I hated both of the recent Star Wars movies — or, at least, I was sorely disappointed by them — but I’m enthralled by the new Clone Wars five-minute, animated shorts on Cartoon Network. (You can watch them on-line too.) I had a similar reaction to the toys; they were much, much cooler than the movies. (I didn’t buy any of the toys, but seeing them at Target did get me excited to see the movies.)