Get out your light sabers, Star Wars: The Clone Wars is returning to TV, with 12 all-new episodes to air on Disney’s forthcoming streaming service.
The news was revealed Thursday during a 10th-anniversary Clone Wars panel at San Diego Comic-Con, with Lucasfilm animation chief Dave Filoni announcing the revival for a room full of fans. The official Star Wars Twitter feed also confirmed the news, declaring that Clone Wars is “reporting in for another tour of duty”:
Star Wars: #TheCloneWars. Reporting in for another tour of duty.#CloneWarsSaved #SDCC #SDCC18 pic.twitter.com/iWGUyYSnfy
— Star Wars (@starwars) July 19, 2018
The popular animated spinoff of the Star Wars franchise — featuring cartoon versions of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and other characters — debuted on Cartoon Network in 2008 and ran for five seasons there before moving to Netflix in 2014 for a sixth and final season.
The only bad news: Disney’s streaming service still doesn’t have a launch date (or even a name) yet, so no premiere date for the new Clone Wars episodes has been set.
