Ben 10: Clone Wars

Ben 10: Clone Wars (or just simply Ben 10: The Clone Wars) is an American animated television series created by Man of Action for Cartoon Network, co-produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. Television. The series revolves around the adventures of the 10-year-old boy named Ben Tennyson who gets a watch-style alien device called the "Omnitrix". Attached to his wrist, it allows him to transform into various alien creatures with different abilities, allowing him to fight evil from Earth and space with his cousin Gwen and grandfather Max by attempting to save Bellwood from the evil Vilgax who plans to steal Omniranium's power energy and use it to wipe out the population.

Inspired by science fiction pop culture and Based on the Ben 10 saga, Man of Action brought Tara Strongaboard to develop storylines and characters to pitch the show to Cartoon Network, but the former demanded creative control, leading to them making a deal with the latter and the series premiering on November 27, 1999 as apart of Animaidays (Cartoon Network's Friday night block, which still airs today based on popularity). The series concluded with a one-hour special titled Home Sweet Home on April 15, 2010, with a total of eight seasons and 163 episodes. In addition, a feature film, titled Ben 10 and the Zeta Squad, was released in theaters in December 2003.Ben 10: Clone Wars was well-received from critics throughout its run and became one of Cartoon Network's most successful original series. It has been nominated for five Emmy Awards & eleven Annie Awards during its run. Spin-off media include comic books, DVD and VHS releases, music albums, collectible toys, and video games.

Premise
Main article: List of Ben 10: Clone Wars characters

The series follows the adventures of Ben Tennyson (Tara Strong), a ten-year-old boy on a cross-country summer vacation, with his cousin Gwen (Meagan Smith) and their grandfather Max (Paul Eiding). On their first night camping in their grandfather's RV affectionately named the "Rustbucket," Ben finds an alien pod with a mysterious watch-style device named the Omnitrix. The device then permanently attaches itself to his wrist giving him the ability to transform into a variety of alien life-forms each with its own unique skills and powers. With his newfound superpowers Ben has to learn the responsibilities of being a hero. When their home planet Earth was invaded and destroyed by a Vilgax's army called Drones and Battle Droids, led by the mean-spirited, human-hating Vilgax (voiced by Steve Blum) who wants to steal the power energy for the Republic so he can use it to erase Ben's Omnitrix from existence. Now Ben is the only one who can stop Vilgax and his minions by going from an outcast due to being a human as he was trying to fit in with the aliens to a true jedi knight in the galaxy to join with Try as they may, Vilgax and his minions never succeed in stealing the Omniranium power energy.

Other characters beside Ben, Gwen, Max, Kevin and Vilgax include Thorax (voiced by Kyle Rideout), a kind Changeling creature who often follows Ben; Obi-Wan Kenobi (voiced by James Arnold Taylor), a human male Jedi Master who served on the Jedi High Council during the final years of the Republic Era. As a Jedi General, Kenobi served in the Grand Army of the Republic that fought against the Separatist Droid Army during the Clone Wars; Anakin Skywalker (voiced by Mat Lucas) a a legendary Force-sensitive human male who was a Jedi Knight of the Galactic Republic and the prophesied Chosen One of the Jedi Order, destined to bring balance to the Force; Padmé Amidala (voiced by Catherine Taber) a human female senator who represented the people of Naboo during the final years of the Galactic Republic; Tetrax (voiced by Dave Fennoy), a battle-hardened bounty hunter with a strong desire to do what is right; SixSix (voiced by Dee Bradley Baker), a genetically mutated Sotoraggian bounty hunter from the planet Sotoragg; Kraab (voiced by Billy West), a cybernetically-enhanced Piscciss Premann and was one of three alien bounty hunters sent by Vilgax to retrieve the Omnitrix from Ben Tennyson.

Segments
Some episodes are divided into different stories or segments, each being 7–12 minutes long. Occasionally, a segment centers on characters other than Ben 10. Two segments are shown primarily during season one: The Zeta Squad and Droid Adventures.

The Zeta Squad
The Zeta Squad shorts feature Flicker (voiced by Eddie Glen), a clone dragon-like creature, his clone rat sidekick Snuk (voiced by Billy West), Chuck (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) a clone turkey-like creature and his friend Dif (voiced by Jim Ward) a light blue slug creature clone, a quad of close friends working in a secret space plumber intergalactic law-enforcement organization known as the Zeta Squad, led by Magister Hulka (voiced by Miguel Ferrer). Flicker, Snuk, Chuck and Dif's mission in each segment is to travel planets to protect them from harm, but things do not go very well due to Flicker, Snuk, Chuck and Dif's awkward goals.

Droid Adventures
Droids Adventures follows the adventures of R2-D2 (voiced by Ben Burtt) and C-3PO (voiced by Anthony Daniels) as they face off against gangsters, criminals, pirates, bounty hunters, the Separatist Alliance and other threats. During their adventures, the droids find themselves in the service of successive new masters and in difficult situations as a result.

Production
The initial idea for what would become Ben 10: Clone Wars began in the mid-2000s as a re-imagining of the American anime television series Ben 10 which was produced by Alex Soto for Cartoon Network in 2005. After being turned down by Lucasfilm, George Lucas sought the creation of a new idea about a jedi human boy to take the place of Ben 10 's main character Ben Tennyson, suggesting the concept out of her own interest in science fiction. He also drew inspiration from several sci-fi media including Star Trek and Star Wars. While developing the idea, Lucas enlisted David Kaufman to assist in developing the show.

