{"id":8443,"date":"2013-05-21T11:17:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T18:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/?p=8443"},"modified":"2013-05-21T11:17:40","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T18:17:40","slug":"new-star-wars-animated-series-called-star-wars-rebels-coming-to-disney-xd-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443","title":{"rendered":"New Star Wars Animated Series Called \u2018Star Wars Rebels\u2019 Coming to Disney XD in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Star-Wars-Rebels.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8444\" alt=\"Star-Wars-Rebels\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theculturednerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Star-Wars-Rebels.jpg\" width=\"851\" height=\"477\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While a great cry was indeed felt across the galaxy mourning the end of The Clone Wars, fans now can comfort themselves with the sweet knowledge that Star Wars Rebels is the next show from the same team. Clone Wars supervising director Dave Filoni\u00a0 teased several weeks ago and now will be officially involved with the upcoming STAR WARS REBELS will be serving as the executive producer, along with Greg Weisman (Young Justice, Gargoyles). Simon Kinberg (who\u2019s producing Episode VII and writing one of the upcoming spinoffs) is also executive producing and will be writing the shows first episode.<\/p>\n<p>This new series is set to chronicle the roughly two-decade period between <em>Episode III: Revenge of the Sith<\/em> and <em>Episode IV: A New Hope<\/em>, and as fans know during which <em>\u201cthe Empire is securing its grip on the galaxy and hunting down the last of the Jedi Knights as a fledgling rebellion against the Empire is taking shape.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Its rumored that many storyline from the long awaited STAR WARS LIVE ACTION TV SERIES may actually find their way into this show, and its possible that even fan favorites like STAR WARS THE FORCE UNLEASHED may even find some references within it.<\/p>\n<p>The show is scheduled to premiere in fall 2014 with an hour long special set to appear first on the Disney Channel before moving to its long-term home at Disney XD.\u00a0 It is expected that the first real look at Star Wars Rebels\u00a0 to arrive later this summer at Star Wars Celebration Europe in Germany, but a sneak peak has already been revealed and can be seen below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Rebellion Begins | Star Wars Rebels\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0bdfFos3PYQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nWhile a great cry was indeed felt across the galaxy mourning the end of The Clone Wars, fans now can&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;New Star Wars Animated Series Called \u2018Star Wars Rebels\u2019 Coming to Disney XD in 2014&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Star Wars Animated Series Called \u2018Star Wars Rebels\u2019 Coming to Disney XD in 2014 - The Cultured Nerd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Star Wars Animated Series Called \u2018Star Wars Rebels\u2019 Coming to Disney XD in 2014 - The Cultured Nerd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While a great cry was indeed felt across the galaxy mourning the end of The Clone Wars, fans now can&hellip; Continue reading &ldquo;New Star Wars Animated Series Called \u2018Star Wars Rebels\u2019 Coming to Disney XD in 2014&rdquo;&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Cultured Nerd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theculturednerd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-05-21T18:17:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Taylor Murphy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@theculturednerd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@theculturednerd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Taylor Murphy\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/?p=8443#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/?p=8443\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Taylor Murphy\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/239d8c15e6cd80653445f6cdf32c822f\"},\"headline\":\"New Star Wars Animated Series Called \u2018Star Wars Rebels\u2019 Coming to Disney XD in 2014\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-05-21T18:17:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/?p=8443\"},\"wordCount\":288,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/?p=8443#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Film &amp; TV\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/?p=8443#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/?p=8443\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/?p=8443\",\"name\":\"New Star Wars Animated Series Called \u2018Star Wars Rebels\u2019 Coming to Disney XD in 2014 - The Cultured Nerd\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/?p=8443#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/?p=8443#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-05-21T18:17:40+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/?p=8443#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/?p=8443\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/?p=8443#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/?p=8443#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New Star Wars Animated Series Called \u2018Star Wars Rebels\u2019 Coming to Disney XD in 2014\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Cultured Nerd\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Cultured Nerd\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/cropped-Head.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/cropped-Head.png\",\"width\":1347,\"height\":978,\"caption\":\"The Cultured Nerd\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/theculturednerd\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/theculturednerd\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/theculturednerd\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/239d8c15e6cd80653445f6cdf32c822f\",\"name\":\"Taylor Murphy\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3df370eb4c045316acd0b45251345864661335f0e55cb1ea71cf8dbc0dab4e13?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3df370eb4c045316acd0b45251345864661335f0e55cb1ea71cf8dbc0dab4e13?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3df370eb4c045316acd0b45251345864661335f0e55cb1ea71cf8dbc0dab4e13?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Taylor Murphy\"},\"description\":\"Owner, Admin, and EIC of TCN. Fan of film, comics, video games, and all things Nerd culture.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/theculturednerd\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theculturednerd.org\\\/?author=3\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New Star Wars Animated Series Called \u2018Star Wars Rebels\u2019 Coming to Disney XD in 2014 - The Cultured Nerd","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New Star Wars Animated Series Called \u2018Star Wars Rebels\u2019 Coming to Disney XD in 2014 - The Cultured Nerd","og_description":"While a great cry was indeed felt across the galaxy mourning the end of The Clone Wars, fans now can&hellip; Continue reading &ldquo;New Star Wars Animated Series Called \u2018Star Wars Rebels\u2019 Coming to Disney XD in 2014&rdquo;&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443","og_site_name":"The Cultured Nerd","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theculturednerd\/","article_published_time":"2013-05-21T18:17:40+00:00","author":"Taylor Murphy","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@theculturednerd","twitter_site":"@theculturednerd","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Taylor Murphy","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443"},"author":{"name":"Taylor Murphy","@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/#\/schema\/person\/239d8c15e6cd80653445f6cdf32c822f"},"headline":"New Star Wars Animated Series Called \u2018Star Wars Rebels\u2019 Coming to Disney XD in 2014","datePublished":"2013-05-21T18:17:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443"},"wordCount":288,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Film &amp; TV"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443","url":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443","name":"New Star Wars Animated Series Called \u2018Star Wars Rebels\u2019 Coming to Disney XD in 2014 - The Cultured Nerd","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2013-05-21T18:17:40+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?p=8443#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New Star Wars Animated Series Called \u2018Star Wars Rebels\u2019 Coming to Disney XD in 2014"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/","name":"The Cultured Nerd","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/#organization","name":"The Cultured Nerd","url":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/cropped-Head.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/cropped-Head.png","width":1347,"height":978,"caption":"The Cultured Nerd"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/theculturednerd\/","https:\/\/x.com\/theculturednerd","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theculturednerd\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/#\/schema\/person\/239d8c15e6cd80653445f6cdf32c822f","name":"Taylor Murphy","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3df370eb4c045316acd0b45251345864661335f0e55cb1ea71cf8dbc0dab4e13?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3df370eb4c045316acd0b45251345864661335f0e55cb1ea71cf8dbc0dab4e13?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3df370eb4c045316acd0b45251345864661335f0e55cb1ea71cf8dbc0dab4e13?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Taylor Murphy"},"description":"Owner, Admin, and EIC of TCN. Fan of film, comics, video games, and all things Nerd culture.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/theculturednerd"],"url":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/?author=3"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theculturednerd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}