*pending canon status.Which makes it the perfect day in my book!
Top men are reviewing it right now.
The Ahsoka series is coming.
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Exactly!
There are if a franchise says there are. Star Wars doesn't use the Star Trek system, even when people want it to.
And they said everything is in, but some of the things that are in contradict other things that are in. So...
In other words, those stories have "magical powers" over them? Curious.
Just like real life.
Who?
The show will feature an animatronic loth-cat.
https://www.empireonline.com/tv/new...u-detail-next-level-rosario-dawson-exclusive/
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Phenomenal. I'm always happy when shows and films use physical puppets over CGI blobs.
There's no evidence of that.
I do seem to recall Dave Filoni saying that he was ending Rebels at season 4 because he wanted to end the show on his own terms, rather than repeat what happened with Clone Wars.
Yes exactly.
Yeah, I remember him saying that but I always thought that sounded off for the reasons Reverend stated. Obviously I could be wrong. However, having gone through truncated seasons and mini-series with other shows, I know the hallmarks and Rebels hits some of them.
That said, I love the final season and how it ended, but I do wonder if there was suppose to be more...
The clues are there for anyone with half a brain, and the ability to read between the lines to see. The truncated episode count, the time jump happening 4 episodes in, how the show suddenly shifted gears just when the scope of the rebellion was widening to then become laser focused on Lothal again, and yeah: Filloni's statement regarding wanting to be able to finish the show on his own terms unlike the Clone Wars.
The really telling part though is that Disney seemed to abandon almost any and all merchandising efforts after season two (hell, I don't think they even released an official soundtrack for the final two seasons!) In the pre-Streaming Service Wars days, shows like this lived and died by how much merch it can shift; indeed that was kind of their whole reason for existing so far as those signing the checks were concerned. So if they stopped making the lunch boxes, sticker books, action figures, and whatever else was aimed at the target demographic, then it's probably because it wasn't selling. If it wasn't selling, then the show wasn't making them the kind of money they wanted. If the show wasn't making them the kind of money they wanted, then why pay to keep making the show?
Given that this decision was made right when season 3 would have been in production and season 4 was being written, the connection is self-evident.
Incidentally; this is also almost certainly the reason why nothing more happened with 'Forces of Destiny' past it's initial two season order; the sales figures for the toyline were *terrible*.
The really telling part though is that Disney seemed to abandon almost any and all merchandising efforts after season two (hell, I don't think they even released an official soundtrack for the final two seasons!) In the pre-Streaming Service Wars days, shows like this lived and died by how much merch it can shift; indeed that was kind of their whole reason for existing so far as those signing the checks were concerned. So if they stopped making the lunch boxes, sticker books, action figures, and whatever else was aimed at the target demographic, then it's probably because it wasn't selling. If it wasn't selling, then the show wasn't making them the kind of money they wanted. If the show wasn't making them the kind of money they wanted, then why pay to keep making the show?
Given that this decision was made right when season 3 would have been in production and season 4 was being written, the connection is self-evident.
Incidentally; this is also almost certainly the reason why nothing more happened with 'Forces of Destiny' past it's initial two season order; the sales figures for the toyline were *terrible*.
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I've not looked at the numbers, but I have to wonder how much Rebels' success relative to The Clone Wars was hurt by Rebels being aired on Disney XD*, then and now a premium cable channel, whereas both Disney Channel and Cartoon Network were (and are) basic cable channels, the latter being where The Clone Wars had aired.
* - Except for the premier, which was on Disney Channel and also a few weeks later on ABC with some new footage.
* - Except for the premier, which was on Disney Channel and also a few weeks later on ABC with some new footage.
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It also helped that Clone Wars was partly being paid for right out of Lucas's pocket. He wasn't massively concerned that the show be profitable. But yes, putting the driving force behind a merchandising campaign behind a paywall is bound to hamper things. Rather like charging people to watch an ad. Not sure if that was greed, short-sightedness, or both.
Didn't it start on the regular Disney channel and then move to XD at some point?
The one-hour Spark of Rebellion aired on Disney Channel. Thereafter, all of Rebels was on Disney XD. Your basic, the first one's free. Or "free" (or basic).
It also aired on Network ABC. That's where I saw it.
