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No.2172
Trailer
No.2173
New Inquisitors it seems.
No.2174
So what is the deal with this show? I haven't been paying attention, is it any good? I've heard people shitting on it, but people also shit on Clone Wars even though it was pretty great from Season 2 on.
No.2177
>>2174If you like Clone Wars then you'll like Rebels.
I think Clone Wars is better though.
No.2179
>>2174>>2177Clone Wars was shit and filled with too many canonical inconsistencies even within its own canon. Rebels is the better show. Sure they don't travel anywhere outside Lothal but the story and characters are far more likeable and its spinoff material has dozens of references to the EU. This show is pretty kickass. Although I'm mixed about Ahsoka but whatever.
No.2180
Also Plo Koon's clone commander reappears in this show so we're likely to get more details about Order 66.
No.2184
>>2179Rebels is turning into a sequel to Clone Wars bringing in all these old characters.
Have Ahsoka around 5 years before ANH doesn't really make sense, but then neither does having Ezra or all these Inquisitors.
No.2186
>>2180Filoni pretty much confirmed he and George have it so that there were Clones that disobeyed Order 66, who are thought of as traitors to the Empire.
No.2187
The masked Inquisitor woman is probably going to be a twist on who she is.
I'm thinking it's either Ventress or Barriss.
No.2188
>>2179If you let canonical inconsistency get to you I don't see how you could possibly enjoy anything Star Wars related, not even the movies are terribly consistent within their own trilogies.
Anyway, I'll check it out sometime.
No.2189
>>2187neck makes me think Ventress but Barriss is a good guess as well
No.2190
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It would be great if they have Vader kill Kanan but I don't think they have the artistic integrity to do that.
No.2191
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They can now apparently deflect TIE fighter lasers with Lightsabers.
No.2193
>>2190They are still aiming it towards kids (lol like Clone Wars right?). The whole bit of Vader using the force to try and have Ezra cut off his own head is pretty damn dark though.
>>2191It's not like it's a turbolaser blast anon. The speeder bikes on Endor probably had more powerful lasers then a regular stormtrooper blaster but Luke deflects those just fine
No.2194
>>2193Laser fire from a fighter should be considerable more powerful though.
In Phantom Menace the Naboo fighter can shoot through the shields on Droidikas while the hand guns can not.
No.2195
>>2194I just watched it again and if you look closely you see Kanan swinging his saber hard against the lasers. It's not so much he's trying to deflect it like we usually see
No.2197
>>2184Honestly bringing back those pirates and TCW characters is a bad idea. This series needs to be its own thing and not rely so much on filler characters from the old show. Especially those freaking pirates and their flying saucer.
No.2198
>>2197You know a vast majority of the Clone Wars fans like Hondo right?
Also I'm fucking excited to see Rex again. Filoni has stated clearly that they're only bringing back TCW characters when the story benefits from it.
No.2209
>>2198Shouldn't Rex be with Vader?
No.2219
>>2209Yeah, I mean how come they're free now? Once that biochip introduced in clone wars (which undid many rebelling clone stories from the EU) was activated they should've become mindless drones constantly saying "good soldiers follow orders".
No.2221
>>2209Filoni talked about this. Fives told both Rex and Anakin about the plot and the idea is that with everything that happened with Fives when Order 66 comes along, the truth that Fives died for causes Rex to overcome the programming
No.2235
They want to make the Clones good guys.
Rex would be better as an Imperial.
No.2237
>>2235I still remember some of the clone dialogue from Battlefront II and how evil they sounded especially when they mentioned their shiny new armor. Evil clones would've been nice.
No.2240
>>2235Rex as an imperial would've been nice.
No.2251
>>2173The female Darth babe is most likely Barris. Its like the Emperor released her from prison under the condition that she'd become an inquisitor. Ventress I doubt it since she was redeemed in TCW and the EU.
No.2254
Any thoughts on these figures?
No.2257
>>2254I like Ashoka's new look
and Rebels look for Vader is very McQuarrie Vader which is awesome
No.2260
>>2235>>2237>>2240I think a mix of both good and evil clones would be cool.
No.2263
This show is FUCKING FULL OF CANNON MISTAKES
1. DARTH VADER FUCKING DIED AT ENDOR.
2. THE 501st ARE FUCKING CLONES. THEY CAN'T BE MILLING ABOUT IN THE DESERT LIKE OLD MEN BECAUSE YOU DON'T JUST FUCKING LEAVE THE CLONE LEGION THAT'S THE PERSONAL ATTACHE TO FUCKING DARTH VADER.
3. ORDER 66 ISN'T JUST A FUCKING ORDER. THE CLONES WERE TRAINED TO OBEY IT WITHOUT FUCKING THOUGHT. THAT'S WHY THE CLONES THAT WERE SO NEAR AND DEAR TO PEOPLE LIKE FUCKING OBI-WAN AND YODA SHOT AT THEM ANYWAY.
HOLY CHRIST THIS BULLSHIT IS CANNON.
No.2265
>>2263>1. DARTH VADER FUCKING DIED AT ENDOR. And this series is set before A New Hope, what is your point?
>2. THE 501st ARE FUCKING CLONES. THEY CAN'T BE MILLING ABOUT IN THE DESERT LIKE OLD MEN BECAUSE YOU DON'T JUST FUCKING LEAVE THE CLONE LEGION THAT'S THE PERSONAL ATTACHE TO FUCKING DARTH VADER.Rex and his small gang of fellow old geezer clones is somehow the entire 501st legion?
