UPDATE! Star Wars Rebels: Details on the Season Finale, Celebration Anaheim Art and a Sneak Peek at Darth Vader’s Appearance!
Some plot details regarding the Season One finale of Star Wars Rebels have surfaced, revealing the presence of three key recurring characters. Meanwhile, an art piece made for Star Wars Celebration Anaheim includes a rather intriguing detail.
(February 23rd, 2015)
Yakface uploaded a scan of March’s issue of Star Wars Insider, which features a few details about the last episode of Star Wars Rebels‘s first season:
Just to clarify, Fulcrum’s identity is NOT revealed in Insider #156 pic.twitter.com/r18JjXvcQt
— Yakface.com (@yak_face) February 22, 2015
“Fire Across The Galaxy” will air on March 2, directed by Dave Filoni and written by Simon Kinberg. It is said to utilize the standard 22-minute format.  Â
@Halabrew Yes. The remaining two episodes are 22 mins each. — Tracy Cannobbio (@Tcann13) February 22, 2015
It will not be released a week in advance on the Disney XD app, unlike previous episodes. I’m guessing that this is because they want to ensure that the maximum amount of people will be watching the episode on television when it hits. It’s also likely that they don’t want to give away who Fulcrum is in advance (and as the scan suggests, Fulcrum’s identity is not revealed in-issue), even though it’s been all but confirmed that she’s Ahsoka from the work of dilligent fan sites – but more on that later.
Another topic of note is a piece of art that will be available at Celebration Anaheim (first spotted by Rebels Report). There was a key change between the initial version and the final version, both of which are posted below (I suggest you click on the images for a much closer look):
One of the biggest changes between the initial version of the image and the final version is the placement and removal of a Bantha and a Tusken Raider. In their place is, among other things, a robed Togruta civilian – one with a particularly familiar color scheme. I find it rather telling that a member of that specific species would be concealed; considering the lack of official statements about Ahsoka Tano’s fate after The Clone Wars and the obvious attempt to cover the Togruta up in the image, I think the piece is a strong bit of evidence supporting the idea that Ahsoka is alive during this time period. Speaking of Ahsoka, the page confirming that Fulcrum’s French voice actress was Ahsoka seems to have been taken down – curious and timely! Could that have been done at the request of Lucasfilm Licensing?
Other details of note regarding the final image include:
- A T-16 Skyhopper and the Outrider in the sky.
- Agent Kallus and the Inquisitor appearing in the background, between Hera and Kanan. An Imperial Troop Transport can be seen in front of them.
- Boba Fett appears below Zeb. Bossk also appears behind Chopper.
- Han Solo and Chewbacca getting a good look at the Ghost, with the Phantom in tow.
- Owen and Beru Lars looking at a speeder. Luke Skywalker is right behind them, looking at an image of a Stormtrooper that has Sabine’s starbird painted over it.
- Obi-Wan Kenobi standing between two speeder bikes, looking on at another civilian’s hologram of C-3PO and R2-D2.
- The alien in the forefront holding something that was not present in the original image.
At this point, it’s not clear if the art represents what might show up in the Season Two premiere (which will be shown at Celebration Anaheim), an episode or episodes in Season Two later on, or something just made for the event, but I felt that it was worth sharing. For more information on Star Wars Rebels and Star Wars Celebration, stay tuned to this website.
(February 24, 2015)
UPDATE!
As we reported above, Darth Vader will make a special appearance on the season’s finale. Now here’s a sneak peek at the Sith Lord (via /Film):
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That alien is holding a Sith Holocron, its about time they got canonized in something!
Hopefully this is concept work though, andthey dont overdue it with cameos in the next season.
Still… see my thread in the Rebels section in the forums… “that” episode feels all the more inevitable at this point.
God if I hear one person say “we finally get to see a t-16 in action” in behind the scenes stuff….
We already did see a T-16 in action, in the victory celebration at the end of the ROTJ Special Edition.
About time we got one of those Sith Holocrons. Here’s hoping it shows up in the show and there’s a reference to a Sith from the EU creating it…
I know, I know, I know… but it still just feels like something someone would say.
Andyeah, I do hope it shows up… Darth Andeddu, Darth Nihilus, Darth Revan, Darth Sion… there were a lot of freaking awesome darths.
That’s no T-16 Skyhopper, it’s an Imperial Shuttle!
I personally want to see Zeb dead, but that’s just me.
I’ve wanted them all to die in some horrible fiery bloodbath since the show began.
These Rebels characters are just awful. I can’t believe they’ve made them into canon, yet thrown out other excellent EU characters from prior books/series.
