I have been to every Star Wars opening that I could get to and felt compelled to see "The Clone Wars." I was expecting a long Saturday morning cartoon. Let me tell you, it was Star Wars, and it was worthy of a big screen movie. Yes, some of the standard "Star Wars" things are missing (no fanfare, a narrated opening crawl), but that only added to its uniqueness. It harkens back to the original trilogy with focused action and a good story but most importantly great character development. The characters are true to the movies and the new voice actors are excellent (only Mace, 3PO and Dooku reprise). This is an excellent Star Wars movie and a great launch for the new series. This movie could easily replace Episode II in my DVD collection.