WhoDatJedi Podcast: Why is the ‘Clone Wars’ micro-series worth watching?

Did you know there are actually two “Clone Wars” animated series? There’s that other one that we’ve covered in this space before (here’s a handy viewing guide!). But there’s also a really good (and much shorter) series that has been harder for fans to access … until recently.

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WhoDatJedi Podcast: Fun with news: Coronavirus, Kevin Smith, Clone Wars and High Republic

The shadow of Coronavirus hangs over everything. The silver lining: Many of us may have more time to stream podcasts, which means another episode of WhoDatJedi is here!

We talked about that, the High Republic, Kevin Smith, and the first three episodes of Season 7 of “The Clone Wars.”

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Your Clone Wars viewing guide!

(Updated: Feb. 7, 2020)

Given the immense popularity of Disney+’s series “The Mandalorian” — a series partially helmed by “Clone Wars” creator Dave Filoni — and further bolstered by the announcement that a new, final season of the award-winning Star Wars animated series “Clone Wars” would debut on Disney+ on Feb. 21, many Star Wars fans are clamoring to either check out older episodes of “Clone Wars” for the first time or revisit the series after a long hiatus. Partially to “connect some dots,” no doubt, but also because it seems like a good time to give the series a(nother) shot.

Still, some have reservations.

“Eh, cartoons…”

“It’s too many episodes.”

“Eh, cartoons…”

While I don’t particularly understand the cartoon critique, I can’t really do anything about it either. I mean, it’s not a series meant for kids. That’s all I can say. If you’ve watched things like “The Simpsons” or “Into the Spider-verse,” you should know going in that this series is more attune to those properties than something aimed at kids. Beyond that, if you want to write it off, that’s your choice.

But on the length issue, I’ve got you covered.

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