Star Wars Rebels Season One (spoilers)

[davejames]

I don't know, I'm having a hard time believing Disney would put all that time and money into developing and promoting Rebels (and creating a bunch of new original characters), only to ditch the entire thing after 4 seasons and start all over again with yet another new show.

With the new movies just barely getting started, I don't see what the huge rush is to fill in the gaps. And as long as kids are getting to see some animated SW on their screen, I doubt they're going to be very particular about what era it's set in.

 

[CorporalClegg]

With Disney's love of strait-to-video films, I wouldn't be too surprised if they continue Rebels (assuming it maintains is popularity) in that form after they start a new series.

I'm still hoping they do the same with TCW: a single movie that sort of parallels the last events of the 2003 series and ties up the loose ends.

 

[Christopher]

I don't know, I'm having a hard time believing Disney would put all that time and money into developing and promoting Rebels (and creating a bunch of new original characters), only to ditch the entire thing after 4 seasons and start all over again with yet another new show.

It makes sense to me from a marketing perspective. The upcoming movies are the core of the strategy, the big deal that everything else revolves around. They want to keep interest in Star Wars alive prior to the premiere of the new trilogy, but they don't want to spoil anything about the post-ROTJ universe, so they keep the franchise in the public eye with a show that builds on the original-trilogy setting. Then, once the new movie's actually out and the sequel-trilogy era is what everyone's talking about, they do a show that capitalizes on that era.

Besides, 3-4 seasons is a pretty typical run for an American animated series these days. You generally don't see a show running for more than 65 episodes. US animation depends heavily on toy licenses, and if the kids already have the toys for your show, they're not buying as many new toys. So you cancel it and start up a new show so you can sell a whole new toy line. This is why long-running kid-show franchises these days tend to reinvent themselves periodically. Power Rangers (or rather, Japan's Super Sentai from which it's adapted) changes its title and introduces a whole new set of Rangers, villains, weapons, and robots every single year. The Ben 10 franchise is 9 years old and is on its fourth series. If Rebels runs as long as 4 years before giving way to the next iteration, that's actually pretty long by today's standards.

 

[Ithekro]

Four years would also bring them about to the start of A New Hope. Assuming one season will equal roughly a year in series.

 

[Mr Light]

That would be some crazy spaced out time if 13 twenty minute adventures equaled one year of their time That's like having one month happening in between every episode!

 

[Samurai8472]

This is how dark "rise of the old masters" was

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10...the-luminara-twist-in-rise-of-the-old-masters

IGN: Can you talk a bit more about that recording?

Filoni: Literally, what you see in that hologram, is her sitting, waiting to be executed. It’s a recording of that event. So when they walk in and see her, they’re actually standing where the Inquisitor was standing [when it was recorded]. And so when she walks up and looks at them kind of distantly and not very friendly, she’s looking at the Inquisitor and that’s what the recording is of. Then she steps over into that chamber and obviously she gets killed there. It’s really wicked when you think about it.

 

[Christopher]

That would be some crazy spaced out time if 13 twenty minute adventures equaled one year of their time That's like having one month happening in between every episode!

Fine with me. Most people, even in dangerous lines of work, don't have big, exciting adventures on a weekly basis. Even if they face danger regularly, like firefighters, there probably aren't that many instances where there's something dramatically and emotionally significant going on as a part of it. Maybe soldiers in war would face danger and drama that often, but they can only handle so much of it before burning out, which is why tours of duty tend to be no more than a few months. Most series-fiction characters have adventures with implausible frequency.

 

[JD]

The first five episodes, including Spark of Rebellion, are available streaming on StarWars.com until December 7th.

 

[Saul]

Post ROTJ series would be great with a whole lot of EU to mine for goodies and a large time span to fill.

Rebels only going another 3 or 4 years is fine with me. Quality over quantity. I liked Clone Wars but we never got a completed story because they kept on spinning it out. I don't want that to happen here.

 

[Shawnster]

That makes me realize we likely aren't even getting the Ahsoka/Vader (fanwank) duel. She would have no idea who Vader really is. Yoda, Obi Wan or Bail would have to tell her, and why would they?

From Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

VADER: I sense something... a presence I haven't felt since...

And later....

VADER: He is here...

TARKIN: Obi-Wan Kenobi! What makes you think so?

VADER: A tremor in the Force. The last time I felt it was in the presence of my old master.

I would think Ahsoka would sense Anakin's presence the way Anakin sensed Obi-Wan's.

 

[CorporalClegg]

Personally, I'd be much more interested in a scene with Vader and R2.

 

[M-Red]

Haven't read through this thread at all, but I just watched the first full episode of Rebels and I have to say --- this is how Star Wars should be depicted, imo.


I wasn't a fan of the multi-season TCW project. At all.


But this is the best Star Wars I've seen since the animated micro-series. And the animated micro-series was better than any of the prequel films.


I'll continue to watch Rebels and might even purchase the DVD's if this level of quality continues.

 

[Turtletrekker]

The first five episodes, including Spark of Rebellion, are available streaming on StarWars.com until December 7th.

Is anyone else having problems at the site getting the videos to play?

 

[Hartzilla2007]

The first five episodes, including Spark of Rebellion, are available streaming on StarWars.com until December 7th.

And it has the version of the pilot with the Vader cameo.

Which better be on the season 1 box set

 

[Q2UnME]

Are we into some kind of mid-season break with the episodes? I don't think there has been a new episode in two weeks now. Anyone know?

Q2

 

[Skywalker]

Are we into some kind of mid-season break with the episodes? I don't think there has been a new episode in two weeks now. Anyone know?

Q2

The show's on a break until January 5.

 

[Cutter John]

Now that the crew has gotten the Inquisitors attention, I wonder how much longer they're going to be able to keep operating safely out of Lothal before the Imperials start sending in the big guns?

The Empires already proven that they don't have a problem with wiping out a planets population if it suits their needs.

 

[davejames]

Well I think for the moment as long as the rebel activity is mostly just confined to one planet or the immediate area, the Empire will be content to let the Inquisitor and Kallus handle it.

Obviously once the rebels start taking their operation galaxy-wide, or inflicting real damage, the Empire and Vader will have no choice but to clamp down a lot harder. But as we know from the ANH title crawl, that first big victory doesn't happen for a while yet.

 

[Cutter John]

Except they're currently not handling it. To me it seems more realistic that the Empire would react with overwhelming force. Rather than go the usual cartoon route of trying a different "This plan can't fail!" every week, only to be defeated, with the bad guy grumbling and making "I'll get you next time!" noises.

Or at least if it does, the shows going to get boring fast.

I'm hoping they'll either be forced to go on the run, move to a different part of space, or team up with the budding Alliance.

 

[Ithekro]

The Empire uses overwhelming force if they have nothing to lose. They got TIE production factories on that planet.

The previous for the next episode suggests there may be some sort of Jedi artifact or temple on Lothal that Ezra can track with the Force.

But also, eventually the Empire will defeat these rebels in some way. Force them to relocate, or at least lay low for a while.