Star Wars Rebels

[Trailer Fire]

So, for anyone wondering, Popcorn Time has all the episodes. I'm catching up as we speak.

Edit:
Upon further inspection, they seem to be missing Fire Across the Galaxy, the season 1 finale, along with the 4 shorts that apparently accompany the episodes.

[getbak]

The shorts are available on starwars.com.


Every so often, Disney XD will do a marathon showing of every episode in order. That's how I got caught up before Season 2 started.

[CaptainCrunch]

Pretty neat little episode tonight that was really designed around showing off Ezra's force affinity as he was the only one that could hear the space monsters in distress and could basically communicate with them through the force.

This episode was there to basically show how powerful Ezra was becoming.

[GreenLantern]

I bought the first episode on itunes just to check it out, great show. I r hooked.

Bought the rest of the season, time to binge.

[CaptainCrunch]

Really good episode last night that really dug into Hera's past as she reunited with her father to capture a desperately needed Imperial Light Carrier to house Phoenix Squadron.

The Light Carrier was configured exactly as it was in the Legends EU which was cool to see.

We saw conflict with Hera and her father, and we saw that when Hera gets exasperated she gets a heavy almost creole accent.

Some other cool things that I wanted to throw out there.

Hera's father was part of two key story lines in TCW's cartoon, he makes a big return as a man obsessed with freeing his world, sometimes at the cost of the fledgling rebellion.

We saw the return of another CW character as we saw a grown up Numa. She was the little girl in an expisode that got attached to two clone troopers Waxer and Boil. in a neat little episode



At the end she called the Clone Troopers brother in Ryloth, now she's one of the key leaders of the Ryloth Rebellion and made a small appearance in last nights episode.

No Ahsoka or Rex in this episode which is funny because you'd think that Rex would be all over a ship stealing mission.

Some really funny moments, Kanaan who's in a relationship with Hera meeting her father for the first time acts like the typical teen meeting a father for the first time and completely bumbles the introduction of his crew.

When the Imperials sound the evacuation of the ship there is a really funny and brief storm trooper scene that had me laughing out loud.

Not the best episode but solid.

Next weeks episode could be really interesting as Agent Kallus and Zeb are stranded together after a ship crash.

[dammage79]

I'm getting impatient with this show. I know it's not the Ashoka show but come on! There's a big story line needing to unfold here. And Those mid-season teasers showing The crew in a Sith temple really have me curious as to whats going to happen. Let's get this going!

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by dammage79

I'm getting impatient with this show. I know it's not the Ashoka show but come on! There's a big story line needing to unfold here. And Those mid-season teasers showing The crew in a Sith temple really have me curious as to whats going to happen. Let's get this going!

Your probably not going to see much of Ahsohka until the last two epsiodes, and the epsidode after the next one is called shroud of darkness.

If they follow their form, the big story will be a cliff hanger to next season.

But patience Dammage, She will die



And no that's not a spoiler, I just really wanted to use a Dooku line there.

[GreenLantern]

I am getting caught up on Rebels so I've been avoiding most of the discussion here, but I just have to say I am really liking this. Each episode is like a mission in Imperial Assault, its really fun.

I like it way better than Clone Wars so far.

[CaptainCrunch]

To me TCW is still the king of the animated universe, just because it had more adult sensibilities, and went really grey to black in the last couple of years.

I was also a bigger fan of the clone centric episodes.

I also loved Palpatine wiping the mat with Maul and his brother.

[GreenLantern]

Started the second season, man that fight between Kanan, Ezra and Vader was just awesome.

I could have sworn that was James Earl Jones himself, and checking IMDB it was! Awesome how the original actors are signing up for this.. as I am sure Disney has appropriately compensated them. Then I also found out that Freddie Prince Junior is Kanan.. all of a sudden he doesn't seem quite so bad ass, lol.

I've watched enough of Clone Wars to get lots of these references, but definitely a lot going over my head. I hope they stop with all the Clone Wars links and make this show its own moving forward.

[CaptainCrunch]

Really good episode tonight that humanized one of the key villains in the series as Zeb and Agent Kallus are stuck together on a frozen world.

The whole episode was tremendous to me.

Kallus came to certain realizations, he never questioned the empire about the slaughter of the geonoisians nor the Lesat, and he saw his unit butchered by a Lesat mercenary.

