It’s a very good day to be a Star Wars fan, and a very bad day to be a member of the First Order.
The first footage of the all-new animated Star Wars Resistance series has finally arrived, five months after it was announced that Lucasfilm was working on a show set during the current trilogy timeline.
Watch below as Oscar Isaac reprises his role as Poe Dameron from the movies to set off Resistance pilot Kazuda Xiono on his heroic mission to infiltrate the First Order
Here’s the official synopsis: “Poe and BB-8 assign newly-appointed spy Kaz to the Colossus, a massive aircraft re-fueling platform on an outer rim water planet, home to colorful new aliens, droids and creatures.
“While undercover, Kaz works as a mechanic and lives with Poe’s old friend Yeager, a veteran pilot who operates a starship repair shop run by his crew: Tam, Neeku and their old battered astromech droid, Bucket.
“Kaz soon finds himself in over his head with his new friend BB-8 as he’ll have to compete in dangerous sky races, keep his mission a secret from his newfound family, and avoid the danger of the First Order.”
The series will additionally feature Gwendoline Christie reprising her role from the films as Captain Phasma, with its voice cast also including SNL‘s Bobby Moynihan, Community‘s Jim Rash, Scrubs‘ Donald Faison and Hawaii Five-0 star Christopher Sean voicing Kaz.
Resistance has been created by Dave Filoni, the Lucasfilm veteran behind Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the dearly departed Star Wars Rebels.
Filoni is splitting his time right now between Resistance and the recently-announced revival of The Clone Wars, which will be premiering on Disney’s new streaming service.
Star Wars Resistance will premiere on Sunday, October 7 at 10pm ET on The Disney Channel in the US. It will presumably air soon after in the UK, but Digital Spy has reached out to clarify.
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