No objections from me, AF. And thanks for the compliment!
I've said before I wouldn't mind if they disseminate bits of new EU stuff into the splatbooks, which they have been doing artfully since the line began - ships, races, places, gear. That's all fine. I'd just prefer not to see a 'Rebels' sourcebook personally.
If they do one - and I'm kinda doubting they will, but I was wrong about playable Hutts too - then as you say, it's no skin off my nose.
Am I alone in not really wanting this to be a thing?
You're not alone. The problem I see with a sourcebook for an ongoing TV series is that it can never contain all of the cool stuff from the show. For a movie or a novel, it's possible to include most of it. But as the TV series progresses, they need either to produce more sourcebooks or introduce cool elements in other, not specifically related sourcebooks--which is what they could do anyway. I think of the Saga Edition supplement for Clone Wars that doesn't contain all that much from the series.
-Nate
Star Wars Miniatures did it by releasing some characters in an initial set, then doing a second one that blended characters from several series (including clone wars) under a different topic. Worked pretty well for them 
Am I alone in not really wanting this to be a thing?
You're not alone. The problem I see with a sourcebook for an ongoing TV series is that it can never contain all of the cool stuff from the show. For a movie or a novel, it's possible to include most of it. But as the TV series progresses, they need either to produce more sourcebooks or introduce cool elements in other, not specifically related sourcebooks--which is what they could do anyway. I think of the Saga Edition supplement for Clone Wars that doesn't contain all that much from the series.
-Nate
Star Wars Miniatures did it by releasing some characters in an initial set, then doing a second one that blended characters from several series (including clone wars) under a different topic. Worked pretty well for them
Yeah, but randomly packaged collectable minis aren't RPG soucebooks, chummer.
Am I alone in not really wanting this to be a thing?
You're not alone. The problem I see with a sourcebook for an ongoing TV series is that it can never contain all of the cool stuff from the show. For a movie or a novel, it's possible to include most of it. But as the TV series progresses, they need either to produce more sourcebooks or introduce cool elements in other, not specifically related sourcebooks--which is what they could do anyway. I think of the Saga Edition supplement for Clone Wars that doesn't contain all that much from the series.
-Nate
Star Wars Miniatures did it by releasing some characters in an initial set, then doing a second one that blended characters from several series (including clone wars) under a different topic. Worked pretty well for them
Yeah, but randomly packaged collectable minis aren't RPG soucebooks, chummer.
No, but the premise of blending content from an ongoing show into a product line without a dedicated release to that show is the same. Like if they threw stats for the VCX-100 into a book about ships or smugglers. Or included C1 Model Astromech droids in a section on droids somewhere. Disperse Rebels content into source books without making a dedicated "Star Wars Rebels Handbook" or anything.