Tales of the Jedi (TV series)

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Tales of the Jedi
Tales of the Jedi logo.webp
Logo for Tales of the Jedi
Also known as
  • Tales of the Jedi
  • Tales of the Empire
Genre
Created by Dave Filoni
Based on Star Wars
by George Lucas
Voices of
Composers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes12
Production
Executive producers
  • Dave Filoni
  • Athena Yvette Portillo
  • Carrie Beck
Producers
  • Alex Spotswood
  • Josh Rimes
Running time13–17 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Disney+
ReleaseOctober 26, 2022 (2022-10-26) –
present (present)
Related
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Tales [1] is an American animated anthology consisting of limited run television series created by Dave Filoni for the streaming service Disney+. Each installment consists of six shorts that explore different characters from the Star Wars franchise. The first, Tales of the Jedi, explores Jedi from the prequel trilogy era, while the second, Tales of the Empire, explores characters related to the Galactic Empire. The series is produced by Lucasfilm Animation, with Charles Murray as head writer and Filoni as supervising director.

Contents

Filoni began writing Tales of the Jedi, also known as Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, while working on the Star Wars series The Mandalorian . He revealed the first official details about the series in May 2022. It follows two "paths", one focused on the character Ahsoka Tano (voiced by Ashley Eckstein) and the other on the character Count Dooku (voiced by Corey Burton). Tales of the Jedi was released on Disney+ on October 26, 2022, and received critical acclaim, with praise towards its animation, writing, and musical score.

A second installment was announced in April 2023, and was revealed a year later to be titled Tales of the Empire. Also known as Star Wars: Tales of the Empire, it is again split into two arcs: one follows Morgan Elsbeth (voiced by Diana Lee Inosanto) and the other follows former Jedi Barriss Offee (voiced by Meredith Salenger). Tales of the Empire was released on May 4, 2024.

Premise

Tales of the Jedi tells short stories featuring Jedi from the Star Wars prequel trilogy era. [2] Its six episodes are split into two "paths": the first following Ahsoka Tano across various points in her life, and the other depicting a young Count Dooku before his fall to the dark side of the Force. [3] [4] The second installment, Tales of the Empire, is set in different eras of the Star Wars timeline, with one path following a young Morgan Elsbeth and the other following former Jedi Barriss Offee. [5]

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
Tales of the Jedi 6October 26, 2022 (2022-10-26)
Tales of the Empire 6May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04)

