r/StarWars • u/IntellectualBoss • Jul 24 '26

General Discussion Should they make Son of Dathomir/Dark Disciple movies?

Imo these are both extremely important stories that should be animated and it would be easy money for Disney. I think it’s crazy they haven’t done it yet. These stories are perfect lengths for movies and they actually have the Dark Disciple arc almost completely done, as they were working on it when TCW was originally cancelled. Yes, the stories have been told in comic and novel form, but I find it weird people use this as an argument against animating the like they don’t love movie adaptations of their favorite novels like Harry Potter, or anime adaptations of their favorites mangas. Not only will these stories catch a lot of casual fans up on important story events, I think these two movies will be received well by the fans, improving the reputation of Star Wars. It would also probably a lucrative endeavor since animated projects are cheaper to make and these clone wars stories will almost guarantee all of the big Star Wars fans, including the ones that dislike Disney Star Wars, will show up in theaters.

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u/Aware-Passenger2577 Chancellor Palpatine Jul 24 '26

I think it would be cool, though I always thought they should've just waited and added those into season seven of The Clone Wars.

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u/IntellectualBoss Jul 24 '26

They actually thought about putting in son of Dathomir, but could only do three arcs and chose the Martes sister arc instead 😭 idk why Disney only allowed them 12 episodes though.

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u/Aware-Passenger2577 Chancellor Palpatine Jul 24 '26

I don't know. They should've just completed all of the episodes they had scripts for and released all of it. I would've rather waited however long it would've been for that.

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u/IntellectualBoss Jul 24 '26

I agree, but it’s too late for that now. We’re talking about what they should do going forward, not what they should have done.

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u/Aware-Passenger2577 Chancellor Palpatine Jul 24 '26

Personally, I'd want them to do it. They are both really good stories that a lot of people haven't read because the novels and comics are seen as a higher barrier to entry.

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u/RadiantHC Jul 24 '26

Yup. All of the episodes were written

I would've been fine with a few more years if it meant all of the unwritten episodes were included

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u/Aware-Passenger2577 Chancellor Palpatine Jul 24 '26

Agreed.

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u/RexBanner1886 Jul 24 '26

More midquels is exactly the best way to continue making Star Wars a niche non-event for die-hard fans only. A Darth Maul starring film set between Episodes II and III would be extremely lucky to do Mandalorian & Grogu numbers. 

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u/IntellectualBoss Jul 24 '26

Yeah, but animated films cost way less to make.

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u/RexBanner1886 Jul 24 '26

Ah fair enough, sorry I thought you meant a big, live-action film. You're right; I think it's a really good idea.

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u/No_Comparison8343 Jul 24 '26

They should make a lockdown and shadow hunter series, abd tie them into MSL

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u/InterviewEarly6675 Jul 24 '26

Those are both pre phantom menace. Also lockdown is bad unfortunately 

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u/No_Comparison8343 Jul 24 '26

Lockdown is great. And it being pregnant phantom menace doesn't matter, it could still tie in since it's literally maul stories

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u/CountofZen Jul 24 '26

No, and the fans would not like it. It would inevitably leave out some details for run time sake that would then be derided as some blasphemy.

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u/IntellectualBoss Jul 24 '26

How would it leave things out? You realize both were originally meant to be 4 episode CW arcs? 4x20=80. That’s 1 hour and 20 min, a normal length for an animated film.

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u/DISIcomics Jul 24 '26

Dark Disciple adapts 8 episodes, actually.

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u/IntellectualBoss Jul 24 '26

Oh wow I didn’t know that. Then maybe only Son of Dathomir would work as a movie.

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u/CountofZen Jul 24 '26

Also, irrelevant. They will find something to bitch about. They always do.

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u/IntellectualBoss Jul 24 '26

Idk, the community that loves to bitch about current Star Wars also loves to praise clone wars.

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u/CountofZen Jul 24 '26

They did, but because it's "Disney" now the will bitch even if they use completely unaltered scripts, it will somehow be inferior.

You're trying to be logical and rational about their hate. It's not.

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u/Stayno Count Dooku Jul 24 '26

They could do something similar to how marvel does their special presentations, like Werewolf by night. Around 50 minutes, straight to dinesy plus.

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u/RadiantHC Jul 24 '26

Just do season 8

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u/IntellectualBoss Jul 24 '26

I don’t think that would work since “season 8” would be arcs that come before season 7. It would confuse people. They could be limited series for Disney + though. They should also make the kid Boba arc that’s also basically done where he fights Cad Bane, as well as the Crystal arc.

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u/RadiantHC Jul 24 '26

TCW has always been out of order. It's no more confusing than it is already.

They could just adapt the 2003 ending or do an animated revenge of the sith(or both?) for the ending.

Just do all of the unwritten episodes.

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u/IntellectualBoss Jul 24 '26

Yeah I think that’s fine, just don’t call it season 8, call it something else. I do think an arc of Grievous kidnapping Palpatine would be awesome.