Star Wars Rebels animated series

[Raph's Girl]

So. Wondering what's replacing Clone Wars? Why Star Wars Rebels is!

Star Wars Rebels takes place between Episodes III and IV.

The animated series is set "in a time where the Empire is securing its grip on the galaxy and hunting down the last of the Jedi Knights as a fledgling rebellion against the Empire is taking shape."

The series will be exec produced by Simon Kinsberg and Greg Weisman. Casting will be announced soon with the series expected to premier fall 2014.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/liv...ated-tv-525337

[CyberCubed]

Good to see Greg Weisman has a new series after Young Justice was canceled. The Weisman curse will strike again though and I am sure this show will be canceled with no conclusion like Young Justice, Spectacular Spider-Man and Gargoyles.

Greg Weisman will be screwed again like always. It is the Weisman curse.

[NinjaPug]

Filoni and Weisman - will definitely watch this.

[Shreddhead]

Hmm, cant say im really into star wars tv series and im not exactly looking forward to this. I thought Disney wanted to decrease the over-saturation of star wars media.

[Revan]

Cool. I thought the clone wars was a fun ride. I'll definitely give this a chance. I'm interested in this era of star wars and it seems a bit under-explored.

[snake]

I'll be watching this. Sounds pretty good !

[Amaranthus]

Wait, if Luke is the only jedi in Return of the Jedi. Does that mean Kanan and Ezra are dead?
Mind=blown.

[Mayhem]

Maybe the final episode of Rebels can end just like Blake's Seven did... now THAT would be something!

[ABrown]

Originally Posted by Amaranthus

Wait, if Luke is the only jedi in Return of the Jedi. Does that mean Kanan and Ezra are dead?
Mind=blown.

I think that Ezra is safe. Given that it's a kids show, I just don't see them killing a child. Kanan and Ahsoka's fates may already be sealed...

[NinjaPug]

Holy crap at this trailer for the second half of S2

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/15...deo-lightsaber

[Amaranthus]

Originally Posted by NinjaPug

Holy crap at this trailer for the second half of S2

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/15...deo-lightsaber

That's definitely Maul.
Awesome!

[NinjaPug]

Originally Posted by Amaranthus

That's definitely Maul.
Awesome!

Yeah it is. I was hoping we'd get more from Maul since his story was never finished after Sons of Dathomir.

I'm so ready for that Ahsoka - Vader duel.

There's going to be a bunch of Ezra is Snoke theories now too.

[Amaranthus]

Originally Posted by NinjaPug

Yeah it is. I was hoping we'd get more from Maul since his story was never finished after Sons of Dathomir.

I'm so ready for that Ahsoka - Vader duel.

There's going to be a bunch of Ezra is Snoke theories now too.

My guess is Snoke is probably a new character. Or Maul.
The Plagueis theory was denied by J.J., so I don't know. I guess you can't really take his word since he denied Khan would be in Star Trek: Into Darkness.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by NinjaPug

Holy crap at this trailer for the second half of S2

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/01/15...deo-lightsaber

It also reveals a new lightsaber, It looks like the one Kylo Ren uses, But the blades are green and more solid.

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

It also reveals a new lightsaber, It looks like the one Kylo Ren uses, But the blades are green and more solid.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images...ers/130016.jpg

Thanks, captain obvious.

On that note, HOLY CRUDE!!! That was an epic trailer!

AND HECK YEAH, DARTH MAUL IS BACK! And I can't wait to see Yoda and Ahsoka vs Vader!

[NinjaPug]

According to this report, Grand Admiral Thrawn is set to appear in Season 3.

http://makingstarwars.net/2016/01/ru...bels-chistory/

It was only a matter of time before he was introduced into the new canon. The guy reporting this is the one that released the full plot/summary of TFA almost a year in advance and that Ahsoka was Fulcrum in S1 so he's pretty reliable.

[Mayhem]

Hopefully make him a bit younger than the EU version for the timeline, so who knows... maybe we could see him appear in Ep8

[CyberCubed]

How long does Thrawn's alien species live for? He could potentially still be "young" and alive in Episode 8-9.

[Mayhem]

I'm not sure it's ever said. HttE is set five years after Jedi, and with Rebels set before ANH, means that Thrawn should be... say ten years younger here than written in the books. Not that much different. Won't be a Grand Admiral mind you... if they do, then that's a silly mistake despite the EU being null and void now. If you're gonna borrow, at least make it consistent.

Thus you're looking at roughly 35 years between Rebels and The Force Awakens.

[NinjaPug]

Have you read Aftermath? They seem to set up that Thrawn's coming.

I think it would be pretty cool to set up a young Thrawn in Rebels, continue his story in the Aftermath trilogy and then finish him off in Ep VIII or IX.