60 Fun Facts About Star Wars Rebels

Star Wars Rebels is set how many years after Revenge of the Sith?

That places the premiere five years before A New Hope, in the era of the Empire hunting the last Jedi.

What is the name of the light freighter that serves as the crew's home and ship?

The ship later turns up in the Battle of Scarif in Rogue One and over Exegol in The Rise of Skywalker.

Which planet is the crew's main base of operations in the early seasons and Ezra's homeworld?

The Empire's TIE Defender factory there becomes the target of the series finale.

The visual style of Rebels was inspired by the original-trilogy concept art of which artist?

Chopper's design in particular is heavily modeled on his original conceptual artwork for R2-D2.

Which actor voices Kanan Jarrus?

His voice returns in The Rise of Skywalker as one of the Jedi of the past encouraging Rey against Palpatine.

What was Kanan Jarrus's birth name as a Jedi Padawan?

His master sacrificed herself so he could escape Order 66; the young Padawan later appears in The Bad Batch and Tales of the Jedi.

Hera belongs to which species?

Her father Cham Syndulla led the resistance on Ryloth in The Clone Wars before reappearing in Rebels.

Sabine Wren is a warrior from which culture, with a fixation on art?

Her starbird graffiti is said to be part of the origin of the Rebel Alliance's phoenix insignia.

Zeb Orrelios is a former honour guard of which near-exterminated species?

His people were among the first to rise against the Empire; he later learns survivors still live on the hidden world Lira San.

Which expletive of Zeb's does a Rogue One character borrow during the Battle of Scarif?

The alien Pao shouts it during the beach assault, a nod slipped in by the film's makers.

Who provides the voice of the droid Chopper, credited as "Himself" until the series finale?

The executive producer reprised the role in the live-action Ahsoka, where the droid's chatter is less muffled.

Hera rebuilt Chopper after the droid crashed on which planet during the Clone Wars?

The name Chopper comes from its designation C1-10P looking like the word CHOP when written out.

Ezra Bridger was born on the same day as which galactic event?

The season one episode "Empire Day" reveals it, along with the fact he had been living alone since he was seven.

Ezra's first lightsaber is unusual because its hilt has what built in?

It was modelled on his street-kid weapon, an energy slingshot; the blade itself is blue.

In the season two episode "Legacy", how does Ezra learn his parents died?

Finding his parents had been his driving motivation since the pilot episode.

Which actor voices the Grand Inquisitor, the main villain of season one?

The Pau'an ex-Temple Guard was later played in live action by Rupert Friend in Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Which Oscar-nominated British actor voices Agent Kallus of the Imperial Security Bureau?

Kallus was on Lasan when Zeb's people were massacred and personally ordered the use of soon-banned disruptors.

Under what codename does Ahsoka Tano feed intelligence to the Ghost crew before revealing herself?

The name was later reused by Kallus once he began spying for the rebellion in season three.

Ahsoka's duel with Vader in the season two finale takes place inside a Sith temple on which planet?

The same trip ends with Kanan blinded by Maul, who had been stranded there posing as a frail hermit.

Which former Sith Lord blinds Kanan in "Twilight of the Apprentice"?

Disney vetoed an early plan to kill Kanan in that episode, insisting he be in every episode of the series.

Which Doctor Who actor voices the Bendu, the Force-sensitive being on Atollon?

The Bendu describes itself as the one in the middle between the Ashla and the Bogan, the light and the dark.

Which Danish actor voices Grand Admiral Thrawn in seasons three and four?

He carried the blue-skinned Chiss into live action in the 2023 series Ahsoka.

Thrawn was created by which author, first appearing in the 1991 novel Heir to the Empire?

Rebels brought the character back into canon, and the same author wrote a new Thrawn trilogy from 2017.

Sabine helped which future Rogue Squadron pilot defect from the Empire in a season three episode?

Fellow defector Hobbie Klivian comes with him; both later fly at Yavin in A New Hope.

Which black-bladed weapon does Sabine take from Maul in "Visions and Voices"?

Kanan trains her to wield it despite her having no Force ability, and she eventually hands it to Bo-Katan Kryze.

Which Battlestar Galactica star voices Bo-Katan Kryze in Rebels, a role she later played in live action?

She had voiced the character in The Clone Wars too, then donned the armour for real in The Mandalorian.

Which Oscar winner voices Saw Gerrera in Rebels, reprising his Rogue One role?

Kanan meets the extremist in the two-parter "Ghosts of Geonosis" while investigating the empty planet.

Which pirate from The Clone Wars, voiced by Jim Cummings, becomes a recurring rogue ally of Ezra?

Critics singled out Ezra's dynamic with the Weequay pirate, along with his scenes opposite Thrawn, for praise.

Which Star Trek actor voices Gall Trayvis, the Imperial senator posing as a dissident in season one?

The supposed rebel sympathiser was bait to lure resistance cells out of hiding.

Which Buffy the Vampire Slayer star voiced the Seventh Sister, an Inquisitor in season two?

Her real-life husband Freddie Prinze Jr. voices Kanan, the Jedi she was hunting.

