Line #223 Trivia/StarWarsRebels


1	!Trivia tropes for ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''
2	!!Trivia with Their Own Pages
3	[[index]]
4	* [[IKnewIt/StarWarsRebels I Knew It]]
5	* [[RefittedForSequel/StarWarsRebels Refitted For Sequel]]
6	* [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/StarWarsRebels What Could Have Been]]
7	* [[WordOfGod/StarWarsRebels Word Of God]]
8	* [[WordOfSaintPaul/StarWarsRebels Word Of Saint Paul]]
9	[[/index]]
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11	* AccentDepundent:
12	** An unintentional example... maybe. When Zeb [[SayMyName calls out Chopper's name]] in his accent, how many people want to shout ''[[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger "GET TO DE CHOPPAH!"]]''?
13	** Also unintentional, but Saxon (voiced by Creator/RayStevenson, who is Northern Irish-English) growling Rau's last name sometimes just sounds like a regular growl of frustration, or in some cases, "rawwwwwwr..." Like the Zeb example above, it's strangely fun to hear and mimic.
14	* ActingForTwo:
15	** In addition to Zeb, Steve Blum also voices several incidental Stormtroopers.
16	** David Shaughnessy voices both Imperial Commandant Aresko and his subordinate, Taskmaster Grint.
17	** Similar to ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', Creator/DeeBradleyBaker is voicing all the clone troopers.
18	** Creator/LiamOBrien voiced Morad Sumar and Yogar Lyste, the Imperial official who antagonized him when he wouldn't sell his farm.
19	* ActingInTheDark:
20	** Creator/RayStevenson unintentionally did this to himself, as he was flying in from filming ''Series/BlackSails'' when he came in to record for "Legacy of Mandalore" and had no time to read the script, so he didn't know until he got to Lucasfilm that Saxon [[spoiler:would get killed]].
21	** As confirmed by Rebels Recon, Dave Filoni deliberately removed the final two pages from the script of WhamEpisode [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E08JediNight "Jedi Night"]] and only showed them what was going to happen when it was time to record for [[spoiler:Kanan's death scene.]] As such, the cast's performances in the scene are [[EnforcedMethodActing their totally unfiltered and real responses]].
22	** The [[WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue epilogue]] to [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E13FamilyReunionAndFarewell "Family Reunion]] [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E14FamilyReunionAndFarewellPartII — and Farewell"]] was kept very closely guarded with only a handful of cast and crew knowing what happened (Kevin Kiner, the composer, even mentioned he was sent the episode with the last two minutes missing), with most of the cast only finding out what happened to their characters when it aired. [[spoiler:Namely, Vanessa Marshall had no idea Hera was pregnant during the final few episodes, while Taylor Gray recorded Ezra's sacrifice not knowing he would survive it.]] Tiya Sircar revealed at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago that Filoni asked her to stay behind while the rest of the cast went to the wrap party and handed her the epilogue to record handwritten on notebook paper.
23	** Creator/VanessaMarshall [[https://youtu.be/mi7L9dY7W-M revealed]] in an interview how she didn't know she auditioned for Hera in this series. She was given a general description of the character, but nothing specific, including the fact that this was for a ''Star Wars'' series.
24	* ActorSharedBackground: Kind of. Sabine is voiced by Tiya Sircar, who is Indian. When her family is introduced, [[spoiler:Ursa]] is voiced by Sharmila Devar, while Tristan is voiced by Ritesh Rajan, who are also both Indian. Alrich, on the other hand, is voiced by Creator/CaryHiroyukiTagawa, who is Japanese.
25	* AdoredByTheNetwork: It doesn't necessarily take up every block on Disney XD, but the executives apparently like and trust Filoni with animated ''Star Wars'' projects (having ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'' on his portfolio as well as Book 1 of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' probably helped), which is why they commissioned the ''entire show'' instead of individual seasons like most television shows. ''Rebels'' is in fact the first show on the network to have its entire run greenlit, followed by ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'', ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'', and the 2017 ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales\|2017}}'' series.
26	* AllStarCast: A good chunk of the cast are either well-known voice actors (Creator/SteveBlum, Creator/RobbieDaymond, Creator/VanessaMarshall, Creator/KathSoucie, Creator/LiamOBrien, Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn, Creator/DeeBradleyBaker, Creator/PhilLaMarr, Creator/GreyDeLisle, Creator/TomKane, Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor, Creator/ClancyBrown) or well-known actors (Creator/DavidOyelowo, Creator/JasonIsaacs, Genevieve O'Reily, Creator/SarahMichelleGellar, Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr, Creator/ForestWhitaker, Creator/JoshGad, Creator/TomBaker, Creator/LarsMikkelsen, Creator/KevinMcKidd, Creator/RayStevenson, Creator/JamesEarlJones), in combination with some of them being previous ''Star Wars'' cast alumni (including Creator/MattLanter, Creator/AshleyEckstein, Creator/KateeSackhoff, Creator/SamWitwer, and so forth).
27	* ApprovalOfGod:
28	** Creator/DaveFiloni showed [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsSparkOfRebellion "Spark of Rebellion"]] to the maker himself, George Lucas. He liked it.
29	** Likewise, Creator/TimothyZahn, writer of ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'', approved of how ''Rebels'' was going to put [[MagnificentBastard Grand Admiral Thrawn]] on screen. After the series aired, he later praised the writers for their keen understanding of Thrawn's character and how the heroes had to overcome him.
30	** In part thanks to [[EnsembleDarkHorse fan demand]], Creator/KateeSackhoff and Creator/KevinMcKidd have expressed interest in reprising their roles as Bo-Katan and Fenn Rau respectively in live-action ''Star Wars'' (Katee specifically found it touching that people wanted her to appear in ''Series/TheMandalorian'', which she eventually ended up doing in that show's second season).
31	** Creator/HaydenChristensen ended up watching both this show and ''The Clone Wars'' to prepare himself for ''Series/ObiWanKenobi'', and was [[https://ew.com/tv/star-wars-obi-wan-kenobi-darth-vader-hayden-christensen-clone-wars-rebels/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=new&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=625ed8ff00745e00018b6ef2 thoroughly fascinated]] with what the shows did with Anakin and the relationships he had with the other characters.
32	* AscendedFanon: A popular fan theory following Rex's reintroduction and subsequent redesign is that in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', [[http://i0.wp.com/bitcast-a-sm.bitgravity.com/slashfilm/wp/wp-content/images/ZZ44C6E49C.jpg he's one of the soldiers who fought on Endor based on his appearance]]. Dave Filoni himself [[http://www.slashfilm.com/captain-rex-in-return-of-the-jedi/ supports the theory]] after giving it some thought. It hasn't been set into stone just yet, however.
33	** And then Celebration 2017 showed [[spoiler:Rex will don the same garb as the old soldier later in Season 4.]]
34	*** [[spoiler:And then the show's epilogue all but confirmed it by revealing that Rex ''did'' fight at Endor, although technically it hasn't been officially confirmed that he and the old soldier on Han's team are one and the same.]]
35	* AuthorsSavingThrow:
36	** The writers eventually clarified that the escapades of the ''Ghost'' crew aren't necessarily the cause of the formation of the Rebel Alliance (that is, the Alliance to Restore the Republic) as some fans had thought/[[TheyChangedItNowItSucks complained about]], but are instead individuals that inspire others to take action against the Empire -- thus leading to more people joining the "true" Rebel Alliance, something that becomes officially revealed in the first season finale.
37	-->'''Creator/DaveFiloni:''' I think the way to look at it, Simon said this beautifully. He described UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution as if this was a show that was about five guys that were locked up in a farmhouse somewhere fighting against the local British military and without any real knowledge of the larger political movements or what’s going on. I think that that’s really how you look at the truth of it with the Rebels. How do you get all these people together? We’re looking at one little small group that’s trying to stand on their own and how does that hook up to what you know is a rebel alliance in ''Film/ANewHope''? I think that's one of the things that we’re gonna reveal as this story moves forward.
38	* AwesomeDearBoy: An interview by Filoni post-Season 2 finale revealed that tons of people (including actors) have and are still going up to him to audition for ''Rebels'' to join Star Wars, and many of them are making it in. This combined with SoMyKidsCanWatch are the top motivators for most of the voice actors. (For example, Philip Anthony-Rodriguez auditioned for ''The Clone Wars'' before, Kevin [=McKidd=] has always wanted to at least play a Stormtrooper, and so on.)
39	* CastingGag: It's amusing to note that mortal enemies Fenn Rau (Creator/KevinMcKidd) and Gar Saxon (Creator/RayStevenson), plus the latter's brother Tiber (Creator/TobiasMenzies) are all part of the main cast of {{Creator/HBO}}'s ''{{Series/Rome}}''.
40	* CrossRegionalVoiceActing:
41	** The Latin American Spanish dub was dubbed with both Mexican and Argentinian voice actors, when normally each country dubs their own titles separately. Since the films and previous series were dubbed in Mexico, most of the cast, including returning characters, are dubbed by Mexicans, when the Argentinian voice cast dubs many of the new characters.
42	** The European French dub uses mostly Belgian actors, while the returning ''Star Wars'' characters have their lines recorded in Paris with French actors.
43	* {{Defictionalization}}:
44	** Chopper was made into a real robot (that is totally not remote-controlled, possibly) that they use for promotional events and materials. Since then, he's been wandering Lucasfilm Studios, made guest appearances in some TV shows, and was used for a cameo in ''Film/RogueOne''.
45	** R3-A3 has also been brought to real life, though it's not clear if just a statue of him was made or it's a robot/RC like Chopper.
46	* DescendedCreator: As the credits of the final episode reveals, Creator/DaveFiloni plays [[spoiler: Chopper.]]
