Kevin Kiner Has Finished Scoring The Last Few Episodes Of Star Wars Rebels
Star Wars Rebels is nearing its end, and while we still don’t have a return date for the series, Dave Filoni has given us an important status update regarding the production of the series – the score for the remaining few episodes have been completed.
Filoni has just revealed that Kiner has wrapped up work on the show’s score. More than that, however, is the revelation that at least part of the score will be done with a live orchestra:
The final music for #StarWarsRebels. Thank you, Kevin Kiner.#FollowTheWhiteLothcat pic.twitter.com/LvLoATexJf
— Dave Filoni (@dave_filoni) January 6, 2018
This signifies that post-production on the last few episodes of the series is almost complete. There are still no air dates for “Allegiance”, “One Giant Step Ahead”, “Call Of The Spectre”, and the other 4 episodes that will be released after the show returns. The earliest that Rebels could return would be late this month (like what happened with Season 2) – but no matter the when the mid-season premiere happens, the series will presumably wrap up before Solo: A Star Wars Story hits theaters, which gives them plenty of time to figure out how the last 7 episodes are going to be scheduled. We might even go back to the “one per week” format that we saw prior to the first half of this season.
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It’s like a little Star Wars movie production with live orchestra etc. Which makes me wonder what Dave Filoni’s next move will be…….
Personally I’m hoping for a live action TV show. If he’s heading it, I’d have more faith in that than the trilogy series at the moment !
I’d love to see him write and direct one of the anthology films.
I know they performed with real orchestra only TCW’s final Ahsoka’s theme, not informed on how did they score Rebels.
Also, good. When do we adtually get the episodes though?
It would be nice if some of these characters transitioned to the Big Screen, maybe in a Obi-Wan Movie?
That would be cool. If anyone except Hera and Chopper survives, that is.
I hope not, I really got enough of the ghost crew, hope they end with the show. I hope Thrawn gets them
I hope not, I really got enough of the ghost crew, hope they end with the show. I hope Thrawn gets them
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Sorry to disappoint you … https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/03378cd77974a94ba578f64c24fba7c0d4a71abc26f7c0db2cd2e3b69de2fc24.jpg
WHAT IS THAT ????? New Aphra comix cover or just a fan art ? Source pls.
That would be the cover for ‘Doctor Aphra’ #18, to be issued in March. (https://www.newsarama.com/37852-marvel-comics-march-2018-solicitations.html)
Oh, barf.
Hera piloting the Ghost in an extended version of RO – cmoooon give me some extended RO so that i can buy the BR disc – which i didnt until now because i wanted some more content on the disc (all the cut material longer that in the trailers) – i bag you LF and D i want to give out money for RO, unlike FA and TLJ.
R1 IS an excellent BD. Demo level if you have the equipment
It was cool to see the Ghost screening Raddus’s ship.
I’d like to see Ashoka make it to the screen and maybe even Hera. God forbid some classic aliens make it into the Disney films.
Asoka would be a perfect fit in an Obi-wan, sorry a Ben Kenobi movie.
Asoka would be a perfect fit in an Obi-wan, sorry a Ben Kenobi movie.
Are they also going to officially release that score?
That reminds me, we still haven’t got the Season 3 soundtrack.
I want a proper full release of Thrawn’s theme so much!
Didn’t know that existed, looked it up on YT – they caught his character perfectly in the music!
Indeed it does. Plus I’m a sucker for some good organ-based themes.
Thrawn theme is on youtube
True, but nothing beats an official release for sound quality. Plus I want to support Kiner’s work if possible.
oh yeah, rebels is a thing that exists. i forgot it was still going.
The mid-season finale was so underwhelming… I think the existence of the series hasn’t even crossed my mind since I finished that last episode. And that’s coming from someone who has overall enjoyed the series.
The mid-season finale was so underwhelming… I think the existence of the series hasn’t even crossed my mind since I finished that last episode. And that’s coming from someone who has overall enjoyed the series.
ditto. if this wasn’t the last season i’d probably have stopped watching already, but i’ve come this far, might as well see it through.
There has been a few good episodes especially when we now have x wings and the maul / Ashoka finale. But why do they all constantly resist giving us more of the good stuff? Same in clone wars etc.. most people could reel off a list of things which would be great but instead we constantly get drawn out filler episodes.
E.g. would like;
Complete arcs, they get so drawn out and ambiguous we forget what’s they were and tired of them.
The underworld
Black sun
Bounty hunters
The Hutts
Imperial battles
Jedi and sith artifacts
Just Star Wars stuff!
whatever happened to the inquisitors? i remember buffy saying in season two that she and the meathead she worked with were part of larger group that were hunting kanan and ezra. but after season two that plot line was completely dropped. did i miss something?
