My speculation on why it was killed all boils down to the Boba Fett stand alone movie that Disney announced shortly after Star Wars VII. 1313 was going to be an origin/coming-of-age story for Boba Fett. If they moved ahead with the project, they would effectively kill potential plot points for the movie, and any sequels it spawned. More @Wikipedia
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