Yeah, IIRC the show runners were contracted to do a star wars movie... They wanted to wrap up GoT and move on to that.
Sadly, I think their failure to finish GoT properly screwed their star wars movie ambition too....
Edit: spelling
Sadly, I think their failure to finish GoT properly screwed their star wars movie ambition too....
Edit: spelling
Why being sad about it? Seems like a proper punishment.