The fifth season of the animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series debuted on September 29, 2012. The season was first confirmed to be in development in December 2011. Unlike the series' four previous seasons, which aired on Friday nights in prime time at 9:00 p.m. ET, Season Five aired on Saturday mornings at 9:30 a.m. ET.^[4][5] Also unlike previous seasons, Season Five consisted of only twenty episodes.^[6][7] It was the final season of the series to be broadcast on Cartoon Network.

Before it began airing, Hasbro suggested that Season Five would be the last season of The Clone Wars.^[8] Supervising Director Dave Filoni disputed this claim at the time,^[9] and in Star Wars Insider 137, he reiterated his intention to keep making the series as long as people were watching. He also announced that his staff had begun working on scripts and designs for a sixth season.^[10] However, the series was canceled after Season Five, with thirteen remaining episodes that had been in development being released as The Lost Missions on March 7, 2014.^[11]

In the fourteenth episode, "Eminence," Cartoon Network censored the scene when Savage Opress decapitates several Black Sun leaders. However, it was confirmed that the full scene would be visible on the Blu-ray edition of the series. A scene from "Shades of Reason" was also censored, when Darth Maul decapitates Pre Vizsla, and his head rolls down on the stairs of the throne room of Sundari Royal Palace.

Episodes[]

Episode	Image	Title	Original Airdate	Prod. #
01[1]		"Revival"[1]	August 24, 2012 (Celebration VI)[12] September 21, 2012 (Lucasfilm Ltd., Letterman Digital Arts Center)[13] September 29, 2012[1]	4.26[1]
02[14]		"A War on Two Fronts"[14]	September 21, 2012 (Lucasfilm Ltd., Letterman Digital Arts Center)[13] October 6, 2012[14]	4.15[14]
03[15]		"Front Runners"[15]	October 13, 2012[15]	4.16[15]
04[16]		"The Soft War"[16]	October 20, 2012[16]	4.17[16]
05[17]		"Tipping Points"[17]	October 27, 2012[17]	4.18[17]
06[18]		"The Gathering"[18]	August 25, 2012 (Celebration VI)[19] November 3, 2012[18]	4.22[18]
07[20]		"A Test of Strength"[20]	August 25, 2012 (Celebration VI)[19] November 10, 2012[20]	4.23[20]
08[21]		"Bound for Rescue"[21]	August 25, 2012 (Celebration VI)[19] November 17, 2012[21]	4.24[21]
09[22]		"A Necessary Bond"[22]	August 25, 2012 (Celebration VI)[19] November 24, 2012[22]	4.25[22]
10[23]		"Secret Weapons"[23]	December 1, 2012[23]	5.04[23]
11[24]		"A Sunny Day in the Void"[24]	December 8, 2012[24]	5.05[24]
12[25]		"Missing in Action"[25]	January 5, 2013[25]	5.06[25]
13[26]		"Point of No Return"[26]	January 12, 2013[26]	5.07[26]
14[27]		"Eminence"[27]	January 19, 2013[27]	5.01[27]
15[28]		"Shades of Reason"[28]	January 26, 2013[28]	5.02[28]
16[29]		"The Lawless"[29]	February 2, 2013[29]	5.03[29]
17[30]		"Sabotage"[30]	February 9, 2013[30]	5.08[30]
18[31]		"The Jedi Who Knew Too Much"[31]	February 16, 2013[31]	5.09[31]
19[32]		"To Catch a Jedi"[32]	February 23, 2013[32]	5.10[32]
20[2]		"The Wrong Jedi"[2]	March 2, 2013[2]	5.11[2]

Continuity[]

At one point, the "younglings arc" (i.e. "The Gathering," "A Test of Strength," "Bound for Rescue" and "A Necessary Bond") was considered as the pilot for a possible spin-off series.^[33] Under this plan,^[34] "A War on Two Fronts" was intended to be the Season Five premiere,^[35] though it was eventually changed to "Revival,"^[36] with "A War on Two Fronts" becoming the second episode of the season.^[13]

Following the episode order published in Insider 134, Star Wars Insider 137 also reported the episodes through episode fifteen:

Following the printing of Star Wars Insider 137, a new airing order was released, beginning with the sixth episode, "The Gathering." Pablo Hidalgo confirmed the release order inconsistencies through the official Star Wars blog.^[38] Furthermore, the episodes "An Old Friend," "The Rise of Clovis," and "Crisis at the Heart" were pushed to the series' sixth season.^[39]

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• Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 5 Commercial on StarWars.com (backup link)
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• Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 5 and Nationwide Syndication on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection
• "Aftermath" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "Tribe" Episode Guide | The Bad Batch on StarWars.com (backup link)
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• Our Favorite Scary Star Wars Stories to Thrill You This Halloween Season on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Defining Moments: Ahsoka and Anakin Say Goodbye on StarWars.com (backup link)
• Ventress Strikes Back on StarWars.com (backup link)
• In Tales of the Empire, Meredith Salenger Reconnects with Barriss Offee on StarWars.com (backup link)
• "Leslye Headland: Acolyte & Architect" — Star Wars Insider 226

Notes and references[]

Feature film Season One: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 Season Two: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 Season Three: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 Season Four: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 · 21 · 22 Season Five: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18 · 19 · 20 Season Six: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 Season Seven: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 · 11 · 12 Legacy Darth Maul—Son of Dathomir: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · TPB "Crystal Crisis on Utapau": 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 Dark Disciple (audiobook) Tie-in fiction Stories of Light and Dark (audiobook) · Battle Tales (1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · TPB) I Am a Padawan · I Am a Clone Trooper Screen Comix: Season 7: Volume 1 · Ahsoka vs. Maul Soundtracks Feature film · Seasons One Through Six · Season Seven: (1-4 · 5-8 · 9-12) Home video releases 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 "A Galaxy Divided" · "Clone Commandos" · "Bounty Hunters" Nightsisters Trilogy · Darth Maul Returns 3-Pack · Seasons 1-5 Collector's Edition Other material StarWars.com Episode Guides · Clone Wars Download · Character Encyclopedia The Official Collectors Edition · The Art of (booklet) · LEGO · Board game · Legends media
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