Star Wars Rebels Season Two (spoilers)
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If they do it that way. Sure. But I want to see him before he is fully formed. I don't know if the expanded books gave him much of a past but i'd be interested in it if they explored his driving forces.
The 'Specter of the Past' and 'Vision of the Future' duology touch on it a bit, while 'Outbound Flight' shows him pre-Empire. There's no real revelation to be had about his driving force TBH. He's very intelligent, curious, pragmatic and utterly ruthless, in a coldly logical kind of way.
I suppose you could say his "origin story" is that he was a very unconventional thinker in a society that values strict (bordering on fanatically blind) adherence to established military doctrine. Where that got him in trouble is when he decided to violate one of his people's core principles (no pre-emptive or unprovoked attacks) in order to deal with a long term threat rather than wait for it to fester, which gets him exiled, so he goes to work for Sidious instead.
Unfortunately they chose to tie it all in with foreshadowing the whole Yuuzhan Vong nonsense, so that rather brings it down a little IMO.
If it helps they half-assed that so it's really what you make of it.
The publisher changed in that time, IIRC, so they chose to only go so far.
If they put him, fine (I guess), but I'm not looking for Thrawn in Rebels even a little bit.
"Legends of the Lasat". I'm afraid I didn't care for this episode. I found the Lasat characters and story to be silly and uninteresting, and now that I think about it, Zeb is by far my least favorite character. This was an extremely disappointing way for him to finally meet others of his kind. But the worst thing is how they discover this planet... populated with his people... and the visit happens off-screen! We don't even see what happens! What the hell. One positive was the score; the strings were absolutely beautiful and added a degree of drama the story was lacking.
Yeah, the music was definitely a highlight.
I just love Hondo. He cracks me up. And the music was gorgeous. Other than that the episode was kind of blah.
Chava reminded me somewhat of Aughra, from The Dark Crystal.
I agree that the string music was very, very interesting. And I agree with @Mr Light that use of off-screen mystery was a bit overdone; it seemed like a blatant attempt to save on production.
The beginning of "Legends of the Lasat" tried my patience, the way it began as a more or less standard iteration of "hijinks with Hondo."
But, honestly, I thought it got pretty interesting once they arrived at the imploded star cluster. If they'd trimmed down the largely unnecessary and predictable first act, there would have been enough time to have a peak at Lirasan.
I agree that the string music was very, very interesting. And I agree with @Mr Light that use of off-screen mystery was a bit overdone; it seemed like a blatant attempt to save on production.
The beginning of "Legends of the Lasat" tried my patience, the way it began as a more or less standard iteration of "hijinks with Hondo."
But, honestly, I thought it got pretty interesting once they arrived at the imploded star cluster. If they'd trimmed down the largely unnecessary and predictable first act, there would have been enough time to have a peak at Lirasan.
Bit of an odd one. Couldn't seem to decide on a tone. Comedy hijinks, or epic journey into the mythical past? Pick one! Beautiful music and well rendered scenes though.
I think it might have actually worked a little better as a two parter because this is essentially a spiritual journey for Zeb and a massive info dump on his background (and to date he's the most neglected character in that regard) so his arc in this episode feels very rushed.
I think it might have actually worked a little better as a two parter because this is essentially a spiritual journey for Zeb and a massive info dump on his background (and to date he's the most neglected character in that regard) so his arc in this episode feels very rushed.
It seems like some episodes are abruptly ended when things just start to pick up
The Protector of Concord Dawn
They capture the leader and then that's it.
Or they have a big battle in space and then hyperspace out
The episode ends.
The Protector of Concord Dawn
They capture the leader and then that's it.
Or they have a big battle in space and then hyperspace out
The episode ends.
That just about sums it up for me, too. None of what was revealed about Zeb's past or his people seemed to fit what (little) has been established about his character to date. It was just your stock alien mysticism, along with Zeb suddenly being retconned into some ultra-important royal guard commander out of nowhere. It's like Mad Libs, just tossing in random tropes to fill in the blanks in a poorly defined character and species.
But yes, that music in the climax was amazing. Kevin Kiner's a composer I've generally found inconsistent, but occasionally he comes up with something really beautiful like this.
Hondo's return appearance was a highlight of the episode as well. Jim Cummings's line readings as Hondo are consistently hilarious.
Some of my favorites from TCW:
"Insolence? We're pirates! We don't even know what that means!"
"How powerful can they be? They are running away from Kenobi!"
It's sort of been mentioned before. In "Droids in Distress", Zeb states that only an honor guard of Lasan can carry a bo-riffle www.starwars.wikia.com/wiki/AB-75_bo-rifle
"Insolence? We're pirates! We don't even know what that means!"
That was a great line delivery.
I like how Hondo immediately believe the Rebels will get away and survive, while Kalis thinks he will watch them die. Hondo's seen enough Jedi in action, as well as likely odd places I his pirate days, that he knows a Jedi will find a way through. Even if it wasn't the Jedi who made it possible, Hando knows better.
That was a great line delivery.
I like how Hondo immediately believe the Rebels will get away and survive, while Kalis thinks he will watch them die. Hondo's seen enough Jedi in action, as well as likely odd places I his pirate days, that he knows a Jedi will find a way through. Even if it wasn't the Jedi who made it possible, Hando knows better.
When the ghost was nearing the imploded star cluster and the strings played it was epic.
Like something from a Star Trek episode or maybe a Christopher Nolan movie?
It made you AWE at exploring space
