One year ago the Star Wars community was in a frenzy, desperately wanting to be entertained by new stories from a galaxy far, far away. Star Wars Rebels was one of the first properties to come out from Lucasfilm, after they had reset their canon for the Star Wars universe and it was a smash hit. It explored the time […]
With Season 2 of Star Wars Rebels just around the corner (June 20th), the folks at StarWars.com have put together an episode-length recap of Season 1 narrated by none other than Kanan Jarrus (Freddie Prinze, Jr.). The video is a great introduction for those of you who missed the brilliant series when it aired earlier this […]
Welcome back for another edition of Clips That Make Us Smile! This is the weekend that Marvel fans have been waiting years for! The sequel, Avengers: Age of Ultron, has hit theaters and it lives up to its billing, as it ties up the second phase of films for Marvel Studios (check out our review.) We pulled […]
More exciting news pours from Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim with this incredible trailer for Star Wars Rebels Season 2. From the looks of things, the crew of the Ghost, including Jedi Kanan Jarrus and his padawan Ezra Bridger, are in way over their heads. Season 1’s finale revealed that the Chosen One himself, Darth […]
With Kanan captured by Grand Moff Tarkin and the Inquisitor, the rest of the crew scrambles to find Kanan and to rescue him from the Empire. Unfortunately, this the penultimate episode of the season slows the plot movement down to a crawl as the crew of the Ghost gets desperate in their attempt to discover Kanan’s […]
Ezra experiences a vision of Senator in Exile Gall Trayvis and leads the crew on a mission that causes more than a little trouble for the Rebels. In one of the most beautifully animated episodes of an already stunningly beautiful show, we’re treated to good old-fashioned swash buckling action that doesn’t skimp on subtle story-telling. In […]
After a hiatus and an episode filled to the brim with Jedi action (Episode 8, “Path of the Jedi”), Star Wars Rebels returns with a bouncy episode featuring a very familiar charming smuggler at the center of the action. That’s right, boys and girls, Lando Calrissian—voiced by none other than Billy Dee Williams—makes another mark on […]
Second for second, ‘Gathering Forces’ packs a punch. Not only do we learn more about Ezra’s parents but we also see Ezra experience significant growth as a character and as a Padawan. On the run from Imperial forces with Tseebo—an old friend of Ezra’s family’s and harbor of countless Imperial secrets—the Ghost‘s intrepid crew is forced […]
The hyperdrive was on full-blast this episode as malevolent Imperial forces go head to head with our rag-tag band of Rebels in ‘Empire Day.’ In this apparent two-parter, we get a peek into Ezra’s distressing past as the Empire tears through Lothal in search of a Rodian, whom Ezra knows, named Seebo. All of the […]
Before ‘Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens’ ignites theaters next year, ‘Star Wars’ fans get the pleasure of digging into the rich—and volatile—time period between Episodes III and IV (aka The Dark Times) in ‘Star Wars Rebels.’ The show spotlights a band of misfits, including one of the few surviving Jedi, battling covertly against […]
It’s the holiday and the Star Wars gods are looking favorably down upon us, as we are graced with yet another incredible set of short films from Star Wars Rebels. These short films should not only put a smile on your face from the authentic A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back vibe, but also should […]
Disney’s Star Wars machine is just starting to get into gear. They are bringing back the Star Wars universe in a big way over the next few years. The upcoming animated show Star Wars Rebels kicks off in October, multiple Star Wars live-action films are in development and next year they will be unveiling their plans for new […]