>3. ORDER 66 ISN'T JUST A FUCKING ORDER. THE CLONES WERE TRAINED TO OBEY IT WITHOUT FUCKING THOUGHT. THAT'S WHY THE CLONES THAT WERE SO NEAR AND DEAR TO PEOPLE LIKE FUCKING OBI-WAN AND YODA SHOT AT THEM ANYWAY.There will be an episode explaining how they broke free of that. The Clone Wars show this follows up on went out of its way to describe the exact mechanism that made the clones perfectly loyal, Rebels is by the same people and I'm sure they aren't just going to ignore that.
No.2266
>>2263>This show is FUCKING FULL OF CANNON MISTAKES>FULL OF CANNON MISTAKES>CANNON MISTAKES>CANONTERRIBLE ANON
No.2268
am I the only one who noticed that Sabine's armour changed slightly, and her haircolour at some point?
or is anybody going to mention the (proto)B-wing and (proto)A-wings, but the suspicious lack of Z-95's?
Or what about minister Maketh Tua wielding a blaster? (Here's to hoping she'll join the rebels at some point, might make one hell of a cool story-arc)
I also love the fact that the clones think so little of the modern stormtroopers. It's like "yeah, we know their aim is shit."
the new burly inquisitor with the pirate hat looks nicely intimidating, and different enough from the Utapauan inquisitor who has yet to recieve his name… mind if we call him Bob?
No.2269
>>2266stormtroopers make cannon mistakes.
Writers make canon mistakes.
No.2271
>>2268I might be having an autistic dream but I feel like I remember seeing Z-95's in either Clone Wars or Rebels or both.
No.2274
>>2271there were? … then I must've missed them, but I'm pretty keen on the Z-95's, got a screengrab or timestamp in either series? I have all of them and will look it up then. ^^
No.2276
>>2265>>broke free of that>Breaking free of something taught from birth that for all intensive purposes is instinctJust like how you can break free from closing your eyes when you sneeze right?
>>Rex and his small gang of fellow old geezer clones is somehow the entire 501st legion? Genetically, yes. Rex and his fellow Commanders like Cody underwent the same training, yet for some reason Cody and pretty much almost every other Clone Commander in Legions that were NOT AS ELITE OR CLOSELY INTERTWINED WITH THE EMPIRE did.
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No.2278
>>2271>>2274The Alliance didn't get X-Wings until they raided an Incom facility to steal the prototypes.
No.2282
>>2277gz and thanks, I'll definitely look the episodes back :P
>>2278I know they didn't have x-wings before raid on Incom, which is also sort of why I don't expect to see them untill one of the really later seasons of Rebels, if at all.
No.2285
>>2276>Breaking free of something taught from birth that for all intensive purposes is instinctEven the best indoctrination only goes so far, what actually kept the Clones loyal was a biological inhibitor chip implanted into all of their brains. This is what allowed the almost all of the clones, including most of the ones in the 501st legion, to carry out Order 66 without a second thought. Rex and friends got around it somehow, and I'm sure will be explained. Maybe we will even get a flashback episode.
>Genetically, yes. Rex and his fellow Commanders like Cody underwent the same training, yet for some reason Cody and pretty much almost every other Clone Commander in Legions that were NOT AS ELITE OR CLOSELY INTERTWINED WITH THE EMPIRE did.You seem to be under the impression that the Clone Troopers were all emotionless drone soldiers, which was a notion thrown right out the window almost immediately after Episode II in Clone Wars media. The idea is they started off that way, but quickly developed their own different personalities based on their individual experiences over the course of the war.
No.2288
>>2285This anon knows what's up
No.2299
>>2263Are you joking? Manchild fanboy much?
Besides the obvious fact this takes place before ANH, if you were to watch the Clone Wars, Fives tells Rex about the tumor thing implanted that makes them obey Order 66
No.2303
>>2263Come down trooper, I feel your woes, but most of that stuff is still easy to maintain without upsetting the possibility of the return of the EU. Its likely the clones were still trained but also had the chip implanted in case they said no. The old geezer clones are few, I'm sure the rest of the clones are with the 501st. Darth Vader didn't die in TCW.
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>>2198>You know a vast majority of the Clone Wars fans like Hondo right? Try saying that on /co/. I dare ya.
No.2337
>>2180okay if Wolfe and Rex live like hobos on the AT-TE who is the 3rd clone Echo,Cody or Boile?
No.2339
>>2337It was too late for Cody. He's evil now and 501st.
No.2341
>>2337Echo died in the series, Cody is confirmed Imperial, could be Boil I guess.
No.2345
>>2341I heard apparently at celebration they showed 4 episodes called the "The bad batch" where they go and save echo.
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No.2347
>>2345Interesting, its probably him then.
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No.2359
>>2268>am I the only one who noticed that Sabine's armour changed slightly, and her haircolour at some point? They can't change up the CG model too much so I guess they're just making minor cosmetic changes. Sabine overall just seems like a very bland character.
>or is anybody going to mention the (proto)B-wing and (proto)A-wings, but the suspicious lack of Z-95's? I don't like the presence of the A-Wings, they should have just used Y-Wings.
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No.2371
>>2180Why of all the commanders would Wolfe leave dont get me wrong I love Wolf pack but I want to know why. Rex was pretty self explanatory since that whole Fives thing and maybe the 3rd clone is Boil might be pissed since Waxer died.
No.2373
>>2359The A-Wings don't bother me as much. Just claim they're R-22 Spearheads and the problem is solved.
That B-Wing though, it's gonna be pretty hard to justify even a prototype years before Yavin and Admiral Ackbar.
No.2381
>>2371Besides Wolf pack being Filoni's special clone trooper group?
