The Clone Wars Writer Discusses Unaired Episodes
Our friend Jason at Making Star Wars spotted a number of tweets by The Clone Wars writer Brent Friedman that shed new light on the Season 7 and 8 episodes and story arcs that never saw the light of day. Here are the new revelations from Friedman:
- Seasons 7 and 8 were fully written.
- There would have been a bounty hunter arc with Cad Bane and Boba Fett. TFN first reported on this arc last March.
- Yoda would have been featured "in a cool way" in another story arc beyond the one in the bonus content.
- Friedman wrote a story arc involving ARC trooper Echo, who would have survived his apparent death on Lola Sayu in the episode "Counterattack." The first episode was called "The Bad Batch" and the second was called "A Distant Echo."
- In Friedman's clone trooper story arc, Rex would have been in charge of a unit called "The Batch." The arc took place on the planets Anaxes and Skako Minor.
- Anakin's response to Ahsoka's departure from the Jedi Order would have been explored in a later arc.
@JacobRegan18 All of it. And all of Season 8.
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 16, 2014@JacobRegan18 Pretty sure it was a different arc involving Cad Bane and Boba Fett.
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 16, 2014@Halabrew In my experience, when it came to Star Wars, George always enthusiastically led the development discussions. Right up to the end.
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 16, 2014@Halabrew Knowing where Rex's story goes, I will definitely look forward to that arc being produced. But don't hold your breath. ;)
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 16, 2014@Halabrew Ha! Injuries yes, but nothing so cruel was planned.
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 15, 2014@JacobRegan18 Locking script was left to George & Dave. I wasn't involved in production but I'm sure directors could request script changes.
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 16, 2014@JacobRegan18 That's a pretty significant "all that was left…" ;)
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 16, 2014@JacobRegan18 Nice callback!
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 16, 2014@JacobRegan18 The Emperor. I mean, the Chairman of Disney. ;)
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 17, 2014@JacobRegan18 Yoda arc was in the Netflix bonus content. But there was another arc planned that also featured Yoda in a cool way.
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 17, 2014@JacobRegan18 Oh that's interesting. Lemme think on that. I just might post the "fortune cookies" for all the Echo eps in the near future...
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 17, 2014@JacobRegan18 Honestly don't know. Not sure it was ever decided.
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 19, 2014@CommanderFisto1 I sure hope so. If that's the only way to share some of the stories the CW team developed, then bring 'em on!
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 19, 2014@JacobRegan18 Good question. Don't recall anything specific but knowing Dave's fondness for Plo I'm sure he woulda turned up several times.
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 19, 2014@JacobRegan18 No plans that I remember. That's not an arc I would've asked to write. ;)
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 19, 2014@JacobRegan18 OK, the fortune cookie of the 1st episode in my Echo arc (called "The Bad Batch") was: The best defense is a strong offense.
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 19, 2014@SirHalcyon No idea. That sure would've been a deal-breaker for me. ;)
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 19, 2014@JacobRegan18 Here's the 2nd episode ("A Distant Echo") fortune cookie: Wars are not won with superior weapons, but with superior strategy.
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 19, 2014@JacobRegan18 I'll share the last two over the next couple days. Just to make this a little more episodic... ;)
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 19, 2014@A_Targaryen @DrZakVenkman @JacobRegan18 I'm right there in the trenches with you, my friends. You fans deserve these stories in some form.
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 19, 2014@JacobRegan18 Anakin's involved on/off throughout the arc but it's mostly Rex in charge of The Batch. Takes place on Anaxes & Skako Minor.
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 19, 2014@JacobRegan18 That would have been explored in another arc.
— Brent Friedman (@BFree63) May 19, 2014
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