By: Dominic Jones
Today was a big day for Star Wars Rebels at Fan Expo Canada in Toronto! Executive Producer Dave Filoni and stars Vanessa Marshal (Hera Syndulla) and Taylor Gray (Ezra Bridger) took the stage to preview the fourth and final season of the animated series and screen the first episode for fans in attendance. During the panel itself, the big news was the debut of a new trailer and the announcement that the season would premiere on October 16th, but there were many other smaller tibits that Filoni, Marshall, and Gray shared with the fans in Toronto about season four, the production of the show, and more. I was at the panel and live tweeted what went down. You can read about what I saw below,
Dave Filoni, Taylor Gray and Vanessa Marshall have taken the stage! #StarWarsRebels #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
.@dave_filoni starts the panel by thanking @MapleLeafs fans for causing the trade of @PKessel81 to the @penguins! #StarWarsRebels #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Filoni describes the Ahsoka Topps cards & social media scenes as a way to get ideas out that could never be on the show #StarWarsRebels— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Filoni says Kanan and other younglings knew of Ahsoka because she was famous for being Anakin's padawan #StarWarsRebels #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Filoni: The Convorees (Owls) "probably means something" #StarWarsRebels #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Filoni: "most of the time (his teases) are going somewhere" (though it's tempting to mess with fans!) #StarWarsRebels #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Vanessa: Hera being mentioned in #RogueOne boads well for her continued survival #StarWarsRebels #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Taylor: The obstacles the characters face in Season four are their biggest yet, Ezra grows a lot #StarWarsRebels #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Filoni: Sabine and Ezra will have to do more on their own this season, learn to deal without the help of "mom & dad" (Hera & Kanan) #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
We will learn about what Bo-Katan thought of Maul's rule of Mandalore and her sister Satine in season 4 of #StarWarsRebels! #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Filoni told David Oyelowo about #HotKallus, who loves it (but also thinks it's crazy!) #StarWarsRebels #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Clip from season 4 shows Hera putting Rex and Kallus in control of The Ghost #StarWarsRebels #FCX17 #HotKallus— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Filoni: Thrawn is fighting with the Empire about how to fight this war #StarWarsRebels #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
DF: We will see lots of machinations between Thrawn & Pryce trying to manipulate each other towards their respective goals #StarWarsRebels— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Filoni says he felt they had to involve Tim Zahn in bringing Thrawn to #StarWarsRebels because "it's his character" #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
New clip from season four shows Hera in an X-Wing leading an attack on an Imperial blockade with Thrawn at the command! #StarWarsRebels— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Vanessa gets choked up talking about seeing Hera in an X-Wing cockpit #StarWarsRebels #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
New clip shows Kanan & Hera talking about their relationship and what they hope for after the war is won. Almost kiss but get cut off...— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Ryder (Clancy Brown's character), the former Lothal governor https://t.co/20jE87QjeF— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Filoni compares Wolves to the Force in that people see them as both positive & negative in culture. It all depends what you bring to it/them— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Filoni: Lothal wolves are very similar to Bendu in that they are a part of the nature Force of Lothal #StarWarsRebels #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Taylor: the coolest thing about the Force is the abillity to connect with other living things #StarWarsRebels #FCX17 pic.twitter.com/jc7JfnvkjF— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Filoni: Transition going from TCW to SWR was an important moment for Lucasfilm: to take the lessons GL taught them and go on without him— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Filoni says the ending of #StarWarsRebels has been shot. Also the 4th season is more connected than ever before #StarWarsRebels #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Filoni: The first few eps of S4 wrap up a few left over plot lines, then from ep 5 on it deals with wrapping up Ezra's story #StarWarsRebels— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Filoni: The last bunch of episodes (ep 5 onwards) are almost one story told over several weeks! #StarWarsRebels #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Taylor: Being on #StarWarsRebels has informed his life in major ways because there are so many lessons about growing up in #StarWars #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Vanessa: #StarWars had always been a private thing but being on Rebels brought into the larger fan community and she's made friends for life— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
Filoni: "This is a big panel because I love Canada" #StarWarsRebels #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
In case you haven't seen it yet, here's the new trailer that debuted at Fan Expo,Season 4 trailer time! #StarWarsRebels #FCX17— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) September 2, 2017
After the trailer was shown, Filoni, Marshall, and Gray received a standing ovation from the crowd in Toronto. They proceeded to announce that the season would premiere on October 16th on Disney XD. Then, as a special treat for the fans in attendance, the two part season premiere, "Heroes of Mandalore," was screened. The first part of "Heroes of Mandalore" had previously been shown at Star Wars Celebration in Orlando back in April, but the second episode wasn't ready at the time. Both episodes are now finished and look great!
I'll have more to say about the Rebels season four premiere later this weekend when I write up my full, spoiler free review. For now, I'll just say this: "Heroes of Mandalore" may be the best Star Wars Rebels season premiere (and that includes "Spark of Rebellion"). It features a perfect mix of classic Star Wars action and emotional character moments. It will make you laugh, cheer, and cry. The audience in Toronto loved it, with many moments of cheering and applause (and another standing ovation when the episode finished).
Big thanks to Dave Filoni, Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, and everyone at Lucasfilm and Fan Expo who made this panel happen. Hopefully this is just the first of many Star Wars preview panels at Fan Expo!
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