UPDATE! New Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Trailer Hits! Screencaps and Interview with Dave Filoni.
As promised, a new trailer for the second season of Rebels has hit, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly. The clip features a heavy emphasis on the Force and several surprise appearances from numerous characters.
A couple of key details from the trailer:
- “Hammerhead” ships from Knights Of The Old Republic and Kinrath beasts (along with a hint that more Star Wars Legends content could be re-integrated into the setting).
- A Force temple based on Ralph McQuarrie’s art.
- Darth Vader directly interacting with the Inquisitorius.
- An elderly Lasat, Twi’leks, and a few Mandalorians.
- A return to Geonosis (and possible Death Star prototypes).
- A stable crossguard lightsaber.
- Individuals dressed as Jedi Temple guards.
- A fourth Inquisitor.
- Cham Syndulla, Leia Organa, Yoda, Anakin Skywalker, and Darth Maul.
- The long-awaited duel between Darth Vader and Ahsoka Tano.
UPDATE!
Entertainment Weekly posted an extensive interview with Executive Producer Dave Filoni, discussing the newly released trailer. You can read the full piece HERE.
Here are some of the most interesting highlights from the interview:
- The crossguard lightsaber Ezra finds is a nod to this new history we’re seeing in The Force Awakens. It gives a little more context to something that turns up later.
- By that time Leia is not a Rebel. She is part of the Empire and her father is still working within the Senate.
- Vader and The Emperor think that if they can get Ahsoka, she would be a key that leads them to other Jedi survivors.
- Matt Lanter, who voiced Anakin in The Clone Wars series, got to make his return as the voice Ahsoka hears in her head, although James Earl Jones is supplying the ominous exterior voice of Vader.
- “The voice of this mysterious character — who warns that Ezra is susceptible to the Dark Side — sounds a lot like a certain Supreme Leader we saw in The Force Awakens. But Filoni won’t say who the actor is, and he seems to enjoy the connections fans may make — legit or not. Filoni says he’s unlikely to resolve any major secrets from the films — just as he wouldn’t want the movies to tie up any loose ends involving the characters from his shows.” So this is probably not Snoke…
- “Filoni will say that these masked figures are Jedi Temple Guards, who turned up in The Clone Wars series. In Season 2 of Rebels, they battle not just our Rebel friends, but also the Dark Side Inquisitors, so their precise loyalty is in question”.
- Sabine Wren will meet up with two more unnamed Mandalorians in upcoming episodes.
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Holy crap that was a good trailer!
Cham Syndulla!
Anakin!
Yoda!
Cross guard Lightsaber!
Sith Holocrons?
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Snoke??????????
Looking forward to this.
Looked like Maul to me.
Definitely Maul! Sadly that could cancel the Obiwan spin off movie. I wanna see Maul Vs Obi one the big screen. But as good as this show is I’m happy either way. This trailer was absolutely amazing! And Yoda is voiced by Frank Oz again, not sure if that was Jones doing Vader tho. Cant wait for all the Sith backstories.
Its JEJ voicing Vader.
Didn’t sound like Jones to me. Oh well. I was thrilled he did Rebels at all.
Unless it is Snoke before he gets all damaged.
Mmmm…no. Look at the tattoos, they line up perfectly with Maul.
After a couple viewings and a closer look, I’m inclined to agree with you. Good catch.
Pretty sure that was Snoke. Craziness.
This can’t come soon enough!
Neither can I.
Was that a wink and nod to EU fans? The “Legends” reference? Are they gonna start bringing in some EU characters?
That’s how I took it.
I thought that line was interesting. And a lot of the imagery in the temple with Vader reminded me of Splinter Of The Mind’s Eye.
It seriously brings tears to my eyes to see some of this stuff on screen. When they put that Interdictor in the first half of the season I almost lost my mind. That’s my childhood: playing TIE Fighter every day in Summer and telling my mom I’m sick so that I can stay home and play it some more. All of these guys are huge EU fans, so it makes sense that they’re going to bring stuff in. I love it. Let it flow, Filoni. Let it flow.
Kennedy, Filoni, Hidalgo, and even JJ have mentioned numerous times that they wouldn’t hesitate to cherry pick and bring back characters, objects, places, or even story points from the old EU when it suits the new stories/films/books going forward.
EDIT: Even Luceno and Foster have backdoored some “Legends” stuff back into cannon, with the “Tarkin” and “TFA” novels.
i thought that was darth maul talking to him.
That’s because it is. Snoke has completely black eyes, from the sclera, the limbus, and the cornea. Darth Maul does not. Snoke does not have facial tattoos. Darth Maul does.
– Pomojema
Aren’t Snoke’s eyes blue, though? They mention giving him pale, blue eyes in The Art of TFA, and I recall them being that color in the actual film.
Hard to tell until we get some high-res pictures of Snoke.
Regardless, that’s definitely Maul. The facial tattoos are identical.
They are listed as being “pale blue” upon actually looking it up, but I couldn’t tell from the lighting. The ultimate point is that his eyes are very, very dark as opposed to colorful.
– Pomojema
I foresee a lot of Moraband
Or in a more familiar word: Korriban.
If we are lucky they change it back, no reason they can’t change it back!!!!! 🙂
Yes, there is a reason: it’s name is Moraband in Canon.Get used to it.
Let’s get used to the new name.
You’re right. Maybe I shouldn’t denied it that much.
Don’t worry, I liked the name Korriban too
“There’s always a bit of truth in LEGENDS.” – Ahsoka Tano –
A reference to the old EU? Maybe, maybe not.
