Perfectly fine that Stardust cited a CW episode, but that kind of just points out what a problem this was. The movies shouldn’t need a cartoon network show to show what was expected in the backstory of Star Wars. Everyone who’s been in comment sections have insisted Anakin is a more likable character in that series too, but I think he should have been likable in the movies… oh well, I digress. But my point was that the Clone War itself should have happened in the actual movies.
I agree. It is good that it was featured in Clone Wars, but really should have been addressed in the main films, especially as not everyone watching the films is going to watch a 130 episode animated series after the fact.
Though it is not surprising given some of the disconnects and inconsistencies between the Original Trilogy and the later Prequel Trilogy, despite George Lucas having ample time to iron any such issues out when he was writing the Prequels. Why he chose not to is baffling, and is something that seems to still be unanswered.