Tales of the Jedi (2022)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
11"Life and Death"Nathaniel Villanueva Dave Filoni October 26, 2022 (2022-10-26)
A year after her birth, an infant Ahsoka Tano is taken on her first hunting trip by her mother, Pav-ti, as is customary for their people. While hunting, they are stalked by a large predatory animal which kidnaps Ahsoka. Pav-ti returns to the village for help, but is surprised to see Ahsoka arrive at the village soon after riding the animal, having subdued it in the forest. Gantika, a village elder, realizes that Ahsoka has a strong connection to the Force.
Cast : Toks Olagundoye as Gantika, Sunil Malhotra as Nak-il, Janina Gavankar as Pav-ti, and Noshir Dalal as a villager
22"Justice"Saul RuizDave FiloniOctober 26, 2022 (2022-10-26)
Jedi Master Dooku and his Padawan learner, Qui-Gon Jinn, find the kidnapped son of Senator Dagonet in a dilapidated village where the locals are struggling due to the senator's corruption. Dagonet arrives with troops and attacks the villagers. Dooku, angered by the corrupt senator, threatens to kill him with the Force. Qui-Gon and the senator's son convince Dooku to spare Dagonet, and the son promises to help the villagers.
Cast : Corey Burton as Dooku and an armed villager, Micheál Richardson as Qui-Gon Jinn, Mark Rolston as Senator Dagonet, Josh Keaton as Senator Dagonet's son, and Vanessa Marshall as a village elder
33"Choices"Charles MurrayCharles Murray and Élan MurrayOctober 26, 2022 (2022-10-26)
Dooku and Jedi Master Mace Windu recover the body of Jedi Council member Katri from Raxus Secundus. Dooku insists on investigating Katri's death, against orders, and they discover that Katri was killed by guards who wanted to stop corrupt Senator Larik from draining Raxus's resources. At Katri's funeral, Windu reveals that he has been given the vacant Jedi Council spot instead of Dooku and attributes this to Dooku's rule-breaking.
Cast : Corey Burton as Dooku, Andrew Kishino as Hanel and a guard, Brian George as Ki-Adi-Mundi, TC Carson as Mace Windu, Terrell Tilford as Semage, and Theo Rossi as Senator Larik
44"The Sith Lord"Saul RuizDave FiloniOctober 26, 2022 (2022-10-26)
Following the secret plan of the Sith lord Darth Sidious, Dooku poses as Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas and deletes all records of the planet Kamino from the Jedi Archives. When Qui-Gon is killed by Darth Maul, [lower-alpha 1] Dooku confronts Sidious about Qui-Gon's death. He is followed by Jedi Master Yaddle, who tries to reason with Dooku, but Dooku kills Yaddle on Sidious's orders. This solidifies his fall to the dark side of the Force.
Cast : Ian McDiarmid as Darth Sidious, Corey Burton as Dooku, Meg Marchand as the Jedi Temple Archive voice, Flo Di Re as Jocasta Nu, Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn, and Bryce Dallas Howard as Yaddle
55"Practice Makes Perfect"Saul RuizDave FiloniOctober 26, 2022 (2022-10-26)
Disappointed with the simple battle simulations that his Padawan, Ahsoka, has to train with, Anakin Skywalker instead has her face a large group of clone troopers armed with stun guns. He repeats this training with her over the course of the Clone Wars. At the end of the war, the clones turn on the Jedi with the enactment of Order 66. Ahsoka uses the skills she gained during these drills to survive the attacking clones. [lower-alpha 2]
Cast : Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano, Matt Lanter as Anakin Skywalker, Dee Bradley Baker as Captain Rex and Jesse, and James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
66"Resolve"Saul RuizDave FiloniOctober 26, 2022 (2022-10-26)
During the funeral of Padmé Amidala, [lower-alpha 3] Senator Bail Organa tells Ahsoka to contact him if she needs help. Some time later, while in hiding, Ahsoka is seen using the Force to help someone who is in danger. She is reported to the Galactic Empire, and an Inquisitor is sent to capture her. Ahsoka kills the Inquisitor and contacts Organa, who comes to collect her the next day. She tells him that she is ready to fight against the Empire.
Cast : Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano, Phil LaMarr as Bail Organa, Clancy Brown as an Inquisitor, David Shaughnessy as an old man, Dee Bradley Baker as security clone troopers, Bryton James as the village brother, and Dana Davis as the village sister

Tales of the Empire (2024)

