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Not really (the Battle Frontier saga only showcased Pallet, Pewter and "Saffron"), not to mention that the real Kanto saga was only 80 episodes long.
At most he'll be replaced with the AU version, who is barely different. Continuity has never mattered since DP ended.
The league will end in two weeks, so there is a a two-week gap between the events. Besides, I don't see why they would suddenly use the Pocket Monsters logo from Movie 20 for the original Ash. They dropped it for Movie 22.
I don't disagree on either of those fronts. I actually love Kanto. But you just know them featuring it again is only going to lead to the usual "Kanto pandering" complaints, which is disappointing.
AU Ash might honestly be worse than a total replacement character. I can only imagine the fandom outrage if he wins the Alola League and then they just basically pretend it never happened and reboot with a "different" version of the same character, or if he loses and then they, well, do the same. I know they have a terrible track record with continuity (and I really wish they would work on that) but it still makes such little sense to me. I get it for the movies, since they really have no connection at all to the show, but in my opinion, it's going to feel really cheap in the scope of the show to do that. To just erase 20+ years of time spent on a character (where there is some continuity, as little as it may have become over time) and use a different version of him just seems like a waste.
Really, the worst part of this whole thing is now there's going to be a whole extra month of totally blind speculation. At least before everyone kind of had a template to go off of (travelling companions, gym battles, Pokemon, etc) Now...it's just totally wild guessing. I enjoy speculating with people, but it does start to get exhausting, especially when it gets dragged out like this.