First Six Episode Names For Rebels Season 4 Revealed!
Star Wars Rebels Season 4 looks to bring the beginning of the end to the series in a big way, as the final season of the show will start things off with a bang with a pair of two-part episodes and a new weekly schedule.
According to Jedi-Bibliothek, the names of the first six episodes of Rebels Season 4 have been revealed:
- Episodes 1 & 2: “Heroes of Mandalore: Part 1 & 2” (October 16, 2017)
- Episodes 3 & 4: “In the Name of the Rebellion: Part 1 & 2” (October 23, 2017)
- Episode 5: “The Occupation” (October 30, 2017)
- Episode 6: “Flight of the Defender” (October 30, 2017)
What’s really interesting is here is that the release pattern suggests that we’ll be getting two episodes a day from here on out. WIth a season of 16 episodes, this means that the series could hypothetically conclude on December 4 – which is actually before The Last Jedi hits theaters – provided, of course, that none of those pesky hiatuses enter the picture. (Two hiatuses, or days where only a single episode airs, could be permitted in this case.)
But what’s also interesting is when these episodes are airing – Monday nights. And instead of there being a standard premiere time for each episodes, the episodes will be shown over the course of the day they premiere:
Sure – premieres are Mondays and broadcast times are 12:30a, 3:00a, 7:30a, 5:30p and 9:00p.
— Tracy Cannobbio (@Tcann13) September 12, 2017
Star Wars Underworld is also reporting that those who don’t want to wait until thirty after midnight can beat the broadcast to the punch by a whole twenty-nine minutes if they have the Disney XD app, which allows fans to watch episodes on the go.
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Looks like they’re trying to finish up the series before The Last Jedi releases. Interesting.
I wonder if its because there’s some link to TLJ. Or perhaps they want to announce the next series sooner than they were planning before. I don’t know what other reasons they might have.
Hopefully they will announce a new show, this time give us something with the same scope and quality of the Clone Wars.
The budget on the next series isn’t going to be that big. Uncle George ain’t paying for it, and his funds made TCW look as stunning as it did in the later seasons.
– Pomojema
Good points. I’m pumped to see what they have planned!
It could be good marketing strategy to announce the next steps for the Star Wars universe when everyone is on a high from watching ‘The Last Jedi’.
Mind you, we still have no official title for the Han Solo film and no confirmation about the next ‘Story’ film, for starters.
I feel like Rebels never really found it’s footing. Kinda sad it’s going before it gets good. I’m not hating on Rebels, but just sayin’, there were a few better things they could’ve done.
I personally feel like it had its footing with the end of the first season to set up a great series, and then after that they didn’t quite know what to do what they got there, so they threw in everything but the kitchen sink. I think it’s a good cartoon, but I feel like it could have been even better with a more focused plot. (That’s why I’m actually glad that this season is 16 episodes instead of 22.)
– Pomojema
They have 16 episodes to make things better, and I’m confident they will. More connections, more battles, from now on, and such. I too agree that there are a lot of fillers, but Rebels had outstanding moments. Among them, Twilight of the apprentice’s final 8 minutes. That part alone is enough for me to consider their work on rebels good.
Agreed. The second season was just too bloated with way too much filler and not enough connective tissue to the main story elements. But the finale was amazing. Third season, I found the filler better, but the main story was even worse with some abandoned plot elements, like Ezra’s turn to the dark side.
Overall, I hope that the next series ends up being more focused. Because, TCW has its faults. But I find it is a much better composed show on a story point of view. But I guess that had to due with the era it was set in: the clone wars and the well of storytelling possibilities.
The third season seems to focus on the best things Rebels brought to bear: Mandalore under the Empire, the formation of the Alliance, Thrawn, and TIE Defenders. Go out strong, team! (Please kill Kanan and Ezra.)
I always thought Kanan and Ezra should die on the Tantive IV at the hands of Vader as they try to buy Princess Leia time to give the Death Star plans to R2D2. Think about it. If you know Vader is likely to come after the Tantive IV (with the plans on board), wouldn’t you put your only Jedi Rebel warriors on board as the last line of defense against Vader? I think that would explain any problems from the OT about there being no other Jedi (they were dead by that point). Plus, it would be a powerful moment cause Kanan and Ezra have faced Vader before, and they know they can’t defeat him. So when they see Vader on the Tantive, they know they are going to die. Yet they still sacrifice for the rebellion.
FWIW, I’ve pretty much watch the whole thing on the Disney XD iPad app. It works pretty well.
Are they trying to bury the show? The times seem weird to me
From the looks of it they want this series to wrap up fast and move on to a new one, but I would think it would not debut until next September. I m scratching my head as to why they want this over so fast unless the new series concerns the current movies timeline and Rey. Still it means we will be without Star Wars for quite a few months if they start again in late 2018.
