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 DaneMcCloud:
The resources just aren't available for something as massive as you've described. A new Star Wars animated series, with new characters, would be extremely difficult to launch while Rebels is in production.
It would be surprising if Disney launched another animated series before the end of Rebels, as the comics are filling in the events between III & VI as well as between VI & VII.
No, there are resources available, but I'll agree with what I think you're meaning to say. It's not enough quality resources available.
It would make things more and more complicated for keeping continuity and maintaining quality [Reply]
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
The resources just aren't available for something as massive as you've described. A new Star Wars animated series, with new characters, would be extremely difficult to launch while Rebels is in production.
It would be surprising if Disney launched another animated series before the end of Rebels, as the comics are filling in the events between III & VI as well as between VI & VII.
Makes sense. I just hope it's a complete story. Throwing a cliffhanger out there would be pretty cruel. If they are starting off a multi-episode story line, I'll wait until the fall to watch it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by unlurking:
Makes sense. I just hope it's a complete story. Throwing a cliffhanger out there would be pretty cruel. If they are starting off a multi-episode story line, I'll wait until the fall to watch it.
Oh, for this one hour special? I would imagine it'll have a cliff hanger but who knows? That said, I'm stoked to see it either way. Today's 59 second trailer was awesome.
And Vader will be a significant part of this season so it should be awesome to see the interaction between him, Asohka and Rex. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bowser:
I still like the Clone Wars animation over Rebels, at least for the character perspectives. Rebels space battle animation is pretty awesome.
To me, the Rebels Season 2 previews look to be every bit as good visually as The Clone Wars but I agree, Season 1 was certainly a few ticks behind.
We only have about 10 episodes left of the Clone Wars and I really enjoyed more than 90% of the episodes. Several in Season 5 seemed rather worthless to the overall tale but it's definitely an "A" in my book.
That said, Rebels Season 2 looks to top it, which makes sense because TCW essentially set up Rebels, especially with Rex, Wolff and Asohka. [Reply]