The first season of the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series premiered on October 3, 2008, with the airing of the episodes "Ambush" and "Rising Malevolence" on Cartoon Network. The Grand Army of the Republic, led by Yoda, Mace Windu, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and other Jedi Knights, fights the New Droid Army of the Separatists.