If I were to put money down on their next series, it would be either A) A series between ESB and ROTJ or B) A series between ROTJ and TFA featuring Luke and young Ben Solo.
cool, 16 episodes sounds like the perfect amount.
Each year Rebels seems so promising, from the trailers to the episode names to the descriptions. The problem is in the execution, which ruins it. There are great moments, but you have to suffer through heaps of incongruent childish nonsense to get there. By all means, Disney should create a Star Wars show for kids. A NON-CANON show for kids, so the rest of us don’t need to watch.
That’s pretty much what “The Freemaker Adventures” is
Exactly.
I think what he means is it doesnt need to be childish for the audiences to enjoyed
“Disney should create a Star Wars show for kids. A NON-CANON show for kids, so the rest of us don’t need to watch.” That’s what I was answering to 🙂
Amen
Sure. They should create a “non-canon show for kids” in a franchise that’s mainly aimed at kids. Maybe they could even drop the PG-13 rating for the movies and start giving us, Adults and TRVE Star Wars Fans, nothing but R and NC-17 rated films. Seems legit.
No, Star Wars is not a franchise mainly aimed at kids. It is aimed at all ages and contains adult themes. It is challenging for small kids, not a childish show that makes adults cringe.
No, Star Wars is a franchise mainly aimed at kids. Always has been, always will be. You are not entitled to an adult-skewing Star Wars TV show.
No, Star Wars is a franchise aimed at all ages. You are not entitled to make up your own set of alternate facts.
According to wikipedia – “Star Wars creator George Lucas stated that he feels there is a section of the fanbase who get upset with aspects of Star Wars because “the movies are for children but they don’t want to admit that…” – I’m sure if I could find plenty more quotes if I wanted.
The original Star Wars was aimed squarely at 12 year old boys – Don’t have the citation to hand but that’s another GL statement.
It doesn’t demean the films in any way, it just is what it is.
I know that GL retroactively started referring to Star Wars as younger and younger the older and more out of touch he got. I don’t care, because those were not his intentions — or remarks — during his creation of the OT.
The original Star Wars (Ep.4) is the benchmark for everything, as it was the original creation. There was none of the childish crap in it. ESB didn’t have childish dialog, characters, and plot either. ROTJ had Ewoks but not much else. So no, Star Wars is not targeted at children.
“The original Star Wars (Ep.4) is the benchmark for everything, as it was the original creation.”
And it was nearly rated G by the MPAA. Lucas himself based it on the Flash Gordon serials from when he was a kid, and he was making it for children/pre-teens. It’s okay to admit it; you’re still an adult even though you like a franchise for 12 year olds.
You’re throwing a bunch of half-truths and irrelevant information out there and making it like you having a winning argument. You don’t.
Despite your constant strange insistence on trying to make Star Wars into a children’s thing, you are not convincing and flat-out wrong, especially with all of your George Lucas statements. You’re wrong, and that’s all there is to it. Go live in your fairy tale of a pre-teen Star Wars universe. I choose the real world, and I will always point out when Star Wars is inappropriately targeting young children with canon material.
“you are not convincing and flat-out wrong, especially with all of your George Lucas statements.”
“The guy who made Star Wars literally said it, but it’s not true because reasons!”
You’re hilarious.
I don’t know if I’m hilarious, but I’m right. You can pull all the recent Lucas quotes you want, but they do not have any bearing on his original invention of Star Wars, which was not a children’s property.
Maybe you’re not aware that GL said things more recently that are completely at odds with his original vision. If you want to believe Greedo shot first, good for you, but he didn’t. And if you want to believe Star Wars was created for pre-pubescent children, good for you, but it wasn’t.
Do YOU have any quotes from George Lucas saying that he *didn’t* make the movie for kids. Because I have actual quotes straight form the horses mouth. You, by comparison, are pulling this out of your ass. So if you have any proof, please do present it.
Yes, I’ve provided quotes in the past to you when you raise the same jackass theory about Star Wars being a children’s show. So you can continue presenting the same idiotic points again and again like a sad clown, but I’m not going to spend the time to find and post the same quotes every time.
Because they don’t exist, LOL!
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen interviews with Alec Guinness where he said George Lucas persuaded him to be in this fairy tale for children (i.e. A New Hope) because it had a good moral core to it, and Guinness thought approvingly that it was a positive message. For children.
Exactly. The movies were always for kids.
Exactly. The movies were always for kids and everyone else. Not just kids.
There, I fixed it for you.
That’s just as dumb as your other comments.
And yet, you have no proof. If all you’re going to do is make spurious claims and be willfully ignorant, then this conversation is probably over. G’day.
You are not only woefully ignorant, but also a complete troll because you continue making the same dumb claims over and over, despite my previous proof and links. I have already told you that I am not going to keep re-posting the same links each time you make your stupid claims about Star Wars being created as a children’s show. If you want to keep trolling, I’ll keep responding and explaining what a dolt you are being.
