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Query: When did the Star Wars Rebels TV series first air?
The series premiered as a one-hour television film, Spark of Rebellion, on October 3, 2014, on Disney Channel prior to the premiere of the series on October 13 on Disney XD.[2][3] The first season consisted of 14 episodes (released as four shorts, a film, Spark of Rebellion, and 13 regular episodes) and the series features new characters along with ones from the original trilogy.[4][5] The second season of 20 episodes premiered on June 20, 2015, with a one-hour television film, The Siege of Lothal. The third season of 19 episodes premiered on September 24, 2016, with another one-hour television film, Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow. On April 15, 2017, during Star Wars Celebration, it was announced the fourth season would be its last: it premiered on October 16, 2017, with another one-hour television film, Heroes of Mandalore, and its final episode aired on March 5, 2018.[6][7]
The "Y-wing" assault starfighter/light bomber is a fictional starfighter in the "Star Wars" franchise. They are depicted as the primary fighter-bombers of the Galactic Republic, Rebel Alliance and New Republic; being ideally suited for ground attack missions and close air support. They appear in "", "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back", "Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi", "Rogue One", , "Star Wars Rebels" TV series and the "Star Wars" expanded universe's books, comics, and games.
Ezra Bridger, one of the main characters of the TV series "Star Wars Rebels", is described to have "dark-blue hair", according to the novel "Star Wars Rebels: Servants of the Empire - Rebel in the Ranks".
Star King () is a South Korean television show which first aired on January 13, 2007 on the SBS network. "Star King" was the first TV show in Korea to run both online and on television simultaneously. The last episode of “Star King” aired on August 9, 2016.
A few days after the series finale was aired, IDW Publishing released the seventh issue of the long-running Star Wars Adventures multi-era comic book series, which contained the first of a two-part comic arc, set between the second and third season, in which the Spectres embark on a mission to save a rare endangered bird from Imperial custody.[76] The second part appeared in the next issue, which was released on March 28, 2018.[77]
The Rebel is a 76-episode American western television series starring Nick Adams that debuted on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961. "The Rebel" was one of the few Goodson-Todman Productions outside of their game show ventures. Beginning in December 2011, "The Rebel" reruns began to air Saturday mornings on Me-TV.
On March 11, 2013, it was announced that "The Clone Wars" would be "winding down" to focus on the "Star Wars" sequel trilogy and a new series, "Star Wars Rebels". On February 13, 2014, Netflix announced that starting on March 7, 2014 they would begin the US distribution of the entire TV series, including some previously unreleased director's cuts, and the previously unaired new season dubbed "The Lost Missions". The latter also became available for purchase on digital video stores, such as iTunes, in .
The Rebel was a ratings success for ABC, commanding 35 per cent share of the Sunday evening audience in its time slot, and was actually scheduled to be renewed for a third season, as part of a new hour-long series entitled "The Rebel and The Yank", which would have again starred Nick Adams as the Rebel, and future "The Virginian" star James Drury starring as "the Yank", a former Union soldier working as a doctor in the South. However, despite the show's success, ABC decided to pass on the series due to two factors: first, its violence (at a time when the network was trying to withdraw from violent programming), and second, the network's new "counter-programming" format, in which a different type of show was scheduled against the network competition in that time slot, such as a comedy or variety show against an action-adventure show. Thus, "The Rebel" was cancelled, "The Rebel and The Yank" project never came to fruition, and the series was replaced by a new variety show starring Steve Allen. This program was not a success, lasting less than four months.
In 1997, the episode with segment titles "Hidden Treasure", "Picture from the Past", and "Ace's Salary" (season 9, episode 3) was ranked No. 82 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time from "TV Guide" magazine. "The Love Boat" ran for nine seasons plus four specials. Another made-for-TV movie, titled "The Love Boat: A Valentine Voyage", starring four of the original cast members, aired finally on February 12, 1990.MacLeod, Kopell and Lange are the only cast members to appear in every episode of the TV series as well as the last three made-for-TV movies. Grandy was in every episode throughout the run of the series, but was not in the last of the TV movies due to his 1986 campaign for (and election to) the United States House of Representatives. MacLeod was not the captain of the "Pacific Princess" in the first two TV movies and did not appear in them, although when his character was introduced there was a mention of his being "the new captain".
