Star Wars: Tales Of The Jedi Gets A Second Season
At Star Wars 2023 Celebration in London, Tales of the Jedi creator Dave Filoni confirmed that there will be a second season of the animated series. New seasons and series abound for the franchise, with The Mandalorian continuing to give people reasons to have Grogu bumper stickers, while fans await the new Acolyte series and another focusing on Ahsoka Tano, who has already been featured in Clone Wars, Tales, and The Mandalorian.
According to Deadline, the announcement came somewhat casually as Filoni was participating in a panel commemorating the 15th anniversary of the beloved series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He mentioned how much fun he’d had during the first season of Tales—so much that he “did some more.” That “some more” is a second season, as the official Star Wars account confirmed on Twitter.
While no further details of the new Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi season were released, it’s possible—if not likely—that Filoni will continue the character-based arcs that have been the focus of the series so far. Ahsoka Tano and Count Dooku were both featured in the first season, each with three episodes of the six. With each episode coming in at 15 minutes, however, that amounts to about one episode of the average live-action series for each character, leaving plenty of room for expansion, either on those two characters or on others.
Whether Tales will expand on existing Star Wars characters as it has done so far or introduce more new characters, planets, and stories remains to be seen, but the universe is growing faster than many can keep up with. While there is much excitement surrounding new stories, there is also the fear of bloating the franchise. We’ve even speculated that another Star Wars series, The Mandalorian is already past its expiration date, with its second season finale serving as its most fitting ending.
Whether or not Star Wars is affected by layoffs at Disney, and whether or not those cuts are a result of recent troubles at Marvel, the comic book content giant has begun scaling back production, and Star Wars might need to follow suit in the near future. The risk of burnout, both for fans and the company itself, is very real, though the animation sector doesn’t seem nearly as taxed as live-action VFX departments have been in recent years. Tales of the Jedi also has some other factors going in its favor as it moves forward into a new season.
The Star Wars series is a leaner production than others, and while streaming services have seemed to increase fan appetite for longer fare, they also seem to have worked well in the opposite direction, opening the door for shorter content, not unlike Star Trek: Short Treks did a few years ago. The smaller running times give Tales of the Jedi the opportunity to keep its focus limited to carefully-crafted stories, which reduces the chances that viewers will tire of the series. And, if it continues to focus on specific characters—especially ones like the wildly popular Ahsoka Tano—it could become a fan favorite.
