Clone Wars The Season 5 Discussion Thread

Dammit. I wanted a 6th Season. As a capper. Maul's story is incomplete, so is Assajj's.
 
There's a tonne of stuff that needs to be wrapped up! Fingers crossed.

Honestly if it does get cancelled, as much as I feel disappointed as a fan, I feel even worse for the folks working on the show.
 
This piece talks about the possible cancellation and has pictures of scenes from 3 episodes that were cut from this season. I guess if there was a season 6 they would have been included in it, but if there isn't a season 6 I imagine they will be in the Season 5 blu-ray release.

http://starwarsaficionado.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-clone-wars-still-to-come.html

Let me just say that I find this to be very shortsighted on Disney's part. Canelling the 3D rereleases...ok, given middling performance of Episode 1 I understand. Cancelling 1313...ok, your getting a bit hasty, Disney. Cancelling Clone Wars...wtf! Considering the jobs that will be cut, and the fans that are being **** on, if this is to focus on the new movie trilogy it better blow me away and then some to justify shutting all this down in such an unceremonious way.
 
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This is pure BS on Disney part if true. This is very disappointing.
 
The Clone Wars Ends After Five-Year Run
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Posted By Eric on March 11, 2013

Lucasfilm has announced that the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars will not return for a sixth season, thus ending the series' televised life after five years on Cartoon Network.

After five highly successful and critically acclaimed seasons of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, we feel the time has come to wind down the series. While the studio is no longer producing new episodes for Cartoon Network, we're continuing production on new Clone Wars story arcs that promise to be some of the most thrilling adventures ever seen. Stay tuned for more information on where fans can soon find this bonus content. In the video below, Supervising Director Dave Filoni offers a peek of what is to come in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Lucasfilm also announced that it was postponing the release of its other animated series, Star Wars Detours, "until a later date."

As stated above, the Lucasfilm announcement includes a video message from Dave Filoni regarding the fate of existing TCW Season 6 material. Click through to StarWars.com to watch it. "It's not over yet," Filoni said regarding the forthcoming bonus content. "The best is yet to come." The video includes a two-minute clip of previously unseen material, including a clone trooper killing a Jedi Knight in the middle of a pitched battle against the Separatists.

The decision to end The Clone Wars is part of a shift in direction for Lucasfilm Animation. The announcement began with the following tease:

Lucasfilm has decided to pursue a new direction in animated programming. We are exploring a whole new Star Wars series set in a time period previously untouched in Star Wars films or television programming. You can expect more details in the months to come.

The Clone Wars premiered on October 3, 2008, following the August 15, 2008 theatrical release of an animated film of the same name that introduced the world to Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker's Padawan, voiced by Ashley Eckstein. The fifth and final season ended just over a week ago on March 2. In the intervening five years and 108 episodes, the series explored a diverse set of topics, locations, and characters, some familiar to movie fans, others drawn from the Expanded Universe, and still others created out of whole cloth, often with major implications for the Star Wars galaxy.

While there is no definitive proof that the decision to end the series was made by Walt Disney Company executives (or by Lucasfilm executives prior to but in light of the Disney deal), there are reasons to believe that Disney's $4.05 billion purchase of Lucasfilm played some part in today's announcement. Regardless of who actually pulled the trigger, the biggest question that the acquisition raised was one of priorities: Would Disney continue producing an animated series that might detract from the publicity and attention surrounding Episode VII? Some fans believed that allowing the show to air right up until the release of the first sequel would be a good way to keep high-quality on-screen Star Wars material flowing to fans in the otherwise empty countdown to Summer 2015. Others expected Disney to prioritize Episode VII as it neared the point where it could begin announcing more details about the film.

Cost was another concern when it came to The Clone Wars. The show's astounding production quality certainly came across on screen, but as a result, it was reportedly much more expensive to produce than other animated shows. Its If Disney had continued the series, it would almost certainly have moved it from Cartoon Network to its own channel Disney XD in order to have greater control over distribution. But in doing so, it would also lose a key revenue stream: the money that Lucasfilm had previously made by licensing the series to Time Warner, Cartoon Network's parent company.

While the show's expenses are not new, the corporate hierarchy overseeing the show is. George Lucas, who had been deeply committed to the series since its inception, is no longer in a position to spare it from the chopping block. If it's true that the costs were proving untenable, Disney's purchase of the franchise and Lucas' departure could not have boded well for The Clone Wars. Once Disney started calling the shots at Lucasfilm and looking at its new subsidiary's various projects from a budgetary perspective, fans felt that the series' days were numbered.