Among the series' attractions was the casting of well-known actors in guest-starring roles, with many famous film stars of yesteryear making rare television appearances. "The Love Boat" was not the first comedy series to use the guest-star cast anthology format—"Love, American Style" had used the formula seven years earlier—but it had such success with the formula that future series in similar style (such as "Supertrain" and "Masquerade") always drew comparisons to "The Love Boat". The series was followed on Saturday nights on ABC by "Fantasy Island", which was likewise produced by Aaron Spelling, and had a similar format.
In April 2014 Lucasfilm officially decreed prior expanded universe content non-canonical, and christened it "Star Wars Legends", with a new company division, Lucasfilm Story Group, ensuring that all forthcoming comics, books, games and other media were non-contradictory and true to one another, other canonical media, and the story of the films themselves. From that point onward the official "Star Wars" canon was clarified to include the "Star Wars" theatrical films and "The Clone Wars" animated film and TV series. Works which have since been produced include the "Rebels" animated TV series, the 2015 film "" and its 2017 sequel "", the 2016 anthology film "Rogue One", the 2017 video game "Star Wars Battlefront II", the 2018 film "", and a number of novels and comic book series.
The series also aired from January 15 to March 26, 2009 on TNT. This show was the first animation aired on that channel in over a decade.
The Rebel is a 2016 British comedy series on Gold starring Simon Callow in the title role. The show is based on "The Rebel" cartoon in "The Oldie" magazine by Andrew Birch. It began airing in June 2016. In total, 9 episodes have aired as of May 2018.
An AT-AT makes a brief appearance in "Return of the Jedi", where one walks up alongside a landing platform on Endor, delivering Luke to Darth Vader, but is not seen in the upcoming battle. The first appearance of an AT-AT in the "Star Wars Rebels" TV series occurs in the second-season episode "Relics of the Old Republic", when Agent Kallus (thanks to Captain Rex's tactics against him) unsuccessfully confronts the rebels while on Seelos, with a trio of the four-legged walkers challenging Captain Rex's retired clone cohorts and their own much-modified AT-TE six-legged walker, where the rebels are hiding out. A ruined AT-AT appears in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" as the makeshift home of the scavenger Rey on the planet Jakku.
R2-D2 appears in the 2008 animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and the subsequent TV series of the same name. In the film, he accompanies Anakin and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano on a mission to rescue Jabba the Hutt’s son Rotta. In the series, he helps them fight the Separatists. R2-D2 appears in Star Wars Rebels in the episodes "Droids in Distress" and "Blood Sisters". R2-D2 appears in Marvel's Star Wars comic series, which is set between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. He also appears briefly in the miniseries Star Wars: Shattered Empire.
The network was a pioneer in TV programming aimed at minority audiences and featuring minority performers, at a time when the other American networks aired few television series for non-whites. Among DuMont's minority programs were "The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong", starring Asian American film actress Anna May Wong, the first US TV show to star an Asian American, and "The Hazel Scott Show", starring pianist and singer Hazel Scott, the first US network TV series to be hosted by a black woman.
Two spin-off television films focusing on the life of the Ewoks, creatures introduced in "Return of the Jedi", aired in 1984 and 1985. The 1985 animated television series "" (released on DVD in 2004 as "Star Wars Animated Adventures: Droids") featured the exploits of R2-D2 and C-3PO, the droids who have appeared in all the Saga films. The series takes place between the events which were to be depicted in "" and the original "Star Wars" (by then subtitle, "A New Hope"). In 1986, Marvel Comics' Star Comics imprint published a comic book based on the cartoon series under the name "Star Wars: Droids". The bi-monthly series ran for eight issues. The American/Canadian animated television series "Star Wars: Ewoks" aired for two seasons between 1985 and 1986. In 1985, Star Comics published a bi-monthly "Ewoks" comic, based on the animated series, which ran for two years, ending with issue #14. Like the TV series, this was aimed towards a younger audience. It was produced along with "Droids", which was based on the "Droids" animated series.
With the 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company, most of the licensed "Star Wars" novels and comics produced since the originating 1977 film "Star Wars" were rebranded as "Star Wars Legends" and declared non-canon to the franchise in April 2014. A new series of novels, aligned with the continuity of the films and the canon TV series "" and "Star Wars Rebels", began publication in September 2014. "Bloodline" was announced as "Star Wars: New Republic: Bloodline" in October 2015 at the New York Comic Con panel for the publishing initiative. An excerpt was released on February 4, 2016, and the novel was published by Del Rey Books on May 3, 2016.
