Star Wars: Rebels - Tie In Movie To Be Released Before The Show

rebels_jpb_2568486b As a number of Star Wars fans around the globe anxiously await the release of the new Star Wars: Rebels TV series to hit the small screen, an interesting piece of information came out in the recent Walt Disney Company 2013 shareholders report. If you don't feel like taking the time to read the whole report, scroll down to page 4 in the second paragraph where it mentions plans for the upcoming series. The report goes on to state that:
hile the world eagerly awaits Episode VII to open in theaters, we're introducing Star Wars Rebels to television audiences this summer with a movie and a series of shorts on Disney Channel, followed by a continuing series on Disney XD
Although this is not Earth shattering news by any means, it's fascinating to see this announcement made in a Disney stockholders report. This comes as no surprise either as back in 2008 with the launch of the Clone Wars TV series, there was also a theatrical release that introduced audiences to the new show and the characters that would be a part of it. Star Wars: Rebels is expected to take fans into the rich world of the Star Wars Universe after the events of Revenge of the Sith and prior to the events of A New Hope. Star Wars: Rebels will be landing here in the United States Summer/Fall 2014 Follow @BrentDiNunzio on Twitter.
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