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Cartoon Network to Premiere Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Decoded

Friday April 10, 2009
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: DecodedFanboys, prepare to get your geek on. Cartoon Network announced today it will premiere Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Decoded, a full slate of 22 enhanced episodes from season one of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Using text windows to provide in-the-moment insights into all aspects of the sweeping galactic conflict (like Lost or VH1's Pop Up Videos) Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Decoded enhances each episode with exclusive content created by the Lucasfilm Animation talent responsible for the show itself. Watch the premiere Friday, May 1, at 9:00 p.m. E.T. on Cartoon Network. This full season of enhanced episodes will continue each Friday at 9:00 p.m. E.T., the regular time slot for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, leading up to the fall 2009 premiere of season two. No withrawal symptoms! Whew!
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Comments

April 25, 2009 at 4:49 pm
(1) Jedi Master says:

Cartoon network has scored a big hit with this cartoon. But it could still be a bit better. Sometimes the cartoon doesn’t flow ell and the characters of a young General Kenobi and Jar Jar Binx don’t come across well in the cartoon , the same characters struggled in the movies as well.

May 1, 2009 at 10:46 pm
(2) Anonymous says:

Cartoon Network HD dropped the ball again this time because this show was NOT broadcasted in 16:9 Widescreen 1920×1080i HD it was broadcasted in 4:3 letterboxed Standard Definition 720×480 which sucks!!!

I was really looking forward to watching and capturing the Decoded shows and sharing them with the Star Wars fans around the world but now I won’t waste my time with this INFERIOR junk because IF the show is not being broadcasted in TRUE 1920×1080i HD Widescreen on the Cartoon Network HD channel on DirecTv HD Satellite then why in the hell does Lucasfilm allow this High Quality show to be downgraded to 4:3 letterboxed Standard Definition LOW QUALITY JUNK?

I think this is PATHETIC AND I and I’m sure others around the world like me also DEMAND that the Cartoon Network HD broadcast engineers wake the hell up because IF I was in charge there then Cartoon Network HD channel would be hiring some NEW broadcast engineers because the ones responsible for DOWNGRADING and RUINING the FLAWLESS HD Quality of The Clone Wars to standard definition format would be FIRED!!!

WHY does George Lucas allow his High Quality series to be turned into blurry looking 4:3 letterboxed crap format instead of the 1920 x 1080i HD format that it should be broadcasted in? It is especially frustrating considering that the channel it comes on is supposed to be a HD channel not a SD channel!!! When the CN logo in bottom right corner is blue and white it is 4:3 standard definition letterboxed format and it is only HD if you see the CN HD logo in Black and Gold which indicates that it is in High Definition and NOT in Standard Definition.

May 9, 2009 at 12:04 am
(3) Anonymous says:

Cartoon Network HD dropped the ball again TONIGHT May 8, 2009 because Batman The Brave and The Bold’s New Episode called “Night of the Huntress” which is a HDTV program originally was NOT broadcasted in 16:9 Widescreen 1920×1080i HD it was broadcasted in 4:3 letterboxed Standard Definition 720×480 which sucks!!!

I was really looking forward to watching This NEW episode of Batman The Brave and The Bold and also Star Wars The Clone Wars Decoded shows in HD and then sharing them with the Batman and Star Wars fans around the world but now I won’t waste my time with recording and capturing this INFERIOR standard definition crap because IF the show is not being broadcasted in TRUE 1920×1080i HD Widescreen on the Cartoon Network HD channel on DirecTv HD Satellite then as far as I am concerned I am being RIPPED OFF and so is everyone else as well who expects an HD show to be broadcasted in HD. Why in the hell does Lucasfilm and the Batman The Brave and The Bold creators allow their High Quality HDTV shows to be downgraded to 4:3 letterboxed Standard Definition LOW QUALITY JUNK on a channel that is supposed to be HD?

I think this is PATHETIC and I and I’m sure thousands of others around the world like me also DEMAND that the Cartoon Network HD broadcast engineers wake the hell up because IF I was in charge there then Cartoon Network HD channel would be hiring some NEW broadcast engineers because the ones responsible for DOWNGRADING and RUINING the FLAWLESS HD Quality of Batman The Brave and The Bold and The Clone Wars to standard definition format would be FIRED!!! Why in the hell does Lucasfilm and the Batman The Brave and The Bold creators allow their High Quality HDTV shows to be downgraded to blurry looking 4:3 letterboxed crap format instead of the 1920 x 1080i HD format that it should be broadcasted in? It is especially frustrating considering that the channel it comes on is supposed to be a HD channel not a SD channel!!!

When the CN logo in bottom right corner is blue, black, and white it is 4:3 standard definition letterboxed format and it is only HD if you see the CN HD logo in Black and Gold which indicates that it is in High Definition and NOT in Standard Definition.

May 9, 2009 at 12:06 am
(4) AhsokaTano says:

Cartoon Network HD dropped the ball again TONIGHT May 8, 2009 because Batman The Brave and The Bold’s New Episode called “Night of the Huntress” which is a HDTV program originally was NOT broadcasted in 16:9 Widescreen 1920×1080i HD it was broadcasted in 4:3 letterboxed Standard Definition 720×480 which sucks!!!

I was really looking forward to watching This NEW episode of Batman The Brave and The Bold and also Star Wars The Clone Wars Decoded shows in HD and then sharing them with the Batman and Star Wars fans around the world but now I won’t waste my time with recording and capturing this INFERIOR standard definition crap because IF the show is not being broadcasted in TRUE 1920×1080i HD Widescreen on the Cartoon Network HD channel on DirecTv HD Satellite then as far as I am concerned I am being RIPPED OFF and so is everyone else as well who expects an HD show to be broadcasted in HD. Why in the hell does Lucasfilm and the Batman The Brave and The Bold creators allow their High Quality HDTV shows to be downgraded to 4:3 letterboxed Standard Definition LOW QUALITY JUNK on a channel that is supposed to be HD?

I think this is PATHETIC and I and I’m sure thousands of others around the world like me also DEMAND that the Cartoon Network HD broadcast engineers wake the hell up because IF I was in charge there then Cartoon Network HD channel would be hiring some NEW broadcast engineers because the ones responsible for DOWNGRADING and RUINING the FLAWLESS HD Quality of Batman The Brave and The Bold and The Clone Wars to standard definition format would be FIRED!!! Why in the hell does Lucasfilm and the Batman The Brave and The Bold creators allow their High Quality HDTV shows to be downgraded to blurry looking 4:3 letterboxed crap format instead of the 1920 x 1080i HD format that it should be broadcasted in? It is especially frustrating considering that the channel it comes on is supposed to be a HD channel not a SD channel!!!

When the CN logo in bottom right corner is blue, black, and white it is 4:3 standard definition letterboxed format and it is only HD if you see the CN HD logo in Black and Gold which indicates that it is in High Definition and NOT in Standard Definition.

May 9, 2009 at 10:19 pm
(5) Ed S says:

I completely agree. What is going on here? I notice all Star Wars: The Clone Wars rebroadcasts are not in true HD. Not sure if this is DirecTV’s fault or Cartoon Network. I just emailed both of them but don’t expect any response.

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