'Clone Wars' Returns for Second Season on Cartoon Network

By Hanh Nguyen, Zap2It.com | February 10, 2009

Yoda, 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars'

The finale of the first season airs March 20

Send in the clones. Cartoon Network announced Monday that it has picked up a second season of the CG-animated series "Star Wars: The Clone Wars."

"We're trying to push the envelope even further in the second season," says creator George Lucas. "In the features, I focused on telling the story of the Skywalker family. With 'The Clone Wars' I'm exploring far beyond that and we barely scratched the surface in the first season. It's exciting to be able to take people to all these new places in the Star Wars galaxy."

Stuart Snyder, President/COO Turner Animation, Young Adults & Kids Media, adds that the show "is like nothing else on television" and that "it has helped us launch a great new night of action-adventure on Fridays and build on our dominance with boys."

The premiere of "Clone Wars" in October scored as the most-watched series debut in Cartoon Network history. Since then, the show has ranked No. 1 in its time period on all television -- broadcast and ad-supported cable -- with boys 2-11, boys 6-11, and tween boys 9-14 through January 2009.

The season finale of the first season of "Clone Wars" will air on Friday, March 20 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

The second season is slated to premiere in the fall of 2009.