Star Wars: 10 Things You Need To Know About Rogue One
9. It'll Probably Tie In With Star Wars: Rebels
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the animated TV series Star Wars: Rebels both occupy the period between Revenge Of The Sith and A New Hope. Theyre also both heavily focused on the missions of the Rebel Alliance. Could the two stories intertwine at some stage, then? It seems like its possible... Absolutely, theres been conversation about it, Rebels producer Simon Kinberg said in April last year, before backtracking a little with a real world parallel. We never meet the Chilean miners that are trapped in that mine, he said as an example, but we know about it and the world reacts to it. That quote could be seen as suggesting that the characters in Rogue One and Rebels might just mention each other in passing, akin to Marvel moments like Scott Lang suggesting a phone call with the Avengers during Ant-Man. But, the following month, Lucasfilm hired Rogue Ones scribe Gary Whitta to write at least one episode of Star Wars: Rebels. Its unclear if the episode will be in season 2 or 3, but it seems likely that itll tie the two franchises directly together. Some people even think Felicity Jones Rogue One character is secretly Sabine from Rebels.
