‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ official poster and first shot of villain

The official poster for the upcoming animated “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” has been released, along with a shot of the villain.

The new still, first shot of the villain from the movie has been revealed, named Asajj Ventress. She appeared in 2-D form in previous cartoons, but gets 3-D digital animation in the upcoming film, which hits theaters on August 15th.

The movie is a prequel that takes place in the years before Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader. It sets up a future animated TV series for the Cartoon Network and a first trailer debuts Thursday at 7:58pm in all time zones on that and other Turner Networks: TBS, TNT, CNN and Boomerang.

see the poster after jump

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