Fu** that guy, bring us Ahsoka!
Star Wars Rebels Season One (spoilers)
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I guess I'm a week behind everyone else, having just seen Vision of Hope. I have to go with not being terribly impressed with this one. Maybe if they'd featured him a bit more in the show before now his working for the Empire might have been more of a surprise.
The Empire slipping back into their incompetent ways didn't particularly impress either.
So is this the first time the group has actually referred to themselves as "Rebels"?
Otoh, Chopper continues to become less of a dick, and I've actually been rather enjoying watching the kids growth as a Jedi apprentice, and learning how to use the Force is a lot more complicated than being able to use a laser sword and standing on your head.
Pretty impressive how far Ezra's come from the obnoxious little street rat of the first episode.
The Empire slipping back into their incompetent ways didn't particularly impress either.
So is this the first time the group has actually referred to themselves as "Rebels"?
Otoh, Chopper continues to become less of a dick, and I've actually been rather enjoying watching the kids growth as a Jedi apprentice, and learning how to use the Force is a lot more complicated than being able to use a laser sword and standing on your head.
Pretty impressive how far Ezra's come from the obnoxious little street rat of the first episode.
Fu** that guy, bring us Ahsoka!
Soka was forced on CW crew by Lucas.
Hondo has much better villain of the episode or story arc charisma.
Fu** that guy, bring us Ahsoka!
Soka was forced on CW crew by Lucas.
I don't know a female padawan character was included in the original idea for The Clone Wars (which sounds an awful lot like what we got with Rebels).
Okay, kind of a stakes-raiser. But Tarkin's plan didn't make a lot of sense. If they knew the rebels were targeting the communications tower, why didn't they anticipate that they'd use it to broadcast a message? Why not rig the tower's systems so that they couldn't send it out?
Looks like the free ride is over for our heroes, and they'll be saying goodbye to Lothal very soon.
"What? In our moment of a triumph? I think you overestimate their chances."
The identity of Fulcrum seems to have been discovered:
http://rebelsreport.com/2015/02/08/star-wars-rebels-fulcrums-identity-revealed-spoilers
http://rebelsreport.com/2015/02/08/star-wars-rebels-fulcrums-identity-revealed-spoilers
It's Ahsoka.
In retrospect, I suppose it should have been obvious (though it never crossed my mind); the symbol Fulcrum used to identify the crate in "Droids in Distress" matches Ahsoka's forehead markings. Disguising her voice was clever misdirection, though.
In retrospect, I suppose it should have been obvious (though it never crossed my mind); the symbol Fulcrum used to identify the crate in "Droids in Distress" matches Ahsoka's forehead markings. Disguising her voice was clever misdirection, though.
Ja, never underestimate the arrogance factor. Up until now, the Rebellion wasn't even a genuine rebellion yet--just a few unorganized malcontents and outlaws.
Tarkin and other moffs may have to reconsider that...
Fu** that guy, bring us Ahsoka!
Soka was forced on CW crew by Lucas.
I don't know a female padawan character was included in the original idea for The Clone Wars (which sounds an awful lot like what we got with Rebels).
Yeah, but Filoni and co thought it's a bad idea to have her as Anakin's padawan.
Perhaps he wants a general uprising on Lothal in order to give the still somewhat tenuous (and dependent on the good graces of the Senate) Empire justification to launch total war against the populace and suppress them once and for all. He seemed disappointed with the idea that the Lothal Rebels were "non-violent" compared to other Rebel cells (which was an odd comment since the Spectre team have blown up and shot a lot of Imperials and vehicles and facilities, so I'm guessing he might be including Rebel sympathizers on the planet as well). He used this incident as justification for presumably knocking out much of the planet's communications, so now they're more isolated from news of the outside galaxy than ever, and likewise might have difficulty getting the word out of any atrocities that the Empire might start perpetrating on the planet. It fits his over-the-top "fear will keep the local systems in line" total war strategy from ANH.
Anyway, great episode. Good use of Imperial music, nice city and vehicle design (loved the half LAAT/half TIE assault craft), high stakes, and a wonderful appearance by Tarkin at his equal parts sarcastic, arrogant, and terrifying best. The Inquisitor beheading the two Imperial henchmen was pretty hardcore for a kid's show, even if they didn't actually show it.
Awesome news!
Come ooonnnnn Kyle Katarn.
He might have assumed they only wanted to destroy a valuable communications tower or communicate with other rebel groups, and never imagined they would risk so much and go through all that trouble just to send out a simple broadcast.
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