History Recap / StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie

* BattleInterruptingShout: At the end of their duel, Count Dooku warns Anakin that once his Separatist droids kill Rotta, they'll drag Ahsoka before Jabba the Hutt, who will punish her for murdering the Huttlet. Anakin, scared for Ahsoka's life, rushes to Jabba's palace and misses Ahsoka's fight with the [=MagnaGuards=]. When he's brought before Jabba, they each believe the other has killed their loved one. As Jabba's henchmen prepare to attack Anakin, while he has Jabba at lightsaber-point, Ahsoka arrives with Rotta on her arms and stops them by shouting at them. {{Subverted}} when Jabba orders his men to execute the Jedi, and is stopped only by Padmé's call, which reveals Ziro's and Dooku's plot.

* CharacterDevelopment: Ahsoka starts off as an impulsive, aggressive person who basically is a stand-in for Anakin's portrayal in ''Attack of the Clones''. By the end of the film, she has taken a distinct, if small, level in maturity and is a true Padawan learner.

** The dialogue sometimes has a TotallyRadical feel to it, with characters (especially Ahsoka) often preceding words with "star", "space", or "Jedi", whether or not it makes sense in context. This would lessen and eventually disappear altogether during the first season.

The film features the first appearance of Ahsoka Tano, the young Jedi Padawan learner of Anakin Skywalker. By order of production, the film also features the first appearance of Captain Rex, a clone captain serving under Anakin, and Asajj Ventress, a Sith apprentice of Count Dooku[[note]]Her first appearance in the canon only; in ''Legends'', Ventress had first appeared much earlier in comic books.[[/note]].

* AccidentalTruth: While surrounded and seriously outnumbered by battle droids demanding surrender, Rex's response is to retort "We have you outnumbered!"... moments before a Republic airstrike that he did not know was coming.

The film marks the first appearance of Ahsoka Tano, the young Jedi Padawan learner of Anakin Skywalker. By order of production, the film also features the first appearance of Captain Rex, a clone captain serving under Anakin, and Asajj Ventress, a Sith apprentice of Count Dooku[[note]]Her first appearance in the canon only; in ''Legends'', Ventress had first appeared much earlier in comic books.[[/note]].

* SkewedPriorities: Overlapping with CasualDangerDialogue, Anakin and Obi-Wan argue about sending their ship back to get supplies ''while they're under siege''. To be fair, the bad guys are pretty far away from them and are being pelted with artillery fire, so they're not necessarily in ''immediate'' danger, and according to Anakin they are nearly out of supplies anyway.

** InUniverse example: After the helpful protocol droid thanks the Jedi for freeing him from battle droids and points out where the baby Hutt is being held, he disappears from the narrative. When he reappears a few scenes later, his role is revealed, and Ahsoka actually comments that she had been wondering where the droid had gone to. The Novelization goes into more detail about this droid; he's actually a spy droid for Ventress, who was editing the footage of Anakin saying "I Hate Hutts," to make it look more inflammatory.

* CharacterDevelopment: Ahsoka starts off as an impulsive, aggressive person who basically is a stand-in for Anakin's portrayal in ''Attack of the Clones''. By the end of the film, she's taken a distinct, if small, level in maturity and is a true Padawan learner.

* ReversePsychology: After Padmé is thrown in a cell at Ziro's club, when her communicator begins beeping, she insists that the droids on guard ''not'' respond. Naturally, when they do, Padmé is able to warn C-3PO that she's been captured by Ziro before the droids destroy the communicator.

* BigBadDuumvirate: Count Dooku and Ziro the Hutt form an alliance, although Ziro is obviously the lesser of the two.
* BigBadWannabe: Ziro the Hutt enters into an alliance with Dooku solely to gain hold of Jabba's territories and with it, control over the Hutt Council.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When he notices that the Separatists are advancing behind a DeflectorShield on Christophsis, Rex's reaction includes the word "damn".

* CompilationMovie: Technically {{inverted|Trope}}, as the film was created out of four already produced episodes ("The New Padawan", "Castle of Deception", "Castle of Doom", "Castle of Salvation") edited together, but it was released in theaters as the PilotMovie of the series before its premiere on TV with "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E1Ambush Ambush]]". However, all the difficulties with this format shine through, as there are obvious breaks between what would have been the stories of the separate episodes.

* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Even though the film's plot involves around an infant Hutt being kidnapped and possibly being hurt, no harm befalls him.
** Which is ''really'' weird when one thinks about it, considering that Rotta is being toted around in the middle of lightsaber duels, gunfights and ''full on battles''.

The film marks the first appearance of Ahsoka Tano, the young Jedi Padawan learner of Anakin Skywalker. By order of production, the film also features the first appearance of Captain Rex, a clone captain serving under Anakin, and Asajj Ventress, a Sith apprentice of Count Dooku[[note]]Her canonical first appearance only; in ''Legends'', Ventress had first appeared much earlier in comic books.[[/note]].

