 Early on in the show, Murakami told Lowenthal to portray Ben as less of a wisecrack than his 10-year-old persona, and did not want Ben to "veer into the whining, Luke Skywalker".The show was renewed for a second season, and would be followed by "" which ran from 2010–12, and "" which ran from 2012–14.In "Omniverse", Ben's age was bumped up to 16 years old.