The brand new animated series had premiered already on the Disney Channel and for those that do not have Foxtel, it will be aired this Saturday, 11th October, on 7mate at 4:30pm. Set about 5 years before ANH, the series will follow a ragtag bunch during the time of the Empire with a spark of Rebellion.

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They also released 4 exclusive short stories online.

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The Machine in the Ghost

Art Attack

Entanglement

Property of Ezra Bridger

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What do you think of the concept and the direction they are taking this new series?

 

I was lucky to catch the premiere episode. Not sure when the next one will come on air but will mention here as soon as I do. I see they have a season pass on iTunes for $10 and I am tempted to do that.

As a quick non spoiler review. I thought the episode was a good introduction to the characters and to see their dynamics between each other. I love Hera, Sabine and some of Chopper's attitude. Curious to see where it will go with Kanan and Ezra. The vehicles are great to watch in motion, the art direction is inspired by classic Ralph McQuarrie and Kevin Kiner's music definitely has more of a classic John Williams feel to it. Overall, it is a solid opening and I enjoyed it.

Looking forward to seeing more.

 

So far no new update yet on free-to-air which is a shame. Unless they are going to be a week or 2 after the cable aired ones which means we got another week to go before it comes on again on.

The fine print on the iTunes one says "Watch Star Wars Rebels Saturdays on Seven" and that the Season Pass "includes all current and future episodes of Star Wars Rebels, Spark of Rebellion."Hmmm… seems like we have to wait for the free-to-air network to air more episodes before they start appearing on iTunes. If it does get updated then I might go ahead with the season pass.

Oh… that would be great if we did get that Vader scene too. Surprised and glad that they did go to James Earl Jones to reprise the voice of the character, kinda like how they got Liam Neeson back several times for Qui-Gon in TCW. I wonder if they recorded more of James Earl Jones for several other scenes further into the series.

 

Okay…. looks like it is on Ch 7mate again on Friday at 4:30pm for an hour but got a sneaky feeling that it is a repeat of the first episode again. If so, I wonder if it will include the Darth Vader scene.

 

This is pretty interesting to know the lengths they are going to make it as authentic as possible to the classic era.

 

They aired the pilot twice and the second time was not the special edition with Vader. I've been checking the guides each week and no new content yet unfortunately.

The iTunes page has also removed the note about Saturdays on 7Mate and no new episodes on there either. Disappointed about that.

 

I am glad to hear, sounds like it is doing quite well. I am looking forward to catching up with it.

 

I am glad to hear that it just keeps getting better and better. I am glad that they also put up the behind the scenes featurettes on their YT channel too, great to hear about a certain Scoundrel making an appearance.

iTunes has put up a new season pass for Vol 1 of the Season but I might just wait for the whole thing to come out on box set as it has been a bit unreliable.

 

I can guess that Season 1 was a test to gauge the waters and only limited amount of resources/time available to produce the show with the deadline. I did remember hearing Disney green lit the second season before the series premiered so that is a sign of confidence. Only now hearing that it be around 22-24 episodes.

I haven't seen the finale yet, soon though hopefully. From what I have seen of the series so far, the impression I got regarding the fighting styles is that it mostly feels more like the fencing style of the OT, especially with Kanan.

Also, there are some spoilers but some behind the scenes on the finale and insight into the new season:

 

Ahh, nice catch there.

I wish it was available on Netflix so can watch the whole season in one go. Maybe when it has done its run on 7Mate…
At least they have the complete TCW on Netflix, including the lost missions.