100 Fun Facts About Star Wars: the Clone Wars

The series is set between which two Star Wars episodes?

The war itself lasts three years, and the show's final arc runs in parallel with Revenge of the Sith.

Who is Anakin Skywalker's Padawan in the series?

She was originally conceived as Obi-Wan's apprentice; Lucas reassigned her to Anakin to force him into a mentoring role.

Which channel first aired the series when it premiered on October 3, 2008?

Fox had passed on it, and Cartoon Network only came around after Warner Bros. got interested in the theatrical film.

On which streaming service was the seventh and final season released in 2020?

The season was announced at a 2018 Comic-Con panel under the hashtag #CloneWarsSaved.

Season six, subtitled The Lost Missions, was released in 2014 on which service?

It was the first time any Star Wars content had appeared on Netflix; a vice president there called it a hidden gem Disney had pointed them to.

How many episodes does the series span in total?

Lucas had promised 100 episodes in 2007; only 12 of the 24 planned for season seven were ever finished.

George Lucas hired supervising director Dave Filoni after seeing his work on which show?

Filoni had directed episodes of Avatar's first season, including the pilot.

Which Genndy Tartakovsky animated micro-series ran from 2003 to 2005?

The micro-series was the first Star Wars TV show since Ewoks in the mid-1980s and won Emmys for both volumes.

How long were the episodes in the first two seasons of the 2003 Tartakovsky micro-series?

The final five, released as Volume Two, were 12 minutes each and led straight into Revenge of the Sith.

Which Revenge of the Sith villain made his first appearance in the 2003 micro-series?

Lucas pitched him to Tartakovsky as ruthless and terrifying, and Chapter 20 introduced him wiping out a group of stranded Jedi on Hypori.

Which award did both volumes of Tartakovsky's Clone Wars win?

Tartakovsky, creator of Dexter's Laboratory and Samurai Jack, said Lucasfilm wanted the show partly to sell more action figures.

The 2008 theatrical release Star Wars: The Clone Wars was the first what in the franchise?

It was made from four episodes of the series and grossed $68 million on an $8 million budget, the lowest of any Star Wars film.

In the 2008 film, Anakin and Ahsoka must return whose kidnapped infant son?

The Huttlet Rotta was one of Filoni's original characters, folded into the film when Lucas insisted the story centre on the movie cast.

Which two actors from the prequel films reprised their roles in the 2008 animated film?

Lee's Dooku was recast with Corey Burton for the series; it was Lee's last outing as the character before his death in 2015.

Where does Anakin first meet Ahsoka in the 2008 film?

She is sent by Yoda in the middle of a battle Anakin is losing, and he is anything but pleased.

The 2008 film cost $8M to make. Roughly how much did it gross worldwide?

It remains the lowest-grossing Star Wars film and was also the last with significant involvement from George Lucas.

What nickname does Anakin give Ahsoka?

It mocks her snippy attitude; she fires back with 'Skyguy'.

How old is Ahsoka when she is introduced?

Filoni admitted he had zero perspective on being a 14-year-old girl, so he wrote her first as a Jedi who happened to be one.

What species is Ahsoka?

The head-tails and montrals grow with age, which is how the show and later live-action visibly aged her.

Who voices Ahsoka in The Clone Wars?

Filoni said her chatter between audition takes won her the part more than the audition itself.

Ahsoka walks away from the Order at the end of season five after being framed for what?

The real culprit was her friend Barriss Offee; Filoni persuaded Lucas to let her stay gone rather than return to the Order.

Which clone leads the 501st Legion and becomes the show's main clone protagonist?

Dee Bradley Baker voices Rex and every other clone, giving each a slightly different personality.

Who voices Captain Rex and, in fact, all the clone troopers?

Morrison had voiced the clones in the live-action films; Baker took over for the animated film and never gave the role back.

Which clone commander leads the 212th Attack Battalion under Obi-Wan?

He is the first clone seen receiving Order 66 on-screen in Revenge of the Sith, and follows it without hesitation.

Fives and Echo first appear as rookies at a listening outpost on which moon?

The 'Rookies' episode wiped out the rest of their squad; the two survivors were reassigned to the 501st.

What was the name of Fives and Echo's cadet unit on Kamino?

Cutup, Droidbait and Hevy rounded out the squad, which failed its final test until Shaak Ti told the two stars to recommit.

