Star Wars: Clone Wars - LucasFilm Announces 2nd Volume: We've Got Details, Box Art, Specs, Extras & Pricing

StarWars.com didn't take a break for the holiday yesterday: they announced Star Wars: Clone Wars - Volume 2 on DVD! As rumors had said, December 6th is the release date for this long-awaited DVD. We have a lot of detail for you, plus cover art, but let's start with a statement from LucasFilm:

Jedi heroes Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi continue their valiant fight to stop the evil Separatists led by General Grievous in the Emmy Award-winning and critically acclaimed Star Wars: Clone Wars series. The animated adventures that appeared on Cartoon Network and starwars.com Hyperspace will be complete on DVD on December 6, 2005 with the release of Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume 2.

All five 12-minute chapters of Volume 2 are included in this release, chronicling Anakin's rise to Jedi Knight as well as General Grievous' daring attack against the Republic capital, leading directly into the events of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith. See Grievous cut through Jedi warriors as he kidnaps the Chancellor, Mace Windu and Yoda fighting side-by-side to defend Coruscant, and Skywalker's shocking vision of the future.

Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky with Art Direction by Paul Rudish, the Clone Wars series are a fresh, stylized take on Star Wars. Each chapter features exclusive audio commentary by Tartakovsky and his team of artists. Also included as bonus material is a brand new featurette, "Connecting the Dots," that takes audiences inside the creative process and shows how the series connects to Episode III. There are also two full galleries of animation concept art, storyboards, and sketches, as well as trailers for upcoming LucasArts video games, Star Wars: Empire at War and Star Wars Battlefront II, which also includes an Xbox playable demo of two entire levels from Battlefront II.

Here at TVShowsOnDVD, we can tell you a little bit more. The list price, for instance, is $19.98. Fox will allow retailers to set whatever price they want to, obviously, but they will restrice retailers from creating advertisements which show this item priced any lower than $14.95. These five episodes, #21-#25, have a total running time of 64 minutes. Video is in widecreen 1.78:1 format, and sound is in English 5.1 Dolby Surround, English ProLogic 2.0, Spanish Dolby Surround 2.0 and French Dolby Surround 2.0. There are also English subtitles.

Here's an easier-to-read list of the extras:

• Exclusive "Connecting the Dots" featurette takes you inside the creative process that Genndy Tartakovsky and his team used to link Clone Wars to Revenge of the Sith.
• Audio Commentary by Tartakovsky and his band of artists.
• Two Galleries of Concept Art, Storyboards, Sketches & more!
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Launch Trailer
• Star Wars: Battlefront II Video Game Trailer
• Star Wars: Empire At War Video Game Trailer
• "Revenge of the Brick" trailer from LEGO
• Access a special X-Box-Playable Demo with two entire levels from the new Star Wars: Battlefront II video game.

If you missed out on the first volume of Clone Wars, then never fear: it will be re-promoted at the same time as this second volume is released. Here's a look at the box for Star Wars: Clone Wars - Volume 2: