Despite earlier reports that the theater release was going to be the first three episodes in of the animated Star Wars: Clone Wars show that will appear on television, it is in fact a stand-alone movie. Hooray!

“The movie is an original full-length story that brings this new look and new energy to the Star Wars galaxy,” according to Lucasfilm spokesman John Singh. “It has a full and self-contained story.”

After the August 15 theater release runs its course, the Cartoon Network will begin airing 30-minute episodes. And then eventually (to-be-determined when) TNT will reair the episodes.

“It is serialized, but Lucas did it in such a way that they also can stand on their own,” says Turner animation president Stuart Snyder. More than 30 episodes have already been produced, and the show will be broken down into 22-episode seasons. Snyder says Turner has “a multiseasonal agreement” with Lucasfilm.