Dunno, hopefully there's a decent enough explanation. Filoni hasn't let me down yet.
No.2387
>>2381Well both Rex and Boil lost something I bet the empire sent Wolfe on some suicidal mission losing the pack.
No.2390
>>2387Maybe Rex was with Wolfe when Order 66 happened.
Wouldn't be the first time commanders teamed up.
Also it should be noted something happened that caused Rex to not being Commander of the 501st during Order 66 and that fuckwit Appo is Commander during the raid on the Jedi Temple.
More speculation but maybe Rex was fulfilling his role as an ARC trooper and wasn't near any Jedi when the Order came in. Not having to carry out the order and seeing all the fallout from it could have a profound effect on a clone trooper who wasn't forced to carry it out I would think.
No.2399
>>2373B-Wings never really did anything in ROTJ.
They had trouble getting the effects shots to work so all they ended up being was background fighters. Maybe this time they'll do something.
No.2410
>>2399Let's hope so.
Also; It might even be just a prototype
>>2373well, I think it was mentioned somewhere that they were (at least based on) R-22's, but my memory is a bit spotty with the specifics more often than not.
No.2417
>>2373Maybe they'll rape canon even more by having the Mon Calamari Sushi Bars save the day.
Probably using some sort of trap on the Imperials.
No.2421
>>2399>B-Wings never really did anything in ROTJ.>>2410>Also; It might even be just a prototype
>A Prototype>Built by Admiral Ackbar>Who at this time was either a slave on Dac (The Mon Calamari Homeworld) or at Yavin Base at a time when the Rebels had little to no production capability. That's not how time works anon.
No.2422
>>2421if I recall Ackbar wasn't the only one involved in de original design of the B-wing.
No.2425
>>2422
Wasn't it's first flight just after the Battle of Hoth though?
No.2429
>>2425
Well, if worse comes to worse, we can allways call it the first "Official flight" was after BoH
No.2454
>>2172
I was enjoying it until I saw Hondo and the overabundance of Clone Wars references…
No.2466
>>2422
>>2425
Regardless of when it first flew, it wasn't introduced until 0 ABY which is a while after Rebels takes place. The ship could be an H-60, but I doubt it.
No.2467
>>2285
But wouldn't have someone figured this out when Rex, who as I've said before, would have a 99.99% chance of being at the Jedi Temple during Order 66 was not shooting Jedi? Sure Ani didn't believe him, but if Rex really cared so much for all the Jedi why didn't he tell them? If Plo Koon's Commander (Who is with Rex) was free, why the hell did he let Plo Koon get fucking shot down? I'm having to do fucking mental gymnastics as to why they didn't tell the other Jedi when clearly they got the chips out because they cared about the Jedi so much.
>You seem to be under the impression that the Clone Troopers were all emotionless drone soldiers
I didn't say that. But I was always told, figured, and anyone I asked assumed that the Clones were trained like this. I mean, it's a more plausible explanation that the Clones were taught from the start that Order 66 was a last resort kind of thing where when it was ordered, it meant that the Jedi were trying to go fucking Ayatollah Khomeni on the Republic's Government and that even the most skeptical and kind hearted of Clone would have been trained and knew that Order 66 was something the Chancellor would have to do begrudgingly but with good reason. You can make friends with a terrorist, but anyone would half a brain would not hesitate to shoot him if you were told he was going to pull a gun on you.
No.2475
>>2467
From what I can gather Order 66 was not something the Clones knew about or trained for themselves, it was a directive programmed into the bio chips. Thus the episode where Fives uncovers this fact and tries to warn everyone and is killed as a result. Rex was apparently no longer in command of the 501st at the time of the assault on the Jedi Temple, so maybe this incident with Fives led to him learning the truth as well. He would have been wary about openly talking about it because of exactly what happened to Fives. Maybe what they will go with is he and a few other Clones he was close with manage to go rogue before Order 66 hits.
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>>2191
>>2194
Luke deflects AT-AT fire in Dark Empire which never seemed right to me.
No.2527
>>2489
How is a rundown and junky AT-ET surviving against two AT-AT Imperial Walkers?!
No.2528
>>2527
Maybe Vader wants Ahsoka alive or something like that, so the AT-ATs can't just destroy the AT-TE.
No.2533
>>2527
The Imperials are chumps in Rebels.
First episode a Star Destroyer gets boarded with ease and they even manage a break out no problem.
No.2563
>>2528
I bet Vader kills Rex and Ashoka and after he begins to realize what he had done killing almost the last of his friends or something like that.
No.2568
>>2563
I would see Vader wanting to try and turn Ashoka so he can regain her as an apprentice and proceed to overthrow Palpatine becoming Emperor himself, that was his goal with Luke during the OT.
No.2569
>>2533
Ugh. Don't remind me.
No.2617
>>2527
The plot armour is strong in this one!
No.2621
>>2527
>implying it does survive
You clearly see it getting trashed near the end of that bit.
No.2638
>>2173
Holy Shit…Kisame's back bitches
No.2639
>>2303
You just hit the nail on the head anon…the Clone Wars did a story arc about this in the final season, where a fan favorite clone discovered that all clones have a biological chip in their brains that compels them to obey the Emperor, erasing any personality or soul they had…shit was cash
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No.2667
>>2639
Yeah, it undid a few stories, but that shit was cash, probably one of the few things about cgi CW I liked. The final 2 seasons were probably the only ones I liked. Also I liked how they decanonized those stupid wimpy Felucians from the bounty hunters vs Hondo episode and implied the existence of the superior jungle dwelling Felucians from Force Unleashed.
