George Lucas' Anakin out
07 August 2008
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George Lucas says there is no place for Anakin Skywalker in 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars'.Despite being at the centre of all six movies, the character steps aside in the first animated film in the franchise because creator George insists his story has now been told.George told MTV: "The epic itself is basically about one man. You pass through a lot of things, but you never get to look at it. "With 'Clone Wars', we're not burdened by the mythological underpinnings. We get to go more places."The story about Anakin Skywalker and his fall into the dark side and redemption by his son, that's finished. It was started when he was 10, it ends when he died. "There's no more story to tell. All that stuff is really not part of what this is."Allowing a shift away from the familiar characters allows viewers to examine the lives of other people, places and events barely touched on in the past, says director Dave Filoni.The director added to MTV: "When I was a kid, imagining that there were other Jedi Knights beyond Yoda was incredible.
"We've never really seen those other characters fully developed, and that's one thing we can really get into in this movie and in this series.
"Also, there are a lot of the clones that we can get involved with on the front lines and see just how they all contributed to this great republic that we always heard about in 'Star Wars' and how it falls apart and becomes an empire."
'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' opens in cinemas later this month.
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