Sarah Michelle Gellar Playing the Seventh Sister on Star Wars Rebels.

Sarah Michelle Gellar Seventh SisterIt looks as though actress Sarah Michelle Gellar has gone from playing a Vampire Slayer to playing a Jedi Slayer. She has just confirmed through BuzzFeed that she will be voicing the female Inquisitor on Star Wars Rebels, who we now know is called the “Seventh Sister”.

 

 

 

The BuzzFeed article also mentions that the Probe Droid-esque drones that follow her are called Mimic Droids, and they can – as their name suggests – imitate other individuals and report back to her. The Seventh Sister is said to play off of Kanan Jarrus quite a bit. (Fitting, considering that Gellar is wedded to Freddy Prinze Junior in real life.) It’s not mentioned in this article, but her character works under another Inquisitor known as the “Fifth Brother”, the grey-skinned alien shown in the video.

 

Could this “Seventh Sister” still be Barriss Offee, as some have speculated? The answer isn’t exactly cut-and-dry, as her character is a Mirilan, which was Barriss’ species. Gellar did mention Ahsoka – who Barriss infamously betrayed and framed in The Clone Wars – before she talked about the other Rebels. It would be odd that Meredith Salenger wouldn’t reprise her role from the show, though.

 

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

55 thoughts on “Sarah Michelle Gellar Playing the Seventh Sister on Star Wars Rebels.

  • October 2, 2015 at 11:36 pm
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    It’s GOT to be Barriss Offee. It would be way too awkward to have TWO dark-side-wielding Mirialan females around in the same time period. Additionally, it would be SUCH a missed opportunity, now that Ahsoka is going to be a big part of the show.

    Only piece of evidence contrary to this line of reasoning is that (as was mentioned before) Barriss Offee’s original voice actor isn’t reprising the role.

    The only other thing I could see is if Barriss Offee had trained an apprentice or something – as I remember, her old master was also Mirialan. Maybe that’s a culture thing…? Seems like a stretch though, HAHA.

    Why complicate things when you have the potential to tie up another loose thread from the old show? They’ve been working on doing that a bunch so far, why would this be different?

    • October 3, 2015 at 1:31 am
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      Or they couldn’t get the old voice actress for the project.

      • October 3, 2015 at 1:38 am
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        Or Freddie Prince wanted to carpool to work.

        • October 3, 2015 at 1:43 am
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          That went over my head.

          • October 3, 2015 at 1:48 am
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            …because they’re married… nevermind.

          • October 3, 2015 at 1:50 am
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            OOOoooooooh! (OoO)

      • October 3, 2015 at 8:45 pm
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        Or that bringing back her old voice actress would be a big tip off of who the Seventh Sister really is, thus spoiling the surprise.

    • October 3, 2015 at 3:41 am
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      Yeah, Barriss master was a Mirilian, Luminara Unduli, who has already appeared in the show (sort of).

  • October 2, 2015 at 11:44 pm
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    I still think it’s Barris. Sarah said “She believes Ahsoka is back.” It’s a bit implicit that she knows Ahsoka.

  • October 2, 2015 at 11:51 pm
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    Damn, she looks really creepy! Like the Wicked Witch of the West with a lightsaber.

  • October 2, 2015 at 11:55 pm
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    “Gellar did mention Ahsoka… before she talked about the other rebels.”

    She didn’t just mention her, but said that her character “believes Ahsoka is back and is trying to track her.” That is a BIG clue that she has a personal history with Ahsoka.

    And don’t forget that Barriss was supposed to die in The Wrong Jedi but Filoni said he has “plans” for her.

  • October 3, 2015 at 1:27 am
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    Me likey the seventh sister =)

    • October 3, 2015 at 3:39 am
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      I agree. The Clone Wars was so dark (and so GOOD) near the end!

      • October 3, 2015 at 4:13 am
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        Ever since I found out this show was going to be on Disney Xd I knew it wasn’t going to be as dark as the clone wars was..I’m still waiting to actually see someone die/lose a limb in rebels..the inquisitors death in the first scene was so underwhelming minus the dialog and that fight scene which of course were very good.

        • October 3, 2015 at 7:31 am
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          One has to remember though, Rebels is still in its first season. TCW took a while to really get good. The theatrical movie and first season were actually rather weak. I don’t think Rebels is as good as TCW was at the end, but I think it is a far superior show at this point in its development when compared to TCW’s first season.

          • October 3, 2015 at 7:37 am
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            Yes we’re just going have to wait and see..I am pretty excited for this season!

