SPOILER Rebels Season 3 Ep 16 "Through Imperial Eyes"

This is one of my favorite episodes. I was feeling a little anxiety throughout wondering if Ezra and Kallus would be caught at anytime.

Also, was this the first time that Thrawn's flagship, the Chimeara, was mentioned?

Anyway, great review!!

 

This better be a he doesn't know that I know that he knows situation. Kallus is aware how sharp Thrawn is and Thrawn would see through the setup. I hope Kallus is playing the long con.

 

Awesome episode,

 

this was a great episode!
other than the droids wandering around and Thrawn not setting off a general alert, i feel like this was scripted pretty tight like back in the first season.
the show has gotten mushy since Ezra cut his hair, but hopefully it stays strong here on out.
i'm totally psyched for how Thrawn is going to use Kallus to his own advantage!

 

I liked the bit of high level tactics Kallus used. When he sent the battle droids after Thrawn it might have made it look like an assassination attempt was the purpose for office break instead of changing the map to the possible rebel base locations. Can't wait to see if it worked.

 

i thought Thrawn said he knew they had broken in to tamper with the map. i don't think they got away with anything here.

 

Excellent episode. The suspense, Kallus showing his smart skills in framing List and helping Ezra, Thrawn showing that he is not just brains and that he can fight also, and Thrawn revealing that he knows who Fulcrum is at the end. Probably one of my favourite episodes

 

ahh the old "i'll use the spy to do my work" snore-fest.



Every week i get my hopes up and almost every week I'm bitterly disappointed. The quicker we get to Obi-Wan and Maul the better.

 

I really enjoyed this video and agree with the majority of points here.

I like the fact that Kallus got a full episode focus on him. The suspense at the end was very good. In some of the previous episodes, we used to reach its climax a few minutes ahead of the end and the last minutes would lose the intensity. In this one, we saw how Kallus had apparently brilliantely played his moves, and as a result of this, he decides to stay. That sense relief was later killed by Thrawns' last scene and leave us with a sense of fear for Kallus. Very nice story line.

I also liked that in this episode they didn't use Ezra as comic relief, as they did in the previous two episodes, which were awesome in pretty much all aspects, except Ezra's aspect.

 

Another good one I thought. Poor Kallus, so committed to maximising his utility he was deaf to my screen shouting he cut a path outta there with Ezra right at the beginning!

I seem to recall EU Thrawn having a "photographic" memory. The moment Kallus altered the chart I assumed he and Ezra had just unwittingly gifted Thrawn a rebel position.

 

Kallus logic: "I'm not going to leave the empire, there's no way two tactical geniuses will figure out my brilliant plan of switching data sticks with a simpleton".

The whole episode is set up on the premise that they are close to catching him. The episode then builds on that by bring in ANOTHER intelligence genius to expose the traitor, and the episode finished with Yularen debunking the Lyste ruse in 30 seconds flat.

Yet Kallus, whom was trained by Yularen and understood the genius of Thrawn from the sentry droid episode thinks they fell for all of it?

Poor Kallus? It's pure stupidity.

 

While this was a great episode it would have been great to see what was the last straw that pushed him into being Fulcrum. It was one thing to feel a need to honor a debt to Zeb., it's another to actively work against the Empire. Someone made the comment about Yularen not being a mustache twirling villain and I agreed. I thought about it and changed my mind both Kallus and Yularen are. They both work for ISB they know exactly what the Empire is doing. Kallus knew about Wookie slaves and making people disappear. He himself in the first season killed a stormtrooper for no reason in anger. These aren't good guys. What made Kallus switch sides.

 

Watched it 20 times already get the giggles seeing Thrawn bobbing & weaving against those droids.

 

I thought this was a really good episode. I really enjoyed the first person opening of the episode from Kallus' perspective as its something we haven't seen before in Rebels, as far as I know. Kallus is definitely a goner now, which is a shame because he has a lot of depth and character to him now. Thrawn is moving forward in his plotting which is always nice to see. I'm not sure how I feel about him using blasters and martial arts although I guess it makes sense as he is an alien that has succeeded in the Empire because of his skills. I will agree that Kanan and Rex using their stormtrooper disguises to infiltrate the imperial base and save the day is a little old at this point but fortunately Governor Price and the Imperials saw right through it for once. Finally, I really liked the political intrigue going on with the Imperials as it fits their nature and adds a good bit of depth to them. Overall it was a good episode that furthers the Thrawn story line for this season.

 

In the EU Thrawn wasn't a physical threat so in Rebels with him being a martial arts master I hope he doesn't have a photographic memory as well. He has to have some weakness. I don't have a problem with the stormtrooper disguise because there are millions on troopers. The empire would grind to a halt if you had to do a check on every trooper at any given time. That trick was still working by the time Luke and Han used it in a New Hope.