Johnston later revealed that she was asked not to write action scenes for the Siege of Mandalore in the book, as unbeknownst to her Lucasfilm was working on the final season. The arc was referenced in Star Wars Rebels and partly adapted in the young-adult novel Ahsoka.
The arc was originally intended as the show's series finale, and takes place days before and during the events of Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, including Order 66. One of the story arcs in the season was the Siege of Mandalore, with some scenes about it in the trailer. A interview with Dave Filoni, the show's supervising director, confirmed that the new season would contain 12 new episodes.
The announcement came with a trailer for the new season and a poster that contained the hashtag #CloneWarsSaved, referencing the fan campaign. Īn extension of the original series on the Disney+ streaming service was announced at San Diego Comic Con on July 19, 2018, during a panel commemorating the show's 10th anniversary. A famous hashtag for the campaign was #SaveTheCloneWars. The show was succeeded by Star Wars Rebels, which continued the story of Clone Wars era characters like Ahsoka Tano and Clone Captain Rex, but fans continued asking for more episodes of The Clone Wars. A half-length season was available on Netflix on March 7, 2014, and some story arcs were released in several different mediums in the following years. Star Wars: The Clone Wars ran from Octo until its final regular broadcast episode on March 2, 2013, following the show's cancellation at the end of its fifth season. I think that the biggest thing for me is "how do we make this show better?" And I think that means examining all the work we had done, the work we were planning on doing, and also trying to honor the work of so many people that were in the middle of making stuff." ― Dave Filoni So we are looking at everything and going over all those scripts we had. " Without getting too much into detail - because I love the fan speculation - but it would be a real shame to have done all this work and not use it.