Star Wars Rebels made a big splash at New York Comic Con earlier today with a panel and press conference that revealed loads of new information about the upcoming second season, as well as a new trailer. The SWU's own Dominic Jones and Chris Seekell were in attendance and provided us with tweets and photos from the events as they happened. You can check out all their hard work below:
Pablo Hidalgo just took the stage #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Pablo reiterates that season 2 is 22 episodes long, with lots of new villains! #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Sarah Michelle Gellar gets a standing O at the #StarWarsRebels panel #NYCC
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Panel includes Pablo, Dave Filoni, Taylor Gray, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ashley Eckstein! #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Filoni says says all Inquisitors are bound by a similar costume and lightsaber #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Filoni says he wanted to have Sarah Michelle try to kill @RealFPJr on the show #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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SMG describes the Seventh Sister as a "thinking man's baddie" and she likes to play with her targets before she kills them #StarWarsRebels
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Ashley says Ahsoka is no longer a Jedi and she had to adjust her performance based on this. #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Filoni says Ahsoka is aware of the Jedi's failings at the fall of the republic #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Clip shown featuring Ezra and The Seventh Sister #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Filoni says the new Inquisitors are trying to impress Vader to take the Grand Inquisitor title #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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SMG says their 6 year old daughter is the authority on #StarWars in their house, not @RealFPJr #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Ashley says she would sometimes having to do multiple takes because she was used to playing young Ahsoka
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Ashley asks Dave if her wearing a Vader dress on is fashion or foreshadowing? #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Funny moment on stage when SMG thought she actually spoiled the Vader is Luke's father reveal for Taylor #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Filoni describes the differences between how Kanan sees the clones vs how Ezra sees the clones #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Kanan lived Order 66, but all Ezra sees in Rex is a kind old man who wants to help. #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Taylor confirms the storyline about Ezra's parents will be picked up in season 2 #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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New clip features Ezra fighting stormtroopers and accidentally stunning Rex and Kanan #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Filoni says Chopper maybe does one right thing this season #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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SMG says it's a mistake to say #StarWars doesn't have strong female characters #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Filoni says Ahsoka doesn't join the Ghost crew, she comes and goes throughout the season, dealing w/ bigger, darker problems #StarWarsRebels
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Filoni says the cast don't actually know the big secrets from the season so they don't feel pressured to spoil anything #starwarsrebels
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Taylor says Kanan is Ezra's number one mentor who he'll always go to when he's in need #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Clip shown featuring Ahsoka saving Ezra, Kanan and Zeb from the 7th Sister and 5th Brother #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Q&A is starting, but Pablo promises there is still more too be seen #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Question about what Rex know's about who Vader is, Filoni says it would be hard for both of them to see each other again #StarWarsRebels
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Filoni says Rex knows a certain amount of the truth #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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501st member gets fans to give Pablo a round of applause for all he does #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Q about future animated series (from Filoni) set between Episodes VI and VII, Filoni says no end to the possibilities of future content
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Filoni says Kathy Kennedy loves what they do in animation #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Pablo says Lucasfilm is unique in how they treat animation on the same level as live action. #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Question about Asajj being called a Sith in Dark Disciple, Pablo says what matters is who said that. Sith lord would never call her one.
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End of Q&A, Pablo says if you still have questions tweet them with the hashtag #RebelsRecon
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Trailer time #StarWarsRebels
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That's a wrap for the #StarWarsRebels panel! Thanks @HerUniverse @SarahMGellar @iamtaylorgray and @dave_filoni and Pablo for a great time!
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#StarWarsRebels press conference with Dave Filoni, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ashley Eckstein, and Taylor Gray begins now at #NYCC
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SMG says she's surprised by how she enjoys playing a villain, loves that 7th sister is a thinking villain #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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SMG describes doing voice over as being very freeing, though she does wield an imaginary lightsaber when recording #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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SMG says she wanted to be in the series to get some 'street cred' among her kids and their friends #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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.@SarahMGellar thanks the fans for being so welcoming to her as she joined the #StarWars family #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Filoni says working on #TheCloneWars was like a years long research paper on #StarWars #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Filoni says the reason there are so many female characters in season 2 is that they are making the show more realistic #StarWarsRebels
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Filoni says the crew of The Ghost doean't know each other's backstory #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Filoni says he's very aware of the Kanan comic series, but don't really expect any references to it - but the stories are connected
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Taylor wants a ride at Star Wars Land where you can ride in a podracer with Ezra (even though Ezra's never podraced!) #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Dave dodges question about Star Wars Land by talking hockey #starwarsrebels #NYCC
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Question about Vader leads to a stare down between Dave & Ashley. Taylor saves them by talking about hearing JEJ on the show for 1st time
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Filoni says lots of people can mimic Vader's coice, but @jamesearljones brings another level to his performance #StarWarsRebel #NYCC
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Question about Vader vs Ahsoka gets a "That would be cool" from Filoni #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Filoni says bringing Ahsoka into the show means they have to address the questions that surround her #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Question about more OT characters appearing, Filoni says it's possible. Just need to find a story that merits it. #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Filoni says he's met all the film directors and talked with them. Praises the story group for keeping the continuity between projects #NYCC
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Filoni says in the years post-Order 66 some clones would question what they did. #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Question about theory that Ezra becomes Kylo. Nobody on stage has heard about it, though Taylor seems excited by the idea #StarWarsRebels
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Filoni says they get into what it means to be an Inquisitor this season. Grand Inquisitor leaves a major impact on the series #NYCC
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Filoni says there is a kill or be killed mentality between the Inquisitors #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Filoni says Ahsoka may be more right than the Jedi, because she realized the order was corrupt and left. #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Ashley is asked about if she had any input in what Ahsoka was doing between Clone Wars and Rebels, she says no. #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Filoni says he explained to Ashley and Dee what happened to their characters between Clone Wars and Rebels #NYCC
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Filoni says they are very careful about releasing stories from Clone Wars in other mediums, wants them to be seen in filmic form #NYCC
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Taylor says there were so many more levels to portraying Ezra this season #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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Filoni says there are subtle differences between the Inquisitors #StarWarsRebels #NYCC
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That's a wrap for the #StarWarsRebels press conference at #NYCC! Thanks again to @HerUniverse @iamtaylorgray @dave_filoni & @SarahMGellar
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