B.A.

My son and I really enjoyed the finale.

Wonder what kind of successor series is in the works.

B.A.

My son mentioned that right away - Ashoka and Sabine searching for Ezra.

Tom Banjo

They’ve been making copyrights for something called Resistance, which could be the next show, but who knows? I hope there’s an announcement soon. I halfway expected one this week.

B.A.

fujishig

Great finale, I still have to catch up with much of the series otherwise, but it all pretty much made sense to me.

It's odd that they introduced time travel, brought back Ahsoka, then she does nothing, they don't (to my knowledge) explain where she was during the OT, and the only point of bringing her back is to join Sabine on some wacky adventures. I mean weren't they implying that the Emperor had access to this time travel tech? Or do we just assume he was lying?

milo bloom

A great series finale. Rebels might not have hit the heights that Clone Wars did but I liked having more main characters to get to know and Ezra’s trick was damn good.

Josh-da-man

Dunno if this worth starting a new thread for, so I'll put it here.

Looks like we might have some info about the follow-up to Rebels:

https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLea...rebels_sequel/

Should probably be taken with a lot of salt...




Lot of salt. Sounds pretty good, but a lot are going to find it kind of fan-ficcy with all of the old EU references.

And I'm not sure what they mean by "formerly a Skywalker who lost [their] Force sensitivity." Did they mean "Jedi?"

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I just finished watching the entire Rebels series for the first time and I really enjoyed it.

I haven't had cable for years so I've never watched any of the Star Wars cartoons. I watched a smattering of Clone Wars in the first few seasons but that was about it, never got around to it on Netflix or at least it didn't hold me. I'll give it a shot at some point. As for Rebels, when all the Disney Infinity characters went on clearance this crew was the only crew I didn't pick up, figuring I'd never even watch the show, so whatever.

Then came Disney+ and a little extra free time.

I really enjoyed the series. I couldn't believe how much I enjoyed it. The whole thing really felt like Star Wars. Good tie-ins to the world we know, good expansion of the universe overall. Interesting loose ends tied up, new mysteries revealed. I was very satisfied with it, overall. I wasn't going to try this, but I've been watching The Bad Batch weekly as my first weekly Star Wars show and hearing that Padawan at the beginning was from Rebels got me interested to fill the background during the days while working from home. I eventually watched it more at night so I could more fully enjoy it. Wonderful show, a good precursor of what was eventually to come in live action, etc. from Disney+ and it's interesting to see some of the speculation on storylines, Dave Filoni, etc. on what would happen next. We've seen and/or will see some of that happen!

Good show, glad I watched it.

Goldberg74

In the Chiss Ascendency trilogy, we are introduced to "Skywalkers" - pre-adolescent Chiss females that act as navigators for the Ascendency. Their ability to tap into the Force gives them a foresight that can be used to guide the ship. As they age, the lose the connection to that ability.

There are are also Pathfinders - individuals from non-Chiss species - that also have the same abilities.

The first two books in the Chiss Ascendancy trilogy are out now (Chaos Rising and Greater Good) are out now with the last one (Lesser Evil) coming out this Fall.

Note to others, parts of Rebels are interwoven in the "new" Thrawn trilogy (Thrawn, Alliances, and Treason).

Goldberg74

"Return to Kamino" (S01E15), the penultimate episode, did not disappoint.

That's all that I am going to say!

GuessWho

Well, that's great for The Bad Batch (and I agree it was great & I can't wait for next week) but this is a Rebels thread

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Not only did Goldberg74 ignore my review of my experience watching all of Rebels this month, he also ignored that this is a Rebels thread!

Goldberg74

It's been a long summer... I can't wait for school to start again.



Too many Star Wars Threads.

Okay, let me go back and read your review...

Maxflier

I really enjoyed Rebels a lot as well, in fact I would consider Hera my favorite Star Wars character now.

Goldberg74

I finished the series on Disney+ after catching the first season or so on Netflix. It started slow for me but then I really got into it and burned through the later seasons quickly.

While I preferred the art and animation from Genndy's original 2003 series (simply named Star Wars: Clone Wars), it took awhile for me to get used to the 2008 series 3D style (where they added the "The" to the title - Star Wars: The Clone Wars).

But I watched it the same way that you did - a few eps here and there. The "News Reel" recaps started to get to me and some of the episodes seemed to drag on and on and on. I think I made it part way through Season 3 before I stopped watching. I always had good intentions to go back to it, but never did.

I tried to restart the series earlier this summer, but only got a few episodes into it.

Everyone tells me just to jump into Season 7 (the last season) and at least watch that - to see the Clone Force 99 episodes - but the completist in me didn't want to jump ahead.

When I revisted this series last year, I watched the entire series in a matter of a month (being a professor has its perks when it comes to down time).

I FREAKING LOVED IT!

Much like TBB, I liked how there were a few central characters (new ones) and complete arcs throughout the seasons. These characters had enough mystery behind them that things were kept interesting and I loved how the lore expanded.

But once Thrawn was introduced, I got giddy.

A huge fan of Timothy Zahn's original Thrawn Trilogy, I was bummed when he was bumped to the Legends line. But when I heard that he was going to be a part of the Rebels storyline, I was elated!

Having read the new Thrawn novels - which were part of a new trilogy that started in 2017 - season 4 made so much more sense to me.

The addition of Thrawn sent me over the moon. He was soooooo cool. And when the series wrapped, I was stunned.

I wanted more... and I hope we get a lot more (even if it is live action - hint, hint).

Me too.

Mike86

Rebels is next on my watch list. I think I’m going to start it after The Bad Batch wraps up for the season.

Funnily enough prior to starting any of the animated stuff I figured it would just be kid cartoon garbage, but after actually watching them The Clone Wars and The Bad Batch have so far become some of my absolute favorites of anything Star Wars related. They’re probably second only to the Original Trilogy.

GuessWho

You're going to love Bad Batch eps 11 & 12

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The only weird animation piece in Rebels is they absolutely cannot make anybody look like they're actually running on a surface. Especially Zeb!

Maxflier

Had no intention of watching Bad Batch, but guess now I have to!

Jay G.

I just recently finished watching Rebels as well, having binged both The Clone Wars and then Rebels. I haven't started The Bad Batch yet, and my Disney+ promo has ended, so it'll be a while until I get to it.

I've put reviews for each season in their respective threads, so just focusing on season 4, I think they did a good job wrapping up the show and tying it into the original trilogy and even Rogue One, while also leaving some things open for other series to fill in. The most obvious open plot point is Ezra's fate. While one can imagine the rest of the crew doing various things off screen during the original films, it'd be odd if Luke never hooked up with the other Jedi in the Rebellion. So they gave Kanan a Jedi's death, but killing off both Kanan and Ezra would've been too dark, so moving Ezra off the board for the entire original trilogy was the next best thing.

Also, having seen the first two seasons of The Mandalorian...


Overall though, I enjoyed the series, and the development of the characters and emotional beats. "Wolves and a Door" and a very Indian Jones vibe to it. The series went full circle, beginning and ending on Lothal, with a small scrappy group taking on the Empire. It didn't overstay its welcome.

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I was impressed with the soundtrack, too, a mix of original, classic, and original that played with classic themes to make a pleasing variant. Well done!

Speaking of Raiders of the Lost Ark, there's at least one action track in Rebels that is clearly inspired by the Desert chase track, especially at the beginning: