Star Wars: Clone Wars/Episodes

Star Wars: Clone Wars is a 25 episode animated series directed by Genndy Tartakovsky and produced by Cartoon Network Studios with Lucasfilm. It has been dubbed a "micro-series" by its creators as the individual episodes were very brief, with the first 2 seasons consisting of 3-minute episodes, and the final third season's episodes lasting 12 minutes each.

The series was produced by Genndy Tartakovsky and employs a similar animation style to Tartakovsky's Samurai Jack. Tartakovsky revealed in his Hyperspace commentary tracks on the official Star Wars website and on the Volume I DVD that he purposely animated C-3PO with moveable expressive eyes to pay homage to the animators of and the animation style of Nelvana, the production company behind the animated segment from The Star Wars Holiday Special and the 1980s Droids cartoon series.

The series, produced primarily with traditional animation, originally ran on Cartoon Network. In addition to being shown on television, the episodes were released online simultaneously at the Star Wars and Cartoon Network websites. The series was heavily advertised by Cartoon Network, and was originally shown immediately before their popular Friday night lineup. The show was also featured on kapow on teletoon.

The first volume premiered on Cartoon Network's Toonami block on Monday December 1, 2004 and the second volume premiered on Toonami on March 26, 2005.

All episodes of Star Wars: Clone Wars have been releases on DVD in the United States. Season one and two were released on DVD together as Volume One. Season three was released on DVD as Volume Two.