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Star Wars Rebels
''Star Wars Rebels'' is an American 3D animation, 3D animated science fiction on television, science fiction television series produced by Lucasfilm Animation and set in the ''Star Wars'' universe. It takes place over a decade after ''Episode ...
'' is an American
3D CGI animated television series
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produced by
Lucasfilm
Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC is an American film and television production company and a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is a business segment of The Walt Disney Company. The studio is best known for creating and producing the ''Star Wars'' and ' ...
and
Lucasfilm Animation
Lucasfilm Animation Ltd. LLC is the animation division of Lucasfilm, established in 2003. Its first major productions were the feature film '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' and its associated television series, both of which debuted in 2008. In Se ...
. Beginning fourteen years after ''
Revenge of the Sith
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'' and five years before ''
A New Hope
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'', ''Rebels'' takes place during an era when the
Galactic Empire
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is securing its grip on the galaxy. Imperial forces are
hunting down the last of the Jedi Knights while a fledgling
rebellion
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A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and ...
against the Empire is taking form.
The series was previewed throughout August 2014 with a set of shorts introducing the main characters before the
television film
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pilot episode premiered on
Disney Channel
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on October 3, 2014. The regular series premiered on
Disney XD
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on October 13, 2014. The second season started on June 20, 2015, and the third season premiered on September 24, 2016.
The two-part season three finale aired on March 25, 2017. On March 31, it was announced that the show would return for a fourth season. On April 15, executive producer
Dave Filoni
David Filoni (born June 7, 1974) is an American director, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor. He has worked on ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'', ''The Mandalorian'', and on the theatrical film and television series of '' Star Wars: The Clone ...
announced that the fourth season would also be the final season. On September 2, 2017, a second trailer for season four was released during a panel at Fan Expo in Canada, and the date for the season's premiere was announced as October 16, 2017.
Season 4 premiered on October 16, 2017, with the two-part episode "Heroes of Mandalore", and continued to air until November 13, 2017. The series picked up on February 19, 2018, after a winter break and preparations for the release of the film ''
Star Wars: The Last Jedi''. Disney XD then proceeded to release two episodes a week, before airing the final two episodes on March 5, 2018. A total of 75 episodes were aired.
Series overview
Episodes
Shorts (2014)
Season 1 (2014–15)
Season 2 (2015–16)
Season 3 (2016–17)
Season 4 (2017–18)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Star Wars Rebels, List of
Episodes
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* Episode
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The noun ''episode'' is derived from the Gree ...
Rebels episodes
Lists of American children's animated television series episodes