An Update on the Star Wars Game Experience - Star Wars 'Rebels' Enters Production
The Walt Disney Co. announced today that production has begun on Star Wars Rebels, a new animated series that will have its one-hour premiere on the Disney Channel in the fall of 2014 followed by a regular half-hour animated series that will appear on Disney XD channels around the world.
Screenwriter Simon Kinberg (whose credits include X-Men First Class, Sherlock Holmes, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith), is on board as a writer and executive producer for the series, while acting at the same time as a consultant for the new live-action Star Wars movies. Dave Filoni (supervising director for Star Wars: The Clone Wars), and animation veteran Greg Weisman (Gargoyles, Young Justice, The Spectacular Spider-Man) will be joining him on Rebels, which sports a team that includes “many of the key talents that made the Star Wars: The Clone Wars series.”
Star Wars Rebels will be set during the two decade span between Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. This is an era during which the Empire is securing its grip on the galaxy and hunting down the last of the Jedi Knights as a fledgling rebellion against the Empire begins to take shape.
In essence, while this is not a direct game announcement, more Star Wars movies and TV series mean more source material and growing legions of fans to support upcoming game releases: the future of the Star Wars Game Experience looks bright indeed!