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
71"The Path of Fear"Nathaniel VillanuevaStory by : Dave Filoni
Written by : Amanda Rose Muñoz		May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04)
During the Clone Wars, General Grievous and the Separatist droid army massacre the Nightsisters of Dathomir, [lower-alpha 4] except for Morgan Elsbeth who is saved by the nearby Mountain Clan. Against the wishes of the clan's leader, the Matron, Morgan and three young clan members attempt to recover Nightsister weapons. They are attacked by droids and the Matron's daughter is killed. The Matron saves the others, but abandons Morgan.
Cast : Matthew Wood as General Grievous, Lydia Look as the Matron, Cathy Ang as Morgan Elsbeth, Daisy Lightfoot as Nali, Diana Lee Inosanto as Selena, Suzie McGrath as witch #1, Meg Marchand as witch #2, and Gina Hermosillo as witch #3
82"The Path of Anger"Steward LeeStory by : Dave Filoni
Written by : Amanda Rose Muñoz		May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04)
During the reign of the Empire, Morgan becomes magistrate of the resource-rich planet Corvus and promises to bring jobs and prosperity for the local population. She designs a new TIE Defender fighter but her proposal to make it for the Empire is rejected by Moff Isdain. Admiral Thrawn takes an interest in the proposal and sends his assassin, Rukh, to attack Morgan. After she holds her own, Thrawn accepts her project and offers his assistance.
Cast : Lars Mikkelsen as Admiral Thrawn, Xander Berkeley as Gilad Pellaeon, Tom Konkle as Moff Isdain and villager #1, Diana Lee Inosanto as Morgan Elsbeth, Warwick Davis as Rukh, Meg Marchand as villager #2, Shelby Young as villager #3, and Wing T. Chao as Wing
93"The Path of Hate"Nathaniel VillanuevaStory by : Dave Filoni
Written by : Amanda Rose Muñoz		May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04)
After the fall of the Empire, [lower-alpha 5] former Corvus citizen Nadura returns as an ambassador of the New Republic. She demands that Morgan step down as magistrate, due to her mistreatment of the locals, and allow Corvus to join the New Republic. Morgan—who has received a vision that she believes is key to the future—kills Nadura and begins burning down Corvus's forests. Before she dies, Nadura sends a distress signal to Bo-Katan Kryze.
Cast : Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan Kryze, Diana Lee Inosanto as Morgan Elsbeth, Shelby Young as Nadura, Steve Blum as a New Republic guard and Reggi, and Wing T. Chao as Wing
104"Devoted"Saul RuizStory by : Dave Filoni
Written by : Nicolas Anasatassiou		May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04)
Following Order 66 and the Galactic Republic's re-organization into the Empire, former Jedi Barriss Offee—who is serving a life sentence after turning on the Jedi Order and attacking the Jedi Temple [lower-alpha 6] —is brought to the under-construction Fortress Inquisitorius to be trained by the Grand Inquisitor. After she kills a fellow recruit in a duel, Barriss is welcomed as an Inquisitor and introduced to her new master, the Sith lord Darth Vader.
Cast : Zeno Robinson as Ahmar, Meredith Salenger as Barriss Offee, Dee Bradley Baker as a clone trooper, Nicolas Cantu as Dante, Rya Kihlstedt as Lyn Rakish / Fourth Sister, and Jason Isaacs as the Grand Inquisitor
115"Realization"Steward LeeStory by : Dave Filoni
Written by : Matt Michnovetz		May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04)
Barriss and the Fourth Sister, another Inquisitor, are sent to find a Jedi who is in hiding. They question some villagers and learn that the Jedi is on a nearby mountain. Barriss becomes disillusioned with the Empire when the Fourth Sister murders the villagers and then cuts down the Jedi after Barriss convinces them to surrender. Barriss uses the Force to push the Fourth Sister off the mountain and then aids the wounded Jedi.
Cast : Meredith Salenger as Barriss Offee, Keith Ferguson as the governor, Rya Kihlstedt as Lyn Rakish / Fourth Sister, Ry Chase as the Jedi, and Jordyn Curet as the young girl
126"The Way Out"Nathaniel VillanuevaStory by : Dave Filoni
Written by : Matt Michnovetz		May 4, 2024 (2024-05-04)
Years after leaving the Inquisitors, Barriss is a healer and teacher. She is visited by a family who are trying to protect their Force-sensitive child from the Fourth Sister, who follows them. Barriss traps the Fourth Sister in a maze as the family escapes, and attempts to convince her to turn to the light side of the Force. When she accidentally stabs Barriss with a lightsaber, the Fourth Sister feels regret and chooses to carry Barriss to safety.
Cast : Steve Blum as attendant #1, Anna Graves as attendant #2, Meredith Salenger as Barriss Offee, Keston John as the father, Rya Kihlstedt as Lyn Rakish / Fourth Sister, and Suzie McGrath as the mother

