60 Fun Facts About Star Wars Rebels

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

Star Wars Rebels opens 14 years after Revenge of the Sith, in 5 BBY, five years before A New Hope, as the Empire hunts the last surviving Jedi.

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

The Ghost is Hera's modified VCX-100 light freighter; it later appears at the Battle of Scarif in Rogue One and in the fleet 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?

Lothal is Ezra's Outer Rim homeworld and the crew's early base; the series finale is the liberation of Lothal from Imperial occupation.

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

Ralph McQuarrie's original-trilogy concept paintings set the look of Rebels; Chopper in particular is modeled on his early concept art for R2-D2.

Which actor voices Kanan Jarrus?

Freddie Prinze Jr. voices Kanan Jarrus; he reprised the role for The Rise of Skywalker as one of the past Jedi whose voices encourage Rey against Palpatine.

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

Kanan was born Caleb Dume; as a Padawan he escaped Order 66 when his master died protecting him, a story shown in The Bad Batch's premiere and the comic Kanan: The Last Padawan.

Hera belongs to which species?

Hera is a Twi'lek, a species with head-tails called lekku; her father Cham led his homeworld's resistance in the earlier animated series before returning in Rebels.

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

Sabine is a Mandalorian, trained at the Imperial Academy on Mandalore; her starbird graffiti becomes the symbol of the Rebel Alliance.

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

Zeb is a Lasat, once captain of the Lasan High Honor Guard; the Empire devastated his homeworld Lasan, but in season two he finds survivors on the hidden world Lira San.

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

Karabast! is Zeb's favourite curse; the Drabatan soldier Pao shouts it during the beach assault on Scarif in Rogue One, an Easter egg from the film's makers.

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

Dave Filoni, the show's executive producer, voices Chopper; the credits list the droid as playing 'Himself' until the finale, and Filoni voiced him again in the live-action Ahsoka.

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

Chopper, designation C1-10P, was a Republic astromech whose fighter crashed on Ryloth during the war against the Separatists; young Hera found and rebuilt him.

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

Ezra was born on Empire Day. The inauguration of the Empire fell on the day of his birth, as the season one episode 'Empire Day' reveals; his parents were taken when he was seven.

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

A stun blaster is built into the hilt of Ezra's first, blue-bladed lightsaber, echoing the energy slingshot he used as a street kid.

In the season two episode 'Legacy', how did Ezra's parents die?

In a prison revolt: a fellow inmate tells Ezra that Ephraim and Mira Bridger died during a breakout from an Imperial prison after hearing their son's broadcast.

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

Jason Isaacs voices the Grand Inquisitor, a Pau'an former Jedi Temple Guard; Rupert Friend later played the character in live action in Obi-Wan Kenobi.

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

David Oyelowo, the British star of Selma, voices Agent Kallus of the Imperial Security Bureau; Kallus turns informant for the rebels in season three and later joins them outright.

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?

Malachor, site of an ancient Sith temple and superweapon, hosts the season two finale duel in 'Twilight of the Apprentice', after which Ahsoka is presumed dead.

Who blinds Kanan in the episode 'Twilight of the Apprentice'?

Maul, the former Sith apprentice posing as a frail old hermit, slashes Kanan across the eyes; Kanan remains blind for the rest of the series.

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

Tom Baker, the Fourth Doctor, voices the Bendu; the creature calls itself 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?

Lars Mikkelsen voices Thrawn in the final two seasons, and 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?

Timothy Zahn created Thrawn for Heir to the Empire; after Rebels brought the character back into canon, Zahn wrote a new Thrawn trilogy starting in 2017.

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

Wedge Antilles defects in 'The Antilles Extraction' alongside fellow cadet Hobbie Klivian; Wedge goes on to fly at Yavin in A New Hope and survives the trench run.

Which weapon does Sabine take from a cave on Dathomir in 'Visions and Voices'?

The Darksaber, an ancient black-bladed lightsaber forged by the first Jedi from Mandalore, is found by Sabine on Dathomir; Kanan trains her to wield it and she later hands it to Bo-Katan Kryze.

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

Katee Sackhoff voices Bo-Katan Kryze in Rebels, having voiced her in the earlier animated series, and later played the character in live action on Disney+.

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

Forest Whitaker, Best Actor winner for The Last King of Scotland, voices Saw Gerrera; the crew meets the extremist in the season three two-parter 'Ghosts of Geonosis'.

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

Hondo Ohnaka, the Weequay pirate introduced in the earlier animated series, is voiced by Jim Cummings and becomes Ezra's unreliable but recurring ally from season two onward.

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

Brent Spiner, Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation, voices Gall Trayvis; the supposed rebel sympathiser was Imperial bait to lure resistance cells into the open.

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

Sarah Michelle Gellar voices the Seventh Sister, a Mirialan Inquisitor who hunts the crew through season two; her husband voices Kanan.

Which actor voices Rukh, Thrawn's Noghri assassin, in the final season?

Warwick Davis, who played Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi, voices Rukh; the scent-tracking Noghri assassin is electrocuted by the shield generator in the finale.

