In a recent conversation with TV Guide, Star Wars Rebels executive producer Dave Filoni talked about the return of the series on January 5th, 2015 in that it’ll feature Yoda in it – in a particular form. With the character supposedly in hiding since the end of the third movie until we see him on Dagobah in Empire Strikes Back, it’s definitely something for the continuity and detail oriented fans to zero in on. On the plus side? Frank Oz is going to provide the voice.

“I felt personally to keep Yoda as this disembodied thing it would confuse the audience less,” says executive producer and “Path of the Jedi” director Dave Filoni. “I didn’t want you to think Yoda could be teleporting from planet to planet. What’s great about Frank, by keeping the voice very present and active, you do feel that it’s a watchfulness and that he’s speaking to you from afar. And I didn’t want anyone to think that he had left Dagobah [the planet where Yoda first trains Luke Skywalker]. It was on the outer rim of what we do, but I think we were able to pull it off.”

With the series exploring the time between the third and fourth installments and taking a lot of cues from the McQuarrie artwork, it’s settling in well to its design and has a lot of potential.

The series stars Freddie Prinze, Jr., Taylor Gray, Steve Blum, Tiya Sircar and Vanessa Marshall.

Plot concept: Set between the events of Episode III and IV — an era spanning almost two decades never-before explored on-screen. It takes place in a time where the Empire is securing its grip on the galaxy and hunting down the last of the Jedi Knights as a fledgling rebellion against the Empire is taking shape.

[Source: TV Guide ]