

Older minds were melted in a new way (with unbridled, selfish rage!), but younger minds were also melted, and love swam in. Queue chuntering and hand-wringing, but for the kids who got their first taste of the Skywalker saga, The Phantom Menace absolutely delivered. What they got was not what they expected. When the prequels arrived in 1999 with The Phantom Menace, the entire universe seemed to crave more Star Wars.

Franchises were nothing new, but Star Wars was a new kind of franchise. When the Star Destroyer crested that first frame, minds melted - and pockets flooded with cash. It’s the oldest, and while it built off classic pop culture, the first film looked unlike any other cinematic endeavor. Most people probably pick the original trilogy. In this entry, we rank the 10 best episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars.Įveryone has their favorite Star Wars. Our lives may no longer be scheduled around small screen programming, but that doesn’t mean we should forget the necessary sanctuary of Saturday ‘toons. Welcome to Saturday Morning Cartoons, our ongoing column where we continue the animated boob tube ritual of yesteryear.
