Video Blog: Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Premiere, Which Airs June 20 [UPDATED]

UPDATE: The Star Wars Rebels season 2 premiere described below will premiere June 20. Read more info after our original article.

Darth Vader is on the trail of Kanan, Ezra, Hera, Sabine and Zeb in the season 2 premiere of Star Wars Rebels. The hour-long episode won't be on Disney XD until this summer, but a few hundred lucky fans at Star Wars Celebration were treated to an early sneak peak.

/Film was on hand and recorded a video blog immediately after the screening to talk about the Rebels Season 2 premiere. We do touch on a few minor spoilers so beware, but it's not a spoiler to say the episode is an amazing piece of television. A story that absolutely could very easily be a Star Wars movie.

Watch our Star Wars Rebels Season 2 premiere video blog below.

Here goes. Again, minor spoilers for Season 2 of Star Wars Rebels and MAJOR spoilers for season 1.

Star Wars Rebels Season 2 premiere video blog

And, just in case you missed it, here's the trailer followed by some info:

Fans attending the "Star Wars Rebels" panel at Celebration today were treated to an exclusive sneak peek at the second season of the popular Disney XD animated series with Dave Filoni (creator, writer), Simon Kinberg (creator, writer), Freddie Prinze, Jr. (Kanan), Vanessa Marshall (Hera), Tiya Sircar (Sabine), Steve Blum (Zeb), and Taylor Gray (Ezra).

An exciting season two preview trailer revealed that Vader will indeed be back, and "Clone Wars" fan-favorites Captain Rex, Wolffe and Gregor, all voiced by Dee Bradley Baker, will be joining "Star Wars Rebels." The arena erupted when Baker made a surprise appearance following the preview.  He was joined by Ashley Eckstein, voice actor of another fan-favorite character Ahsoka Tano, who was revealed as Fulcrum in the "Star Wars Rebels" season one finale. Audience members were thrilled that "Star Wars Rebelshas welcomed Baker and Eckstein for season two.

"Star Wars Rebels" Season Two begins this summer with a one-hour movie event and continues this fall with all-new episodes on Disney XD.

UPDATE: Here's the info on the June 20 season premiere, as well as some May 4th programming.The highly anticipated "Star Wars Rebels" season two is set to premiere on SATURDAY, JUNE 20 (9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney XD. The season will kick-off with a special one-hour movie event "Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal." Following the one-hour movie event, the season will continue to rollout new episodes in the fall. Recently revealed at Star Wars Celebration, the exciting new season is filled with more thrilling adventures with the Rebels that will include appearances by fan-favorite characters Darth Vader, Ahsoka Tano, Captain Rex, Wolffe and Gregor.Additionally, Disney XD will be celebrating "May the 4th Be With You," the fan-proclaimed Star Wars holiday, beginning FRIDAY, MAY 1 through MONDAY, MAY 4. The force-filled programming weekend will include the following:· "Star Wars Rebels: The Ultimate Guide," a half-hour special recapping the entire first season of "Star Wars Rebels" will debut Monday, May 4 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT)· Marathons of "Star Wars Rebels" season one and "LEGO Star Wars: The New Yoda Chronicles."· Sneak peek at "LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales," an all-new series of event specials that will premiere on Disney XD this summer.· Star Wars-inspired episodes of "Phineas and Ferb," "Kickin' It" and "Lab Rats."