Season 3 is the third season of Star Wars Rebels. It was announced that Disney XD had ordered a third season on November 30, 2015, shortly before the winter finale of Season 2. The season premiere as well as the second episode of the season were screened at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016[1].
A clip of an episode from this season was released on The Star Wars Show on July 13, 2016, which featured the return of Hondo Ohnaka, Ezra with a shorter haircut, new outfit design and a green lightsaber, as well as Zeb and Sabine sporting new outfit designs.[2] Kanan also sports a longer beard, and Sabine's hair color has been changed again as in the previous season.[3]
Star Wars Rebels supervising director Dave Filoni had revealed that a Star Wars Legends character may be featured in this season.[4] This character was later revealed to be Thrawn, who originated in Heir to the Empire, the first novel in The Thrawn Trilogy. Filoni also revealed in Rebels Recon that season three picks up upwards of six months after the conclusion of season two. [5]
Official Description
Having established a base on the planet of Atollon, the Ghost Crew, now led by a more powerful Ezra, strengthens the rebel fleet by acquiring new resources and recruits eager to stand against the Empire. However, the Imperial efforts to eliminate the rebellion are now being led by the coldly analytical Grand Admiral Thrawn, whose strategic, tactical and cultural insights make him a threat unlike any they have faced before. In season three, Ezra and Sabine take on new roles and challenges as the rebels prepare for their biggest mission yet – a direct assault on the Empire.[6]
Television Movie
The film, Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow, was first screened at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016 on July 16, 2016 along with an episode from the third season. It made its television premiere on September 24, 2016.
| Title | Original Airdate | Production Code | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow | September 24, 2016 | 301 / 302 | |
| Some time after the events of the previous season, Ezra leads a mission to rescue Hondo Ohnaka from an imperial prison, displaying Force skills that he's learned from the Sith Holocron in the process. Hondo's intel regards a squadron of Y-Wings due to be destroyed at an Imperial shipyard that the Rebels set out to appropriate, with Ezra being given command of the mission. Kanan, meanwhile, is struggling with his blindness when he discovers Ezra's use of the Holocron and confiscates it, before being summoned out into the Atollon wilds by a mysterious call that proves to be from The Bendu, an ancient Force user who is neither Jedi nor Sith. Meanwhile, Governor Pryce decides that the growing rebel threat requires a greater response and requisitions the Seventh Fleet, which is revealed to be under the leadership of the recently promoted Grand Admiral Thrawn. The Bendu helps Kanan to realize that the Force grants him abilities that can make up for his lost sight, and on sensing Ezra's peril on the mission Kanan leaves to go help him, leaving the Holocron with the Bendu. The Rebels manage to secure a handful of fighters but lose the Phantom after Ezra sets the shipyard plummeting, and it is only the timely arrival of the Ghost and other rebel ships saves them after Thrawn determines that they are not dealing with the entire rebel fleet and orders his forces to allow their escape. Ezra is suspended, but expresses his gratitude to Kanan for rejoining the action while the rebels learn that the Y-Wings are to be delivered to General Dodonna's unit. | |||
Episodes
It was announced on November 30, 2015, that Star Wars Rebels would renew for a third season shortly before the winter finale of season two. The third season will premiere on October 1, 2016.
The third season takes place six months after the events of "Twilight of the Apprentice", and introduces Grand Admiral Thrawn, a Star Wars Legends character who originated in Heir to the Empire, the first novel in The Thrawn Trilogy.
| No. in Series |
No. in Season |
Title | Original Airdate | Production Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 01 | "The Holocrons of Fate" | October 1, 2016 | 303 |
| When Maul takes the crew of the Ghost hostage, Ezra and Kanan must pass a trial in order to recover an ancient Sith artifact to save them. | ||||
| 35 | 02 | "The Antilles Extraction" | October 8, 2016 | 304 |
| Sabine goes undercover as a cadet in the Empire's elite flight academy to help free several young pilots who want to defect to the rebellion. | ||||
| 36 | 03 | "Hera's Heroes" | October 15, 2016 | 305 |
| Hera's rebel supply mission to Ryloth becomes personal when she and the Ghost crew brave overwhelming Imperial forces to recover a memento from her ancestral home. | ||||
| 37 | 04 | "The Last Battle" | October 22, 2016 | 306 |
| On a salvage mission led by Captain Rex, the Ghost crew is captured by a unit of old Battle Droids determined to fight "one last battle" to end the Clone Wars. | ||||
Appearances
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External links
References
- ↑ Dave Filoni Brings The Rebellion To Star Wars Celebrating Europe 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Star Wars Show Rebels Season 3 Clip
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels Season Three Trailer (Official)
- ↑ Dave Filoni on Twitter
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiXf--t6oZE
- ↑ Star Wars Rebels season 3 synopsis teases Ezra, Kanan and others preparing for their biggest mission yet
- ↑ Star Wars: Rebels resurrects Grand Admiral Thrawn
- ↑ Dave Filoni answers your questions
- ↑ Billy Dee Williams to Return as Lando for Two Episodes of 'Star Wars Rebels' Season Three