10 Reasons Star Wars Fans NEED To Watch Rebels

10. It's The Bridge Between Revenge Of The Sith And A New Hope

There are nineteen years between the prequels and original trilogy, which leaves quite an open space for story telling. So what happens in this gap? The Empire has risen and are controlling the galaxy, with the rebellion currently being insignificant.

So how do the Empire begin to lose control and a rebellion gathers. Well that is the story Rebels tells. Of course we don't actually see the downfall of the Empire, as that happens during the original trilogy, but we do see a rising Rebellion.

Rebels perfectly shows what life is like in a "galaxy far, far away" during this nineteen year period. Showing aspects like what life is like on Imperial controlled worlds, such as Lothal, or the celebration of Empire Day, the day Palpatine turned the Republic into the Galactic Empire.

Another overlooked aspect of this period is that, besides unrest from rebel cells, the galaxy is technically at "peace". The Clone Wars is over and the Rebellion is still growing, so the Galactic Civil War technically hasn't begun by the beginning of Rebels (set in 5 BBY). The conflict between the Empire and Rebel Alliance does not really begin officially till 4 BBY, but more on the beginning of the Alliance later...