Wooden acting should be nothing new to the Star Wars franchise. See: Hayden Christensen.

Check it out, the Baltimore Sun denies that the characters look carved from wood. Apparently they've been "Whittled from soap."
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/bal-to.clone15aug15,0,160194.story

What, you don't want your Star Wars to be more like Fireball XL-5?

I felt bad about not doing more coverage on this, but now I'm just happy.

Looks like wood? Maybe because it is suppose to. The art style of this series is based on the Clone Wars cartoon from Cartoon Network, the look of the movies AND the classic 1965 Sci-Fi puppet series "Thunderbirds". Check this out and you will see where some of the style comes from:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057790/

The puppets from that series were made from hand carved wood and gave it a style that could not be made in plastic.

Every Star Wars movie (including the OT) have been given bad reviews, bitched about by fanboys but everyone always seems to quote all the movies and have some part that is their personal favorite. I'll be seeing the movie this weekend and will be making up my own mind on what I think.

At the risk of being attacked again for my opinion, I never expected mainstream critics to like this anyway. It's easy to knock Star Was in order to get your "witty" quote out there like, "Little things that jar and jar, but at least there’s no Jar Jar." har har!

I just got back from watching this with my 7 year old. I said, "What did you think?" He said, "Eh, it was ok."

Truman Capote the Hutt was pretty funny; but I don't think I was laughing at him the right way.

Looks like the flick's now earned a 23% Rotten Tomatoes rating; maybe it ain't so bad after all! Har har har.

Thank you, cube. We are well aware that they were inspired by Thunderbirds, we just think that's a terrible idea. When you have millions of dollars at your disposal, emulating wooden puppets should not be your goal. We're just talking, we aren't trying to change anyone's mind, least of all yours.

It was pretty bad. Animations during the lightsaber fights were stiff, the colors on close-ups would appear smudged, and the fact they butchered John Williams' music is inexcusable. It really sounded like they used a midi version of it.

Looks like a movie made from the cut scenes of a wii game of the same title XD

Just saw this. The wooden-looking characters were a distraction. And I say that because the other animation in the film was amazing. Like, when there's a scene panning around a star destroyer, it looks realer than the real ones from the older movies. The art is just amazing... and then there's these weird little puppets in it. The storm troopers look as cool as the live action movies, and all the ships and stuff. So it's just strange to have these people in it that look like they don't belong. Yoda doesn't look as bad as the others.

As for the story, it was unnecessary as far as the main story arc of the wider series goes. It's interesting to think about the Jedi dealing with the Hutts, and it's interesting to learn more about the wider Hutt clan, but ultimately this movie meant nothing and has no bearing on the story.

Even though it was a cartoon, you expected it to be like the movies, just in cartoon form. But it comes across like a cartoon. The story just isn't at all deep.

I did like the look of the girl paduan. Her race looks pretty cool. If they do this again, I say MORE KIT FISTO PLEASE. I mean he's ONLY the coolest looking Jedi ever. Hello!

Yikes. I was expecting more fluid animation from that, better voice acting too :s. The Truman Capote-esk Ziro was uncomfortably offensive as well...