After having sketched out several different potential character designs for the project's main man character, Lucas & Man of Action ultimately came up with the final design of the character. Initially, the character was going to be named "Clone Wars", but due to copyright concerns over similarities to the title Star Wars: The Clone Wars of the same name, the name was scrapped. After several names being considered, they finally settled on "Ben 10: Clone Wars", named after actress Luke Wilson, who appeared as a guest star in the 2000s science fiction television series Idiocracy, and a type of a musical art called Skywalker Og which nearly coincides with perigee, and the same as Skywalker Sound.

George Lucas & Man of Action originally considering pitching the Ben 10: Clone Wars concept to Disney Channel in 1996, but chose to pitch it to Cartoon Network instead due to the network's success with John A. Davis's other show "Mercy's Meeting". Following positive reception, Cartoon Network greenlit the development of a 13-minute pilot episode of Clone Wars which began production in 1997 and was finished the following year.

Ben 10: Clone Wars first appeared on the development slate at Cartoon Network in September 1999, under no official name for the pilot. On November 11, 1999, it was announced that the series, now simply retitled as Ben 10: Clone Wars, would premiere on November 27, 1999. Even before the pilot episode premiered, the show had already been renewed for a second season. After the first season of the show aired, it was given the green light to start production.

Main cast

 * Tara Strong as Ben Tennyson, Upgrade
 * Meagan Smith as Gwen Tennyson
 * Michael Reisz as Kevin Levin
 * Paul Eiding as Max Tennyson
 * James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi
 * Mat Lucas as Anakin Skywalker
 * Catherine Taber as Padmé Amidala
 * Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
 * Ben Burtt as R2-D2
 * Tom Kane as Yoda
 * Robert David Hall as Azmuth
 * Kyle Rideout as Thorax
 * Larry Miller as XL
 * Stephen Furst as Booster Munchapper
 * Steve Blum as Heatblast, Ghostfreak, Vilgax
 * Richard McGonagle as Four Arms
 * Fred Tatasciore as Ripjaws
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Wildmutt, Sixsix, various
 * Eddie Glen as Captain Flicker
 * Billy West as Commander Snuk, Kraab
 * Richard Steven Horvitz as Lieutenant Chuck, Grey Matter
 * Jim Ward as Chief Dif, Diamondhead, Wildvine, XLR8
 * Miguel Ferrer as Magister Hulka
 * Dave Fennoy as Tetrax

Additional voices

 * Carlos Alazraqui as Mexican Food Dude
 * Charlie Adler as Jar Jar Binks
 * Frank Welker
 * Tom Kenny
 * Roger Craig Smith
 * Eric Bauza
 * Jeff Bennett
 * Jodi Benson
 * Gregg Berger as Kalani
 * Jeff Bergman
 * Susanne Blakeslee as Alien Lady
 * S. Scott Bullock
 * Corey Burton
 * Jim Cummings
 * Rodger Bumpass
 * Dan Castellaneta
 * Cam Clarke
 * Eddie Deezen
 * Grey DeLisle
 * Debi Derryberry
 * Melissa Disney
 * Michael Dorn
 * Bill Farmer
 * Scott Menville
 * Brad Garrett
 * Jennifer Hale
 * Mark Hamill
 * Jess Harnell
 * Roger L. Jackson
 * Bob Joles
 * Maurice LaMarche
 * Phil LaMarr
 * Steve Mackall
 * Tress MacNeille
 * Danny Mann
 * Jason Marsden
 * Candi Milo
 * Kevin Michael Richardson
 * Laraine Newman
 * Rob Paulsen as Ditto
 * Peter Renaday
 * Bumper Robinson
 * Alex Rocco
 * Stephen Root
 * Neil Ross
 * Charlie Schlatter
 * Kath Soucie
 * Cree Summer
 * Lauren Tom
 * Billy West
 * April Winchell

Broadcast
Main article: Ben 10: Clone Wars/Broadcast

Episodes

 * Main article: List of Ben 10: Clone Wars episodes

US (Region 1)
All the VHS and DVD releases of Star Wars: Force Ten were released by 4Kids Entertainment

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Video games
Main article: List of Ben 10: Clone Wars video games

Numerous video games based on the series have been produced. Some of the early games include: Ben 10: Clone Wars - The Galactic Legacy (2001), Ben 10: Republic Commando (2002), Star Wars: Force Ten - Rise of the Changeling (2006), and Star Wars: Force Ten - Destroy All Aliens! (2007).

Film
Main article: Ben 10 and the Zeta Squad

On December 15, 2006, GoAnimate Studios (Now Lionsgate) produced a full-length animated feature film based on the show in theaters, titled Ben 10 and the Zeta Squad. The film was directed by Man of Action, and written by long-time series writers Henry Gilroy, Scott Murphy, Steven Melching, Greg Klein and George Lucas. The latter two and Paul Marshal produced the film, while John Williams composed the film's score. The film is about Ben, Gwen, Kevin and Grandpa Max being forced to team up with Flicker, Snuk, Chuck and Dif from the Zeta Squad to stop the mysterious Vilgax from stealing the Bellwood city's power energy and using it to wipe out the population. It features guest appearances by Rainn Wilson as Zorgulon, Danny Cooskley as Albedo, and Matthew Wood as General Grevious, and received a positive critical reception, It grossed over $293 million worldwide

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