With the sequel film "" in production, in April 2014 most of the licensed "Star Wars" novels and comics produced since the 1977 film "Star Wars" were declared non-canon to the franchise. However, "Star Wars Rebels" executive producer Dave Filoni announced at the London "Star Wars" Celebration in July 2016 that Thrawn would be reintroduced into the franchise in the third season of the "Rebels" series. The character debuted in the season 3 premiere, "Steps into Shadow", which aired on September 24, 2016.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is an American 3D CGI animated television series created by George Lucas and produced by Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm and CGCG Inc. The series began with released on August 15, 2008, and debuted on Cartoon Network on October 3, 2008. It is set in the fictional "Star Wars" galaxy during the three years between the prequel films "" and "", the same time period as the previous 2D 2003 TV series "". Each episode has a running time of 22 minutes to fill a half-hour time slot. Dave Filoni is the supervising director of the series. Genndy Tartakovsky, director of the first "Clone Wars" series, was not involved with the production, but character designer Kilian Plunkett referred to the character designs from the 2D series when designing the characters for the 3D series. There is also an online comic depicting story snippets between episodes.
Speeder bikes (also known as "jumpspeeders" or "hover bikes") and swoop bikes (or just "swoops") are small, fast transports that use repulsorlift engines in the fictional "Star Wars" universe. "Return of the Jedi" includes a prominent speeder bike chase; speeders and swoops also appear in "", "", "", "", the animated "Star Wars Rebels" TV series, and the "Star Wars" expanded universe's books, comics, and games.
"Star Wars Rebels" is an American 3D CGI animated television series produced by Lucasfilm Animation. Set fourteen years after the events of "" and five years before "Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope", the series follows a motley group of rebels conducting covert operations to thwart the sinister Galactic Empire.
In 1978, Carney appeared in "Star Wars Holiday Special", a made-for-TV movie that was linked to the "Star Wars" film series. In it, he played Trader Saun Dann, a member of the Rebel Alliance who helped Chewbacca and his family evade an Imperial blockade. The same year, he appeared as the father of Ringo Starr's alter ego "Ognir Rrats" in the made for television special "Ringo".
In 1980, he starred in the TV film "". In 1984, he portrayed Santa Claus in the made-for-TV holiday film "The Night They Saved Christmas".
Among his final television roles were a series of commercials for Diet Coke in which he played a man enjoying a day out with his grandson.
Star Wars Rebels is an American 3D CGI animated television series produced by Lucasfilm Animation. With its story beginning fourteen years after Revenge of the Sith and five years before A New Hope, Rebels takes place during an era when the Galactic Empire is securing its grip on the galaxy. Imperial forces are hunting down the last of the Jedi Knights while a fledgling rebellion against the Empire is taking form. The visual style of Rebels is inspired by the original Star Wars trilogy concept art by Ralph McQuarrie.[1]
Lucas decided to invest in creating his own animation company, Lucasfilm Animation, and used it to create his first in-house "Star Wars" CGI-animated series. "" (2008–2014) was introduced through a . Both were accepted to the highest level canon in 2014; all series released afterwards would also be canon. In 2014, Disney XD began airing "Star Wars Rebels", the first CGI-animated series produced in the new era. Set between "Revenge of the Sith" and "A New Hope", it follows a band of rebels as they fight the Galactic Empire and helped close some of the arcs in "The Clone Wars". The animated microseries "Star Wars Forces of Destiny" debuted in 2017, focusing on the female characters of the franchise. The animated series "Star Wars Resistance" debuted in late 2018, is anime-inspired, and focuses on a young Resistance pilot shortly before "The Force Awakens".
In April 2008, Spike aired the commercial television premiere of "", and became the first basic cable channel in the U.S. to air all six "Star Wars" movies. Viacom bid against NBCUniversal and Turner for the rights to the entire "Star Wars" film series, which was worth up to $80 million, despite channels owned by each of the companies having previously aired at least part of the original trilogy. The same year, the channel began to broadcast a reality show based on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). On the weekend of April 5 and 6, 2008, the channel aired the first three "Star Wars" films against the simultaneous TNT broadcast of all three "Lord of the Rings" films. More viewers watched the "Star Wars" broadcasts on Spike than watched the "Lord of the Rings" broadcasts on TNT. On April 7, 2008, the channel acquired cable syndication rights for the sitcom "Married... with Children" (the series would be shuffled between various Viacom-owned networks in subsequent years, from Comedy Central to TV Land to Nick at Nite). Five new unscripted series were picked up for the channel's summer 2008 lineup.