WHY you ask? Revenue. $$ from CLONE WARS Cartoon probably doesn't pay for the CATERING at the PRECIDIO, I wonder what the PROPERTY TAXES are running.
EVIDENCE: Friends who work there, who are in the know. Other friends who ALSO work there, getting LAID OFF because they are BROKE.
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If those are friends in San Fran, then I don't think they have anything to do with the CW, do they? Isn't the series entirely out of the Singapore studio and Lucas Animation rather than ILM? Are your friends at ILM, or LFL, or LA, or SWS...alot of businesses involved under the Lucasfilm banner, and LA in particular seems to be shedding everything involved in development and becoming just a publisher/distributor. Sad, but by no means suggesting that LFL is "broke".
I actually think judging by the ratings it's pulling in at CN, the fact that they have no idea on what will be the "final" season, the amount of merchandise rolling out of Hasbro, Rubies, what have you, CW is doing booming business for Lucas Animation, and yeah, the really rumors are expansion of both Lucas Animation and a Canadian studio for ILM in Vancouver (wouldn't be terribly odd, as Disney has also moved up here, as have EA and others - timing could be better as the greenback is struggling against the CAD, but likely to have been in the works for a while now).
As far as the TV series, I actually hope we do not see Han and Chewie. Yes fans would love to see this stuff, but LFL's track record when it comes to expanding on fan-favorite characters is not exactly stellar (baby Boba, really?). I'd rather see the formation of the rebellion and all new characters rather than risk them screwing up the "cool" factor of beloved characters.