Trivia / Star Wars: The Clone Wars

The Television Series

• Ability over Appearance: During Ashley Eckstein's audition for Ahsoka, she was asked to do an Icelandic accent, but her initial performance wasn't what Dave Filoni wanted. When Ashley spoke up in-between takes, Dave liked her own personality and cast her for that reason, encouraging her to place said personality into Ahsoka.
• Acting in the Dark: Dave Filoni kicked everyone out of the studio while recording for "The Wrong Jedi" except for Matt Lanter and Ashley Eckstein so that the two could privately record the scene where Ahsoka leaves the Jedi Order. The rest of the cast didn't learn about the ending until the episode was broadcast.
• Acting for Two:
  • Jennifer Hale voices both Aayla Secura and Riyo Chuchi.
  • Corey Burton voices Count Dooku, Cad Bane and Ziro the Hutt, in addition to several one-off characters.
  • James Arnold Taylor voices Obi-Wan Kenobi, Plo Koon, and Rako Hardeen (even switching from Kenobi to Hardeen mid line), in addition to numerous side and background characters.
  • Ahmed Best voices both Jar Jar Binks and Boss Lyoine.
  • Phil LaMarr voices Bail Organa, Kit Fisto, Orn Free Tarr, and several other minor characters.
  • Dee Bradley Baker voices every single adult Clone Trooper in the series, while also providing his talents to background characters and varying creatures.
  • Sam Witwer voices The Son and Darth Maul.
  • In the Latin American Spanish dub, Chancellor Palpatine's two identities were initially played by different actors, with Carlos Segundo (the voice of Darth Maul) as Darth Sidious, and Javier Rivero (the voice of Jar Jar Binks) as the Chancellor persona.
• Actor-Inspired Element:
  • James Arnold Taylor made his portrayal of Obi-Wan a hybrid of Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor's voices. Later when he was making a voice for Osi Sobeck, Dave Filoni wanted to have Osi as if Christopher Walken sounded like a bad guy. Taylor later made the voice a combination of Walken and Al Pacino.
  • Ahsoka's voice and characteristics are based on Ashley Eckstein after Dave Filoni saw Eckstein's personality in-between audition takes.
  • The Son having a voice with the tones of Darth Vader, Palpatine, and Starkiller was Sam Witwer's idea (he also voiced the latter two characters in The Force Unleashed).
• Alan Smithee: Phil LaMarr revealed in 2020 that he filled in for Ahmed Best as Jar Jar Binks during most of the first season, being credited as "B.J. Hughes". Unlike other examples of this trope, it should be noted that this is the only role of his on the series in which LaMarr was credited by a pseudonym, whereas he is credited by his real name for all his other roles.
• All-Star Cast:
  • And how! The Clone Wars has an extensive lineup of well-known actors, ranging from voice acting veterans, Star Wars alumni, and even live-action actors. The cast includes James Arnold Taylor, Dee Bradley Baker, Tom Kane, Phil LaMarr, Corey Burton, Tom Kenny, Matthew Wood, Anthony Daniels, Ahmed Best, Liam Neeson, Jim Cummings, Greg Ellis, James Marsters, James C. Mathis III, Ron Perlman, Clancy Brown, Terrence C. Carson, Robin Atkin Downes, Gideon Emery, Jennifer Hale, Bob Bergen, Nolan North, Dave Fennoy, Cam Clarke, Katee Sackhoff, Kevin Michael Richardson, Seth Green, Jason Spisak, Fred Tatasciore, Ben Diskin, Barbara Goodson, Jon Favreau, Ian Abercrombie, Daniel Logan, Kath Soucie, Simon Pegg, Kirk Thornton, Gregg Berger, David Kaye, Greg Cipes, Kari Wahlgren, Sam Witwer, Tim Curry, David Tennant, Mark Hamill, Samuel L. Jackson, and Christopher Lee.
  • In the seventh season, there's Matt Lanter and Ashley Eckstein after receiving their Star Making Roles from the series' original run and Ray Park (Darth Maul's actor in the films).
• Approval of God:
  • When Christopher Lee came in to record for the pilot movie, he heard a bit of Corey Burton as Count Dooku and wondered why he was needed since Burton was THAT dead-on.
