In March 2013 following the acquisition of Lucasfilm by Disney the series was cancelled. The unreleased episodes that had already been produced were referred to at the time as "bonus content".[2][3] The German television network Super RTL began to air these episodes as a sixth season, which consisted of 13 episodes in February 2014.[4][5][6][7] Season 6, along with the other seasons and the feature film, were made available on Netflix on March 7 the same year.[8] The series returned with 12 new episodes on Disney+,[9] serving as the seventh and final season. It premiered February 21, 2020. During the course of the series, 133 episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars were released over seven seasons, between October 3, 2008, and May 4, 2020.