RUMOR: Next STAR WARS Animated Series To Be Set In Current Movie Timeline
/Film have yet another Star Wars scoop for us, but this time it relates to the TV side of the galaxy far, far away. They reckon they know roughly when Rebels will finish up, and when the next animated series after it will be set. Details past the jump.
Up until now all of the animated Star Wars series have served as prequel stories to the live-action movies, but that may be about to change when Star Wars Rebels finishes up. That current (and pretty great I might add) show is set before the events of A New Hope, but according to /Film the cartoon that succeeds it will be set in the timeline of the new batch of movies, which kick off next year with The Force Awakens. Word is Disney/Lucasfilm's plan is to produce "about three or four seasons" of Star Wars Rebels before launching the new animated series. Though /Film are confident in their sources, they are treating this as a rumor for now and don't have many more details. However, they speculate that if the plan is to run 4 seasons of Rebels, the new show could première around the time of Rian Johnson’s "Episode VIII", giving us a couple films to establish the Sequel Trilogy universe. Do you think this is a good idea? Sound off below.
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