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Its hardly conclusive but it is a good indicator. Here is the top sellers page for the online Lego store. As of posting, out of all the stuff they sell the number one item is the Lego Star Wars droid battle pack. The number two item is the Lego Star Wars clone battle pack. This would seem to highly suggest that Clone Wars era is still very popular. That would certainly justify the new CG Clone Wars "cartoon". I figured this would be interesting for some who questioned it.

Completly irrelevant is number 13 being a $500 Lego Ultimate Collectors Millennium Falcon

The Ep III battle packs are popular becuase they are the first Star Wars mini fig pack offered. If Lego releases classic Stormie/Rebel battle packs, the sales of such sets will crush the clone trooper pack sales.

Oh, come on, the Clone Wars have the appeal of full-scale galaxy-wide warfare between two equally matched superpowers. I'm not discounting the OT or the GCW in any way, mind. It's just that there's the opportunity for massive battle setups here that you just can't get in the later Galactic Civil War.

Essentially, the war is so big that you can squeeze new things in- huge battles, heroes and villains, diabolical schemes toward total victory- into the timeline without disrupting or readjusting continuity.
And when it comes to a visual medium, that's what it's all about.

Also, the Clone Wars are fresher in the younger audience's mind, considering it's fresh from the CGI treats of the prequels, and the Clone Wars microseries.


Edit regarding the CW: ..and put in more lightsabers.. without disrupting continuity.

I wouldn't be surprised if the Clone Wars are popular outside the movies, because they're perfectly tailored for action figures, Lego sets, video games, books...come on, it's faceless grunts with giant war machines flinging light bolts and rockets at each other! What red-blooded 8-to-88 year old can say not to that in good conscience

ETA: by the time of this post, the clones have dropped to #9 and the droids have been overtaken by Vader's TIE. Also, the ISD and preorder MF outsell them both.

What's the 'still'? The Clone Wars era has had more books, movies, games, etc than the OT era recently. Why would it have lost popularity?

Stark wrote:What's the 'still'? The Clone Wars era has had more books, movies, games, etc than the OT era recently. Why would it have lost popularity?

About a week ago in the tread regarding the new TV series, someone mentioned being burnt out on the Clone Wars era just because of all the book, games, and such. They wanted to know why we are getting more Clone Wars content. I figured that might be relevant to some people in general, not just regarding the TV series

Bounty wrote:ETA: by the time of this post, the clones have dropped to #9 and the droids have been overtaken by Vader's TIE. Also, the ISD and preorder MF outsell them both.

I have my "ship to" country set to the U.S. Maybe the top sellers are localized for different countries because I looked at the page just now and they are both still 1 and 2.

Deathstalker wrote:The Ep III battle packs are popular becuase they are the first Star Wars mini fig pack offered. If Lego releases classic Stormie/Rebel battle packs, the sales of such sets will crush the clone trooper pack sales.

Well that may be true, (I certainly would be more interested in Stormie/Rebel battle packs) it doesn't diminish the point that obviously the Clone Wars era stuff is still popular enough to sell more than any other product Lego is currently making. (including non-Star Wars Lego sets)

The Clone Wars, as previously mentioned, get to show us big battles between equal superpowers, rather than frustrating the viewer or fan with the old "plucky rebel fighters, frigate vs. Imperial destroyer" theme the was so common in old stuff.

I don't understand how you can get "burnt out" on the Clone Wars. Compared to teh glut of novels in the post Endor period, the Clone Wars (and indeed the prequels as a whole) have been rather sparsely filled in. hell I'm pretty sure the OT has received much more glut than the prequels have.

If anything, that s probably a good thing.

The Clone Wars, in all honest, fit the title perfectly. STAR WARS. OT is of course entertaining, the problem with the OT's war is that it is really just the Empire chasing the Rebel Alliance across the galaxy. The Rebels tend to avoid direct confrontation with the Empire. As opposed to CIS, who willingly seek out and attack the Republic whenever they can.

It's reminiscent of a World War on Earth. World War 2 is of more popular study than Vietnam. Mismatches simply don't make for subjects of study that are as interesting. (Even though Vietnam turned out unexpectedly.)

That, and Republic Army equipment just looks cooler.

I mean, yeah, those Venators and ARC-170s are older than ISDs and TIE Fighters, but you gotta admit, they just look more smexy.

While I agree that the ARC-170's a neat bird, I still have love for the utterly bizarre TIE fighters; they're just neat ships.

Cykeisme wrote:Oh, come on, the Clone Wars have the appeal of limited, brushfire warfare between small special forces units.

I fixed UR post. *ducks and runs*

At least the Clone Wars should save us from even more 'games based on SW where the rebels and Imperials are somehow matched, like EaW or Rebellion'. That always pissed me off - where's my 'run a terrorist cell' game, or my 'plot destruction of Imperial assests through terrorist attacks' game, or my 'hide military assets in civilian populations and use the attempts of the enemy to destroy them as propaganda' game?

Darwin wrote:

Cykeisme wrote:Oh, come on, the Clone Wars have the appeal of limited, brushfire warfare between small special forces units.

I fixed UR post. *ducks and runs*

I'm going to garrotte you, you bastard.

Stark wrote:At least the Clone Wars should save us from even more 'games based on SW where the rebels and Imperials are somehow matched, like EaW or Rebellion'. That always pissed me off - where's my 'run a terrorist cell' game, or my 'plot destruction of Imperial assests through terrorist attacks' game, or my 'hide military assets in civilian populations and use the attempts of the enemy to destroy them as propaganda' game?

Lost in a world of EU Rebellion wankery.

Stark wrote:At least the Clone Wars should save us from even more 'games based on SW where the rebels and Imperials are somehow matched, like EaW or Rebellion'. That always pissed me off - where's my 'run a terrorist cell' game, or my 'plot destruction of Imperial assests through terrorist attacks' game, or my 'hide military assets in civilian populations and use the attempts of the enemy to destroy them as propaganda' game?

Indeed, a game that had you manage the Rebel Alliance as a terrorist/guerilla/propaganda operation would be very interesting.