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STAR WARS REBELS SEASON 2 PREMIERE, CAST PANEL, AND MORE CONFIRMED FOR STAR WARS CELEBRATION 2015

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The Ghost crew from Star Wars Rebels has had a busy year, what with the start of a rebellion against the Empire, battling the evil Inquisitor, and meet-ups with the mysterious Fulcrum. They deserve a little break, no?

Yeah, we think they do. (Even Chopper.) So, StarWars.com is excited to report that the cast of Star Wars Rebels is coming to the biggest Star Wars party this side of Endor, Star Wars Celebration 2015, April 16-19 in Anaheim — and they’re bringing the premiere of Star Wars Rebels Season Two with them.

That’s right; fans attending Star Wars Celebration will witness the global debut of Season Two’s first episode (following an encore showing of Season One’s two-part finale), and Dave Filoni (executive producer, supervising director), Freddie Prinze, Jr. (Kanan), Vanessa Marshall (Hera), Tiya Sircar (Sabine), Steve Blum (Zeb), Taylor Gray (Ezra), and other special guests will take part in a panel discussion on the series. (And in the spirit of Fulcrum-style secrets, word is that they’ll also be showing exclusive sneak peeks of what’s to come in Season Two.) In the meantime, Star Wars Rebels returns on January 5 (9:00 p.m. ET/PT) on Disney XD with all-new episodes, and you can catch the entire series from the very beginning in a Star Wars Rebels Reloaded Marathon this weekend on Disney XD. Catch up, rewatch, and get ready for the premiere of Season Two at Celebration!

But that’s not all — we have enough Star Wars Celebration news to fill a spacecruiser.

The first information on collecting programming, perfect for collectors of all kinds — from those who like to dabble in the toy aisle every now and then, to the mint-on-card hardcore — is now available. Check out the following panels and events at this link!

 

FOLLOW-UP TO STAR WARS REBELS REPORTEDLY ALREADY PLANNED

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Disney has reportedly already decided when it’s setting its follow-up to Star Wars Rebels, with new rumours suggesting it’ll take place during the upcoming sequel trilogy.

Slashfilm reports an unnamed source has heard Disney will do between three or four seasons of Rebels before jumping ahead into the upcoming trilogy timeline, as it’ll have been established by the release of Episode VII at that stage.

f this turns out to be the case, it’d mean we wouldn’t see this reported follow-up until 2017 or 2018 at the earliest, so it’ll likely debut around the time Star Wars: Episode VIII hits screens, giving Disney two movies in which to set the scene. Despite this, the source also claims we should expect all-new characters to feature in the series.

While it’s far from confirmed and, especially with this much distance, things could always change, it does make a certain sort of sense. The Clone Wars animated series lasted six seasons — though its ending was truncated by its sudden cancellation after Disney bought Lucasfilm — and like Rebels, was set during a very contained period that doesn’t allow a lot of wiggle room for creativity. It’s a struggle to see us moving past A New Hope, though it’s possible Rebels could end leading into the rumoured Boba Fett heist movie we’ve been hearing so much about.

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‘Star Wars Rebels’ Is Stacked With Talented Actors

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Great voices have always been a staple of the Star Wars universe. It’s the voice of Anthony Daniels that makes C-3PO so unique, and I’m pretty sure that none of us would be as affected by Darth Vader if he sounded like Bob from accounting. James Earl Jones and his iconic baritone play a huge part of Darth Vader and our Star Wars experience.

In that same vein, Star Wars Rebels is bringing its A-game when it comes to talented actors. Jason Isaacs (aka Harry Potter‘s Lucius Malfoy) and David Oyelowo (shortlisted for an Oscar, but we’ll get to that later) voice Rebel‘s two strongest villains, The Inquisitor and Agent Kallus, and bring such a delightful darkness to their characters. These are three-dimensional bad guys, who certainly think they’re on the right side of the issue, and both men play them to perfection.

Isaacs is such a delicious bad guy, it’s amazing just how much his voice alone can freak audiences out. Add the dialogue and just how threatening The Inquisitor is, and it’s a great combination.

Oyelowo is fast becoming an Oscar contender thanks to his portrayal of Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, and his impressive voice is a huge reason Agent Kallus is such a great bad guy. Kallus may look like your typical Imperial officer, but he sounds like the last person in the world you want to piss off. Alternately, with this voice, Kallus is just as believable as an officer who talked his way into the highest levels of The Empire.
Guest star voices are no less striking. We’ve already seen appearances by Star Wars fan favorites Dee Bradley Baker and James Arnold Taylor. James Earl Jones surprised fans in the ABC special “Spark of Rebellion.” Anthony Daniels dropped in as C-3PO, and, for fans of Disney’s Star Tours ride, Paul Reubens showed up as our favorite shuttle-driving RX series. If you’re a Star Trek fan, Brent Spiner is doing a fantastic job as Senator Gall Trayis. If you’re a fan of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, both Kath Soucie and Phil Lamarr are doing a tremendous job.
The main cast, however, really shines.

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THE CINEMA BEHIND STAR WARS: PITCH BLACK

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While Star Wars Rebels has been on the air a few months now, it’s largely taken its inspirations from other works from the Lucasfilm pantheon like Indiana Jones and Star Wars itself, but the episode “Out of Darkness” gave us a brilliant homage to the 2000 science fiction film Pitch Black, directed by David Twohy.

