Should there be another Season

I've been really enjoying TCW lately, and am glad it is continuing. I would love it to last a long time.

Regarding the timing arguments: each episode takes place over incredibly short durations. One or two days per episode, tops (on average, mayhap 4 days over the course of a 3-episode arc?). The series takes place over three years, with 88 episodes (we'll say 92 because of the movie). So at worst the entire TCW series thus far is about 180 days. That's half a year.

Plus, there's no reason why certain episodes couldn't overlap.

My main thing is that they should give a coherent timeline of all episodes and how they tie into the books and comics, going back to 2002. Everything fits, the order is key. I'm working on my Journey Through the Clone Wars elsewhere on the forum, and it works thus far.
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At this point its another inevitable mess for continuity. It bothers me, and yes I've been negative about the EU lately. I found large parts of Apocalypse frustrating and impractical, TCW will interest me and then all the sudden do something insanely impractical (you can like the episodes, but Maul surviving is still forced. I liked the episodes, but its still a stupid idea), but that's all my complaints. I loved Plagueis (which there has been a ton of negativity towards) and I'm looking forward to Scourge as well as Mercy Kill and I just think that SW can do better than it has. TCW is a cash cow that is semi-entertaining, but I don't take it any sort of seriously and up until recently that's been easy to ignore in continuity, but now to force it in the EU novels are making references to it that sometimes work and sometimes do not.
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^ Yes. I'm in a Star Wars rut right now. Darth Plagueis, one of the most hotly anticipated EU books ever, was a total let down for me, Darth Maul's return was an embarassment, Mortis really screwed up things, and Apocalypse made things even worse.

However, I'm actually really excited about the future of EU novels, having less EPIC plotlines and consisting of stand-alones or trilogies. It should be good. Smile

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Have the vague rumors of a Season 6 been confirmed, or is it still just talk?

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Well, Season 5 hasn't been marketed as "The Epic Conclusion" so far, so I suspect there will be at least another season.
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It'll go till its no longer making George Lucas TONS of money, only moderate money. Then he'll go back and re-release it with new stuff that doesn't make tons of sense as "Special Edition" seasons. About 20 years from now we'll be on our 5th or 6th version of the show and it'll have been running the same few seasons for a couple decades.
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Wow. So cynical. Wink

The sad part is, you're probably right. Sad

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Eh, just going off his past behavior. I'm waiting for this season with slight anticipation, but at this point the show has been inconsistent, full of obnoxious characters like Ziro and Jar Jar, the show has followed non-linear timelines at points (simply to make excuses so when the show runs longer than the actual war he can say some stuff is happening congruently) and its done ridiculous things like Mortis or bringing back Maul. The show is basically an aborted good idea, because a good show could have been excellent to see and it still has its moments but between Mandalorians who have been drained of all BA-ery and the return of a man who was severed at the lungs its been a mixed bag at best. The good episodes are outshined by just how bad the obnoxious ones are. But its a cash cow and Lucas isn't an artist, he's a businessman. Even all interviews with Filioni and such confirm that they do whatever Lucas tells them and that they're frustrated by it sometimes. You can tell how insincere they are when they talk about how awesome it was to bring back Maul or take comic storylines and break them down to easy, disjointed versions of themselves for the show. Its sad because I don't even think the people in charge under Lucas are enjoying it much anymore. But it'll go on and on and on till Lucas decides he's made enough money. So it'll never end...
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In Star Wars Insider #134, Dave Filoni mentioned that they are working on Season 6.
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I think that the show has certainly matured over the 4 seasons, I was certainly enjoying episodes on a more regular basis last season. That said I do feel that it is coming to the end of it's shelf life. If I called the shots season 5 would be the last, however with no sign of them tying up any lose ends this season, the best I can hope for is for season 6 to do this.

On a cynical level I do believe that Lucasfilm would have to have a replacement TV show in the pipeline before they even considered ending The Clone Wars. They need to keep the public interested in Star Wars, and they can't do that without a presence on either the big or small screen.

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