47	* DevelopmentGag: Remember [[http://assets2.ignimgs.com/2015/04/17/img0256jpg-5c4d8d.jpg that pin-up style drawing of Padmé that was set to appear as a decoration for the Bad Batch's ship]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheCloneWars''? It shows up as a poster inside the AT-TE in [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E02RelicsOfTheOldRepublic "Relics of the Old Republic"]]. The clones sure did miss Padmé.
48	* EnforcedMethodActing:
49	** A relatively benign example, but Taylor Gray, the voice of Ezra started off with minimal familiarity with the Star Wars franchise. The writers and producers discouraged him from doing any heavy "research", so that his reactions to lore would be more genuine. He's also the youngest of the group and the only one who hadn't voice acted before, giving further weight to his role as a newcomer.
50	*** Cast interviews also indicate that Freddie Prinze Jr., the voice of Kanan, was the one that mentored him in voice acting. It took a while for him to catch on, but he once he did he liked the idea since it mirrored their characters' relationship.
51	** On the other hand, voice actors of major characters who did not watch ''The Clone Wars'' were advised to watch the relevant arcs so to gain a better understanding of what their characters had gone through. In one case, Tiya Sircar, the voice of Sabine, was told to watch the entirety of the Mandalore arc.
52	** During the recording for "Jedi Night", the voice actors were given the script missing the last two pages and recorded it as normal, [[spoiler:and only saw the storyboard for Kanan's death scene]] moments before they recorded it to make their reactions more genuine.
53	* ExecutiveMeddling: Not quite, but the midseason trailer of Season 2 showed a lot more than what Filoni wanted, due to a large number of spoilers being revealed in it. The editing for the midseason trailer of Season 3 ended up being supervised by Filoni, with WordOfGod saying that a lot more spoilers were kept out of the trailer than one may assume.
54	* FandomNod: At Celebration 2017, the ''Rebels'' main cast and Filoni poked fun at [=#HotKallus=] (most of what they know having originated from [[JustForFun/OneOfUs the show's staff themselves]]) and the fandom's sudden fondness of Kallus in light of [[spoiler:his HeelFaceTurn]] and his rather appealing loose hair lock, which then led to Steve Blum, Dave Filoni, and the host joking about how Kallus/Zeb is the ultimate bromance and that Zeb would settle down on Lirasan with Kallus & have kids with him. Needless to say, it was rather surreal for the fandom on Tumblr.
55	** And then, [[HilariousInHindsight the epilogue happened.]]
56	* GodNeverSaidThat: Many people were under the assumption that the show was going to last all the way to season five, six, or seven, due to a comment by [[WordOfSaintPaul Freddie Prinze Jr.]], who actually stated that it was ''within the realm of possibility'' that the show could last that long, not that it ''would''. In addition, about the same group of people also believe that the show ''would'' depict the events of ''Rogue One'' and the Battle of Jakku from the ''Ghost'' crew's perspective, due to Filoni expressing interest in doing so, which again, was not something set in stone when he said that. And then Filoni announced at Celebration 2017 that the show would end at Season 4, just out of arm's length of the Battle of Scarif and a great distance away from the Battle of Jakku. [[spoiler:Though if you wanted to be technical, the epilogue takes place "after the war".]]
57	* IronyAsSheIsCast: Vanessa Marshall is fluent in French, yet Hera is the only Twi'lek from Ryloth we've seen that does not have a French accent. [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E14Homecoming "Homecoming"]] establishes that she once did have a French accent, as evidenced by a brief AccentRelapse.
58	* MeaningfulReleaseDate:
59	** Season 1 of ''Rebels'' premiered October 3, 2014, exactly six years after the Season 1 premiere of ''WesternAnimation/TheCloneWars''.
60	** Season 1 ended on March 2nd, two years (And only five days off) after the Season 5 finale of ''The Clone Wars'' (March 7th). The Season 5 finale of ''The Clone Wars'' ended with Ahsoka leaving the Order, and the Season 1 finale of ''Rebels'' ends with the reveal that Ahsoka is Fulcrum.
61	** Another one for March 2nd. [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E13FireAcrossTheGalaxy "Fire Across the Galaxy"]] aired that day in 2015, and ended with [[spoiler:the death of the Grand Inquisitor]]. On March 2nd, 2016, [[spoiler:a Force Vision of him appears posthumously in [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E16ShroudOfDarkness "Shroud of Darkness"]]]].
62	** On February 24th, 2016, [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E15TheHonorableOnes "The Honorable Ones"]] aired, where Kallus began to have doubts in his loyalty to the Empire. On February 25th, 2017, [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E15ThroughImperialEyes "Through Imperial Eyes"]] aired, in which [[spoiler:Kallus' superiors found out that he is Fulcrum]].
