And here's our replacement for Clone Wars. Coming to Disney XD in fall 2014. Bridges the gap between Eps 3 and 4. Looks...very cool. Conceptually.
Bit more detail:
Originally Posted by Entertainment Weekly:
Star Wars Rebels, a one-hour animated pilot already in production at Lucasfilm, is scheduled to premiere in Fall 2014 on the Disney Channel before the new brand leaps to Disney XD for the ongoing series, according to Lucasfilm sources.
The series will mine material from the 19 years that follow Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and precede the Episode IV: A New Hope. In other words, using the life of the Skywalker twins as a measure, the series will be active in the story years that come after their separation as newborns and before their (unwitting) reunion on the prison level of the Death Star.
No word on whether the show will feature Darth Vader (who would be in the Empire’s power consolidation years and earning his reputation) or even pull in a character like Han Solo, the smuggler and cynic who becomes an unlikely freedom fighter when he opts to stand with his friends against cosmic odds. The title of the show is vaguely phrased in a way that any rebel — even a Boba Fett or Ahsoka Tano might qualify as a title character merely by walking an outsider’s path.
The series has three executive producers: Dave Filoni, the point man on The Clone Wars animated series that launched in 2008; screenwriter and producer Simon Kinberg, who has a flair for tonal rewiring and energizing familiar brands with new edge (e.g.: X-Men: First Class, Sherlock Holmes); and Greg Weisman, whose credits include well-regarded work on Young Justice and The Spectacular Spider-Man.
Originally Posted by Stop, Chiefs:
Fucking incredible. JEJ still got it. Got some major chills when
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he felt Ahsoka through the force.
Also, was it my imagination or was the dumbass Imperial officer with the mustache a young Ozzel?
Completely agreed. All around kick ass episode. Although
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I'm not sure why Ahsoka wouldn't hit the panic button by screaming to the stars that the Sith Lord was Anakin when she felt his mind. Surely she knows he's aware of her?
Help me out here - was Ozzel the guy reporting to Vader in ESB when Vader was letting his head air out in his Pokémon cubby? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bowser:
Help me out here - was Ozzel the guy reporting to Vader in ESB when Vader was letting his head air out in his Pokémon cubby?
No. Ozzel is the guy with the mustache that "comes out of lightspeed too close to the system," which earns him DEATH.
Maybe it's just the mustache, but the officer in the episode seemed incompetent, and had a mustache, so...maybe. [Reply]
Not only are Rex and Cody fun, they should get their own spinoff miniseries through the Rebellion, concluding with both being part of the Strike team on Endor.
