Via Starwars.com:

THE STAR WARS REBELS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TALKS TO STARWARS.COM ABOUT SEASON THREE’S BIGGEST MOMENTS.

Things are never easy for our friends on the Ghost crew. Following Season Two’s devastating clash with Darth Vader and a scheming Maul, Season Three introduced a new enemy: strategic genius Grand Admiral Thrawn, a fan-favorite from Legends books and perhaps the rebellion’s greatest threat. On top of that, everyone had their own personal developments, from Ezra’s quest to destroy the Sith to Kanan’s interactions with Bendu to Sabine’s growth into a true leader. Plus, Maul finally got his rematch with Obi-Wan Kenobi. To mark the arrival of Season Three on Blu-ray and DVD, StarWars.com trekked down to executive producer Dave Filoni’s office to talk about the season’s biggest beats and moments, including Ezra’s missteps, the tragedy of Maul, and finally pitting Hera against a worthy adversary.

StarWars.com: What struck me about this season was that, compared to previous seasons, it had a real focus on the rebellion and the war, and the Jedi element was more in the background. Was that your intention? What would you say were your goals?

Dave Filoni: I think that naturally happens with Thrawn as the bad guy. When you have a lightsaber-wielding bad guy, the Force stuff becomes more prevalent. There is an aspect of it with Bendu, but we wanted to go a different direction after Vader and Ahsoka and everything in Season Two.

We wanted the characters to have to react to that encounter, and how Ezra tries to deal with it. The main story for Ezra is one of trying to look outward to solve his problems, trying to seize power and then looking for power somewhere else, instead of looking inside himself, relying on what he’s learned, and relying on his friends. He goes down a long path of looking for a solution. It’s Obi-Wan Kenobi who has to remind him to get back on track, be brave and take up the call and responsibility of protecting his world and his friends.

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