Fives discovers that the 'tumour' in his friend Tup's head is really what?

Palpatine confirms the chips' purpose to Fives, frames him for an assassination attempt, and Fives dies in Rex's arms after Commander Fox shoots him.

Fives' name comes from what?

He insisted clones be called by name, not number, and wears a stylised five tattooed on his temple.

Which Jedi general's reckless disregard for clone lives triggers a mutiny during the Umbara campaign?

Fives, Jesse and Hardcase steal Umbaran fighters against orders; Krell later turns out to be working towards the dark side.

Which clone commander leads the Wolfpack under Plo Koon and sports a cybernetic eye?

He lost the eye to Asajj Ventress; years later on Seelos he hunts joopa with Rex and Gregor.

Clone Force 99, the Bad Batch, is named in honour of whom?

The elite squad, with its deliberately mutated genes, debuted in season seven before getting its own Disney+ series.

In season seven, Echo is revealed to have survived as what, courtesy of the Techno Union?

His damaged inhibitor chip is the real reason he later ignores Order 66, not the Bad Batch's mutations.

Darth Maul is found in season four on which junkyard planet, having built himself spider-like legs?

When Lucas said Maul was coming back, Filoni protested 'He's cut in half. How does that work?' Lucas replied: 'Figure it out.'

Who is Savage Opress to Maul?

Both are Nightbrothers of Dathomir; Mother Talzin restores Maul's mind and gives him cybernetic legs.

Maul seizes control of Mandalore by beheading Pre Vizsla of Death Watch with what?

Vizsla's darksaber becomes Maul's trophy; Vizsla is voiced by Jon Favreau, who went on to co-create The Mandalorian with Filoni.

Which crime syndicates does Maul unite into the Shadow Collective in season five?

Death Watch was the muscle; by season seven Crimson Dawn had joined too, tying the show to Solo.

Whom does Maul execute in front of Obi-Wan on Mandalore?

Maul knew Satine's romantic past with Obi-Wan would draw the Jedi to Mandalore; her sister Bo-Katan frees him afterwards.

Who kills Savage Opress?

Sidious travels to Mandalore personally, then tortures Maul with lightning but keeps him alive for other uses.

During the Siege of Mandalore, what does Maul reveal to Ahsoka about Anakin?

He offers to join forces to stop it; she refuses and defeats him instead.

Who voices Maul in The Clone Wars and every animated appearance since?

Witwer even dubbed Ray Park's Maul in Solo, and won awards for the role from both the Annies and the Daytime Emmys.

What does Ahsoka do to Rex after Order 66 is issued?

She frees Maul as a distraction; he wrecks the ship's hyperdrive and steals her shuttle.

What does Darth Vader find on the crashed Star Destroyer's moon in the final scene of the series?

He ignites it, says nothing, and leaves with it. She and Rex had buried the dead clones before parting ways.

Rex is promoted to commander of which unit for the Siege of Mandalore?

It was split from the 501st; the troopers painted their helmets with Ahsoka's orange face markings.

Asajj Ventress hails from which planet's Nightsister clan?

Sold into slavery as an infant, she was trained as a Jedi Padawan by Ky Narec on Rattatak before falling to the dark side.

Why does Dooku try to kill Ventress in season three?

In revenge she and the Nightsisters engineer Savage Opress as a replacement apprentice designed to betray Dooku.

Cad Bane, the blue-skinned bounty hunter in a wide-brimmed hat, belongs to which species?

Filoni and Gilroy wanted to adapt Durge from the 2003 series; Lucas suggested a new hunter instead.

Cad Bane debuts by holding senators hostage to force the release of whom?

The season one finale, 'Hostage Crisis', ended with him escaping; season three later filled in why Jabba wanted Ziro sprung.

Corey Burton voices Count Dooku in the series and which bounty hunter?

He also voices Ziro the Hutt, whose lisping drawl was reportedly modelled on Truman Capote.

Which Doctor Who star voices Huyang, the ancient droid who helps younglings build lightsabers?

He won a Daytime Emmy for the role and returned as Huyang in the live-action Ahsoka.

Which original-trilogy actor voices the ancient Sith Lord Darth Bane in season six?

Anthony Daniels was the only film actor to reprise his role, C-3PO, as a regular in the animated series.

Which prequel actor returned as a Force ghost in the Mortis arc?

