By Chris Seekell
Today Dave Filoni, the executive producer of the upcoming animated television series Star Wars Rebels appeared at a panel at Celebration Europe to give fans a much anticipated first look at the show. Our Dominic Jones was there tweeting live and here are the highlights from the panel.
Almost time for #StarWarsRebels at #StarWarsCelebration
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They're playing the Hidalgo/Filoni Rebels announcement video #StarWarsCelebration
— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 27, 2013
Dave Filoni just took the stage #StarWarsRebels#StarWarsCelebration
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Filoni: They are still working on ways to release the clone wars bonus content #StarWarsCelebration
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Video message from Greg Weisman #StarWarsCelebration
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And one from Simon Kinberg #StarWarsRebels#StarWarsCelebration
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Kinberg says writing Star Wars scripts is one of the most exciting things he's ever done #StarWarsCelebration
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Filoni: Rebels will be visually different from Clone Wars #StarWarsCelebration
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They're showing McQuarrie concept art and discussing how it inspired the development of the series #StarWarsCelebration
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Filoni: McQuarrie always insisted on painting star destroyers the way he imagines them, even after ANH came out! #StarWarsCelebration
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Filoni: they developed digital paint brushes that mimic McQuarrie's style #StarWarsCelebration
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Filoni: Lots of collaboration available with other Disney animation studios (like Pixar!) #StarWarsCelebration
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Filoni: They're not yet at the test animation stage #StarWarsCelebration#starwarsrebels
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Filoni: They're working on matching the aesthetic look of the OT #StarWarsRebels#StarWarsCelebration
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Concept art of Stormtrooper shown - gets big round of applause! #StarWarsCelebration
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New Rebel ship revealed! Called: The Ghost #StarWarsRebels#StarWarsCelebration
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#StarWarsRebels logo revealed! #StarWarsCelebration
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#StarWarsRebels t-shirts now available at the #StarWarsCelebration store!
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Filoni says he'll make Rebels for as long as he can #StarWarsCelebration
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Filoni: they're planning on telling a linear story, not telling stories out of order like they did on Clone Wars #StarWarsCelebration
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Filoni: Porkins has been brought up in story discussions. He's hanging out with Kitster @RebelForceRadio
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Filoni won't answer question about how long after ROTS Rebels takes place #StarWarsCelebration
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Filoni hints at potential for Clone Wars characters being included in Rebels! #StarWarsRebels#StarWarsCelebration
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That's a wrap for #StarWarsRebels at #StarWarsCelebration -DJ-
— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 27, 2013
