{"id":6998,"date":"2010-04-09T07:55:36","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T20:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=6998"},"modified":"2010-04-09T18:35:56","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T07:35:56","slug":"not-zilla-but-zillo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/04\/09\/not-zilla-but-zillo\/","title":{"rendered":"Not ‘Zilla… But Zillo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seems Godzilla’s influence isn’t waning as time goes by. Now we get to see a conceptual cousin of the Big G in a giant monster vs the Jedi free-for-all as the basis of an upcoming episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars<\/em> titled “The Zillo Beast”. That’s according to Supervising Director Dave Filoni, who commented: \u201cThe format of the show allows us to do a lot of different things, and George came to us with the idea \u2013 basically \u2013 of doing a Clone Wars<\/em> take on Godzilla.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not that the monster looks much like Godzilla, mind you. It’s the principle of the thing, I guess.<\/p>\n

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Synopsis<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

In trying to turn the tide of a battle on Malastare, Chancellor Palpatine orders the Jedi to unleash the Republic’s newest super-weapon, an untested electron bomb. Unfortunately the bomb awakens a fearsome monster of legendary ferocity [… as they do].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Trailer:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Filoni added:<\/p>\n

\u201c[George] knows I\u2019m a big Godzilla fan, so it was a bizarre story meeting when he presented the idea. I was actually a little intimidated to take it on, because it presented such a production challenge; the model for the Zillo was so much bigger and more complex than anything we\u2019d done before. This whole episode showcases a scope we haven\u2019t really seen yet in The Clone Wars<\/em>. It\u2019s huge. Luckily, a giant monster in Star Wars<\/em> isn\u2019t that absurd. And we were able to add our own signature, because it\u2019s the nature of the Jedi to want to subdue the beast rather than to destroy it \u2013 just as it\u2019s the nature of the power-mongers to want to harness the Zillo\u2019s power. The result is a lot of fun \u2013 big, destructive fun.\u201d (Comic Vine<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“The Zillo Beast” airs Friday, April 19 on Cartoon Network at 9:00 p.m. ET\/PT.<\/p>\n