr.com/2015-4-29/how-clone-wars-microseries-led-way-star-wars-return-tv

 

The micro-series was the best thing the Star Wars franchise produced between 1983 and 2015, imo.

I treat the Tartakovsky DVD's as an Episode. It's comic book-y, but it's tight. It's two hours, and there's very little filler. Above all, the mythology and story-telling are exceptional. I love the depiction of the GFFA here. It's better than the first two films, for sure, let alone TCW.

 

No.
TCW is much better.

 

Well, it's all opinion of course, and YMMV.

But for a lot reasons, TCW doesn't begin to approach the micro-series.

The micro-series nailed down in two hours what TCW failed to do in five and half seasons and one film.

 

The Clone Wars (2008-2014) is Star Wars perfection.

 

I strongly preffered the Tarkatovsky CW micro-series to TCW cartoon, so I agree with this to some extent. I do not like the animation in TCW mini-series, and never did. The micro-series animation is far superior, and the storyline(s) are better as well.

However, I didn't prefer the micro-series to the Droids 1985-1986 cartoon. Droids was an excellent SW series that incorporated a lot of OT tech., etc. That remains my favorite SW cartoon, even though it was short-lived & hasn't gotten a decent, comprehensive home video release.