Which actor, famous as Wicket the Ewok, voices Thrawn's Noghri assassin Rukh?

Rukh tracks by scent and wields an electrostaff; Zeb finishes him off on a shield-generator conductor in the finale.

Rebels was the last time James Earl Jones personally voiced which character?

Vader wipes out most of the Lothal cell in the season two opener "The Siege of Lothal".

In which fourth-season episode does Kanan sacrifice himself to save Hera from Governor Pryce?

Filoni saw it as the natural end of Kanan's promise to see Hera again after he was blinded.

After Kanan's death, Ezra is guided by a giant Loth-wolf that introduces itself by what name?

The white-marked wolf directs Ezra to the Lothal Jedi Temple, leading into "A World Between Worlds".

In "A World Between Worlds", how is it revealed that Ezra saved Ahsoka from Vader in the Sith temple?

She had been removed from time at the moment of the temple's destruction, explaining her survival.

Which whale-like creatures drag Thrawn's Star Destroyer into hyperspace in the series finale?

Introduced in "The Call", they can jump to hyperspace without technology, and Ezra can speak to them through the Force.

Rebels premiered on October 3, 2014, as a one-hour television film with what title?

The other three titles opened seasons two, three and four; the finale aired on March 5, 2018.

Which executive producer left Rebels after its first season?

He went on to write Marvel's 12-issue Kanan comic set during season one.

Rebels was the first winner of the Best Animated Series on Television category at which awards?

It won for its final two seasons and was also Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Children's Program.

Which 2014 prequel novel by John Jackson Miller tells how Kanan and Hera met?

It was one of the first canon novels under Disney and carries a foreword by Dave Filoni.

In Rogue One, which Rebels character's surname is called over a loudspeaker at the Yavin IV base?

The page for "General Syndulla" confirms Hera's promotion; Chopper is also briefly visible at the base.

Zeb made his live-action debut in season three of which Disney+ series?

Steve Blum voiced him again in "Chapter 21: The Pirate"; the purrgil had already appeared in the season opener.

Who plays Sabine Wren in live action in the 2023 series Ahsoka?

Eman Esfandi took on Ezra and Mary Elizabeth Winstead became Hera in the same series.

Who plays Jacen, the son of Hera and Kanan, in the live-action series Ahsoka?

The couple were confirmed as lovers in Rebels' fourth season, and Jacen was introduced in its 15th episode.

Which sci-fi Western did The Guardian cite as an inspiration for the show's ragtag-crew setup?

The critic Graeme Virtue drew the comparison; SyFy Wire meanwhile said the show captured the awe and joy of A New Hope.

Ezra and Caleb are Hebrew names; Imperial characters like Kassius Konstantine got names from which culture?

Simon Kinberg said the biblical-versus-Roman naming scheme deliberately echoed the original films.

On which channel did Rebels air weekly after its one-hour premiere film?

The one-hour opener aired on Disney Channel on October 3, 2014, with the series proper starting ten days later.

Which one-hour television film launched the second season of Rebels in June 2015?

In it Kanan survives an encounter with Darth Vader; the final season later opened with Heroes of Mandalore.

How many seasons of Star Wars Rebels were made?

The final episode aired on March 5, 2018, and the live-action series Ahsoka later served as a continuation.

Who succeeded Dave Filoni as supervising director for the third season?

Filoni stepped back after a promotion put him in charge of all Lucasfilm Animation projects.

Which actress voices Hera Syndulla, pilot of the Ghost?

She was announced among the series leads in September 2013 alongside Freddie Prinze Jr., Taylor Gray and David Oyelowo.

Which Firefly star voices Ketsu Onyo, Sabine's old Mandalorian bounty-hunter friend?

Ketsu works for the Black Sun crime syndicate when she first crosses paths with the Ghost crew.

Which actor voices Ryder Azadi, the former governor of Lothal who helps the rebels?

Azadi was a family friend of Ezra's parents, Ephraim and Mira Bridger, who were jailed by the Empire.

Which actress voices Mon Mothma in Rebels and plays her in live action in Andor?

She first played the Rebel leader in a scene cut from Revenge of the Sith before reprising the role across the franchise.

Which Clockwork Orange star voices Veris Hydan, the Emperor's minister, in the final season?

Hydan oversees the excavation of the Jedi Temple on Lothal in the 'World Between Worlds' storyline.

Rebels was announced in May 2013, two months after the cancellation of which series?

The new show carried over characters such as Captain Rex, Hondo Ohnaka and Ahsoka Tano from its predecessor.

What colour is the blade of the replacement lightsaber Ezra carries from season three?

Darth Vader destroyed Ezra's first saber, the blue one with a built-in stun blaster, at the end of season two.

Who plays Ezra Bridger in live action in the 2023 series Ahsoka?

Ezra first appears as a pre-recorded hologram before showing up in the flesh in the sixth episode.

Who was Kanan Jarrus's Jedi master, who died saving him during Order 66?

The Bad Batch later showed the moment: clones gunned her down on Kaller while she ordered young Caleb Dume to run.

Kanan Jarrus's name was inspired by a road in which California city?

Kanan Dume Road supplied both his alias and his birth surname.