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With the March 2005 release of Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume I, I had hoped to see the original 20 chapters presented in the way they were originally shown on the Cartoon Network, as that format gave them more of a serial feel that Lucas was originally going for when he had the idea for the series. Editing them together, in my opinion, was a bad move. The chapters, to me, don’t function as well as an edited animated film as they did as individual animated chapters. Now, I’m not going to go blame Lucas for this editing job, since I’m sure he had little to do with the actual production of the DVD. It was likely Genndy who had the idea to edit them together. And sadly, the Volume II DVD, although I’ll admit it flows better, is edited together as well. I was hoping that at least they would give an option to either watch them as originally presented, for those of us that want them that way, or edited together for those who want it that way. Unfortunately, only the latter got their wish.
So, is anyone interested in restoring the 25 chapters to the way they were originally presented on TV, with the Clone Wars logo, chapter title card, etc? The original openings/endings to each chapter could be edited back in, via TV recordings. Preferably someone’s digital recordings from their HDTV, TIVO, DVD recorder, etc. You could use this footage, combined with the official DVD’s, to produce the best quality preservations of the chapters.
Another gripe I have with the current official DVD’s is the lack of quality bonus features. There were some good opportunities to give all of the TV spots CN had shown for CW, or some featurettes exploring the Clone Wars in more depth, such as more closely explaining the connection of the EU books and this animated series to the films. But, of course, instead we get %75 promotional material. If only they could give the types of bonus features they did with the films, with the Clone Wars DVD’s as well.