63	%%** On October 13th, 2014, the technical first episode of the first season, [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E01DroidsInDistress "Droids In Distress"]], revealed that Zeb's people were killed and turned into ashes by an Imperial machine that wasn't meant to be used to kill. On October 15th, 2017, the ''real'' first episode of the final season, [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsHeroesOfMandalore "Heroes of Mandalore"]] revealed that [[spoiler:Sabine's people (including her own family) are being threatened with and killed by an Imperial machine that wasn't meant to be used to kill, turning them into ashes.]]
64	* LyingCreator: Prior to the release of the trailer for the second half of the fourth season, several of the people involved with the show denied that Emperor Palpatine would be making an actual appearance beyond his audio-only cameo in the Season 2 premiere.
65	* MemeAcknowledgment:
66	** When [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsStepsIntoShadow "Steps Into Shadow"]] premiered, the Star Wars Twitter account started making comments about how Ezra is [[FanNickname Blueberry]] no more and put up a poll about [[ExpositoryHairstyleChange his new]] [[ImportantHaircut hairdo]], with the 'against' option being called "Bring back the Blueberry!"
67	** In light of fans finding Kallus's "rebellious" lock of hair (similar to Obi-Wan's single lock of hair from the final Mandalorian arc in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'') and other predicaments in "Zero Hour" rather [[{{Fanservice}} attractive]] -- specifically, the growing Twitter tag, [=#HotKallus=], Filoni revealed in a podcast that he was quite aware of it because the name of that meme came from within the team (mostly likely Lucasfilm publicist, Tracy Cannobbio, judging by her tweets). Just about the entire main cast has gotten in on it, and even Creator/DavidOyelowo is aware of it (according to Filoni, he thinks everyone is crazy and he agrees).
68	** What Sabine has to say while on Geonosis:
69	--->'''Sabine:''' [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Stupid sand. Gets everywhere.]]
70	** Governor Tiber Saxon's been taught a little more than just what true power looks like from Palpatine. Bonus points for being two ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' memes in one line.
71	--->'''Saxon:''' [[IAmTheNoun I AM THE EMPIRE!]] PALPATINE HAS SHOWN ME THE WAY TO [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide TRUE POWER!]]
72	* TheMerch: There's plenty of it out there, from action figures, to throw blankets, to books, and also plush toys (Chopper only). Kanan, Zeb, Sabine, and Ezra even had figures in ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity''.
73	* MissingTrailerScene:
74	** In a commercial promo for [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E19TwilightOfTheApprentice "Twilight of]] [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E20TwilightOfTheApprenticePartII the Apprentice"]], Ahsoka asks Maul what game is he playing. In the show, he basically affirms that this is an EnemyMine, while in the commercial, he says, "The ''endgame'', of course."
75	** In the Season 3 trailers, TheReveal[=/=]WhamShot scene where Thrawn is shown walking out of the shadows in his office on the ''Chimaera'', which was said by WordOfGod to be from a later episode in Season 3. It does not appear. Likewise, he also says "We will show the Galaxy what happens to those that dare speak against the Emperor", which presumably applies to either [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E16SecretCargo "Secret Cargo"]] in regards to Senator Mothma, or [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E19ZeroHour "Zero]] [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E20ZeroHourPartII Hour"]].
76	* TheOriginalDarrin:
77	** Creator/FrankOz returns as Yoda, becoming this to Tom Kane.
78	** Creator/JamesEarlJones also returns as Darth Vader, when Creator/MattSloan usually voices him outside of the films.
79	** Creator/IanMcDiarmid returned to voice Emperor Palpatine in Season 4 after the character was voiced by Creator/SamWitwer in Season 2. Then he also redubbed Season 2's Palpatine in 2019.
80	** In the Brazilian dub, Mauricio Berger returns as Darth Maul for the first time since ''The Phantom Menace'', after being replaced by Alexandre Moreno in ''The Clone Wars''.
81	* TheOtherDarrin:
82	** A somewhat complicated example: Creator/SamWitwer voices Palpatine, replacing Creator/TimCurry from the final two seasons of ''The Clone Wars'', who himself was a replacement for the late Creator/IanAbercrombie, who was filling in for Creator/IanMcDiarmid from the films. Also counts as RoleReprise, as Witwer voiced Palpatine in the ''Force Unleashed'' series. Then by the fourth season, Creator/IanMcDiarmid reprises his role as the Emperor/Darth Sidious for a definite scenery chewing act. [[https://comicbook.com/starwars/2019/09/27/star-wars-rebels-emperor-palpatine-ian-mcdiarmid-sam-witwer/ In 2019]], the version of [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsTheSiegeOfLothal "The Siege of Lothal"]] available to stream on Creator/DisneyPlus retroactively [[GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion replaced]] Witwer with [=McDiarmid=] as well.
83	** In the Japanese dub, Yohei Tadano replaces the late Creator/IchiroNagai as the official voice for Yoda. The same goes for Darth Vader, since he was voiced in the first season by Creator/ToruOhira, who is normally the regular dub voice of Vader in Japanese in the films. After his death, he's replaced with Creator/TaitenKusunoki from Season 2 onwards.