Which character does James Earl Jones voice in the second season of Rebels?

Darth Vader, voiced by James Earl Jones, hunts the crew in the season two opener and duels Ahsoka in its finale; Jones voiced the character again in Rogue One.

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

In 'Jedi Night' Kanan rescues Hera from Pryce's Imperial headquarters, then holds back a fuel-depot explosion with the Force so the others can escape.

Which experimental Imperial starfighter does Thrawn champion in the final season?

The TIE Defender, a shielded fighter with a hyperdrive, is Thrawn's pet project; Ezra and Sabine steal a prototype in the episode 'Flight of the Defender'.

In 'A World Between Worlds', how does Ezra turn out to have saved Ahsoka's life?

He pulled her through a time-space doorway: from the World Between Worlds, Ezra reaches into the past and yanks Ahsoka out of the collapsing temple, explaining her survival.

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

Purrgil, introduced in the episode 'The Call', are space whales that jump to hyperspace naturally; Ezra, who can commune with them through the Force, summons them in the finale.

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

Spark of Rebellion, the one-hour premiere film, shows Ezra stealing from the crew before joining them; the series finale aired on March 5, 2018.

Which executive producer left Rebels after its first season?

Greg Weisman, co-creator of Gargoyles, was an executive producer for season one only; he then wrote Marvel's 12-issue comic Kanan: The Last Padawan about Kanan's Order 66 escape.

Rebels won Best Animated Series on Television in 2017 and 2018 at which awards?

The Saturn Award for Best Animated Series on Television went to Rebels at both the 2017 and 2018 ceremonies, covering its final two seasons.

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

A New Dawn, published in September 2014, was the first novel of the new Disney-era canon; it shows Kanan and Hera meeting on the mining world Gorse, years before the series begins.

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?

The Mandalorian brought Zeb into live action in 'Chapter 21: The Pirate', with Steve Blum again providing the voice for the fully CGI character.

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

Natasha Liu Bordizzo plays Sabine Wren in Ahsoka, opposite Rosario Dawson's Ahsoka and Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Hera.

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

Evan Whitten plays Jacen, the son Hera is shown raising in the epilogue of the Rebels finale, in the 2023 series Ahsoka.

Zeb's signature weapon, a staff that converts into a rifle, is called what?

The Bo-rifle is the traditional weapon of the Honor Guard of Zeb's people; Agent Kallus carries one too, taken from a guardsman on Lasan.

Which Spectre call sign does Sabine use on the crew's comms?

Sabine is Spectre-5; the crew's call signs run Kanan Spectre-1, Hera Spectre-2, Chopper Spectre-3, Zeb Spectre-4 and Ezra Spectre-6.

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

Disney XD carried the weekly series from October 13, 2014, ten days after the one-hour opener aired on Disney Channel.

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

The Siege of Lothal aired on June 20, 2015, as a one-hour season two opener in which the crew barely survives the Sith Lord's hunt and loses its local cell.

How many seasons of Star Wars Rebels were made?

Four seasons, 75 episodes in all, ran from 2014 to the finale on March 5, 2018; the live-action series Ahsoka later continued the story.

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

Justin Ridge took over as supervising director in season three after his predecessor was promoted to oversee all of Lucasfilm Animation's projects.

Which actress voices Hera Syndulla, pilot of the Ghost?

Vanessa Marshall, also the voice of Gamora in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy cartoon, voices Hera, the crew's pilot, in every season of Rebels.

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

Gina Torres, Zoe in Firefly, voices Ketsu Onyo; Ketsu is working for the Black Sun syndicate when she meets the crew again in 'Blood Sisters'.

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

Clancy Brown, Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob, voices Ryder Azadi; the ex-governor was imprisoned alongside Ezra's parents after backing their anti-Imperial broadcasts.

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

Genevieve O'Reilly voices Mon Mothma in Rebels; she first played the Rebel leader in a scene cut from Revenge of the Sith, then in Rogue One and Andor.

Which actor voices Veris Hydan, the Emperor's minister, in the final season?

Malcolm McDowell, star of A Clockwork Orange, voices Minister Veris Hydan, who oversees the Emperor's excavation of the Jedi Temple in the 'World Between Worlds' storyline.

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

The Clone Wars was cancelled in March 2013 after Disney bought Lucasfilm; Rebels, announced that May, carried over characters such as Captain Rex and Ahsoka Tano.

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

Green is the blade colour of the lightsaber Ezra builds between seasons two and three, after his first was cut in half during the Sith temple duel.

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

Eman Esfandi plays Ezra in Ahsoka; he first appears as a pre-recorded hologram message to Sabine before turning up in the flesh on Peridea in the sixth episode.

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

Depa Billaba, once Mace Windu's Padawan, was Kanan's master; The Bad Batch shows clones gunning her down on Kaller as she orders her young Padawan to run.

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

Malibu is where Kanan Dume Road meets the Pacific Coast Highway; the show's creators took both the character's alias and his birth surname from that road.