There is a comix explaining how they form the group, so i dont know if they will explain also what happens to them after.
Rebels has a weird thing with dropped plot lines. They set up Ezra turning to the Dark side and then took the Sith Holocron away from him and forgot all about it. Freddie Prinze Jr. (voice of Kanan) said that the series would probably go for up to six or seven seasons, so it sounds to me like Disney canceled the series and told Dave Filon and co. about it early so that they could hurry and wrap things up.
plus they completely forgot about ahsoka and vader as well. the season two finale seems like the great dividing line of the show. up to that point it seemed like they had preexisting idea of where the show was headed. but afterwards it went in a different direction in which most of what was built in the first two seasons was quietly dropped. this might be disney cutting it off at the knees or maybe filoni leaving to work on the new show or maybe some combo of the two.
Probably both. Disney alerted them that a cancellation was imminent so they hurried and finished the series and sent Dave Filoni to work on the next series. That’s what I’d assume, anyway.
EDIT: Also, you can kind of notice it in the pacing the series now. In earlier seasons they had a full episode designated to the origins of the B-Wing and a full episode for the retrieval of the Y-Wings and Hammerheads used by the Rebels in Rogue One. And yet, the X-wings get completely glossed over in Season 4; they literally just appear in an episode with no explanation. Why? Because Filoni and the crew have to hurry and tie up all loose ends. It’s the same reason that Maul’s quest to destroy the Sith suddenly disappeared; they didn’t even have time to tell that story. Part of me feels bad, but the other part of me feels like they would have been able to tell all the story they wanted if they had skipped the fucking Singing Droid Filler episodes.
Agree. Everything seems so circular in Rebels. Kanan is blinded… but he can still see just fine. Ezra goes to the dark side but he still ends up the same old goody Ezra. Sabine must leave to help her family for honor… but she’s back!
Yep. They can’t commit to any of their big “twists”. Maul is back…but his motivations have changed suddenly and now he’s dead. When the Clone Wars did something to its original characters, it committed. Ahsoka never returned to the Jedi Order. Maul got an arc. Rebels is just too afraid to really change its own status quo.
Which is why I grew tired of watching this show. No real consequences, no real “twists.” I’m looking out for the Luke Skywalker show post VI that I hope to god they’re working on.
I remember there was an interview, where they stated that Kenan and Ezra over time became stronger than the Inquisitors, that’s why they killed three of them. We do not know, what happened to the other (five?). But it is more likely that Vader will handle Kenan and Ezra himself, as he did at the end of season one.
One of them is already dead, having been killed by Ahsoka before the events of the series (in the book ‘Ahsoka’). It’s his kyber crystals she purifies to get the white-bladed lightsabers we see in ‘Rebels’. The others’ fate remains a mystery at this point.
One of them is already dead, having been killed by Ahsoka before the events of the series (in the book ‘Ahsoka’). It’s his kyber crystals she purifies to get the white-bladed lightsabers we see in ‘Rebels’. The others’ fate remains a mystery at this point.
Wondering when do we get release date for Rebels. Was thinking they will start right after holidays, but am surprised now that is not starting and we even don know when it will continue.
Is it possible to get the Clone Wars story reels on DVD and/or Blu Ray?
They’re free on Starwars.com and they’ve been uploaded to YouTube in full quality.
They’re free on Starwars.com and they’ve been uploaded to YouTube in full quality.
Yes, but I ‘d like to have an official DVD.
Yes, but I ‘d like to have an official DVD.
Like TUD said below, youtube or starwars.com is your best bet to check them all out. However, I own the Clone Wars: The Lost Missions (Season 6) Blu Ray and the four-part “Utapau” story reel is included with it. No “Bad Batch” arc though.
Okay, I own that as well, just haven’t dived into it yet. I wish I could get the Bad Batch on DVD.
It’s really too bad that they never continued to finish the various story arcs with straight-to-DVD movies at least.
Not from a jedi.
Brilliant! lol
Just keep R.J. away from it, then it’d be great I’m sure.
Just keep R.J. away from it, then it’d be great I’m sure.
Glad to see they brought in an orchestra for the finale. The last time it was used for Ahsoka’s exit was just perfect and really helped elevate the emotion of the scene.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOj6R4Yjkqk
It seems we’re getting closer to the end of the intermission since november; shouldn’t be long until we at least see a trailer for second half of the final season of the show.
I wonder when they will be announcing the next animated tv show….
I wonder when they will be announcing the next animated tv show….
I really enjoyed Clone Wars, but never watched Rebels after the first few episodes. The Sabine character was just way too silly for me.
How did it turn out? Would this be worth revisiting? How does it compare to The Clone Wars?
Super excited