<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an American 3D CGI animated television series created by George Lucas and produced by Lucasfilm Animation with the division Lucasfilm Animation Singapore, Lucasfilm and CGCG Inc . The series debuted on Cartoon Network on October 3, 2008 . It is set in the fictional Star Wars galaxy during the three years between the prequel films Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, the same time period as the previous 2D 2003 TV series Star Wars: Clone Wars . Each episode has a running time of 22 minutes to fill a half - hour time slot . In 2007, Star Wars creator George Lucas stated "there will be at least 100 episodes produced (about five seasons)". Dave Filoni is the supervising director of the series . Genndy Tartakovsky, director of the first Clone Wars series, was not involved with the production, but character designer Kilian Plunkett referred to the character designs from the 2D series when designing the characters for the 3D series . There is also an online comic, depicting story - snippets between the single episodes . </P> <P> The first trailer for the series was released on the official Star Wars website on May 8, 2007 . The series was launched with an animated feature film, which was released in theaters on August 15, 2008 . Season 2 ended on April 30, 2010 . Season 3 premiered on September 17, 2010, with the complete second season releasing on Blu - ray Disc and DVD October 26, 2010 . Season 4 premiered on September 16, 2011 with the Complete Season 3 on Blu - ray and DVD released October 18, 2011 . The fourth season was released for Blu - ray and DVD release on October 23, 2012 . Season 5 premiered on September 29, 2012 with a new time slot of 9: 30 A.M. PT / ET . Season 5 and the entire series in the "Collector's Edition" box set were both released on October 15, 2013 . </P>

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