That cruiser at 1:24 is 100% a Quasar Fire-class bulk cruiser from The Truce at Bakura, so yeah.
SNOKE LIVES!!!
I hate to break it to you, but that’s not Snoke.
It’s Darth Maul.
– Pomojema
Oh, wait! I misspelled Maul. Yeah, that’s the ticket!
IS THAT MALACHOR????
Given the presence of a crossguard lightsaber, I would say that there’s a very good chance that it is.
– Pomojema
Man, that’s amazing
Looks like they’ve been given license to really explore the mythology of Star Wars and push the story deeper. Exciting stuff. Good luck Rebels
Yeah, the first season was a great intro. The second season so far has been okay, but this stuff looks GREAT!
Holy crap this is the real deal 🙂 Sorry TFA but Filoni is the one continuing Lucas’s vision for SW. This looks 100% A-mazing!!!
I think they’re both doing great. TFA is set in a new generation. It shouldn’t 100% fit the OT era. Filoni is working within the OT era and he is nailing it.
LOL I meant carrying on the PT/CW style with weird Mortist-style stories, acrobatic saber duels, EU references etc.
Acrobatic saber duels are shit (though you are totally allowed to have your own opinion).
REALLY?!?! I’m allowed?!?!? Wow, thanks man!!! Now that I have your permission, I’m gonna, like, have my own opinion about shit All The Time!!!
Just trying to show that I am attempting to be respectful. Would you rather I just say “You’re wrong and your opinioj is shit!”?
Will that be Ahsoka’s final duel? :'(
Search your feelings, WackyBantha…
…you will know it to be true.
It would be awesome!
Might not be the first and last.
Damnit now that I know is Maul I literally lost all interest. I thought it was Snoke but I should of known they wouldnt do that
All interest? Maul rocks, too.
Hey man Im glad that you like him but I think he is kind of a terrible character. He was kind of used as a faceless antagonist in TPM and then they inexplicably brought him back in TCW. Again I am in the minority but I kind of hate him
I think he was criminally underutilized by Lucas. He could have and should have been the main antagonist of the PT (besides the Emperor, of course). I didn’t agree with resurrecting him, either, but now that he’s here, might as well use him.
Yeah I would have liked him to be more of an arc over the PT but since all we have to judge him on is TPM I feel that his fanbase feels kind of unearned.
Cough *Boba Fett* Cough
Yeah. Great character design is great character design. No sense in throwing away a perfectly good character if it makes sense.
Thank you. Finally, an example displaying the hypocrisy of some in the fanbase (I’m not saying that about you but about others).
Boba Fett is an overrated Z-level character. Darth Maul was supposed to be the main antagonist of TPM and he gets about 2 lines of dialogue, no back-story, and is killed off in movie 1.
Look at things from this perspective
Not agree it had to be removed to get Sith attention onto Anakin. There was Count Dooku after Maul, and plot-wise, Dooku was more important.
Vader needs to put down Maul.
I know how you feel! Thought the same thing.
damn, that gave me chills, so awesome! that vader-ahsoka story is going to be amazing.
So can we all finally agree that Ahsoka started the Knights of Ren?
It’s looking like Ezra. Although the crossguard is a relic of the Old Republic and the second half seems to have Old Republic so it could mean anything. I do think Knights of Ren origins will be told on Rebels. Love seeing the crossovers
Damn, looks like a lot of lore will be tackled in this 2nd half of season 2 or Rebels.
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed TFA but I feel like it was a little light on lore, and don’t get started on the familiar feeling TFA had lol (though I’m sure that next two SW episodic films will delve more into lore). Rebels on the other hand (at least from this 1st impression from the trailer), is looking like it will get into it.
I see Moraband and Darth Plagueis and more
that’s maul. I thought it was snoke.
Me too! Sit back and wait for the Snoke is Maul theories! 🙂
Maul!
Interesting – the pull to the dark is a direct contrast to Kylo Ren, and “there’s always truth in Legends” really solidifies the Plagueis idea, for me. There’s not a lot of the EU from this timeline that would make sense to re-canonize. But Plagueis makes sense because he is so heavily theorized for TFA, and the rest of this season has a bunch of TFA stuff.
Plus, Rebels is the perfect venue for explaining the less imporant exposition of the Plagueis theory.
Maybe. Though that’s Maul in the trailer, not Snoke. I disagree about the EU, though. There is TONS of stuff that makes sense to include:
1. Technology (which it looks like they’re doing with the Quasar Fire-class cruiser and the Hammerhead ships)
2. Characters (Mara Jade as an inquisitor anyone, Talon Karrde, Thrawn, etc.?)
3. Locations
Yeah, but at the same time, is a Quasar cruiser really such a big deal that you open a trailer with that quote? I think there’s more to it than that.
But after further consideration, I do agree – there’s a lot of stuff they could pull from Legends. But with the TFA focus, something related to Snoke makes a lot of sense, and so does the Plagueis theory. ^^
Was that Maul? i wasn’t 100% convinced, looked like a human plagious to me.
I’ll watch it again.
So excited
Omg. Wow. Just….Wow.
Nerd tears.
Great trailer. Wish I could see this live, but no Disney XD at home. 🙁 I bought Season 1 on Blu Ray and will do so for Season 2. I love the fact that they’re adding in classic characters like Yoda, Anakin, Darth Vader, Leia and Darth Maul. It’ll be interesting to see what’s Darth Maul’s story will be like now that he’s made a reappearance on Rebels. Will he get killed off or will he continue on until TFA era? Interesting times indeed.
