And learn why you won’t be seeing a gathering of all the Imperial villains.
The new trailer for the final season ofStar Wars: Rebelshas just hit warp speed.
In the end, yes they got away, but thats kind of all they got.
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Now they have a lot less.
Dont expect to see the character in the series, however.
Name-dropping, Filoni explains.
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Its always fun to make it feel like its part of this big world …
But the cape alone would be half my budget, just to make it flow.
Filoni says he once envisioned a grand scene uniting many of the best of the worst fromStar Wars.
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Then you have Tarkin and Thrawn, and it starts too look like a Legion of Bad Guys.
When you get too many bizarreStar Warsvillains together, I dont know if it works for me.
The blue-skinned, red-eyed Imperial admiral is responsible for crushing the Rebel Alliance before it becomes a major threat.
We know he doesnt succeed, but that doesnt mean he wont extract a massive cost along the way.
One of Thrawns goals is to get stronger fighters than the easily demolished TIEs.
The three-winged starships in the trailer are TIE Defender Elites, which have shield capabilities and more firepower.
Not everybody shares that point of view, though.
As in all things, theres competition for funding and power.
Well see a little of that politicking in the Empire.
Like Thrawn, he was pulled from the 1990s novels written by Timothy Zahn.
That character is always dark and creepy in the novels, Filoni says.
Instead of big brawny brawlers, hes someone who is smaller and lithe, and a little more interesting.
Hes very cunning and wicked.
Filoni describes Gerrera as a kind of detective/insurgent.
Hes been pushed even further down that path of belief.
Saw is trying to get the evidence and prove out that hes right.
We have some fun scenes when he interacts with Mon Mothma and it shows the fractures between the two.
Gerrera will be nudging the Ghost crew to be even more extreme than these politicians.
He looks at someone like Ezra and Kanan and thinks, What a wasted resource.
Thats one of the great questions: What are these wolves all about?
I like wolves, Im interested in them as an endangered species, and they have a dual nature.
Some people see them as a guide, and some see them as a predator and destroyer.
I find that to be true of the Force.
Thats why Chopper gets his undercover paint job.
He gets a black-and-yellow look because wearing orange is too much like the Flyers, Filoni says.
When you win back-to-back Cups, you’ve got the option to do what you want.
Id love to tell you, he says, but that would give up a lot.
