query: When did the Star Wars Rebels TV series first air?
passage: Star Wars Rebels
The series premiered as a one-hour television film, Spark of Rebellion, on October 3, 2014, on Disney Channel prior to the premiere of the series on October 13 on Disney XD.[2][3] The first season consisted of 14 episodes (released as four shorts, a film, Spark of Rebellion, and 13 regular episodes) and the series features new characters along with ones from the original trilogy.[4][5] The second season of 20 episodes premiered on June 20, 2015, with a one-hour television film, The Siege of Lothal. The third season of 19 episodes premiered on September 24, 2016, with another one-hour television film, Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow. On April 15, 2017, during Star Wars Celebration, it was announced the fourth season would be its last: it premiered on October 16, 2017, with another one-hour television film, Heroes of Mandalore, and its final episode aired on March 5, 2018.[6][7]
passage: Kanan Jarrus
The comic-book "Kanan" ran for 12 issues and was published by Marvel Comics, the series is set during the events of the first season of "Star Wars Rebels" and focuses on Kanan Jarrus having flashbacks to his time as a Jedi Padawan (when he was known by his real name Caleb Dume). Two story arcs were produced each ran for six issues, the first arc "The Last Padawan" focused on flashbacks which happened at the same time as "" showing where Kanan was when Order 66 happened and the clone troopers betrayed and killed most of the Jedi, including his Jedi Master Depa Billaba. While the second arc "First Blood" flashbacks focused on how Kanan was assigned under Depa Billaba's mentorship, as well as Kanan's first battle along clone-troopers, in the Clone Wars, where he made a friendship with a clone trooper, it features an appearance from Rae Sloane a character from the novel "Star Wars: A New Dawn", as well as one from Fenn Rau a mandalorian character who would later appear in "Star Wars Rebels".