Am i the only one that's excited for these new Star Wars stories
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That short movie dropped tonight.
?That short movie dropped tonight.
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No Star Wars: Rebels S01 Thread?
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT STAR WARS REBELS
Your guide to Star Wars Rebels.
2 OCT 2014 BY MATT FOWLER
Before there was a "New Hope," there had to be an "Old Hope." Or, at least, an "Original Hope." And Disney XD's Star Wars Rebels hopes to entertain you (and/or your kids) with a soaring space adventure - one filled with Jedis, Droids, Wookies, Mandalorians, and evil Imperial Operatives - that takes place in the time between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. Yes, when Luke was still bullseyeing womp rats on Tatooine, a ragtag group of rule-breakers were starting an secret anti-Empire movement.
On Friday, October 3rd, Disney Channel will air the one-hour Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion TV movie (which is already available to view over at WatchDisneyXD.com) as a way to introduce everyone to the series. Then on Monday, October 13th, at 9/8c,Disney XD will begin airing the official half-hour episodes of Rebels.
Sure, the show has received some initial internet flack (WHAT???) because it's aimed at kids, though truth be told it's actually very much in line with the tone of the original Star Wars trilogy - which itself probably wouldn't even hold up to today's fan's standards of wanting most things to play very dark.
Like "A New Hope," Rebels features a frustrated and spirited teen character, Ezra, getting swept up into a space crusade with a bunch of grownups on a one-of-a-kind ship. And the galaxy vibe is not unlike that of we all experienced with Episode IV. The evil Empire rules supreme and everyone bends to their will. Jedi are thought to be all but extinguished and little hope remains. And so here you'll see, as the title of the movie explains, the first "spark" of the rebellion.
What's It About?
Star Wars Rebels is set 14 years after Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and 5 years before Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. It takes place during an era when the Galactic Empire is securing its grip on the galaxy and hunting down the last of the Jedi Knights while a fledgling rebellion against the Empire is taking form.
We'll follow the adventures of orphaned teen Ezra, as he finds a new home among a gang of space vigilantes - Kanan, Hera, Zeb, and Sabine - each of whom has lost dearly at the hands of the Empire. Ezra will discover that he has both a higher calling and a new family.
Throughout the series, the feisty Rebels crew will meet up with some familiar faces from the Star Wars Universe while taking on an all new villain in the form of "The Inquisitor," and it will ultimately be interesting to see how the show ties into the initial trilogy and if it takes the opportunity to use its "prequel-ness" in cool and fun ways.
Who's It From?
Rebels comes from Star Wars: The Clone Wars' Dave Filoni, along with EPs Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past) and Greg Weisman (The Spectacular Spider-Man) - though we've now learned Weisman won't be back for Season 2. The visual style is heavily inspired by the original Star Wars trilogy concept art by Ralph McQuarrie - though it should be said that the CGI involved is not as detailed as The Clone Wars (Rebels is notably being produced on a faster schedule).
Filoni, talking to IGN, explained his take on the series. "I believe it's the opening crawl of A New Hope that says, 'The rebels have had their first major victory against the Galactic Empire.' That gives you some insight into how organized they are, which is not very," he said. "I think one notion we attack to make this series was, how long does it take them, the Rebel Alliance, to really become something formidable? Are they ever formidable? The Empire never actually seems that worried about them. The only ones I know that are kind of worried about them a little bit are the guys running the star fleets. They seem to have the most frontline trouble with the rebels."
"So we've really tried to look at this whole time period of the Rebellion against the Empire and tried to see, how does that develop, and how do our characters fit into it?," Filoni continued. "For us, it's really starting with five characters that are against the Empire. They know it's wrong, and they all have their own reason for wanting to fight against the Empire. That's the compelling thing. They all have different motivations that have put them on this path to being Robin Hoods, as it were, which is kind of more what our group is than being part of a giant Mon Calamari fleet -- and it makes sense."
Who's In It?
