Via Nerdist.com:
Endings aren’t easy, not even when it comes to fictional characters. Creators become attached to the characters they write, animate, and otherwise shape. Fans form connections with characters they view as heroes, inspirations, and friends. But despite the sadness that comes with saying goodbye, endings are necessary. And when a series can close the final chapter on its own terms, those endings can be a gift to fans. They’re a chance to resolve storylines and answer questions. Star Wars Rebels executive producer Dave Filoni and his team will do that–to some degree–in the final season of the animated series.
Star Wars Rebels is about to kick off its fourth and last season, and Filoni can’t decide which story thread he’s most looking forward to fans seeing come to fruition. He told Nerdist, “That’s a hard one. I don’t want this season to be one answer after another, but I wanted to make sure there are things we’ve set up that we pay off and that you feel you got some answers. There are some big time explanations and reveals that are unlike anything we’ve done, and there are also other levels of weirdness that I’ve added to make up for that fact.”
As the show weaves through its final episodes, fans will find the installments feed into each other more than in previous seasons. “I’ve been able to build a lot better connections and motivations across all the episodes as we go. It is very unlike other seasons, because while the episodes are self contained, they are very next to each other in progression,” Filoni said, “They affect each other more; it’s more serialized than you’re used to.”
“THERE ARE SOME BIG TIME EXPLANATIONS AND REVEALS THAT ARE UNLIKE ANYTHING WE’VE DONE.”
The crew of the Ghost has become family to each other and to Star Wars fandom, and the people behind the scenes are aware of the stakes. “Whatever happened to Ahsoka, what is going on between Kanan and Hera, or what happens to Ezra, Sabine, and Zeb, and what about Hot Kallus? All of these things are things that are in our mind. They sometimes have large answers and sometimes smaller answers, and sometimes things that might not have a definite answer, but give you enough of an ability to understand and then wonder about it–which is sometimes the best kind of answer.”
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