Zeb’s dead baby… Zeb’s dead!
I don’t see a T-16 anywhere in the image. I see an Imperial Shuttle.
I wasnt referring to the image when I mentioned skyhoppers.
asoka is standing next to luke in the door way8
THERE IS AHSOKA RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DOOR OF THE CANTINA!!!!!!!!
‘Boba Fett? Boba Fett? Where?’
The civilians looking at the hologram of R2D2 and C3P0 are all characters from the 80s series Droids, as well as their speeder 😛
The guy holding the hologram looks like young George Lucas.
No the Droids cartoon was terrible. I swear if they make that cannon and not Knights of the old republic I will be mad
plus Ashoka entering the Catina on both images for those of you who are blind
That looks like an imperial shuttle and not a T-16.
Also of interest are Jord Dusat, Thall Joben, and another character from the Droid’s Cartoon series in the 80’s. I wonder if that is going to canonized.
The Zebulon Dak Speeder Corporation is already canonized. It produced the Joben T-85 speeder bike. So two character references from Droids, so far.
Also mungo baobob! Admiral screed from that droids story ark also features in the book tarkin along with armand isaard!
god how I’m excited about Outrider! i love Dash and the whole Shadows of the Empire arc, I hope so badly it makes its way back to the cannon
YES
That was the first thing (and possibly ONLY thing) I saw! The Shadows of the Empire story is just classic. And I think the presence of it was definitely intensified with the N64 game. It’ll be great to get Dash Rendar in here with more inserts of the Outrider. Quite honestly, if there was a spin-off mini-series with just Dash and Leebo, I’d def. sign on to see that. As long as the animation is more Clone Wars and not Rebels… I will admit, I am warmed up to Rebels now. But there are just some thing I don’t like about it: Why is EVERYTHING on Lothal? Why does the lightsaber have to be more rapier-like. I know the explanation but I feel like it still doesn’t make sense – the force is “weak?” When were lightsabers ever dependent on the presence of the force?
But anyway, MORE DASH RENDAR PLEASE! Honestly more Outrider… That’s oooooone FAAAAAAHHN Ship! Better than the Falcon, IMHO (even if it sparks up a friendly argument here, lol)
Technically, the ship is already canon. It showed up as an Easter Egg to the Mos Eisley sequence in the Special Edition of A New Hope.
So hard not to read this article.. but must avoid finale spoilers!
There are no plot spoilers here, just “characters x, y, and z show up”.
Dash Rendars Ship?
Dzab beat me to it while I was looking up character names. Nice job.
Dash Rendar would be a nice addition, loved SotE back in the day.
Where’s the T-16? All I see is a Lambda-Class Imperial Shuttle.
What I was thinking…. LOL
LOL These aren’t going to be cameos it’s just a collector’s item print. Although I’d LOVE to see Mungo Boabab come back, it’s hardly likely.
As I said admiral screed was in tarkin so you never know! I hope so, love droids cartoon!
Hmmm so are the things in the picture canon now?
No, it’s just a fun piece of art. Enjoy it as such.
I see the original Wookiee-Concept at the Cantina Entrance.
I also see the Monk which brains were put on those Spider-Bots to carry in person and walked through Jabbas Palast which was the monastry of those monks…
The B’Omarr Monks, you mean.
not that sure that fulcrum is ahsoka… after that later episode…
Am I crazy or are Jord and Thall standing with George Lucas?
Is that Ahsoka at the doorway looking back?
LOL the original Chewie concept is standing at the doorway near Ahsoka.
That a Ronto in the very background?
T-16? Looks more like a Lambda Shuttle to me.
LOL is that George Lucas holding a hologram of R2 and C3p0????
Who is that Wizard looking guy dressed in a black robe, with a tall pointy hat????
But the picture reminds me of the old days of the game SW Galaxies…LOL
The guy holding the hologram of C-3PO & R2-D2 is Jann Tosh, another character from Star Wars Droids tv show.
I disagree. Looks a lot more like GL. Jann has no beard.
Exactly. Tosh’s clothes but George’s head.
That isn’t Jann Tosh or George Lucas. That is Mungo Baobab from Droids. It is his outfit, and his face.
I can see Disney doing something dumb like bring Ahsoka back for an episode just to kill her off.
No way, she’ll be back to continue Ezra’s training since Kanan will be gone. They’ll likely spend all of season 2 leading up to the big Ashoka/Vader showdown.