In the end Zeb returned to the Rebels who treated him like a returning friend. Kallus returned to the Empire who treated him like they didn't care about him at all.

Great episode.

[GreenLantern]

Yea that was for sure one of my favourites so far. I loved the part at the end where Kallus is back on his ship limping around, tries to maybe I don't know strike up a conversation or play on what he thinks might be an existing bond with that Admiral just to have him keep walking by. The scene at the end with him sitting on the bed was very well done and open ended. Could Kallus start doubting the empire? He seemed to a little bit when he talked about the slaughter on Zeb's home world.

I am officially all caught up now and loving the show. I am also sad now that I can't binge watch. But I have 5 seasons of Clone Wars to watch now which I am sure will help me understand more about some of these characters. Do we have a Clone Wars thread or can I ask all my questions in here?

Also the scene with Asoka dumbying those two Inquisitors was just awesome. So Vader destroys Kanan and Ezra who fight decently equal against the Inquisitors, at least Kanan does, who get destroyed by Asoka. Safe to say a Vader Asoka show down is in the future.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern

Yea that was for sure one of my favourites so far. I loved the part at the end where Kallus is back on his ship limping around, tries to maybe I don't know strike up a conversation or play on what he thinks might be an existing bond with that Admiral just to have him keep walking by. The scene at the end with him sitting on the bed was very well done and open ended. Could Kallus start doubting the empire? He seemed to a little bit when he talked about the slaughter on Zeb's home world.

I am officially all caught up now and loving the show. I am also sad now that I can't binge watch. But I have 5 seasons of Clone Wars to watch now which I am sure will help me understand more about some of these characters. Do we have a Clone Wars thread or can I ask all my questions in here?

Also the scene with Asoka dumbying those two Inquisitors was just awesome. So Vader destroys Kanan and Ezra who fight decently equal against the Inquisitors, at least Kanan does, who get destroyed by Asoka. Safe to say a Vader Asoka show down is in the future.

Feel free to ask any clone war series here, since the series are linked.

I felt for Kallus, and its not easy for him on any front, his constant failings have to be getting the attentions of a guy like Vader who kills Imperial Officers for lunch.

You get a sense that Kallus is a guy who joined the Imperials for what he thought were honorable reasons "Like bringing peace to the galaxy", had a lot of bad things happen and just became jaded and stopped asking questions.

But that scene in the end, right down to the sterile cabin, you just felt the indecision pouring off of him.

Oh and the Ahsoka Vader confrontation is coming up this year, they've alread shown it in the second half trailers, but my bet is they will cliff hanger it.

I'm looking forward to it, but I'm not because I don't think this ends well for the Rebels, and I think that the end of this season is going to feel a lot like the end of Empire.

[GreenLantern]

Yea I just went and watched the trailer, I really should catch up on Clone Wars before this season ends, that's a tall task though with the number of episodes each season has.

Who is this Old Master? Are we supposed to know who that is? Is that another Clone Wars reference that went over my head?

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern

Yea I just went and watched the trailer, I really should catch up on Clone Wars before this season ends, that's a tall task though with the number of episodes each season has.

Who is this Old Master? Are we supposed to know who that is? Is that another Clone Wars reference that went over my head?

the hooded figure in the trailer?

It looks like its Darth Maul who survived Phantom Menace (not my favorite part of the Clone Wars series)

You have to get to the end of TCW's to see what his fate is. But its one of the best action sequences in TCW.

[CaptainCrunch]

Another great episode tonight called Shroud of Darkness, which starts answering some questions about Ezra.

There are spoilers here so I'll put up some spoiler tags

Spoiler!

It seems that over the last little while the Rebels keep searching for new bases and they're met by the Inquisitors. In order to find answers to how to fight them Ezra, Ahsoka and Kanaan return to the hidden Jedi Temple on Lothal to see if they can talk to Yoda.

They arrive there and begin to meditate and each is drawn into their own experience.

Ezra see's Yoda and begins a conversation with him. It turns out that Yoda realized that by fighting the Clone Wars the Jedi succumbed to fear and were eventually consumed by the Darkside. He confided in Ezra that fighting might not be the right path for the Jedi. Ezra argued that it is necessary to fight to protect what's important which is his friends. At the end of the discussion Yoda tells Ezra that he must seek out Malachor.

