It’s late and I’m in a rush, so I’ll be brief. The rumblings today from multiple outlets seem to be indicating that The Clone Wars has ended. This potentially means that the season five finale is, in reality, the series finale. JediNews.uk has the details:

Although not yet officially confirmed, we’re hearing from several sources tonight that The Clone Wars as a TV show\series has ended.  It’s not yet clear what will happen to the unaired finished episodes, those partway through production or if they will try and tie the show up with a direct to DVD\Blu-ray movie (something that Disney are known to have done with some of their other properties).

As is my usual disclaimer, nothing is official until you hear it from Lucasfilm. For what it’s worth, a couple people with connections to Lucasfilm have talked to me today and indicated that this is indeed the end for the five-year-old animated series. Combine this with the already confirmed indefinite postponement of the 3D treatments for the prequel films and there’s perhaps a good chance that these reports have legs.

I’ve got a post slated for tomorrow morning with some more detailed thoughts. All I’ll say now is that this news, if true, is definitely less-than-ideal and a big bummer for a lot of people. That said, I think there may be some silver linings for fans. Look for that Monday morning.