    • October 3, 2015 at 6:28 am
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      It’s a cartoon show on the Disney Channel. It’s not supposed to be for adults.

      • October 3, 2015 at 7:18 am
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        That’s true, but even The Clone Wars (a kids’ show) was satisfyingly mature. And it had way better animation, just for the record.

      • October 3, 2015 at 2:25 pm
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        That’s the stuff =) Evil but sweet.

  • October 3, 2015 at 1:32 am
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    Different voice actress. Different facial tattoos. It’s not Barriss.

    • October 3, 2015 at 1:33 am
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      Different channel now with slightly altered designs all around. It could be Barriss.

      • October 3, 2015 at 1:45 am
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        Ahsoka’s appearance was tweaked, but the pattern stayed essentially the same. Like in Ahsoka’s case, the facial tattoo patterns are a major distinguishing characteristic for the Mirialan characters we’ve seen. The Seventh Sister’s tattoos look absolutely nothing like Barriss’s.

        They’re happy to show you her face because it doesn’t matter. You don’t know who she is. If it was Barriss, you can guarantee they’d keep her identity (and appearance) secret for a dramatic reveal.

        My bet: the Seventh Sister will turn out to be another corrupted Jedi that knew Ahsoka. Barriss may very well be involved with the Inquisitors–and may be one–but I’d put money on her not being the Seventh Sister.

        • October 3, 2015 at 1:54 am
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          Well apparently facial markings can change since Ahsoka’s forehead and facial markings are different.

          • October 3, 2015 at 10:00 am
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            Exactly. And TCW established that facial-restructuring technology exists in the GFFA.

            Luminara Unduli’s appearance in the show is what I think is a telling sign that Barriss will show up. They could have used any other Jedi, but they picked the one who suffered a betrayal at the hands of one of her pupils.

            Plus Dave Filoni’s insistence that he had plans for Barriss, and he’s said that Sarah Michelle Gellar’s role revolves around a major spoiler – which is why they’ve waited until now and NYCC to actually speak about her character.

            – Pomojema

        • October 3, 2015 at 8:39 am
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          I agree. Although Barriss being an inquisitor would make total sense, her facial markings being so drastically different lead me to think that this inquisitor is not her. Even though Ahsoka’s markings changed, they were still similar and she is easily recognizable as the character. We have to remember also that Barriss is not an original Clone Wars character. So I would be baffled if they couldn’t model her after her design in Attack of the Clones where she made her first appearance. Regardless of her being in Clone Wars, I would think they could still copy the design from the film like they did in Clone Wars. I don’t think this is Barriss, but I do think Barriss is involved. Perhaps the Inquisitor from season one was the “first brother” and Barriss will be revealed as the “first sister”?

          • October 3, 2015 at 8:47 pm
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            I’ve heard those markings are tattoos, if the old Legends EU had anything to say about it.

    • October 3, 2015 at 9:57 am
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      Darth Vader’s design is different on the show, and he’s not voiced by Matt Sloan, who usually does voicework for adaptations as opposed to James Earl Jones. Ahsoka’s design also changed significantly between SWTCW and SWR.

      – Pomojema

      • October 4, 2015 at 2:56 am
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        JEJ voiced him in the show.

  • October 3, 2015 at 1:32 am
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    Careful, Ashoka. Revenge is a path to the dark side.

  • October 3, 2015 at 5:45 am
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    It would be interesting to see how they’d explain the “Bariss-Anakin” dynamic. I see no reason why he wouldn’t know who she is but what about the other way around???

  • October 3, 2015 at 5:57 am
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    I agree that design doesn’t mean much. But I don’t think its Bariss.. would it be a missed opportunity? sure. We just have to wait and see.

  • October 3, 2015 at 6:59 am
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    We assumed she is young Leia, so it was let down.

    • October 3, 2015 at 8:47 pm
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      She would be 15 years old. Was she really that involved with politics at that age? the point of her being with Organa was to protect her, not expose her to the rebellion at such an early age

      • October 4, 2015 at 2:53 am
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        She was in The Force Unleashed. She was a Senator by 16.

        • October 5, 2015 at 3:27 am
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          That’s non-canon, though. We don’t really know what Leia was up to at that age.

          • October 5, 2015 at 11:42 am
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            From GL’s lips in the commentary. Excluding that Anakin waa a pilot at 9 and his wife ran a planet at 14. Not much of a stretch to see her in the senate as a teenager as she had already been there awhile by the time of A New Hope. Kind of an underacheiver by her Parents standards.

