Star Wars Rebels Season 3 - Mid-Season Trailer

[andrew8798]

The return of Obi-Wan this time around

[prettynami]

Hot damn that looks good. But the first half of season 3's trailer was like awesome too, then it was stuffed to the brim with filler episodes of stealing nothing amounts of supplies at the cost of what should be a lot episodes. Nice to know Sabine might get some time to shine.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

For those wondering, that's Stephen Stanton, who voiced Admiral Raddus(the Mon Cala fleet commander) in Rogue One, playing Old Ben. He also voices Tarkin in the show. Yeah, he's very good.

And I think I spotted Yularen around the 2:50 mark. I've always wondered how he adapted to working for the Empire when he seemed to be a very honorable man in the Clone Wars.

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

been enjoying season three MORE than season two, and it's building up very nicely

[Dr. T is an alien]

Jan 4, 2017 16:06:34 GMT -5 Mochi Lone Wolf said:

For those wondering, that's Stephen Stanton, who voiced Admiral Raddus(the Mon Cala fleet commander) in Rogue One, playing Old Ben. He also voices Tarkin in the show. Yeah, he's very good.

And I think I spotted Yularen around the 2:50 mark. I've always wondered how he adapted to working for the Empire when he seemed to be a very honorable man in the Clone Wars.

I thought that Yularin died on the Death Star, so I'd say he adapted well.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Jan 4, 2017 16:06:34 GMT -5 Mochi Lone Wolf said:

For those wondering, that's Stephen Stanton, who voiced Admiral Raddus(the Mon Cala fleet commander) in Rogue One, playing Old Ben. He also voices Tarkin in the show. Yeah, he's very good.

Very good is an understatement, he sounds exactly like Alec Guinness.

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Jan 4, 2017 17:14:47 GMT -5 Jedi-El of Tomorrow said:

Jan 4, 2017 16:06:34 GMT -5 Mochi Lone Wolf said:

For those wondering, that's Stephen Stanton, who voiced Admiral Raddus(the Mon Cala fleet commander) in Rogue One, playing Old Ben. He also voices Tarkin in the show. Yeah, he's very good.

Very good is an understatement, he sounds exactly like Alec Guinness.

Yeah, that's definitely more Alec than Ewan. I kinda hope he's used sparingly considering Rebels is canon and I eNt my Obi-Wan movie one day, damn it. Season looks good though.

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It's gotta be better than the first half of season 3. That was boring as hell, I had to force myself to sit through most episodes.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

The one thing Rebels has been missing is multi-episode arcs like those in the Clone Wars. They've had a couple of loosely based episodes before (Kanan being captured by the Inquisitor and Tarkin and Sabine's ongoing quest to get Mandalore on her side.) but nothing like the Mortis trilogy, the Onderon arc, the Ryloth arc, The Zygerrian slave saga, the "Wrong Jedi" storyline, The Hitchcock-esque Order 66 arc, and the "Victory for all time" arc with Yoda that ended the series out.


These self-contained episodes are nice for continuity porn and are quite enjoyable on their own, but there not nearly as compelling as the aforementioned multi-episode arcs or the one-hour episodes of Rebels such as "Fire Across the Galaxy", "The Siege of Lothal", and of course, "Twilight of the Apprentice."


Considering the same team behind Clone Wars is making Rebels, the idea to have one-shot episodes that have to wrap up in 22 minutes is a Disney decision and, even though I've been overall happy with how they've done things since the purchase, that's the worst decision they've made so far by a country mile. It hurts the potential of the series and it's flat out dumb. Some stories Dave Filoni likes to write require more than half-an-hour to tell. Let him tell it like he wants.

[Dr. T is an alien]

Jan 4, 2017 17:50:00 GMT -5 Mochi Lone Wolf said:

The one thing Rebels has been missing is multi-episode arcs like those in the Clone Wars. They've had a couple of loosely based episodes before (Kanan being captured by the Inquisitor and Tarkin and Sabine's ongoing quest to get Mandalore on her side.) but nothing like the Mortis trilogy, the Onderon arc, the Ryloth arc, The Zygerrian slave saga, the "Wrong Jedi" storyline, The Hitchcock-esque Order 66 arc, and the "Victory for all time" arc with Yoda that ended the series out.


These self-contained episodes are nice for continuity porn and are quite enjoyable on their own, but there not nearly as compelling as the aforementioned multi-episode arcs or the one-hour episodes of Rebels such as "Fire Across the Galaxy", "The Siege of Lothal", and of course, "Twilight of the Apprentice."


