adamqd Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I honestly believe this will avoid dwelling too much on the previous show... Not because I hated it, just because of the decisions made by Disney since the purchase. All evidence points towards an era with minimal Prequel era reference of any kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Either way I think It's going to be a lot better than the Clone Wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 The Clone Wars started out pretty meh, but it does have its awesome moments later on. I don't want to say that Rebels is automatically better just because it's OT driven, I'd rather actually see it and wait for it to develop till I actually decide how it fits in the grand scheme of things... cause it COULD suck for all we know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I'm putting in my early bet and saying that I'll probably hate it lol. I don't want to, I wish I loved everything about Star Wars like I did from 1980-2008... But the chances are, Filoni will make the same decisions and have the same answers for why as he did during the TCW run, "This is how it is now", "this is how it was originally supposed to be", "Georges Vision", We wanted to appeal to said group", "the new generation of Kids", "[insert re-imagined EU original Character] is an Australian hippy now, "Man"". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urluckyday Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 The Clone Wars started out pretty meh, but it does have its awesome moments later on. I don't want to say that Rebels is automatically better just because it's OT driven, I'd rather actually see it and wait for it to develop till I actually decide how it fits in the grand scheme of things... cause it COULD suck for all we know. Clone Wars ended just as it was getting really good! It had a much more mature tone by the end of season 3 through season 5. I have to imagine that it'll stay that way for the new series...but I could be completely wrong! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimartin Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I agree with Lynk and urluckyday, TCW ended up really good, big jump in both maturity and quality from the theatrical release of the original story line. Not every episode was equal, but the last 2 season were really good overall. Even a few of the early episodes were decent, but they were more misses than hits. If they keep the up the maturity and the quality in the new series, I have high hopes for it, but will wait and see. No need panning it or praising it until I see the final product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 But the chances are, Filoni will make the same decisions and have the same answers for why as he did during the TCW run, "This is how it is now", "this is how it was originally supposed to be", "Georges Vision", We wanted to appeal to said group", "the new generation of Kids", "[insert re-imagined EU original Character] is an Australian hippy now, "Man"".I'm not so sure. I seem to remember Filoni making a comment about avoiding canon a bit more now after some of the backlash before, and Lucas may have less of a controlling interest this time around. We'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 I'm not so sure. I seem to remember Filoni making a comment about avoiding canon a bit more now after some of the backlash before, and Lucas may have less of a controlling interest this time around. We'll see. Hope so bud, I want to be a part of fandom again lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shem Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/01/23/star-wars-rebels-interview/ 'Star Wars Rebels' interview: New series goes to dark places, embraces 1977 film's spirit By James Hibberd on Jan 23, 2014 at 2:12PM The next Star Wars TV series is embracing an era from a long, long time ago: 1977. Disney XD’s Star Wars Rebels is the franchise’s first major storytelling return to the original trilogy since Return of the Jedi, with producers even utilizing original trilogy artist Ralph McQuarrie’s decades-old and previously unused concept art for aliens, planet and vehicles. Below executive producer Simon Kinberg (Sherlock Holmes, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) tells EW his plan for the new show — as much as he can at this early stage, anyway — which premieres this fall. So how did you land on the premise for the show? They wanted to do an animated show and I loved [Cartoon Network's] Clone Wars and grew up with a lot of animated shows. So we just started to talk about where it would fall in the general Star Wars timeline. Really there was no predetermination going in. It could have been a prequel, sequel, a stand-alone universe. The main thing for us is how do we tell a story that enhances this universe, that answers questions that audiences may or may not have had but at least will make it feel like the world is fuller after watching the show. We pretty quickly got to this idea that though Rebel Alliance that was such an integral part of the movies, we know next to nothing about the formation of at least in terms of the movies and The Clone Wars. There was nothing in the canon that had delved deep into it. That’s where it started — let’s tell the story of the formation of the heroes in the original movies. And that put us in a time line between episode III and IV. You don’t want to be too close to New Hope so that it feels like it’s repetitive, you want to feel like you’re watching the earliest seeds of what will sprout into a full-blown rebellion. How will this look or feel different from Clone Wars? It will look quite different. The intention of what I’ve seen so afar, and we’re pretty far down the line, the intention is for it to feel quite different from Clone Wars. The place we went back to as to a visual template was Ralph McQuarrie, who was one of the original concept artists for the original Star Wars films. His art is softer, a little more figurative, more of a feel of being drawn, less computer generated. The first few movies had a bit of a hand-made quality. We wanted the show to have that. There’s also in the archives where [creator George] Lucas keeps all the original art and props, there’s tons of art that’s McQuarrie’s musing on the Star Wars universe that was never used in the films. There’s places where we’ve quite literally taken world-creation or vehicles or creatures from his original art that was never used in the films and made that part of show. That’s fantastic. What about story-telling differences? How dark can you go on Disney XD? We haven’t talked in those terms. But the world we’re creating is an Imperial world. You’re seeing the impact of the Empire, of stormtroopers around the galaxy, abusing and oppressing people. Thematically and politically, it goes to some dark places. But for the tone of the show we took our cues from the original movies, which had fun and adventure and swashbuckling with emotion and grounded human characters. We took all our cues from the original films. Obviously there are slight tonal differences between New Hope, Empire and Jedi. But I think the closest intended voice of the show is A New Hope. So there are places where we get into darker backstories, there are places we see how cruel and malevolent the Empire can be, but for the most part it’s a fun and character-driven story. Again taking our cues from the original films, it’s less maybe political than the prequels and more personal. It starts with a few character introductions that will precede the show. I wrote the first two episodes, they’re like a one-hour story across two episodes where we introduce the main characters in