STAR WARS REBELS Clips and Behind the Scenes Web Series

If you didn’t watch the first two episodes of Star Wars Rebels, there’s still time to correct your error. As the Berenstein Bears taught me when Brother didn’t do his homework and then tried to cut school, “It’s never too late to correct a mistake!” (That almost rhymes.) You should really be watching for a few reasons. First, it’s a good show on its own merits. It’s a fun action adventure series with interesting characters, set in a galactic time period we haven’t seen on screen before. Secondly, the show is going to set up a few things for Star Wars: Episode VII and also shares aesthetics with the new sequels. Third, the show is bringing back some of our favorite Star Wars things. The second episode, “Droids in Distress,” features R2-D2 and C-3PO, plus an homage to Disneyland’s Star Tours, including a galactic bus driver voiced by Paul Rubens.

Web series Rebels Recon takes you behind the scenes of every episode, with the makers talking about how episodes come together and answering your pressing Star Wars questions, like, at this point in the story, who is in the Stormtrooper armor? It’s worth watching just for that, but the host also has a seemingly endless supply of Star Wars t-shirts. I really covet the Boba Fett v-neck.

I have also included some clips and TV spots, as well as a music video for "Rebels Theme" by Kevin Kiner. If all this combined doesn’t convince you to watch the show, then may God have mercy on your soul.

Star Wars Rebels, set five years before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, tells the story of the Rebellion’s beginnings while the Empire spreads tyranny through the galaxy.

Star Wars Rebels airs Monday nights on Disney XD.