Today an announcement during theย Clone Warsย panel at San Diego Comic-Con, the captivating CG-animated series is getting a revival to complete the series after its disappointing cancellation in 2013. Camouflaged as a panel for the 10-year-anniversary celebration ofย the series it wasn’tย too hard to believe. With special guests to honor the showโs original run from Octoberย 2008 – Marchย 2014; and, it seemed the panel would strictly focus on celebrating the past.
But that’sย just not how LucasFilms works are it. When the screen started rolling the audience knew what was happening.ย This panel finished, the screen displaying the hashtag “#CloneWarsSaved,” leading an uproar of excitementย from the crowd.
It seems that the show will continue a few years after the ending of its first go-round. The tensions between Anakin and his apprentice Ashoka leave tons of questions. We know that the series leads into Revenge of the Sith and that may have caused issues. Excitement sweeps the Star Wars community with this new continuation of one of its favorite TV shows.
The cast looks to be the same withย Matt Lanter as Anakin, Tim Curry as Chancellor Palpatine and Darth Sidious, as well asย Star Warsย live-action starsย Ahmed Bestย and Anthony Danielsย reprising their roles as Jar Jar Binks and C-3PO, respectively.
In 2014,ย writer Brett Friedman told a fan on Twitter that scripts forย Clone Wars’ย seventh and eighth season had were completed before the series’ cancellation, but if it is used is unknown.