Production

Development

While traveling to work on the Star Wars series The Mandalorian , Dave Filoni began writing short stories about different Jedi characters from the franchise's prequel trilogy era. Carrie Beck, senior vice president of development and production at Lucasfilm, asked if Filoni wanted to turn these into a series, which he compared to her "find[ing] the money" for a revival of his animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars on the streaming service Disney+. [6]

In December 2021, the logo for Tales of the Jedi was included on holiday gifts for Lucasfilm employees alongside logos for upcoming film and television projects at the studio. This was also the name of an unrelated comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics in the 1990s. [7] Lucasfilm confirmed the project when announcing the schedule for Star Wars Celebration Anaheim in May 2022. [8] Filoni discussed the animated anthology series, also known as Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, [9] in a dedicated panel, revealing that the series consists of six shorts, [3] five of which were written by Filoni and the other by The Clone Wars writer Charles Murray with Élan Murray. [9] [3] Each short is approximately 15 minutes long. [10] [11] Filoni also served as creator, supervising director, and executive producer, with Athena Yvette Portillo and Beck also as executive producers. [9]

At Star Wars Celebration London in April 2023, Filoni announced that the series would receive a second season. [12] Tales of the Empire, or Star Wars: Tales of the Empire, was announced a year later. [5] Lucasfilm described it as the second installment of the "Tales franchise". [1] [5] [13]

Writing

Filoni said the shorts were slower paced than episodes of The Clone Wars and called them "a series of tone poems" with less dialogue and more visual storytelling. This was inspired by the works of Hayao Miyazaki as well as Filoni's mentor, Star Wars creator George Lucas. [2] [4] Each installment of the series explores "two paths and two choices". For Tales of the Jedi, one path follows the character Ahsoka Tano and the other focuses on Count Dooku. Each character is explored in three different eras of their lives. [4] Tales of the Empire focuses on the characters Morgan Elsbeth and Barriss Offee. [5]

Filoni's first idea for the series was to show how Ahsoka was brought to the Jedi Order by Plo Koon, but he changed this to a story about Ahsoka's first hunting trip with her mother because there had not been many stories about "moms being moms" in Star Wars. [2] [14] He felt it was important that "Ahsoka's first experience with someone telling her, 'Don't be afraid,' is her mother". [4] Beyond the first episode, which has a happy ending and features the "adorable baby Ahsoka", [4] Filoni warned that "these aren't just fun, happy stories. It gets rough at times." He particularly felt that Dooku's life was "surprisingly tragic", and attributed some of the series' darker episodes to them being written during the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] An aspect of Dooku that Filoni wanted to explore was the relationship with his Padawan learner, Qui-Gon Jinn, whom Filoni described as "one of the best and, in some ways, most interesting Jedi, because of his philosophy, which is different from the Jedi Council. And where did he learn that, if not from his mentor, Count Dooku?" [4]

The final episode of Tales of the Jedi, titled "Resolve", loosely adapts the events of the 2016 novel Ahsoka by E. K. Johnston. Filoni explained that he based "Resolve" on the same outline that he had given Lucasfilm's publishing outline for the novel, which is why the two works tell the same story. [15] Ashley Eckstein, the actress who voices Ahsoka, said the novel had not come into discussion while "Resolve" was in production and she never asked Filoni where the episode fell in relation to the novel. She regarded the episode as "an extension of the novel" and the beginning of "that chapter" of Ahsoka's life. [16]

Casting

With the series' announcement in May 2022, Liam Neeson was revealed to be reprising his role as Qui-Gon Jinn from the Star Wars films while his son, Micheál Richardson, would voice a younger version of the character. [17] Matt Lanter reprises his role as Anakin Skywalker from The Clone Wars, [3] and Janina Gavankar was cast as Ahsoka Tano's mother, Pav-ti. Gavankar previously voiced Iden Versio in the video game Star Wars Battlefront II . [4] In July 2022, Ashley Eckstein revealed that she would be reprising her role as Ahsoka Tano from The Clone Wars. [18] A day before the series' release, Bryce Dallas Howard revealed she voiced Yaddle; [19] Filoni approached Howard, a fan of animated Star Wars projects, to voice the character after their experience working together on The Mandalorian. [20] Also reprising their Star Wars roles in Tales of the Jedi are Corey Burton as Count Dooku, TC Carson as Mace Windu, Ian McDiarmid as Darth Sidious, James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Phil LaMarr as Bail Organa, [21] and Dee Bradley Baker as Captain Rex, Jesse, and the clone troopers. [22] Clancy Brown voices an Inquisitor. [9]

