Cash grab? You bet. If I was inclined to want to see this I was supposed to be able to watch it free on television, now I have to pay for it in theatres, fuck that.
Though maybe it was WB stipulation that it be released in theatres first to maximise profits before it goes to air as part of the deal to buy the show.
As part of the article it looks like Anakin and Kenobi won't be spending a lot of on screen time together as you know friends but it seems to be all about Anakin and his apprentice. Which inevitably won't be a long relationship.
I felt there were a lot more Star Wars stories left to tell," said George Lucas, executive producer of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. "I was eager to start telling some of them through animation and, at the same time, push the art of animation forward."
Yeah I think the art of animation was doing fine without you George, but thanks for your contribution. You've been irrelevant for 2 decades.
Though in saying that I said years ago that the Prequels should have been cg animation movies (they virtually were apart from the lead actors) to separate the trilogies rather than try to make them one big saga, which had failure written all over it.