Robot Chicken talks The Clone Wars

Tomorrow, we’ll be running a complete interview with Matt Senreich and Seth Green about Star Wars Robot Chicken III, but today, we’re doing a tease from the interview with us talking about their impressions of The Clone Wars:

Big Shiny Robot!: I write a lot about The Clone Wars and I didn’t get to talk to you guys at the premiere, what your guys’ impression of the show is…

Matt Senreich: I love The Clone Wars. That show just keeps getting better and better. It all started with that first feature where in my mind I was like, this might not be a show I’d watch, it’s for kids. But it’s gotten to this place where it’s like, “Are kids still watching this?” Because it’s been getting so intense. But I just find it captivating. The visual style is getting better and I think Filoni is doing an amazing job.

Seth Green: I can’t believe that we can be so lucky as to be given this view into the Star Wars universe. And to have it be taken so seriously and with such gravity. I mean, I’ve talked to soldiers in all different aspects of the US military and they really have responded to the depiction to the Clone Troopers and the other side of the Star Wars wars that we’ve never seen. Like what it’s like to be a soldier on the battlefield bred for combat and death. It’s a really intense view. And you see all the things you didn’t have time to explore in the Prequels. And it’s great canon. I love what they’re doing. I love how it’s more like Robotech than any kids cartoon I’ve ever seen. It’s dramatic and heartfelt and scary and fun all at the same time. And it’s adult, but it doesn’t exclude kids and it doesn’t pander to them. It’s a real accomplishment.

BSR!: Yeah. Filoni and I geeked out for what felt like 20 minutes about Robotech… And my next question is, you’re Todo 360, who is one of the funniest and most fun side characters on the show. And his voice is an effeminate version of your interpretation of Threepio?

SG: Pretty much. I just thought that’s what droids sounded like when I first saw Star Wars. All the droids that don’t make beeps and boops must sound like foppish British dudes. That’s what I went for. And Dave and I joked, “Should I just kind of do like a soft Tony?” And we tried it and it was funny. And because he’s so little we wanted him to be indignant a lot. And because he’s so small, it’s fun to see him get blustery and have a Yosemite Sam quality. He doesn’t get scared. He’s standoffish even though he’s so small.

Come back tomorrow for some nice, juicy pieces about the new Robot Chicken special, and some tantalizing tidbits about their new Star Wars show.