  • Dave Wolverton, author of The Courtship of Princess Leia, was honored by the inclusion of the Nightsisters of Dathomir in the series.
  • Hayden Christensen ended up watching both this show and Rebels to prepare himself for Obi-Wan Kenobi, and was thoroughly fascinated with what the show did with Anakin and the relationships he had with the other characters.
  • Temuera Morrison indicated that he really enjoyed the portrayal of the Clone Troopers in this series and other animated shows. He even expressed an interest in playing Captain Rex in a live-action appearance, which he would ultimately get to do in Ahsoka.
  • Though Ewan McGregor hasn't said what he thinks of the show itself, he was happy to meet with James Arnold Taylor during Star Wars Celebration 2023, indicating he at least approves of Taylor's depiction of Obi-Wan Kenobi.
• Ascended Fanon: The nickname for Maul's Mandalorian super commandos, "the Mauldalorians", was acknowledged when one of the Twitter emoji hashtags created to promote the series' revival was #TheMauldalorian.
• Blooper: In "Cargo of Doom", when Rex is ordering several battalions of clone troopers into AT-TEs, he calls the first walker an AT-AT... a vehicle that doesn't exist at this point in the Star Wars canon.
• Breakthrough Hit: The Clone Wars gave a start to Henry Gilroy, Steven Melching, Katie Lucas, Matt Michnovetz, and Brent Friedman.
• Channel Hop: After Disney acquired Lucasfilm, The Clone Wars was pulled from Cartoon Network after its fifth season concluded, and the sixth season was presented on Netflix. Six years later, the seventh and final season premiered on Disney+. The pilot movie, meanwhile, was the first Star Wars film not to be distributed by 20th Century Fox, with the release instead being handled by Warner Bros..
• Conclusion in Another Medium: When The Clone Wars was cancelled, multiple episodes were still in different stages of production. Some of that material was released in various formats:
  • The sixth season comprised of 13 finished episodes that aired on Netflix and was released on Blu-Ray.
  • Two story arcs of four episodes each ("Crystal Crisis" and "Bad Batch") were released on StarWars.com with unfinished animation, but complete voice-over and sound effects.
  • The events of an eight-episode story arc were adapted into the Dark Disciple novel.
  • Another four episode story arc was adapted into the Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir comic book miniseries.
  • Averted, however, following the announcement at San Diego ComicCon 2018 that The Clone Wars had been revived for a seventh season, which will finish up many of the story arcs that were left unfinished by the initial cancellation.
• Creator Backlash:
  • Dave Filoni regrets killing off Steela Gerrera at the end of the Onderon arc. The writers liked her character a lot, but decided to kill her as a sacrifice in liberating Onderon. Even then, Filoni still cited the decision as one of his biggest regrets.
  • Filoni stated after the series' original run that he didn't like how Darker and Edgier it got as the seasons progressed, personally feeling that it was a reason why some of the viewership went down.
  • Nalini Krishan, Barriss Offee's actress in Attack of the Clones, felt that Barriss suddenly turning to the Dark Side and betraying Ahsoka was both disappointing and out-of-character.
  • Matthew Yang King, who voiced Nyx in the original animatics for the episodes in Ahsoka's Walkabout arc, was not informed that his character was replaced by the Martez sisters and was disappointed to only learn of this upon watching the final versions, but otherwise wished the series good will.
• Creator Breakdown: According to Ahmed Best, the reason Phil Lamarr filled in for him as Jar Jar Binks in most of his appearances in the first season (the exception being "Bombad Jedi") was that playing the character had become painful for him at the time. Best did not reprise the role again until the third season's "Supply Lines".
• Creator's Favorite:
  • Dave Filoni's favorite Star Wars character is Plo Koon, resulting in Plo receiving a fleshed out Ascended Extra role in The Clone Wars. George Lucas lampshaded how much Filoni likes the character.
    George Lucas: Plo Koon is Dave's favorite character. He's constantly trying to push him into the series. If it were up to him, Plo Koon would appear in every episode.
