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SPOILER Rebels Review S01 E03: "Rise Of The Old Masters"

Discussion in 'Star Wars: Rebels' started by Hermann22, Oct 21, 2014.

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    Ok... so if this is canon... and is what 5 years prior to ANH? Does this mean we can expect this rebel crew to be killed off to explain they're non existence in OT?
     
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    They may be background characters.

    If you remember, non-canon now, Mara Jade was supposedly one of the dancers at Jabba's palace during Return of the Jedi.
     
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    They would make absolutely zero sense.
    As while the galaxy rests on the fate of a young Luke Skywalker to become a Jedi, in the background sit 2 Jedis doing nothing while Obi and Yoda yearn how Luke is their only hope? That's aside how Ezra is already more visibly stronger in the force than Luke ever was through out the OT. :mad:

    No I don't remember. Nor do I want to know anymore of such silliness of where powerful characters are placed in such... loop filling plots.

    One thing that Rebels reflects too brightly of what the SW franchise lacks... that of believeble coherence. (dad)
     
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    I liked the episode....restored my faith in the show quite a bit. Now if they stay on this path and not resort to excess filler crap that's mostly there to stretch out episodes and needlessly portray an overly sense of "innocence" in this setting, then they might be on to something.

    Agreeable observation.

    I see where you're coming from and how you'd construct that opinion but I don't see it as being completely true. Luke was fairly quick to pick up on laser bolt deflection in ANH (basically, saber skills). He was picking up on the acrobatics, hand-standing and levitation abilities fairly quickly in TESB (-he also hung in there with his pops during their duel on Bespin, although we all know Vader was toying with him to train him). In ROTJ, he had no problem taking out the biker scout after jumping off the speeder bike in the Endor forest. He didn't have a problem levitating 3-PO either. And lets not forget that he plain kicked Vader's ass in the thrown room. The fight was so uneven that Luke didn't even want to keep going because he knew his dad had no chance ;).

    Edit: Forgot about the whole Tatooine bit with Jabba lol. Yeah, Luke was such an underachiever :p
     
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    With all due respect... Ezra seems younger than Luke when learning of the force, and is already mind moving large objects of which we've only seen Luke doing with stones with atmost concentration.
     
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    The Inquisitor was very cool!! Another memorable Villain has been added to the GFFA. It seemed during the whole duel with Kannan He never broke a sweat or got mad. I liked his line when talking to Ezra
    "I do so admire your persistence. Ready to Die?" This villain gives me the shivers.
     
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    I think the show will go on during and maybe even beyond A New Hope. Filoni has said that if Luke's story is taking place on one side of the galaxy, then Ezra's is taking place on the complete opposite side. Since we are getting so much new content, the universe is going to be expanded greatly. I assume that the stories won't collide in any major way. Since Rebels deals with original characters, we have no idea where these characters will go, which is great!
     
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    Its all good :cool:. Keep in mind that, by normal Jedi standards and protocol, both of them are technically too old to train. By this token, they are both learning at a similar rate clip. An older person doesn't necessarily have an automatic advantage in the learning curve of jedi training.

    Also consider that both of Luke's instructors were older and at a Master's level, whereas Ezra is being trained by a guy that appears to be skilled at slightly less than a Knight's level (honestly, Kanan behaves and fights like a slightly-above-mediocre padawan). An older master is gonna have a bit more subdued and methodical approach, with an emphasis on the application of wisdom, whereas, Kanan can only share a youthfully rough-around-the-edges set of lessons with Ezra.

    Ezra may seem to pick up quickly and use his new skills forcefully, but that is easily a two-edged sword. Yoda and Ben didn't want nor need that to happen with Luke.
    Yeah that was a hot sequence. Actually I like the line he said prior to that one regarding Ezra not knowing about a "different path". Now THAT is how the Sith do things (dual)! I was a little disappointed that he was so quick to dismiss the possibility of taking Ezra under his own wing ;).
     
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    But again... My initial comment below.

    As while the galaxy rests on the fate of a young Luke Skywalker to become a Jedi, in the background sit 2 Jedis doing nothing while Obi and Yoda yearn how Luke is their only hope?
     
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    True and I have been wondering the same thing. With the way the latest episode went, maybe Ezra never becomes a Jedi or has to give it up in the future. But given how Clone Wars went, I do not think we can expect character deaths to be the reason why we do not see them in the films.
     
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    or maybe helmet collector Ezra becomes the grave robber/dark knight.
     
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    That's an awesome theory!!! But I honestly don't think we will see any of the main characters of Rebels in Episode VII, it's hard to translate animated characters into live action. But how interesting would it be if Rebels served as the backstory for the Episode VII villain!
     
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    I hope not. I would like what is of the ST, stays in the ST, and background stories are left up to the imagination, which is what made Boba Fett an icon prior to novels and the PT.
     
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    A better episode, but it's really suffering from only being about 23 minutes long. 7/10
     
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    Much better, though I like them all so far, Rise of the Old Masters is definitely the best(2nd is Fighter Flight)
    Did you scum like the Inquisitor's Lightsaber? I know I did! One step better than Darth Maul's(dual)


    Very exciting and Intense part.
     
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    It's too early to tell but what if Kanan's reluctance has to do with the possibility of Ezra falling to the dark side? There are some similarities to young Anakin...just sayin
     
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    Is it a coincidence the attack shuttle is called the 'Phantom'? I don't think so.
     
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    This has been my favourite episode by far, we are finally seeing the dark tones that underline each star wars film in this animated series.

    I can't wait for future episodes and future seasons. The problem is, these characters aren't in the new movies/old movies so this is all we're going to get from them, unless they work something out without making it a corny throw in, haha.
     
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    I'm surprised no one has brought up the Luminara situation.

    Kanan could "feel" her presence because her dead body was being preserved? that's crazy!...and very cool.
     
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    I just can't figure out how exactly they had her appear to move around and such. The episode had me hooked as soon as they used the force to save Ezra, I always felt that for all its strengths The Clone Wars favored lightsabers over the Force too much, but Star Wars as a whole went that after the grandmaster of Force use Yoda went lightsaber time on Dooku.

    I honestly think I would've been more upset if Luminara was alive and imprisoned. Wrongful imprisonment and political imprisonment are two real world issues I delve in to and it would've been terrible to see someone like Luminara go through that.
     
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