** The dialogue sometimes has a TotallyRadical feel to it, with characters (especially Ahsoka) often preceding words with "star", "space", or "Jedi", whether or not it makes sense in context. This would lessen and soon disappear altogether during the first season.

** Anakin and Obi-Wan have ditched their ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' appearances for ones that hold trappings of their ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' ones, which they will formally acquire in the series' seventh season.

* FatBastard: Typical for a Hutt. However, Ziro takes the cake when he plots to have his great-nephew kidnapped and killed in order to rise in the Hutt ranks.

* OffModel: The film has a few moments of this. Cody is missing his helmet visor when Obi-Wan orders him to launch the gunships on Teth and, not that long later, Rex is missing his kama when Obi-Wan asks him where Anakin has got to.

* SuperSenses: Ahsoka possesses extremely fine spatial awareness, which she uses when she saves Anakin from a bunch of Separatist droids by bringing down a wall on them while Anakin [[ByWallThatIsHoley is standing right under a hole]] on it. The Novelization goes into further detail and says that Togruta like her are descended from predatory species, and thus have senses more highly attuned to movement and spatial relations (Rex himself noting that her eyes immediately dart to the tiny movements caused by a nearby rodent while they talk).

The film marks the debut of Ahsoka Tano, the young Jedi Padawan learner of Anakin Skywalker. By order of production, the film also features the debuts of Captain Rex, a clone captain serving under Anakin, and Asajj Ventress, a Sith apprentice of Count Dooku[[note]]Her canonical debut only; in ''Legends'', Ventress had debuted much earlier in comic books.[[/note]].

''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' is a CGI animated film set in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise that takes place during the three-year time period between the films ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' in addition to being the PilotMovie of [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars the TV series of the same name]] (which later aired its first episode after this on October 3, 2008). It was also produced by Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} and distributed by Creator/WarnerBros Pictures, which also held the home media distribution rights to the series as a whole. The film premiered on August 10, 2008 at the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre while screening in wide release on August 14, 2008 across Australia and August 15, 2008 in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. ''The Clone Wars'' earned over $14 million in its opening weekend and went on to earn over $60 million worldwide. A major marketing campaign for the film included toys, fast food, and comic books.

''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' is a CGI animated film set in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise that takes place during the three-year time period between the films ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' in addition to being the PilotMovie of [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars the TV series]] (which later aired its first episode after this on October 3, 2008). It was also produced by Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} and distributed by Creator/WarnerBros Pictures, which also held the home media distribution rights to the series as a whole. The film premiered on August 10, 2008 at the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre while screening in wide release on August 14, 2008 across Australia and August 15, 2008 in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. ''The Clone Wars'' earned over $14 million in its opening weekend and went on to earn over $60 million worldwide. A major marketing campaign for the film included toys, fast food, and comic books.

''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' is a CGI animated film set in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise that takes place during the three-year time period between the films ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' in addition to being the {{Pilot|Movie}} of [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars the TV series]] (which later aired its first episode after this on October 3, 2008). It was also produced by Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} and distributed by Creator/WarnerBros Pictures, which also held the home media distribution rights to the series as a whole. The film premiered on August 10, 2008 at the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre while screening in wide release on August 14, 2008 across Australia and August 15, 2008 in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. ''The Clone Wars'' earned over $14 million in its opening weekend and went on to earn over $60 million worldwide. A major marketing campaign for the film included toys, fast food, and comic books.

''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' is a CGI animated film set in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise that takes place during the three-year time period between the films ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' in addition to being the [[PilotMovie introduction]] of [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars the TV series]] (which later aired its first episode after this on October 3, 2008). It was also produced by Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} and distributed by Creator/WarnerBros Pictures, which also held the home media distribution rights to the series as a whole. The film premiered on August 10, 2008 at the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre while screening in wide release on August 14, 2008 across Australia and August 15, 2008 in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. ''The Clone Wars'' earned over $14 million in its opening weekend and went on to earn over $60 million worldwide. A major marketing campaign for the film included toys, fast food, and comic books.

''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' is a CGI animated film set in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise that takes place during the three-year time period between the films ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' in addition to being the [[PilotMovie introduction]] of [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars the TV series]] (which later aired its first episode after this on October 3, 2008). It was also produced by Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} and distributed by Creator/WarnerBros Pictures, which also held the home media distribution rights to the series as a whole. The film first premiered on August 10, 2008 at the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre while screening in wide release on August 14, 2008 across Australia and August 15, 2008 in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. ''The Clone Wars'' earned over $14 million in its opening weekend and went on to earn over $60 million worldwide. A major marketing campaign for the film included toys, fast food, and comic books.

