By now you’ve probably watched the thrilling Star Wars Rebels Season 4 mid-season trailer created by the uber-talented Kevin Yost about half a dozen times (or more) to get you pumped for the series returning here in the US on February 19. Executive producer Dave Filoni expands on the catalyst for creating the mysterious loth-wolves (in addition to his real-world love for wolves of course) via an update to this article on Nerdist and how these creatures will impact our heroes (and villains?) as the curtain comes down for the final time on the hit animated TV series.
“One of my purposes was having wolves as the avatar for this Force type character was to give kids another positive image of a wolf. There are so many negatives around the wolf,” he explained. “So this is just another positive, I hope, representation of the animal while still respecting that there is a duality there, as all things in nature have.”
In the midseason finale, the loth-wolf communing with Kanan had a sinister look in its eyes, and Filoni said there’s definitely a duality. “More will be revealed about that as we go. I think the key for me with the wolves is that they are something that is to be respected, and they can be dangerous or they can be beneficial, and our heroes have to figure out what that means. But I think given the power of them, as an animal and an archetype, there needs to be a feeling of respect and a feeling of thought behind them,” he explained.
Filoni gave us a break down of the trailer when it first hit the web, so do your eyes and ears a favor and watch it again via the video embedded below.
