Rookies

Rookies

October 24, 2008 TV Episode The Clone Wars

Series titles: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Untitled Clone Wars TV Seri

Studio
Lucasfilm
Animation studio
Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore
Distributor
Time Warner Inc.

Synopsis

While fighting a Droid Commando invasion, Rex and Cody try to inspire a unit of rookie Clones.

Characters

Clone Troopers, Captain Rex, Cody, Obi-Wan Kenobi, General Grievous, Battle Droids, Anakin Skywalker, Wullf Yularen, Asajj Ventress, Hologram VJ

Credits

Directing

Director
Justin Ridge

Producing

Producer
Sarah Wall (Associate Producer)
Executive Producers
George Lucas, Catherine Winder

Writing

Writer
Steven Melching
Based On The Characters and "Universe" Created By
George Lucas

Voices

Voice
Dee Bradley Baker (Clone Troopers, Captain Rex, Cody), James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Matthew Wood (General Grievous, Battle Droids), Matt Lanter (Anakin Skywalker), Tom Kane (Wullf Yularen, Narrator), Nika Futterman (Asajj Ventress), Gwendoline Yeo (Hologram VJ)

Animation

Animator
Rob Coleman, Steward Lee, Dave Bullock, George Samilski, Justin Ridge, Brian O'Connell (Animation Directors)
Previsualization and Layout Supervisor
Vincent Toscano
Lead Layout Artist
Ryan Heuett
Layout Artists
Mark Gelfuso, Shawn Lovette
Senior Modelers
Matthew Cioffi, Krishnamurti Costa, Punn Wiantrakoon
Modeler
Jon Childress Farmer

Art Department

Storyboard Artists
Steward Lee, Justin Ridge, Le Tang
Concept Artist
Ricardo F. Delgado
Story Artist
Sylvain Doreau

Visual Effects

Effects Artist
Daniel Zizmor

Editing

Editor
Jason Tucker
Assistant Editor
Jules Beesley

Sound

Sound Designer
David Acord
Foley Recordist
Sean England

Casting

Casting Coordinator
Jenn Berry

Production Management

Post-Production Supervisor
Trisha Brunner

Crew

Pre-Visualization Artists
Gregory Rizzi, Daniel Zizmor
Digital Artist
Siau Yene Ang
Digital Colorist Assist
Chris Jensen, Mitch Paulson
Digital Supervisor
Matthew Gidney
Bloated Ego
George Lucas
Technical Assistant
Regina Cachuela
Research and Development Supervisor
Greg Maguire
Supervising Digital Colorist
Steven J. Scott

Companies and other credits

  • Rights and Clearances: Entertainment Clearances

Production notes

On the front lines of an intergalactic struggle between good and evil, fans young and old will join such favorite characters as Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala, along with brand-new heroes like Anakin's padawan learner, Ahsoka. Sinister villains- led by Palpatine, Count Dooku and General Grievous- are poised to rule the galaxy. Stakes are high, and the fate of the Star Wars universe rests in the hands of the daring Jedi Knights. Their exploits lead to action-packed battles and astonishing new revelations.

Over 39 episodes of this TV series are planned; however, it has not been revealed exactly how long the series will run. George Lucas has mentioned it may be over 100 episodes in the final series, but George has been known to exaggerate the number of episodes in a series before.

Ahsoka, Anakin's padawan, is the first female Jedi to be a character of focus.

"It turned out to be an idea that George (Lucas) wanted to explore," said supervising director Dave Filoni. "Henry Gillroy (a writer on the series) and I very much wanted to have a female Jedi in more of a lead role because you've had all the boys."

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