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No one knows yet.

Insane planning's a bit of an overstatement. Those storylines made more of an effort to connect with each other, but there wasn't much advanced planning.

No way they'd release concept art of future seasons long before they've even been confirmed. Those ideas were probably scrapped.

We've seen gold without golden power way too many times for me to think that means anything.

It's annoying when they make new snake characters, but Aspheera and Pythor are established characters.

March or April.

We'd already know if there were two waves releasing in 1HY by now.

Good to hear, then! Thanks for being transparent.

The push they got from leadership to make an entire wave not connecting to anything in the ongoing canon for the first time is interesting. Could they be trying to see if the sets can stand without the show, to possibly phase it out?

It's mechs, vehicles, snakes, and a temple with no additional themes beyond generic Ninjago flair. It's not the best of the best, but it's a summary.

That probably wasn't intentional. Surprised this hasn't been posted yet, but this twitter thread explains what this new sub-series. It seems it is completely unconnected to the show and Seabound's aftermath.

Maybe each box features a different ninja next to Wu.

A series of short films that don't fit the current canon coinciding with a set wave seems odd. At least the Legacy sets and Tales from the Monastery of Spinjitzu represent the past. We've always gotten short films, in addition to two installments that release on television, aside from 2011 and 2014. Mini-series usually only air online.

She was mentioned to be in a couple sets before, yeah. She's most likely going to come back shortly, but given we don't know what these sets are yet, I'll wait and see.

Man. No set box leaks at all. It's the end of an era.