  • Corey Burton has listed Cad Bane as one of his absolute favorite roles in his career, since he created the voice instead of just mimicking other actors as many of his previous roles required.
• Creator's Favorite Episode:
  • George Lucas' favorite episode is "A Sunny Day in the Void".
  • James Arnold Taylor's favorite episode is "The Lawless".
  • Ashley Eckstein's favorite story arcs are the Mortis and Fugitive arcs.
• Cross-Dressing Voices: Dee Bradley Baker does the voice of Karina the Great.
• Darkhorse Casting: A few of the lead voice actors were relatively unknown compared to the other roles in the cast; Matt Lanter had supporting roles in live-action TV, and the same goes for Ashley Eckstein in regards to comedy TV.
• Descended Creator:
  • As the supervising director of The Clone Wars, Dave Filoni does the voice of the bounty hunter Embo and the astromech CH-33P.
  • Matthew Wood, a sound editor at Lucasfilm subsidiary Skywalker Sound, reprises his role as General Grievous, having previously voiced the character in Revenge of the Sith. He also takes up the roles of Wat Tambor, Poggle the Lesser, and the battle droids.
• Died During Production: Ian Abercrombie, Palpatine's voice actor for most of the series, passed away in January 2012, while Season 4 was still airing on television. His last recorded role before his death was Season 5's "The Lawless".^note While he also recorded lines for Season 6's Clovis arc, that story arc was originally part of Season 5's production line.
• Doing It for the Art: Kevin Kiner flew to Prague, Czech Republic and hired the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra for the recording of the soundtrack of the Fugitive arc, doing it on his own time, out of his own wallet.
• Enforced Method Acting: James Arnold Taylor refrained from re-watching Revenge of the Sith during production so that his portrayal of Obi-Wan wouldn't be affected by future In-Universe events.
• #EngineeredHashtag: The announcement of The Clone Wars' revival came with #CloneWarsSaved as a shoutout to fan campaigns dedicated to saving the series.
• Executive Meddling: George Lucas, being the creator and executive producer of the series, had a say in a significant amount of creative decisions (usually for minor concerns) that would override decisions made by the writers. Ziro the Hutt's speech pattern, for instance, came from a last minute suggestion by him. Interestingly, it was also Lucas who suggested to design Cad Bane to be Lee Van Cleef in space and his changes generally didn't interfere with how the stories themselves were told, so it works both ways.
• Executive Veto: George Lucas had a tendency to exercise this power in The Clone Wars due to being its creator and executive producer. For instance, "Sacrifice" features the planet Moraband, which was previously known as Korriban. The name Moraband came up during discussion and Lucas suggested that it should be the planet's name in the canon. A writer later added that Korriban is an alternative name for the planet.
• Follow the Leader: Ahsoka Tano as a female lead in The Clone Wars saw new works in the Disney era of Star Wars follow suit, such as Rey in the Sequel Trilogy, Jyn Erso in Rogue One, and Iden Versio in Battlefront II (2017).
• God Never Said That: After news of the series' revival, people have said that the series could potentially be extended for more episodes and seasons. This is in spite of the fact that Dave Filoni said in an interview at Celebration Chicago 2019, and later in a D23 inteview, that there aren't any plans for more episodes and season seven would be the final season.
• In Memoriam:
  • "Bounty Hunters" is dedicated to Akira Kurosawa, with the episode inspired by Seven Samurai and the Star Wars franchise inspired by his films as a whole.
  • "The Lawless" also has a dedication to Ian Abercrombie (the voice actor of Palpatine), who died about one year before the episode aired.
• International Coproduction: The Clone Wars is produced by Lucasfilm and Lucasfilm Animation (United States), Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, CGCG (Taiwan), and Polygon Pictures (Japan).
• Keep Circulating the Tapes:
  • The pilot movie went out of print after Warner Bros' distribution contract with Lucasfilm expired, so chances are you'll be paying a lot of money just to get your hands on a DVD and Blu-ray copy of it. Digital outlets won't give you any favors, either. It was available on Netflix (in select regions) from March 2014 to April 2019, but returned to Disney+ upon that service's launch.
