Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 4

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars Coming to a Close
Posted March 11, 2013 01:36 PM by Webmaster

Lucasfilm has announced the end of The Cartoon Network's successful series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which recently wrapped its fifth season with a dramatic cliffhanger. In a press release, Lucasfilm commented, "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."

Warner Bros., who distributes The Clone Wars animated series on Blu-ray, has declined to comment at this time, and it's unclear if the series' end will affect the Blu-ray release of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, The Complete Season Five, which is still expected to street this Fall.

Lucasfilm also briefly touched on the future of Seth Greene's comedy series, Star Wars Detours, which is being delayed, and revealed a new animated Star Wars series is currently in development "set in a time period previously untouched in Star Wars films or television programming."

Below is the full press release issued by Lucasfilm, as well as a video message from Clone Wars supervising director Dave Filoni, which includes a clip from one of the upcoming Clone Wars story arcs mentioned in the press release:

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.

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