Category Archives: Star Wars Rebels

Darth Vader v. Obi-wan Has To Happen In Star wars Rebels

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Via Unleashedthefanboy.com:

I was watching Return of the Jedi just now, and the part where Luke turns himself in and tells his daddy that there’s still good in him our Sith master, Darth Vader replies, “Obi-Wan once thought as you do.” And then I remembered that in A New Hope, where the two former allied fought I didn’t get that vibe at all.

Remember what robotic Anakin said? “When I left you I was but the learner, now I am the master!” Vader tells Obi Wan, pretty much, Last time we meant you were the master I was the learner. And in Revenge of the Sith, Obi is sent to kill the newly unleashed villain responsible for the end of the Clone Wars. And almost has every intention to do so but can’t, because they were like brothers. Which apparently didn’t stop him from leaving his kind of sibling to burn to death.

But in that fight between heroes he does not say that there’s “still good in him,” meaning when Darth Vader tells Luke, “Obi-Wan once thought as you do.” It can’t reference any duel between the two of them featured in the movies! Or it’s a mammoth plot hole. But come on it’s more fun to think they met each other between episodes.

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Tiya Sircar Talks About Rebels

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One of the core group on Star Wars Rebels, the young Mandalorian Sabine has quickly made an impression with her explosive skills – combined with her love of leaving a signature, in the form of tagging and other artistic touches to the damage she leaves the Empire with.

I sat down with Tiya Sircar, who voices Sabine, to discuss her character, her impact and her secret past.

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Did ‘Rebels’ Just Set Up An ‘Episode VII’ Character?

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You know that thing that movies and TV shows sometimes do when they signal to the audience that they should remember a character’s name? It always sounds a little awkward, something like “Everyone remembers you, Monsieur Blah Blah.” Or “I’m Blah Blah. Monsieur Blah Blah, but you can call me Dave.”

Well, the new episode of “Star Wars Rebels” did that in a big obvious way with one of the Stormtrooper recruits that Ezra met while undercover.

So who is this guy?

At the very, very least, I think it’s safe to say that we will be seeing more of Leonis over the course of “Star Wars Rebels.” A friend inside the Stormtrooper academy is going to be indispensable to a team looking to foil all of the Empire’s plans.

So in that case, the possibilities for Leonis going forward are pretty much endless, and it will be exciting going forward to see what kind of trouble he gets up to while embedded in the academy.

But as with all things “Star Wars,” there’s already a fan theory growing in popularity since Leonis made his big debut.

Possible “Episode VII” Spoilers Below

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Taylor Gray on ‘Ezra’

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Actor Taylor Gray recently made his animation debut in a notable way with Star Wars Rebels, where he voices Ezra – a teenage boy whose Force abilities have led to him being trained by Kanan (Freddie Prinze Jr.), one of the few Jedi to survive Order 66.

I recently spoke to Gray about his role as Ezra, the audition process for the show and his character’s relationships with others on the series, including Kanan and Sabine. Gray noted he wasn’t hugely knowledgeable about Star Wars before he got the role, but has been learning plenty since – both through his own research and from castmates and those behind-the-scenes, like Rebels executive producer Dave Filoni.

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Rebels Uses Characters and Vehicles That Were Designed For The Original Triology

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When the powers-that-be at Disney & Lucasfilm decided that they wanted to set Star Wars Rebels in that time period between the prequels and the original trilogy, executive producer Dave Filoni knew that this new Disney XD animated series was going to be tough to pull off.

“Look, it’s one thing to do what we did on Star Wars: The Clone Wars. That animated series was set between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. So we had a wealth of material to work with,” Filoni explained during a recent phone interview. “We could make use of characters that had previously appeared in the prequels. We could pick up story threads from those two movies. It was a rich, rich vein to explore.”

“Whereas with Rebels … Going into this project, once we decided that its story should begin four years before the events of A New Hope … Well, my biggest fear as we began developing this show is that I didn’t want to repeat what George (Lucas) had already done,” Dave continued. “I mean, I didn’t want us inventing another Luke Skywalker. Luke is the chosen one. Luke is the son of Darth Vader. So given that Rebels is set in the particular time period in Star Wars history, I wondered how we could tell a story with this new animated series that would be truly unique and — at the same time — not duplicate what George had already done with the original trilogy?”

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The Story Behind The Inquisitor

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As much as “Star Wars” has been a story of good triumphing over evil, it’s always been the bad guys that are recognized as the iconic characters. Think about it. Darth Vader was popular enough to inspire his own trilogy, and the prequels peaked with Darth Maul.

That’s why there was so much pressure on the creative team behind Disney XD’s excellent “Star Wars Rebels” series to deliver a memorable Sith villain. On this week’s episode, we all got our formal introduction to The Inquisitor, a highly skilled and educated Sith (or non-Sith according the video below), who packs a rotating double-bladed lightsaber.

And while a unique lightsaber was obviously an important aspect of a new villain, it wasn’t the only thing executive producer Simon Kinberg and the rest of the creative team considered.

“I think in some ways the biggest challenge generally about ‘Star Wars’ is that the stuff in the films and in ‘Clone Wars’ is so great, you do want to honor it and just copy it,” Kinberg told me over the phone. “I grew up a fan of these films. The first reflex instinct is to do what has been done so well. Part of the challenge is, ‘How do you make it new?’”

In the case of The Inquisitor, the creative team at Lucasfilm crafted a personality for him that hadn’t been seen before when it comes to the Sith.

“One of the things that we thought was really important is to make him almost cold and clinical about everything, even about the Jedi, and to make him feel more like he’s an educated, almost professorial type of character, who is also obviously super power and super aggressive in action,” Kinberg said. “There’s almost a contradiction between the way he acts and the way he speaks.”

And while The Inquisitor remains mostly a mystery (Who is his master? Why is he answering to Darth Vader?), Kinberg revealed that future episodes would shine some light on who he is and where he comes from.

“We have a clear sense of his backstory, and there will be some revelations about his backstory in episodes to come. The focus of the show is certainly the present show, when the show takes place,” Kinberg said. “Like all ‘Star Wars’ characters, he has a complex personal history. That plays out dramatically before you even know about it, and then there will be things we reveal about it.”

George Lucas and Joss Whedon Influence Rebels

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George Lucas sold his billion-dollar baby to Disney exactly two years ago and it feels like there’s been a Star Wars-related announcement almost every week since. From JJ Abrams reuniting the original cast and taking the helm of Episode VII, to cult directors Gareth Edwards and Rian Johnson signing up to expand the franchise in unexpected directions, Disney has been laying track for new projects at lightspeed, convinced that what the universe has been crying out for is more Star Wars, and lots of it.

Every new Star Wars spin-off is guaranteed attention from hardcore fans, but as the first official chunk of Disney-curated content since the regime change, Star Wars Rebels has been scrutinised more than most. Set during the relatively unexplored period between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, the animated series premiered last month to 6.5m viewers worldwide – unusually high ratings for children’s programming. (In the UK, new episodes screen every Thursday afternoon on cable channel Disney XD.)

Star Wars Rebels opens with the classic image of a Star Destroyer filling up the screen, and the universe has the same grimy, lived-in feel of the older movies – all the dings, dents and dust streaks lovingly recreated by state-of-the-art computer animation. Similarly, the familiar soundtrack and iconic sound effects are soothing throwbacks to the original trilogy, while the production and character designs deliberately evoke the 1970s Star Wars concept art by the late, great Ralph McQuarrie.

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