Harry
Potter baddie, Jason Isaacs (not to be confused with Oscar Isaac, who is in Episode VII), will voice The Inquisitor in the upcoming Star Wars
Rebels. The character is tasked with tracking and killing the surviving Jedi on
behalf of the empire. The Inquisitor is part of the Pau'an race and despite the
look and the red blades he is not a Sith.
"He’s
cold, he’s analytical, he doesn’t get angry," says Lucasfilm Story Group’s Pablo Hidalgo to EW. "We
all took care to make sure our villains have real presence and our heroes just
can’t walk all over him. This isn’t like cartoons I grew up with in the 80s
where you’d have the villain lose every week and yet every week we’d have to
believe he’s some sort of threat. When The Inquisitor shows up, it means
something significant and it’s a definite challenge for our heroes."
Star Wars Rebels stars Freddie Prince Jr., Tiya
Sircar, Billy Dee Williams, Steve Blum, Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, and
David Oyelowo, and is set between Episodes VIII and IV, but closer to IV in a
time where the Empire is pretty well established and is looking to expand to
the Outer Rim territories and the beginnings of the Rebellion.
Star Wars Rebels is set to premiere in the Fall of
2014 as an one hour special on the Disney Channel and then as a regular series
on Disney XD channels around the World.
Star Wars Rebels Official Synopsis:
Starring a small band of heroes -- Sabine, Kanan,
Hera, Ezra, Zeb, and Chopper -- Star Wars Rebels is set in a time where the
Empire rules through fear and shrouds the galaxy in darkness. This trailer
offers many new glimpses at sequences from the show, including the starship
Ghost chased by TIE Fighters; young Ezra watching as a Star Destroyer looms
overhead; Stormtroopers marching; a zero-g fight between our heroes and
Imperials; and Kanan, a secret Jedi, assembling his lightsaber and preparing
for battle. It ends, however, with an Imperial officer reporting to the
Inquisitor -- the Empire's Jedi hunter, seen and heard here for the first time.
Star Wars Rebels takes place between Star Wars: Episode III and IV as the
Empire tightens its grip on the galaxy and a rebellion begins to form. The
series, executive produced by Dave Filoni, Simon Kinberg, and Greg Weisman, is
scheduled to premiere in fall 2014 as a one-hour special telecast on Disney
Channel and will be followed by a series on Disney XD.
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