Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles
Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles is an animated television series produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and Wil Film ApS for the Lego Group. The series had two seasons as the first season aired in Cartoon Network and the second season aired in Disney XD. The second season was called Lego Star Wars: The New Yoda Chronicles so Cartoon Network could not claim it as their property.
| Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy Action Adventure |
| Created by | George Lucas |
| Developed by | John McCormack Jens Kronvold Frederikson Henrik Veldingh Björnsen Yasin Jensen Chris Conway Kathleen Fleming Mathew Steven Boyle Steffen Jensen Steve Lettieri (Season 1) Robert L. King (Season 1) Mads Christian Mølgaard Thuesen (Season 1) Jake Blais (Season 2) Keith Malone (Season 2) Jakob Liesenfeld (Season 2) |
| Written by | Michael Price |
| Directed by | Micheal Henager Martin Skov |
| Voices of | Eric Bauza Michael Daingerfield Anthony Daniels Trevor Devall Brian Dobson Paul Dobson Heather Doerksen Michael Donovan Brian Drummond Andrew Francis Adrian Holmes Tom Kane Kelly Metzger Kirby Morrow Trish Pattendon Matt Sloan Tabitha St. Germain Lee Tockar Samuel Vincent Billy Dee Williams |
| Country of origin | United States Denmark |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Erik Wilstrup Torsten Jacobsen Michael Price |
| Producer | Irene Sparre |
| Production companies | Lucasfilm Ltd. Wil Film ApS The Lego Group |
| Original release | |
| Network | Cartoon Network (Season 1) Disney XD (Season 2) |
| Release | May 29, 2013 – November 23, 2014 |
Plot
changeLego Star Wars returns in epic style with The Yoda Chronicles, a thrilling, funny and action-packed new Lego Star Wars story told in three animated TV specials! Set in the “Prequel” Star Wars timeline, The Yoda Chronicles stars the one and only Yoda—the Jedi Master who has seen it all, done it all, and taught generations of Jedi Knights—in an all-new adventure. With the help of a fresh class of Padawans, Yoda leads the Jedi in a desperate fight to stop Darth Sidious and his minions from creating a new super-weapon that could crush the Republic and win the war for the forces of Evil.
Development
changeLucasfilm Ltd. allowed the Lego group free rein with developing the storyline. The team worked to make sure everything looked consistent if it would have been made with Lego bricks, as well as adding humor to the story. The story of season one was set during the Clone Wars and season two was set during the Galactic Empire of from Star Wars A New Hope to Star Wars Empire Strikes Back.
Episodes
changeSeason 1 (2013)
changeThe episodes respectively aired on May 29, 2013, September 4, 2013 and November 27, 2013 on Cartoon Network in the U.S. The first of the 3-part animated series aired on Cartoon Network in India on December 1, 2013 at 4:30 pm and the rest aired on December 8, 2013 and December 15, 2013 at the same time. [1]
- The Phantom Clone (May 29, 2013) [2]
- Menace of the Sith (September 4, 2013)
- Attack of the Jedi (November 27, 2013)
Season 2 (2014)
changeOn May 3, 2014, Disney released the latest episode on Disney Channel and Disney XD. Since Cartoon Network owned the broadcast rights to Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles, the name of the series was altered so it could not claim it as their property. The altered title for season two drops Lego and adds New to the title - Star Wars: The New Yoda Chronicles. Escape from the Jedi Temple has the Younglings' last appearance.
- Escape from the Jedi Temple (May 4, 2014)
- Race for the Holocrons (June 15, 2014)
- Raid on Coruscant (September 7, 2014)
- Clash of the Skywalkers (November 23, 2014)
Release
changeBroadcast
changeThe first three episodes aired on May 29, 2013 on Cartoon Network. The second season had aired a year later on May 4, 2014, but as Disney purchased Lucasfilm, the second season came on Disney XD.
Home media
changeLucasfilm Ltd. released the two first movies "The Phantom Clone" and "Menace of the Sith" on DVD with bonus of several mini movies.[3]
Web
changeThe Mini Movies were released on Lego.com.
Cast
change- Eric Bauza - Luke Skywalker, Head Jawa
- Michael Daingerfield - Han Solo, Wedge
- Anthony Daniels - C-3PO
- Trevor Devall - Emperor Sheev Palpatine, Captain Ackbar, Bib Fortuna, Admiral Pitt, Tion Medon, Salacious Crumb, Jar Jar Binks, Admiral Piett
- Brian Dobson - JEK
- Paul Dobson - Ki-Adi-Mundi
- Heather Doerksen - Princess Leia Organa
- Michael Donovan - Count Dooku, Malakili, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Wampa Senator, Dr. Evazan
- Brian Drummond - Bobby, Gamorrean Guard, Jabba the Hutt, Watto
- Andrew Francis - Commander Cody, Cad Bane, Bail Organa
- Adrian Holmes - Mace Windu
- Tom Kane - Yoda, Narrator, Qui-Gon Jinn
- Kelly Metzger - Vaash Ti
- Kirby Morrow - General Grievous, Anakin Skywalker
- Trish Pattendon - Asajj Ventress
- Matt Sloan - Darth Vader
- Tabitha St. Germain - Bene, DM, Twi Badawans, Young Lando Calrissian
- Lee Tockar - Darth Maul, Nute Gunray
- Samuel Vincent - Young Obi-Wan Kenobi, Rako
- Billy Dee Williams - Lando Calrissian
References
change- ↑ "Cartoon Network India Mobile". Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
- ↑ "The Phantom Clone" – via www.imdb.com.
- ↑ "LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles Arrives on DVD". StarWars.com.
