Next STAR WARS Animated Series Will be Set in Upcoming Movie Timeline
Disney and Lucasfilm's Star Wars Rebels animated series is going strong, and it was recently renewed for a second season. I've really been enjoying this latest adventure. According to a report over at /Film, the powers at be know how the series is going to end, and they also are prepping a new animated series that will take its place.
According to the report, the studios are planning to do three or four seasons of Star Wars Rebels before launching a whole new Star Wars animated series that will apparently feature all new characters.
As you know, Star Wars Rebels is set between Episodes III and IV. This next series they are planning will be set in the timeline of the upcoming movies such as Episodes VII, VII and IX. By the time the new series comes out, fans will be familiar with the new stories and characters that Lucasfilm will have introduced us to.
If this news is true, then I guess we can expect to see this new Star Wars series by 2017 or 2018, which means we’ll have at least one, maybe two, Star Wars films that we would have already enjoyed.
Like all of the Star Wars news that has leaked out, treat this as a rumor until there's some kind of official confirmation. It would be awesome if this is the plan though. I imagine this next new series won't be the last that we see either. I'm sure that animated series will eventually run its course and then be replaced with a new one. Or maybe Lucasfilm will be developing multiple series!
We are still in the early stages of Lucasfilm's Star Wars plans, and I'm excited to see how this all plays out.