Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (project)
After the "Unleashed" franchise was discontinued following Disney's decision to refresh the "Star Wars" canon in favor of producing a sequel trilogy, Sam Witwer, Marek's voice actor, revealed that Dave Filoni, the creator of the "Star Wars Rebels" animated series, considered bringing Marek back into the new canon and having him appear in that series, but ultimately decided against it because he could not find a way to do so without compromising either the new canon's quality or the character's unique distinctions.
Grand Admiral Thrawn
With the sequel film "" in production, in April 2014 most of the licensed "Star Wars" novels and comics produced since the 1977 film "Star Wars" were declared non-canon to the franchise. However, "Star Wars Rebels" executive producer Dave Filoni announced at the London "Star Wars" Celebration in July 2016 that Thrawn would be reintroduced into the franchise in the third season of the "Rebels" series. The character debuted in the season 3 premiere, "Steps into Shadow", which aired on September 24, 2016.