User blog comment:Theworldismine/How awesome is omniverse now?/@comment-210.86.29.204-20130318074002/@comment-4848837-20130406171418

It skipped five years and that was actually a good idea. We've seen what the past is about now. It's not big stories and big arcs anymore. It's repetition using aliens we've seen in action that Ben was experienced with. Moving forward a few years, with Ben losing a bit of his experience with the aliens, but also maturing was good. So what if the timeskip forced character development? At least it didn't turn a 16 year old into a complete child.