Disney orders ‘Star Wars Resistance’

If the conclusion of “Star Wars Rebels” has left a Ghostshaped hole in your heart and DVR, you’re in luck. A new animated “Star Wars” series is set to premiere on Disney Channel this fall.

“Star Wars Resistance” is an upcoming anime-inspired series following the adventures of Kazuda Xiono, a young Resistance pilot tasked with the top-secret mission to spy on the growing threat of the First Order.

Disney and Lucasfilm announced Thursday that production has begun on the show, which takes place before the events of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

Although the new series will dive into an unexplored time frame within the “Star Wars” universe, not all characters will be completely unfamiliar. “Star Wars Resistance” will feature appearances by some fan favorites including Resistance pilot Poe Dameron and the First Order’s Captain Phasma, voiced by Oscar Isaac and Gwendoline Christie, respectively. Also appearing alongside brand-new characters will be the plucky and loyal BB-8.

Lucasfilm Animation veteran Dave Filoni is the creator of “Star Wars Resistance,” with fellow “Star Wars Rebels” and “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” alums Athena Portillo and Justin Ridge serving as executive producers with Brandon Auman (“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”). Amy Beth Christenson, who also worked on “Rebels” and “Clone Wars,” is the art director of the upcoming series.

“The idea for ‘Star Wars Resistance’ came out of my interest in World War II aircraft and fighter pilots,” Filoni said in Thursday’s announcement. “My grandfather was a pilot and my uncle flew and restored planes, so that’s been a big influence on me.”