In a huge surprise, Disney has revealed that Star Wars animated series The Clone Wars will be getting a Season 7. The news was shared at San Diego Comic-Con, where fans got their first look at an older Anakin, Obi-Wan, Rex, and Ahsoka in a new trailer, which you can watch below. A total of 12 new episodes of the animated series are officially coming to Disney`s upcoming streaming service, although a specific release date has not yet been announced.After being canceled on Cartoon Network in 2013, the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars returned for a final sixth season on Netflix in 2014. The sixth season was shorter than the five that proceeded it and left many of supervising director Dave Filoni`s stories unresolved. Several authors picked up those plot lines and wrote them into novels, such as Star Wars: Ahsoka and Star Wars: Dark Disciple.Based on the trailer, the seventh season seems to pick up close to the start of Revenge of the Sith. Anakin and Obi-Wan are called in to take a hologram call, only to see that it`s with Anakin`s former apprentice Ahsoka and Mandalorian warrior Bo-Katan Kryze. In the Ahsoka novel, we learn that after Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka reunite for the first time since Ahsoka left the Jedi Order, the three, along with Clone Captain Rex and Commander Cody, fight in one of Star Wars` most infamous battles: the Siege of Mandalore.Near the end of the battle, Anakin and Obi-Wan are called away to return to Coruscant to rescue Chancellor Palpatine, kidnapped by General Grievous. The two Jedi leave Ahsoka behind and in charge of Anakin`s 501st Legion of clone troopers. It`s at this point that the three`s paths diverge, with Anakin and Obi-Wan`s rescue mission being the opening scene of Revenge of the Sith and Ahsoka`s solo command during the Siege of Mandalore being the opening narration of Star Wars: Ahsoka.It`s still a mystery whether the season will entirely focus on the Siege of Mandalore, end on the planet-wide battle, or start on ...
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