I think you buy the episodes as they air on iTunes.
iTunes, Season 1 episodes came out same day (evening), season 2 episodes are coming out 1 day later (well 1-3am day after airing).
But season passes are nice, SD or HD available.
Oh, yeah!
And am I the only one who thinks that could be an early version of Starkiller Base?
Imagine it: The Empire wouldn’t dare test an unstable prototype of the weapon on the actual Death Star. So they put it on a planet and fire. It works, so they make one for the Death Star.
NOW, thirty years later, the First Order can’t exactly afford an entire battle station. So they go into the Imperial archives, as mentioned by Kylo Ren, and learn of the prototype weapon. They go to the planet, embellish the pre-existing weapon, and call it Starkiller Base.
And yeah I know it’s not snowing on the Rebels planet. But in a few months it won’t be snowing on Earth, either.
I’ve always thought that Starkiller Base makes more sense as a revamped antique of the Empire. The Emperor always loved his superweapons.
Very “Hitler-esque” of him. Oh, that silly Palpy. 😉
Interesting theory.
https://youtu.be/eWNc487J1pU
IT’S MAUL DAGNABBIT XD
We’ve said it before, and it should be said again – What a time to be alive!
I dont watch the Rebels, but isnt that guy having a cross-guard lightsaber a bullshit? Wasnt that Kylo’ s special one?
“A design not seen since the Scourge of Malachor” according to the latest books. Evidently he must be on an asteroid that used to be part of Malachor.
yup looks like we’ve getting a Force Awakens tie in. Hopefully the origins of Knights of Ren which im starting to think was created by Maul
And a TOR/KOTOR tie in. This series is getting deep.
KOTOR tie in great, SWTOR tie in not so great…
…I swear if they make anything from SWTOR cannon, I’ll lose so much respect for star wars.
why? I
Wait, so its an ancient design now? Werent the cross guard sabers the outcome of the instability of his home-made lightsaber?
According to the visual dictionary the design is ancient, but Ren’s saber was home made and had to rely on an older design to do it without specialized tools required for more stable designs..
Well that is kind of a dissapointment to me then. I thought he made a malfunctioning lightsaber and its a special one.
He did make a malfunctioning saber. Hes using a cracked crystal
But its an ancient design. In that case he cant even make a lightsaber from a book. Losing to Rey and now cant even make a weapon out of a design book… What a terrible villain.
I should not’ve watched this trailer. TFA is a bit ruined to me now.
you know all this stuff is make believe, right?
pardon?
Yeah, but this is a classic case of “It’s not what I wanted it to be so I don’t like it!” It’s sad really.
Why is it sad? The idea that he has a special weapon created by an accident is a lot better than having a normal one. I thought that was brilliant from JJ. But I guess he was supposed to build a normal but cant even follow an instruction guide. Do you think thats a good idea? Making a totally incompetent villain?
“Do you think thats a good idea? Making a totally incompetent villain?”
Yes. This gives him room to have a more impactful story arc. That’s Storytelling 101, Day 1, Page 1 right there.
But he is supposed to be the one who destoryed the new jedi order and he is the leader of the knights of ren… A guy who cant even put a couple of pieces together. They should’ve gone with the evil Jar-jar theory…
Well, he put the pieces together just fine apparently, as his saber has proven quite effective. So what if he utilized a cracked crystal in it’s construction…he’s hella Punk like that. 😉
And as far as we know so far, according to the film and novel/script…he helped destroy the students of what would become a new Jedi order. For all we know, up until Rey, he may have not have ever had a single decent fight with anyone with a modicum of his skills.
And we don’t yet know ANYTHING about the Knights of Ren…they too could be a bunch of posers at this point.
This was always the point of Kylo Ren, things that we’ve all been privy too for months now. Don’t let your own speculation write a script that was never there. Far too many people get caught up in that.
At least now we have an INTERESTING villain, who we can see grow into something far more menacing, instead of a simple, one-note mustache-twirling James Bond villain.
Why didnt he used an unscathed crystal then? Luke made a new lightsaber without even learning a single word about lightsabers…
He is indeed an interessting character tho. But I hope the trilogy gets a competent villain aswell. Snoke better be badass as fck!
Well, that’s also an assumption. For all we know at this point, Luke got instructions during his communes with Obi-Wan, and Yoda.
Also, that cracked crystal may prove to be an Easter Egg of sorts, a la Vader’s lightsaber being found by the Acolytes of the Dark in the Aftermath Novel.
Sadly I dont follow the Eu. All my knowlede is from the movies. And I’ve read X-wings around 15 years ago.This Vader’s crystal idea is indeed a great one. But imo he should’ve kept Vaders crystal as a treasure and use an undamaged one for a working lightsaber. If the damn manual says so…
That’s OK…not everyone does. That’s why you have us in your life. 😉
The new EU is off to a good start…TONS of easter eggs in the books/comics so far leading up to TFA. It was nice to be able to wink at a few things/characters (Snaps Wexley, Jessika Pava) during the film.
Even tho Kylo is now pretty much ruined for me, I loved the new movie. I might gonna follow the new canon if I’ll have a bit more free time with my job.
Im a physicist. And belive it or not Star Wars kinda inspired me to this profession. As a kid I was mesmerised by the spaceships and At-at walkers. And even tho I was very dissapointed by the prequels (sorry George) I still follow this franchise. And will continue to do so till they ruin it beyond reparation.
