The only noteworthy thing there is that they are still using Maul. That's very interesting. I figured Disney was pushing all the PT elements aside for now... unless it means [spoiler spoilers]. The art looks awful, but I'm sure it will have an audience.
Heck, it's not even clear how much time elapsing *during* TESB much less how much has passed between films.
I was trying to figure that one as well. I think when the lead characters do a clothing change it is meant to suggest a noteworthy passage of time. I read somewhere recently that Luke trained with Yoda for "a few weeks" on Degobah and it sort of makes sense. He couldn't have made that much progress in a couple of days... although that's how much time Luke had with Ben, period.
I was also doing some research into "why did the Rebels take so long to evacuate the Yavin VI base after destroying the Death Star in episode VI." Because in the film right after the end battle we see a huge ceremony take place in the Yavin VI temple when presumably the whole Empire knew they were there.
According to some sources the Empire had the Yavin system blockaded for some time and it took some maneuvers to get the Rebels away safely but ultimately they didn't want the galaxy to know the extent of the rebellion and wanted to keep things on the down low.
Anyway, this pause between VI and V and as well between V and VI being discussed here surprises me because I didn't actually think the dates were contestable and were fixed by Lucasfilm in some official way. I was sure I read three years between VI and V and one year between V and VI (in which
Shadows of the Empire takes place).
The Marvel SW comic released between the movies had Han repay his debt to Jabba (who was depicted as a much skinnier bipedal alien), leaving him free and clear during the time between movies, but then shortly before the events of TESB, he was responsible for destroying some valuable property of Jabba's or scuttling some profitable deal or something, so Jabba put a new bounty on his head.
A lot can happen in three years. The original reason for Han's bounty (in
A New Hope) was that he dropped a shipment at the sign of an imperial cruiser, right? That detail is mentioned on screen, I believe. That would be a smuggler's choice to make. Anyway, that's an interesting bit of trivia. I'd always assumed he sat on the fortune and was 'too busy' to pay off Jabba's original bounty from
A New Hope... although I could never figure out why he couldn't just hire someone else to fly the debt to Tattooine?
That last Rebels trailer looks great. I'm hoping we'll see the feature late this summer because I'm getting impatient for all this new stuff coming out! Last years marketing projection promised some "Darth Vader TV Specials" for summer 2014 and by golly it's nearly summer.
Sorry.
