Reception
Despite the negative response to the show's movie counterpart, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" has been better received, with a Metacritic score of 64/100 for Season 1.
On July 11, 2008, television critics were shown a completed episode of the series. The Hollywood Reporter's Live Feed blog called the footage "likely the most photo-realistic animated TV series ever produced." On August 31, 2008, a sneak peek of the new series was shown on Cartoon Network. IGN named it the 89th best animated series. They specifically praised the episodes "Rookies", "Cloak of Darkness", and "Lair of Grievous" saying that their storylines stood out as some of the best in the Star Wars Expanded Universe.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars became most-watched series premiere in Cartoon Network history. The series averaged 3 million total viewers in its debut, according to Nielsen Media Research. Cartoon Network said the Star Wars spin off ranked as the number one channel among all major animated networks in the time slot among total viewers (the largest in the demographic for any premiere telecast of an original Cartoon series).
On July 23, 2010 at the San Diego Comic-Con; Craig Glenday, editor of the Guinness World Records presented Star Wars: The Clone Wars supervising director Dave Filoni, CG supervisor Joel Aron and lead designer Kilian Plunkett a certificate proclaiming the cartoon series "the highest rated sci-fi animation currently on television".
From Season 1 to Season 2, the viewers in the US were roughly around 2.75 – 3 million.
In Season 3 however, viewership has been around 1.5 - 2 million with the episode "Citadel Rescue" being the least viewed at 1.55 million viewers.
For Season 4, it has suffered lower viewership from around 1.9 to 1.3 million, however until mid-season it has picked up from around 1.3 to 2 million views, with "Mercy Mission" standing out as the least viewed episode with 1.35 million viewers.
Season 5's viewership had a viewership ranging from 1.3 to 2.1 million with the finale episode "The Wrong Jedi" having 2.18 million viewers and episode "A Necessary Bond" with the lowest views at 1.39 million.
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