The two of you who read my Why You Need To Watch: Star Wars The Clone Wars article and the one of you who actually watched the show might be wondering “Where can I get more of this wonderful series?” Well, your prayers are answered. Kind of. After The Clone Wars was cancelled, Disney had Dave Filoni and his crew (the same people who made TCW) create a new series that takes place in the years leading up to Episode IV and tells the story of how the Rebel Alliance was created: Rebels. It’s actually entering its fourth and final season on Monday, October 16th, so now is the perfect time to jump into the series.

The show follows the crew of the starship, The Ghost, as they fly around the universe, fight the empire, and gather allies for a growing rebellion. The main characters are Ezra, a force-sensitive orphan picked up by the Ghost with a major hate of the empire, Kanan, a padawan who survived order 66 and trains Ezra in the ways of the Jedi, Hera, a Twilek pilot who is the leader of the crew and has a soft spot for Kanan, Chopper, a droid recovered from a crashed Y-Wing during the Clone Wars who generally doesn’t like people, Sabine, a mandalorian girl who has an impulsive personality and loves graffiti, and Garazeb “Zeb” Orrelios, one of the last survivors of his wookie-like species who has a deep grudge against the empire. Throughout their travels they fight enemies such as Kallus, an ISB agent; the grand inquisitor, a quasi-sith; Darth Vader; and Grand Admiral Thrawn, a brilliant general and tactician.

Rebels starts out pretty bland with a relatively safe story and boring characters, but just as with the Clone Wars, as the series goes on it gets darker and a lot better. The stakes become higher and the characters more developed, especially in the second and third season. A few familiar faces are seen along the way includie Saw Guerrera from Rogue One and TCW, Princess Leia, and many others I don’t want to spoil. The character writing, especially Kanan’s, Kallus’s, and Thrawn’s, is top notch for most of the series and most of the other characters are enjoyable and even funny at times. The animation can be a bit lacking at first (it’s definitely a step down from TCW) but it is still pretty good and gets better over the course of the series.

Overall, I consider it to be a worthy, if not criminally overlooked, successor to The Clone Wars, and highly recommend it for any Star Wars fan, or anyone just looking for some solid animated TV!