Wherein both Ashoka and Ezra are both mercilessly slaughtered by Vader leading into ANH. It has to happen eventually.
no, just Ahsoka will die. Remember this is the Disney Corporation. They instinctively value boys over girls. Ezra will miraculously escape as always, and Ahsoka’s body will be put into a sith tomb or something dumb like that.
Explain to me where he is during the OT, when Luke is the last of the Jedi after Yoda?
Wait what? Disney only caters to boys? Disney has made more money of of Disney Princesses over the years compared to anything else….
Guy to the right of the Cantina, shadowed. Sort of Plo Koon looking right? Can’t find a high res enough version.
Hera’s Bi – you heard it here first 😉
And you’re wrong. That’s not happening.
She’s totally curious. You can tell.
Cough!….
Ashoka is in both Pictures.It seéms it is Obi Wan and a few other characters that are removed in second picture.
actually they were added in the second one, not removed.
Oh yeah…. They look real Star Wars’y…
I’m not gonna waste my money going to celebration this year. Might as well go to D23.
good grief.
Yeah, Ralph Mcquarrie-derived artwork DOES look rather Star Warsy. You’re right.
You call those characters from Rebels Ralph McQuarrie-style? You must not have eyes.
Sure the setting and characters around them look straight out of a 1975 concept painting, but how can you possibly say that those characters actually fit in? They stand out like a sore thumb! It’s sickening how this series has defaced the franchise. Space cowboys fighting a painted up “Azog the Defiler” with oversized, light-up toothpicks. Not to mention that they mock beloved characters by animating them in this way. How could they expect OT fans to accept something this awful without any resentment at all? Didn’t TPM teach them anything?
I find it interesting that Kanan is carrying a bag. Like he’s packed and ready to go, I have a feeling he won’t survive past this season.
Well, I guess Ahsoka will have several guest appearances in Rebels and then she might get her own show “Rogue Jedi” or something like that. Then lets have her and Maul be frozen in carbonite, so they can be reawakened for some of the movies coming up.
A waste of both characters. Vader needs to end Ashoka which would make her death tragic. Maul needs to be offed as well. The fact that he could “outlive” Obi-Wan is highly frustrating. Carbon freezing people can suddenly become a gimmick to keep them around.
Agreed Maul has to be offed for good one day, but I’d like to see that on the big screen rather than on tv. Ahsoka killed by Vader would be quite dramatic indeed but she is way tou popular to die so soon.
We saw that on the big screen in TPM. It was a terrible decision to bring him back. There’s no point in beating a dead horse only to satisfy a select group of fans. Freezing those characters in carbonite just as an excuse to bring them back in the sequels for a quick cameo would be a detriment to those movies. Lets move on.
I wasn’t to keen on him coming back too. They did that because they killed him way too early instead of Jar Jar. But now that he is alive again, he has to die at some point. Jar Jar should be killed in Rebels, would give the show some more fans.
Hell, I’d watch that episode!
The characters look so out of place in that setting. And that little guy in the bottom right looks like he was copy/pasted from a McQuarrie painting. Very original…
They’re trying way too hard with a serious that just isn’t worth it and could have been SO much better. Conceptually, Rebels is a good idea for a show. Lots of fans have been interested to see the origin of the rebel alliance played out on screen, but not if it’s written poorly and makes beloved characters look like Bob the Builder.
I’ll be staying home this April.
Just shut up.
Utini! I wish you would just shut up. Rebels is a dumb half-baked, poorly-written cash grab to capitalize on Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm. Don’t even bother replying back to me because I already know what you’re going to say: “It’s just a kids’ show! Waaaaaaaa!!!!!! And it’s got OT characters in it so it MUST be good!”
Just stop watching it, if you don’t like it and stop annoying everyone else.
You’re annoying yourself, Utini!
Ignore our comments, why don’t ya?
What’s that? you can’t?
Oh, well now perhaps you can catch a tiny glimpse of the difficulty we OT fans are having with just overlooking Rebels as if it doesn’t exist.
IT’S CANON. That’s what matters. If they wanted to make a mediocre animated series geared towards children, they shouldn’t have made it canon.
THIS is supposedly the origin of the Rebel Alliance we know and love in the OT? Give me a fucking break.
U talkin’ poodoo. Get a life.
Utini! February 23, 2015 at 21:19 PM
“Just shut up.”
You have to work on heeding your own advice.
Again: Thinking first helps.
I see, you folks having your own little hater convention here.
An over rated response to say the least.
Yeah, well, we live in the age of capitalism, everybody has to capitalize on something or have very rich parents. Otherwise one can go and live under the bridge. Whatcha gonna do about it?
Also STAR WARS is a show, I like to watch. It isn’t my religion, so it is unlikely that I become a SW nutjob, indeed.
You have no idea what you’re talking about.
Just GTFO
Hahaha! Go and watch the OT all day, not the special editions ofcourse. Watch it on video so you can forget about Rebels and live in your precious past.
XD
Gladly. Lord knows it’s better than this dystopia of lazy story telling and tripe animation.
Yeah, I bet you don’t. So uncivilized.
XD
Like I said…
My point exactly.
You getting paid for this? Cause I am 🙂
Agree. Every episode throws in some OT reference as if to say: “See guys? We still love you.” It’s annoying.
I agree; however, “annoying” may be an understatement.
For reference, the character in the bottom right:
http://www.jakerowell.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/jlr_ralph_mcquarrie_ref0001.jpg
Thanks for the up date
And It go wth a bang
It is apparent tat im the only who gives a damn about dash rendar’s outrider at e background hahaha
I like that picture. It’s well done.
Utini! I completely agree with all your posts! People have to understand that this is a show geared for kids, and also introduces kids to Star Wars Universe for he first time. Not, geared for he 30-40 yr olds. If they enjoy it great, if not watch somethng else
Actually I’m pretty sure, I’m not a member of the target group and still I don’t get why anyone would say those episodes are written badly. Some episodes are better than others, but that is the case with almost every other show. Also they have managed to create new interesting characters like Zeb and Chopper whom I find very entertaining. Less so Kanan, Ezra, Hera but that might change in time too.Also with Inquisitor they have created an interesting new villain. We’ll have to give th show some time, I think many stories they tell now are set ups for things to come. In the end its just a show, no need for me to become an ot-nazi.
The droid that is right above chopper looks like the robots used by Hordak and Skeletor in the He-Man and She-Ra cartoons
What they’re saying…..
Luke staring at the stormtrooper poster “Man I’d look amazing in that”
Han to Chewie as they’re looking at the Ghost “What a hunk of junk!”
Boba Fett looking at the Ghost crew “Man there is a Jedi, what a bounty”
George Lucas looking at the hologram of R2&C3P0 “Good gawd, that show droids was a waste”
Obi-Wan “I wonder if I can force George to redo the PT”
Uncle Owen “This is the new speeder”
Old Chewie concept looking at Chewie with Han “What’s that walking carpet”
Imperial pilot in Lambda Shuttle “Funny how people think I am flying a T-16”
Ahsoka “I need a drink”
LOL now its you’re turn to put in what they’re saying!
GL is also standing about 6′ from Obi-Wan holding a holographic image of R2 & 3PO.
The characters from the Droids cartoon in the lower right. Jrd, Thall, and Mungo.
The Guy holding the hologram of R2 and 3PO is Jan Tosh from Star Wars Droids Cartoon
The guy holding the hologram of R2 and 3PO looks like young George Lucas.
Definitely a young George
I love the way that the squads of Sandtroopers are all standing in the same stance as the Kotobukiya figures set that was released last year. Great picture and I love the acknowledgement to the late, great Ralph McQarrie.
I like how the characters next to the speader are from the old Droids cartoon
That’s not George Lucas that is Mungo Baobab from the Droids cartoon.
There is Asoka is in both pictures, only she is on different sides of the canteen.
Do you think all 3: Kanan, Ezra and Ashoka will die in this series. If not, where will he, she, they be during the OT? for example, some people say Ezra won’t die. If true what happens to him during OT?
Ashoka and Kanan I’m convinced will both die at the hands of Vader and the Inquisitor respectively. Ezra will survive for post ROTJ adventures in one form or another. He’ll abandon the force for awhile so what Yoda says to Luke is true. “The last of the Jedi you will be.” I think this could give the show some emotional pull if both Ashoka and Kanan sacrifice themselves for the crew. Heck, I can see even Zeb and Hera biting it as well. Ezra, Sabine, and Chopper will live on in some form. This is just my opinion and I could very well be wrong on all of it.
That’s cool. I appreciate it.Logical answer.
Yes the Yoda part confused me. Thanks
for clearing that up.
I think you are most probably right
You can see Han and chewie staring at a ship near Luke Skywalker
I just restarted Clone Wars and I’ve got to say, after watching Rebels and going back to Clone Wars, there is no question which is a better series. Hands down the character design, animation and writing heft is owned by Clone Wars. Rebels just seems lifeless. The characters are one dimensional, the action is repetitive and the Empire looks incompetent compared to the Sith/Separatists. They better get their act together and let this finale start the rebellion for real. All this one planet focus needs to end.
Hm, I did not find those battle droids very capable…
The Empire couldn’t wipe out Rebels freezing to death on Hoth with a whole squadron of Star Destroyers and a Super Star Destroyer.
They aren’t very confident, their commanders just look over their shoulder all day hoping not to get choked out. Not effective decision making.
Apparently we finally see a battle in the series, so glad that happens… until now it was just some smaller disturbances… I spot fulcrum’s tantive but I seem to have seen two turbo engines, who knows, you can’t really tell, might be bail organa’s… also they get that ship they steal in the other preview to battle and the ghost… they mention a ship bigger than the others, I assume it could be the death star, but not sure… it would be strange having the death star around mustafar… and like how Vader appears finally in rebels, kinda odd armor design though…
I guess that episode eill drive the series to the clone wars level, even if this is not as epic as the clone wars, has some interesting stuff in it, like Kanaan being afraid to teach well Ezra, or the several cameos we’ve seen… the only thing I really hate that they never use any synonim to “jeopardize”, simply sounds odd to me…
The series started getting really boring and silly after Kanan (don’t care how its spelled), and the Inquisitor faced off. For whatever reason (read lack of funding, lack of faith, lack of interest) the series was castrated to one planet, and the empire’s might and strength to a handful of tie fighters, stormtroopers, etc. Also the music at the beginning of the episodes just makes me cringe. That poorly remix of a synthesized rebel theme is annoying as hell. I agree, vader should be in the finale and end Kanan and Ashoka.
Don’t watch if all you gonna do is bitch about it…
A pretty spectacular new trailer has been released for the next episode.
http://i.imgur.com/rBj4Ox1.png
http://i.imgur.com/jLJnZAQ.png
http://i.imgur.com/sKepy4h.png
You do realize the first season was completed a long time ago? They always intended for lothal to be the main planet. While i don’t agree that was the right call it had nothing to do with a budget cut back. Hopefully this first season was just to set the stage…
http://youtu.be/H4UD0B3ujZE
The characters from the old Droids cartoon are in the corner
If you look to the very right of the picture you can see mace windu and yoda!!!!!!!! And under them is darth vader!!!!!!! Nobody has said this yet!!!!!!!!!! Holy crsp this is amazing
The guy in the pointed hat? Gandalf! Who else?
Anonymous February 23, I think you should stop now before you sound even more foolish than you are. You wouldn’t know a good show if it smacked you in the face. This is a 22 minute per episode animated show that has more depth and emotionally complex characters than Clone Wars had in it’s entire series. You are typical of a lot of Star Wars fans that are only impressed with MORE ALIENS , MORE WORLDS, MORE DARTHS, TRADE FEDERATION PLOTS..What made Star Wars was the original trilogy which featured a simple array of characters that were 3 dimensional and a great storyline.if you don’t like it, don’t watch it
Oh and whomever criticized the beginning music of Rebels? It’s better than that used car salesman voice over that Clone Wars had!
WHAT THE HELL?? Did VADER just came out of pressure chamber or what??
Did anyone catch the hidden mickey to the left above the Stormtrooper picture Luke Skywalker is looking at??
Didn’t anyone see the pictures above that DanDino put up? Huge spoilers and I bet I know who he is… 😉
Looks like the finale is where the Inquisitor gets killed off if you look at the spoiler pics DanDino put up above.
Hey guys. Glad everyone has seen the artwork and seems to like it. I hope everyone realizes that this is not part of the Rebels TV show is is a personal art piece that will only be for sale as a print at Star Wars Celebration. It is meant to be a celebration of all of Star Wars, and as such should be considered a fantasy piece. That is why young Han Solo Chewie and Luke Skywalker are there, along with Uncle Owen Aunt Beru and Obi-Wan, the DROIDS cartoon characters, elements from Ralph McQuarrie’s paintings and also Expanded Universe/LEGENDS elements like the Outrider. The Ahsoka/Togruta character was always in the piece, but was flipped around when I removed the Bantha for story purposes and included all the Speeders for the Mos Eisley Classic Speeder show.
Sorry for any confusion, but I will have the prints for $30.00 at my table in the Art Show when you come down to Celebration Anaheim 2015. Hope to see you there!
Also, it is similar in tone to the print I did for Star Wars Celebration VI in 2012:
http://www.jeffcarlisle.com/files/images/SWCVI_AFansHope_01.jpg
Thanks for your time!
Jeff Carlisle http://www.jeffcarlisle.com