        • October 5, 2015 at 4:15 pm
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          In Alexandra Bracken’s recent adaptation of ANH (which is canon), Leia is said to have only been a senator for a very short while. In the book, she also looks back on a moment when she was 16 on Alderaan. At this point in her life, she was not a senator and was still very much under the protective wing of her father. She likely became a senator at around 18 years of age in canon as it appears in the time of ANH that she has only been a senator for about a year or so. If we do see Leia in Rebels I think it will be in more of a cameo capacity – maybe she accompanies her father to an event or something. The novel makes it clear that her father sheltered her from heavy Rebel involvement in her teenage years as well. The mission to Tatooine to acquire General Kenobi when she received the transmissions with the Death Star plans was her first active duty mission as part of the Rebellion. I don’t think we’ll get much action from Leia in Rebels without causing some continuity issues with the new canon they have established.

          • October 6, 2015 at 6:15 am
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            In Lost Stars, One of the main characters dances with her when she’s about 16 as that part took place three years before A New Hope and it’s hinted that she’s already involved. So I sense some potential continuity issues already. I prefer she got involved early on because I can’t ever see her being as sheltered or naive as Luke was at any age adding to the fact that IV makes it clear that she’s been doing this for quite awhile. I prefer Cat Taber for Leia in Rebels who also voiced Padme and is good enough to voice her without seeiming too similar. She also did her before in Force Unleashed.

  • October 3, 2015 at 9:32 am
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    Something no one has discussed much yet is what this whole “Seventh Sister,” “Fifth Brother” thing means. It’s very cultish sounding, which I’m sure is the intention, and is very intriguing. Could the Inquisitors have their own separate “religion” from the Sith, or a literal cult of worship to Palpatine/Vader? (Sound familiar?) And how do their numbers play in? Is that just the order in which they were born or “recruited,” or is their more significance, like a hierarchy based on how powerful they are?
    Just that little bit of information has my mind racing with theories about what it could mean. I think the cult-like sound of it could definitely lend some credence to the theories that the Knights of Ren are made up of former Inquisitors who, not ever fully being Sith and with the last Sith dead, form their own religion and goals, eventually rebuilding the Empire as the First Order. That has always been my primary theory about the Knights of Ren anyway.

    • October 3, 2015 at 10:48 am
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      Brotherhood of Ren

    • October 3, 2015 at 8:45 pm
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      Well, Theres been rumors of a flashback in the Force Awakens that shows a cult named “The Seven” fighting against a “The Clan”. I wonder if this is tying into that and we’re on to something….

  • October 3, 2015 at 9:56 am
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    So do the inquisitors have a cult like structure, as apposed to a military structure? Because the brother and sister thing sounds like a religious organization to me. I guess they are meant to be like a twisted mirror image of the Jedi order.

    • October 3, 2015 at 8:42 pm
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      The Inquisitors were introduced as a way to explain why there were many other Dark Side users while staying true to the “Rule of Two”

      I’m not sure if theres more to it than that but it seems like they’ve existed in the shadows since the prequel era all the way up to the Force Awakens which is pretty cool.

  • October 3, 2015 at 4:11 pm
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    I am just happy that Sarah Michelle Gellar is on Star Wars rebels back when I was in middle school in Buffy the Vampire Slayer was on TV I had a huge crush on her. Now that I’m 30 I still think she’s just as good looking and happy that she’s on the show.back to actual Star Wars series I totally think she’s Barris Geller stated that her character is looking for ahsoka tano why else would you be looking for if she was not Barres looking for a reason and that’s just my opinion

    • October 3, 2015 at 8:40 pm
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      I would like it to be Bariss but she could also be searching for Ashoka because Vader is ordered to locate her and I don’t think hes going to search for her personally. I think one is dispatched to find the rebels and the other is sent to look for Ashoka.

  • October 4, 2015 at 2:52 am
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    Except Gellar and Salenger sound alike as much as me and Sean Connery do.

  • October 5, 2015 at 3:28 am
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    The only reason this can’t be Barriss is the fact that for this to be her, she would have had to get rid of her accent, and I find that very unlikely.

    • October 5, 2015 at 5:30 pm
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      I agree. Not that SMG can’t do an English accent, but I’ve just never heard her do it. The original voice actress for Barriss was also an American, so it’s not to say it would be unheard of. But I just think if this “Seventh Sister” was Barriss that they would have hired the original actress or used someone other than Gellar. I am excited she’s on the show, but I think she just happens to be a woman of the same species. Barriss’ master, Luminara Unduli was also a Mirialan. Maybe this woman has apprenticed herself under Barriss who might even be sister #1? Just a thought.

