- "Some of the characters that we have created for the show will meet their destinies."
- ―Dave Filoni
Season 5 of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series premiered on September 29, 2012, unlike past seasons of The Clone Wars which aired on Friday nights, with the episode Revival. Teletoon in Canada aired the premiere episode of the season at 8:30 PM on Friday, September 28th, 2012.
While it was thought by many, including Hasbro, that this would be the final season of The Clone Wars, Dave Filoni had stated multiple times that scripts and designs for Season 6 were in development. While The Clone Wars was canceled after this season, four individual arcs of the following season were finished and released. Also unlike past seasons, Season 5 is compoased of 20 episodes.
Episodes
Episode No. | Image | Title | Original Airdate |
01 | "Revival" |
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02 | "A War on Two Fronts" |
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03 | "Front Runners" | October 13, 2012 | |
04 | "The Soft War" | October 20, 2012 | |
05 | "Tipping Points" | October 27, 2012 | |
06 | "The Gathering" | November 3, 2012 | |
07 | "A Test of Strength" | November 10, 2012 | |
08 | "Bound for Rescue" | November 17, 2012 | |
09 | "A Necessary Bond" | November 24, 2012 | |
10 | "Secret Weapons" | December 1, 2012 | |
11 | "A Sunny Day in the Void" | December 8, 2012 | |
12 | "Missing in Action" | January 5, 2013 | |
13 | "Point of No Return" | January 12, 2013 | |
14 | "Eminence" | January 19, 2013 | |
15 | "Shades of Reason" | January 26, 2013 | |
16 | "The Lawless" | February 2, 2013 | |
17 | "Sabotage" | February 9, 2013 | |
18 | "The Jedi Who Knew Too Much" | February 16, 2013 | |
19 | "To Catch a Jedi" | February 23, 2013 | |
20 | "The Wrong Jedi" | March 2, 2013 |
Facts
- "There’s a lot of payoff coming. I think people are going to see ways ‘The Clone Wars’ ties together more and more with ‘A New Hope.’ We’re setting up elements that eventually become the Empire."
- ―Dave Filoni
- Hasbro's Join the Jedi website held a contest in late 2011 in which fans could upload a video of themselves showing off their "best lightsaber move". The winning move—Petro's "Whirlwind of Destiny"—made an appearance in the episode, "A Test of Strength".
- In the trivia gallery for Deception, a comment states: "This will not be the last time you see the two working together..." referring to Cad Bane and Boba Fett's collaborative efforts to break out of the Republic Detention Center. This originally implied that the two would make appearances in Season 5 until Dave Filoni confirmed at Comic-Con that Fett would not be in the season.
- Dave Filoni and his team created a new clone trooper to appear in Season 5, Commander Thorn, made for Marvel Studios fan and Clone Wars directer, Steward Lee, as a homage to the Marvel character, Thor. The clone used a Z-6 Rotary Cannon, named "the Hammer". However, Thorn did not appear in the season.
- Season 5 is the first season that did not feature an hour-long Season Premiere due to its new timeslot.
- Season 5's order of episodes was changed frequently as it progressed. The magazine, Star Wars Insider, issue 137, listed the original order through episode 15, which was later revised. In addition, the story arc pertaining to Rush Clovis was moved to the following season.
Episode No. | Title |
01 | "A War on Two Fronts" |
02 | "Front Runners" |
03 | "The Soft War" |
04 | "Tipping Points" |
05 | "An Old Friend" |
06 | "The Rise of Clovis" |
07 | "Crisis at the Heart" |
08 | "Secret Weapons" |
09 | "A Sunny Day in the Void" |
10 | "Missing in Action" |
11 | "Point of No Return" |
12 | "Revival" |
13 | "Eminence" |
14 | "Shades of Reason" |
15 | "The Lawless" |
- The titles of the last four episodes of Season 5 were all based off of Alfred Hitchcock movies.
External links
- Deception trivia gallery (image 11/11)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Looking Back at Season 4
- Dave Filoni's Facebook Wall
- 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars' Season 5 trailer: Darth Maul, Death Watch battle over the galaxy -- EXCLUSIVE
- The Clone Wars S5 At SW Weekends 2012 - TheForce.net
- SDCC 2012 The Clone Wars Panel
- Darth Maul: Shadow Conspiracy Book Leak
- STAR WARS Celebration VI: The Clone Wars Season 5 Preview
- Battle of Onderon clip