That’s fair enough, but on the other side of the coin, I quite enjoy that Kylo is described as a “Sith Fetishist”, “Inexperienced”, and “Unstable”. This was portrayed to a T in the film, and even more so in the novel/script. But he really should’t be ruined for you, as he was portrayed exactly how he was meant to be all along – it’s us fans, and our speculation that built him up into something he was never meant to be…yet.
We’ve got two more films with him to grow as a character, which is downright exciting. FINALLY! A villain that grows into something really menacing.
But anyways, I hope you get the time to discover some of the new canon, as it’s quite good for the most part. Have a good day!
OMG he’s perfectly competent! The only thing that went wrong is that his crystal got cracked! He made no mistakes during the production of his lightsaber. Take a second and think!
And in the book the perfect weapon after seeing TFA I am more sure that the box she recovered was the box that held Luke’s original lightsaber
That’s certainly possible. Personally, I was leaning towards Vader’s helmet.
Acolytes Of The Beyond, but yes, an interesting theory. I hope we find out more about that group.
“For all we know, up until Rey, he may have not have ever had a single decent fight with anyone with a modicum of his skills.”
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Wait, so LUKE didn’t try and stop him then? Gagh…that’s the problem with TFA – enjoyable enough time at the movies to be sure, but it’s like uravelling a sweater – you pull at one little niggling thread, and the thing starts to fall apart entirely. Best not to think too much about the film.
I’d say it’s a bit early to think about that too much. Could be that Luke wasn’t anywhere near the place when that happened.
That goes for all of them, lol. Why didn’t the Empire shoot down the escape pod that R2 and 3PO were in?
Boom, the movie’s ruined.
You don’t know where Luke was when Ren killed the others he could have been off recruiting more force users.that could be the seen in the vision Luke coming back and seeing the carnage that was left
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You obviously have some hatred for this not being what you specifically wanted it to be, which is irrational and ultimately makes it pointless to attempt to discuss things with you. No one can help you with that other than you. Good day.
That’s kinda the point with Ren. He’s not supposed to be Darth Vader. He’s supposed to be a Vader wannabe. At least in TFA. JJ and Kasdan have said from the beginning that Kylo Ren is a new type of villain for Star Wars. One that grows just as much as the heroes do.
Yea, but I thought his lightsaber is a special one, accidentaly created by him. At least that made him a little bit badass. But now hes just a fckin loser who cant even put a couple of pieces together corectly…
Or…the art of making a lightsaber was lost. I doubt he had a how-to manual. He probably found an old lightsaber and tried to figure out how to make one himself and mostly succeeded. I think it’s pretty cool, actually.
What you’ve latched onto was always just a fan theory. The actual details have been pretty available for many many months debunking that.
I missed that info then. Anyways Im sorry to hear thats the truth. Imo it would’ve been a lot better if its his special weapon and a new design. I dont really have anything to defent Kylo Ren now. The haters were right. He just a loser.
That was the point of Kylo Ren all along. If that’s your take on him, then Kasdan, and JJ have succeeded.
He was meant to be portrayed as a wannabe…a Peacock, if you will.
Wannabes could be also competent. How was he supposed to be like Vader if he cant even follow an instruction manual and loses against a random frightened scavanger girl. And he is the leader of the ren knights? And also the one who destroyed the new Jedi order lead by Luke? Wow, I never thought im gonna say this. But JJ should’ve rather used Lucas’s ideas…
1. The crystal he had was cracked.
2. The cross guard hilt he used was an ancient design to compensate for the instability of the cracked crystal.
3. That’s actually smart, crafty and of course handy..something Skywalkers are good at.
What’s the problem man? Lol I completely agree that he shouldn’t have lost against Rey in that fight..but that doesn’t mean he won’t kick her ass later. We shall see..after all the supreme leader is now going to “finish his training.”
Why didnt he used an undamaged crystal then? Luke was able to do it without even learning a single word about lightsabers…
Forgetting something here guys he was shot by the bowcaster the weapon that made everything it hit fly fifty feet away. He took the shot and fell to a knee and still fought two people
This is also true! he was still very much a badass after being injured..plus he wasn’t even trying to kill Rey because he wanted to train her/give her to the supreme leader..what I meant by he shouldn’t have lost that fight was that he shouldn’t have gotten his face sliced and even allow Rey to get the upper hand despite his injuries..he should’ve pulled a Vader and cut off her hand or something to show that he is still the superior opponent and that she needs to train in order to defeat him.
You don’t even know what Lucas’ ideas were, lol. Why are you so butthurt over this?
Well, in your opinion maybe. In my opinion he’s a very complex and flawed villain that I’m looking forward to seeing grow over the course of the story moving forward. There’s huge story telling potential with all the main characters at this point and if you let something as minute as the origins of his lightsaber ruin the rest of his character arc then that is very much your loss.
Are you trying to tell me, that a guy who cant even follow an instruction manual destoryed the new jedi order lead by Luke Skywalker (a guy who can make a fckin lightsaber). Is this supposed to be a joke?
He followed “the instruction manual” fine, he made no mistakes during the saber’s construction. He just happened to have a cracked kyber crystal. Get the fuck over it.
So, why didnt he used an undamaged crystal? Luke was able to do it without learing a single word about lightsbers…
Maybe he just couldn’t find one. Or maybe it was given to him. Or maybe he knew it would look cool. or maybe he thought it would give the saber more power. or maybe he knew he would only need one krystal instead of three to create the crossguard. It doesn’t matter! Kylo made no mistakes during the physical production of his lightsaber, so get over it!