Pitch Black tells the story of the passengers and crew of a commercial transport marooned on a mysteriously abandoned planet. The film highlights each of the people on the ship as they try to keep their secrets and survive on a planet where nocturnal creatures reign supreme. To make matters worse, they discover that their time is running out before the planet is consumed by a month-long eclipse.

“Out of Darkness” sees Hera and Sabine marooned on a base, long abandoned by Republic forces. They were there to pick up supplies provided to them by the mysterious “Fulcrum,” but their ship is in a state of disrepair, thanks to mistakes made by Zeb and Ezra. As passing asteroids cause miniature eclipses, they discover that the base was most likely abandoned due to the vicious creatures called fyrnocks. These beasts come out in the dark and are hungry for the crew of the Ghost.

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‘Star Wars: Rebels’ Is A Good Omen For Disney’s ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy

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One of my favorite TV shows at the moment is Star Wars: Rebels, Disney’s first foray into animated Star Wars TV.

To be fair, I don’t watch much television to begin with—but when I do I expect to be entertained and I expect interesting writing. Not every show can be Breaking Bad or True Detective, and I don’t expect as much. But I won’t stick around if a show doesn’t make me care about the characters.

Fortunately, Star Wars: Rebels delivers just that. It’s a fun space-opera romp set between the Clone Wars and the events of the original trilogy, filled with action, adventure, and a great cast. Like the original trilogy, this is a show that centers on its characters and their relationships, using the broader conflict as a backdrop rather than the other way around.

Some spoilers follow.

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Why Disney XD’s Star Wars: Rebels Is KILLING THE FRANCHISE

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Disney XD’s Star Wars: Rebels has been met with quite a bit of fanfare as of late. Target is already carrying the merchandise. There are already DVD’s and Blu-Ray that are being released even as we speak. Disney is really cashing in on this after Geeorge Lucas decided that he did not want to deal with it anymore, and it shows! Like any other franchise that the studio has bought recently (see my article ‘The Disney Conspiracy’ for more info), this mega-hit is not giving all of the star treatment that it should towards this ultimate vision!

The problem with Disney as a whole is that they are a family entertainment company! They deal in cartoons mostly, with the occassional pre-teen shows like Lemonade Mouth, Lab Rats, Kickin’ It, Austin and Allie, and so forth. But, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT STAR WARS HERE!

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New High Resolution Images from Hasbro!

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Check out the carded images of the Saga Legends Han Solo, Lando and Luke and the Mission Series Yoda and R2-D2, Stormtrooper Commander and Hera, Luke and Leia, Tie Pilot and Stromtrooper and Cadet Ezra and Kannan. Depending on your browser you may need to click the image a second time once it opens to see them full size.

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STAR WARS: PROPAGANDA

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If you’ve tuned into Star Wars Rebels this season, you know that the show takes place during the “dark times” as the Empire gains more and more power in the galaxy. On Lothal, they are recruiting new cadets, consolidating farms, and building the machinery of war. Getting millions of citizens to fall in line doesn’t always require more weapons — as we see in Rebels, there is plenty of propaganda in the galaxy to tell help bend citizens to the Empire’s will.

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Why You Need To Watch ‘Star Wars Rebels’

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Whether you’ve been aware of it or not, “Star Wars Rebels” started off strong in October of this year and then never really stopped being awesome. Each episode since then, most of which have been standalone stories, has consistently delivered character-driven fun that feels like classic “Star Wars.”

But this week’s episode, titled “Empire Day,” takes the story of Ezra and the crew of the Ghost in a deeper direction, launching the first part of an arc that dives into one character’s backstory.

If you haven’t been watching “Star Wars Rebels,” now is absolutely the time to start.

Up until this point, the rebels of the Ghost have gone from mission to mission, sabotaging the Empire’s plan as they can. There hasn’t been much of an over-arching narrative beyond the Inquisitor being alerted to the presence of a Jedi (Kanan) and possibly his Padawan (Ezra).

Beyond that, we haven’t really learned much beyond the missions. “Empire Day” changes that by not only exploring the mysteries of Ezra’s past, but also advancing the Inquisitors’ hunt for surviving Jedi.

The crew plans to disrupt the birthday bash that the Empire is throwing for itself with their standby “Let’s blow this thing up” strategy. The problem is that the day also holds personal significance for Ezra, which opens up some of the details of his life before boarding the Ghost.

On top of all of that, “Empire Day” delivers with a huge amount of action, which the series has done so well throughout.

“Star Wars Rebels” is exactly what the franchise needs. It distills what two generations of fans have loved about the property and pushes it all forward in an exciting direction.

‘EMPIRE DAY’

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With the launch of the Star Wars Rebels episode “Empire Day,” it seems fitting to serve up a little piece of forgotten Star Wars history associated with this specific term. Back in 1980, when The Empire Strikes Back was set to open with a royal premiere in London on May 20, someone on the promotional team at Lucasfilm or 20th Century Fox was inspired to resurrect the British “Empire Day” holiday, which had been observed by members of the British Empire between 1902 and 1958 to celebrate Queen Victoria’s birthday on May 24. Though the “Empire Day” name would later change to British Commonwealth Day and finally to Commonwealth Day in 1966, the promoters were betting that there would still be enough cultural memory to make the “Empire Day” moniker resonate with the public for Empire’s launch.

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