Star Wars – Clone Wars

Author: George Lucas

The Star Wars universe has appeared on television several times, notably with Droids, the Ewok Adventures, and the brilliantly-misunderstood Star Wars Holiday Special, but it was at its peak with Star Wars – Clone Wars, a 2D animated series that took the stories of the Jedi Knights, led by Obi-Wan Kenobi, against the Sith lords and the Clone army. The story, which takes place in between the events in the films Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, focuses on the Jedi trying to stop the Confederacy of Independent Systems from leaving the Galactic Republic. The animation is stylized, which helped to launch an entire series of new toys and games using the imagery. The music was great, and the scripts so strong. The entire package has a feeling of being crucial, and at the same time, it doesn't feel as if it were created to merely explain the transitions between the films. Each 15 minute episode felt so important to the overall story, and that alone made it one of the most impressive of all the Star Wars properties. Why it's on the list: The best of the Star Wars series, and the only one that really feels as if it gives us as much as we got in the movies.