First episode impressions: ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 3 (TV review)

Now in its third season, “Star Wars Rebels” (8:30 p.m. Saturdays on Disney XD) has almost entirely caught up to “The Clone Wars” in production value. Even though Disney is spending less money than Lucasfilm did, the animated library of elements is now vast enough to give “Rebels” a more vibrant look, while still retaining the concept

First episode impressions: ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 2 (TV review)

I’ve been slower than most fans to embrace Disney’s take on “Star Wars.” Even though “Star Wars Rebels” features “Clone Wars’ “ executive producer Dave Filoni in one of the drivers’ seats, I still resented the end of “The Clone Wars” and felt bad for all the talented Lucasfilm folks who were laid off in the Disney

First episode impressions: ‘Star Wars Rebels’ (TV review)

“The Clone Wars” it ain’t. But to be fair, “The Clone Wars” wasn’t the great show we now know and love in its formative episodes in 2008, so perhaps I should give “Star Wars Rebels” a few episodes before rendering a harsh judgment. The first major project of Disney’s “Star Wars” regime certainly has room to grow