No.2824
>>2172
100 credits says Ahsoka gets killed this season.
No.2827
>>2824
Would be the perfect way to reestablish Vader as a legit menacing villain again.
No.2829
>>2827
The bet is on then! May it prove profitable for me and the restoration of Vader's status as a menacing villain once more.
No.2838
>>2451
I've said a lot of horrible things about Dave Filoni in the past and I really hate that I did. That dude loves Star Wars so fucking much.
No.2841
>>2838
Generally, having fans working on something doesn't end well, but Filoni has been doing pretty good in my book.
No.2842
>>2841
At first I thought he was just making the franchise more "Lucas-y". He's pretty much George's successor. That being said, once Filoni gets a story going, he can really nail it.
The Clone Wars were pretty stagnant until the middle of Season 2 and I thought Rebels could of had a better first half. But overall, I'm glad that they kept him around for Rebels.
No.2847
>>2842
Well that's because Lucas was heavily involved with Clone Wars during the first two seasons, it was basically his pet project at the time. Then he got bored with it and left the show behind, which is why there is such a huge spike in quality from Season 3 onward.
No.2854
>>2467
Even as a kid it seemed pretty fucking far fetched to me that they would just turn suddenly. If they had trained at birth to know about Order 66, I refused (again, even as a child) to believe the Jedi wouldn't find out somehow
No.2869
>>2841
I dunno if fans working on project neccesarily makes it a risky venture. Especially with franchises that are heavily fan-maintained as Star Wars, I believe that a fan of the first three movies(Ep's 4, 5 and 6) Would do a better job at directing a series like Rebels than a brand new director.
Pretty much the only risk that is involved is the cluttering of many story-lines working simultaniously.
Personally speaking, I think choosing Filoni for this chapter in star wars history was about the best thing they could've done.
Granted, Clone Wars S1 and 2 were downright bad. Ahsoka was annoying as all hell, the clone-trooper stuff was mediocre at best, and Anakin/Obi-wan stuff was boring.
For me the stuff got interesting when the larger story-arcs started popping up. I also like that the lightsaber fights became more fluid over the runtime of the series. At first it had this sort of stand- strike, stand dodge, stand strike feel, where the later duels became much less stop-motiony.
No.2871
Seems theres loads of Jedi in Rebels, more Jedi it seems than Rebels.
Wonder if they'll shove other Jedi in like Quinlan Vos?
No.2875
>>2871
The only Jedi We've seen so far are Kanan, Ezra, and Asoka. We only hear Yoda in one episode.
I think Vos might show up but depending on what his fate ends up being in "Dark Disciple" he might not.
No.3127
Wait, so the retarded spinny saber is standard Inquisitor issue?
No.3130
>>3127
That or it's a toothpick.
No.3132
>>3127
I thought the spinning saber was neat. Especially when they got into the reasoning behind it
No.4226
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This looks pretty good.
Still seems they might overuse Vader.
No.4230
>>4226
I'LL TRY SPINNING, THAT'S A GOOD TRICK
No.4231
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Show feels more like dark times for the empire than anyone else.
Constantly getting their ass kicked and having a shit army.
No.4234
>>4231
>>4226
If Vader doesn't kill at least one main character, it will be as though a thousand fan boys cried out in pain!
No.4235
>>4231
Does it bother anyone else how weak the TIE fighters are?
>>4234
I don't think he will, they've got action figures to sell.
No.4238
>>4235
Killing off cast members and replacing them with new characters is the most effective way to sell toys though.
No.4241
>>4235
Think it bothers everyone how weak the entire Empire is, nevermind TIE Fighters.
No.4248
So apparently it's on tonight. Any good streams?
No.4250
>>4238
I suppose.
Zeb seems most likely to be killed off since he has nothing to live for except revenge.
They're too bitch tier to kill off Hera or Sabine.
Ahsoka should get killed, Kanan too.
No.4261
>>4248
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No.4262
This episode felt like the first time the action scenes had any tension since Vader was able to take out those A-Wings and destroy their flag ship.
Still, the Rebels escape and for some dumb reason Vader stops going after them leaving it to some Inquisitor chumps.
No.4263
>>4262
I just watched it there and had a vibe that he intentionally let them go so they can lead them to other Rebels?
In fact pretty sure that is what he says. Also he knows Ashoka is alive so wondering if he has plans for her.
No.4264
>>4263
>>4262
I just finished watching the episode, and sith-spawn was it dark.
this is sure to make some disneykiddies cry~
I also find it interesting that they've pretty muched killed off the last bit of levity the Empire had to offer in this series. It sort of was to be expected, but I had hoped for a redemption-story there instead. Nice plot-twist though.
9/10 good episode.
Space-fights were slow compared to some of the other stuff from Clone Wars or the movies though.
No.4265
>>4264
>Space-fights were slow compared to some of the other stuff from Clone Wars or the movies though.
Lack of budget really shows in some scenes.
The TIEs are generally very stilted in their movement and the Star Destroyers are really lacking in detail.
No.4266
>>4263
>I just watched it there and had a vibe that he intentionally let them go so they can lead them to other Rebels?
Real reason is they can't have them escaping from Vader every week or else he'll look weak and the Emperor will wonder wtf is going on.
They need Inquisitors to be the jobbers.
No.4272
>>4265
Yeah, it really shows indeed. But I suppose as the series progresses we'll get better visuals in the end.
No.4277
>>4264
It sure made me cry, they killed my waifu RIP in peace you will never be forgotten.
No.4279
>>4277
Waste of a good character.
They need to get rid of Hera or Zeb.
