Dave Filoni on Season 2 of Star Wars: Rebels, Darth Vader and The Force Awakens.

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In a series of interviews Star Wars: Rebels Executive Producer Dave Filoni discussed the future of the series and what will be Darth Vader’s role in Season 2. He also briefly spoke about his impressions about Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

 

 

The article below has spoilers from Star Wars: Rebels’ final episode “Fire Across the Galaxy”. Be warned!

 

 

 

From USA Today:

 

The [last] episode nicely sets up the upcoming second season of Rebels, says executive producer Dave Filoni.

 

“Our Rebels have now been brought into a larger world and are aware of a larger rebellion they’re connected to,” Filoni says. “That will come with all sorts of exciting moments and characters.”

 

“We felt like we needed something definitive to happen, something that really showed an evolution of our characters,” says Filoni.

 

 

The Inquisitor

 

The Inquisitor already had a history of failure, so had he lived, Vader was probably going to end him anyway. But Filoni saw the situation as a way to show Kanan not being totally accomplished yet in his path as a Jedi.

 

Filoni figures that a lot of fans might be shocked by the overthrowing of the Inquisitor so soon, but it was necessary, not only to give the heroes better standing but to also foretell the coming of Darth Vader.
The Sith lord formerly known as Anakin Skywalker is a much different guy from the one seen in the original trilogy of movies. “Vader right now is a force to be reckoned with, and an evil one at that.”

 

 

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An appearance by Bail Organa in the Rebels season finale will have fans speculating whether his adopted daughter, Princess Leia, will soon be on the show. And Filoni teases to a connection between Vader and other Inquisitors that could be explored.

 

Both Vader and the newly reintroduced Ahsoka will be used sparingly in future episodes of Rebels. With Vader especially, “we don’t want to diminish this guy,” Filoni says. “We cannot have him on a TV scenario where he is going to suffer weekly defeats. ”That’s just not going to work — that’s not what he’s about.”

 

 

So it appears that Vader and Ahsoka will not have a leading role in Season 2. Probably we will have a new Inquisitor? Or maybe something much more interesting, especially after the Inquisitor’s final words:

 

You have no idea what you have unleashed here today. There are some things far more frightening than death…

 

 

As we already reported attendees of Star Wars Celebration Anaheim (April 16-19) will be the first to watch the first episode of Star Wars Rebels season two.

 

 

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In the same article USA Today also showed a fist look at “Star Wars Rebels” action figures of Ahsoka Tano and Darth Vader. Surprisingly Ahsoka now has two green lightsabers instead of green and yellow.

 

 

 

 

Teaser Trailer

 

In another interview with Filoni, he briefly touched on Star Wars: The Force Awakens:

 

From SiKids:

 

Rebels is also preparing kids for the next live-action feature, Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens, which will be released this Christmas. Filoni has met with JJ Abrams, the director of Episode VII, and has seen what Abrams is up to. No spoilers, but he describes it as “fantastic.”

 

“It’s just talking to a generation of people really that are just like I am, that love Star Wars, and now we just happen to be the inheritors of this story,” Filoni says. “Our main focus as a group is just to make sure we get this right.”

 

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64 thoughts on “Dave Filoni on Season 2 of Star Wars: Rebels, Darth Vader and The Force Awakens.

  • March 3, 2015 at 6:01 pm
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    Wierd they made the figure’s lightsabers green instead of the white/blue/silver like in the Rebels episode.

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:38 pm
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      Only reason is because toy company businessmen can be jackasses when it comes to adapting toys that r based on the source material

      • March 3, 2015 at 9:16 pm
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        Or the toys were put into production before the final saber design was set. Maybe they were going off art that used two green sabers.

      • March 3, 2015 at 9:18 pm
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        First, its a prototpye action figure prototypes change.

        Second… Ahsoka doesnt use her lightsabers once in the episode… They dont appear as blue/silver they dont appear as anything, because they do not appear.

        Ahsoka has always wielded green lightsabers, one of them was a different shade of green but it was still green.

        I am trying to figure out the heck you are talking about, Ahsoka appears for like two seconds and doesnt wield her two new lightsabers during that time..

        Do you think that the only canon color of lightsabers is blue now or something? are you stupid? do you think she is wielding Exra and Kanans lightsabers?

        I seriously have to ask… are you mentally challenged? because you just completely fabricated eventsto justify hatred, and then everyone went along with your fabricated version of reality and is applauding you by Liking your post.

        • March 3, 2015 at 10:06 pm
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          They show her new lightsabers in the rebels recon video on their youtube page. They are described as being almost white to reflect her neutral status as neither jedi or sith.

          • March 4, 2015 at 12:26 am
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            Indeed.

          • March 4, 2015 at 2:47 am
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            Star Wars Nerds: URGH THIS BEHIND THE SCENES MATERIAL THAT MIGHT NOT BECOME CANON, doesnt fit this other behind the scenes material that might not become canon

            everything is ruined HURHURHRUHRUHR

        • March 4, 2015 at 12:22 am
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          Maybe do your research before you go off on someone who actually has their facts straight. If you watch the official episode recap video in youtube or fallow any of the fan sites on social media then you would have seen Ahsoka’s new lightsabers. And if you haven’t seen them by now then that’s fine. Look it up before you start ranting. It would avoid making an ass out of yourself.

          • March 4, 2015 at 5:19 am
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            Yes I agree!!! Do your homework next time!!!

            In the newest Rebels Recon Dave explains that Ahsoka’s NEW lightsaber colors are both white.

            Dan’s Voyage must have only went to the Van and couldn’t figure out how to unlock the door. So he trekked back to the couch!

          • March 4, 2015 at 5:15 pm
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            I repeat my previous comment.

            “Star Wars Nerds: URGH THIS BEHIND THE SCENES MATERIAL THAT MIGHT NOT BECOME CANON, doesnt fit this other behind the scenes material that might not become canon

            everything is ruined HURHURHRUHRUHR”

          • March 6, 2015 at 11:05 am
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            Behind-the-scenes canon? They were just kind enough to announce some information on the next season. The fact is that her lightsabers are white now. The figure will obviously reflect that. You’re just being condescending. It does no good to everyone else here that would rather not spend their time being an ass on a forum.

      • March 3, 2015 at 11:28 pm
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        it is a toy, and it’s not a realistic light-emitting lightsaber. so the core of the plastic saber is obviously not going to be bright white with colored edges (as if real light was emitting from it)… that’s how all toy lightsabers are, or at best they are translucent.

  • March 3, 2015 at 6:19 pm
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    Leia’s gonna be Ezra’s love, you will see… Not that they will be together, bit he’s gonna fall in love with her!

    • March 4, 2015 at 1:40 am
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      That’s what I was thinking too

    • March 4, 2015 at 3:36 am
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      You know, now that you mention it, Ezra reminds me a lot of my sister’s first boyfriend. [as in, not her 3rd/4th who became her husband]

      Congratulations, you have given me an extra reason to not give a damn if about Ezra.

      Wait, this makes no sense. You’re saying that Leia and Han were one house-warming party away from meeting eachother all along? It’s a small world after all.
      If they eventually meet luke, that means that in ANH, in order for the saviors of the galaxy to be united:
      1) Leia had to get captured, Luke’s guardians had to die, Obiwan the Jedi had to die, Luke had to sell his speeder, a Jawa caravan had to be massacred to provide warning to Luke, Luke had to destroy the death Star to save Leia [let’s face it, that’s his motivation] in order for them to meet.

      OR

      2) Kanan refers Han Solo to the Organas for protective custody, and then goes to Tattooine and immediately finds Ben and by extension, jake-lloyd-sized Luke {because Kanan’s a friggin’ Jedi}, and suggests to Obiwan that “maybe it’s not such a good idea to wait another decade before telling Luke what the force is”. Thus kicking off everything way more smoothly than it would if the Ghost Crew DID NOTHING.

      Other collateral damage due to not having Facebook includes:
      Han had since meeting the rebels gathered a huge debt to Jabba, a fully populated planet was destroyed for the purposes of hurting Leia’s feelings, Luke is completely not informed about anything AT ALL.

      In summary, the more connected to actual Star Wars characters they are, the more tragically avoidable the whole situation gets.

    • March 4, 2015 at 7:25 am
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      um but what about sabine?..

    • March 4, 2015 at 3:30 pm
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      Because it has to rhyme? aww. We had an awkward relationship with a boy and an older women already, wasnt quite memorable and dint work out..

  • March 3, 2015 at 6:29 pm
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    Maybe…but you can already see hints of Sabine starting to warm up to Ezra as well. Wouldn’t be the first time in the Star Wars universe that an older woman has fallen for a younger guy.

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:40 pm
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      Lol

      • March 4, 2015 at 12:28 am
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        Lol! Or maybe they are relatives somehow…

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:58 pm
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      To be fair, she is only 1 year older than he is. Not the 4-5 (I forget) that Padme was to Anakin.

      • March 3, 2015 at 9:53 pm
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        Two years, actually.

        • March 3, 2015 at 10:57 pm
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          I had no idea they were only TWO years apart…knowing that I’d bet the house that Ezra and Sabine get romantic before it’s said and done.

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:58 pm
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      Since the subject has been brought up regarding relationships, how about a Kanan/Ahsoka fling? He kind of has this purely platonic relationship going with Hera in the show. In A New Dawn, he showed an obvious interest in her romantically, but I think as they continued to work together, their relationship developed along a different path which is the one we see on the show…Hera affectionately calling him “love” and so on but no real romantics involved. More endearing than anything. The show won’t focus on romance much I don’t think since it’s primarily for the child/adolescent demographic, but we may see some subtle relationships form. I could see a Kanan/Ahsoka relationship forming as the show progresses. In keeping with that OT feeling, it won’t be long until we find out Sabine is Ezra’s sister so let’s be careful what we wish for in that regard. 😉

      • March 3, 2015 at 8:46 pm
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        simply they dont want to show a couple kissing each other, pretty sure that if this was on cartoon network you got the romance between hera and kanaan.

        • March 4, 2015 at 3:39 am
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          Wow, Disney not showing kissing, prepare for the apocalypse.

          • March 4, 2015 at 5:25 am
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            If Disney WON’T show kissing, then PLEASE explain how Sleeping Beauty was awoken by Prince Charming???

          • March 4, 2015 at 2:42 pm
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            Even recent films like Frozen show kissing. They don’t kiss because it’s not like that with the two of them.

  • March 3, 2015 at 6:31 pm
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    Why did it take Vader so long to figure out Leia was his daughter but he figured Luke out quickly? I mean Vader met Leia three times in ANH and once in ESB but he couldn’t feel anything. Just wondering the reason

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:51 pm
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      It’s a major retrospective continuity mistake that fans are very generous in overlooking. Leia wasn’t to be his daughter at all, but the need to tie up all story strands in RotJ prompted this rather far-fetched revelation, linking her to the ‘Another Skywalker’ line in ESB.

      • March 3, 2015 at 8:01 pm
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        Thanks for explaining

      • March 3, 2015 at 10:33 pm
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        Pretty much this. Just George Lucas not knowing whether he’d be able to make a sequel trilogy, and so had to force a connection to Leia.

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:52 pm
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      She hadn’t really opened herself to the force as Luke had, which I assume has a great deal of bearing on Vader’s ability to sense him.

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:54 pm
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      My guess is he felt it in Luke because he was starting to touch the Force, whereas Leia wasn’t aware of her connection so hadn’t become in tune with it. Or something like that.

      That and the whole hanging out with Obi Wan Kenobi, still using the Skywalker surname… those might have tipped him off. 🙂

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:54 pm
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      This exact question is dealt with very well in the new comic series.

      • March 3, 2015 at 7:03 pm
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        I agree. Leia never pulled Anakin’s own lightsaber out on him. It was the fact that Obi-Wan was training the boy that drew his interest and ignited his obsession. We will see as the comic progresses I think how Vader discovers Luke is his son. Leia was never on his radar. And I don’t think the possibility of having impregnated his wife with twins ever occurred to him. He only realizes this I think in ROTJ when Luke’s thoughts betray that fact.

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:55 pm
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      Plus, Leia didn’t know she was his daughter. Every time she met Vader, she had no idea, so there wouldn’t have been any thoughts or feelings about it Vader could pull from her mind.

      • March 5, 2015 at 2:42 am
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        Neither did Luke, though. Or are you suggesting the knowledge came from Obiwan?

    • March 3, 2015 at 7:40 pm
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      I mean the fact that Luke had the surname “Skywalker” helped things a lot haha

      • March 3, 2015 at 7:54 pm
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        That one always bugged me. They never thought to change Luke’s last name to Lars? Also, I understand that it was a good idea to keep him with family, but on the planet and not far from where VADER GREW UP? I can complain about this, but that assumes that George Lucas actually planned most of his story ahead of time, which after watching his movies is blatantly obvious that much if it was not planned, and it was a make it up as he went along. I don’t think that GL planned the fact that Luke and Leia were brother and sister. In early versions of the script for ANH, she was his sister, but I think that idea was thrown out by the time the movie was made and released. Two kisses were exchanged in ANH and ESB on the lips and cheek. It was obvious that Luke was attracted to her.

        I dunno, just my thoughts.

        • March 3, 2015 at 8:57 pm
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          Luke Lars? Sounds kind of dumb to me.

          In retrospect, I kind of wish they actually made Owen and Anakin brothers in the prequels. That way if Owen SKYWALKER had an adopted son with his name, there’d be no questions. They never actually do say “Lars” in all of the OT.

    • March 3, 2015 at 7:49 pm
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      Not to mention Vader didn’t even know he had twins. He left Padme when she was just pregnant. He didn’t know what was in there lol

      • March 3, 2015 at 7:58 pm
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        I can’t imagine why that was the case either. It is pretty standard procedure in ANY civilized society that the Mother receives prenatal care, and with that they find how the baby is developing, the sex, and how many children there are. It is still possible today that they can miss the fact that there are twins though.

        • March 3, 2015 at 8:07 pm
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          Anakin refers to “the baby” in ROTS so even if she knew, she hadn’t told him yet.

          • March 3, 2015 at 8:09 pm
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            Or maybe he says “our baby” but he definitely is referring to only one child.

          • March 3, 2015 at 10:25 pm
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            Yeah, and the only thing in the films that have anything to do with childbirth is a dopey droid going “ooohba!”. It’s not like it’s the 1950s and we’re just going to guess that the infant/s are doing well until the woman goes into labor. I just thought it is strange that they have the power to travel star systems and go the speed of light, but nobody has a clue how the uterus works. Of course like I said earlier, it is always possible for her to have gone to exams and they just missed the fact that there were twins.

          • March 4, 2015 at 12:38 am
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            And oddly many ihabitants of that galaxy far far away look very human. Some even have very earthly names, like Sabine.

          • March 8, 2015 at 12:22 am
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            … or LUKE? Stop complaining.

          • March 4, 2015 at 2:44 pm
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            My second son was just born on Valentine’s Day and I tried calming my wife during childbirth with the “Oohbah” technique…that is inadvisable.

      • March 3, 2015 at 10:12 pm
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        Obi Wan can feel all people mourning in Alderaan, but the best of all jedis Anakin Skywalker can’t sense there are two living forces in Padme’s body… don’t buy it!

        • March 3, 2015 at 10:18 pm
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          Nobody was mourning, they all died, all at once, quite violently at that.

          • March 3, 2015 at 10:37 pm
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            But that still doesn’t explain why he coudln’t sense more than one being, hell, I dunno. Ask George Lucas. That’s just one of the weak plot points that really mattered and deserved a good story.

    • March 3, 2015 at 9:26 pm
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      For an in-universe explanation, Luke had the name Skywalker, was hanging with Kenobi, and Vader detected that the Force was strong in him during the trench run (and note it wasn’t “hey, that feels like my son”). And, once he had that info, it wouldn’t be that hard to find out that he had been living as the nephew of Owen Lars.
      On the other hand, Leia hadn’t been trained in the Force, so I doubt there was a reason to “sense” her – especially when he thought his child died with Padme. And he never knew there were twins to begin with, so there was no reason to believe that “there was another.”

      • March 4, 2015 at 2:20 am
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        The force is strong in this comment chain lol XD !!!

    • March 4, 2015 at 5:43 am
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      Well lets see, Luke was given a few tips on using the Force from ole Ben before starting his attack run on the Death Star. Ole Ben reached out to Luke thru the Force to tell Luke to use the Force, which is when Vader noticed that the Force was strong with Luke.

      It was during Ep. 5 when Vader realize who Luke was.

      Leia never had any training on how to tap into the Force. Luke reaching out to Leia at the end of Empire strikes back was the 1st of only 2 time Leia had any feeling of the Force. knowing Luke was alive at the end of Ep. 6 was the 2nd and last time in the OT.

      • March 5, 2015 at 12:18 am
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        Would you also count her resistance to the interrogation droid in epIV as use of the Force?

  • March 3, 2015 at 8:05 pm
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    Yes but remember she was buried with a padding to still look pregnant….so he thought she hadn’t delivered yet….one or two babies…

  • March 3, 2015 at 10:12 pm
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    Well I assume obi-wan thought anakin was dead. It probabbly took a while for Darth Vader to really become galacticly feared enough for obi-wan to hear about him and then he still had to figure out it was anakin. Basically there was no reason to hide the skywalkers name until the realized anakin skyalker was alive and by then they had probbably already told Luke his real name. I always assumed the organas changed leias name to feel like her parents and help her fit in rather than out of a desire to hide the name. There is also the possibility that the origional plan was to tell Luke of his destiny much sooner so no need to hide who he was from himself.

    • March 3, 2015 at 10:32 pm
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      I never really thought about that. Obi-Wan left him for dead, and it would take a miracle (or Palpatine in a shuttle) to save him. I wonder how long before Obi-Wan found out that Darth Vader. Never mind, I forgot that in the holo-recordings that Palpatine addressed him as Darth Vader.

      -Darth Necris

      • March 4, 2015 at 3:49 am
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        If Obiwan cared for Anakin AT ALL, then it is his DUTY to make Anakin die as painlessly as possible.

        If Obiwan cared for galactic safety AT ALL, then it is his DUTY to make sure Anakin is dead, not maimed, presumably going to bleed out, I mean DEAD. Rule #2: Double Tap, DEAD dead.

        The only likely explaination I can muster for Ben’s behavior is that he wanted Anakin to go through incredible pain and eventually die, but he couldn’t stand to actually watch this unfold or ease his passing. So…. wait, Ben’s a total pussy! and a cruel hypocrite at that. WTH Lucas?! THAT’S how you end the saga??!!

        If these films were released in consecutive order, crowds would be cheering Ben’s death. I know I would, and that’s sad, because he was actually one of the cooler characters. I always thought Alec Guinness sneaking through Death Star, totally knowing what he is doing, knowing he’s about to sacrifice himself, not killing anyone because Stormtroopers are human beings who don’t need to die [right now], just waltzing along to pull a switch; was way cooler and more interesting than anything Han Solo ever did in ANH. Hermit Ben Kenobi is seriously underrated, and always will be now that the PT has shown him to be a FRIGGIN’ COWARD who is completely responsible for Darth Vader.

        Again, thanks, thanks A LOT Lucas for telling us how it happened….

  • March 3, 2015 at 10:25 pm
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    Luke probably asked his Aunt & Uncle why the hell there was a grave marked Shmi Skywalker out in the backyard. What did they tell him?

    • March 3, 2015 at 10:30 pm
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      Yeah, great point! That might not change much though. They could just stay that she was his Grandmother. He already knew that his father’s death was shrouded in a little mystery as he asked Obi-Wan for the truth at his house.

  • March 4, 2015 at 9:01 am
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    Man, I do love the Obi/Ani fight in ROTS. Reminds me of playing the ROTS game, and at the end you can unlock being Ani in the fight and killing Obi-wan and showing an ending where he kills the emperor and runs the empire. Cool alternate ending for that game. Anyway, the finale really has me amped up for season two now. Diggin the direction of rebels at the moment. That all could change but hopefully not

  • March 4, 2015 at 4:34 pm
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    “Our main focus as a group is just to make sure we get this right.”

    Well I’d say you’ve done a heck of a job botching that up so far, cowboy…

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