Via Whatculture.com:
Since the dawn of Star Wars, there have always been spin offs. From video games and books, to animated series’ and that holiday special, the rich and detailed Star Wars universe has hosted a number of iterations that offered fascinating insights into the characters and locations viewers only caught glimpses of in the cinematic series.
Since Disney’s acquisition of the Star Wars franchise, the company started work on the CGI animated series that became Star Wars Rebels. Available on Disney XD, we have already seen a full season of episodes and can look forward to a second season starting in June 2015. Filling the void left by the hugely popular Star Wars Clone Wars programme, Rebels has already recieved relatively decent critical and mainstream praise despite its younger target audience.
Rebels is set years before the events of A New Hope and follows the crew of a starship called The Ghost, as they partake in small scale operations which aim to disrupt and tackle the Empires grip around the planet of Lothal, which sows the seeds for what will surely grow in to the Rebel Alliance from the original trilogy of movies.
So why should any self identifying Star Wars fan pick up an animated series aimed at a younger audience of new and emerging fans of the franchise? Well, there are plenty of reasons…

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