'Princess Leia' Is Ready For Action In These New Images For Next Week's STAR WARS REBELS
Entertainment Weekly has debuted more images from next Wednesday's episode of Star Wars Rebels titled, "A Princess On Lothal". Along with the images, executive producer Dave Filoni also shares his thoughts on the upcoming episode! Hit the jump to check it out!
While chatting with Entertainment Weekly, executive producer Dave Filoni shared his thoughts on the upcoming episode of Star Wars Rebels titled, "A Princess On Lothal". He explains that he and his team really tried to discover who Leia was before she appeared in "A New Hope". "We were really focused on trying to discover who Leia was prior to A New Hope. We know that she’s very strong, somewhat rash, super intelligent, but how did she develop those skills?" He then continued. "In A New Hope, she’s really an impressive character when you think of her standing face to face with Tarkin, standing face to face with Vader, talking back to them, lying to them, deceiving them, misdirecting them."
Later in the interview, Filioni revealed that Leia won't yet be a Rebel when we see her in Wednesday's episode. "Leia is technically a part of the Empire at this time. Her father [Bail Organa] is still working within the Senate, and she would be seen by the Imperials as someone who's more on their side." Filoni then explained one of the main differences between the Leia we see in the show and in the movie. "She can't just pick up a blaster, necessarily, and start shooting Stormtroopers like she did on the Death Star." What do you think? Check out the images, then share your thoughts in the comment section below!