  • WB's home video rights to the first five seasons lapsed several years later, meaning that the sixth season (dubbed The Lost Missions) is the only home video release still in circulation. Fortunately, the entire series, along with its aforementioned pilot movie, was included into Disney Plus.
  • The "Decoded" versions of the episodes in the first season (re-airings that had some lore blurbs by the Lucasfilm Animation team to go along with them) only aired once on TV and on the official Star Wars website before the premier of the second season.
  • With the release of season seven and an official finished version of the Bad Batch arc, the original animatics have been taken down from the official Star Wars website (along with the "Legacy" page) and their YouTube channel. While understandable for the Bad Batch episodes (since they've been completed), the Crystal Crisis on Utapau animatics have also been taken down, meaning the only places you can find those episodes are The Lost Missions Blu-Ray release (and only on Blu-ray, as the DVD release never got them) or other YouTube channels if you want to watch them (and YouTube is the only option if you want to see what's changed between the original and finished versions of the Bad Batch episodes).
• Limited Special Collector's Ultimate Edition: All the individual seasons' DVD and Blu-ray releases contain massive amounts of bonus content, but the first five seasons' Collector's Edition takes it further: it includes every episode in the series, hours of bonus contents, an episode guide, and the 54-page artbook. Also, it costs just slightly more than half of the combined cost of the individual season releases.
• Magnum Opus Dissonance: George's favorite episode is "A Sunny Day in the Void", which happens to often be regarded as one of the worst episodes in the whole series, thanks to it being considered boring, inconsequential, plot-irrelevant and centering almost entirely on two unpopular comic relief characters. Dissonance, indeed.
• Meaningful Release Date:
  • "Shattered" was released on May 1st, 2020, which can also be written in M/D/Y form as 5/01/2020, referencing the 501st Legion.
  • "Victory and Death" was released on May the 4th, Star Wars Day.
• Network to the Rescue: Alongside the fan support as noted below, Dave Filoni has cited the help of Carrie Beck (of Lucasfilm Animation) and Agnes Chu (Senior Vice President of Disney+) in reviving the series.
• No Export for You: The sixth season was only released in the US, Canada, Germany, and Australia, but Australia had to wait for the home video versions. As of 2024, only the seventh and final season has received a Finnish-language dub.
• Not Screened for Critics: The pilot movie had a rating embargo until release.
• Official Fan-Submitted Content: The lightsaber technique used by Petro in "A Test of Strength", "Whirlwind of Destiny", was created by nine-year-old Brendon Lake for Hasbro's "Join the Jedi" contest.
• The Original Darrin:
  • After being voiced by Ian Abercrombie and then Tim Curry throughout The Clone Wars, Ian McDiarmid is back to voicing Darth Sidious in "Shattered" during a Force vision that Ahsoka and Maul have. Although, it's just archival audio from Revenge of the Sith.
  • The same is done with Silas Carson, Hayden Christensen, and Samuel L. Jackson as Ki-Adi-Mundi, Anakin, and Mace Windu respectively. Although, Terrence C. Carson still plays Mace elsewhere in the episode, and Anakin's final line "What have I done?" is provided by Matt Lanter.
  • Ray Park, the original actor to physically portray Darth Maul in The Phantom Menace, returns to provide the mo-cap for him in the final duel of the series.
  • In the European French dub, seasons 1 through 4 were dubbed at the Dubbing Brothers studio with the voice actors from the films. Seasons 5 and 6 were dubbed at the Technicolor studio, and most of the cast was replaced. Season 7 moved back to Dubbing Brothers, with the film cast reprising their roles.
• The Other Darrin:
  • A significant amount of Star Wars characters in The Clone Wars are not voiced by the actors that portrayed them in their appearances in the films. Many examples include:
    • Matt Lanter voices Anakin Skywalker instead of Hayden Christensen.
    • Dee Bradley Baker voices the clone troopers instead of Temuera Morrison.
    • The late Ian Abercrombie, and eventually Tim Curry^note Abercrombie managed to record all his dialogue for the Clovis arc before passing, voices Palpatine instead of Ian McDiarmid.
    • Catherine Taber voices Padmé Amidala instead of Natalie Portman.
