Rebels Star Wars Rebels Season 4: An Open Discussion

[Iceman]

I think there was almost two seasons worth of material that had been in various stages of development when the show got the axe. They repurposed a lot of it, but it's definitely a shame that it never got to really see the light of day as was intended. You can tell in his various interviews and the like that Dave Filoni was fairly disappointed by it.

I only started reading about this a few hours ago. Didn't even know that the show had been cancelled rather than run its natural course before that.

How was the other material repurposed? Other books? 2 seasons is a lot of content that we never got as intended (especially as the first 2 seasons feels like a warm up and the 6th isn't really a proper season).

I enjoyed Rebels a lot but Clone Wars I think is considerably better.

 

[Roose Bolton]

They actually showed a couple of unfinished episodes and sequences at various Celebrations and on the blu ray of season 6. They're only very basic animatics and storyboards, but they're a couple of arcs worth of story being conveyed and they're fully voiced. There was also very recently a sequence they showed that featured Boba Fett vs Cad Bane that was voiced and roughly animated. It kind of makes for a couple more episodes worth of content, and it's all online.

Some of the final arc of the show, Siege of Mandalore, was shown in the Ashoka novel as well. It's only the very start of the book, but it roughly shows you what Ashoka, Rex and Maul did in that finale and how they escaped.

 

[Snow Queen]

If you enjoyed Clone Wars so much, I'd highly recommend the novel Dark Disciple. I haven't really kept up with the novels much and certainly not as much as the comics, but I picked that one up after Force Awakens and adored it. It's another arc that never came to be, picking up Ventress' story. I'd also echo the recommendation of Gillen's Vader, the crown jewel of the line at the moment. At least in my eyes. Aphra's been great too. Star Wars was pretty great for three arcs but arcs 4 and 5 are rather hard to finish. I still haven't gotten to finishing 5, I just skipped over it and went to Screaming Citadel about halfway.. Looking forward to Gillen doing that soon.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Listen to Roose and Snow, Iceman. They know what they are talking about. Always quality recommendations.

 

[Iceman]

They actually showed a couple of unfinished episodes and sequences at various Celebrations and on the blu ray of season 6. They're only very basic animatics and storyboards, but they're a couple of arcs worth of story being conveyed and they're fully voiced. There was also very recently a sequence they showed that featured Boba Fett vs Cad Bane that was voiced and roughly animated. It kind of makes for a couple more episodes worth of content, and it's all online.

Some of the final arc of the show, Siege of Mandalore, was shown in the Ashoka novel as well. It's only the very start of the book, but it roughly shows you what Ashoka, Rex and Maul did in that finale and how they escaped.

If you enjoyed Clone Wars so much, I'd highly recommend the novel Dark Disciple. I haven't really kept up with the novels much and certainly not as much as the comics, but I picked that one up after Force Awakens and adored it. It's another arc that never came to be, picking up Ventress' story. I'd also echo the recommendation of Gillen's Vader, the crown jewel of the line at the moment. At least in my eyes. Aphra's been great too. Star Wars was pretty great for three arcs but arcs 4 and 5 are rather hard to finish. I still haven't gotten to finishing 5, I just skipped over it and went to Screaming Citadel about halfway.. Looking forward to Gillen doing that soon.

Listen to Roose and Snow, Iceman. They know what they are talking about. Always quality recommendations.

Thanks a lot for all the above guys. I'm keeping a record of all recommendations like this. Watching Clone Wars was itself originally a recommendation that has turned out very well! From Season 3 onwards it has been exactly the kind of thing I always wanted from a Star Wars series.

 

[OnTheAir]

Rebels season 4 viewing schedule:


Star Wars Rebels returns for its fourth and final season beginning Monday, October 16, on Disney XD. Many episodes will be broadcast back-to-back through November 13, making for an hour of action and adventure courtesy of the Ghost crew. (Even Chopper is excited!)

You can mark your calendars for the following episodes:

• Monday, 10/16 – “Heroes of Mandalore” Parts 1 & 2
• Monday, 10/23 – “In the Name of the Rebellion” Parts 1 & 2
• Monday, 10/30 – “The Occupation” and “Flight of the Defender”
• Monday, 11/6 – “Kindred” and “Crawler Commandeers”
• Monday, 11/13 – “Rebel Assault”

Following a holiday break, Star Wars Rebels will be back in early 2018 for its final run of episodes leading up to the top-secret series finale.

