Are you a fan of Star Wars? Are you watching Star Wars Rebels? If you aren’t following this latest Star Wars animated series, you should be!
Star Wars Rebels returned to Disney XD on Saturday, September 24th with a big surprise for the fans of the extended “Star Wars” book universe.
When Disney took over the Star Wars franchise back in 2012 they decided that the books written by Timothy Zahn, also known as the Thrawn trilogy and the Heir to the Empire trilogy, would not exist in the Star Wars universe. They basically labeled it as fanfiction.
However, Star Wars Rebels is doing something interesting for their third season. They are resurrecting the infamous villain from the extended book universe, Grand Admiral Thrawn. This is an interesting choice as Thrawn does not make his appearance in the Star Wars universe until after the sixth movie, Return of the Jedi.
I do believe this season has the potential to be great with the return of this legendary villain. They do, however, have a tough act to follow as last season ended with an incredible duel between Darth Vader (James Earl Jones) and his old apprentice, Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein), who made her first appearance in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television show on Cartoon Network.
The episode that aired on September 24th was a little rushed, but I think there are great things to come with this new season.
Watch Star Wars Rebels every Saturday on Disney XD to get your lightsaber fix.
Caesar Torres
Features Editor