No.4281
>>4279
I'll give them that it was a great twist, never would have guessed it would take that turn in a million years.
No.4290
>>4277
God damn…I mean I knew that they were going to do Vader's character justice, but this episode officially reinstates his status as a BAMF for me:
>tfw he burns Tarkintown and kidnaps all of its citizens because fuck you
>tfw those citizens are most likely being tortured by the Empire because fuck you
>tfw the only reason Tua was killed was because she thought about defecting from the Empire and because fuck you
>tfw Vader tosses Kanan and Ezra's salad, only to let them escape with the fear of clinging to their pathetic existences because fuck you
>tfw Vader single handedly BTFO's the Rebel fleet because fuck you
>tfw Ahsoka knows Vader is Anakin
>tfw he won't give a shit and will most likely mind-rape her into joining the dark side
>tfw she will refuse and will get her shit rekt because fuck you
THE TIME HAS COME AND SO HAVE I
No.4352
>>4290
Noticed that there is less Stormtrooper deaths so far this series, along with TIE fighters destroyed. Looks like they are trying to make the Empire feel powerful again.
No.4357
>It is a period of civil war.
Rebel spaceships, striking
from a hidden base, have won
their first victory against
the evil Galactic Empire.
Empire was actually getting their ass kicked on a weekly basis, who knew?
No.4358
>>4352
Vader isn't going to be around anymore so I expect them to revert to status quo of weak empire and invincible rebels.
No.4359
>>4358
That's what worries me.
No.4360
>>4357
Technically the greater organized Rebel Alliance isn't a thing yet. There is no all out Galactic Civil War at this point, it's just isolated terrorist cells doing small scale acts of sabotage and piracy.
No.4362
>>4360
Well either way a first victory just before ANH doesn't really seem very important now that the Empire gets their ass kicked on a weekly basis.
No.4363
>>4362
Not really, stealing the Death Star plans is several orders of magnitude above anything that has been accomplished so far on Rebels.
No.4372
>>4277
well, it sure came as a shocker.
Then again. looking back, she was the last part that was actually both positive and likable about the empire in the series, and the empire needed to re-assert itself as a total badass.
I'd have loved to see Tua defect to the rebels, and use her knowledge of the empirial methods and strategies against them. But that's all water under the bridge now, unfortunately.
No.4395
Blue Hair.
Wow, and I thought Sabine was tumblr fodder before.
No.4427
>>4395
we can always start producing an insurmountable amount of porn and post it on tumblr to at least piss tumblrtards off.
Y'know… make it into a pavlovian reaction that each time they see her on screen they remember all the lewdies, and hide in the corner wiggling in their fatmounds talking about "my soggy knees".
No.4430
>>4395
>>4427
Wait who has blue hair?
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No.4460
Am I the only one weirded out by General Sato? Stereotypical Japanese name, accent and appearance… In a world where there's no Japan and humans are pretty much a diverse and weird lot with peculiar names, what were the fucking odds of this happening?
No.4472
>starwars animated series
does anyone have the cliffnotes on these? Hell EU was hard enough to follow
No.4473
>>4460
To be fair there is a planet thats basically africa
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Haruun_Kalso
so I dont think space japan would be weird, the nemoidians are already coreans
No.4477
>>4472
You could try just watching them you know, Clone Wars gets pretty great after the third season and Rebels is off to a pretty nice start so far.
No.4483
So I watched the S2 premiere. Why does Vader sound so off? Also, what day does it air?
I went back and started watching the first season to get myself up to speed.
Just finished the episode where Ezra is a fake cadet. Is the black kid who ends up staying behind to find out what the deal is with his sister the black Stormtrooper from the Episode VII trailer? That would be pretty rad.
No.4485
>>4483
You know I instantly thought that they just got a sound alike for Vader as they have for all Star Wars media since forever, but I looked it up and what do you know that actually was James Earl Jones. Guess he is just getting old.
The rest of Season 2 is going to start airing sometime this fall with no date given yet. Also the timeframe seems totally wrong on that, it would be like 50 years between Rebels and the ST.
No.4487
>>4485
Oh, yeah, I guess that's true.
No.4494
>>4485
You'd think that they'd show the Season this summer rather than show the premire and then air it sometime whenever?
No.4495
>>4494
Not much actual airing of shows this summer. That's probably always the case, though. I know that network TV is especially dead during the summer.
No.4497
>>4427
Yes, have whatshername, the twi'lek bitch lezdomming her. And if that dosn't work, make her futa.
No.5552
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and season 2 begins. October 14th.
No.5558
>>5552
About time, what was the point of airing the premier months ahead of the actual season?
No.5631
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>>5552
>"Questions…questions that need answering"
Gotta admit…Fucking slick Gandalf quote
No.5678
>>4277
Even Darth Maul survived as a cyborg.
Your waifu is a robot now.
No.5681
>>5678
I think exploding in a fiery death is a bit harder to come back from.
No.5683
>>5681
…than being cut in half and falling who knows how long? No, people survive artillery shelling but not being cut in half.
No.5684
>>5683
Artillery shelling is different than being on a shuttle craft as it goes kaboom.
No.5686
>>5684
Depends on how close they are to the pressure, really.
No.5689
>>5686
She was right where the blast started, she ded
No.5690
>>5678
But Darth Maul is a Sith lord.
No.5727
What i dislike on those cartoon, whatever is that they have to shove the emperor and Darth Vader in it.
Why the emperor of the entire motherfucking galaxy and his right hand guy would care about individual rebellions on whatever planet.
>Oh but the jedi
Still makes no sense, at most Darth Vader would be the top villain, chase after the jedi and leave after that.
