'Star Wars Rebels' Teaser Includes Surprise Plot Twist

The 16-second teaser for Disney's upcoming animated TV series, Star Wars Rebels, doesn't reveal much, but it does paint a basic plot outline for the series

As a Star Destroyer passes overhead — the same opening from the original Star Wars movie, just without the Rebel blockade runner — a youthful voice says, "To battle the Empire, a Rebel Alliance will form, the Jedi will rise, and you will know the power of the Force."

The show takes place at some point between Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, a span of 19 years. The "Jedi will rise" part is something of a surprise, since the Jedi were decimated at the end of Episode III, and we are told in Episode IV that they are all but extinct Read more...