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I definitely agree with this, they do such a good job at putting things in new movies/tv shows that fit like puzzle pieces into the original trilogy. Examples being the empty chair in A New Hope (director Krennic) and the white bearded character who is in Return of the Jedi (Rex). Although I realize that neither of these are canon but I can't imagine that either of these are just coincidences.
*Waves hand*
Yes.
My mind has been blown by the revelation that Santa Rex vaguely resembles a nameless bearded redshirt from RotJ.
Sky's the limit. That chair will be President in 2020...
Anddd wiki put a hole in the random conspiracy theory of the day.
Showed respect for him but also a recognition that Maul was no longer the Sith devil he once was. Reformed, I guess you can say.
Remake the original trilogy?
A story about a desert bound youngster who doesn't realise their potential until meeting a sage old hermit?
A superweapon that can destroy planets?
A bad guy with a scary helmet and a red lightsaber?
A rescue attempt from the mentioned before superweapon?
Blowing up said superweapon as the climax of the film?
Nah, it will never happen. ;)
The empty chair one is a bit cooler (though way back in the infancy of fan retconning most of us seemed to agree the empty chair belonged to the Emperor).
Because... Thrawn.
After this season, I want:
Salt and pepper haired Obi Wan
Maul
Maybe the above two with a pair of Tusken Raiders in a battlepack... with a bantha and dewback!
Fenn Rau
Dodonna and Mon Mothma in a Corellian Corvette or Hammerhead
Pryce
The last two Inquisitors
And most of all, Hondo
With regard to cool Lego sets and official minifigs I can dream of TLG designing:
I hope TLG will release a new AT-AT (SW Rebels version / Ralph McQuarrie version) set, similar or a little bigger in size than #75054
Great opportunity to include Grand Admiral Thrawn in battle outfit in such a set, next to some storm Troopers, and pair of Death Troopers. Only I hope they won't mess up the helmet print! For those of you who remember: I don't like the SW-R droopy mustachio vents on the helmets of troopers and Tie-pilots etc. and I for those of you who forgot about me ranting about it, now you do. ;-) (sorry)
Anyway, instead of an AT-AT, a full scale Sentinel-class landing craft will also be fantastic. A big set with a beautifully designed vehicle that includes plenty of minifigs such as: Grand Admiral Trawn, Governor Price, and Admiral Constantine, and some more imperial crew members from the Imperial Navy to fly the ship, cargo such as crates filled with proper minifig blasters, as well as room enough to stash troopers from e.g.: the currently available R1 Imperial battle-pack minifigs in it, and/or room enough for some speeders.
About this episode, as well as some of my thoughts on season 3:
Loved the fight between Thrawn and Kallus. I saw the animators studied some kickboxing/Muay Thai. I like how they choreographed that fight.
Love the introduction of Thrawn in this season, but missed the inquisitors. A shame they did not continue to do anything with this secretive order of dark force wielders, and no Darth Vader in season three!
Ooh and I am glad about how they build up the suspense for Kallus. Is he going to make it or not. Kallus is a great character, and it is a shame they did not centre an entire episode around him, instead of some of the other 'filler' episodes. Such as the episode called 'Iron Squadron' where a bunch of not well rounded annoying juvenile characters, or rather just some silly stereotypes, are introduced flying a ship with a broken hyperdrive taking out Imperial capital ships with ease which was just ridiculous. Did I catch a glimpse of one of those kids (the cousin or nephew of Commander Sato) flying an A- or Y-wing going into battle in this final episode? The episode 'An Inside Man' was good, and another episode centring even more on Kallus and Thrawn would have been much appreciated.
The double final episode is a solid, full of action and suspense. At least in IMO! At times it seemed a little rushed and I think they (Hidalgo and colleagues) could have even layed out this story in three or maybe even four episodes.
