...and nearly a year and a half later, I've stumbled over this: an animatic of the original ending for volume 9, which would have been the episode after the girls and Jaune leave the Everafter. It's got what sounds like a complete soundtrack with music and sound effects, but they didn't animate it because of budget and time issues. According to the intro, this material may show up in some form in Volume 10 when/if it's made (and apparently Viz is wanting to see production continue, so at the moment at least it's more than "if" but not quite "when"). Anyway, here you are -- a surprise extra "episode" of RWBY:
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....