- BY THOMAS BACON
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The unexpected revival of Star Wars: The Clone Wars is the perfect opportunity for Lucasfilm to tie together some of the most exciting plot threads in the galaxy. Disney's decision to pull the plug on the popular animated series was arguably their first mistake after they purchased the Star Wars franchise. It's no coincidence that showrunner Dave Filoni used his next animated series, Star Wars: Rebels, to revisit a lot of characters and ideas he'd not been able to explore due to the cancellation of The Clone Wars. He knew how much viewers loved the show, and he hated leaving so many loose ends.
According to Filoni, the Clone Wars revival will finish the story. "Any opportunity to put the final pieces of the story in place is meaningful as a storyteller," Filoni explained. "I’m happy for the opportunity to define these things and the end of this part of the Clone War." It's true that the revival won't pick up exactly where the series left off; a number of season 6 adventures have already made their way into other mediums, most notably the Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir comic book and the Dark Disciple novel. Those stories are considered canon, and so Star Wars: The Clone Wars is skipping the unfinished season 6 plots and leaping straight into Filoni's plans for seasons 7 and 8.
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