It’s the return of ‘Star Wars’ — sort of.

George Lucas is bringing his sci-fi saga back to the big screen this summer in the form of a new animated movie called “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”

The 100-minute film picks up between the events of “Attack of the Clones” and “Revenge of the Sith,” and will feature a host of familiar faces including Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Padmé Amidala.

The film will serve as the launching pad for an upcoming Star Wars animation series, to air on the Cartoon Network and then TNT. The show will air as a series of half-hour mini-movies.

Lucas is overseeing production on both the film and the television series. “I felt there were a lot more Star Wars stories left to tell,” he said in a statement. “I was eager to start telling some of them through animation and, at the same time, push the art of animation forward.”

“Star Wars: The Clone Wars” will open on August 15.






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