    • Phil LaMarr voices Bail Organa instead of Jimmy Smits. He also played Jar Jar three times when Ahmed Best wasn't available.
    • Stephen Stanton voices Wilhuff Tarkin instead of Wayne Pygram.
    • Artt Butler voices Gial Ackbar instead of Erik Bauersfeld.
    • Fred Tatasciore voices Captain Tarpals instead of Steven Speirs.
    • Sam Witwer voices Darth Maul instead of Peter Serafinowicz.
  • For the other Star Wars characters that had speaking roles from their appearances in the non-canon Star Wars: Clone Wars micro-series, Nika Futterman voices Asajj Ventress instead of Grey DeLisle, Olivia d'Abo voices Luminara Unduli instead of Cree Summer, and Meredith Salenger voices Barriss Offee instead of Tatyana Yassukovich.
  • For the Latin American Spanish dub:
    • Jesús Colin, Chancellor Palpatine's voice actor in the prequels, had already retired by the time of this series, so he was replaced by Javier Rivero as his Chancellor persona, and Carlos Segundo as Darth Sidious. In season 7, Jesse Conde took over as the official voice of Palpatine/Sidious.
    • Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza originally reprised his role as the voice of the clone troopers for the first three seasons of the show, but was replaced by José Luis Orozco.
    • Similarly, Carlos Segundo still voiced Darth Maul until season 7, when he was replaced by Ricardo Tejedo.
    • Mace Windu is voiced by Blas García instead of Víctor Hugo Aguilar, his voice actor from the movies.
    • Boba Fett is voiced by José Antonio Toledano instead of Carlos Díaz.
• The Other Marty:
  • Mat Lucas originally reprised his role as Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars: Clone Wars, but he was replaced by Matt Lanter during the production of episodes that became the pilot movie.
  • When the four original episodes were edited and released as the pilot movie, Christopher Lee returned to voice Count Dooku. Corey Burton, who plays Dooku for the rest of the series, had already recorded his lines, so Lee rerecorded them and matched his performance to the already-rendered images.
  • Gary Anthony Williams was originally cast as Kit Fisto, but due to his busy schedule with Boston Legal, he was replaced by Phil LaMarr. Williams would later be cast as Riff Tamson, the main antagonist of a story arc featuring Kit Fisto.
• Playing Against Type:
  • Dee Bradley Baker voicing the clone troopers is a change of pace from his usual roles as animals, aliens, monsters, nerdy boys, or scientists, though he does do many creature voices (notably the Geonosian Queen) in the series like usual.
  • Corey Burton as Ziro the Hutt is quite different from his typecasting as imposing villains, such as Count Dooku and Cad Bane elsewhere in the series.
  • Jennifer Hale voicing Riyo Chuchi reverses her usual typecasting as Action Girls such as Aayla Secura in the series.
  • Tasia Valenza is notable for voicing villains, but she voices Shaak Ti in this series.
  • Katee Sackhoff, who's most well known as Starbuck, voices Bo-Katan Kryze.
  • Mark Hamill as the voice of the apparition of Darth Bane is a stark contrast to the role of Luke Skywalker. When it comes to voice acting, however, this is quite normal for him.
  • Tom Kenny voices Nute Gunray and Nahdar Vebb, far more serious characters than his usual roles.
  • Jon Favreau is usually known for playing bumbling side characters who are nonetheless good people. Here, he portrays the villainous Pre Vizsla, the leader of the terrorist cell who actively calls for violence and betrayal amongst his own people.
• Production Posse: Dave Filoni is joined by multiple cast and crew members from Avatar: The Last Airbender, including Giancarlo Volpe, Dee Bradley Baker, Nika Futterman, Nick Jameson, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Ben Diskin.
• Promoted Fanboy: Almost the entire cast and crew are massive Star Wars fans:
  • Supervising director Dave Filoni went to see Revenge of the Sith on opening day in a Plo Koon cosplay. As of 2016, he's now the head of Lucasfilm Animation.
  • Fan film TROOPS creator Kevin Rubio got to write "Bombad Jedi".
  • Matt Lanter was initially a downplayed example of this, but after voicing Anakin Skywalker, he's now a full-fledged Star Wars fan.
