We have another wide variety of news as well as a look at the summer of sci-fi and some of my opinions on some of the TV shows airing this summer. We also say good-bye to a couple of influential people in the genre and take a look at my most anticipated movie of the year, and it is NOT Star Wars!
With a slew of high profile sci-fi
movies coming out this year like The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Mad
Max: Fury Road, Terminator: Genisys and Jurassic World, one can be
excused to forget about the biggest release of the year, mostly
because it is still many months away from coming out. But we won't
be forgetting about Star Wars from now on. Expect an ever increasing
level of promotion and coverage about Star Wars from now on.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens–
Obviously the big news for this was the release of the trailer.
So Star Wars is back in
animation form after The Clone Wars abruptly ended last
season. Now under Disney control, Star Wars – Rebels takes
place after the events of Revenge of the Sith and a few years
before A New Hope. A brand new set of characters take center
stage and a new animation team take over. After a few online shorts,
the series has finally debut with an hour long episode. How did it
hold up?
Uh.. okay - not really liking the animation. The person animation may be a step better than Star Wars Clone Wars but the ship animation looks cartoony.
Disney XD has released some information on their first Star Wars production, the animated Star Wars: Rebels. A movie will debut on the Disney Channel followed by some shorts and then a continuing series on
Disney XD.
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After the break there are some more promotional posters trying to get you to join the Empire!!
A new animated TV series is being planned for the Disney Channel and Disney XD. Star Wars Rebels will take place between Episode 3 and 4 and deal with the rise of the Empire and the early origins of the rebellion.
Executive Producer Simon Kinberg (X-Men First Class, Sherlock Holmes) will write the first hour long episode, which will air fall of 2014.
So Star Wars is back in
animation form after The Clone Wars abruptly ended last
season. Now under Disney control, Star Wars – Rebels takes
place after the events of Revenge of the Sith and a few years
before A New Hope. A brand new set of characters take center
stage and a new animation team take over. After a few online shorts,
the series has finally debut with an hour long episode. How did it
hold up?
Disney's first product for Star Wars, the animated series Rebels, was given a second season even before the series premiere on October 3. 
Disney XD has released some information on their first Star Wars production, the animated Star Wars: Rebels. A movie will debut on the Disney Channel followed by some shorts and then a continuing series on 
