

Its name and premiere date were announced in a press release on May 20, 2013. Star Wars Rebels was first announced on March 11, 2013, as an unnamed animated series set to replace Star Wars: The Clone Wars. By December 2013, the production crew had finished developing the series' first season and had begun animating the first script.Īfter the second episode of the series was aired, a second season was already confirmed. veteran sculptor Darren Marshall, who worked on Star Wars: The Clone Wars prior to its cancellation in 2013, developed sculpts for the core characters of Star Wars Rebels before leaving Lucasfilm in June 2013.

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Arihnda Pryce.Sarah Michelle Gellar as Seventh Sister.Philip Anthony-Rodriguez as Fifth Brother.Stephen Stanton as Wilhuff Tarkin, AP-5.Dee Bradley Baker as Kassius Konstantine, Rex, Wolffe, Gregor.David Shaughnessy as Cumberlayne Aresko, Myles Grint.Together, this ragtag group will face threatening new villains, have thrilling adventures, and become heroes." But there are a select few who are brave enough to stand up against the endless Stormtroopers and TIE Fighters of the Empire: the clever and motley crew of the starship Ghost. Imperial forces have occupied a remote planet, ruling with an iron fist and ruining the lives of its people. " It is a dark time in the galaxy, as the evil Galactic Empire tightens its grip of power from world to world. The general premise is described as follows:

The series is set approximately 5 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin), fourteen years into the reign of the Galactic Empire.
