Clone Wars Official "The Clone Wars" Series Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)

Eh, I vote two more seasons.
Though ending on season 6 would have interesting irony.

Edit: Ninja'd.

Edit edit: this is the sixth TV venture for SW I'm aware of as well...

Edit edit edit:if you ignore the Holiday Special or count the Ewok live-actions as one...or count Droids and Ewoks as one show...

I think that would work out nicely. Season 6 could explore the plots that have opened with Ahsoka leaving the order, and then Season 7 could wrap it all up, and maybe end with the battle on/above Coruscant... I'm hoping!

Two more seasons sounds about right. I have an extension headcanon concerning when each episode from each season takes place, and I've estimated that since season 3, each season takes place in about half a year, and right now there is probably about a year left before the events of RotS (season 6 will cover the rest of 20 BBY and season 7 the first half of 19 BBY).

I've said it many times before and I'll say it again...it would be terrible if this show ended before the events of ROTS....its called "The Clone Wars" not "The Time Between Episodes 2 and 3 Show" We have to see Order 66 before the end of the show....

@Seerow....kinda like the DCAU? i'm down with that!

But with an emphasis on the characters we don't know more than what TCW has done in the past.

Yes.

I've been thinking about that for a while.

Because we want it to flow into and through RotS first?

Don't you mean the 501st?

I got your meaning, but an image did cross my mind of Appo as a (temporary) defector from the Republic and popular Separatist politician, eventually rising to the second-from-top position below Dooku, working as a double agent to make the CIS lose all the time.

Rex needs to exit for Appo to become 501st commander. He doesn't have to die, just either desert or be injured. Judging by this past arc, Rex seems perfectly willing to accept hunting Ashoka down, so it doesn't seem like he'd disobey Order 66. Thus, dead or injured is the only option IMO.

I can see Rex being demoted cause he did something wrong

Now that you mention it, CAPTAIN Rex doesn't have to be demoted - COMMANDER Appo just has to be promoted to well, Commander. Perhaps in the absence of Commander Tano, this will happen

Does Rex lead all of the 501st Legion or just Torrent Company

Of course nothing says "this has to happen in the show." We don't have to know Mother Talzin's significance, what happens to Maul, what happens to Mandalore, what happens to Rex, etc.

The fairer question is do the fans want or not want to see more, not if they need to.

I'm not quite sure. I don't think it was ever clarified.

Officially, Rex leads Torrent Company. Captains command companies in the GAR. But due to circumstances as of yet unknown (excluding the fact that Rex was originally conceived as ARC trooper Alpha), Rex made quite an impression on Anakin at some point early in the war, who then took the Captain as his second in command. As such, Torrent Company―being Rex's official unit―has become the backbone of the larger 501st troops under Anakin, and Rex the de facto leader of the larger force, even though every unit from a battalion upward is supposed to be overseen by a clone commander.

A similar, but inverse situation occurs with Commander Cody. Cody, a Martial Commander, is officially in charge of the entire 7th Sky Corp. But he most often takes personal command of the 212th Attack Battalion, a unit whose official CO is, I believe, Battalion Commander/Major Jorir.

Also keep in mind that the 501st doesn't operate in the same manner as many standard army units, instead delegating divisions to assist other units in a number of engagements without Anakin or Rex's personal involvement. Examples of this can be seen in Battlefront II, wherein detachments of the 501st assist the Galactic Marines, 327th Star Corp, and the 41st Elite Legion.

Thanks for the answer