Star Wars: The Clone Wars Ends As Lucasfilm Animation Heads In New Direction
Jay Cochran - March 11, 2013
Lucasfilm has released the following statement in regards to the Star Wars Clone Wars animated series and it's future:
As we enter into an exciting new era focused on the next Star Wars trilogy, 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.
As part of this shift, we have also made some key decisions affecting Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Detours.
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.
At Star Wars Celebration VI last year, George Lucas gave fans a glimpse at the animated comedy series Star Wars Detours from Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, and Todd Grimes. Detours was conceived and produced before we decided to move forward with the new Star Wars trilogy, and in the wake of that decision, Lucasfilm has reconsidered whether launching an animated comedy prior to the launch of Episode VII makes sense. As a result, we've decided to postpone the release of Detours until a later date.
We are incredibly proud of the teams at Lucasfilm Animation for creating some of the most amazing animation ever produced for TV. Keep checking StarWars.com for new developments on these and future projects.
Souce: StarWars.com
As we enter into an exciting new era focused on the next Star Wars trilogy, 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.
As part of this shift, we have also made some key decisions affecting Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Detours.
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.
At Star Wars Celebration VI last year, George Lucas gave fans a glimpse at the animated comedy series Star Wars Detours from Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, and Todd Grimes. Detours was conceived and produced before we decided to move forward with the new Star Wars trilogy, and in the wake of that decision, Lucasfilm has reconsidered whether launching an animated comedy prior to the launch of Episode VII makes sense. As a result, we've decided to postpone the release of Detours until a later date.
We are incredibly proud of the teams at Lucasfilm Animation for creating some of the most amazing animation ever produced for TV. Keep checking StarWars.com for new developments on these and future projects.
Souce: StarWars.com
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GPM in ICT
2013-05-13
1:15 pm |
[quote name='glhshelby' timestamp='1368042230' post='16791858'] The lack of toys is not because Disney said "NO MORE TOYS!". Hasbro owns the licencing rights to Star Wars brand toys (at least for the next few years) and they are in control of whether figures ar... read more |
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Bespin refugee
2013-05-08
9:39 pm |
[quote name='GPM in ICT' timestamp='1368017854' post='16791836'] I just find it strange that Disney spends all that money to buy Star Wars and then shuts everything down. Clone Wars, SW video games and SW toys all basically stopped because Disney has no clue what it's d... read more |
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glhshelby
2013-05-08
7:43 pm |
[quote name='GPM in ICT' timestamp='1368017854' post='16791836'] I just find it strange that Disney spends all that money to buy Star Wars and then shuts everything down. Clone Wars, SW video games and SW toys all basically stopped because Disney has no clue what it's d... read more |
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GPM in ICT
2013-05-08
12:57 pm |
I just find it strange that Disney spends all that money to buy Star Wars and then shuts everything down. Clone Wars, SW video games and SW toys all basically stopped because Disney has no clue what it's doing (other than announcing Eps 7). They should have stayed the course: released the new B... read more |
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spystreak
2013-05-08
3:18 am |
all the games Lucas arts and clone wars have been shut down by Disney I'm just not going to bother getting hyped up for anything star wars related anymore for all we know Disney will scrap the new trilogy after 7 to shift focus on something else |
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Wheeljack35
2013-04-30
7:59 pm |
I wish they would just let CN air the rest but I have a feeling we won't get to see these |
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Bespin refugee
2013-04-30
5:59 pm |
[url= (link) Filoni On Wrapping Up [i]The Clone Wars[/i], Ahsoka's Fate, And Moving Forward With [i]Star Wars[/i][/url] |
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featofstrength
2013-03-15
1:28 pm |
[quote name='Doom Saber' timestamp='1363338653' post='16788220'] Last I read, he is animating official Doctor who episodes that have been lost. The art style for those episodes are more realistic. Yeah, he worked on the "Reign of Terror." Wonder if he's... read more |
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Doom Saber
2013-03-15
9:10 am |
[quote name='featofstrength' timestamp='1363267924' post='16788150'] too Japanime for me. All style, little substance...of course im sure the real deal will lack both style AND substance...sigh... anyone see Otaking's Doctor Who? its anime,and I despise the partially... read more |
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Wheeljack35
2013-03-15
1:17 am |
I think the Animated Anakin is more they way old Ben Kenobi described him to Luke then the live action version.Here he was more a hero and more of a good friend to Obi Wan and less a baby that the live action was |
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