Just weeks after leaving quietly from the theaters, The Clone Wars is being given new life on television.

This past weekend, the premiere of Stars Wars: The Clone Wars raised galactic-sized numbers for the Cartoon Network. The half-hour animated program had the best debut for any series on that channel ever.

The first two back-to-back episodes pulled in nearly 4 million viewers. That bested Ben 10: Alien Force‘s previous record by a million. The time slot also saw triple-digit increases in several key youth demos over the same period last year.

The Lucasfilm Animation series - voiced by many of the same actors in the film version - airs Fridays @ 9pm.