  • Ashley Eckstein is a huge self-proclaimed geek of Star Wars, and even started her own line of geek-themed clothing and merchandise for girls.
  • Seth Green is known for his Affectionate Parody of Star Wars in Robot Chicken, and managed to voice Todo-360 and Ion Papanoida.
  • Anna Graves grew up with Star Wars and the novelizations.
  • Jon Favreau is a fan of Star Wars, particularly Boba Fett. After chatting with Dave Filoni at the Lucsafilm studios during the production of Iron Man, he became the voice of Pre Vizsla.
  • David Tennant is a fan of Star Wars himself, and got the role as the voice of Professor Huyang.
  • Sam Witwer is a massive Star Wars fan, having done voice acting for some of the franchise's video games before, and is one of the most willing to delve into lore and theorizing.
  • Giancarlo Volpe was a Star Wars fan before he was even brought onto The Clone Wars.
  • Ksenia Zelentsova, also known as lorna_ka on social media, is a popular Star Wars fanartist that was brought in to do the official cover for Stories of Light and Dark.
• Protection from Editors: While he meddled in the production himself, George Lucas also told a licensing executive to not call the writers after the executive made a request to help the toyline. He also promised that any cuts that needed to be made for time for the broadcasts would be reinstated for the DVD/Blu-Ray collections.
• Reality Subtext: In the Season 7 episode "Old Friends Not Forgotten", Obi-Wan makes a comment in about Maul being seemingly killed and coming back again. The same could be said about The Clone Wars itself as "Old Friends Not Forgotten" starts the story arc leading to the third series finale.
• Real-Life Relative:
  • Katie Lucas, the adopted middle child of George Lucas, wrote a multitude of episodes in The Clone Wars.
  • Voice actors Seth Green and Clare Grant are married in real life; the former voiced Todo-360 and Ion Papanoida while the latter voiced Latts Razzi.
  • Michael York, Dr. Nuvo Vindi's voice actor, is the stepfather of Prequel Trilogy producer Rick McCallum.
• Recast as a Regular: Sam Witwer first voices the Son, an Arc Villain during the Mortis arc. He later returns as Darth Maul, a major Villain Protagonist in the later seasons.
• Refitted for Sequel: Lucasfilm has refitted a significant amount of concepts featured in the Original and Prequel Trilogies for The Clone Wars.
  • Many of Ralph McQuarrie's designs were redesigned for the series:
    • The Kwazel Maw is based on his concept art for swamp creatures on Dagobah.
    • Maridun's design stems from his concepts for Return of the Jedi.
    • Orto Plutonia is based on his concepts for Hoth.
    • Monument Plaza (which is a large plaza on Coruscant) is based on multiple art concepts he made.
    • The Well of the Dark Side is based on a design for Return of the Jedi where Luke would've faced the Emperor in the lower levels of Coruscant.
    • Rako's new helmet in "Friends and Enemies" is based on his concepts for Boba Fett.
  • The Eta-class shuttle is based on Joe Johnston's design for the Imperial shuttle in Return of the Jedi.
  • The Jedi jumpspeeders in "Ghosts of Mortis" are based on a speeder bike concept from Return of the Jedi.
  • The Zygerrian HH-87 Starhopper is based on an unused design for an Imperial shuttle in Return of the Jedi.
  • The design of the Phoenix ship is based on an Imperial shuttle design.
  • Rako Hardeen's helmet in "Deception" is based on a Rebel trooper design for Return of the Jedi.
  • Derrown's design dates back to Ron Cobb's concepts for a cantina alien for A New Hope.
  • The designs of the clone troopers' cold-weather gear is based on concept art associated with The Empire Strikes Back.
  • From Doug Chiang's designs:
    • The city of Cliffhold on Iego is based on his designs back in The Phantom Menace.
    • Pre Vizsla's helmet in "A Friend in Need" is based on his design for a clone trooper helmet in Attack of the Clones.
  • From Iain McCaig's designs:
    • Robonino's design comes from his unused Prequel Trilogy design for an alien Jedi.
    • Satine Kryze's look is based on a design for Queen Padmé Amidala in The Phantom Menace and her royal guards are also based on an unused Sith design for said film.
