Star Wars The Clone Wars season 7 trailer released
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Right, because it wasn't as if people were already asking for Clone Wars to return for years now. Sometimes dots aren't connected.Zontar said:
But that aside, um...yay? I admit, I've never got the hype for the Clone Wars (I think it's good, just not second coming of Jesus good), and considering it'll be confined to Disney's upcoming streaming service...yeah.
Yup, because the return of a series that was cancelled years ago due to the fact it was from a competing network just happens, can't have anything to do with the fact that TLJ objectively harmed the bottom line of the IP significantly given how much of the core audience it pissed off and how much merchandise collects dust on shelves to this day. Nope, they just did it because it was popular once upon a time, it's not like Disney has its own Star Wars show that it was trying to make a hit... oh wait...
-I'd need a source on the Cartoon Network thing, because I've seen all kinds of claims regarding why Clone Wars was cancelled.Zontar said:
-Clone Wars ended in 2014. That's four years worth of people clamouring for its return. Your rationale that "Last Jedi sucked, ergo, Clone Wars was brought back" is sketchy considering that:
a) People were already clamouring for it to be brought back
b) There's a narrative-based impetus for more Clone Wars content considering that the 12 episodes that are being produced are set to cover storylines that were meant to be produced, but were later covered in tie-in novels.
c) There's even more of an impetus to create Star Wars-exclusive content for Disney's streaming platform, so crapping out 12 episodes is a quick, easy way to generate hype. That's not even talking about Rebels, which just concluded its run, so there's a void in this style of Star Wars material (in terms of animation and age range)
d) If mixed reception to the Last Jedi was the be-all and end-all to Clone Wars being produced, that would have to be an extremely quick production schedule to get a trailer out with in-episode footage this fast.
Thing is, it's extremely easy to claim cause and effect for pretty much anything. I bet if there was an announcement that if Forces of Destiny was cancelled, you'd be making the exact same claim. So either:
a) Star Wars Clone Wars is being produced, because Last Jedi sucked.
b) Star Wars Forces of Destiny is cancelled, because Last Jedi sucked.
The events may differ, but apparently the conclusion is the same.
That makes far more sense actually, in that, again:
-Clone Wars was popular (general fact)
-Clone Wars was cancelled in 2014, with intended plotlines never produced (fact)
-People were clamouring for Clone Wars to return (fact)
-Disney is creating its own streaming service (fact), and it's likely that they'd want exclusive content for it (assumption)
Ergo, there's every reason for Disney to produce more Clone Wars material regardless of the performance of live action films.
Um, which one? Forces of Destiny? You mean that show with three minute episodes that was released on YouTube for free that's about as far removed from Clone Wars as you can get? I'm not sure if that's even comparable, and I've never seen any indication that it was marketed as "the next big thing." You don't release episodes of "the next big thing" for free on YouTube.
If you're talking about Star Wars: Resistance, then that hasn't even been released yet and we barely know anything about it, so I'm not sure what kind of claims can be made about its success/lack of it.
There were actually plans for a couple more seasons after that that got the shaft. They were able to release season 6 after the show got canceled because it was basically finished, but the plan was to have, at the very least, a season 7 and 8.Silentpony said:
It did. It's a short-lived, 12 episode revival that finishes the intended plotlines from before Clones was cancelled.Silentpony said:
Rebels does continue Clone Wars to an extent, but it's mostly its own thing.
No, that's about right.Major Tom said:
Is this just the stuff they had planned already or is this whole new material they've been allowed to work on?
Its less a direct continuation and more recognising that events in Clone Wars were pretty major and would still be effecting things a decade and change later
Eh, sort of? Rebels was focused on its own characters and plotlines, but occasionally that meant characters and plots from Clone Wars popped back up again (a now grown up Ahsoka Tano is a supporting player in the second series, and Darth Maul is a recurring villain)Silentpony said:
Its less a direct continuation and more recognising that events in Clone Wars were pretty major and would still be effecting things a decade and change later
I don't think fans of The Clone Wars are the core audience of Star Wars.
Still, it's a good show. Glad there's gonna be more of it.
Still, it's a good show. Glad there's gonna be more of it.