      • October 6, 2015 at 2:49 am
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        Why would they bring the original voice actress back if the Seventh Sister is indeed Barriss? Especially if it’s supposed to be a surprise. If Salenger was voicing the Seventh Sister, everyone would know it’s Barriss Offee from the get-go.

        • October 6, 2015 at 3:07 am
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          Why would they sacrifice continuity by changing her facial tattoos and giving her an American accent just to surprise the audience? Ahsoka is the same voice actor from clone wars and although many suspected her as fulcrum, most were surprised when she showed up. They could just as easily not have announced Salenger’s involvement and the surprise would have been kept secret well enough. I’ll happily eat crow if I’m wrong, but mark my words, this is not Barriss Offee.

          • October 6, 2015 at 5:28 am
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            You said it yourself. Facial “tattoos”, not natural markings. They can be removed and replaced. Funny thing about mentioning Fulcrum. Fulcrum is a behind the scenes person, not heavily involved with Season 1 of Rebels. As such, Fulcrum can easily be hidden with no need to announce a voice actress beforehand. Not to mention that Filoni did state he used different voice actors for Fulcrum as a means to throw off the fandom. As well as making a hologram of Fulcrum appear to have no horns.

            The Seventh Sister is a different story as she would be a major antagonist and directly visible in terms of face and voice. And because it’s a major enough role to warrant a need of a voice actress for the end credits, fans would easily look at the credits and deduce the identity very quickly if they used Salenger instead (assuming Barriss is the Seventh Sister). That’s ruined by format unless they reveal the surprise very quickly.

            That’s why Steve Blum only voices the Green Goblin in Spectacular Spiderman and no one else. It keeps the guess game going, making wonder if the Green Goblin is Norman Osborn, the traditional identity of the Green Goblin, or his son Harry, who was seen drinking some green Oscorp serum before the Goblin shows up.

          • October 6, 2015 at 3:10 pm
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            I see your point, but it still doesn’t make sense to me to completely change a character’s appearance and voice for the sake of a surprise. I get that it’s “possible” to remove tattoos and get new ones, but it is not really necessary to go that route. She has a helmet; they could have just waited to reveal her face and keep the tattoos. It would be a lot of smoke and mirrors for not a whole lot of gain. I hope that this Seventh Sister character is an all new character, and I believe she is.

            The Dark Side can do a number on one’s physical appearance as we’ve seen already, but can its influence turn an English woman into an American? That’s the big tell for me – not so much the appearance of the character or the tone of the voice (after all a lot can change in 15 years) but the accent.

            Gellar pronounces her words like an American in the trailer – Barriss has a definite English accent. This is the main reason for me that I’m doubting this rumor. But like I said, I see your point and I think it’s very possible and would make sense to include Barriss on the show. I just don’t see it with this character.

          • October 6, 2015 at 9:52 pm
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            I disagree. If the mask was kept on for the entire time and the Seventh Sister’s face is only revealed near the end or somethings, fans will catch on and assume it’s Barriss on the notion that there’s got to be a reason why Seventh Sister doesn’t show her face to the audience. Barriss has always been the number 1 candidate for the identity of the Seventh Sister. Not revealing the Seventh Sister’s face till the end would only make the fans more suspicious that this is Barriss Offee. As such, Filoni would be trying to use good red herrings to throw fans off for a good period of time. Such as revealing a similar but not quite the same face.

            It makes sense within the story. Barriss Offee has no personal connection to the main cast aside from Ahsoka. As such, if she is the Seventh Sister, she would have no reason not to show her face to Kanan and Ezra, as they would only see an Inquisitor not a Jedi they once knew. After if she’s bears the tattoos of Barriss, the audience would know it’s Barriss Offee when she unveils her face, but any shocking revelation would be lost on the Ghost Crew as they would have no recognition of her. If she first reveals her face to Ahsoka, that would at least make it shocking for both the audience and Ahsoka at the same time.

            And people can lose accents or gain them. It’s something that does actually happen. Arnold Schwarzenegger, for instance, can speak perfect English if he needs to and he has a voice coach to help him retain his famous accent for his fans, or otherwise he would lose it in a matter of years. Some people can pick up a British accent if they spend abroad in the UK for like two years or more. We do not know what happen to Barriss, but if she is still alive and held in Imperial captivity by the time of Rebels, she would have 14 years to lose her British accent and pick up a new one depending on her situation.

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