For many years, there was a huge divide among the Star Wars franchise between live-action and animated projects. Prior to Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm, Star Wars was taken seriously strictly as live-action in its theatrical releases, rather than its animated television shows, The game changed with The Clone Wars, with several characters crossing over between both, such as Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, adding further intrigue into the canon.