‘Star Wars’ to move ‘Rebels’ to new charcterised Disney TV series
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LOS ANGELES |
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Disney pronounced on Monday it will furnish a new “Star Wars” charcterised array to atmosphere on radio in a tumble 2014, giving fans of a science-fiction authorization uninformed stories before a subsequent live-action film hits theaters in 2015.
“Star Wars Rebels,” formed on George Lucas’ multibillion dollar film franchise, will be set in a dual decades between a events of a third and fourth films, where a Empire becomes a widespread force in a galaxy, Disney said.
“I consider ‘Star Wars Rebels’ will constraint a look, feel and fun that both kids and their relatives adore about ‘Star Wars,'” Kathleen Kennedy, boss of Lucasfilm, pronounced in a statement.
The charcterised series, that will premiere on a Disney Channel and shown opposite Disney XD channels around a world, will come before a new “Star Wars” film in 2015.
“Star Wars: Episode VII,” to be destined by J.J. Abrams, is a initial of 3 new “Star Wars” films announced by Disney in Oct 2012, when it purchased George Lucas’ Lucasfilm association for $4.05 billion.
“Star Wars” has turn a informative materialisation given a initial film was expelled in 1977, creation characters such as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Darth Vader, and phrases like “May a force be with you” partial of renouned culture.
Anticipation is building among a immeasurable “Star Wars” village for a new film, that will be filmed in Britain. The six-film authorization has grossed some-more than $4.4 billion during a worldwide box office.
The Disney Channel, Disney XD and Lucasfilm are units of a Walt Disney Co.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; modifying by Eric Kelsey and Doina Chiacu)