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I thank you all for your
support after all these years.
I also thank the hardworking
team at Finish The Clone Wars.
a very special thanks to Sal,
founder of FTCW.
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I have taken ownership and
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"The Star Wars Garrison"
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May The Force Be with Us, Always.
Ever since the Disney purchased Lucasfilms (and with it, the Star Wars universe) in 2013 there have been questions and statements regarding the legal issue of “Who owns The Clone Wars?”
Some people say “The Clone Wars will never be brought back because it is owned by Cartoon Network , Disney would never let a rival corporation run a piece of their franchise”.
But the answer is very simple.
Hollywood Reporter’s article, Star Wars: The Clone Wars Likely To Leave Networks After This Season goes on to explain the truth behind the legal issues:
“Turner, a division of Time Warner, has the license for Star Wars: The Clone Wars only through the end of the 2012-13 season. Each year it has renewed its deal with Lucasfilm, and reps for both companies say they will make a decision on continuing the show around the end of the season.”
Another statement was posted by IGN in the article, With LucasFilm’s New Owners In Place, Star Wars: The Clone Wars Likely Leaving Cartoon Network for Disney XD, states
“Lucasfilm has always completely owned The Clone Wars, though it has aired on Warner Bros./DC Comics sibling Cartoon Network. That made it almost a certainty that the show would leave Cartoon Network once the current licensing deal is up – and Hollywood Reporter notes the show has always been on a year-to-year basis, with Lucasfilm and Cartoon Network negotiating for each new season.”
In short, LucasFilm owns The Clone Wars, Disney owns Lucasfilm, therefore Disney own the Clone Wars.
This makes it entirely possible for Disney to finish The Clone Wars, if they were to decide it. The decision is in their hands, and it is up for the viewers and fans to help them understand that it would be a beneficial one.
While LucasFilm has decided to move in a new direction, Disney still uses the Clone Wars as merchandise. It shows an understanding that they know that the characters are still popular.
In MakingStarWars’s article: “Could Disney Infinity 3.0 Save the Clone Wars” Disney VP of Production of Disney Infinity, John Vignoochi, goes on to elaborate on how the Clone Wars Disney Infinity characters were used to attract the same target audience of Star Wars Rebels:
"When we started peeling back the data and looking at our primary demographic with Infinity which is 6-12 (ages), they’re most familiar with The Clone Wars and Episodes I, II, and III.”
Senior Vice President and GM, John Black Burn, goes on to state:
“Here’s the baseline, we are primarily a kids and family game. When you think about what Star Wars means to people that are under the age of 15 right now, it is actually closer to The Clone Wars stuff than the Episodes IV through VI.
So we debated this back and forth quite a bit but at the end of the day it is because of when the films came out, all that kind of stuff we went ahead with The Clone Wars as the starter pack set.”
If your own company leaders says The Clone Wars are for kids, and trying to aim at kids, why not finish the series? The new direction seemed to be mainly aimed towards a younger audience group, but in this statement they just admitted that The Clone Wars series is capable of relating to children.
In addition, The Clone Wars has superior ratings, immense viewership and a phenomenal storyline. There is so much potential in finishing The Clone Wars, as well as marketing new games based off of the new episodes and enhanced storyline.
When it comes to profiting off of The Clone Wars, it doesn’t need to be limited to Disney Infinity.
Sources:
Reason #18: Disney Owns The Clone Wars
Disney Infinity
