Board Thread:End of the Clone Wars Series/@comment-20644-20131018184549/@comment-20644-20131106200538

I don't think Disney owning Star Wars has that level of influence over it. Disney's big focus will surely be Episode VII, which I would imagine gives Dave Filoni and co. more flexibility to do what they want. The only thing I could see holding back connections to The Clone Wars is prequel-itis, for lack of a better term. We've seen over the last year that Lucasfilm and Disney want to move away from the prequel era given that it's very controversial; the cancellation of The Clone Wars and the production of Rebels is a good example of that, since Filoni and co. chose to make Rebels because it would be so heavily based on the original trilogy era.

Still, I think The Clone Wars has become popular enough in its own right that we'll see the return of some of its characters in Rebels, especially when you consider how many people on the Rebels team came from The Clone Wars. You’re probably right about Ahsoka. I also think we'll see older versions of some of the clones. Characters like the clones can be re-introduced well enough to a new audience without the need for prior knowledge of The Clone Wars.