When details for Tales of the Empire were released, several voice actors were revealed to be reprising their roles from previous Star Wars media: Diana Lee Inosanto as Morgan Elsbeth, Meredith Salenger as Barriss Offee, Rya Kihlstedt as the Fourth Sister, Wing T. Chao as Governor Wing, Lars Mikkelsen as Admiral Thrawn, Jason Isaacs as the Grand Inquisitor, and Matthew Wood as General Grievous. [5] The characters Darth Vader, [23] : 17  Marrok, [13] and Brown's unnamed Inquisitor from Tales of the Jedi also appear. [23] : 18 

Animation

The series uses the same animation style as The Clone Wars. [2] Charles Murray, Nathaniel Villanueva, and Saul Ruiz directed the Tales of the Jedi shorts. [9] [24]

Music

Kevin Kiner composed the music for Tales of the Jedi, [9] after previously doing so for The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels , and Star Wars: The Bad Batch . [25] As with the other animated Star Wars series, Kevin collaborated with his children Sean and Deana. [26] David Glen Russell and Peter Lam also provided additional music for Tales of the Jedi. [27] [28] Sean and Deana Kiner are credited as co-composers with Kevin Kiner for Tales of the Empire. [29]

The Kiners started with the three Ahsoka shorts. For Ahsoka's younger years in the first two shorts, Kevin wanted to call back to his earliest material for the character in The Clone Wars film and the first episodes of the series. He had to review the original compositions because it had been nearly 16 years since he started working with the character, and put a particular focus on woodwind instruments. [30] [31] For Ahsoka's third short, Sean and Deana created a new variation of Kevin's Ahsoka theme to represent her new status as a rōnin. Because Filoni was influenced by the works of Studio Ghibli and other Japanese cinema, they studied the music of samurai films when creating this new variation. [26] [32] They later expanded on this rōnin motif and the Japanese influences in the score for Ahsoka . [33] [34] The composers did not try to repeat the Japanese influences for Dooku's shorts, but Kevin felt some of those sensibilities carried over. Because Star Wars film composer John Williams did not make a theme for Dooku, the Kiners created a new theme that represents his fall to the dark side of the Force. It gets darker across the three shorts. When Yaddle follows Dooku in his final short, they revisited some of the synthesizer sounds that they used for the final season of The Clone Wars, along with some "experimental" vocal work. [30] [31]

A soundtrack album for Tales of the Jedi was released digitally by Walt Disney Records on October 26, 2022, alongside the series' premiere. [25] An album for Tales of the Empire was released on May 10, 2024. [35]

All music is composed by Kevin Kiner:

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (Original Soundtrack)
No.TitleLength
1."Birth of Ahsoka"1:33
2."Ahsoka's Village"2:47
3."Sanctity of Life"2:45
4."Tiger"2:19
5."The Bond"2:33
6."Ahsoka Returns"2:59
7."A Real Test"3:28
8."Let's Go Again"2:19
9."Training Pays Off"1:36
10."Secret Mourner"2:10
11."No One Is Safe"4:13
12."The Inquisitor"3:45
13."Ahsoka Is Ready"1:13
14."Dooku Arrives"2:44
15."The Kidnappers"2:34
16."Soldiers Are Here"4:52
17."No More Suffering"2:24
18."Murder Case"2:25
19."Mystery in Raxus"2:09
20."Dooku Investigates"3:10
21."Dooku Contemplates"2:33
22."Qui-Gon and the Sith Lord"4:59
23."Flight Into Darkness"4:04
24."Dooku vs. Yaddle"3:16
25."Dooku's Fall"2:45
Total length:1:11:14

