We'll probably never get this, since it's one of the rumored spinoff movies, but a great sendoff for the Rebels series finale would be the crew of the Ghost stealing the Death Star Plans.

I thought Rebels was a lead-in to Ep VII?

So all this takes place before ANH?

Yes. Tarkin, Vader, etc are in it.

I wouldn't be surprised if Rebels played a small part in that scenario because there are rumors of Sabrine Wren being cast in Gareth Edward's spinoff.

Chopper is ****ing awesome. When he threw the other droid out the hatch, I completely lost it....

Already looking forward to a potential Ahsoka / Vader showdown.

My god. We're getting the full ****ing Vader treatment with JEJ voice. ****! CAPTAIN REX!

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Awesome

Holy. ****ing. Shit! Has anyone else watched the Rebels Season 2 trailer?

Captain Rex and his Clone trooper buddies living on an ancient AT-TE in the desert somewhere is just amazing.

Also looks like we're getting a ton of Ahsoka.

This trailer for Season Two of Rebels is everything I expected from the prequel trilogy and more! It's just amazing.

And Rex! While I'm stoked to see him, how are they going to explain how he's still alive and why he isn't "programmed" to kill the Jedi, including Ahsoka?

It really looks like season 1 on steroids. I bet they increased the budget big time.

I need to buy more Disney stock.

With the latest Force Awakens trailer and now season two of Rebels, it's clearly obvious that Lucasfilm finally gets what every fan has wanted from this franchise.

It's too bad we had to wait more than 30 years to get it but hey, better late than never.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand downloading season 1 in 1080.

Just needed the original fans to grow up and get jobs in the industry and take it over. :D

honestly i only watched a handful of clonewars and that was years ago.. should i start there?

Watch all of Clone Wars.

Then watch season 1 of Rebels.

Almost forgot: HONDO.

Season 2 is gonna make me crack my face with grinning.

Yep, pretty much

My daughter and I are on episode 10 of season 2 of Clone Wars and it's incredible. That said, Rebels Season 2 looks to top everything.

Also, it looks like they're going to explore something I've expected since the beginning of Rebels:

OH MY GOD

https://youtu.be/Av8GjpGK98Ahttps://youtu.be/Av8GjpGK98A

Why can't I embed?

So far so good....

Good pacing, and it hits the right emotional notes for a quality SW outing.

http://www.starwars.com/news/swca-st...panel-liveblog

How did Rex and the other clones survive?

“George and I had several conversations about it…we had everything mapped out. If you watch the Season Six episodes on Netflix where Fives discovers the [Order 66] chip, Fives tells Rex…I’ve always felt the truth can break any spell.”

Whooa...

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So today, someone asked Dave Filoni if Darth Revan would eventually become canon. Filoni responded "Anything is possible".

I had no idea who Darth Revan was, so I did a web search. As those of you that are familiar, Kylo Ren looks almost identical to Revan. I also read a passage in which Revan led an extremely long life.

Pure and utter speculation but could Andy Serkis be Revan?

I'm not an expert, but Revan is from before the Old Republic, is he not? That would make him like twice or three times the age of Yoda, right? Not saying it's impossible or anything....

And if Revan can be considered canon, then Darth Bane has a chance at this thing? Revan was consumed with Bane's knowledge (or was it the other way around? Where is SDW when you need him?)....

I'm not sure if the implications are that Revan is 5,000 years old or that they're using Darth Revan in the "present" tense.

But IMO, Kylo Ren and Revan look to be identical.

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/20...ta-d40sa04.jpg

If he was, he'd look almost identical to Kylo Ren, which would be odd IMO.

There are pretty strong indications that Serkis is playing some ancient Sith, though. Plagueis still makes the most sense, to me.

And this

It was also mentioned that his lightsaber is a homage to the past...

Was Plagueis ancient? I'm asking because I don't know.

Maybe Kylo Ren is the Master

Darth Revan
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...Sith_revan.jpg

Kylo Ren
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...inquisitor.jpg

Take Filoni's comments into account, this turns very very interesting....

And just because Obi-Wan was a vindictive prick at heart....

http://static1.squarespace.com/stati...1420832556451/

Can't be, unless we're being led completely astray by promotional material.

No. Palpatine's master.

Kylo Ren is supposed to be a n00b.

Serkis' character is CGI/voiceover.

I think it's more likely they just drew inspiration from Revan for the design of Kylo.

Revan IS the old republic.

Bingo.

Didn't Palpatine tell Anakin in some roundabout way that he killed Plagueis, or am I completely off base?

And here is Darth Plagueis. Long face, I suppose the mask could conceal it...

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...gueisNSSGF.jpg

Yes, there was a scene about it.

But since Plagueis supposedly discovered the secret to eternal life, maybe he's not really dead, and Palpatine was deceived. Everyone should read the Darth Plagueis novel, because IMO he's a far more interesting character than Palpatine.

And again, Serkis is playing a CGI character. Kylo Ren (masked man) is the apprentice.

And this would be the most awesome scenario

:D

It would be fun, but Kylo Ren's movements in the trailer don't imply a master.

At this point we're wandering down speculation paths akin to Sidious and Palpatine being different people, as was rumored before III.

Well like I said, this along with Filoni's words make this very intriguing. Plagueis obviously learned the art from a former Sith master, so they could take that particular arc a dozen different directions an bring on a dozen new characters for the canon. Would be pretty frickin cool to see some of the highly regarded stories about ancient Sith and Jedi made canon.

Entirely too early to speculate, but perhaps a possible spinoff to Old Republic stories (and earlier) brewing? Could we get that lucky?

They've done Clone Wars and Rebels.

