Star Wars Rebels Season One represents the inaugural season of the animated television show Star Wars Rebels. The season's debut occurred on the Disney Channel on October 3, 2014, commencing with a one-hour television film titled Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion. The series proper was launched on Disney XD on October 13 with the airing of "Droids in Distress", and it concluded on March 2, 2015 with "Fire Across the Galaxy". Dave Filoni, Simon Kinberg, and Greg Weisman served as executive producers for this season.
Taking place five years prior to the events of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, the initial season chronicles the adventures of the Ghost starship's crew during the early stages of their resistance against the Galactic Empire. Their activities draw the attention of Agent Kallus from the Imperial Security Bureau, who seeks to neutralize them before they can incite a larger uprising, as well as the Grand Inquisitor, a dark sider tasked with eliminating any Jedi who survived Order 66—including Kanan Jarrus and his new apprentice, Ezra Bridger. Ultimately, the Ghost's crew plays a role in the formation of the Rebel Alliance.
The writing of the series' first episode was completed, and the animation process had begun by December 2013. As of January 2014, the scripts for Season One were approximately halfway finished, with voice recording completed for five episodes and other episodes in various phases of production. On January 17, animation supervisor Keith Kellogg announced that the animation for the first episode was entirely complete.
On May 9, 2014, Simon Kinberg verified that the first season would consist of 16 episodes (presented as four shorts, one movie, and 13 episodes), and that he himself had penned the initial two episodes (later consolidated into a movie) in addition to the season's concluding episode.
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