#SaveTheCloneWars One Year Later

It has been one year and one day, since the #SaveTheCloneWars website, Facebook page and twitter account were established on March 14, 2013.  Thank you to the thousands of Star Wars: The Clone Wars fans who have supported the campaign.  Over 6,000 of your have liked the Facebook page and over 1,500 of you have followed the twitter account.

Thanks again to Jimmy Mac from Rebel Force Radio for sounding the alarm and being the first to encourage us to contact Disney and LucasFilm and ask them to #SaveTheCloneWars.

Recently, some #SaveTheCloneWars supporters have suggested a new letter writing campaign. This time to write to @Netflix to thank them for being the home of "The Lost Missions," and to tell them that we would like more Star Wars: The Clone Wars.  Netflix has recently been home to several original series and series revivals, and it has become a leader in home entertainment.

If you'd like to send them a letter to Netflix and ask them to help #SaveTheCloneWars, their address is:

Netflix
100 Winchester Circle
Los Gatos, CA 95032

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My Second Letter to Mr. Bob Iger

Today, I mailed my second letters to Bob Iger and Kathleen Kennedy. I will post the contents of my letter to Mr. Iger below.  My first letters were hand written and not quite as in depth as these new ones. Oh course at that time, there were only rumors of the cancellation of The Clone Wars.  I hope all of you who are passionate about The Clone Wars and about the Lucas era of Star Wars have reached out, to to Disney and LucasFilm, and will continue to do so.

March 20, 2013

Mr. Bob Iger

Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company
Disney Studios
500 S Buena Vista St.
Burbank, CA 91521

Dear Mr. Iger,

Please save The Clone Wars.

I am a 35 year old man who has literally grown up with Star Wars, and I have never known a world without it.  I was glad to hear that with Disney’s purchase of LucasFilm more Star Wars movies are coming soon.

As a huge fan of the show Star Wars: The Clone Wars, I’m writing this letter, and I have included a string of beads inspired by Ahsoka Tano’s Padawan braid, to express my desire for this show to continue.  We know the show has been cancelled, and the latest reports are that the team that makes this wonderful series is being disbanded.  I hope you realize that this is a big mistake.

The voice actors have brought these beloved characters to life in new ways.  As a fan of the show, the actors like James Arnold Taylor, Matt Lanter, Dee Bradley Baker, Ashley Eckstein, and Tom Kane have added a depth and realism to the beautiful animation.  Also, these generous people have been very kind to Star Wars fans, and they have made great ambassadors for the Star Wars brand.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is very popular, and it has introduced a new generation to the property that Disney purchased. This whole new generation of Star Wars fans will be greatly disappointed since their “Star Wars” has been cut short.

I love Star Wars and have been reaching out on social media, Twitter and Facebook, to other fans who are also using the hashtag #SaveTheCloneWars.  Last week, I started SaveTheCloneWars.com to spread the word about the campaign to try to get you to change your mind.  We have had thousands of people visit our website, Facebook, and twitter.  Many of my fellow Star Wars fans have told us and even sent us picture of their letters that they were sending in, and some have also sent us pictures of the beads that they are sending as well.

I kindly ask you to please give Star Wars: The Clone Wars the chance it deserves and allow these wonderfully talented people that create the show to have the chance to complete it the way that Dave Filoni and George Lucas intended.

Sincerely,
Jimmy Tucker

info@savetheclonewars.com
SaveTheCloneWars.com
http://www.Facebook.com/SaveCloneWars
http://www.Twitter.com/SaveCloneWars

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Act Now To Save The Clone Wars!

Now is the time to act before it is to late. If you truly are passionate about The Clone Wars send you letters, emails, tweets and comments now.  We are suggesting sending strands of beads inspired by Ahsoka's Braid along with your letters to Disney and LucasFilm.

Jedi News and Rebel Force Radio reported earlier today, in the article Let's save The Clone Wars NOW - it's our ONLY hope!, that the Clone Wars team will be disbanded imminently and now is our very last chance to save The Clone Wars.

"The remaining episodes that are finished or in part-production do NOT in any way wrap up the fates of the Ahsoka Tano, Captain Rex, Darth Maul, Asajj Ventress and many others.  If you want these stories to be told that we must act NOW as a community before it’s too late – time is NOT on our side."  Read more at Jedi News.

