During Star Wars: Clone Wars panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, supervising director Dave Filoni announced that the animated series is returning after its cancellation in 2013.
Star Wars: #TheCloneWars. Reporting in for another tour of duty.#CloneWarsSaved #SDCC #SDCC18 pic.twitter.com/iWGUyYSnfy
— Star Wars (@starwars) July 19, 2018
Celebrating the show’s 10-year anniversary, the team and special guests honor the beloved CGI animated series’ original run from October 2008 to March 2014. But at the end of the panel, fans were shown a new trailer and a graphic with hashtag “#CloneWarsSaved,” getting standing ovation from the audience.
According to Star Wars official website, the series will be revived with 12 all-new episodes on Disney’s upcoming streaming service.
“I honestly didn’t think we would ever have the opportunity to return to The Clone Wars,” Filoni admitted in a press release after the announcement. “Thanks to the relentless fan support and the team behind Disney’s direct-to-consumer streaming service, we will now get to tell more of those stories. We feel a tremendous responsibility to make something that lives up to the legacy that George Lucas created with the original series and I think our team, many of whom worked on the show from the beginning, has risen to the challenge.”
The TV series created by George Lucas, explores the 3-year period between Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Episode III: Revenge of the Sith,with iconic characters such as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Padme Amidala, Yoda, Darth Maul and new characters.
This standing ovation came after the crowd just learned The Clone Wars is coming back. #CloneWarsSaved #sdcc18 #StarWars pic.twitter.com/7mNS1N2kNG
— Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) July 19, 2018
#CloneWarsSaved pic.twitter.com/sV2KC7JfUo
— Dave Filoni (@dave_filoni) July 19, 2018