All music is composed by Kevin, Sean, and Deana Kiner:

Star Wars: Tales of the Empire (Original Soundtrack)
No.TitleLength
1."Invasion of Dathomir"4:30
2."The Mountain Clan"2:17
3."Right to Be Scared"1:40
4."Hunt for Weapons"2:48
5."Morgan Leaves"1:24
6."Deal Rejected"2:53
7."Back to Corvus"2:17
8."Assassin Attack"1:56
9."Anger Gives Me Strength"3:37
10."Nadura Arrives"3:43
11."Fulfill My Destiny"1:50
12."The Fires Will Continue Burning"2:47
13."Help Will Come"1:23
14."Morgan Elsbeth – End Credits"0:52
15."Barriss Released"2:47
16."Prove Yourself Worthy"2:36
17."Come With Me"1:27
18."One Final Test"2:42
19."Welcome Sister"2:48
20."New Target"1:50
21."Where's the Jedi"3:31
22."Inquisitors vs. Jedi"2:16
23."You're Not Alone"2:33
24."Seek the Healer"2:13
25."Such Gifts Are a Curse"1:54
26."Live, Now Go"2:35
27."Lyn Attacks"1:48
28."Inside the Cave"3:04
29."The Way Out"2:01
30."Barriss Offee – End Credits"0:46
Total length:1:11:00

Marketing

Filoni revealed the first details about the series at a Star Wars Celebration panel in May 2022, where a teaser was shown and the full first episode screened. [2]

Release

Tales of the Jedi premiered on Disney+ on October 26, 2022, with all of its six episodes. [36] Tales of the Empire premiered on May 4, 2024, again with all six episodes. [5]

Reception

Audience viewership

According to Parrot Analytics, which looks at consumer engagement in consumer research, streaming, downloads, and on social media, Tales of the Jedi was the 4th most in-demand streaming show in the United States during the week of October 29, 2022, to November 4, 2022. [37] According to Whip Media's TV Time, Tales of the Jedi was the 9th most streamed original series across all platforms in the United States during the week ending October 30, 2022. [38]

Critical response

Critical response of Show
Season Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
Tales of the Jedi100% (21 reviews) [39] 78 (6 reviews) [40]
Tales of the Empire88% (24 reviews) [41] 76 (5 reviews) [42]

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 100% for Tales of the Jedi, with an average rating of 8.3/10, based on 22 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Under the reliable stewardship of Dave Filoni, Tales of the Jedi is an absorbing expansion of Star Wars lore that will delight Padawan-level fans and encyclopedic Force scholars alike." [39] On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, Tales of the Jedi has a score of 78 out of 100, based on six critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [40]

Brian Young of /Film asserted, "These episodes are full of pathos and interesting connections to the broader Star Wars lore. The quality of work from the writers, from Lucasfilm Animation, and the music of Kevin Kiner has never been better. My hope is that these mini-episodes are popular enough to spin more Jedi into the limelight for more tales." [43] Kevin Fox Jr. of Paste gave the series a grade of 8.2 out of 10, stating, "The overall result, as overseen by Dave Filoni, is surprising and strong. Tales of the Jedi succeeds by saying exactly what it means to and then making its exit, sure to have viewers ready for more. Whether it's ultimately a one-off season or the start of something greater, it's worth Star Wars fans' time to check it out." [44]