84	** Andrew Kishino was replaced as Saw Gerrera's voice by Creator/ForestWhitaker, his actor from ''Film/RogueOne''.
85	** In the Latin American Spanish dub, Creator/BlasGarcia replaced the late Federico Romano as Darth Vader for [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsSparkOfRebellion "Spark of Rebellion"]]. But in the series proper, he is voiced by Sebastián Llapur from Season 2 onwards. The same goes for Emperor Palpatine, who is voiced by Jesse Conde after Jesús Colín retired in 2005 and subsequently passed away six years later.
86	** In the European French dub:
87	*** Mathieu Moreau voiced Kanan in the first season. In the subsequent seasons, he was replaced by Nicolas Matthys.
88	*** Creator/GeorgesAminel, who voiced Darth Vader from ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' up until ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', passed away in 2007. In the first episode of ''Rebels'', Vader is voiced by Jean-Louis Faure, who would then be replaced in subsequent appearances by Creator/PhilippeCatoire.
89	** Recasting was abundant in the Hungarian dub. After briefly reprising his role as Obi-Wan at the series' start, Zsolt Anger was replaced with Imre Haagen, who also voiced Obi-Wan in the final season of ''The Clone Wars''. Since all of Darth Vader's classic voice actors have passed away, the role was given to László Horányi. Palpatine was initially recast with Gábor Forgách until later episodes brought back his ''TCW'' actor, Imre Szélyes (who had been filling in for the late Hugó Grúber). Maul was initially played by Péter Galambos, who had also voiced the character for most of ''TCW'' (replacing Zoltán Rajkai, who was in turn replacing Zsolt Zágoni), until the 3rd season gave him a fourth voice actor, Gábor Sótonyi. Hondo Ohnaka was played by József Kerekes for one episode, then replaced with his original ''TCW'' actor Péter Barbinek. Lando Calrissian was dubbed by Levente Kárpáti, replacing Károly Gesztesi from the films. Several side characters (Ezra's parents, Minister Tua, the Bendu, Saw Gerrera, Morad Sumar, Jun Sato, Ryder Azadi, Cham Syndulla, Gobi Glie, Numa, AP-5, Jai Kell, Valen Rudor) had multiple voice actors for different episodes, some having as many as four. Also, all the returning clones were given new voices.
90	* PlayingAgainstType:
91	** Creator/ClancyBrown has reportedly expressed disappointment in being typecast as villains (including Savage Opress in ''The Clone Wars'') all the time, and even hated playing a vile prison guard in ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'', so it's heartwarming here to see him playing the friendly CoolOldGuy Ryder Azadi here.
92	** Creator/LiamOBrien usually voices characters that are AxCrazy to some extent, {{bishonen}}, and/or sophisticated/well-mannered. Lyste is at least sophisticated (or tries to be), and so is Mr. Sumar to some degree as well.
93	* ProductionLeadTime: A season is at least made a year in advance before it airs on television (as indicated by concept art time marks and mentions of how far along recording sessions are). Most plot points have already been planned ahead or discussed (including many of the guest star appearances of ''Star Wars'' veterans like Thrawn, who has been planned at least ever since ''late 2013'', almost immediately after the announcement of ''The Clone Wars''' cancellation), and several character arcs including the individual members of the ''Ghost'' crew. Many minor factors such as episode plots (as in, the endgames for character arc points were always planned, but not the entire road to getting to each one) were what were made up along the way. However, this creates problems with the fanbase. See the YMMV page.
94	* ProductionPosse: Creator/GregWeisman brought over a few voice actors from his previous works (particularly ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice\|2010}}''), those being Creator/SteveBlum (Zeb and Count Vertigo), Creator/VanessaMarshall (Hera and Black Canary, who was also a TeamMom -- not to mention that she's Weisman's favorite DC character), Bryton James (Zare and Static), Eric Lopez (Oleg and Blue Beetle/Jaime; Lopez would also return as Jonner), Creator/BrentSpiner (Senator Trayvis and the Joker), Keone Young (Commander Sato and Sensei), Peter [=MacNicol=] (Tseebo and Professor Ivo), Creator/ClancyBrown (Governor Ryder Azadi and King Faraday). This mostly stops after Season 1 due to Weisman leaving the crew. Spiner, Young, and [=MacNicol=] are also ''Franchise/StarTrek'' actors, which [[AuthorAppeal Weisman]] is also a fan of and has also done with this trope in his other shows.
95	* PromotedFanboy:
96	** Both Filoni and Hidalgo have admitted that some of the ideas the crew had brainstormed over (and decided to do, in some cases), are showing how much everyone of them is a ''Star Wars'' fan to the core. Probably the best example from Filoni:
97	-->'''Fan Question:''' Will ''Rebels'' see a younger and skinnier [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jek_Porkins Jek]] [[Film/ANewHope Porkins]], and see how he became the man he is?\
98	'''Filoni:''' ''[laughing]'' Just to show you, that the creators of this show, are not that far apart from you...''It has actually come up!''
