#Rogue onecast series#

For all the latest TV news, pick up the new issue of SciFiNow. Star Wars: Rebels – Season 3 will return to Disney XD on 7 January 2017 at 9:30am. He sees something coming but no one will take action before it’s too late.” “Forest did a great job at capturing Saw in a way that is a bit mad, a bit crazed, a bit afraid, but also a bit sympathetic.

#Rogue onecast series#

“It’s an incredible honor to have Forest Whitaker play Saw in Rebels,'” says series executive producer Dave Filoni. In the meantime, Whitaker will make his debut in ‘Ghosts Of Geonosis’, which will air on Disney XD from 7 January 2017. As a constant presence in the Star Wars universe, it’s nice to see him involved, and it raises the hopes that we will see more Rogue One characters in Rebels. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (mostly called by the simple name Rogue One) is a 2016 American epic space opera film directed by Gareth Edwards. It’s kind of fitting, as he of course first appeared in animated form in The Clone Wars as a young fighter, being trained directly by such luminaries as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano.

Forest Whitaker as Saw Gerrera in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. As a representative of one of the more extreme elements of the Rebel Alliance, it’ll be interesting to see him cross paths with the likes of Hera, Kanan and Ezra. You have been warned.Īnyway, those of you who were disappointed to have not seen more of Forest Whitaker’s Saw Gerrera in Rogue One are in luck, as Whitaker will reprise the role in animated form once more in the second half of Star Wars: Rebels Season 3.

If not then stop reading now, because there are spoilers ahead. Warning: the below article contains SPOILERS for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.īy now, hopefully the majority of you will have seen Rogue One, the first Star Wars anthology movie.