No.5748
>>5727
Because, the Emperor wants to make sure Vader never has the chance to get an apprentice.
No.5755
>>4279
>Hera or Zeb
>Wanting to get rid of a plump green twi-lek jan ors revival
shig
Zeb can go suck a fuck tho
No.5756
>>5683
>>5678
>>5684
>>5686
>>5689
>>5690
Although I side with >>5681
Grievous survived a shuttle crash
And Grieve-tan is best waifu
No.10047
>>2841
>>2869
Put it another way. Fans with no experience or much knowledge outside their fandom are not a good fit to be put in charge. Filoni strikes me as both a fan and an established writer on his own, with a culture beyond the Star Wars.
No.10052
No.10061
I know… Star Wars… Darth Vader.
But doesn't make sense. Vader shouldn't be at such places. He was like the 2nd most powerful being n in the galaxy. He was so up at the top that a mere planet wouldn't be of notice to him or even the emperor.
That's why that "Purge" comic series did well. Vader got false info about Obi Wan and had gone out of his way, and Augie chewed him in the end.
No.10088
>>10061
I suppose it's more that there's a successful rebel cell with two jedi in, which is why the upper Empire echelon starts paying attention to it. Plus as the emperor mentions, if they're jedi and happen to have contact with other rebel cells, they might know where other jedi are.
It's eh, doesn't seem like such a stretch to me.
No.10100
>>10088
Yeah, this is good writing for Vader to appear
>Some rebels are attacking, guess we'll send some troopers in
>They're a big deal, better send a couple of good agents in
>Oh shit they have a jedi, better send an inquisitor
>Oh shit, they have multiple jedi, and they're making our inquisitor look like a joke
By THAT point anything short of Vader is kind of stupid. Killing Jedi is his actual job and if a jedi is training apprentices for that long it becomes a bigger problem. Remember by this point Erza has way more Jedi experience than Luke ever did in the films and even if Kanan dies he's good enough to do damage on his own. Throw in Ahsoka and that's three Jedi actively fucking you over. Which is more than even a couple of inquisitors can generally handle.
This is the point where the empire basically needs to address the rebellion as a serious threat. They're pulling Jedi Knights and brand new fighter models out every other fight and knocking out smaller cruisers and even whole destroyers. Obviously the rebels are paying for every victory and having to keep on the move but it's something you seriously don't want to snowball.
No.10116
>>10061
>>10088
>>10100
Plus as Maketh Tua tried to tell the Rebels, Lothal has something the Emperor personally wants.
No.10149
> that blue-haired tumblrina
Disney killed Clone Wars for this
No.10190
>>10149
Nah, Cartoon Network was already going to ax The Clone Wars before the Disney buyout…
Plus Sabine is pretty based…
No.10198
>>10190
>Nah, Cartoon Network was already going to ax The Clone Wars before the Disney buyout…
Fuck them all then. Still Rebels has been getting more dull as of late. Despite how cute Sabine is, but her new hair color is shit. Worst thing they did was bring back the clones only so they could be turned into THAT.
No.10211
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I hear it's pretty mediocre and watered down in terms of violence compared to The Clone Wars animated series as a result of Disney.
Then again this is only the second season, Clone Wars didn't actually get good until like the fourth or fifth season.
There's still a chance it could be something worth watching.
>>2179
If you put that much stock in canon I find it hard to see how you can enjoy much of anything in Star Wars.
>>2191
That's pretty retarded.
No.10216
>>10211
Even in the first season, the clone episodes had plenty of cool deaths and violence and jedi mercilessly cut down enemies and geonosians. Even at its worst, the first 4 seasons made up for their flaws because of the perfection of the clone episodes. Rebels however has none of that to offer and their only clone episode was a disappointment.
No.10217
>>2191
That's just sssssick….
No.10220
>>10216
That's pretty much it. Even in the early seasons the clone episodes were really quite fantastic, maybe if the show was set a little later in the timeline we could get a cool squad of rebels to follow around or something, but it's really lacking those.
I also don't much care for the new art style, and the characters haven't really struck a cord with me.
They should do some episodes about storm troopers, maybe with meme magic we'll get episodes about everyone's favorite stormtrooper.
No.10221
>>2854
Not the guy, but I personally hate the whole biochip story that's now canon apparently. It's a cop-out to me. I like order 66 as it was portrayed in battlefront 2.
> What I remember about the rise of the Empire is… is how quiet it was. During the waning hours of the Clone Wars, the 501st Legion was discreetly transferred back to Coruscant. It was a silent trip. We all knew what was about to happen, what we were about to do. Did we have any doubts? Any private traitorous thoughts? Perhaps, but no one said a word. Not on the flight back to Coruscant, not when Order 66 came down, and not when we marched into the Jedi Temple. Not a word.
This showed that the clones still had personality, but since they were trained and indoctrinated from birth, they prized loyalty to the republic/palpatine above their personal feelings. Also the lack of chips better explains null ARCs or the commandos going rogue. They were special forces, thus were trained to have more independent thought.
No.10222
>>10220
Haven't you noticed that all this series does is shit on troopers and make them incompetent as fuck? They also can't do rebels episodes because they aren't clones, so they can't use sameface crap. Also the plots get more and more childish with each passing episode. Especially the fact that they brought in fucking Tarkin and Vader in to deal with an insignificant band of rebels instead of sending more inquisitors and a general, or admiral. The series was so desperate they brought in the biggest names they could to raise ratings. Also that meiloroon episode was more dull than anything in season 1 of Clone Wars.
No.10223
>>10221
This. The chip shit was unneeded.