Pernilla August also came back for one scene as Shmi in the same three-episode arc.

Who voices Bo-Katan Kryze, first in animation and later in live action?

The character appeared in only nine episodes of the series but became an instant fan favourite.

Which director of The Mandalorian voices Death Watch leader Pre Vizsla?

Favreau later invited Filoni to help him build The Mandalorian for Disney+.

Who composed the score for every episode of the series?

At Lucas's request every planet got its own theme, and Kiner slipped in touches from his own CSI: Miami work.

What nickname did the crew give the on-screen moral that opens each episode?

Each episode also opens with a newsreel-style voiceover recap, a nod to 1950s science fiction serials.

Ahsoka was originally going to be named what in early development?

Filoni's first pitch had her and her master travelling on a Falcon-style ship with original characters; Lucas insisted on film characters.

What is the title of the series' 2008 premiere episode?

The premiere set a network record for a series debut, pulling around four million viewers.

What was the title of the season one finale, first broadcast March 20, 2009?

It introduced Cad Bane, whom the episode's director compared to Boba Fett.

What was the season five finale, in which Ahsoka walks away from the Order, called?

Broadcast March 2, 2013, it was the last new episode before the show was cancelled.

Season four's premiere was a two-parter set on which watery world?

'Water War' and 'Gungan Attack' drew the lowest premiere audience of any season; the same season brought Maul back.

On what date did the seventh and final season premiere?

Twelve episodes were released in the service's first year; episodes five to eight are actually set before the season premiere.

Dave Filoni voices which bounty hunter in the series?

Filoni, a devoted Plo Koon fan, dressed as the Jedi Master for the opening of Revenge of the Sith.

Which Jedi Master is Dave Filoni's well-documented personal favourite?

His office holds a Plo Koon bust, a model of his ship and a replica lightsaber; Plo is the Jedi who found Ahsoka as a child.

Anakin is promoted to Jedi Knight in which Clone Wars project?

The micro-series then jumps to the war's end and feeds directly into Palpatine's kidnapping in Revenge of the Sith.

Which unfinished four-episode arc was released instead as a 2014 Dark Horse comic?

It was built from scripts and storyboards for four episodes originally intended for the seventh season.

Ahsoka's post-Clone Wars fate was first explored in a 2016 novel by which author?

Elements of its 'untold tales' were later adapted into the season seven revival.

Roughly how much did the earliest episodes cost, according to a source close to Lucasfilm Animation?

Lucas financed the show himself and charged Time Warner licensing fees to distribute it.

Which Taipei-based studio did Lucasfilm Animation partner with to animate The Clone Wars?

Its previous credits included Bionicle: Mask of Light; a 24-hour pipeline across California and Asia turned out eight minutes of finished animation a week.

The Clone Wars characters were said to resemble painted wooden puppets, evoking which 1960s marionette series?

Filoni wanted every episode to feel like a moving Ralph McQuarrie painting, deliberately avoiding photorealism.

Roughly how many total viewers watched The Clone Wars' 2008 series premiere on Cartoon Network?

It set a record for a Cartoon Network original series debut; the show was originally planned to run for 300 episodes.

Who voices Anakin Skywalker in the series?

Lanter was cast halfway through the first season's production, and much of Ahsoka's early dialogue was re-recorded once the pairing clicked.

Anakin's voice actor auditioned blind, reading for a character under what decoy name?

Filoni told him to play the mystery character as a mix of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo; Starkiller was Luke's surname in Lucas's early drafts.

Who voices Obi-Wan Kenobi in the series?

Taylor had already voiced Obi-Wan in the 2003 micro-series and has played him in games and animation for two decades.

Besides narrating and voicing Yoda, Tom Kane plays which Republic admiral?

Yularen later turns up in A New Hope as the grey-uniformed Imperial officer at the Death Star conference table.

Who voiced Chancellor Palpatine from 2008 until his death in 2012?

Abercrombie was also Mr. Pitt, Elaine's exacting boss on Seinfeld.

Which Rocky Horror star voiced Palpatine in the series from 2012 to 2014?

Curry took over for the final Cartoon Network episodes and all of season six, which were darker than anything the show had aired before.

Who voices Padmé in the series?

Taber credits her earlier Star Wars video game work with making her a fan and landing the part.

