Well, this is something I'd love to see. My wish is that the show will happen over a few years, starting before episode IV, and then going all the way through the original trilogy and a bit beyond. Then, they might do the Galactic Civil War some justice, which is completely overshadowed by the Clone Wars unfortunately. I also hope the art style will be different than the one in The Clone Wars show, the facial animations weren't that great in my opinion, and they are key to communicating emotion.

And speaking of The Clone Wars, even though I haven't watched much of it, I do hope they give it an end. It isn't fair for the fans if something they have invested time and money into isn't completed.

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So here's another Star Wars: Rebels update.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX1uCXVg9ug

Some cool stuff on show here, mainly showing off their take on rendering out the Empire, the show is apparently set 16 years after Revenge of the Sith so things shouldn't be all that removed from what we see in A New Hope. They also show the key villain the Inquisitor, a Sith who has been tasked by Darth Vader to hunt down the last of the Jedi. Not all that impressed with him at first glance, looks like a cross between Darth Maul and Assajj Ventress with a little of that evil Son from the Force hamsters race thrown in for good measure. Watching the video you do see a lot of unused concept designs being taken forward such as a Scout Walker design developed for Empire which never got used other than in comics (I used it once for one of my stories once a long time ago too). There was also concept art for what looked like Alderaan in the background too, so unsurprisingly it looks like some of this show will take place there. On a positive note most of the Clone Wars crew are back on board for this so hopefully we'll still get that gold standard quality of show. It is also due to air in Autumn 2014, so hopefully that means that there should be plenty of space for a decent end to the Clone Wars before this comes along. Fingers crossed.

Together with the great news about the final episodes of Clone Wars finally getting their airing, here is some news on Star Wars: Rebels, it looks like we're getting introduced to the lead character of the show.

Kanan a Jedi survivor trying to keep a low profile, so he doesn't use his lightsaber at first, and is more of a gunslinger Han Solo type, (Dave Filoni nicknames him the Cowboy Jedi) but apparently as the show progresses he'll have to take up his lightsaber again and return to his Jedi roots. Could be a quite interesting arc. Starting off disillusioned with the massacring of the Jedi Order and having to leave that life behind, but then having to rediscover himself and become a Jedi again. Plus they kinda get Han Solo and Luke Skywalker in one package which has to be value for money. Design wise they've gone for a kinda Kyle Katarn (lead character from the old Dark Forces & Jedi Academy games)  look. He's voiced by Freddie Prince Jr which I have no opinion on really. This could be interesting and you can get a feel for the direction this show will go in based off this guy's arc. We'll see I guess.

Here's the video article on the character:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXuFi2vH_PQ