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'Clone Wars' series to debut next month

File photo of George Lucas dated June 5, 2008. (UPI Photo/Keizo Mori)
File photo of George Lucas dated June 5, 2008. (UPI Photo/Keizo Mori) | License Photo

ATLANTA, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- The new animated U.S. television series "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" is to debut next month, Cartoon Network announced Tuesday.

Episodes are to premiere Friday nights, starting Oct. 3, on Cartoon Network and Cartoon Network HD.

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The show, which "chronicles the adventures of Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Ahsoka Tano and other favorite "Star Wars" characters as they struggle against the dark side, is the first weekly television series from Lucasfilm Animation, the network said.

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