** The pilot movie's overall tone is noticeably LighterAndSofter than the rest of the series, with the only characters that actually die on-screen -- with the possible exception of some unnamed hangar techs when a Republican cruiser is on the receiving end of a kamikaze attack by a droid fighter -- being clones, and even that's [[NeverSayDie not actually made very explicit]].

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Obi-Wan has ditched the mullet he had in ''Attack of the Clones'', and Anakin has grown his hair out into a manner similar to what he will have in ''Revenge of the Sith''.

''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' is a CGI animated film set in the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise that takes place during the three-year time period between the films ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' in addition to being the [[PilotMovie introduction]] of [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars the TV series]] (which later aired its first episode after this on October 3, 2008). It was also produced by Creator/{{Lucasfilm}} and distributed by Creator/WarnerBros Pictures, which also held the home media distribution rights to the series as a whole. The film premiered on August 10, 2008 at the Grauman's Egyptian Theatre while screening in wide release on August 14, 2008 across Australia and August 15, 2008 in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. ''The Clone Wars'' earned over $14 million in its opening weekend and went on to earn over $60 million worldwide. A major marketing campaign for the film included toys, fast food, and comic books.

* ShoutOut: Anakin and Ahsoka sneak under Separatist lines on Christophsis by hiding [[Franchise/MetalGear under a box]].

* EvilLaugh: When Anakin takes off on Dooku's speeder bike to save Ahsoka, Dooku is said to be "laughing maliciously" according to the subtitles.

* ThreeLinesSomeWaiting: There are three major plotlines, the first being Anakin and Ahsoka's rescue mission to save Rotta, Obi-Wan dealing with the Separatists at hand, and Padmé figuring out who really is behind the aforementioned Hutt's kidnapping.

** Early on, Yoda and Obi-Wan say that Anakin will make a fine teacher, and will bond with Ahsoka well. The problem, they then say, will be Anakin learning how to let go of his Padawan. One of the greatest contributors to Anakin's Fall was his inability to let go of people that he loves.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Rex declares that he and his men have the Separatists outnumbered. He's technically correct, because there's an airstrike and gunships full of reinforcements about ten seconds away, but he has no way of knowing that until they show up..

* SkewedPriorities: Overlapping with CasualDangerDialogue, Anakin and Obi-Wan argue about sending their ship back to get supplies ''while they're under siege''. To be fair, the bad guys are pretty far away from them and are being pelted with artillery fire, so they're not necessarily in ''immediate'' danger.
* SuperSenses: Ahsoka possesses extremely fine spatial awareness, which she uses when she saves Anakin from a bunch of Separatist droids by bringing down a wall on them while Anakin [[ByWallThatIsHoley is standing right under a hole]] on it.

** InUniverse example: After the helpful protocol droid thanks the Jedi for freeing him from battle droids and points out where the baby Hutt is being held, he disappears from the narrative. When he reappears a few scenes later, his role is revealed, and Ahsoka actually comments that she had been wondering where the droid had gone to.

** Mace Windu appears in the film and its marketing, but vanishes about halfway through the film in addition to having a small amount of lines and scenes.
* AnachronicOrder: The film serves the role as ''The Clone Wars''[='=] PilotMovie, but chronologically takes place after "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E16CatAndMouse Cat and Mouse]]" (2:16) and "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E16TheHiddenEnemy The Hidden Enemy]]" (1:16).

* AnachronicOrder: The film serves the role as ''The Clone Wars''[='=] introduction, but chronologically takes place after "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E16CatAndMouse Cat and Mouse]]" (2:16) and "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E16TheHiddenEnemy The Hidden Enemy]]" (1:16).

** The dialogue sometimes has a TotallyRadical feel to it, with characters (especially Ahsoka) often preceding words with "star", "space", or "Jedi", whether or not it makes sense in context. This would lessen, and soon disappear altogether during the first season.
** Kevin Kiner's soundtrack has a much more varied and experimental style than in the full series, where his style becomes much more akin to that of Music/JohnWilliams' soundtracks for the live-action films.

* OffModel: A few moments of this. Cody is missing his helmet visor when Obi-Wan orders him to launch the gunships on Teth and, not that long later, Rex is missing his kama when Obi-Wan asks him where Anakin has got to.

* CharacterDevelopment: Ahsoka starts off as an impulsive, aggressive person who basically is a stand-in for Anakin's portrayal in ''Attack of the Clones''. By the end of the pilot movie, she's taken a distinct, if small, level in maturity and is a true Padawan learner.

* AnachronicOrder: The film serves the role as the series' introduction, but chronologically takes place after "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E16CatAndMouse Cat and Mouse]]" (2:16) and "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E16TheHiddenEnemy The Hidden Enemy]]" (1:16).