Abrams Building ‘Star Wars’ Postproduction Facility in L.A.

Sources have said Prinze is a big - and genuine - Star Wars fan. Prinze is best-known for playing Fred in the live-action Scooby Doo movies but has done voice work for the Mass Effect video games. (Not that this precludes him from any film appearance, by the way.) His name surfaced in connection to the Star Wars universe in a report by Latino Review - although it had him pegged for the film side. Oyelowo is currently starring as Forest Whitaker‘s son in Lee Daniel‘s surprise $100 million hit The Butler and is shooting Interstellar for Christopher Nolan. Simon Kinberg (X-Men: First Class), Dave Filoni, who worked on the previous Star Wars animated series Clone Wars, and Greg Weisman ( Young Justice) are executive producing. Little is known about the series other than it is set during the time period between the two trilogies, as the Empire expanded its reach and Luke Skywalker was growing up on Tatooine. THR/HeatVision has learned that David Oyelowo, Freddie Prinze Jr., Vanessa Marshall, Taylor Gray and Steven Jay Blum are in the process of being cast as the voice leads for the series, which will make its debut in fall 2014. Star Wars: Rebels is the CGI-animated series being made by Lucasfilm Animation that will air on Disney XD.

While most eyes have been on the casting of Star Wars: Episode VII, another franchise player set in the galaxy far, far away has been quietly operating under the radar.

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