TheForce.Net had even more dire news in their story posted this afternoon, in the article entitled The Clone Wars Team Reportedly Being Disbanded.  Their sources indicate that many of the talented people who bring The Clone Wars to life will be losing their jobs, and that there is no guaranteeing we will even see the promised "bonus content."

"One source familiar with developments at Lucasfilm told me that the changes at Lucasfilm Animation go beyond The Clone Wars team. This individual described a dramatic downsizing of the entire division and said that Disney planned to place future Star Wars TV projects in the hands of its existing television operation. While the source did not name names, it appears likely that veterans of the animation division and The Clone Wars in particular may be leaving the company." Read more at TheForce.Net.

Send your letters to:

Disney Studios
500 S Buena Vista St
Burbank, CA 91521
Attn: Bob Iger

Lucasfilm
P.O. Box 29901
San Francisco, CA 94129-0901
Attn: Kathleen Kennedy

e-mail:  robert.a.iger@disney.com

Make Facebook comments on Disney, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Lucasfilm.

Tweet to @Disney, @StarWars, @TheCloneWars.  Use the hashtag #SaveTheCloneWars!

Sign the Petition Save The Clone Wars from Cancellation!

Thanks for your support.  Let's #SaveTheCloneWars!

Save The Clone Wars

e-mail:  info@SaveTheCloneWars.com
Twitter:  @SaveCloneWars
Facebook:  Save The Clone Wars

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What Should We Send in to Disney?

In the past, fans of Roswell sent in hot sauce, fans of Jericho sent in peanuts, and fans of Reaper sent in socks in successful campaigns to get their beloved shows renewed.  What item(s) should we start sending to Disney to try to get their attention in our attempt to Save The Clone Wars?

I had the idea of sending in strings of beads, inspired by Ahsoka's Padawan bead braid.  A poll has been posted on our Facebook page, where you can vote for one of the options there or add an idea of your own.

In the meantime, you can send your enthusiastic courteous letters to Disney and to LucasFilm to the addresses listed below.

Walt Disney Studios
500 S Buena Vista St
Burbank, CA 91521
Attn: Bob Iger

LucasFilm
P.O. Box 29901
San Francisco, CA 94129-0901
Attn: Kathleen Kennedy

Thanks,
Save The Clone Wars
e-mail:  info@SaveTheCloneWars.com
Twitter:  @SaveCloneWars
Facebook:  Save The Clone Wars

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Disney Has Changed Their Minds Before

Let's Save The Clone Wars!  There is a long list of animated and live action shows that have been saved by fans sending letters and sometimes other things into the networks.  There is a list of successful and unsuccessful campaigns over at tvtropes.org.

In the list, there are two examples of Disney changing their minds.  Once about cancellation of an animated show and once about what extras to include on an anime DVD.

Kim Possible, a Disney channel animated series about a teenage crime fighter voiced by Christy Carlson Romano, was saved by the fans for a fourth and final season.

"Kim Possible fans organized a letter-writing campaign to save the show, and it was brought back for a fourth and final season."  Source: tvtropes.org

SaveKimPossible.com tells the story of how they reached out to Disney via online email petitions and hand written letters, which eventually lead to the renewal for another season of the show.

Another success story was for the fans of Princess Mononoke.

"When Disney/Buena Vista put out their release plans for the home video and DVD release of Princess Mononoke fans were upset that the DVD would not include a subtitled Japanese track. A letter writing campaign and petition mobilized by the Naussica.net mailing list sucessfuly convinced them otherwise; apparently they had no idea there was a demand for it."  Source:  tvtropes.org

Both of these campaigns were in the days before social media.  Let's keep writing letters, sending e-mails (Bob Iger, President and CEO of the Walt Disney Company, robert.a.iger@disney.com), tweeting @Disney, and using the hash tag #SaveTheCloneWars!  Let's Save The Clone Wars!

Thanks,
Save The Clone Wars
e-mail:  info@SaveTheCloneWars.com
Twitter:  @SaveCloneWars
Facebook:  Save The Clone Wars

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