Star Wars Rebels Season One (spoilers)
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This was so much better than the pilot. Some really intense, high-stakes stuff with the fate of Zeb's people and Kallus's role in it -- it did a lot to make Zeb a sympathetic character rather than just some big tough guy. (Kanan, by contrast, was much less heroic than I expected, concerned only with making a profit even if it meant being complicit in innocent people's deaths. He's got some work to do to redeem himself after that.) The con game they pulled on the Imperial representative was pretty clever too. And the ending was very heartening -- only two episodes in and we start to see the foundations of the Rebel Alliance under Bail Organa. I hope we see a lot more of Bail -- including scenes with his daughter. Although I suspect we'll see more of Threepio and Artoo.
The music was a little better too, though it's still too derivative. But the use of quoted themes was less arbitrary for the most part, like the use of the AT-AT motif from TESB for the Walkers and a bit of Kenobi's theme when Ezra used the Force. My favorite part, though, was the melody heard when the passenger shuttle came in for a landing on the destination planet. It was quite lovely, and I think it was original (unless it was quoting something from the prequels, whose scores I don't know as well as the OT's). I'd like to hear more of that sort of thing.
The music was a little better too, though it's still too derivative. But the use of quoted themes was less arbitrary for the most part, like the use of the AT-AT motif from TESB for the Walkers and a bit of Kenobi's theme when Ezra used the Force. My favorite part, though, was the melody heard when the passenger shuttle came in for a landing on the destination planet. It was quite lovely, and I think it was original (unless it was quoting something from the prequels, whose scores I don't know as well as the OT's). I'd like to hear more of that sort of thing.
I liked seeing Artoo and Chopper being able to understand each other and work together without any human direction. If only they could have clued Threepio into things....
Couldn't help but think of Firefly on this one, at least in Kanan's attitude. "You got a job, we can do it. Don't much care what it is."
Couldn't help but think of Firefly on this one, at least in Kanan's attitude. "You got a job, we can do it. Don't much care what it is."
Yeah I really liked how the crew was depicted in this episode. They may be doing good work fighting the Empire, but they're still a bunch of rebels, thieves and pirates at heart, who also have to do whatever it takes to survive.
And of course they still need to worry about things like food and fuel for their ship, which is a little touch of realism that I really appreciated seeing.
And of course they still need to worry about things like food and fuel for their ship, which is a little touch of realism that I really appreciated seeing.
I loved that they got Paul Reubens, original voice of Captain Rex in Star Tours, as the voice of the RX pilot droid.
^Oh, I thought it was Tom Kenny doing the pilot droid. But then, my voice recognition skills seem to be failing me today. I knew the minister's voice sounded familiar, but I couldn't place it as Kath Soucie. But then, I have a long history of confusing Kath Soucie's voice with other, similar-sounding voice actresses.
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Marvel has announced a new series featuring Karas as a Padawan, and revealing his master was Depa Billaba, so her new 'canon' is that she survived for a time after Order 66, instead of the previous "Legends" stuff where the Clone Wars drove her mad and into a coma (in the Mace Windu-focused novel Shatterpoint)
http://marvel.com/news/comics/23429/nycc_2014_star_wars_kanan_the_last_padawan
http://marvel.com/news/comics/23429/nycc_2014_star_wars_kanan_the_last_padawan
Yep.
As a MASSIVE Disneyland freak, I noticed this immediately.
Some VERY COOL touches that uber fans can appreciate but don't snap the casual observer out of the narrative. I'm LOVING these touches.
Oh, too bad. Well, at least it fit the material.
What do the music credits actually read for this show? I know Kevin Kiner's doing the music, but he's basically working as an orchestrator for themes composed by John Williams, like Ken Thorne and Alexander Courage did in the Superman sequels. So really, I'd think that Williams would be getting the main composer credit.
Rebels theme and score by Kevin Kiner
Original Star Wars themes and score by John Williams
Original Star Wars themes and score by John Williams
Isn't the show's "theme" just a paraphrase of a bit from the coda of the Williams title theme? Or maybe this is referring to the end-title theme.
I've just watched the first episode, and am slightly surprised - I quite liked it.
My main gripes were the occasionally (very) poor dialogue and the whole character Garazeb, who was badly done all round, especially the voice acting. I thought Steve Blum was supposed to be fantastic !
My main gripes were the occasionally (very) poor dialogue and the whole character Garazeb, who was badly done all round, especially the voice acting. I thought Steve Blum was supposed to be fantastic !
^Zeb is much better handled in episode 2.
Interesting first look at Vader in Rebels (or at least a holographic image of him). Apparently they're going for a slightly older, McQuarrie-inspired design with him as well.
http://makingstarwars.net/2014/10/see-darth-vader-star-wars-rebels/
It's definitely a much more sinister look than I was expecting, but I really like it.
http://makingstarwars.net/2014/10/see-darth-vader-star-wars-rebels/
It's definitely a much more sinister look than I was expecting, but I really like it.
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