99	** Freddie Prinze Jr. In interviews, he enjoys talking about different characters and their CharacterDevelopment, and also gives out hints to what will come next. He has also watched ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', adding that his favorite lightsaber fight in the entire franchise is [[spoiler:Viszla vs. Maul]].
100	** In an interview, Dave Filoni said that while the story had grown considerably beyond that, to the point where it might not even happen at all, [[spoiler:Maul's]] appearance in the story was catalyzed when the writers realized they had a chance to have a duel between [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny him and Vader]].
101	* RealitySubtext: Dave Filoni's father passed away just a few weeks before recording "Jedi Night" and "DUME", which greatly informed how the crew reacted to [[spoiler:losing their own father figure and having to deal with it and keep going]].
102	* RealLifeRelative:
103	** Creator/FreddiePrinzeJr, who is the voice of Kanan, is married to Creator/SarahMichelleGellar, who voices the Seventh Sister.
104	** Creator/ArturoMercadoJr, Kanan's Latin American VA, is the son of Creator/ArturoMercado, who is also the Latin American voice of Yoda.
105	* RecycledPremise:
106	** Dave Filoni's original plans for ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' were to have a cast consisting of a smuggler, his girlfriend, a Gungan, and a Jedi Master-Padawan duo, who would've been travelling across the Galaxy on a ship similar to the ''Millennium Falcon'', with movie characters only occasionally showing up. This idea was rejected by Lucas, who wanted the main characters of his movies to be the focus. However, these plans, with a few modifications to the cast members, came to be the premise of ''Rebels'' eight years later.
107	** Shortly after ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' was released, it was announced that there were two ''Star Wars'' television shows in development -- one was [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars an animated series set between Episodes II & III]], and the other was a live-action series set in the period of time between the two trilogies. Whilst the live-action show never surfaced, the premise would be revisited as an animated series with ''Rebels''.
108	* ReferencedBy:
109	** In Creator/JohnGreen's ''Literature/TurtlesAllTheWayDown'', Daisy is a ''Star Wars'' fan, including the cartoons, namely ''Star Wars Rebels''.
110	** In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice\|2010}}'' episode "Illusion of Control", Henchy (voiced by Creator/SteveBlum) exclaims "Karabast!", being an ActorAllusion to Steve Blum's role as Zeb. Creator/GregWeisman is also a writer for both shows.
111	* RoleReprise:
112	** From the movies: Creator/JamesEarlJones returned to voice Darth Vader, Creator/FrankOz returned to voice Yoda, and Creator/BillyDeeWilliams returned to voice Lando Calrissian.
113	** In Seasons 3 and 4, Creator/ForestWhitaker and Creator/GenevieveOReilly reprise their respective roles as Saw Gerrera and Mon Mothma from ''Film/RogueOne''.
114	** In the final episodes of Season 4, Creator/IanMcDiarmid returns as the Emperor for the first time in 13 years, after he was previously voiced by Sam Witwer for a cameo in "The Siege of Lothal".
115	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: An example that occurred '''after''' it was confirmed that the fourth season would be the last, and that the series would get a proper conclusion. Like ''WesternAnimation/{{Motorcity}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TronUprising'' before it, the final season's timeslot was moved to '''12:30/1:00 AM on a Monday morning''', with two episodes every week. ''Star Wars Rebels'' receiving this treatment has been compared to that of the final season of ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', which was also placed in late-night timeslots with two episodes airing every week at one point until the last half of the final season was moved to the online website. Considering ''The Legend of Korra'' wasn't popular among the target audience of the channel (who are children) due to [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids darker tones]] and [[ContinuityLockout heavier continuity]] in comparison to other shows on the line-up, the same likely applies to ''Rebels'' ([[HistoryRepeats and it's not like this is the first time]] [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars an animated show in the franchise got screwed by the same issue]]). They seem to have scrapped the 12:30 AM timeslot, new episodes return to airing at 9:00 PM though still on Monday, but are still airing two episodes a week, most likely in order to burn off the episodes quicker.
116	* ShipperOnSet: Creator/SteveBlum (who voices Zeb) was very vocal in his support of the "Kalluzeb" (Zeb/Kallus) ship, with him regularly hyping it up and saying how much he wanted it to happen. One of his most mentioned wants for Zeb is that he and Kallus would settle down on Lira San, which did happen (although without it being confirmed rather it was romantic or not), much to Blum's vocal joy as shown in this one [[https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2018/07/exclusive-interview-star-wars-rebels-steve-blum-talks-zeb-kallus-and-career-in-voice-acting/ interview]]:
117	-->''"From the very first time Zeb and Kallus appeared together, I joked that someday they'd become a couple and end up on Lirasan (sic) together. I had NO idea that it would actually happen! It was the greatest gift anyone had ever given me in terms of a character's evolution. I've been thanking Dave Filoni ever since. The shippers went out of their minds and I wholeheartedly encourage that. Could just be buddies/brothers, but I love the idea that they could be more."''