An animated Old Republic cartoon would be awesome, although I suspect a post ROTJ cartoon is more likely. Thirty years of backstory to fill in.

Oh man, so I just found out that the voice actor who plays Hondo in Clone Wars and the upcoming season 2 of rebels...also voiced Don Carnage of Talespin fame back in the early 90s.

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/...20140730202210

I love Disney. And I THOUGHT I recognized that voice. Plus, Hondo is basically a Weequay ripoff of Don Carnage anyway.

Dude, Jim Cummings is like THE Disney voice guy. Tigger, Winnie the Pooh, Monteray Jack, Darkwing Duck, etc. I recognized him right away! /Disney Afternoon Nerd

Also, am I going to have to start avoiding this thread for Star Wars Ep 7 spoilers, too? Can we just keep all of those in that thread?

Based on comments by LucasFilm, it's very possible that there will be major spoilers for VII in Rebels.

To be honest, I'd be disappointed if there aren't.

Be that as it may, can we at least keep them out of the thread until they're actually revealed on an episode that airs before the movies? Or at least use spoiler tags?

Plagueis is quite dead. Only Bane learned the ritual of essence transfer, and no other Sith beyond him ever did it.

Can't wait.

Is that canon? I'm confused. Darth P was mentioned by Palpatine but I don't recall if Bane was ever mentioned.

While I'm happy that LucasFilm wiped the entire EU because so much of it was goofy, IMO, it's sometimes fuzzy figuring out what's official and what's not.

Question?

Why are they still using the Lucasfilm logo?


Is Lucas still involved somehow?

So you're asking to keep Episode VII spoilers out of the Rebel discussion or vice versa? I don't want to spoil anyone that doesn't want to be spoiled.

Because Disney purchased LucasFilm and like Pixar and Marvel, they're run as independent production assessts.

Now, there's crossover between the companies, such as Marvel's new Star Wars comics, which are canon, and it wouldn't be surprising to see a Star Wars character in a Pixar film, but they each independently run under the Mouse House.

As far as George's involvement, from my understanding, they use him as a sounding board quite frequently but I don't think he has an official position.

Thanks!

Frankly, the realm of TOR is so solidly written and established, that any move to incorporate it in to the "new thing" would be sucky at best.

The negating of Revan and Bane from Clone Wars? Yep. Don't **** with a great thing. Let it be, and move on.

Whatever back-end they're trying to move in to this with Sydow and Serkis will unlikely have anything to do with TOR.

As it should be, IMO.

Thanks! I just looked up Darth Bane and it looks like a mess. I'd be shocked if they go down that road.

But the costume design of Kylo Ren and Revan are nearly identical and I'd be surprised if that was a coincidence.

http://starwars.wikia.com/<wbr>wiki/Darth_Bane

More than likely, it's an homage. The character of Revan is WILDLY popular among SW fans. So much to the point, that people can dress in that costume and have as much fan recognition as Vader, Greedo, or whomever.

Bane is just something else entirely. His three series novels by Drew Karpyshin are just flat-out ****ing amazing. A lot of people cite Zahn or Matthew Stover as the "it" guys in that realm, but Drew just eats their ****ing lunch with his Darth Bane.

If you're on a long trip, I highly recommend.

Thank you!

Rebels:

This is a great series. Really hitting all the notes. Just about through with season 1.

Chips removed. Order 66 nullified.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CC8Sd91WMAAmvJU.png:large

well this thread just got a pick me up.

Just finished season 1. The last scenes with Tano and Vader.....

Oh shit.

Di$ney

I can see why SW fans with kids love this. It's got enough edge to keep an adult entertained, and it's got the classic SW mythology and personal character-themes that kids should be learning.

Cash money, Sir Mouse.

Either way lol

It's getting hard for me to tell!

Please tell me there aren't going to be ep 7 spoilers in here Dane. If I am going to start watching this I don't want thing ruined for me.

There definitely aren't in Season 1. I doubt there will be in Season 2, either.

I would imagine it would be like the integration of Agents of Shield with Captain America 2. They ran side by side, integrated perfectly. Agents of Shield led RIGHT UP to the movie, so if you saw it opening week, nothing was spoiled, and it picked up right where Cap 2 left off. It was AMAZING.

So, I hope it's like that, except this doesn't run concurrent to ep 7.

Well, I can't promise anything because Rebels Season 2 hasn't been aired yet, nor has Episode VII.

I won't personally spoil anything but that doesn't mean that Rebels won't.

Oh, I have a feeling there will be things that tie until to Episode VII that won't be revealed until viewing it in the theaters. I'm of the belief that after it's released, the spoiler tag will be necessary for those that haven't seen it.

Although I plan to go to the midnight showing, a late afternoon show and probably a Saturday or Sunday showing as well the opening weekend.

:D

Damn, 3 times in opening weekend?

Absolutely love watching rebels with my 6 year old.

Very much looking forward to a potential Vader / Ahsoka showdown in Season 2.

Have they announced when Season 2 will air?

Yeah, probably.

I doubt I'll be able to digest the awesomeness of Episode VII in one sitting, so I'll likely watch it again, later that day. I'll see it few days after, especially since the kids will be on Winter Break by that point.

I remember seeing the TPM the first time. I could barely follow what was happening, not only because it was convoluted, but because there was so much screaming and cheering with each new character entrance.

I think I saw it four times in the first week.

It hasn't been announced yet. The hour long Season 2 premiere was shown at Star Wars Celebration but no release date was given.

Season 2 spoilers

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/...-lothal-review

6 episodes into season 1 of Rebels. Can't say its been great but it is good. Don't know that I will go back and watch all of Clone wars though.