No mistake? That lightsaber with wires outside of the hilt seems like a grand mistake to me. And using a damaged crystal seems also like a very bad idea. What if it explodes in his hand? Or what if it turns off during a battle? He should’ve followed the desing book correctly. But yea, I might be overthinking this…
THERE WAS NO DESIGN BOOK. Seriously, get over it. The real reason that his lightsaber looks like that is that JJ wanted it to look cool. There, are you happy? Jeez, why can’t people like you just be satisfied for once?
Dark side users are losers by definition
I couldn’t tell if you were serious or not but haha you got me.
Im not familiar with the Eu. But from what JJ said I interpreted that Kylo wanted to build a regular single bladed one, but because its handmade so he created a special design out of an accident. That at least made him a bit badass imo. But now he cant even make one out of an instruction manual and loses vs a scavanger. Great job I gues…
Every lightsaber is unique, his crystal was cracked and was producing too much energy so he took the idea from ancient sabers to have a crossguard. its hard to make something properly when you only have 50% of the peices needed. I think that makes him more of a badass.
If that’s all it takes to ruin a villain to you, then you seriously need to get yourself together, lol.
We’ve known it was [based] an ancient design since Celebration, in April. Also, it’s specifically described in the Visual Dictionary as well.
Was that known? I missed that info then. I thought the design was just an accident.
Yes, it was known. You seem to have held on to that fan theory since the beginning, though, ad have decided to be majorly butthurt over it.
Ofc I am. The guy who cant even follow an instruction manual was supposed to be the one who destoryed the new jedi order lead by Luke? Thats very stupid imo.
No
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfQRi2ck0Xg
You know this was his TFA reaction, right? Very old news.
The joke
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Your head.
Yeah, this was pretty much me as well while watching the new trailer. 🙂
Loved this Trailer so much and had a few brief thoughts on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTZkEb9yM3M&feature=youtu.be
Now I know why they had the mid-season pause. They needed to wait for TFA to start showing the tie-ins.
I’m glad they waited on The Force Awakens tie ins. I was one of the people wondering since last season what happened to the supposed “tie ins” but you have to see the movie to understand so its going to work out I think
What are the tie-ins a part of the crossed light saber ?
Some how they are gonna make that light saber RENs like he fou it and modify it
No, but they will link the two by how they share an ancient design.
Looks amazing, but as usual, I find there’s a limit to how seriously I can take Ezra as long as he has that stupid, cliche “American teen” voice. Like, I totally expect to hear him say “dude” every other sentence, man. FYI, Disney, kids don’t talk like that.
He also seriously requires a wardrobe change.
Agree with the wardrobe change, and a different hairstyle would be nice. I swear his hair consists of living, breathing tentacles. xD
I think his voice and everything is great tho.
i like his air it look’s better than Obi-One’s in episode one!
i dunno man
obi-wan’s a handsome man XD
You mean, like Luke’s whiney ass teen voice when we met him in ANH?
Exactly. He doesn’t even have the voice of a 15 year-old.
Oh! And the show finally looks PRETTY!!!!!! <3 Reminds me of The Clone Wars. Really digging the visuals.
TCW took a season or two to look good, too. It takes a while to build up all the 3D assets.
Very true! I still wish Rebels was cropped to 2.75:1 aspect ratio though – the letter-boxing really helped TCW feel cinematic, and I think Rebels would benefit from that too. Probably won’t happen, but eh. The show is amazing.
I loved the opening of each episode of CW – the quote and the faux news cast bit. Pretty cool.
Finally got off of Lothal.
Remember folks that the Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir comic book is canon (as it is based on unproduced TCW scripts per TCW’s cancellation).
GUY’S did everyone forget about the ship that had the hanger UNDERNEATH the ship I think it was also from Legend’s!
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Flurry
More legend’s stuff oh my forcing Gof!
Just Amazing, everything.
Do the animators have any idea what a TIE Fighter is supposed to look like?
Yes. They actually used the original designs from 77 as the basis. That’s how Filoni knew that a TIE can actually hold 3 people inside.
Filoni doesn’t just make this stuff up; he actually has been using a TON of recycled and long forgotten original SW designs for Rebels. He’s got direct access to this stuff…hence why one of the Inquisitors was an early design of Snoke.
I understand using unused designs from the movies, but the TIE Fighter already has an established, canonical look.
Well it IS a kid’s cartoon. They deliberately tweaked things for exaggeration to that end.
And the TIE designs are based on the actual canonical design, not an unused concept. 😉
Could be just an older model of the tie
Uh…pretty sure it wasn’t the 77 TIE fighter that was the basis, but the Kenner toy.
Not according to Dave Filoni, in an interview with the Jedi Council bubbas for Collider. 😉
You would be dead wrong. The TIE’s squad appearance in Rebels reflects Ralph McQuarrie’s original concept art.
The concept have a more minimalistic/old cartoo aproach, all stuff, characters, ships, etc. and the intencion is not to represent the exact look but the idea of the shape under this artistic concept. Just like TCW had his own style.
Ezra is becoming too important to be simply written off from the OT continuity. I suspect they will have to find a way to associate him with TFA and the new trilogy.
The guy in the ceremonial armor sounds like Plo Koon.
Can’t be. Plo Koon dies on screen in Revenge Of The Sith.
Filoni brought Maul back and we saw him cut in half. All we saw in Revenge of the Sith was Koon’s ship hit a building.
That’s just what we need. Another character brought back from the dead.
lol the body of Plo Koon has been disintegrated in the explosion of his jedi starfighter. Plus if you watch carefully the scene you ll see the ship is torn apart in fire.
