When the new computer-generated Star Wars: The Clone Wars film hits theaters this weekend, moviegoers will see some new characters among the saga's familiar faces, as Jedi Anakin Skywalker and evil Sith Lord Count Dooku both take on female apprentices.

Will these new trainees test their teachers' loyalty to their own masters, namely Obi-Wan Kenobi for Anakin and Darth Sidious for Dooku? And how might the presence of another woman complicate Anakin's relationship with his secret wife, Senator Padme Amidala?

These advance images made available by Lucasfilm provide glimpses of a new heroine and a red lightsaber–wielding villainess, along with other Clone Wars favorites in newly digitized form.

View the Clone Wars Slide Show

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1. 1. zendog 05:56 PM 8/11/08

   A question to the editors.
   
   Is this really the direction you want your once great science journal to go; peddling over-hyped, over-the-hill movie franchises to the kiddies?
   
   

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2. 2. msadesign 07:32 AM 8/12/08

   Are you guys kidding me? I look at one of the most respected titles on the planet [Scientific American]- and I see you trying to find an 'angle' on a damn movie? Why can't the web site reflect the magaizine more faithfuly?

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3. 3. swingbada 11:11 PM 8/14/08

   zendog and msadesign I love science coverage but there's nothing wrong with the site covering SW. It's entertaining. You're taking this way too seriously. science snobs.

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