Last week executive producer
Simon Kinberg revealed some new details regarding the upcoming animated series
Star Wars Rebels. Now it was time for executive producer Dave Filoni to divulge
some new information on the new series, including a new character.
Speaking to MoviePilot, Filoni
said that we will see the return of the classic Star Wars ships.
"We will see many things
that are famous to Star Wars, but have not appeared on screen in a while. Star
Destroyers, TIE Fighters, and Stormtroopers - basically the Empire is back and
that is a big change, since, for many years, we have only seen the Republic in
action. The tone of the series is also different. The Clone Wars got very dark
as we headed towards the end of the war and the downfall of the Jedi. Star Wars
Rebels brings back the banter and faster pace that the original films were
famous for."
Filoni also spoke about the new
planet of Lothal.
"Rebels takes place in the
Outer Rim. The audience typically thinks of Tatooine as the place where Luke
Skywalker grew up, when the Outer Rim is mentioned. We are on a more civilized planet,
and one that profited from the Empire’s existence in the beginning. Most of the
stories take place on the planet Lothal, which is a grass planet with large
monolithic stones on the surface. The look comes from some Ralph McQuarrie
concept paintings that were done for the original Star Wars films. We tried to
make Lothal look and feel like a planet that would have been in the original
film trilogy. It’s alien, but you feel like it’s someplace that you could visit
on Earth geographically. Hoth, Tatooine, and Endor are all like this, so we
think it fits in well."
Filoni also revealed a new
character for the series, a droid named Chopper. Check out below the images and
video for the character.
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