On March 11, 2013, Lucasfilm announced that The Clone Wars would be «winding down», effectively canceling the series as Lucasfilm ended its contract with Cartoon Network following its acquisition by Disney. The unreleased episodes that had already been produced are referred to as «bonus content». On January 16, 2014, the German television network Super RTL announced their plans to air the bonus content as a sixth season, which consisted of 13 episodes. Season 6, along with the other seasons and the feature film, were made available on Netflix on March 7, 2014.[8] In July 2018, Lucasfilm announced at San Diego Comic-Con that The Clone Wars would return with 12 new episodes on Disney+. The new season will be the series’ final, and premiered on February 21, 2020.
