Star Wars Rebels Season 3: 5 Ways It'll Connect To Rogue One

5. Saw Gerarra

Yes, the original rebel himself, first introduced back in The Clone Wars and more recently appearing in the first spin-off film, Rogue One, Saw Gerarra has now made his way onto Star Wars Rebels and voiced by none other than Forest Whitaker himself.

How exciting is it to have Whitaker himself coming back to voice the animated outing for his character? It seems he is committed to making this version of Saw just as intriguing as his on-screen counterpart. It’s lovely and inspiring to hear that Whitaker was sure to watch all of Saw’s episodes from The Clone Wars series and probed Dave Filoni for details concerning the character he has brought to life, and why wouldn’t he? Saw is, at the base of it, a really intriguing character.

He fought during The Clone Wars, fighting with the Jedi and the Republic (including Captain Rex) to liberate his home planet of Onderon, and lost his sister in the fight against the Separatists. Following a successful liberation, Onderon rejoined the Republic, which in turn becomes the Empire. Now Saw is fighting again, except this time, it’s the faction that he once fought alongside.

By the time we meet him in Rogue One, he is worn, weary and battle-scarred, demonstrating a level of extremism that the Alliance/Rebellion do not agree with. Between The Clone Wars and Rogue One, there is a lot of time and history that until now has been unaccounted for. His name does get a mention in last season’s The Honourable Ones (which also concerns the planet Geonosis), about how Agent Kallus came into contact with one of his militias, but here, Rebels has the best chance of giving its audience the best insight into what Saw ultimately becomes.

Will Rebels show us how Saw looks the way he does in Rogue One? Will we see why he broke ties with the Alliance and went out on his own?

I guess we’ll have to wait and see to find out.