“despite my previous proof and links”
…which you have failed to provide. I’ll wait.
You are willfully ignorant and a troll.
And yet *I* know how to give evidence. Until you can be held to the same standard, the only troll here is you.
Apparently the only thing you are good at is adding more self-absorbed, useless banter.
Not seeing any citations. I’ll wait. You’re only digging your own hole deeper.
Troll.
Still waiting.
You’re still trolling.
Lol dude, just stop. One word answers aren’t going to get you anywhere. If you want us to take you seriously, you’re going to have to back up the crazy stuff you say. I’m going to stop replying now. you’re tiring me.
Glad to hear you’re going to finally stop trolling. Hopefully next time you try to argue the same point you will go back in previous comments and review the links and quotes I posted.
Star Wars is a franchise that appeals to everyone while being primarily for young children. It’s okay to accept that. You are not less of an adult if you like something that is for children.
No, Star Wars is not targeted at small children, so you’re wrong about that. Plus, I don’t need some random stranger on the Internet telling me what is OK for me to like or accept. That’s creepy.
You’re insane if you think Star Wars, a series prominently starring adorable teddy bear aliens and trash can robots who fall over, is not for children. Like, there’s no way to talk to someone who’s that absurdly determined to convince himself that the thing he likes is gritty and mature.
You’re insane if you think it is aimed at children if you ever watched the OT (especially the very first movie, which is the benchmark of what Star Wars truly is). Frankly, I can’t figure what is wrong with you, nor do I care enough to try.
Yeah! All those prominent childrens shows about trade disputes, senate rulings and attempted murder! See, its easy to focus on specific things and say thats what the series is.
You’re talking about the prequels, which are very bad examples because even Lucas doesn’t even know who they’re for. The original films are for children, and the prequels are full of elements that suggest the same.
Right and you we’re talking about jedi, an equally bad example considering it came out a good 6 years after the series started. The original films, as well as the prequels (read: all of Star Wars) have elements to appeal to all ages.
The original Star Wars has a scene where a tiny trash can robot argues with his sniffy robot butler friend. The next Star Wars movie, supposedly the darkest one, has a scene where that same trash can robot wrestles with a muppet over a granola bar. These movies are for children. Of course they can appeal to all ages, but to pretend that they were conceived as some kind of adult science fiction drama is just absurd and disingenuous.
They do have a non-canon show for kids. It’s called the Freemaker Adventures
That’s true, so hopefully that’s enough for small children, and Lucasfilm can concentrate now on audiences a bit older than the Y-7 Rebels show did. To all of the the man-children who want to listen to baby dialog, sorry to say that formula did not work out for Rebels, so hopefully it will not be repeated.
Yeah, I agree. Also, the seasons I find are too bloated with too much filler. Which I liked a lot of the filler in third season, but I just found it distracted from the main storyline. Really, the first season is the only season that I genuinely love.
Second season, I can rewatch parts, like the finale and the same with third season. The final season I am at the very least hopeful, because of the limited nature of the episodes and how as the final season, it is going to need to wrap up all major storylines.
Maybe they want to introduce that rumored third tv show earlier due to the gap of star wars media between the han solo spin off and star wars IX.
FYI – I have watched Rebels using the Disney XD app from the beginning and each episode always became available hours before the air time on release day. Whether it’s a half hour early or several hours (maybe this is different depending on your area), definitely keep an eye out for it to drop on the app earlier than the air time on tv.
I’m not sure what to make of the schedule and all the hurry to release everything.
That being said, those titles definitely hold promise, as long as the rest of the season keeps up the pace and avoids filler episodes.
Most likely they want to capitalize on the hype of TLJ
I hope Thrawn survives and that they finaly breach the plot armor, because I haven’t seen bigger plot armor than this in any TV series or movie. If it wasn’t cannon I wouldN’t care but it is
I would think you of all people would want the thickest armor you could find.
Oh, wow; 16 episodes. I am looking forward to that. Despite me being mixed on Rebels, I very much enjoyed the first season for how focused it was at 15 episodes. Yeah, there was a filler episode, but the season long arc was tight and kept in focus. The added episodes of second and third seasons to me felt bloated. While some of the filler was great, it came at the sacrifice of the main storyline. Or worse, where third season abandoned some cool concepts.
And really, for this final season it makes sense. Rebels was never going to last forever. TCW, much as I have gotten some newfound respect for, simply went on for too long. Dave is smart in having this series wrap up, so as the show doesn’t overstay its welcome, but also better tie into the timeline.
So yeah; I look forward to seeing how this final season plays out and sees what happens to the Ghost crew going forward. And I hope that the next series can be something cool. Please, be a New Jedi order series.
This season is going to be INSANE!