Even though we've been promised more material, this news is indeed very sad. For six years, The Clone Wars kept Star Wars alive on-screen and brought in legions of new fans. It undoubtedly altered the landscape of the franchise, introducing us to new characters, expanding on the darkness of the Prequel era, and breaking boundaries in animated television thanks to the hard work of Lucasfilm Animation and Skywalker Sound. Over the past few years, I've met many of the talented people whose voices and other talents brought The Clone Wars to life. I've also had the pleasure and the privilege of reviewing the show for TheForce.Net since 2009. I will miss it very much.

Here's to the future of the Star Wars saga as we say goodbye to one very important part of its past.
 
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Oh, screw this. Damn you, Disney. Although I shouldn't be too surprised. New ownership and new management means more people wanting to put their thumbprint on the product. I just didn't think they'd go to this extreme. Sonofa...

And I didn't know 1313 was cancelled. Jesus, what a bummer.
 
I think I am not too sad about this because that last episode seemed like a logical ending leading into the movies.
 
I told people CLone wars would end at Disney.People said I was crazy.Any attempt to bring back Specutular Spider-Man was killed In favor of terrable Ultimate SPider-Man.The
Avengers Earth's mightest heroes killed In favor of a more film copyed Avengers show.

The end of Clone wars In a lot of ways Is end of George Lucas' Star Wars.There Is no telling If his treatment for sequel trilogy Is actully being used
 
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roach said:
I think I am not too sad about this because that last episode seemed like a logical ending leading into the movies.
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Not when you consider Maul's story is still completely open and we dont know what Sidious wanted him to do. We also know that Filoni had planned to show some of the ground attack on Coruscant and Maul may have been a part of that.
 
I hope you guys are looking forward to more Ultimate Spider-Man shenanigans.
 
Compi716 said:
Oh, screw this. Damn you, Disney. Although I shouldn't be too surprised. New ownership and new management means more people wanting to put their thumbprint on the product. I just didn't think they'd go to this extreme. Sonofa...

And I didn't know 1313 was cancelled. Jesus, what a bummer.
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I think we'll see a new series that will either be before the films or after
 
Yep.I predicted this would happen after disney brought Lucasfilm.

Ultimate Spider-Man Is terrable.The people behind Avengers:earth's mightest heroes were forced to change for SPider-Man appearance voice actors.They wanted to use the voice actor from SSM but had to use the one from USM.
 
Is there going to be a final season ? Or is that the end ?
 
F*** this, Disney! And 1313 is gone too? Great, just great.
At least it sounds like TCW will get some resolution somehow...somewhere...eventually.

I want to say right now, for everyone who ever b*tched about Lucas raping their childhoods with the prequels, prepare for the worst. I love the prequels, and this just proves Disney has no love for Lucas vision and wants the slate the prequel era has sat on for the last decade wiped clean. I would have almost no doubts they would make it a point to kill the OT characters off early in the new film. It's a Disney product now, no reason to put too much thought in all that stuff we didn't have our name on.
 
TheDreamMaster said:
F*** this, Disney! And 1313 is gone too? Great, just great.
At least it sounds like TCW will get some resolution somehow...somewhere...eventually.

I want to say right now, for everyone who ever b*tched about Lucas raping their childhoods with the prequels, prepare for the worst. I love the prequels, and this just proves Disney has no love for Lucas vision and wants the slate the prequel era has sat on for the last decade wiped clean. I would have almost no doubts they would make it a point to kill the OT characters off early in the new film. It's a Disney product now, no reason to put too much thought in all that stuff we didn't have our name on.
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I am big fan of George Lucas' Star Wars.That Included prequels.When I watch the original films I am very content to watch 2004 DVD versions.Now I am not young fan eather.I am one who watch original films when I was young and older never had a problem with prequels.I never understood those who claimened about him raping their childhoods.

Some may regret Lucas didn't just with his retirement just didn't turn the running of lucasfilm over to others and he maintain ownership.Now It does't matter what he wants.He may be a consulant but what he says and wants for star wars Is Ilrelvent.Disney Is calling the shots now.

Let's compare the marvel animated shows shall we after the disney buyout.Avengers earth's mightest heroes was being worked on before they bought It.
That show took elements from 616,Ultimate,and films and has been well received by fans.They are cancling It so they can launch a show ripoff of avengers film.The new show has extext lineup from film+The Falcon.ANd ultimate SPider-Man alone Is cause for worry.

The Clones wars and prequels are going to be totally disrespected by DIsney and J.J. Abrams.
 
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