Look for new episodes every Monday with five airings throughout the day at 12:30 a.m. ET/PT, 3:00 a.m. ET/PT, 7:30 a.m. ET/PT, 5:30 p.m. ET/PT, and 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on Disney XD, the Disney XD App, and VOD. StarWars.com’s Rebels Recon behind-the-scenes series will be posted after the 9:00 p.m. ET/PT broadcast, and episode guides will be published on Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m. ET / 6:00 a.m. PT.

http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-rebels-season-four-viewing-schedule

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Ugh, a break. Guess we are going to have to wait for late winter or spring for the announcement of the new series.

 

[Sithborg]

I'm assuming Crawler Commanders means Wolf and Gregor are returning.

 

[scarlet-witch]

So the episodes are all one hour then? But ugh, that break. I hate that.

 

[Iceman]

Ugh, a break. Guess we are going to have to wait for late winter or spring for the announcement of the new series.

This sounds as fun as international breaks in football. t:

 

[Marvolo]

Rebels season 4 viewing schedule:


Star Wars Rebels returns for its fourth and final season beginning Monday, October 16, on Disney XD. Many episodes will be broadcast back-to-back through November 13, making for an hour of action and adventure courtesy of the Ghost crew. (Even Chopper is excited!)

You can mark your calendars for the following episodes:

• Monday, 10/16 – “Heroes of Mandalore” Parts 1 & 2
• Monday, 10/23 – “In the Name of the Rebellion” Parts 1 & 2
• Monday, 10/30 – “The Occupation” and “Flight of the Defender”
• Monday, 11/6 – “Kindred” and “Crawler Commandeers”
• Monday, 11/13 – “Rebel Assault”

Following a holiday break, Star Wars Rebels will be back in early 2018 for its final run of episodes leading up to the top-secret series finale.

Look for new episodes every Monday with five airings throughout the day at 12:30 a.m. ET/PT, 3:00 a.m. ET/PT, 7:30 a.m. ET/PT, 5:30 p.m. ET/PT, and 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on Disney XD, the Disney XD App, and VOD. StarWars.com’s Rebels Recon behind-the-scenes series will be posted after the 9:00 p.m. ET/PT broadcast, and episode guides will be published on Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m. ET / 6:00 a.m. PT.

http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-rebels-season-four-viewing-schedule

That has got to be the strangest damn viewing schedule I have ever seen.

 

[Roose Bolton]

 

[Iceman]

Ezra doesn't look too much older this time right? I liked the ageing up in season 3.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Season 4 probably isn't that long after season 3. I'd go as far as to say only a couple of months or so.

 

[scarlet-witch]

If even that. I expected it to pick up right after we left it. I expect a decent chunk of time to pass during the season though.

 

[Nathaniell]

I can't wait for this season but sucks its the last one.

I wonder if there will be more little connections to the old Republic era. Maybe some mention of kotor....

 

[Iceman]

Season 4 probably isn't that long after season 3. I'd go as far as to say only a couple of months or so.

Oh right. What was the rough time gap between season 2 and 3?

 

[Brother Jack]

I think it was about a year.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Oh right. What was the rough time gap between season 2 and 3?

Yeah it was something like 6 months to a year between seasons.

 

[Iceman]

Oh right he certainly seemed noticeably older in season 3.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Only tangentially related, but it was announced at NYCC that Timothy Zahn is writing (or rather, has already written) a sequel to Thrawn, called "Alliances" which will be about Thrawn and Vader working together to stop some new threat to the Empire. Due for release June, 2018.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Wonder if it means Thrawn is making it out of Rebels and into the next series.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Might well be, because the previous novel went directly into Rebels, with Thrawn being sent to take down the Ghost crew at the end.

 

[Iceman]

Only tangentially related, but it was announced at NYCC that Timothy Zahn is writing (or rather, has already written) a sequel to Thrawn, called "Alliances" which will be about Thrawn and Vader working together to stop some new threat to the Empire. Due for release June, 2018.

Bloody hell, this sounds awesome.

 

[Slick]

So do you guys think that the show after Rebels will be set between RoTJ and TFA? Seems highly likely to me or maybe before TPM.