So Long, Old Star Wars: Lucasfilm Sends a Strong Message

Even casual fans of the Star Wars franchise may have felt a great disturbance in the Force on Monday

That's when Lucasfilm stepped in after months of speculation about the fate of its long-running animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and made one thing lightsaber-clear: content from the pre-Disney Star Wars era has been moved to the back burner.

"As we enter into an exciting new era focused on the next Star Wars trilogy, Lucasfilm has decided to pursue a new direction in animated programming," the Lucasfilm announcement began. It then went on to tease fans in the most frustrating way possible: there is plenty more Clone Wars content in the can — and here's a clip from it — but nobody knows when or where you're going to see the whole thing.