Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith

Star Wars: Jedi vs. Sith is a 2001 American computer-animated epic space opera film directed by, written by and featuring the voices of , , Nicholas Bird,  and. It was Bakshi's first theatrically-released animated film since 1992's. The film tells the story of the end of the New Sith Wars, the Battle of Ruusan, and how the Rule of Two came into fruition.

Jedi vs. Sith was released in the United States on September 29, 2001. It received mixed reviews from critics and Star Wars fans, but was widely praised for its characters' realism. Due to rising costs, the film greatly exceeded its original budget toward the end of production, reaching a final cost of $133 million; it grossed only $100 million at the box office. It has since gained a cult following.

Plot summary
The events depicted are set in the Star Wars expanded universe about 1000 years before the prequel films. It tells the story of the Battle of Ruusan, which concludes the New Sith Wars between the Sith and the Jedi. The film depicts the apparent destruction of the Sith order, caused by them using a destructive Force technique called a thought bomb against the Jedi but which ends up destroying the Sith as well. It describes how and why Darth Bane, the sole Sith survivor of the Battle of Ruusan reforms the Sith order into having the one-master-one-apprentice structure known from the films. All these events are seen through the eyes of three children from a backwater planet recruited into the rank of the Jedi, one of whom, Darth Zannah, becomes the first apprentice in the new Sith order.

Voice cast

 * as Darth Bane
 * as Darovit/Tomcat
 * Nicholas Bird as Hardin/Bug
 * as Darth Zannah
 * as young Zannah/Rain
 * as Hoth
 * as Skere Kaan
 * as Caleb
 * as Valenthyne Farfalla
 * as Kiel Charny
 * as Pernicar
 * as Laa
 * as Root
 * Connor Funk as Mikki
 * as Serra
 * as Torr Snapit
 * as Githany