Editing Samurai Jack (section)

=== Revival ===
{{Main|Samurai Jack season 5{{!}}''Samurai Jack'' season 5}}
''Samurai Jack'' returned to television over twelve years after its fourth season concluded, with the first episode of its fifth season airing on [[Adult Swim]] on March 11, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yehl |first=Joshua |date=March 12, 2017 |title=Samurai Jack: XCII – Review |url=https://me.ign.com/en/xcii/130496/review/samurai-jack-season-5-premiere-review |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316013015/http://me.ign.com/en/xcii/130496/review/samurai-jack-season-5-premiere-review |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |access-date=July 22, 2023 |website=[[IGN]]}}</ref> Produced at Cartoon Network Studios and [[Williams Street]] with Tartakovsky as executive producer,<ref>{{Cite web |last=James Viscardi |date=December 2, 2015 |title=Adult Swim Announces New Season of Samurai Jack with Genndy Tartakovsky |url=https://comicbook.com/news/adult-swim-announces-new-season-of-samurai-jack-with-genndy-tart/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151205014218/http://comicbook.com/2015/12/02/adult-swim-announces-new-season-of-samurai-jack-with-genndy-tart |archive-date=2015-12-05 |access-date=2015-12-04 |website=Comicbook.com}}</ref> the fifth and final season features more mature elements and a cohesive narrative that concludes Jack's journey. Set approximately 50 years after the original four seasons, Jack, who has not aged as a side effect of time travel, has lost his sword and has given up hope of ever returning home with no time portals left in existence. However, he begins to regain his sense of purpose when, after he kills six out of seven septuplet sisters sent to kill him by the Daughters of Aku, an all-female Aku-worshipping cult, he convinces the sole survivor, Ashi, to join his cause.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=XCII |series=Samurai Jack |network=[[Cartoon Network]] |date=March 11, 2017 |season=5 |number=1}}</ref> [[Phil LaMarr]] reprises his role as [[Samurai Jack (character)|Jack]];<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 6, 2017 |title=Phil LaMarr on 'Samurai Jack': "I Consider It a Work of Art" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/phil-lamarr-samurai-jack-ending-i-consider-a-work-art-1010801/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209012944/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/phil-lamarr-samurai-jack-ending-i-consider-a-work-art-1010801/ |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> [[Greg Baldwin]] provides the voice of Aku.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vilas-Boas |first=Eric |date=March 19, 2017 |title=Samurai Jack's New Aku Greg Baldwin Discusses Taking on Mako's Role: Exclusive |url=https://dotandline.net/samurai-jack-greg-baldwin-new-aku-interview-mako-21ee0139bd34/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521111714/https://dotandline.net/samurai-jack-greg-baldwin-new-aku-interview-mako-21ee0139bd34/ |archive-date=May 21, 2023 |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=DotAndLine.net}}</ref> [[Mako (actor)|Mako]], who voiced Aku in the show's first four seasons, died ten years before the revival was produced;<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fox |first=Margalit |date=July 25, 2006 |title=Mako, 72, Actor Who Extended Asian-American Roles, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/25/arts/25mako.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613213303/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/25/arts/25mako.html |archive-date=2020-06-13 |access-date=December 1, 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> however, the original seasons' opening narration, provided by Mako, is used for Aku's past self in the series finale.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=CI |series=Samurai Jack |network=[[Cartoon Network]] |date=May 20, 2017 |season=5 |number=10}}</ref>