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Star Wars Rebels
''Star Wars Rebels'' is an American 3D animated science fiction television series produced by Lucasfilm Animation and set in the ''Star Wars'' universe. It takes place 14 years after '' Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith'' (2005 ...
'' is an American
3D CGI animated television series
An animated series, or a cartoon series, is a set of Animation, animated films with a common title, usually related to one another. These episodes typically share the same main heroes, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series ...
produced by
Lucasfilm
Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC is an American film and television production company founded by filmmaker George Lucas in December 10, 1971 in San Rafael, California, and later moved to San Francisco in 2005. It is best known for creating and producing th ...
and
Lucasfilm Animation
Lucasfilm Animation Ltd. LLC is an American animation studio and subsidiary of Lucasfilm, originally established in 2005. Its first major productions were the feature film '' Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' and its associated television series, both ...
. Beginning fourteen years after ''
Revenge of the Sith
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'' and five years before ''
A New Hope
''Star Wars'' (later retitled ''Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope'') is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas, produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. and released by Twentieth Century-Fox. It is the first film in ...
'', ''Rebels'' takes place during an era when the
Galactic Empire
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is securing its grip on the galaxy. Imperial forces are
hunting down the last of the Jedi Knights while a fledgling
rebellion
Rebellion is an uprising that resists and is organized against one's government. A rebel is a person who engages in a rebellion. A rebel group is a consciously coordinated group that seeks to gain political control over an entire state or a ...
against the Empire is taking form, with the series following
the crew of the ''Ghost''.
The series was previewed throughout August 2014 with a set of shorts introducing the main characters before the
television film
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pilot episode premiered on
Disney Channel
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on October 3, 2014. The regular series premiered on
Disney XD
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on October 13, 2014. The second season started on June 20, 2015, and the third season premiered on September 24, 2016.
The two-part season three finale aired on March 25, 2017. The fourth and final season premiered on October 16, 2017, with the two-part episode "Heroes of Mandalore", and continued to air until November 13, 2017 taking a winter break and preparations for the release of the film ''
Star Wars: The Last Jedi''. The series picked up on February 19, 2018, Disney XD then released two episodes a week, airing the final two episodes on March 5, 2018. A total of 75 episodes were aired, with the narrative of the series being continued in the 2023 live-action television series ''
Ahsoka Ahsoka may refer to:
* Ahsoka Tano, a character in the ''Star Wars'' universe
** ''Ahsoka'' (novel), a 2016 novel centered on the character
** ''Ahsoka'' (TV series), a 2023 live-action television series centered on the character
See also
* As ...
''.
Series overview
Episodes
Shorts (2014)
Season 1 (2014–15)
Season 2 (2015–16)
Season 3 (2016–17)
Season 4 (2017–18)
Notes
References
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Episodes
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* Episode, a part of a dramatic work
* Episodes (TV series), ''Episodes'' (TV series), a British/American television sitcom which premiered in 2011
* Episodes (journal), ''Episodes'' (journal), a geological science journal
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Rebels episodes
Lists of American children's animated television series episodes