''Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales'' is a five-part Lego '' Star Wars'' television mini-series that premiered on

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on July 6, 2015. It is an

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series depicting the stories and characters from the ''Star Wars'' saga.

Plot

In the aftermath of ''

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'', the rebels celebrate their victory against the

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by having

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and

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share their previous encounters throughout the Clone Wars, their affiliation with the ''Ghost'' crew from ''

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'', and their activism against the Galactic Empire. During this time, C-3PO pursues a mysterious person who has abducted R2-D2 which is later revealed to be

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. However, 3PO, R2 and Chewbacca (who was enlisted by 3PO to help find R2) are captured by

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and a few surviving Stormtroopers but the trio manage to escape with the help of

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and return to

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to celebrate with their friends.

Episodes

Voice cast

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, FA-4 Droid Pilot, Waiter, Stormtrooper No. 2 *

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, Bossk, Stormtrooper No. 1 *

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– Chancellor / Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious,

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, TionMedon, Garbagedroid No. 2, Battledroid No. 1,

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* Paul Dobson – Ki-Adi-Mundi *

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, Shmi Skywalker *

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– Old Obi-Wan Kenobi, Count Dooku, Owen Lars, Captain Panaka, Pilot, Poggle the Lesser, Spaceport Announcer *

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, Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios, Admiral Motti *

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– Senator

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* Adrian Holmes –

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, Red Guard No. 1 * Bronwen Holmes – Young Anakin Skywalker *

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, narrator,

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, Garbagedroid No. 1, Pit Droid, Officer * Alan Marriott – Agent Kallus *

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– Anakin Skywalker, General Grievous, Red Guard No. 2, Ithorian Customer * Colin Murdock – General Veers, Rebel Officer * Montana Norberg – Queen / Senator

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– Hera Syndulla *

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– Ezra Bridger * Darien Provost – Twi'lek Kid * Elysia Rotaru – Sabine Wren * Matt Sloan –

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, Stormtrooper *

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, Nute Gunray, Vizago, Amda Wabo * Samuel Vincent – Young Obi-Wan Kenobi, Garbagedroid No. 3, Ticketdroid, Battledroid No. 2 *

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Broadcast

''Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales'' premiered on August 21, 2015 on

in Australia and New Zealand.

Home media

The whole series was released on DVD, titled ''Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales'', on March 1, 2016 by

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. The series has also been released on the

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store at the same time as the DVD release. The series is also available on the

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streaming service, which launched on November 12, 2019.

References

External links

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