>>95123980 Because Lucas, after seeing the first 3 episodes of the Clone Wars cartoon, felt that it would be a good idea to release it in theaters.
But the truth is that TV network budgets and the TV show format don't really allow you to create work that really competes with actual movies in the theater. So it ended up with rotten reviews.
But then they aired it on TV, and compared to other animated shows on TV, it has nice animation, decent writing, and tackles much weightier materials with ongoing stories and multi-part episodes. So when you go the RT tv reviews, it's actually at 89%.
The standards of movies and tv shows are very different. Which is why people trying to compare old WB/MGM/Disney shorts (originally theatrical releases) to TV cartoons are fucking retarded.
