Star Wars Rebels: New TV Series

[Revanchist]

Last I checked it was.

[Slornie]

Oh, hey, look. Another fierce-looking bad guy with a double-ended red lightsaber!

[Revanchist]

I think I will kill myself now.

[tlmiller]

Fierce, I thought it was a clown....

[Slornie]

On the other hand, this picture (almost) makes everything better!  There's also a short QA with Filoni



What are those little ships beneath/in front of the Star Destroyer?

[Meyer]

I hope that this new villain will be able to actually do something "villainy" and not just fail at everything through some stroke of luck on the heroes part. And while I doubt it, it would be good if they could lose some of the childishness of Clone Wars. But great pics!

[Revanchist]

Fierce, I thought it was a clown....

Nah, clowns are genuinely terrifying. The Picture looks nice, but why are they ISD 2s in the picture?

[tlmiller]

Maybe the villain in the new show realized that the ISD-II is superior and uses them instead of ISD-I's... 

[Revanchist]

But ISD IIs weren't introduced until after Yavin, right?

[Mat8876]

But ISD IIs weren't introduced until after Yavin, right?

They were introduced shortly before Yavin.

[Revanchist]

Does 5 years count as "shortly before" though? The series is set around 5 BBY.

[tlmiller]

In the entirety of the Star Wars Universe, I'd say yes since it spans thousands of years.  In the mainline universe, I personally would think no.  But if this show is to be considered canon, then it'll be officially, yes, 5 years is considered "shortly before" since they appear to be using them.

[Lord Xizer]

I hope that this new villain will be able to actually do something "villainy" and not just fail at everything through some stroke of luck on the heroes part. And while I doubt it, it would be good if they could lose some of the childishness of Clone Wars. But great pics!

Maybe some good EU villains will make appearances like the other Inquisitors, Jerec, Tremayne etc. and some good EU Imperials and Black Sun.

[tlmiller]

I wouldn't really count on it much myself.

[Waffle Wagon]

So, has anyone seen the new character bio videos? They all but confirmed my worst fears about this show, the one about the "spunky" mandalorian girl was profoundly depressing. They aren't really characters so much as cliches, and the most tired ones at that. There's the big strong guy, there's the streetwise kid who plays by his own rules... And yet another Jedi who escapes order 66.

[Mat8876]

Not another order 66 survivor it's almost as if the clones had the same problem as the stormtroopers (being they can't hit anything).

[Revanchist]

Yup, looks pretty bad. The only thing that would fix it (IMO) would be to have the Jedi killed, the Twi'lek pilot need some prosthetic limbs, and the Mandalorian girl actually be an Imperial spy by the end of the first season.