Here's what I guess happened:
Hey! How can we get more money from Starwars?
I KNOW! How about we remove all the special effects, the dark atmosphere, EVERY loving THING THAT MADE THE MOVIE GOOD and release it!
I Like your thinking! Make an animated Starwars! People will watch it because they love star wars!
Although I believe it was an attempt to make Starwars child appropriate (What ass thinks Starwars isn't appropriate?
Talk about it. (Can't remember how to spell discus)