The Force will be with everyone one more time starting August 15, 2008. That's the official U.S. release date for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, an animated feature from George Lucas and company, which takes place between the events of Episodes II and III.

A couple things will be different for this go-round. The familiar 20th Century Fox fanfare will be absent this time, with Warner Bros. picking up distributor duties.

And unlike the live-action films, this movie's a kick-off to a cartoon series that will air this fall with 30-minute epsiodes on the Cartoon Network and TNT.

Some 'new revelations,' and new characters, will also be introduced in the movie, including Anakin's padawan learner Ahsoka.

Here is the first set of pics:

Anakin preps for battle, backed by newbie Ahsoka and 'ol R2.

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Some droids vs. clones action.

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Ben Kenobi and his not-so-little light saber.

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