WonderCon 2014 Star Wars: Panel
(Transcript courtesy of
@amy_geek)
Panelists include Dave Filoni, Vanessa Marshall, and Killian Plunkett.
Filoni: You'll see a more unified look top to bottom than
Clone Wars ever had.
Vanessa Marshall: We have so much fun I almost feel guilty.
Filoni: It's a rather new experience to have so many people reference
Clone Wars now. Vanessa knows it backwards and forwards.
Filoni: The basis for what Hera finally became was basically Amy [Christenson].
Hera concept designs
At one point they considered making Hera a
Togruta
Palette of
Star Wars: Rebels will be brighter than
Clone Wars.
Filoni: I want you guys to know Star Wars is still in the same hands as it has always been.
(
Rebels Clip shown) has a lot of nods to
A New Hope, even to the point of making some explosions similar.
Filoni thought animation on
Tangled was so fantastic that he asked animation supervisor Keith Kellogg to look at stuff for
Star Wars: Rebels
Filoni: from the first episode to the last, it will be about and focus on the main group of people/heroes.
Their aim with this show is to capture the classic
Star Wars vibe which encompasses many tones/emotions.
(In response to a fan question:) Characters in
Star Wars: Rebels probably won't go to Coruscant.
Kevin Kiner is the composer for
Star Wars: Rebels
(
Rebels Theme played)
Musically,
Star Wars: Rebels will be a lot closer to
A New Hope
They're using a lot of
Star Wars themes in
Star Wars: Rebels and integrating them with new themes by Kiner.
(Images courtesy of
@amy_Geek &
StarWars.com)