After 12 years, three different networks, and an entire regime change, Star Wars: The Clones Wars has finally ended. The animated series serves as the last remaining vestige of George Lucas’ direct influence on the Star Wars saga—but we almost didn’t get to see how it all unfolded. Showrun by Dave Filoni (who was handpicked by Lucas to manage the show before going on to create Star Wars Rebels and manage The Mandalorian with Jon Favreau), the series had many lives over the course of its run, starting first on Cartoon Network before heading to Netflix and then eventually over to Disney+ as a platform exclusive for the new streaming service.