Jamie Lovett of ComicBook.com gave the series a grade of 4 out of 5, saying, "These six Tales of the Jedi are beautiful, moving, and deceptively layered for their brevity while packing a few surprises and jaw-dropping moments along the way. Lucasfilm Animation managed to squeeze a lot of Star Wars magic into these shorts, and viewers will only be disappointed that there aren't more of them." [45] Alex Stedman of IGN gave the series a grade of 8 out of 10, writing, "Tales of the Jedi is a strong, tightly written showcase for two important characters in Star Wars lore: Count Dooku and Ahsoka Tano. Dooku in particular gets a good amount of meat added to his character’s bones, while the other episodes feature a welcome look into Ahsoka at different points in her life. It’s moody and methodical at times, while still managing to weave in some beautifully animated action. It may not be absolutely vital Star Wars content, but there are certainly worse ways to revisit these characters before Ahsoka gets her own series." [46]

For Tales of the Empire, Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 88%, with an average rating of 7.6/10, based on 24 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Star Wars takes a walk on the Dark Side in this fleet and filling animated series, which conjures just enough excitement to get fans' lightsabers rattling." [41] On Metacritic, Tales of the Empire has a score of 76 out of 100, based on five critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [42]

Accolades

Tales of the Jedi received a nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Broadcast Animation at the 2023 Golden Reel Awards. [47] It was also nominated for Outstanding Short-Form Program at the 2023 Producers Guild of America Awards. [48]

Notes

  1. ↑ "The Sith Lord" takes place concurrently with the events of the film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
  2. ↑ As depicted in the final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2020)
  3. ↑ "Resolve"'s cold open takes place concurrently with the events of the film Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
  4. ↑ As depicted in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Massacre" (2012)
  5. ↑ As depicted in the film Return of the Jedi (1983)
  6. ↑ As depicted in the fifth season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012–13)

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an American animated television series created by George Lucas. It is part of the Star Wars multimedia franchise, and is set predominantly between the events of Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005). Lucas, who closely collaborated with supervising director Dave Filoni on the series, called it a continuation of the previous Genndy Tartakovsky-produced 2003 Clone Wars series. The series began with a theatrical feature film that was released on August 15, 2008, and debuted on Cartoon Network two months later on October 3, 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ahsoka Tano</span> Fictional character in the Star Wars franchise

Ahsoka Tano is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. She was introduced as the 14-year-old Togruta Jedi Padawan of Anakin Skywalker in the animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) before appearing in the subsequent animated television series ; the sequel series Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018); in the live-action film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) as a voiceover cameo; and in the miniseries Tales of the Jedi (2022), voiced by Ashley Eckstein. In 2020, Ahsoka made her live-action debut in the second season of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, portrayed by Rosario Dawson. Dawson reprised the role in a 2022 episode of the spin-off series The Book of Boba Fett, and the 2023 series, Ahsoka.

<i>Star Wars: The Clone Wars</i> (film) 2008 film by Dave Filoni

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a 2008 American animated space opera film directed by Dave Filoni, produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, becoming the first Star Wars film to not be distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is the first fully animated film in the Star Wars franchise and takes place shortly after Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), at the start of the titular Clone Wars. In the film, Count Dooku and Jabba the Hutt's uncle Ziro orchestrate a plan to turn Jabba against the Galactic Republic by framing the Jedi for the kidnapping of his son. While Anakin Skywalker and his newly assigned apprentice Ahsoka Tano attempt to deliver the child back to his father, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala lead separate investigations to uncover Dooku and Ziro's plot.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Captain Rex</span> Fictional Star Wars character

Captain Rex is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. He was introduced as a main character in the animated The Clone Wars 2008 film and the related television series of the same name. Rex is a clone trooper of the Grand Army of the Republic, cloned from the Mandalorian bounty hunter Jango Fett, and serves the Galactic Republic under the command of Jedi General Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Commander Ahsoka Tano. Since his introduction in The Clone Wars, he has also appeared in the 2014 Star Wars Rebels television series, the 2021 Star Wars: The Bad Batch television series, the 2022 Tales of the Jedi television series and various spin-off media. Like all clone troopers in The Clone Wars, Rebels, The Bad Batch and Tales of the Jedi, Rex is voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. In Ahsoka, Rex made his live-action debut in the episode "Part Five: Shadow Warrior", voiced by Temuera Morrison in sequences set during the Clone Wars.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dave Filoni</span> American film director (born 1974)