It’s a Jedi Temple guard. We see a lot of them in TCW: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jedi_Temple_Guard
Could just be the same voice actor who wanted to come back. Happens all the time in animation. I love PK but it would be needlessly convoluted to bring more people back to life. There are already way too many Jedi surviving
Why does Yoda look older on Rebels than on ESB ?
It’s just a cartoon. He looks different, that’s all. Still looks better than TPM Yoda, so I’m not gonna complain.
No… TPM Yoda looked better. It’s ok…. The trailer is AWESOME and it’s more than I could expect, I’m very happy. But Yoda looked better in Yoda Stories’ videogame…
Which TPM version looked better? Not the hideous puppet version, that’s for sure.
No ESB and ROTJ Yoda is much better than the UGLY PT Yoda.
He wasn’t comparing the TPM Yoda to OT Yoda. He was comparing TPM Yoda to the Yoda in this trailer.
I beg to differ…
I think they spent 5 dollars on this puppet, and 5 cents on Obi-Wan’s AOTC beard prosthetic.
agreed… looks so much better than the Clone Wars version/
When I first saw the trailer I thought for sure that “Old Master” was Snoke and I freaked out but it looks like it is Maul
Same here. After couple viewings, I changed my mind to the Maul theory.
It’s not a theory though. It is in fact Darth Maul. Screenshot it, and then brighten it. The facial markings definitely confirm it’s him.
I don’t think it is Maul. I theorize its an older Sith Lord that created the holocron. I suspect the facial tattoos that Maul had were something common to the Sith of old… in this new era of canon.
No. They’re common to Zabraks like Savage Opress and others. The ones that Maul have are a pattern unique to him, so he is the only possible candidate for “the Old Master”. plus, it’s clearly the same voice actor.
It has nothing to do with the Sith it’s his race like the mauri spelling sorry
I wish it was snoke, would have been epic! But maul is pretty sweet also
OHMYGAH DARTH MAUL!!!!!
honestly i’m having the same reaction to this that i did for the tfa trailers: curl up in a ball and question my life
I am not 100% sold that Ashoka is actually fighting Vader. It could be a force vision like Ezra had in the Jedi Temple before.
“There is always a bit of truth in Legends”
This trailer is filled with Old Republic references.
– 0:06 Sith temple long table as seen in SWTOR)
– 2:14 Sith Holocron as portrayed in SWTOR
– Planet Korriban (same color, and asteroid field as portrayed in the “The Return” trailer for Swtor, and in the game itself)
Plus the Sith Temple, using the same architecture as the ones in
KOTOR/SWTOR
Korriban does exist in the current canon, just with a different name, Moraband (the last finished story arc of The Clone Wars showed it).
Ya I know it does, I was just emphasizing that the planet was included in Rebels 😀
Wow… Wow… This was insane!!!! Literally can’t believe this! There’s so much in there..
Just clarifying one thing, those are not ceremonial armors from the old republic, those are Jedi Temple Guards, nice!
They need to explain why they weren’t at the jedi temple at the moment they were actually needed, when Vader turned up with the 501st….suspicious
Yes, it’s the problem to introduce so many characters between movies/stories that already exist.
I like this show but i also want to be really coherent with the story.
Good point, Im sure there is a perfectly coherent explanation for that, hopefully this season we will find out what happened.
Think we’ll learn they got scared and abandoned the temple and now trying to regain their honor or something.. I think it will be interesting and I can’t wait to find out.
I think they are guarding the last of the Jedi knowledge repositories and such. Maybe even a second, hidden, Jedi Archives.
Or this is just recovered armor, and this is how the Church of the Force starts.
That would be an interesting twist. What if that masked figure is Lor San Tekka?
Holy s**t, you make a video about the teaser, start the upload and *wham* there is a new trailer xD I hope you enjoy it anyway 😉
https://youtu.be/7fYOgBiKHwA
jeez Yoda looks like absolute shit and Anakin seems as if he was pulled out of any other Disney princess movie. apart from that the story seems exciting enough, looking forward to watching this couple of episodes. it just amazes me everytime I see the characters on the show how terrible they look with all the money, time and effort behind it…
Its wildly successful, and its a cartoon.
Ezra = Snoke confirmed!!!
My reaction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mylN7ZltUc8
That vid pretty much wins the internet today.
Hmmmmm, just a thought. What if Snoke is Kanan and Rey is Ezra’s grandchild.
Snoke says in the novelization of TFA that he is old enough to have seen the rise and fall of the Republic. So no, he’s not Kanan.
But which Sith has been alive long enough(DONT SAY PLAYGEIUS!)
Maul.
Though I definitely don’t think they’d bring him back as Snoke, that would be stupid. Plagueis is more probable in that case.
Maul wouldn’t have been around for the rise of the Republic. It existed for a thousand years (at least) before TPM.
Darth Bane?
In the new trilogy I prefer Snoke to be a badass like Bane.
Plagueis could influence in those living forms, yes, but only one knew how to avoid death. And it was not Plagueis.
No, it said the rise and fall of the Empire, not the Republic.
I’m 99% sure he says Republic. Maybe not, but I think so.
Oh my…
From the TFA Visual Dictionary: “Kylo Ren’s unusual lightsaber is an ancient design, dating back thousands of years to the Great Scourge of Malachor.” We just seen a crossguard lightsaber and that planet looks a lot like Malachor V…
I truly hope that after Rebels they make tv series where Luke rebuilding jedi order. And we going to see Ahsoka, Ezra and Kanan again. And yeah i know what said Yoda to Luke. But don’t forget Obi-Wan and Yoda also told Luke that his father was killed by Vader. And forget to mention that Leia is his Sister.