No.10225
>>10222
That's another thing I don't like. Turning the stormtroopers into slapstick droid equivalents is the wrong fucking move. Like yeah, they were always sort of incompetent, but now they're literally shit tier.
No.10234
>>10225
Weird thing is the Stormtroopers were never actually suppose to be bad or incompetent. It was mentioned quite clearly that the Stormtroopers let the rebels escape the Death Star.
Though fucking Ewoks ruined everything for everyone, if they had stuck to the original script of the lifeforms being Wookies it would have been great
No.10254
>>10234
Ewoks were retarded. I mean they weren't necessarily bumbling retards in the original films, don't get me wrong, but they were strictly in mook territory and the poor accuracy meme exists for a reason.
They should still be intimidating when they show up, having them get slapped around and blown up and kicked off of shit all slapstick style is something that works with the doofy droids in Clone Wars a lot better than the Empire's frontline soldiers.
No.11371
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>>2172
New trailer. Seems bretty gud.
No.11372
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>>11371
I'm a fucking autist, linked the wrong vid
No.11373
Interdictors! I love Interdictors
>>11372
That fuck really refuses to die.
No.11380
>>11372
Well there's quite a few things there to get mad about as this is the internet. Seems though they are pushing that Ezra is going to get influenced by the Sith in some way, but probably not the Sith we expect. How much would an Inquisitor shit bricks if they had to face off against a real Sith?
>1:11
3rd Inquisitor? And is it just me or is Ezra holding a different lightsaber?
>1:23
Quaser Fire-class Bulk Cruiser?
>2:04
The Old Republic tie in?
>2:22
Is that who I think it is?
Is that Darth Maul? Helping Ezra?
>2:38
Ezra Sith now or something?
>2:56
Red Lightsaber for Kanan?
>2:57
Fuck cucked Rens lightsaber.
No.11467
>>11380
This is a huge shot in the dark, huge but, do you think the Katan wielding a red shoto blade is a nod to Luke and Lumiya? Luke's duel weapon of choice was also a (red?) shoto
No.11477
>>2263
>>2349
>>2347
>>2345
>>2341
>>2339
The clone is the clone commando from the Droid mission story arc, the Gregor guy.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/CC-5576-39
No.11479
>>11372
So, they finally do something interesting?
No.11527
>>10221
It's not just the fact that they removed the human element to Order 66 from Battlefront 2, but when they went with the chip plot, everyone involved does everything wrong. Why the hell would the Jedi ever talk to Sheev about this matter when they don't trust him with shit and he's the one who masterminded Order 66 so there's no point in getting him involved just so the viewer can see him make a face that shows he's evil, because we fucking already know he's evil. The Jedi just accept muh virus bullshit without asking for a sample or requesting a vaccine/replacement of the brain chips. They leave Fives alone with a Kaminoan when the Kaminoans have been proven to be lying cunts and should not be trusted, especially with the custody of Fives. What was the point of this arc if it was just going to return to the status quo in the most nonsensical and roundabout way ever?
I had a feeling this was the first of many arcs where the Clone Wars would either do a slight retelling or side stories set concurrently with Episode III and show the clones react to Order 66 and the others who ripped the chips out and ran while the the chip clones were fucked off.
>>11524
Steve Blum voices goddamn everyone, the Trailer
No.11537
>>11527
>Steve Blum voices goddamn everyone, the Trailer
No.11544
>>11537
They're Blum series clones created to replace the Fett series.
No.11547
>>11544
Funny thing is that Steve Blum voices pretty much the Empire in Star Wars Empire at War as well.
Hell he voices pretty much most Star Wars game characters.
No.11551
>>11547
Strangely he seemed to voice most of the Rebels in Battlefront II and someone less interesting voiced the stormtroopers.
No.11572
No.11643
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>>11547
He seems to have a thing for RTS games - I fondly remember his Company of Heroes and C&C Generals work as well.
No.11759
https://archive.is/hSzM6
Rumour says Thrawn will be making a cameo in season 3. Yes a Grand Admiral is involved now. Does this make sense to anyone else?
No.11768
>>11759
Don't tease us anon.
although if it's true they'll fucking waste him anyway.
there will never be a gritty live action adult Star Wars show following Paellon post Endor and his effort to not only keep the Empire together, but to restructure it as a beacon of order and security in the galaxy for all
No.11769
>>11768
Be careful what you wish for :^)
No.11804
>>11759
>thrawn may still canon
>that means outbound flight may be canon as well
>which may mean that the vong may be canon as well
No.11806
>>11804
I wouldn't go that far. They might be altering his backstory to fit the show or they take OF in broad strokes meaning if there was no reference to the Vong then they're not in yet. Vong were a significant change.
No.11818
>>11806
Well in OF, the vong were a significant reason behind palpatine wanting to destroy outbound flight, so it's not out of the picture unless outbound flight never was in the NEU
No.11825
>>11524
Does this mean that Fenn Shysa will be Rebels?
If so, does that mean that we can see the Mandalorians regain their balls?
No.11829
>>11825
>If so, does that mean that we can see the Mandalorians regain their balls?
Don't count on it. Since the Keldabe Battleships are no longer canon Mandalorians are pussies.
No.11840
Holy shit Hera and Kanan are more inept at leading rebels than a bad X-COM player
>Gets most of her squadron shot down and nearly gets killed herself
>Kanan decides to go solo to a bunch of Imperial align Mandolorians without any plan aside from some whiny plea
>Sabine sneaks aboard because no one wanted the input of a Mandalorian regarding the affairs of a Madalorian
>Sabine blows up their fighters because Kanan still doesn't have a plan
>Stuff happens, blasters shooting and no one gets hit since Disney doesn't want kids to experience tension
>Kanan rides the top of the leaders fighter and slashes it with his saber
>Kanan and Sabine capture the leader and take him back to the Rebels
>To prisoner: "We have you in our custody so we're friends now, k?"