Who voices Hondo Ohnaka, the Weequay pirate?

Hondo was meant for a two- or three-episode arc, but Cummings, better known as Winnie the Pooh, proved so popular the pirate became a franchise regular.

Who voices Asajj Ventress in the 2008 film and series?

Futterman kept the role for more than a decade, returning for The Bad Batch in 2024 and Tales of the Underworld in 2025.

Who voiced Ventress in the 2003 micro-series, before the role was recast?

DeLisle also voiced Padmé in the micro-series, so both of her roles were recast when the 2008 show arrived.

Ventress was nearly given what name, later reused for a Force Unleashed character?

The name was rejected as not villainous enough; Juno Eclipse became Starkiller's pilot in the 2008 video game instead.

Which stranded Jedi trained the young Ventress in the Force on Rattatak?

A warlord killed Narec before she finished training, planting the hatred of a Jedi Order she felt had abandoned him.

Saw Gerrera and his sister fight to free which planet in season five?

The arc has the Jedi secretly training rebels to overthrow a Separatist-backed king, a preview of the insurgent Saw becomes in Rogue One.

Who voices Saw Gerrera in The Clone Wars?

Lucas had created Saw for his never-made live-action series and found him a home in the cartoon instead; Whitaker plays the older Saw in Rogue One.

In season two, Boba Fett sneaks aboard a flagship disguised as a cadet to kill which Jedi?

Lucas had wanted Boba to avenge Jango by killing Windu in Revenge of the Sith, but Samuel L. Jackson objected to a child killing a Council member.

Which mercenary mentors the young Boba Fett and executes a clone hostage in season two?

The bald, pale sniper had been a background extra in The Phantom Menace's podrace for 11 years before the show gave her a story.

Who voices the young Boba Fett, reprising his Attack of the Clones role?

Boba's three-episode arc closed season two in spring 2010, timed to the 30th anniversary of his Empire Strikes Back debut.

Which original-trilogy hero does Ahsoka free from Trandoshan hunters in the season three finale?

He storms the hunters' fortress with Tarfful, the other Wookiee who smuggled Yoda off Kashyyyk in Revenge of the Sith.

Who voices the young Tarkin in the series?

Stanton studied Peter Cushing's performances and tried to imagine what the actor sounded like in his mid-thirties.

Tarkin and Jedi Master Even Piell are held in which Separatist prison in season three?

The escape pairs Anakin with the future Grand Moff, and the two bond over their shared admiration for Chancellor Palpatine.

Which fellow Padawan framed Ahsoka for the attack that led her to leave the Order?

Barriss had fought beside Ahsoka on Geonosis; her turn is exposed by Anakin moments before the Senate jury's verdict is read.

At Lucas's wish, the series composer slipped in elements of his score for which crime drama?

Lucas also asked that every planet get its own musical theme, alongside the John Williams motifs woven through the show.

How many episodes was the series initially planned to span?

Fewer than half were made; Chris Taylor's history of the franchise blames costs of around $2 million an episode for the 2013 cancellation.

Which broadcaster passed on the series in 2007, despite its sister studio releasing the films?

Lucas had financed the first 22 episodes himself before pitching; it took a theatrical film to get a studio's parent company to push its cable network into saying yes.

The 501st's clone captain has a chin scar honouring which actor?

Ford's real chin scar came from a car crash in his twenties; the show also gave its captain blond hair to set him apart from the other clones.

Which member of Clone Force 99 leads the squad with his enhanced senses?

Lucas wanted each Batch member to have a special ability without becoming a superhero; Hunter, with his bandana and face tattoo, is the squad's tracker.

Which studio released the 2008 theatrical film?

It was the only Star Wars film not released by Fox or Disney, and its opening weekend finished third behind Tropic Thunder and The Dark Knight.

In season six, Yoda travels to Dagobah after hearing the voice of which dead Jedi?

The arc explains how Yoda learns to keep his consciousness after death, setting up his Force-ghost farewell in Return of the Jedi.

What is the name of the kidnapped Huttlet in the 2008 film?

Ahsoka nicknames the sickly infant 'Stinky'; he was voiced by sound designer David Acord.

Ahsoka's look was inspired by San, the heroine of which Studio Ghibli film?

Early maquettes gave her defined cheekbones, but Lucas thought she looked like a 'classic UFO alien' and had her redesigned younger.