movies/tv The Star Wars: Rebels Fan Club

[Kylo Ren 58]

Star Wars: Rebels.

What can be said about it? Numerous things come to mind. The initial reaction by most Star Wars fans was utter rejection. Many of us assumed that this show was going to crash and burn before it even had a chance to enter its second season. Shamefully, I was one of these fans. I judged a book by its cover - or a show by its marketing campaign, in this case - and condemned the series before even giving it a chance.
 

I should have learned my lesson with Friendship is Magic; as soon as this show debuted, I was hooked. Right from the very first episode. I loved the characters, the almost familial relationship between the Ghost's crew members, and that nostalgic Star Wars feel that can only be evoked by the Rebellion era, and various familiar elements and nods to the first three films that the show creators have implemented.

Rebels is far more clever and adult than most of us originally gave it credit for, and even though the show is still at its infancy, it has already cemented itself as one of my favourite pieces of Star Wars media out there.

This is a place for discussion and rampant speculation for all fans.
The usual forum rules apply, naturally. No harassment, or flaming of any kind. 
In addition, a spoiler policy is in effect, seeing how the series has only just concluded its first season and entering the second. Please filter any and all spoilers regarding season two accordingly.

Happy posting!


 

Edited May 17, 2015 by Kylo Ren

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When the show first premiered I was neutral, Clone Wars was awesome and I don't think got the ending it deserved but I was nervous since this was the first major Star Wars thing I have seen since Disney bought Lucasarts. I am still nervous about the Disney buyoff but am in wait and see mode about that. I have watched the show since it started airing and so far it is decent, it is probably not going to be as good as Clone Wars but still has some potential.

 

 

I love how we got to see Ahsoka in the season 1 finale, it answers the nagging question of what happened to her as well as creating the precedent of other Order 66 survivors potentially being in the show.

 

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The first season was alright. it didn't really start off on the high note that TCW left on in my opinion, however Season 2oops just all around incredible!

[Kylo Ren 58]

The first season was alright. it didn't really start off on the high note that TCW left on in my opinion, however Season 2oops just all around incredible!

That was kind of the point, wasn't it? The show takes place during the Dark Times. It wasn't supposed to start with a high note. They established the Empire on Lothal and how it affects people's everyday lives. Ezra, I found, was a tad bit too whiney for a bit too long, but his relationship with Kanan is definitely the high point of the show. I only wish Hera would get some more screentime. She's my favourite out of the main cast and I think she has tremendous potential.

 

When the show first premiered I was neutral, Clone Wars was awesome and I don't think got the ending it deserved but I was nervous since this was the first major Star Wars thing I have seen since Disney bought Lucasarts. I am still nervous about the Disney buyoff but am in wait and see mode about that. I have watched the show since it started airing and so far it is decent, it is probably not going to be as good as Clone Wars but still has some potential.

 

 

I love how we got to see Ahsoka in the season 1 finale, it answers the nagging question of what happened to her as well as creating the precedent of other Order 66 survivors potentially being in the show.

 

I personally found the Clone Wars quite off-putting if I am to be honest with you here. During its run, it retconned way too much material that I'd grown to love from Dark Horse's Republic comic series. I was also tremendously aggravated by their treatment of Asajj Ventress, and to this very day, I still consider her to be a Rattataki, not a Dathomirian humanoid. In the wake of Disney's buyoff, I was forced to retool the way I view the timeline in its entirety, and my current headcanon is a sort of hybrid between the official Lucasfilm canon, and the old EU timeline.

 

I never cared much for post-RotJ material, so I'm somewhat okay with the new films overriding the Yuuzhan Vong War and the Second Galactic Civil War, but as far as pre-original trilogy stories go, I still consider all of that to have happened. Knights of the Old Republic, Tales of the Jedi, and the Darth Bane Trilogy, amongst other things, are just way too engaging to be simply discarded because of the way the Mouse conducts business.

 

 

I was a bit taken aback by her new design, as it was somewhat different from the adult Ahsoka we saw in the Mortis story arc. Still, it was good to see her and get a confirmation on her fate after the war. Of course, a confrontation between a master and a pupil - Vader and Ahsoka - is eventually inevitable, and I'm intrigued to see how that'll play out. Tano's departure no doubt played a role in Anakin's fall to the Dark Side, and I'm sure he still feels like he failed her, somehow.

 

Edited May 18, 2015 by Kylo Ren

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That was kind of the point, wasn't it? The show takes place during the Dark Times. It wasn't supposed to start with a high note. They established the Empire on Lothal and how it affects people's everyday lives. Ezra, I found, was a tad bit too whiney for a bit too long, but his relationship with Kanan is definitely the high point of the show. I only wish Hera would get some more screentime. She's my favourite out of the main cast and I think she has tremendous potential.

I don't mean in theme, I mean in quality. The writing in gneral just didn't seem as good at the start of the first season as the writing was in the final season of TCW. I would have to say that the final 3 episodes of the first season were probably the best of the season. When Tarkin got involved, that's where shit felt like it got real. Before then, it felt too anthologic and not as episodic. It was simply "The Weekly Misadventures of Space Aladdin and the Ghost Crew". Edited May 18, 2015 by Dinos4Ever

[Kylo Ren 58]

I don't mean in theme, I mean in quality. The writing in gneral just didn't seem as good at the start of the first season as the writing was in the final season of TCW. I would have to say that the final 3 episodes of the first season were probably the best of the season. When Tarkin got involved, that's where shit felt like it got real. Before then, it felt too anthologic and not as episodic.

It's a new show and a new time period. What worked on one show, doesn't necessarily translate over well to another. You can't expect it to be as great from the onset. Think back to the Clone Wars and how strong a start THAT show received with that god-awful theatrical feature. I wasted eight euros on that ticket, eight euros that I will never get back.