‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars‘ finally returns, as Disney+ announce the 7th and concluding season of one of the most critically-acclaimed entries in the Star Wars saga premieres Friday, February 21, 2020 on the streaming service. They have also released a new trailer (above) and key art (below).
From Dave Filoni, director and executive producer of ‘The Mandalorian’, the new Clone Wars episodes will continue the storylines introduced in the original series, exploring the events leading up to ‘Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith’.
Created by George Lucas, the show first aired in 2008 and became an entry point into Star Wars for an entire generation, following fan-favourites like Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Padmé Amidala, while introducing major new characters like Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano and Captain Rex. Its stories were complex, its heroes and villains were perfectly imperfect, and its look was captivatingly beautiful. It became a multi-Emmy winner and is now regarded as essential Star Wars.
Unfortunately, the story was never wrapped up properly, due to the cancellation, and ended after 5 seasons, just as Ahsoka left the Jedi Order. A few post-Season 5 episodes were later released as “The Lost Missions,” but the story wasn’t over, so will now return for a final outing.
‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ stars Matt Lanter as Anakin Skywalker, Ashley Eckstein as Ahsoka Tano, Dee Bradley Baker as Captain Rex and the clone troopers, James Arnold Taylor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Katee Sackhoff as Bo-Katan, and Sam Witwer as Maul. The series was created by George Lucas, with Dave Filoni as Executive Producer/Supervising Director.
‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars‘ Season 7 premieres Friday, February 21, 2020, on Disney+ in the US. The UK will have to wait a little longer, as Disney+ doesn’t launch here until Monday, 24th March 2020, but that means you’ll be able to binge your way through the first few episodes then watch it weekly.
