Just announced on StarWars.com (even has tomorrows date) is the word that a feature film version of Star Wars: Clone Wars will appear in theaters before the television series kicks off.

A new era of Star Wars entertainment begins in 2008 when Star Wars: The Clone Wars, from creator George Lucas, premieres as an all-new feature film in August, followed by the television series debut in the fall, in a partnership announced today between Lucasfilm Ltd., Warner Bros. Pictures and Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars will open in North American theaters Friday, August 15. International release dates will be announced soon.

I’ve heard criticism that this is the wrong era of Star Wars to focus on, but I disagree. This is when Jedi were Jedi. Remember, Episode 2 gave us the start of the Clone Wars, and Episode 3 the end. Star Wars: Clone Wars tells the story between the 2 movies. So I guess this would be Episode 2.5.

By the way, this will be the first Star Wars film not to be distributed by Fox. It’ll be strange not to hear the familiar fanfare at the beginning of the movie.