Uber-Star Wars fan Freddie Prinze, Jr. (who even bears a scar on his chin from a childhood lightsaber incident) plays Kanan, the default planner and point man for the crew of Ghost, their starship.
Vanessa Marshall (Spectacular Spider-Man) plays Hera, the Twi'lek mother-figure, and pilot, of the group.
Rounding out the crew are Zeb, a Lasat enforcer played by Steven Blum (Cowboy Bebop, Naruto)...
.. and Sabine, a Mandalorian weapons expert voiced by Tiya Sircar (The Internship).
Taylor Gray plays Ezra, the 14-year-old "street rat" who trouble-makes his way into lives of the Ghost crew and has to learn an important lesson about helping someone other than himself.
On the villainous side of things, David Oyelowo (Red Tails) plays Agent Kallus.
And Jason Isaacs, of the Harry Potter films, plays the Jedi-hunting Inquisitor.
Franchise familiars like Lando (voiced by Billy Dee Williams), Obi-Wan, R2-D2, and C-3PO (voiced by Anthony Daniels) will also appear.
What Do We Think?
As you can read in our full review of Spark of Rebellion, Rebels has a lot of fun to offer and does an admirable job of capturing that classic Star Wars feel that long time Star Wars fans will appreciate.
There are echoes of scenes from previous Star Wars movies, but with a knowing wink, including a part where one of the Rebels crew has to pretend to be a prisoner, with very humorous results. Think "Indiana Jones in Temple of Doom doing that callback to the gun vs. sword scene in Raiders, even though Temple was a prequel."
One element that's a bit rough here is the animation, particularly the weird-looking Wookies. Even though it's known that fur and hair are often a CGI animator's nightmare, the Wookies really don't look that great in this.
So now that you know all that... will you be watching Star Wars Rebels?
http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/02/everything-you-need-to-know-about-star-wars-rebels
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This is crack so far. Mini binging the first few eps now.
I tried my best with Clone Wars but it tended to bore me. Perhaps it was the juxtaposition between the live action charcaters and the animated ones. They barely seemed like the same character, but it was like the animated char was tryna impersonate the live action one.
With Rebels, there's no baggage and the throwback elements from Episode 4 don't take away from it, they make it more pleasant. Comfort food.
I tried my best with Clone Wars but it tended to bore me. Perhaps it was the juxtaposition between the live action charcaters and the animated ones. They barely seemed like the same character, but it was like the animated char was tryna impersonate the live action one.
With Rebels, there's no baggage and the throwback elements from Episode 4 don't take away from it, they make it more pleasant. Comfort food.
Mortal1
Superstar
Show is dope so far it's engaging every episode and the character's personalities really bounce off each other well I'd definitely say this show is off to a better start than Clone Wars.
AND HOLY SH/T!!!! This Jedi team has to die don't they.... There's no random Jedi by the time Luke comes along.. only two (Jedi) and two (Sith)... AMIRITE??!
Yep, that's true. Vader prolly got to em eventually .
Da Rhythm Rebel
All Star
series has been pretty good so far
been eating good off of episodes airing on the Disney XD app a few days ahead of their network premier every Monday
been eating good off of episodes airing on the Disney XD app a few days ahead of their network premier every Monday
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S*** was trash as soon as I saw breh's slingshot 
Hopefully it'll improve in future seasons like the Clone Wars, until then this s***
Hopefully it'll improve in future seasons like the Clone Wars, until then this s***
Yea im starting to think he will pop back up eventually in the later trilogies.
OneManGang
Veteran
Not necessarily. We just didn't see any on screen. In the EU, which is now LEGENDS and no longer canon, there were other Jedi who just layed low. They could write more in if they wanted to. And if you want to be real, Kanan is the only Jedi, and he was just a padawan when the rest of the order was destroyed. He isn't even fully trained. Ezra is just a force sensitive hoping to learn the ways of the Jedi. The galaxy always has force sensitive children but only with proper training can they become Jedi or Sith. But ultimately I would say Kanan dies and he never trains Ezra fully. Just my guess, it's a Disney show so probably won't happen.