the show. You’ve created a new villain, the Inquisitor, what makes him special? That was probably the most daunting part of this process. George obviously created the best villain of our time. So we spent a lot of time brainstorming and working with the artists to come up with the Inquisitor. You’ve seen that image of him. We wanted somebody terrifying, a nightmare character for a kid but not somebody too foreign, too creature-ly. We didn’t want him to have a helmet for obvious reasons — the comparison [to Darth Vader]. We talked about a character who was cold and calculating and could tap into people’s emotional weaknesses as much as their physical weaknesses, and had a specific relationship to Jedi and the ways of the force. He would be somebody that the remaining Jedi would be especially scared of. Will you include characters from the expanded universes, like Admiral Thrawn, or just the films and your own creations? We have characters from all the different parts of the universe. One of the awesome resources is Pablo Hidalgo he’s the resident Star Wars genius and he knows everything of every possible word or image that was created for Star Wars. So we utilize him a lot and he’s very integrated into the process. He will say there’s a cool cantina in this comic book from 1994, or a cool creature that not all of us know. He will bring that stuff to us. Or we’ll task him we’re trying to create a muscle for this villain with a cool backstory. Sometimes it will be a character or a planet we don’t know about. Instead of being just an Easter egg, sometimes it will turn into an a whole episode. Is Darth Vader and the Emperor in the show? And if so is any possibility of the original voice talent being used? I don’t think I’m allowed to answer that. I can say that wherever possible we would want to use the original talent. We wouldn’t want that. So what else about the new show Rebels that you think fans would be particularly interested to know that you would feel comfortable discussing at this juncture. The reason I wanted to do this. I really felt like there was an opportunity to tell an untold story. I’m a fan of The Clone Wars and aspects of the prequels, but really the original movies were the reason I wanted to get into movies. I always loved origin stories and the origin of an entire organization, I don’t think we’ve seen that before, and we’ve approached it in a real-world way. If I told the story of the American Revolution, I wouldn’t want to start with the most famous battle I’d want to start when it was just four guys in a room, the earliest spark of that seems dramatic and cool. That’s a big part of the fun of it, the little back-room dealings, the first time you see it’s possible to stand up to the Empire. Can you say plot-wise what’s the inciting incident that kicks off your story in your first episode? Um, I’m going to be a little vague about it. It’s less because I want to be secretive but more because part of the fun for me, and I know this will sound very nostalgic, part of the fun of the original movies is not knowing too much about it. I will say when we pick up the show when the Empire is in power and the inciting incident is the Empire doing their bad-Empire thing and our heroes meeting up. Are those heroes familiar? There’s a lot of new characters in the show. The prequels were centered around the origin of familiar characters, there’s a lot of new characters in this show. The main characters are new characters. Can you describe a couple of the new ones? Not yet! Drat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pho3nix Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Startin' to get hyped for this show man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urluckyday Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 As am I! I'm really getting annoyed with how hush-hush they've been about closing out the Clone Wars series though. Right now, technically, Darth Maul is still alive and who in the world knows what happened to Ahsoka...which makes me think that it's entirely possible that she returns in some capacity in Rebels (the Empire is still hunting down the remaining Jedi...), so who knows! It's just frustrating that we get bits of information without anything really concrete! I want my show!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathdisco Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Dark Horse is going to publish Darth Maul's story arc from the Clone Wars. Source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexrd Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 As am I! I'm really getting annoyed with how hush-hush they've been about closing out the Clone Wars series though. Season 6 is going to air in Germany next month. 13 finished episodes have been confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urluckyday Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Season 6 is going to air in Germany next month. 13 finished episodes have been confirmed. Whaaaat?! When is it airing in the US? I was under the impression that they were grouping together episodes to make 3 feature-length shows to finish it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexrd Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Whaaaat?! When is it airing in the US? I don't know. But from the episode descriptions from the german broadcaster, it sure looks interesting. Maybe in the US and UK they'll air arc by arc, but from what I understand, in Germany it's going to be episode by episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urluckyday Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I don't know. But from the episode descriptions from the german broadcaster, it sure looks interesting. Maybe in the US and UK they'll air arc by arc, but from what I understand, in Germany it's going to be episode by episode. lol this is why it's frustrating! I just want Lucasfilm/Disney to tell me what's going on - even if it's still a long time before they air - so that I know what to expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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urluckyday Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 ^Not bad. I'm diggin' the art style more than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Startin' to get hyped for this show manFo shizzle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamqd Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Chopper... Here in England that's a slang term for your Manhood. "Droid what is your designation? PE N15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Chopper... Here in England that's a slang term for your Manhood. "Droid what is your designation? PE N15Mind blown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Red Hessian Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Jedi cowboy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexrd Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 lol this is why it's frustrating! I just want Lucasfilm/Disney to tell me what's going on - even if it's still a long time before they air - so that I know what to expect. The episodes will air on Netflix next month. And Liam Neeson will return: (This BBCode requires its accompanying plugin to work properly.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Wan Bologna Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Holy crap! That makes me sooo excited!!! Can't wait to watch the 6th season! I hope this also eventually makes it onto bluray/dvd. Hopefully in another box set as well, considering the last one was an absolute failure with the sync issues and no recall or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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