Kanaan is drawn into a fight with Jedi Temple Guards one of whom tells him that Ezra is naturally drawn to the Dark Side and he must be eliminated. Kanaan engages in a fight and then learns that he can't beat them and surrenders to the will of the force. At that point the lead Jedi Guardian knights him as a Jedi Knight and then reveals himself to be the Grand Inquisitor, he states that Kanaan has become what he used to be, a Jedi Knight.

Ahsoka has a horrific confrontation with Anakin Skywalker who asks her why she abandoned him and made him into what he became which is Vader. So she is finally confronted with the truth. Which makes her cry, and then she states that there is another way then confronting Vader.

At that point the Inquisitors break into the Temple and are delayed by the Grand Inquisitor spectre.

As the rebels escape and flee Vader enters the temple. The two inquisitors state that the Jedi are becoming more powerful. Vader reply's that it will be their downfall.

As Kanaan and Ezra and Ahsoka flee, Ezra tells them that they must find someone named Malachor. Ahsoka and Kanaan exchange looks and inform Ezra that Malachor is a place.

Ok just some thoughts.

I think that the confrontation between Ashoka and Vader is coming and she thinks that she can save Anakin.

As for Malachor

In the new EU the only thing listed is that a great scourge happened there thousands of years ago.

In the legends EU Malachor was the site of the final battle between the Mandalorians and Reven and Malak which resulted in Reven's complete fall to the Dark Side of the Force and the rise of the Sith in the Old Republic and Reven and Malak declared themselves to be the new Dark Lords of the Sith and went to war against the Republic.

In that battle Reven lured the Madalorians to that planet with the Republic fleet as the bait. And then activated a mass gravity well that killed all of the Madalorians and Republic soldiers and caused a hole in the Force.

Now we know by the previews that Ezra is going to find what looks like a Sith Temple and the Old Master who looks a lot like Darth Maul.

Great episode and well acted, and you could see Ahsoka's heart ripped in half when she finally accepted what she knew. That the kind and heroic man that she knew as Anakin had betrayed everything and everyone to become Vader.

[GreenLantern]

I didn't get a chance to watch last nights episode yet but I'm about 3/4 of the way through Clone Wars season 1, what a great show. There was an opening scene where Anakin is coming to rescue another Jedi, just the way they set up the ship battle and the transition into the planets atmosphere, it was amazing. 5 stars Netflix, 5 stars!!! The Top Gun fanboi in me is just loving all the dog fighting. I must resist the urge to get into the X-Wings miniatures game... can't... afford... another ... money sink...

[CaptainCrunch]

Things really start to pick up when you hit season 3, you really start to see what Palpatine was doing and how brilliant he was in manipulating things.

Some of my favorite episodes

Season 1 - The whole Malevolance arc was great

The Ryloth arc was good and you get to meet Hera's old man

Hostage Crisis because you get to see Cad Bane

Season 2

The first arc around the Jedi Holocron thefts including Children of the Jedi where Palpatine is trying to seize force sensitive children

The Desserter is a clone centric episode and really well done

The Madalore arc because you get a ton of Obi back story

Season 3

the whole season is pretty amazing.

But the Citadel arc and the Tandoshian arc to end the season were both awesome, and you really get to know Ahsoka

Season 4

The Umbara arc is incredibly dark and has no involvement from Obi and Anakin, this is a heavy clone episode and makes you understand why the Clones would be ok with Order 66 if they had a choice.

Massacre was a pretty sad ventress episode

Season 5

The Onderon rebellion arc was a heavy Ahsoka series and really well done, and also really sad in the end.

Shades or Reason and Lawless were the wrap up of the Satine and Mandalore story lines and very tragic. But at the end of Lawless you see how truly powerful and malignant Palpatine really is

the last four epsiodes of the season are all Ashoka based and really link to what we are seeing in Rebels .

Season 6

The first Clone arc where we drill into Order 66. We really truly see a manipulative Palpatine and we see how brilliant he was.

the Rise of Clovis, and Crisis at heart. We see Anakin's real flaws that lead to his downfall.

[dammage79]

Latest episode was really good. I wonder what Ashoka has up hear sleeve. I mean given the timeline it's bound to fail but she may at least set the course for Vaders eventual turn.

It'll be a good watch when Ezra finally succumbs to the dark side. We'll get to see the heartbreak all over again when Student turns on the teacher.

[CaptainCrunch]

I think that Ahsoka is the trigger to Ezra.