SPOILER Rebels Season 3 Ep 8: The Wynkahthu Job

I liked the episode overall, even though I was disappointed in getting another filler episode. Maybe the show should only have 13 episodes.

Good:

* Hondo. I love this character. He is so consistently wormy, but in a friendly appearing way.

* dark troopers. I loved having them purposed as sentry droids.

* the zeb and ezra banter. I liked how Ezra's hole in the door came back to bite him.

bad:

*why wouldn't Sabine or Kanan help out? Hera's yelling for them to hurry up and board; wouldn't it speed things along to give Ezra a hand in rescuing his friends?

*I liked the dark troopers and the almost terminatoresque horror vibe that they had, but then they turned out to be too wimpy and not actually menacing at all.

weird:

Ezra was all like "dont wait up for me" or maybe he said "i'll find my own way". I forget the words, but he is on cargo with Zeb less than a second later

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My ear aren't that good so don't put too much stock in this, but weren't they Sentry droids? That seems to make a lot more sense to me.

 

They need to pace the release of episodes better. How can you have back to back filler episodes packed around hiatus weeks. It kind of makes me want to stop watching till the season is over and binge. You would think if they were going to do stories that didn't directly tie into the main characters story arc, they would at least be some Rouge One tie-ins. I could at least get excited about that.

 

I personally didnt understand the reason for this episode.

 

lol I meant for the overall story of the show. The storylines should be more compelling even though they are also made for kids too.

 

I think you are reading just the right amount into it

 

I love Hondo. Exciting ending.

 

I really enjoyed this episode, yet again Hondo's appearance made it funny with his deceptive renegotations against his business partners over treasure & proton bombs, I think after this Ezra will think long & hard before aiding him again. I hope they put those bombs to good use.

 

I'm forty-one, –but while watching 'Rebels', ...I'm nine.

I tend to agree and sympathize (empathize?) with those bemoaning the "filler" aspect of these episodes (I've grumbled too), but I'm still "getting to be nine" for 22 minutes, once a week. As things stand for now, that'll do.
This isn't to say there's nothing to gripe about-- it's surely been a weaker performance of late.

As others alluded to, I'd probably feel a bit more sneer-ish toward this episode if it weren't for the "cheerful-rascal" flair the Hondo character offers the show. He's a bloody treat.

As far as a main-storyline push goes, I think the strongest perspective gained in this particular episode is in the ongoing underlining of a link (bond?) between Hondo Ohnaka and Ezra Bridger... –I believe THAT connection is going to play a major role in Ezra's future.

 

I've done a little complaining about it, but I agree with you. As long as I am having fun each week, I'm happy. Maybe I don't get the big complaint about this season because season 2 was the exact same way. How many episodes played into the inquisitor/Vader/Ashoka stuff?

For me, it is more about pacing. I really want to see Thrawn do something. 9 eps in and he just shows up for 2 mins, lets the rebels go and says "i have a plan" over and over.

 

Another filler episode. I think its just cause of Rogue 1 coming out. right now we have 2 rebel cells who are fighting against the empire, SW:R and R1. Hopefully the story picks up after R1. The second season was good cause we had Vader and Kanan becoming a Jedi, Maul and Ahsoka. with Thrawn I dont think he's gonna play a big factor in Rebels. Either this season or next season will be his last. He wont have a big role in the series due to the fact that we have Kanan,Ezra, Maul and Vader here. I see Thrawn as Julius Ceasar type role like in Spartacus. Season 3 hasnt been up to par and random stories dont help.

 

I've been a star wars fan for over 40 plus years. I remember the dark times... so I'd be a hypocrite now if I complained. We have more SW then I could ever image. And some are complaining that were getting too much... oy vey.

 

i love hondo but how much time are they going to spend away from the huge story lines they set up? thrawn, maul, vader and ahoska are all hanging out there, as is the big picture stuff of the rebellion v empire. time to focus up, rebels.

 

Have you guys noticed a RO reference? Kanan asks something "(...), what chances do we have?". Hondo replies "(...) We are desperate! "


The episode was written by Gary Whitta, so it must be an easter egg.

 

Another filler episode, but at least this one was more enjoyable than what we got last week. As a longtime fan of the Dark Forces series, I was happy to see that they based the sentry droids on the Dark Troopers. Hondo is always an enjoyable character to watch as well.

That being said, they really need to stop with this filler stuff when they already have so many interesting plot points that they are currently juggling. Sure, they finally got the proton bombs that they needed, but something like that could have been accomplished in an episode that also moved along more interesting plot points at the same time. Honestly, they could have mentioned them getting the proton bombs at a different point off screen and no one would have been the wiser or cared for that matter.

Don't get me wrong, this episode was way better than last week's episode, but back to back filler episodes after a hiatus is an odd and frustrating choice. It looks like next week's episode will have them going back to Lothal though, so that one should be a little more meaty.