118	* SoMyKidsCanWatch: The other main reason why most of the newcomer (both in the voice acting business and to the franchise) adult voice actors like Prinze, Gellar, Oyelowo, Anthony-Rodriguez, etc. are involved. Combined with AwesomeDearBoy.
119	* SpoiledByTheMerchandise: Some of the Lego building sets spoil key moments and designs from later seaons. Such as [[spoiler: Ahsoka making an appearance, Kallus joining the Rebels, Kanan being blinded, and Thrawn returning to canon.]] Downplayed since each set came out at least a year after the show's moment, and thus only spoilers to latecomers to the show.
120	* StarMakingRole: Maybe. Creator/DavidOyelowo's first major role in the voice acting industry as Agent Kallus was then followed up by being TheOtherDarrin for Scar in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'', which also shares some fellow ''Star Wars'' animation voice actors, and even has Kevin Hopps writing for both shows.
121	* TeasingCreator:
122	** In the ''Rebels'' Recon for [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E10VisionOfHope "Vision of Hope"]], Dave Filoni talks about dropping clues to the audience about stuff like Fulcrum's identity, but also [[RedHerring dropping misleading ones]]... while Fulcrum's symbol is right behind him.
123	** In [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E13FireAcrossTheGalaxy "Fire Across the Galaxy"]], the episode ends on the note of the Rebels boarding the ''Ghost'' to meet Fulcrum... And they come across Bail Organa, who was speculated to have the identity. About 30 seconds or so later, the ''actual'' Fulcrum (Ahsoka Tano) properly reveals herself.
124	** ''[[Literature/StarWarsAftermath Aftermath]]'' (released around Season 1) revealed that Wedge was recruited into the Rebellion by Fulcrum and became friends. Everyone went with the logical conclusion that [[OneDegreeOfSeparation Ahsoka and Wedge became friends]] at some point before ''Rebels'' [[spoiler:as Ahsoka goes MIA at the end of Season 2]]... then come the Season 3 trailer with a ''[[ExactWords different]]'' [[ExactWords Fulcrum]] and [[WhamLine Wedge had not been recruited until then]].
125	** ''Aftermath'' also contains an interlude chapter on Chandrila, where a character talks about an art-piece in the circle of the capital, Hanna City, consisting of Stormtrooper helmets painted over with Alliance insignias, starbursts, and flowers. [[HisNameIs She gets cut off before she can say the name of the artist]]. Huh.
126	*** And with Hidalgo's ''Propaganda'' book, [[spoiler:it seems that the artist is ''indeed'' Sabine, who '''survives at least past ''A New Hope''''', becoming a famous Rebel propagandist.]]
127	** During the wait between Season 2 and 3, prior to Celebration 2016 (as Filoni said that there would be a huge announcement regarding ''Rebels'' there), Filoni tweeted a picture of a spine of a ''Legends'' book. Fans managed to match it up with ''[[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Heir to the Empire]]''.
128	** Ever since the public release of Sabine, [[EpilepticTrees fans had long been theorizing that she was the daughter of Rook Kast]], based solely on their similar hairstyles, head shapes, and helmet markings. The assumptions since then had only increased once more of Sabine's backstory was revealed. It was not helped by Hidalgo openly saying on Twitter that Sabine's appearance was partly based on Kast, a Nite Owl (it already being known at the time that her mother was former Death Watch), an original color scheme, and "secret sauce".
129	*** And, of course, it turns out [[spoiler:that Sabine's mother is ''not'' Rook Kast, but a new character, Ursa Wren.]]
130	** [[spoiler:Hera, Chopper, and the ''Ghost'' are]] in ''Film/RogueOne''? Awesome! But wait, why is the back of [[spoiler:the ''Ghost'', specifically, where a ''Phantom'' shuttle should be]] conveniently hidden from view...?
131	** On a case bordering LyingCreator, when ''Star Wars'' [=YouTuber=] Dash Star interviewed Freddie about Season 3 and asked if Kallus is the new Fulcrum, Freddie hesitated for about a second before saying that he would love it and that he would be open to whoever Fulcrum is. Given that at the time of the video, Season 3 already wrapped up production and he should already know who Fulcrum is (unless it didn't get covered within the season), he clearly already knew and was avoiding the question. [[spoiler:It's Kallus.]]
132	** Upon being asked about the possibility of [[LetsYouAndHimFight Zeb and Rukh duking it out]], Creator/SteveBlum cheekily answered that it would be an interesting match-up. The Season 4 midseason trailer later revealed that they do indeed fight.
133	* ThrowItIn:
134	** In the toyline, this was how Sabine's 6-inch figure was made. Hasbro held a competition for fans to choose the next 6-inch figure, with Sabine and Revan being two of the finalists. The race was so close between them that Hasbro decided to do them both.