All in all this third season felt very uneven to me, with some fantastic episodes, but also a couple of lacklustre ones, and even a really terrible one. I am glad most of you all seem to like 'Twin Suns' (episode 19), but I thought Hildalgo and his 'partners in crime' really wasted Maul. Yes, an utter waste to end such a great character the way they did! No 12 and a half minute youtube:
Rebels Recon #3.20: Inside Twin Suns | Star Wars Rebels
can change that, in spite of the entire explanation about what they all tried to convey. It is nice that they were inspired by Akira Kurosawa (did they even mentioned him), and possibly other Japanese directors who have made Samurai films where the duals fought with katanas are often decided with one swift stroke (in reality I have read and been told the two samurai often just killed each other simultaneously when they attempted to decide a dual in one sword stroke). Such samurai films are similar to the way you see gunslingers in western movies with dead accuracy after a suspenseful long stare-down settle their disputes pulling the trigger only once, and one of the two cowboys dropping to the dust. However the ideas are good, yet it did not translate well in my opinion to the episode of SW-R. With regard to the fight: Obi Wan cut Maul's double lightsabre in two, yet Maul was unspoiled when he should have been dead instantly with his head split in two, or when Obi Wan only cut his sabre in two, he should have either stabbed or followed it up with a final strike to actually finish him off. Now understandably having Maul die with his head being split like a melon would have been possibly too graphic and gory for a cartoon series for all ages, but they should have then (IMO) drawn a different storyboard, with a different choreography and animated moves in this fight. I know when you watch fencing or kendo, these point based fights don't last long, but like in real life back in the days of the samurai in Japan, and medieval Europe, and well after that up until the nineteenth century soldiers fighting with melee weapons usually wore protective armour so they could withstand (some) blows and strokes. For the sake of drama and suspense and the purpose of entertainment they should have given Maul more of a tragic but above all epic final showdown. I am not so much disappointed with Maul dying in Obi Wan's arms, coming to terms realizing the chosen one will still avenge the sith in the future. But again a character from both the OT and PT is introduced, and even an ant size glimpse of Luke Skywalker is shown, and these characters are under utilized (well at least Obi Wan). You might as well have kept Maul around, and pit him against Darth Vader in season four! Also I thought it was ludicrous when Hildalgo started about how he deemed prolonging the fight to be not believable to the audience, when he has written and directed entire episodes lacking credibility and suspense of disbelief (such as episode: iron squadron). It makes me wonder if his subordinates need to fear for their jobs, hence not criticising poor screen writing and directing. Perhaps my expectations as a SW fan are too high, but I cannot help but wonder why some brilliant episodes are recurringly followed by some that are so poorly done.Anyway I am still very much looking forward to season four.
But not only that, the biggest part for season 4..........THE X-WINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hera's B-Wing Starfighter.
The Hammerhead-Class Corvette.
Fenn Rau's Fangfighter.
Kanan and Rex's T4 Lambada-Class Imperial Shuttle.
Or YT2400 Sato's Hammer.
Let me know OK?
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Alliance commander ramming an Imperial ship? Never seen that before. Except with the Lusankya, battle of Mon Calamari, Anakin over Ryloth, and that A-Wing from RoTJ.
Rebels escaping just in time? Seen it.
I just felt disconnected from this episode.
Why won't @SprinkleOtter like Iron Fist either? I don't know anything about Iron Fist. I had to google it, and discovered he is a Marvel superhero with the power of mintberrycrunch! Aahhmm, no that is another 'superhero', he has the power of Chi!!!
I agree with SprinkleOtter that Sato going suicidal was a bit silly. Commander Sato could have ordered some astromech droid to sacrifice its self and get the fudge of that ship before it went boom! Just like all the other Rebels who abandoned ship in escapepods.
Still I loved all the space battle scenes. It is so much fun to watch.
Iron Fist - Marvel Superhero, not in the SW Universe.
I loved those books and always thought they would have made an excellent tv series.
@TheBigLegoski
Just add Star Wars in front of your search and it should come up with the book and ship reference.
Thanks, but I already facepalmed myself. No, but really thanks. When I did google it wookipedia popped up with an 'executor class star-destroyer', and book six of an X-Wing series being called 'Iron Fist' too. Still I was right in assuming Sumolego referred to something else, and since Sumo is nuts about Marvel (among other things) I just went with that.
Anyway back on-topic.
Looking back on this third season, I have to conclude other than Kallus as one of the informants using the codename Fulcrum being uncovered, and Maul dying a shitty death, absolutely nothing has progressed from the events at the end of season two. I feel a bit miffed about this season. None of the main characters were further developed, except for Sabine, from the point of last season's finale. This season sorely lacked consistency.
Moving on I'm excited for season 4, the teaser picture that showed Fenn Rau's helmet and Bo Katan's helmet looks really good. Also the death watch story from The Clone wars was probably my favorite because the story can be devolped without having to play around the movies and they did a really good job with that in the clone wars. I am hoping that this season will be the turning point for rebels as the mandalorians don't appear in the original trilogy so these shows don't have to have everything end all feel good.
Also got as far as finishing season 5 of Clone Wars on Friday. I know I'm years late, but man, that last Ahsoka story was something else. It's definitely swayed me to either get the Combat Frigate or pony up for Rebels Ahsoka (and Sato) on their own. Being a fan of the Karen Traviss Republic Commando books, I was indifferent to the Mando stories on TCW since they completely disregarded the world she built, but I did like Pre Viszla and got more into when they merged it with the Maul arc. Looking forward to seeing how they wrap that up, especially with Filoni saying that they're managing to find ways to resolve those TCW loose ends. It'd be cool to see Boba Fett and Cad Bane next season.