You may recall that way back at the premiere of Season 2 of Star Wars Rebels (season 3 just ended) Dave Filoni, who oversees the series, hinted that Captain Rex may well be in Return of the Jedi.
Wut?
Well, the image above, which I’ve put together for the story, shows Rex as he currently looks in Rebels and behind him is the image of a character glimpsed in Return of the Jedi when the Rebels attack the installation on Endor’s moon.
The character in Jedi is call ‘Gramps’ or ‘Nik Sant’ (because he looks like Santa – geddit?) and for a while it’s been speculated that he could be Rex.
And now, at Star Wars Celebration Orlando, Filoni seems to have confirmed that not only IS that Rex but we may actually see him geared up in that attire in Rebels.
At the Animated Origins panel, Filoni quickly let the audience see Rex’s new look (see the tweet below) and gone is his mis-matched Clone armour, replaced by Rebel attire that looks undeniably like the guy in Jedi: “What’s that? That’s some kind of… don’t pay any attention to that. That shouldn’t even be in this folder!” Filoni said when the slide revealed Rex’s new look.
“Why would he need camouflage? Doesn’t make any sense!”
Obviousy Filoni and the crowd weren’t the only ones in on the joke as Lucasfilm story group executive Pablo Hidalgo, also on stage, said: “Just speculate away, we’re putting it out there.”
Is this confirmation?? Well, we’re taking it as a ‘yes’ because it’s one of our favourite Star Wars theories and we love Rex, so it totally works for us.
It’s all connected; that is the new Star Wars moto, right?
It’s official: Rex is the guy in Return of the Jedi! #swco pic.twitter.com/OeWfFVwgSX
— David Taylor (@IAmDavidJTaylor) April 13, 2017
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