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S4 Prediction & Speculation Thread

Discussion in 'Star Wars: Rebels' started by Julius Fett, Mar 26, 2017.

  1. alex

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    You going as a fan or does this sites "staff" tag get you a press pass?

    I love Filoni's panels. This will be the 5th Celebration for me. I've never made it into the Season Premiers though. For the season 2 premiere I showed up 2 hours early and it was already booked. Ditto for Clone wars. As much as I love the shows, its hard for me to spend more than 2 hours in a line. Especially since that's time I could spend waiting in several smaller lines.

    P.s. I know I'm rambling. thinking of celebration does that to me.
     
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    I am going via Verizon (probably) live stream, lol, as I live in Europe. We will, however, have a staff member there (Pomojema) who applied for and was granted a press pass because he is the member of SWNN.
     
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    Great idea. I think that kind of depth would be really fun, and I think that kind of spying / double-dealing is what's missing from the current SWR take on the early days of a rebellion. If Kallus gets pulled into the Mandalorian civil war, too, that could be a great way to give the Empire the upper hand and wipe out Clan Wren. Would be some great character drama, a good payoff especially if it's the final season.
     
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    Check out the thread titled, "Epilogue of Aftermath: Empire's End." There is a lot of discussion & speculation on this issue. For Season 4 of Rebels, I'd really like to see Rae Sloane and anything Rogue One related (Cassian, Saw, the Rebel Alliance governing body, etc.).
     
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    Good work @Pomojema - bring us back the goods, sir!
     
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    As soon as I get the badge in the mail (the thing said that it'd arrive in the last fortnight before Celebration), I'll be sure to let you all know.
     
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    I wonder if Kallus and Saw Gerrera will meet in season four, considering that Lasat who killed all Kallus' men was Gerrera's. And Saw is already on a way of becoming paranoid wreck he is in Rogue One.That would be an explosive encounter.
     
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    Death Star.
     
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    I really liked your idea of Kallus being a triple agent. Not sure if he is already is, or he may become very soon. He can become one without wishing it. All we need is a trigger. For example, someone he loves. Thrawn can use the imperial personnel database to locate Kallus' friends and family, and then use them as leverage to use Kallus for his advantage. Thrawn wouldn't ask Kallus to return, but to give him key information or accomplish some specific tasks. Reminds me of Jack Bauer in 24.

    This can reinforce the importance of "Attachments are forbidden". Works for Jedi. For a non-Jedi, an attachment could lead to trouble.
     
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    But the point of the Prequel Trilogy was to show that this kind of thinking was bad. It led to Anakin being manipulated and the destruction of the Jedi Order.
     
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    I'm going to get a tad cheeky with my predictions:

    We will get an amazing premiere.....that will not be followup up on until the mid season finale.

    Some amazing hype will build up around recanonization of old EU elements, but it will turn out to be an ineffectual filler episode. "Woah, that looks like the sun crusher, this is huge", followed by an orphan hijacking a generic transport that just happens to look like the sun crusher. Or maybe we'll see that giant creature from TFU, but it will just be a small toy version that lando is selling as his latest enterprise.

    We will get two droid centric episodes, since that's what the fans love the most.

    A beloved minor film character will appear, and be immediately outclassed by a skill we didn't know Ezra had. Maybe Ezra can teach Ackbar about war strategy.

    Hera will get little love or attention, much to the chagrin of those that found her to be, by far the best part of season 1.
     
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    The rebels going to cloud city Bespin.
     
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    Emperor's Hand? Could be a nice sub-plot to the series and potential obstacle to Ezra and Kanaan. I think since Thrawn is now canon it would be remiss of LF/Disney to ignore her presence completely (and set it up nicely for a flashback in Ep IX!!!!)
     
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    Agreed, good point.
     
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    In a lot of ways, the writers have wiped the slate pretty clean after this season. Most of the antagonists for our characters are either gone or not an imminent threat at this point:
    • The Rebellion has now formed, such that it is, and is regrouping on Yavin 4.
    • Maul is gone
    • the holocrons don't appear to be active MacGuffins at this point
    • the Bendu is likely out of the picture
    • Kallus is now completely on our side
    • Thrawn is not likely an immediate threat, since he can't really attack Yavin base, so we will probably have some build up before he comes back into play
    That means the writers can basically do whatever they want and aren't really tied to any hanging threads, with only one exception - Sabine and the Mandolorians. I'm hopeful for this to allow for a whole new set of storylines, especially after the disjointedness of this season.

    Here are some random predictions or possibilites for Season 4:


    Rebel Alliance:
    In season 3, the Rebel Alliance was a "character" of its own. In Season 4 I hope it becomes more of a background structure for the Ghost Crew to springboard from. We know from Rebels Recon that we will see Saw Guerera and learn more of how he diverges from the Rebellion, so we know the politics will be there, but I'm hoping it can allow for more "missions" for the Rebellion that allow for some good stories. The Empire did deal a pretty good blow to them, and it would make sense for them to be in more of a regrouping mode as a whole.

    Sabine:
    Based purely on the teaser artwork we got, we know there is going to be something big happening with the Mandos in Season 4. However, that could always be relegated to one or two episodes, and then Sabine is just back with our crew full time.

    Ezra:
    He really gets the biggest blank slate potentially. Maul is gone, the Holocrons are likely out of the limelight. Since this show effectively revolves around Ezra, this hopefully means next season they will ramp that up again, after letting him coast through most of Season 3. I still contend that a Disney XD show will not have the central character of the series die, which means they should be starting the build up for whatever they are going to do with him for the series finale, since it is likely 1-2 season away. Here's hoping.

    Hera:
    General by end of season, and be an active part of the crew, or General by beginning of the season, and she will be seen at the beginning and end of a lot of episodes

    Kanan
    He's a pretty big blank slate also. They could go a lot of ways with him. I just hope he stops putting that turtle shell on his face...

    Zeb
    Hope they do something to reference either his relationship with Kallus or his homeward.

    Kallus
    I don't think they will go the triple agent route, since that would essentially give away Yavin 4.

    Thrawn
    I'm kinda hoping we don't see Thrawn for awhile in Season 4. As someone mentioned maybe he goes after Mandolore, and then being sent on another mission.

    Inquisitors
    based on the idea that Thrawn will take somewhat of a back step, could the Inquisitors make a return? This would give a reason for Vader to be around, but not be too involved, and give someone to chase the Ghost Crew around.
     
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    The new canon seems to make Emperor's hands just "moffs" for the non-incorporated imperial territories.
     
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    I do like the idea of an Emperror's Hand, though. Kind of an escalation from the Inquisitors.

    After all, Sabine is well on her way to getting some "Can I see a manager" hair, so it makes sense. :p

    Joking, of course. Sabine's hair is cool and I'm totally jealous.
     
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    don't forget that Sabine killed an emperor's hand.


    As an aside, I know there were a bunch of hands in the EU, but wouldn't 2 hands make the most sense?
     
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    Lando appearing again to drive Hera crazy with his ''charm''.
     
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    Hmmmm...
    Hands are attached to arms...
    Bendu's prophecyconfirmed to refer to Mara Jade :p
     
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