21: Crying Droid Tears

Star Wars Rebels Season 1. In October of 2012 it was if millions of voices suddenly cried out in joy, followed by agony, as we learned that Disney bought Lucasfilm and with that came the cancellation of The Clone Wars. Soon afterwards Disney, announced it was creating a new animated show, helmed by The Clone Wars Supervising Director Dave Filoni and Simon Kinberg that would chronicle the beginning of the Rebellion. In this episode of The 602 Club host Matthew Rushing is joined by fellow Rebels John Mills and Tristan Riddell to talk Star Wars Rebels first season. We discuss our reactions to the news The Clone Wars was cancelled as well as our initial impressions of Rebels, the struggle for shows to survive in today's TV market, continuity, the Lando episode, the progression of villains, the characters, the huge ending, music, links to Luke Skywalker and our ratings.   Host Matthew Rushing   Guests John Mills  Tristan Riddell   Editor and Producer Matthew Rushing Richard Marquez   Associate Producers Norman C. Lao Kenneth Trip   Production Manager Richard Marquez   Content Coordinator Will Nguyen   Chapters Back in 2012 (00:03:40) Initial Feelings (00:04:35) First Impressions of Rebels (00:15:22) Today's TV Environment (00:24:42) Continuity (00:30:31) The Lando Episode (00:35:36) Boss Up (00:45:15) The Characters (00:54:59) A Huge Ending (01:03:25) The Music (01:08:49) Proto Luke Skywalker (01:12:30) Final Thoughts and Ratings (01:20:03) Closing (01:22:02)   Send us your feedback! Twitter: @trekfm Facebook: http://facebook.com/trekfm Voicemail: http://www.speakpipe.com/trekfm Contact Form: http://www.trek.fm/contact Visit the Trek.fm website at http://trek.fm/ Subscribe in iTunes: http://itunes.com/trekfm   Support the Network!   Become a Trek.fm Patron on Patreon and help us keep our shows coming to you every week. We have great perks for you at http://patreon.com/trekfm