David Filoni is an American director, producer, and screenwriter currently serving as the Chief Creative Officer of Lucasfilm. He directed multiple episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender, before being hired by George Lucas to oversee direction on the television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars as well as directing and writing numerous episodes, including its theatrical film. He was the creator of follow-up series Star Wars Rebels, and served as a supervising director, executive producer and writer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Darth Maul</span> Star Wars character

Darth Maul, later known simply as Maul, is a character in the Star Wars franchise. He first appeared in the 1999 film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace as a powerful Sith Lord and Darth Sidious' first apprentice. Though seemingly killed by Obi-Wan Kenobi at the end of the film, Darth Maul returned in the 2008 animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Star Wars creator George Lucas had intended for the resurrected Maul to serve as the main antagonist of the sequel film trilogy, but these plans were abandoned when Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012. The character nonetheless reappeared in the 2014 animated series Star Wars Rebels and the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story, voiced again by Witwer; Park physically reprised the role in Solo. Since his initial defeat in The Phantom Menace, Maul has become an independent criminal mastermind and endured as Obi-Wan's archenemy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clone trooper</span> Fictional class of soldiers in the Star Wars series

Clone troopers are fictional characters from the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. First introduced in the live-action film Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), they have since appeared in various other Star Wars media, including Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005) and the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018), Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021–2024), and Tales of the Jedi (2022–present) as well as comics, novels, and video games set in both the Star Wars Legends expanded universe and the current canon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cad Bane</span> Character appearing in the Star Wars franchise

Cad Bane is a character in the Star Wars franchise. Created by George Lucas, Dave Filoni and Henry Gilroy, he first appeared in the 2008 animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Burton would return to voice Bane in the 2021 animated series Star Wars: The Bad Batch and live-action series The Book of Boba Fett on Disney+.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kanan Jarrus</span> Character in Star Wars

Kanan Jarrus is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise, voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr. He is featured as one of the main characters of the animated series Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018) and related works. His Force spirit also appears as a disembodied voice in the film The Rise of Skywalker (2019), while a young Caleb Dume makes appearances in the seventh season of The Clone Wars (2020), The Bad Batch (2021) and Tales of the Jedi (2022).

<i>Ahsoka</i> (novel) 2016 novel by E. K. Johnston

Ahsoka, also known as Star Wars: Ahsoka, is a Star Wars young adult novel written by E. K. Johnston, from an outline by Dave Filoni, published in October 2016. Set between the events of the 3D CGI animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018) and Disney+ TV series Ahsoka (2023), it is centered on the character Ahsoka Tano, the former apprentice of Anakin Skywalker. In 2020, Ahsoka's role in the Siege of Mandalore and Order 66, described in the novel as backstory, was adapted as the four-part series finale of the revival of The Clone Wars, written by Filoni and directed by Saul Ruiz and Nathaniel Villanueva. In 2022, the main events of Ahsoka were adapted as "Resolve", the first-season finale of Tales of the Jedi, written by Filoni and directed by Ruiz.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chapter 13: The Jedi</span> 5th episode of the 2nd season of The Mandalorian

"Chapter 13: The Jedi" is the fifth episode of the second season of the American television series The Mandalorian. It stars Pedro Pascal as the Mandalorian, a bounty hunter trying to return "The Child" to his people, the Jedi. The episode is part of the Star Wars franchise, set after the events of Return of the Jedi (1983), and was written and directed by executive producer Dave Filoni.

Ahsoka, also known as Star Wars: Ahsoka, is an American space fantasy television series created by Dave Filoni for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise and a spin-off from The Mandalorian, taking place in the same timeframe as that series and its other interconnected spin-offs after the events of the film Return of the Jedi (1983). Ahsoka follows former Jedi apprentice Ahsoka Tano and her allies as they fight the remnants of the Galactic Empire during the time of the fledgling New Republic.

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