135	** In an interview with Jim Cummings[[note]][=AfterbuzzTV=] episode for his first ''Rebels'' episode[[/note]], he reveals that a combination of doing the voice work with the other actors there to work off of, and encouragement from the crew, ab libs are quite common, especially for Hondo. For example the "washed up old relics"/"your wife" exchange.
136	** According to Tiya at Celebration 2016, after recording for Season 1, Filoni went to her and asked for how she wanted Sabine to look in the future. It ended up not being in Season 2 [[ProductionLeadTime as Sabine's design for that season had already been finalized]], but her request came to fruition in Season 3.
137	** FPJ on one of his Twitch livestreams said that he might've (it was months since he recorded the episode, so he forgot if he did) made up the "I heard that!" response to Saw and Rex talking about how he's no Skywalker in [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS3E10GhostsOfGeonosis "Ghosts of Geonosis"]].
138	** [[spoiler:Kanan's eyes clearing during his death]] wasn't originally part of "Jedi Night". Filoni was just drawing storyboards for the scene the scene and realized that he accidentally drew [[spoiler:Kanan's eyes]], then realized it fit the scene.
139	* TrollingCreator:
140	** In the Rebels Recon episode for [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E09IdiotsArray "Idiot's Array"]], Pablo Hidalgo is asked [[EpilepticTrees who Fulcrum is]]. He begins to explain only for the video to become corrupted and cut to a "please stand by" image, and cut to the preview of the next episode, leaving the question unanswered until the Season 1 finale.
141	** In the Recon episode for [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E08TheFutureOftheForce "The Future of the Force"]], Filoni mentions that the Inquisitors were never a threat to Ahsoka during their fight with her. He then adds that there is a duel coming-up with much bigger implications for Ahsoka's fate. He then stares straight into the camera with such an evil troll grin it would make Sidious proud.
142	** [[HereWeGoAgain And now that there's a new Fulcrum]], with their voice from the trailer having ''already'' been decoded within ''24 hours'', the staff became aware of the edit and the theory via Twitter ([[IntendedAudienceReaction and likely knew that this would happen]]), with one writer replying with [[https://twitter.com/stevenmelching/status/754861915751391232 this]] when linked to the edit.
143	** [[https://twitter.com/dave_filoni/status/883124880157192192 Filoni casually dropping]] that [[spoiler:Ahsoka and the Bendu met after the events of "Mystery of Chopper Base", with the Bendu foretelling to Ahsoka that death/change will follow after learning the truth from the encounter on Malachor (yet implying that this death is not permanent or at least whatever Ahsoka may be thinking) and that this means goodbye for now.]]
144	** A then-popular theory that Rook Kast was Sabine's mom was believed because of the amounting evidence by WordOfGod and other vague information... though one should have taken into suspicion that WordOfGod [[SchmuckBait wasn't even trying to hide]] Sabine's relation to Kast. The theory ended up being [[spoiler:Debunked, with Rook's fate being currently unknown and Sabine's mother being a new character]]. While WordOfGod has yet to comment on it again, you have to wonder if they're making stealth [[TakeThat takes]] at the fanbase by making having Sabine's homeworld be named ''Krow''nest[[note]]Rooks and crows are closely related.[[/note]], and one of the clans that swears fealty to [[spoiler:Bo-Katan]] near the end of the Mandalorian arc being named Clan Rook.
145	* VoicesInOneRoom: Like ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' before it. Of course, there are exceptions since some of the voice actors like Lars Mikkelsen and Creator/TomBaker are overseas (the main recording studio being in California), in which case they record their lines in another professional studio with Filoni directing on Skype and send it over to Lucasfilm HQ.
146	* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: A certain multi-social media roleplaying group managed to get Freddie Prinze Jr. (and at least one other voice actor, possibly Vanessa Marshall) on their roleplay on Twitter back in Season 1. Apparently, these voice actors eventually found out about the group's notoriously unkind attitude towards others, and thus released a statement about how the fanbase should be positive and kind to others. They have since ceased interaction with the group.
147	* VoiceOnlyCameo: In the fourth and final season, Ezra Bridger enters the World Between Worlds which contains the voices of the past, present and future. Said voices are quotes from [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Yoda]], [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Anakin]] [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Skywalker]], [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Qui-Gon Jinn]], [[Film/RogueOne Jyn Erso, Chirrut Îmwe]], Kanan Jarrus, [[Film/ANewHope Leia Organa]], [[Film/TheForceAwakens Maz Kanata, Poe Dameron, Finn, Rey and Kylo Ren]].
148	* WorkingTitle: Its production name is ''Wolf''. [[AuthorAppeal Filoni likes wolves]].
149	* WrittenInInfirmity: Freddie Prinze Jr. had back surgery during recording for season 3, so Kanan was absent for some episodes and barely speaking in others to give him more time to recover.

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