Star Wars Rebels
American animated television series
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| 2023 | Live-action debut of multiple Star Wars Rebels characters in the Ahsoka series: Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo), Ezra Bridger (Eman Esfandi), Hera Syndulla (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Chopper (Dave Filoni), Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen), Ryder Azadi (Clancy Brown), and Jacen Syndulla (Evan Whitten). |
| November 2021 | Deadline Hollywood announces Natasha Liu Bordizzo has been cast to portray Sabine Wren in live-action for the upcoming Ahsoka series. |
| 2020 | Vanessa Marshall reprised her role as Hera Syndulla, providing voice work and motion capture for the video game Star Wars: Squadrons. |
| 2019 | The Ghost appears in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker during the final battle over Exegol. Freddie Prinze Jr.'s voice as Kanan Jarrus is heard among the Jedi voices supporting Rey against Emperor Palpatine. |
| November 12 2019 | Series became available on Disney+ streaming service upon its launch. |
| July 23 2019 | Thrawn: Treason novel was released, taking place during the fourth season of Star Wars Rebels. |
| August 12 2018 | Complete Season Four released on DVD and Blu-ray in the United States. |
| July 24 2018 | Thrawn: Alliances novel was released, exploring Thrawn's partnerships with Darth Vader and Anakin Skywalker. |
| March 28 2018 | IDW Publishing released the second part of a Star Wars Adventures comic arc featuring the Spectres, set between the second and third seasons of Rebels. |
| March 5 2018 | In the series finale, Ezra summons Loth-Wolves and Purrgil to defeat Thrawn and Imperial forces on Lothal, selflessly allowing himself to be taken away with Thrawn by the Purrgil. |
| March 5 2018 | Star Wars Rebels aired its final episode, concluding the series. |
| February 14 2018 | Marvel released the first issue of the Thrawn comic book miniseries adaptation. |
| 2017 | Maul's appearance from Star Wars Rebels was added as an unlockable skin in Star Wars: Battlefront II, developed by EA Motive. |
| 2017 | Timothy Zahn released the novel Thrawn, marking the character's entrance into the current Star Wars canon. |
| 2017 | Star Wars Rebels won the Best Animated Series or Film on Television for the second consecutive year at the 44th Saturn Awards. |
| 2017 | Stephen Stanton won Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Guest Role at the BTVA Awards for his portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi. |
| October 16 2017 | The fourth and final season of Star Wars Rebels premiered with the one-hour television film 'Heroes of Mandalore'. |
| August 29 2017 | Complete Season Three released on DVD and Blu-ray. |
| 2016 | Characters from Star Wars Rebels (Chopper and the Ghost) appear in the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, with Hera's surname mentioned at the Rebel base on Yavin IV and the Ghost participating in the battle over Scarif. |
| 2016 | Star Wars Rebels won the Best Animated Series or Film on Television at the 43rd Saturn Awards. |
| September 24 2016 | The third season of Star Wars Rebels premiered with the television film 'Steps Into Shadow'. |
| August 30 2016 | Complete Season Two released on DVD and Blu-ray in North America. |
| July 28 2016 | Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions was discontinued due to limitations of the support team. |
| 2015 | Dave Filoni and Simon Kinberg conducted an interview discussing the intentional use of biblical naming conventions for characters in Star Wars Rebels, specifically connecting to the original films by choosing names with historical Hebrew and Biblical significance. |
| 2015 | Disney Mobile released Star Wars Rebels: Recon Missions, a side-scrolling run-and-gun mobile game based on the show's first season for iOS, Android, and Windows Store, featuring Ezra Bridger as the only playable character. |
| 2015 | Jason Isaacs won Best Male Vocal Performance in a Supporting Role for his portrayal of The Inquisitor at the BTVA Awards. |
| 2015 | James Earl Jones won Best Male Vocal Performance in a Guest Role for his portrayal of Darth Vader at the BTVA Awards. |
| 2015 | The series was nominated for the Teen Choice Awards in the Choice TV: Animated Show category. |
| September 1 2015 | Complete Season One released on DVD and Blu-ray in America, containing an expanded version of Spark of Rebellion with a Darth Vader/Grand Inquisitor prologue. |
| June 28 2015 | The Siege of Lothal episode premiered. |
| June 20 2015 | The second season of Star Wars Rebels premiered with the one-hour television film 'The Siege of Lothal'. |
| 2014 | Ezra Bridger is introduced as a teenaged street urchin and con-artist with Force abilities, whose parents were imprisoned by Imperial forces on the same day the Galactic Empire was inaugurated. |
| 2014 | Kanan Jarrus decides to take Ezra as his Jedi apprentice in the pilot episode. |
| 2014 | Star Wars Rebels received multiple nominations at the BTVA Awards, including Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television Series and individual vocal performance nominations for cast members like Steve Blum, Tiya Sircar, and Vanessa Marshall. |
| October 14 2014 | Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion DVD released in the US at all retailers, featuring character shorts, a 3D model kit of the Ghost ship, and a season 1 preview. |
| October 13 2014 | Star Wars Rebels officially premiered its first season on Disney XD. |
| October 3 2014 | Star Wars Rebels premiered as a one-hour television film called 'Spark of Rebellion' on Disney Channel. |
| September 2 2014 | Del Rey Books published Star Wars: A New Dawn, a prequel novel by John Jackson Miller about how Kanan and Hera met, set six years before the Star Wars Rebels series. |
| April 2014 | Lucasfilm announced that Star Wars Rebels would be part of the new Star Wars canon and would incorporate elements from Star Wars Legends, including the Inquisitor, Imperial Security Bureau, and Sienar Fleet Systems. |
| October 2013 | At New York Comic Con, it was revealed that the series would be set 14 years after Revenge of the Sith and 5 years before A New Hope. An image of the Inquisitor, the series' main villain, was also shown. |
| September 2013 | The Hollywood Reporter reported the casting of lead actors Freddie Prinze Jr., Vanessa Marshall, Taylor Gray, and David Oyelowo for the series. |
| July 2013 | Concept art for the series, including the first look at the Ghost spacecraft, was showcased at the Star Wars Celebration event. |
| May 2013 | Star Wars Rebels was officially announced, with plans for a one-hour special to debut in fall 2014 on Disney XD. Simon Kinberg, Dave Filoni, and Greg Weisman were confirmed as executive producers. |
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