As season 3 winds down, we get a visit from one of our old favorites, Chewbacca, who will make an appearance in the final episode of the season and he doesn’t appear to be very thrilled with what’s going on, according to the preview video. While not reprising his role exactly, Peter Mayhew, the original actor under the fur, came back to advise the animators on all things Chewie, especially how he walked. Even back then, Mayhew had a bit of trouble walking, something he now uses a cane for, and that was part of how Chewbacca walked. Also that his mouth was open at all times, even when it was “closed”. Things like this helped the animators to create a very realistic looking Chewy. There had always been plans for the wookie to appear in Clone Wars, especially being as though he was over 200 years old in the films, so he was definitely around when all this was taking place. It’s just that the technical know how in animating fur and such was a bit beyond the production crew and budget at first, but with Lucas insistent on including him in this season, they found the means to do so and judging from the preview, did really well. Even Mayhew was impressed. Season 3 ends in a one hour special on April 1st.
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In other Clone Wars news, Free Comic Book Day which is May 7, 2011, Dark Horse Publishing will release a two story flip book with Star Wars: The Clone Wars on one side and Avatar: The Last Airbender on the other. In the Star Wars portion, the story will delve deeper into the life of the popular Savage Oppress, which was introduced to the series several weeks ago. One can pick up the book absolutely free at their local participating comic book store on May 7th while supplies last.
And finally, Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars released their first demo of the game yesterday in which you can get a preview of the gameplay for yourself. The demo is for the PC and contains one whole level and an exploration mode. The demo puts you in control of a TC-14 robot (which looks like C3PO), Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon Jinn in a scene from Phantom Menace where they are “meeting” with the Trade Federation. You can get the demo at C-Net. It is 227 Meg, but a must for all the Lego and Star Wars fans.
And that’s the Clone War News we have at the moment. May the force be with you!
In other Clone Wars news, Free Comic Book Day which is May 7, 2011, Dark Horse Publishing will release a two story flip book with Star Wars: The Clone Wars on one side and Avatar: The Last Airbender on the other. In the Star Wars portion, the story will delve deeper into the life of the popular Savage Oppress, which was introduced to the series several weeks ago. One can pick up the book absolutely free at their local participating comic book store on May 7th while supplies last.
And finally, Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars released their first demo of the game yesterday in which you can get a preview of the gameplay for yourself. The demo is for the PC and contains one whole level and an exploration mode. The demo puts you in control of a TC-14 robot (which looks like C3PO), Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon Jinn in a scene from Phantom Menace where they are “meeting” with the Trade Federation. You can get the demo at C-Net. It is 227 Meg, but a must for all the Lego and Star Wars fans.
And that’s the Clone War News we have at the moment. May the force be with you!
