- Rebels premiere is still about a year out; will premiere with an hour-long episode on Disney Channel and then move to half hour segments over on Disney XD.
- Simon Kinberg is writing the hour long premiere episode.
- Dave Filoni was not in attendance due to the fact that he is in Asia working with the animation team.
- Rebels will take place 14 years after Revenge of the Sith.
- The planet Lothal will be one of the principal locations for the show.
- Animation style is distinct enough that they were unable to reuse anything from The Clone Wars. (Which is okay since we weren't really a fan of the animation style.)
- Episodes will be shown in chronological order and follow the same group of characters. (Looks like the SW franchise is finally trying something new here.)
- Stormtroopers will not be Clones! They instead will be regular citizens who "volunteer" to join the Imperial forces.
- Some Clones will go on to train the new Stormtroopers while others will be disgruntled; per Lucas' notes.
- No confirmation on who, but some TCW characters will make appearances; were questioned specifically about Ahsoka, but received no answer.
- Series will focus mainly on the Empire and struggling Rebel forces, there will also be a prominent Bounty Hunter presence and limited Jedi (who are still being hunted by the Empire).
- New Villain! The Inquisitor! Hired to help hunt down Jedi in the name of the Empire.
- No soundtrack has been announced, however Dave Filoni does listen to specific John Williams tracks while animating.
- Rebels is being developed much quicker than TCW because of the team's past experience on TCW.
- A great deal of Rebels is being based off the work of Ralph McQuarrie.
Does this get you excited for Star Wars: Rebels or what! Look for more news and hopefully a new trailer in the near future.
-GJ