What the fuck. I expected bad, not full retard
>>11829
>Keldabe Battlships are no longer canon
Well we saw the B-Wing come back as a micro-Death Star so what would happen if Rebels got a hold of Keldabes in the place of the Zann Consortium
No.11856
>>11840
> so what would happen if Rebels got a hold of Keldabes in the place of the Zann Consortium
It would be as though a thousand mouths cried out in pain if that happened.
Still Rebels still has the potential for an epic moment of having a Mandalorian Battleship having a showdown with an Imperial Star Destroyer. It's a fight we'd want to see but know it won't happen.
No.11858
>>11856
Rebels seems to exist purely as a means to awkwardly bring back EU material Disney wrote off as noncanon then either tease the possibility of cool shit to happen only to fuck up or not happen at all, or it retcons it into an insulting abomination like the B-Wing
No.11922
Why the fuck am I still watching this? They finally get to Zeb's arc and it's underwhelming as hell
So the Lasat were exterminated by the Empire and Zeb is distraught at his failure as an honor guard but it's okay since the Lasat have a backup homeworld where the Lasat originally came from so everyone can forget the horrible genocide and trauma that follows surviving it.
No.11925
>>11858
Fuck it, let's just invent our own series set before ANH that brings back shit from the EU that we like.
First things first, the Rebels fly Y-Wings, R-41's and Z-95's.
No.11927
>>11925
>Before the X-Wing, there was no standardization on craft
>Rebels flew outdated shit from various eras and organizations, including the BTL-B that the Republic used just a few years ago
>They still held their ground against Imperial patrols and ran the fuck out when shit got too hot
>Damaged and destroyed craft were rebuilt to the point that the BTL-B was eventually converted into the S3 and A4 models
>Eventually Empire stops kidding around and deploy Star Destroyers to disproportionately stomp out Rebel units
>Not just that, they're assisted of swarms of a new enemy craft
>The TIE fighter
>The aging, rusted fleet of Rebel ships are no match for the TIEs and the Y-Wings can just barely keep up
>Eventually the Rebels get a hold of some Incom engineers and stolen craft that would change the tide in the Rebels fight
>Thus the birth of the X-Wing
And no fucking kids, or back and forth slapstick-super serious-slapstick.
No.11935
>>11922
Just watched that episode and holy fuck you are right, it's awful.
No.12016
This week episode instead gave us not decrepit Maul, not skype Yoda, not Vader vs Ashoka, but space whales!
Yaaay!
No.12018
>>12016
Space Whale Aesop?
No.12020
>>11927
Ain`t the Incom guys defected to the rebellion? Or the whole company?
No.12021
>>12020
Incom engineers defected. The company officially didn't but all their talent disappeared over to the Rebellion so it may as well have.
No.12027
>>12016
I think Disney is saving the best for last; they're probably all part of the same action-packed arc that delves pretty deeply into the force and in particular Ezra.
But the whole space whale's plot was pretty interesting, in my opinion. It's not neccesarily about the whales though, but letting life guide you, and seeing where it leads.
No.12109
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>>12027
this one looks like it's gonna be gud. Reminds me of that episode of TCW where Dooku get captured with Obi Wan and Anakin. Also, seems like they got a bit of a budget increase for the animation.
No.12110
>>12109
I actually enjoyed the episode.
Are the Geonosians truly gone?
No.12114
No.12127
What upsets me the most is that di$ney is trying to retconn the mistakes in The Farce Awakens.
We were upset at how an untrained girl could use Jedi mind trick to perfection.
In Episode 15 space aladdin uses the same trick on the imperial officer, also without having received formal training (Kaanan is a padawan after all).
Smh, Rebels is trash now
No.12133
>>12127
>In Episode 15 space aladdin uses the same trick on the imperial officer, also without having received formal training
Erm it was trash before and he had used it (and failed) before. He's at least not immediately good with it.
No.12135
>>11927
if fucking only
>And no fucking kids, or back and forth slapstick-super serious-slapstick.
IF
FUCKING
ONLY
No.12191
>>12114
>>12109
>>12110
>>12114
They really did forget the Lasat genocide and most of Zeb's hangups with Kallus using their ceremonial weapon. Fucking wow
>>12135
And that's just an exaggerated and over dramatic retelling of the first half of Empire at War's campaign. To say nothing of what goes on between infantry and ground units
No.12212
>>12127
Lets be honest Ezra has had WAY more training than Luke ever did.
Luke ran some obstacle courses in a swamp then spent maybe six months doing more training.
Ezra has been at this for a year and already built his own saber and gotten into more duels and learned more about the finer points of the force through experience.
The fact is that there's no way to make learning individual tricks hard that wouldn't shut Luke out from learning them. Because the force NEEDS to be usable to random kids who've been at this for like a couple of hours. Otherwise Luke would never have done jack shit.
No.12236
>>2451
Why do they both sound like fudge packers?
No.12396
Rebels has too much filler. Way too much. The trailer had me hyped, but it seems that everything important happens in the last episode.
No.12402
>>12396
More like Rebels has no arcs. Clone Wars had arcs even in the first 2 seasons. Everything so far are either just a bunch of one-shot adventures or 2-parters and anytime they go back and revisit something from earlier, it's either brief or a mess (like that ghetto TIE Fighter or Zeb vs. Kallus)