Rebels season 1 coming to Blu-ray and DVD?

Florian at Jedi-Bibliothek has found listings for the complete first season of Rebels on the German Amazon site, in both Blu-ray and DVD formats. The DVD release will have a running time of 390 minutes, with the Blu-ray release apparently including an extra five minutes somewhere (e.g. an animatic). Both are scheduled for release on…

Gary Whitta writing an episode of Rebels

Today Gary Whitta, the first writer on Rogue One, tweeted the following: Writing an episode of @StarWars Rebels while my daughter sits in my office in Rebels pajamas, watching Rebels. #StarWarsRebels — Gary Whitta (@garywhitta) May 26, 2015 It’s most likely a Rebels episode for season 3, which should start in late 2016. What else are we…

Rebels season 2 premiere to air on June 20!

In just over seven weeks, the season 2 premiere of Rebels, “The Siege of Lothal” will air in the U.S. This is the double episode that aired at Celebration Anaheim; unfortunately, there’ll be a gap of about three months before the season proper begins. That said, in under two months, on June 20, we’ll again…

Rebels season 2 trailer and poster

Here’s the season 2 trailer for Rebels, which features quite a few “Wow!” moments: Highlights from the panel and press release: The season will kick-off mid-year with a one hour movie (“The Siege of Lothal”) followed by regular episodes later this year Yes, that really is James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader!…

Yoda, voiced by Frank Oz, to feature on Rebels

TV Guide have posted the exclusive news that Yoda, voiced by Frank Oz, will feature on the next episode of Rebels, set to air on January 5. The twist? It’ll only be Yoda’s voice, and the Jedi Master will not be seen. Apparently he’ll be offering counsel to Kanan and Ezra. There has already been…

Beyond Rebels…?

Rebels is really picking up steam at the moment. “Gathering Forces” was exceptional, and I imagine it’ll only get better. In my mind, I expected the show to run for five seasons and end just as the plans for the Death Star were being stolen, possibly with the Ghost crew involved. However, the current rumour that Gareth…

Rebels: Empire Day

Just as the light-hearted “Fighter Flight” led into the much more significant “Rise of the Old Masters”, so too does “Out of Darkness” lead into “Empire Day”. The Ghost crew are being hunted by both Agent Kallus of the Imperial Security Bureau and the Inquisitor, an assassin under the command of Darth Vader. Meanwhile, Bail…

Rebels: Out of Darkness

It has been 14 years since then-Supreme Chancellor Palpatine announced the creation of the Galactic Empire. In that time, a lot has happened: the Jedi have essentially vanished, branded as traitors and hunted down by Darth Vader and his minions, while Coruscant has been transformed from an ornate jewel lying at the centre of the galaxy to…

Rebels: Breaking Ranks

In The Clone Wars season 3 opener “Clone Cadets” (which first aired four years ago… wow!), we saw clone trooper training under the Jedi and the Republic. Now, four episodes into the first season of Rebels, we get “Breaking Ranks”, which offers insight into stormtrooper training under the Empire… and the contrast couldn’t be more stark. As…