After buyouts, multiple streaming deals, studio switches, and many years in between, the fan favorite animated series Star Wars: the Clone Wars is finally set to premier its monumental final season exclusively on Disney Plus.
For many longtime fans who haven’t freshened up on the Clone Wars in a while and for the many thousands of new fans who were brought in by the beloved franchise’s other numerous properties who are excited to jump straight first into this season, Disney has officially revealed the episodes you need to go back and watch in order to get all caught up instead of cramming every single previous Clone Wars episode!
As reported by wegotthiscovered.com, “this list contains 2 episodes from season 1, 7 episodes from season 2, only 1 episode from season 3, 2 episodes from season 4, and a whopping 9 episodes from season 5, while season 6 is conspicuously absent, despite featuring some of the most important episodes in the show’s entire run.
- 1×01: “Ambush”
- 1×05: “Rookies”
- 2×05: “Landing at Point Rain”
- 2×06: “Weapons Factory”
- 2×07: “Legacy of Terror”
- 2×08: “Brain Invaders”
- 2×12: “The Mandalore Plot”
- 2×13: “Voyage of Temptation”
- 3×02: “Arc Troopers”
- 4×21: “Brothers”
- 4×22: “Revenge”
- 5×06: “The Gathering”
- 5×01: “Revival”
- 5×14: “Eminence”
- 5×15: “Shades of Reason”
- 5×16: “The Lawless”
- 5×17: “Sabotage”
- 5×18: “The Jedi Who Knew Too Much”
- 5×19: “To Catch a Jedi”
- 5×20: “The Wrong Jedi”
The article also points out some key details as to where this fits in specifically to the current (Disney approved) Star Wars canon, stating this final season will take viewers right up to where Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, began.
The release of this final season to the critically acclaimed comes as a perfect time as Disney takes a break between the release of their unnamed new Star Wars saga, and the mysterious Project Luminous which is claimed to be the massive multimedia initiative which will prepare the next decade’s worth of Star Wars canon by creating several new comic books, novels, video games, and potentially a brand new animated series as well.
As previously reported here, “According to Lucasfilm creative director Michael Siglain in regards to the team behind this new brand initiative, ‘The team will also work alongside the Lucasfilm story group to craft the world in accordance with the current Star Wars canon. Project Luminous will be used to set up the future of Star Wars on-screen.’”
Star Wars: the Clone Wars season 7 is set to premiere February 21st, 2020.
