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Pablo Hidalgo Talks About the Star Wars Cartoon That Never Was.

Discussion in 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' started by SWNN Probe, Nov 26, 2016.

  1. SWNN Probe

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    It's no secret that The Clone Wars got increasingly dark as it went on, and a fan-favorite story arc involving Jedi Younglings was a lighthearted, welcome respite from what was becoming an increasingly serious show. What you might not know is that those four episodes were originally envisioned as a potential launching pad for an animated spin-off aimed at younger audiences, a decision which was considered (but ultimately rejected) by George Lucas himself.





    Lucasfilm Story Group maestro Pablo Hidalgo recently had a series of tweets discussing the odd nature of production numbers for the episodes of The Clone Wars - with the short of it being that there are more episodes in the show's production seasons (25-26) than there were in the actual broadcast seasons (22), thus leading to a discrepancy in viewing order. Nearly half of the episodes in Season 5, for instance, would have been included in a Season 4 broadcast if these numbers had been the same. If you're interested in finding out more about technical details behind the development of that show, then you can check the beginning of the tweetstorm here. However, the important part, regarding the animated spin-off that ultimately didn't happen, starts here:












    The event in question that this story-arc-turned-pilot-movie-turned-story-arc-again would have aired at most likely would have been Celebration VI - which, for frame of reference, was the Celebration where fans were excited about a different animated series (Star Wars Detours) which would later be cancelled before a single episode was aired. That another animated series was being considered for development around the intended midway point of broadcasting The Clone Wars isn't necessarily that surprising, but the fact that Lucas was in the process of negotiating a deal with Disney while this was happening is probably the most interesting detail. Had things gone a bit differently, perhaps they could have worked out a deal where they would finish all of the remaining episodes of The Clone Wars before The Force Awakens had been released. In any case, it has been good to see The Clone Wars Legacy give closure to many of the stories that were not fully animated.





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    This is interesting news.
     
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    This is very interesting my friend yet SW belongs to Disney now so it really doesn't matter what Lucas said in the past. If Disney really were interested in doing said project then there's nobody to stop them. I really liked the episodes of those younglings and wouldn't mind it at all if they made a series about them. I once saw this pic as well:
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    And I have to say that I would love it if they made a story about the younglings having survived Order 66.
     
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    They did. You're looking at Inquisitors First Brother, Second Sister, Third Brother, Forth Brother, Ninth Sister, and Tenth Brother.
    (Just Kidding) :p
     
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    These are some nice concepts!

    I'm not sure about the idea for the show itself - although getting to know path to become a Jedi would be great, the show itself would have been aimed towards younger audiences, 10 yerars old max. Knowing Lucas' experience with kid-aimed content that wouldn't end up very well...
     
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    Aww come on! What children friendly abominations has Lucas ever given us?
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    I don't know what you could possibly mean!
     
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    Overall though Lucas' success rate with kid-orientated content was more like 50/50.
    Lucas was never involved with the Holiday Special. He wants to travel back in time and destroy it, remember?
     
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    Ha Ha yes my friend you are correct!
     
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    Yeah, they were fun, it could have been done well. Think how Ahsoka was to The Clone Wars or Ezra and Sabine.
     
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    I think it will be a while before we have another animated TV show in ether the PT or OT eras. Maybe they could have a comic about them after Order 66, but from what I can tell the guys at Lucasfilm are making sure that unlike Legends, every Jedi except Luke is dead by ROTJ, so they would have to die or abandon the Jedi way.
     
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    Each animated series seems to cover an unexplored story of significance: TCW - The Clone War, Rebels - the formation of the Rebel Alliance etc. I could see a pre-TPM, pre-AOTC, or post-ROTJ animated series though.
     
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    I cou.d never think of an animated tv show ROTS and befor especially with disney involved now.
     
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    Or maybe they became the Knights of Ren....dun dun dun. :eek::D
     
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    no.
    those are humans or near human. not aliens
     
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    I know....lol.... I was just kidding because there are coincidentally six padawans and 6 KOR...besides, the timeline wouldn't match- they'd be too old by the time of the ST. :p
     
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    To be fair, the latter wasn't actually his fault...
     
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