    • Mother Talzin's design is based on his concepts for a Sith Witch in The Phantom Menace.
    • Krismo Sodi's design stems from his illustrations for Obi-Wan for The Phantom Menace.
    • Tiplee and Tiplar are based on his designs for a female Sith Lord for Attack of the Clones.
  • Padmé's headdress in the pilot movie (along with "Bombad Jedi") is based on an unused design for her in Attack of the Clones.
  • Tera Sinube's design based on an alien senator concept for The Phantom Menace.
  • The clone barracks on Kamino are based on designs for Attack of the Clones.
  • The Anoobas are based on Terryl Whitlatch's design for a hound creature in The Phantom Menace.
  • A Separatist starship seen in the Umbara arc is based on a starship design for Revenge of the Sith.
  • Colonel Gascon is based on an early concept design for Jar Jar Binks for The Phantom Menace.
  • Ringo Vinda is based on an concept design from Revenge of the Sith.
  • Rig Nema's design is based on an early concept design for Mace Windu.
  • In Revenge of the Sith, it was originally intended that Yoda would ride a can-cell (the large dragonfly-esque insect first seen on Kashyyyk in that film) to escape Order 66. This was later included into the pilot movie, where Anakin and Ahsoka ride a can-cell to escape Asajj Ventress on Teth.
• Role Reprise:
  • Returning from the films are Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, Ahmed Best as Jar Jar Binks (although Binks was voiced by Phil Lamarr in three episodes), Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn, Pernilla August as Shmi Skywalker, Daniel Logan as Boba Fett & the younger clone cadets, and Matthew Wood as General Grievous & the battle droids.
  • Voice actors from previous Star Wars works such as Star Wars: Clone Wars and the franchise's videogames returned, which include James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Tom Kane as Yoda, Terrence C. Carson as Mace Windu, and Corey Burton as Count Dooku.
  • In the pilot movie, Samuel L. Jackson and Christopher Lee reprised their respective roles as Mace Windu and Count Dooku. For Lee, it would be the final time that he portrayed Dooku before his passing in 2015.
  • In the seventh season, Ray Park, who portrays Maul in the films, was brought on to do the motion capture for the character.
  • Sharmila Devar and Ray Stevenson return from Rebels as Ursa Wren and Gar Saxon in Season 7.
  • Aside from the examples seen in The Other Darrin, almost all of the cast of the Latin American Spanish dub from the movies returned for this series.
• Screwed by the Network: During its reruns on Toonami, it was suddenly moved from its initial 3:00 AM timeslot down to 5:00 AM. It was later written off the network for good once Rebels began airing on Disney XD.
• Self-Adaptation: Henry Gilroy, the writer of the Slaves of the Republic comics, wrote its Story Arc adaptation for the series.
• Sending Stuff to Save the Show: A number of petitions and campaigns were organized to save The Clone Wars after its initial cancellation in 2013. While it's unknown what effect it had in regards to the sixth season, Dave Filoni and the production crew said that it wouldn't have been possible without the support they got. Even after the sixth season aired in 2014, the support to give it full closure still continued and it finally paid off in 2018 with its revival for a seventh season.
• Sequel Gap: The Clone Wars Season 7 premiered on February 21, 2020, making it about six years since the sixth season aired in 2014. To put that into perspective, between the two seasons, Rebels completed its four-season run, Resistance completed its two-season run, and the entire sequel trilogy was released, on top of a couple spinoff films and the first season of The Mandalorian.
• Sequel in Another Medium: Before The Clone Wars' revival in 2018, some of its unfinished arcs were adapted into other mediums, such as Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir and Dark Disciple.
• Short Run in Peru: The sixth season aired in Germany before it aired in the U.S. and Canada on Netflix. [1]
• Similarly Named Works: Clone Wars is also the title of an X-Men Sega Genesis video game.
• Star-Making Role: A significant amount of the cast members gained recognition from The Clone Wars, most notably Matt Lanter, Ashley Eckstein, Catherine Taber, Nika Futterman, Anna Graves, and Stephen Stanton.
