Yeah, I was hoping for a full on trailer with Celebration. And by that I mean one we would ALL get to see. Which isn't to say that the BTS sizzle reel wasn't good. If anything it's rekindled the fire in my belly that I had as a kid watching any and all SW related stuff outside of the trilogy like the Droids/Ewok toons or the Ewok films. I wanted to always see more of the Rebellion/Empire struggle away from the main saga story so I would eat those things up. I have a soft spot for a lot of the EU material, especially the early anthologies TALES FROM MOS EISLEY CANTINA and TALES FROM JABBA'S PALACE. Getting a new film is just gonna be so satisfying and damn does it look good all around. Lots of texture which the best SW's movies have in spades.
Question... You think Thrawn is going to survive Rebels? I hope so. He's one of the best EU creations. It would be amazing to see him in other things on down the road.
Also... Did they say that Zahn is coming back to write new books or am I wrong?