Disney and Lucasfilm announce new Star Wars charcterised series

4 days ago by
Wendy Goldman Getzler

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With Disney shutting a door on Star Wars: The Clone Wars in March, a House of Mouse has now announced a prolongation of a charcterised array Star Wars Rebels, that will crawl in 2014.

The array will entrance as a one-hour special on Disney Channel before rolling out as a array on Disney XD channels worldwide.

From Disney-owned Lucasfilm Animation, a array will underline many of a talents that made Cartoon Network’s Clone Wars. Screenwriter/producer Simon Kinberg (X-Men: First Class, Sherlock Holmes) is an executive writer on the series and he will coop a premiere episode. Former supervising executive of The Clone Wars Dave Filoni will also offer as executive producer, as will Greg Weisman of Young Justice, The Spectacular Spider-Man and Gargoyles fame.

The movement array takes place between Episode III and IV – an epoch that has nonetheless to be explored on-screen, when a Empire is securing a hold on a universe and sport down a final of a Jedi Knights.

Tags: Disney, Lucasfilm, Star Wars, Star Wars Rebels