Primetime: New Star Wars Cartoon?

As good as The Clone Wars series is, and as good as it is getting, it is beginning to put itself outside the realm of small children's fare. The fact is, we've seen more adult situations in this animated series than we did in either live action trilogy of films, with the possible exception of the fight on Mustafar. With that said, it appears that George Lucas now has plans to correct that... fear not, it's not by changing The Clone Wars, but rather by introducing a new series aimed more directly at the younglings out there.

IESB has published a story suggesting that Lucas and his team are prepping a new series aimed at pre-school and kindergarten aged children. Apparently the series will be centered around the Star Wars: Galactic Heroes toy line... much in the same way that Marvel recently started The Super Hero Squad show. In fact, the short, fat little caricatures even look similar.

For me, I'd much rather their attention be firmly set on The Clone Wars and the live-action series we were promised. However, I won't begrudge the kiddies their Star Wars. No word yet on distribution or a timeframe for the premiere.