After resurrecting The Killing for a final season after its cancellation by AMC, Netflix is doing the same for Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The streaming service will debut a 13-episode sixth and final installment of the animated series on March 7. Titled The Lost Missions, the season promises to reveal “some of the deepest mysteries of the conflict between the light and the dark sides of the Force leading to a series finale.” An intrepid clone trooper discovers a shocking secret, Anakin Skywalker’s closest relationship is tested to its limits, and what Master Yoda discovers while investigating the disappearance of a Jedi could forever change the balance of power in the galaxy. Under the multi-year deal with Disney/ABC TV Group, Netflix will be the exclusive subscription service for the entire Star Wars: The Clone Wars series, including several director’s cut episodes never seen on TV, as well as the 2008 feature film. This marks the first time any Star Wars content has been available on Netflix. It also expands the fast growing relationship between Netflix and Lucasfilm parent Disney. A year ago, the two companies signed a groundbreaking output movie deal, the first time a major movie studio had chosen streaming vs. pay cable for its features. And recently, the companies sealed another unprecedented pact for four series and a miniseries from another marquee Disney label, Marvel. “The Clone Wars marks an important moment as Netflix welcomes more and more first-run content from The Walt Disney Company and its subsidiaries,” said Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos.
Lucasfilm announced the end of Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Time Warner’s Cartoon Network in March, a couple of months after the company’s acquisition by Disney. While the series was over on Cartoon Network, the company promised forthcoming original “bonus content,” noting that “we’re continuing production on new Clone Wars story arcs.” Additionally, Lucasfilm is prepping a new Star Wars animated series for sibling Disney XD, Star Wars Rebels, which bridges Episodes III and IV of the movie franchise. The Clone Wars takes place between Episodes II and III. Netflix has signaled its interest in original animated series and recently acquired the Michael Eisner produced BoJack Horseman for a launch this year. In addition to The Killing, Netflix recently revived another cancelled series, cult comedy Arrested Development, with talks under away about another installment.
This should be Netflix’s focussed plan. Give any program that hasn’t properly finished with 3+ seasons where the stars want to return a final season and they’ll do well.
ANY show? There are a lot of them. Netflix can and should be choosier than that. They know what their audience watches, and can focus on that. Much of what comes and goes on TV is not worth bothering to resurrect.
That’s a really good idea.
Thank you netflix!!!!b Welcome back Asoka!!
Crap show. Looks like untalented animators created this, and the story really sucks!
Anyone who likes this has no future in creating stories, since this sucks so bad. What happened to Star Wars? It used to be awesome! Now it’s totally ruined! F Lucas and anyone who watches this crap.
Dfury
Crap show. Looks like untalented animators created this, and the story really stupid!
Anyone who likes this has no future in creating stories. What happened to Star Wars? It used to be awesome! Now it’s totally ruined! F Lucas and anyone who watches this crap.
Dfury
Hurray! Netflix, get all Star Wars series from now on and oh yeah, do a deal with Paramount to bring Star Trek back to TV, well, skip TV entirely and go right to streaming. Both franchises have great overlap with Netflix’s early-tech-adopter-skewed audience.
PS, anyone nonplussed to see adults raving about a “kid’s show,” give Clone Wars a chance. Make sure you’re getting the series and not the stand-alone animated movie. The series is basically “the prequels, the way they should have been done in the movies.”
No offense, but I thought CBS owns the “Star Trek” franchise…or at least the “Star Trek” brand.
CBS owns the rights for TV, but I’m not sure what that means for a purely streaming series. Anyway, same difference if Paramount isn’t involved. CBS and Netflix have played well together in the past. Since there’s no way a Star Trek series will work on CBS and nobody wants to see what the CW would do with it (eek), what’s the obstacle to a deal to license it to Netflix?
CBS isn’t doing anything with it, and Netflix could very well succeed with it. I’m sure Netflix can see how often its Star Trek library is being streamed, I think they’ve got all the series now, maybe all the movies too. Marketing it would be fall-off-a-log easy. The audience is right there.
Get a life! This show sucks so bad that I can’t watch. You probably like Power Rangers too.
America is screwed if you are ever alowed to vote!
Took them a bit longer to announce this than expected. Germany’s Super RTL had already revealed they were airing the content weeks ago (premieres this weekend, I believe) throwing US fans into a fit. I guess now they can be happy, although they probably won’t be because they have to wait until March 7.
Say, doesn’t Disney co-own Hulu?
I am not paying Netflix money just to watch clone wars. Youtube her I come.