• Trolling Creator: Dave Filoni was asked more than once at conventions whether Ben Quadinaros would appear in the series. In "The Rise of Clovis", he did appear....in a pod-racing poster on the wall of Anakin's quarters in the Jedi Temple.
• Troubled Production:
  • The first major woe experienced was the production of the Clone Wars movie, which Lucas pushed to have released in theaters. The production staff was already working hard to create the television series that had state-of-the-art animation. They were also establishing a new animation studio at the time, so the extra work a film required made life much harder. Producer Catherine Winder described the situation as a "50 million per hour story being told with a 2 million per hour budget." What started off as the first three story arcs was combined to a feature film that was not acclaimed upon release, mainly due to how the film clearly did not resemble something meant to be put in theaters as well as the childish and softer tone. Despite this, the earnings made were enough to push forward with Season 1.
  • While much of the production during the series' lifetime was relatively calm, the series faced cancellation when Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012 which would have brought an end to Cartoon Network's airing of the series. The producers were forced to wrap up production as Disney did not want to continue the series due to the now darker and edgier tone it had compared to what Disney was used to airing. While Season 5 was able to air on Cartoon Network, Season 6 was still in production and was eventually released on Netflix, while several story arcs that would have been used in Season 7 and a planned Season 8 were never finished.
  • Years passed before Disney decided to revive the series for a final season, using one of the story arcs left on the cutting room floor and building two new arcs from the ground up. Dave Filoni struggled to build a new story arc that explained Ahsoka's new perspective on the war and the Republic as a whole, wanting to create a narrative that was satisfying. In the end it paid off, with critical acclaim given to the final season for giving the proper sendoff the series needed.
• Un-Canceled: In an announcement at San Diego ComicCon 2018, Lucasfilm revealed the revival of The Clone Wars for one final season. The seventh season is created from scripts and story arcs that were originally written before the cancellation and debut on Disney+.
• Unfinished Episode: Prior to the series being revived in 2018, the unfinished story reels for the Crystal Crisis on Utapau and Bad Batch arcs were released for free on the Star Wars website.
• Voice-Only Cameo: Liam Neeson reprised his role as Qui-Gon Jinn for the Mortis arc and the Voices arc.
• Voices in One Room: The cast does recordings together.
  Ashley Eckstein: From day one, it's been really important for Dave and the rest of the team to record it like an old radio drama and to all be there in person, so it's incredible. We come together for cast records and we're able to really kind of build that camaraderie, which — for us, after working together for so long — we've become like family.
• Wag the Director: Or rather wag the creator. When recording for the Obi-Wan Undercover arc, George Lucas initially didn't want James Arnold Taylor to voice Rako Hardeen so that Obi-Wan and Rako sounded different, as the former steals the latter's identity in the story arc. Dave Filoni and the creative team however were confident that Taylor could do a voice that sounded completely different from Obi-Wan and had him voice Rako; they eventually showed his performance to Lucas and he liked it.
• What Could Have Been: See here.
• Word of Gay: Cassie Cryar and Ione Marcy (who first appear in "Lightsaber Lost") are a couple, even though "Lightsaber Lost" only presents them as criminal partners.
• Word of God: Apparently, Dave Filoni in regards to the Padmé pin-up scene in the animatic reels for "The Bad Batch", hinted that Rex had an idea about Anakin and Padmé's secret relationship. This would be confirmed when the arc was remade for the eventual seventh season on Disney Plus.
• You Sound Familiar:
  • From Star Wars Rebels for Season 7, Vanessa Marshall (Hera) is Rook Kast.
  • From Star Wars Resistance for Season 7, Bobby Moynihan (Orka) is Pintu Son-El in "Gone With a Trace", Josh Brener (Neeku) is the Toong workers in "Together Again", and Donald Faison (Hype) is the super tactical droid in "Old Friends Not Forgotten".

The Webcomics

• Keep Circulating the Tapes: As the old Star Wars website was remodeled in 2012, most of anything from 2011 and before — such as the various webcomics, including The Clone Wars ones — are lost forever and exist only in screenshots, unless Lucasfilm plans to release them in physical collections as they have with some hard-to-attain media.

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