OFFICIAL NEWS Rebels S3 Trailer

Actually I was thinking the same when I saw that episode.

I mean, with time I have got attached to these characters - bad thing! I know - and even I would love them to be around by the time we see the Tantive IV being boarded by Vader, I know it does not make much of a sense. But what if Kanan/Ahsoka and Zeb end up going to Lira San while Ezra is MIA and Hera and Sabine decide to stay with the Rebel Alliance, but keeping a low profile? Then by the time Rac and Sloane are around Jakku and the Aftermath team goes behind them, we find out Luke is nowhere to be seen since he finds out there are some fellow Jedi/former Jedi around the Wild Space?

 

I have never found the Ezra character to be very likable at all and I cant help thinking maybe that's on purpose? Maybe they always meant for him to eventually become a villain? I don't know but if Sabine and Hera survive and just kind of fade into the rebellion a little more that doesn't bother me. Other Jedi being present is not ok though. Not only does it make Luke's story seem cheap but it makes Obi-wan and Yoda seem dumb especially because Yoda is definitely aware of Kanan and Ezra. Yoda knowing about them really makes me think they will either not survive or in Ezra's case will turn and then for whatever reason be out of the picture. How can yoda say what he says in the OT about Luke and Leia if the rebels characters survive? Someone will prob say when yoda says "No, there is another" maybe he didn't mean Leia. That is exactly what I am worried about. You can't start forcing new info from a kids animated series into disrupting the OT story that everyone knows. A lot of people don't watch Rebels so they wouldn't even be aware of other possibilities during the OT if they did survive.When the show first started I was very apprehensive about it because I could see it clashing with the OT so I hope they do the right thing and not leave any Jedi characters lingering by the time ANH begins.

 

Kanan and Ezra are both Jedi in Rebels, but who is to say that at the end of season 3 (if its the final season) they no longer call themselves Jedi, like Ahsoka did. This way not damaging the canon. They could then bring in Ezra into a novel, comic, tv series or film set after ROTJ. Of course with Kanan I think it is likely that he will die as he may have completed or is going to complete Ezra's training during the time jump between season 2 and 3 or during 3. Therefore ending his story.

 

To me, this would be what I consider a copout. They have a comic called the last padawan and ride on Kanan being one of the last Jedi etc. and he teaches Ezra with that mind set and they have them just decide they are going to not call themselves jedi? Screams copout to me. Just dont mess with the OT and kill off Kanan and Ahsoka and have Ezra turn and mysteriously disappear.

 

I expect Kanan and Ahsoka to die and for Ezra having him turn is shown to be quite likely throughout season 2 but is too obvious. Maybe for a shock he dies and that cause Kanan to turn dark.

 

I'd be into that. I would rather see something dramatic like that rather than they just survive.

 

Anything else you would like to see? Personally I would like to see Maul fight Vader and once more, Ahsoka fight Vader. Both dying in the process. Also more cameos maybe Mon Mothma, as its very close to Rogue One.

 

I'd love for Vader to finish them both - just to reinforce who the daddy really is

 

Agree. As much as I have come to like the Rebels, and get to like Kanan and Ezra, from the moment we see the Tantive IV onscreen near Tattoine, it does not help the continuity that much if we have them still around. Alright, Yoda's statement came three years later, and it meant Leia. (Give me a bloody break. If he was not talking about her, then why the ST is basically using her Skywalker inheritance as one of the main faoundations for the plot???)

And yes, I know at the precise moment Yoda said that in 1980 on planet Earth George Lucas maybe meant another one to portray Luke's sister and by the end of all of it he made a patched up decision of having Leia as his twin. But it is what it is, and we have to get over it. The other Skywalker kid out of the OT with potential Force sensitiveness is Leia.

Agree, since they are not Force-sensitive.

 

I kinda believe that its likely that they are both going to die because their stories have ended, not because to prove who the "daddy" is. I dont really want either of them to die. But to prove who is the most powerful, Vader all the way.

 

Vader doing Vadery things is always good in my book.

 

I assume that he will act like he does in the Battlefront novel and game and hopefully how he will act in Rogue One. Cutting down rebels left, right and center.

 

Yeah this line of thinking is correct. It's in part a kids show, I highly doubt they're going to kill off the entire crew. More likely that the entire crew would survive rather than the entire crew be killed off. I'm thinking one or two deaths at the most and they might be ambiguous.

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Yeah, I've been aware of this for a while, not the article, the idea that we could get unclear endings.

https://thecantina.starwarsnewsnet.com/index.php?threads/general-rebels-talk.478/page-53#post-265105
"Being that the show is also geared for a younger audience, I'm not sure we'll get resolutions of the final fates of all these characters even by the end of the series."

 

I don't think they need to show them getting cut in half or something but surely then can manage to make it at least clear to the older audience that the character dies.

 

Good point, but so far we are 0-1 for in getting anything other than ambiguity, that's of course referring to Ahsoka.

EDIT: I should say that I don't think all the characters will have "endings" that ambiguous. Possibly the Jedi, probably not the others.

 

Or as in the Vader Down comics too.

Agree. If they just say: "and then they traveled to Alderaan to meet with Senator Organa while a Rebel heist was being on course to steal the plans of the Empire's ultimate weapon." Bam, then we all know what happened to them.

 

We will see if some dialogue from other characters confirms her death. That might be how they pull that one off.

 

I was exaggerating a bit with the ambiguity thing that's why I edited the post above for clarity. Anyway, I like this idea of yours. But also, I never thought Ahsoka was dead, but I also thought going into the episode that she wasn't (EDIT: was NOT I meant, corrected) going to die. So I doubt they'll be confirming her death, but they might confirm her as alive similarly. So yeah, good idea.

 

Of course like he was in Vader Down. Sadly i have not yet had a chance to read it.

 

Finally to comment on this mess, not your mess but the one potentially created by Rebels series.. I think there is a lot of concern over this matter. If I recall there were two things said by Yoda / Obi-Wan.

First, Yoda: "When I am gone, the last of the Jedi will you be." Later, if I recall this correctly: "That boy is our last hope" -Obi Wan, "No, there is another" - Yoda. The Rebels characters don't really pose any danger to the second statements because even if they are alive, are they a hope to bring down Vader and the Emperor? Nope. Still may not be the most desirable way to deal with that, but I think it works fine. Only Luke or Leia have a chance to deal with Vader and his Emperor.

The first part is where the big issue is, in my opinion. The smartest thing to do as far as perserving the truth of this statement is to have Kanan dead and Ezra either dead or possibly turned to the dark side. I think we may actually get a Kanan death, but I think for Ezra we will get something more ambiguous, but I'm 100% they will be aware of what was laid down in the OT about the number of Jedi left. As far as Ahsoka and possibly Ezra, I'm not sure if they will try to get off on the technicality that she is not a Jedi. I think that's cheap but who knows, I guess it could be explained in a way that makes it ok.

I don't really let these things worry me, however. I'm fine just waiting to see how it plays out.

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OUCH. That's harsh.