Star Wars: The Clone Wars Trailer

I give you the trailer for the animated series coming this August -- Star Wars: The Clone Wars…

However, don’t get your hopes up for stories that happen Post Vader. “”Whatever it is that happens afterward,” the 63-year-old filmmaker said, “that isn’t the core ‘Star Wars’ story that I like to tell.”

The stories that DO interest him are the ones that take place before Skywalker dons the black mask, which is why the Lucasfilm Animation venture will add a seventh feature film to the “Star Wars” canon on Aug. 15 with “The Clone Wars.”