Star Wars Rebels

Star Wars Rebels
Genre
Created by
Based onStar Wars
by George Lucas
Voices of
Composers
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes75 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Kiri Hart
  • Athena Yvette Portillo
  • Carrie Beck
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkDisney XD
ReleaseOctober 3, 2014 (2014-10-03) –
March 5, 2018 (2018-03-05)

Star Wars Rebels is an American animated series produced by Lucasfilm and Lucasfilm Animation. It is set 14 years after Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and five years before Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The visual style of Star Wars Rebels is heavily inspired by the original Star Wars trilogy concept art by Ralph McQuarrie. The series premiered on October 3, 2014 on Disney Channel, with a movie special, titled Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion.[1]

Episodes

Shorts

Adapted from books turned in to short one minute to promote the series and made available online.

No. Title Date Code
1 The Machine Ghost August 11, 2014 101A
2 Art Attack August 18, 2014 101B
3 Engagement August 25, 2014 101C
4 Property of Ezra Bridger September 1, 2014 101D

Season 1 (2014-15)

No. overall No. in season Title Date Code
1 1 Spark of Rebellion October 3, 2014 102-103
2 2 roids in Distress October 13, 2014 104
3 3 Fighter Flight October 20, 2014 105
4 4 Rise of the Old Masters October 27, 2014 106
5 5 Breaking Ranks November 3, 2014 107
6 6 Out of Darkness November 10, 2014 108
7 7 Empire Day November 17, 2014 109
8 8 Gathering Forces November 24, 2014 110
9 9 Path of the Jedi December 1, 2014 111
10 10 Idiot's Array December 8, 2014 112
11 11 Vision of Hope December 15, 2014 113
12 12 Call to Action December 22, 2014 114
13 13 Rebel Christmas December 25, 2014 115
14 14 Rebel Resolve February 23, 2015 116
15 15 Fire Across the Galaxy March 2, 2015 117

Season 2 (2015)

Lucasfilm and Disney have confirmed a second season.

No. overall No. in season Title Date Code
16 1 The Siege of Lothal June 20, 2015 201-202
17 2 Heating Malfunction June 27, 2015 203
18 3 The Lost Commanders October 14, 2015 204
19 4 Relics of The old Republic October 21, 2015 205

Release

Broadcast

Star Wars Rebels was aired on Disney XD started in 2014 and somewhere internationally while other airings are available.

Home media

Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion was made to DVD on retailers that came including character shorts, plush toy and preview of the first season.

Reception

Ratings

The one hour special garnered 2.743 million viewers in the United States, the second most on the network that night. Worldwide, it delivered a total of 6.5 million viewers.[2]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 78, based on 4 reviews indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

IGN and Variety in particular had strong praise for the pilot movie, Spark of Rebellion, but their only real criticism was the appearance of the Wookiees in the film, being cited as not all that impressive compared to the rest of the animation.

References

  1. ↑ Hibberd, James (January 23, 2014). "'Star Wars Rebels' interview: New series goes to dark places, embraces 1977 film's spirit". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 5, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (October 6, 2014). "'Star Wars Rebels' Delivers 6.5 Million Viewers on Disney Channel and Disney XD Around the World". tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. TV By the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Star Wars Rebels – Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 October 2014.


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