June 27, 2022.
Six years ago, The End of the Galaxy (the SECOND SEASON finale) premiered. We viewers were on the edges of our seats wondering what would happen to the main four and the rest of the inhabitants after Dominator seemingly laid waste to the galaxy. Of course, we found that Hater triumphed and put an end to her onslaught once and for all. He’s the hero in the eyes of those who joined in the fight against Dominator (and perhaps those who simply sat it out), but that’s not to say he had no intentions to conquer the galaxy afterwards like he and Peepers mentioned earlier. Plus, he still denies being Wander’s buddy, so his journey to becoming a full-fledged ex-villain like Major Threat is far from over. And who could ever forget the elephant in the room that is the downed space pod with green lightning and simian screeching in the end credits? This is clearly indicative of unfinished business. It’s enough to motivate me to take action and also to make me ask Disney time and again, “Are you sure 2 seasons are enough for this show?”
Three years after the show got kicked to the curb, Lord Hater already had it with more popular shows getting all the love and with the fact that the show from which he originated didn’t get enough love to compel Disney to give it a third and final season. So what did he do? He tried to escape with futile, yet humorous, results. Today, he has gotten more bitter every time a show that came after Wander Over Yonder exceeds two seasons. If he had one reason for letting the show get one more season, apart from getting the chance to conquer a galaxy of recovering planets, it would be so he could rub it in the faces of the other villains, especially Emperor Awesome, all of whom never appeared in the season finale. He’d be more than willing to give Disney’s higher ups a piece of his mind for giving shows like Star vs. the Forces of Evil, the Tangled series, revamped DuckTales, the Big Hero 6 series, Big City Greens, and the recently concluded Amphibia at least 3 seasons in the streaming era regardless of their premiere ratings and failing to do the same for WOY.
Let’s scope out what’s going on inside the DTVA vault, shall we?
For those who are completely unaware, Craig McCracken and his WOY crew made a pitch for S3 in early 2015 (around February, I think). Craig knew exactly what was planned, as did @suspendersofdisbelief, @benbalistreri, @owner-of-wendys, @atalkingmagpie, and more. They were excited about it and so were the bosses of DTVA and Disney XD. Apparently, the love WOY got from its fans, including me, just wasn’t enough to convince the “higher up bosses of bosses of bosses” there was a need for a third and final season, so they rebuffed it and decided to cancel the show one week before S2 premiered.
Furthermore, the new characters who make up Star Force Enforcement Force remained under proverbial wraps for years until Craig mentioned them when he talked about Earth Force Enforcement Force from S1 of Kid Cosmic. The team name and the number of characters (3) are known, but not their appearance, which is why I depicted them covered in sheets. You probably don’t know how long Hater’s wanted to do away with characters from popular/lucky shows, including Paul Rudish’s take on Mickey and his friends. Fortunately for those characters, SFEF are there to keep him in line while WOY is still incomplete. If there’s something I learned from being part of a fandom, it’s not right to blame popular shows for the misfortune of other shows. It’s not their fault.
The takeaway from my comic: Don’t attack other shows no matter how popular they are and be knowledgeable like Peepers (without the pessimism) and persistent like Hater (without the violence). Believe you me, Hater would not have violent tendencies if WOY had that third and final season. That, and Peepers would burn the book by Phan “Dizz” Gnee, We’re All E.A.R.S. (Executives Against Reviving Shows).
Also, here’s my portrayal of SFEF in case anyone missed it.
Please bear in mind that my only aim in the community is to boost determination, not bring about despair. Determination is what granted us Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie, Season 5 of Samurai Jack, the last season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and more. And don’t forget that Team Sea3on has been getting tons of positive feedback for picking up where Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) left off.
Wander Over Yonder is not dead, it’s just left in limbo. The voice actors needed are still alive (though the kids are probably too old to be young enough to reprise their roles), except René Auberjonois, who I think can be succeeded by Eric Bauza as Maurice, assuming there were plans for him and Janet. Or maybe there are no plans for them at all. Either way, the show can still be revived, just as long as we keep letting Disney know how interested we are in the plans for S3. Besides, Craig already indicated that he’s no longer working for Netflix, a fact that I established in a previous post.
I know it’s been years since the show was canceled, but if everything I just explained is any indication, we still have a chance to turn things around. Fact is, Craig won’t give away all the details even if you tried to, say, bribe him with 100 animation cells from The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine. That’s why SaveWOY still exists… to remind Disney of the show’s unfinished business. It’s high time we stop thinking “what it could have been” and start thinking “what it could be.” It might be your choice to look for the negative, but just like Wander, I choose to look for the positive. There may have been times when I was more like Hater in the past, but as that saying in The Sky Guy goes, the more you know, the more you grow.
Craig showed us a lot from the show, but he still hasn’t shown us everything. C’mon, Disney, don’t you think the world has gone through enough turmoil without knowing all that was planned for S3? Trust me, a proper conclusion will be worth your while.
Don’t forget, my post-S2/pre-S3 fan fiction, The Eye on the Galaxy, is still up for you to enjoy.
