Star Wars.com has released a press statement featuring the directors and writers of the first episode of “The Clone Wars” entitled “Ambush” and they really talk it up. Here’s an excerpt:

” In “Ambush,” the premiere of Lucasfilm Animation’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars, episode director David Bullock (”Justice League: The New Frontier”) and writer Steve Melching (”The Batman”) recall the Yoda of The Empire Strikes Back. This first episode of the brand-new, CG-animated series airs at 9 p.m. ET/PT Friday, Oct. 3 on Cartoon Network.

In the episode, Jedi Master Yoda and three clone troopers must face off against Count Dooku’s dreaded assassin Asajj Ventress and her massive droid army to prove the Jedi are strong enough to protect a strategic planet and forge a treaty for the Republic.”

You can read the entire release talking about the first episode here.

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