Adventures in Wild Space takes place shortly after the rise of the Empire and contains cameos of characters from Lothal as well as nods towards concepts first introduced in Rebels.
Star Wars Rebels Magazine contained eight-page comic strips that took place in between episodes of the show.
There are also a number of other supplementary books to the series, including The Rebellion Begins, a novelization and Adaptation Expansion of the premiere film Spark of Rebellion and Servants of the Empire, a four-book series focused on Zare Leonis, an Imperial cadet who ends up serving as a spy for the Rebels.
HoloNet News, Imperial propaganda news report shorts on Tumblr providing background information on Lothal for the then-upcoming show.
Ahsoka, a young adult novel that reveals how Ahsoka's survival in the aftermath of the Clone Wars led to her position in the Rebellion as we see in her debut.
Kanan, a prequel comic further detailing the past of Kanan Jarrus at the very end of the Clone Wars and the beginning of the Dark Times, was also released, with former showrunner Greg Weisman writing several issues.
Ezra's Gamble, a junior novel taking place shortly before the start of the series.
A New Dawn, a novel released about a month before the start of the series which provides backstory about two of the show's major characters: Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla.
Their journey takes them to many strange locales, and thanks to their stubborn belief in the power of hope, the Ghost crew becomes much more than they had ever dreamed of. As he joins up with them, Ezra learns the ways of the Force, and the Ghost crew fights alongside many allies against the ever growing threat of the Empire. Young orphan Ezra Bridger (Taylor Gray) stumbles upon Kanan Jarrus ( Freddie Prinze Jr.), a former Jedi who leads a Rebel group including Mandalorian warrior Sabine Wren ( Tiya Sircar), Lasat strongman Zeb Orrelios ( Steve Blum) and Twi'lek pilot Hera Syndulla ( Vanessa Marshall) aboard the Ghost. Set fourteen years after Revenge of the Sith, note or about five years after Solo and before Rogue One and A New Hope the Galactic Empire is securing its grip on the galaxy and hunting down the last of the Jedi Knights. note Weisman later left the show after Season 1 to work on Rain Of The Ghosts, though returned for the tie-in comic Kanan. It is created by Dave Filoni, who directed The Clone Wars, Simon Kinberg ( X-Men: Days of Future Past) and Carrie Beck, and executive produced by Filoni, Kinberg and Greg Weisman ( Gargoyles, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Young Justice). Star Wars Rebels is a CGI animated series set in the Star Wars franchise and a sequel to Star Wars: The Clone Wars, as well the first major Star Wars installment released following Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm.