Although no particular reason for The Expanse's premature ending has been officialized, the signs point to the series' demanding budget as the root cause - which may also explain The Expanse season 6's shortened length of only six episodes. The Expanse season 7 will not arrive on Prime Video, as Amazon Studios announced in November 2020 that the show's sixth season would be the last. However, it isn't safe to assume that season 6 is the end, as The Expanse's creators have repeatedly expressed their willingness to tell the remainder of the show's stories in some form. Here's what The Expanse's future may hold, following the series finale on Prime Video. With Just 2 Episodes LeftĪs things stand, official plans for The Expanse season 7 have not emerged publically. Related: The Expanse Introduces Its Next Major Villain. The number of untapped books left in the original series highlights just how much more material there is left to cover. While it neatly ties up the Sol system's war with Marco Inaros' Free Navy that began in season 5, The Expanse season 6 fixates on its source material's future with its limited Laconia storyline that foreshadows the events of books 7, 8, and 9. The Expanse season 6 derives from the series' sixth novel, Babylon's Ashes, with material from the novella Strange Dogs also included.

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