The next Star Wars show on Disney Plus is coming, inevitably, on May the 4th – here’s the trailer

Tales of the Empire is full of familiar faces and locations from the other shows

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The nextStar Warsseries onDisney Plushas been revealed, and it’s a follow-up to the anthology seriesTales of the Jedi– but with a focus on the Empire instead. Called, inevitably,Tales of the Empire, it will release equally inevitably on May 4th.

It focuses on two key characters who’ve appeared in Star Wars' universe before: Morgan Elsbeth (as seen inAhsoka) and Barriss Offee (seen inThe Clone Wars). The trailer suggests that the six episodes will follow these characters' respective inductions into the Empire’s clutches, and their motivations for it in the first place. Oh, and there’ll be plenty of cameos from familiar characters, naturally.

You’ve got appearances from Thrawn, General Grievous, the Grand Inquisitor, and good ol' Darth Vader himself; as is often the case with Star Wars, the most important people really like to get involved in all the galactic goings on.

The trailer promises a lot of drama, from huge battles, to the razing of planets, to intense training, to the ultimate collision of our two storylines.

Tales of the Jediwas a really interesting series, delivering on its promise of digging into untold stories of existing characters. Elsbeth and Offee may not be as well-known as Ahsoka and Count Dooku (who were the two focus characters of the first show), but it looks like the series has plenty of interesting ideas to dig into, and hopefully it’ll rank among thebest Disney Plus showsof the year, and make a good addition to watching the wholeStar Wars saga in order.

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