They should all be killed off before A New Hope. Otherwise Luke’s significance is almost meaningless, as is the title A New Hope.
Well no he was only one who could defeat Emperor and Vader. But with rebuilding Jedi Order he could need help. He could be still Grand Master.
Don’t try to rationalize this BS just because you like the characters. They weren’t part of the rebel alliance, there were no other Jedi in the OT. They need to die if it’s to fit together cohesively with the original films. Otherwise they are asking their audience to resort to some serious cognitive dissonance, period.
Old Eu done that too and on much longer scale there was dozens of Jedi some of them Jedi masters. I dont see reason why cant Rebels little stretch one line of the originals.
The post-ROTJ jedi in the EU were sought out and trained by Luke – he developed a way to confirm force sensitivity in others, and would take them and train them. Their progress to higher force powers, even being Masters in some cases, was because of Luke – so the idea that Luke was of central importance, as Yoda had said, was never violated.
I am not against filling in the content between movies, but it needs to be done with careful consideration to what has gone before, not just creating some new person or idea because it is cool or interesting.
I’d say if any of the Force sensitives survive… it’ll probably be like Ahsoka. They leave the life of Jedi behind. Disappear into obscurity. It’s about the only excuse I could think of that would fit… I don’t ever seen any of them interacting with Luke post ROTJ though.
No. When they started this “show for kids” they knew exactly they were playing at, adding Jedis in this time period. If they are honest they should kill them all. Yoda is talking to Ezra, right? He knows he exists. He can’t be lying in Empire when saying that “the last of the jedi you are”.
Why he can’t be lying ?! He lied and twisted truth before.
That was obi-wan
Snoke was around during the OT, wasn’t he ? Yet, he was never mentioned by Yoda or the Emperor. It is not totally impossible that there are other force-sensitives in hiding e.g. in the Unknown Regions or somewhere else out of the reach of the Empire and the Rebellion.
Since Yoda appears to have a connection with Ezra, he would know though if Ezra went into seclusion for some reason. It remains a mystery why Yoda would conceal that information from Luke, but I bet that will be explained in the TV series.
Snoke is not a jedi as far as we know.
Neither is Ezra, at least not yet, Ezra may have left before becoming a Jedi.
But still that wouldn’t make sense at all from the age point of view. Also, there was that deleted line appeared in the novel where snoke says that he saw the empire rising and falling, e.g. he was around before ezra had born
Looks better than The Force Awakens. Dave Filoni should direct a movie about Star Wars.
Agree with the second part. He’s completely ready to direct IX, much more than T-Revorrow. Should we start a campaign? #Filoni4IX ?
He’s already directed a Star Wars movie – and it was terrible
Well, he directed episodes of a TV show that George Lucas, out of nowhere, just stated that they were going to release as a feature film. That’s Lucas’ fault.
He also hovere over him like a hawk in the early days. Dave should be a creative consultant on the new film at the very least.
Are we really doing this again (discounting GL’s contributions of the TCW TV series)?
Yes, we all know that the TCW movie wasn’t that great, and that in reality it should’ve just been a multi-episode TV-only thing (or a full-length TV movie feature) & not have it premier as a feature film in theaters, but come on, the show improved in ideas, story, and characters as it went on and many of the the ideas and stories throughout the series came from GL; furthermore, a large part of the success that the show accomplished, especially as the series progressed, was due to GL’s contributions.
For what it’s worth, I’d like to see his ideas (at least the good ones) used in the new trilogy rather than the boring direction Disney is going in but TCW clearly got better as he stepped away which is no different from the OT. Lucas was born to be a producer not a writer or director. That’s where all his talents lie, He’s not very good with dialogue or direction but he’s awesome at world building.
If it wasn’t for Lucas also taking Filoni as his prodigee we’d have none of this. Is it really logical to say that because someone chooses to make the tv episodes a feature film, that immediately makes it crap? Because I’ve seen a handful that have been perfectly fine. Everyone wasn’t to blame george for this and that. You go try being creative and make something. Figure out what the real issues are. Then think about how you’d feel if you knew exactly why things went wrong but people just choose to put it on you since you were player 1. Cmon.
The statement is this: “George Lucas decided to take three episodes and make them a movie, while all along the actual content producers were preparing them as episodes of a long running television show. That ‘movie’ turned out to be bad, therefore it is likely a bad decision.”
The only blame for the movie being bad is George Lucas. He took something that wasn’t going to be a movie, and declared it to be released as a movie. That was stupid. We shouldn’t blame Filoni on that, he was developing those episodes as episodes, and its stated that they weren’t even ready yet.
This trailer seems to suggest that Ezra will be in danger of falling to the dark side, possibly under the influence of Darth Maul. Will he turn out to be Snoke, there’s definitely a resemblance, though his accent is different and he doesn’t seem to be old enough.
Based on what we learned from the TFA novel, I’d say it’s probably unlikely.
He is too young to be Snoke. According to the TFA novelization, Snoke is supposed to have witnessed the rise and the fall of the Empire. Ezra on the other hand was born roughly at the same time as Luke and Leia.
I am still hoping Rey might be biologically related to Ezra (maybe his daughter), but I admit that is highly unlikely.
Ah yes, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that he witnessed its creation. He’s been witnessing the rise and rise of the Empire throughout his life. It just remains to be seen whether he’ll witness its fall.
Actually, I believe that it was the rise and fall of the Republic, so Maul would be too young. Regardless, Maul has tattoos and horns, and Snoke does not.
The republic, oh ok. I don’t think anyone was suggesting Maul is Snoke.
I just want to go into carbon freeze and wake up after the season is finished, then binge watch it.
I love the show. BUT so close to ANH, this is looks not like the universe from the movie.
Five year difference.
so Leia is 14 here? And already big leader and fighter? Ok…
It’s a massive universe. We only saw a handful of plants in the OT. Look at the diversity here on earth.
The Stormtroopers look like OT Stormies, the vehicles and tech looks like OT era things, even the things we didn’t specifically see in the OT movies such as the Imperial ground transports and baby AT-ST’s (sorry, don’t know the names) but had to have existed within the Imperial infrastructure look and feel like they’re part of that same Empire. It’s just different planets.
We saw a desert world, a high-tech battle station, an Earth-like planet from orbit and an old Sith temple on a jungle moon orbiting a gas giant. That was in the first film. We’re seeing space stations, crumbling Jedi temples and a Sith temple in this trailer. Not really out of the ordinary if they’re dealing with Jedi/Sith lore.
how stupid are star wars fanclub theories…
Great use of Ashoka’s theme, Excellent music overall. Kiner should be scoring the films, I wasn’t a fan of his early work but he’s clearly improved and knows what Star Warneeds.
Darth Maul has to be in mid 50’s by now since he was a Obi-Wan’s age in TPM.
Why does Yoda look so awful here? Nearly as bad as Snoke.
Yeah, this is the worst CGI version of Yoda for me :/
btw. Why the hell does not Sam Witwer doing the voice of Maul again?? I’m sure he’d be in the studio in no time, if he was asked. This one sounds nothing like him.
Sounds like him to me.
Even worse than the Wookiees. Looks more like Yogurt.
I heard that it’s actually Sam Witwer
It is Sam Witwer… he’s just doing an older Maul voice.
Like how they throw in what sounds like Snokes theme to tease. That mysterious figure does sound alot like Snoke as well.
But he’s Maul.
I’m not talking about Maul. I’m talking about the temple guard talking to Kanan.
Oh, okay. I can’t see that guard being Snoke though. he sounds more like Plo Koon, tbh.
Do you know if its the same voice actor? Could also be why Filoni didn’t want to reveal the voice actor.
“There’s always a bit of truth in LEGENDS” – Ties to the Expanded Universe confirmed.
Yeah, reminded me of “This will begin to make things right”
I think you’re getting wayyyy too excited about that line to infer that it is going to have a connection to any of the garbage they abandoned. I mean, it was thrown away for a reason.
Although I will happily welcome the Quasar-Fire class Bulk Cruiser to the canon Uni.
What do you mean “infer”? A ton of Legends vehicles have already been brought back, like the Interdictor and the Hammerheads.
No, I’m not too excited, I’m just happy and hopeful about it. Also, The Force Awakens already confirmed they’re are willing to take many things from the EU and twist them into their own versions of it. Kylo-Caedus, Rey-Jaina, Luke-…well, Luke etc.
I’m sorry, but I don’t see Kylo and Rey as interchangeable with the Solo twins. They’re a boy and a girl Force user, the dude went Dark side, one isn’t even a Solo. But whatever. If you REALLY want to believe this is a tribute to eliminated content that was mostly trash, by all means, enjoy.
The line clearly means something lol. That should be evident just from seeing the hammer head cruisers. There’s always a “bit” of truth pretty much implies that a few things will be handpicked from the old. How much is the question but I think its fair to say its not going to be a lot. Just whatever they think would work in context of what they’re currently building for us.
Filoni has always been a big fan of KOTOR. He’s stated it before. He tried very hard to get Revan into the Clone Wars, and at least got Lucas to bring in Bane and Korriban (of course George had to rename it so it was his).
The line is dialogue that is referencing something going on in the episode it’s spoken in. Ya’ll just gettin’ way excited because a marketing team made a good decision in assuming fans would find a connection with the KOTOR-elements highlighted in the trailer and the word LEGENDS.
Just saying.
I thought the whole point of the cross-guard was to vent unstable material – so how can you have a “stable” one?
its only unstable because the crystal is cracked
This. It’s also said to be an ancient design.
This show looks epic, Yoda however, looks like shit. CW did a better rendition imo.
In case you haven’t noticed over the past 2 seasons. Different shows. Different animation style. In context, yoda looks fine. Out of context when comparing to other incarnations probably not. Calm your tits and be glad you’re getting the show.
I’m aware of the differences, that said, he really does look like a blob of play-doh here.
The points at the beginning of the video are practically word-for-word EXACTLY the same as this video by Dash Star. Is this a coincidence? Or who got these from who?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGzoz5DePjs
Wet my pants…I now…have.
I’ve watched this trailer over a dozen times now. WOW! The way Anakin sounds when he says “Ahsoka why did leave? Do you know what I’ve become?” really nailed it for me. It almost sounds like he blames her for not being there for him when he turned dark.
It’s looking like Ahsoka will meet her fate and Ezra will go dark. They’ve been hinting at Ezra going down that path. Also as others have mentioned I don’t see Ahsoka, Kanan, or Ezra surviving after the end of the series. Can they without messing up the OT universe? While I’m predicting I say Rex don’t make it through the rest of this season. Just a hunch.
The show really needs to be an hour long. I’ve been saying that from day one.