Considering the same team behind Clone Wars is making Rebels, the idea to have one-shot episodes that have to wrap up in 22 minutes is a Disney decision and, even though I've been overall happy with how they've done things since the purchase, that's the worst decision they've made so far by a country mile. It hurts the potential of the series and it's flat out dumb. Some stories Dave Filoni likes to write require more than half-an-hour to tell. Let him tell it like he wants.

I agree that the format isn't the best for Feloni's style of writing. Each episode acting as an act of a 3 act story works well for his style. Even a 1 hr format works well for him based on what they have done. That's not to say that some of the 1 episode stories are not fantastic on their own, of course. The format does allow for more filler episodes though.

[andrew8798]

Someone asked Filoni about Ahsoka and he said she still got a future

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

Jan 15, 2017 3:04:57 GMT -5 andrew8798 said:

Someone asked Filoni about Ahsoka and he said she still got a future

Dave Filoni is up there with George RR Martin for the "vaguest answer-giving creator of all time" title. I don't even think Jack Bauer could pull a straight answer out of that dude. If you watch his interviews on podcasts where he talks Star Wars, his knowledge on the series is amazing and his insights give even the most hardcore fans stuff to think about. But, if you listen to his interviews hoping to de-mystify some of his stories, you'll be needing a CT Scan for how often you'll be hammering your head against the wall.

Another interesting thing he's said recently is that he's strongly considering re-telling the story of the Battle of Scarif from the POV of the Ghost crew. That would be the perfect series finale.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Jan 15, 2017 6:46:58 GMT -5 Mochi Lone Wolf said:

Another interesting thing he's said recently is that he's strongly considering re-telling the story of the Battle of Scarif from the POV of the Ghost crew. That would be the perfect series finale.

If they do that, Sabine better kick some major ass.

BTW I was crying when she referenced that famous Anakin line in the Geonosis episode.

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

Jan 15, 2017 7:22:04 GMT -5 Jedi-El of Tomorrow said:

Jan 15, 2017 6:46:58 GMT -5 Mochi Lone Wolf said:

Another interesting thing he's said recently is that he's strongly considering re-telling the story of the Battle of Scarif from the POV of the Ghost crew. That would be the perfect series finale.

If they do that, Sabine better kick some major ass.

BTW I was crying when she referenced that famous Anakin line in the Geonosis episode.

I think you'll get your wish. My gut it telling me she, Hera, and Chopper will be the only ones left standing by then. I also hope that they keep replay Bodhi's messages to fleet on the Ghost.


I guarantee you that was Pablo Hidalgo who convinced Feloni to put that line in there to troll people. It fits with his Twitter persona.

[Dr. T is an alien]

Jan 15, 2017 3:04:57 GMT -5 andrew8798 said:

Someone asked Filoni about Ahsoka and he said she still got a future

Based on the Topps cards he made on the topic, there is a very real possibility that Ahsoka will become the next Ashla (the Sister from the Mortis Trilogy; the same one whose essence was transferred into her during that arc). Even if that is not the case, I always assumed that she was retconned to be the one Yoda was talking about being the other hope (you know; Obi-Won: That boy is our last hope. Yoda: No, there is another). While it probably was initially meant as foreshadowing that Leia was a Skywalker as well, it makes no sense to hope that someone who received no training and had not had years of practice could turn the tides. Some people are thinking that the real retcon will be that the other hope is Ezra, but I doubt that very much.

Jan 15, 2017 7:34:24 GMT -5 Mochi Lone Wolf said:

Jan 15, 2017 7:22:04 GMT -5 Jedi-El of Tomorrow said:

If they do that, Sabine better kick some major ass.

BTW I was crying when she referenced that famous Anakin line in the Geonosis episode.

I think you'll get your wish. My gut it telling me she, Hera, and Chopper will be the only ones left standing by then. I also hope that they keep replay Bodhi's messages to fleet on the Ghost.


I guarantee you that was Pablo Hidalgo who convinced Feloni to put that line in there to troll people. It fits with his Twitter persona.

Sabine will probably not be on the Ghost by that battle as it looks like she will become Mandalore, which means she will be busy elsewhere.

Of the crew, I imagine that Hera, Chopper, Zeb, and Rex will still be around at that time (hopefully Rex is retconned to be the old guy on Endor). Maybe Kallus could escape the Empire and join as well.

Since it is a Disney cartoon, I doubt that Kannan or Ezra will die, but I imagine that one of them (it is actually kind of up in the air who at this point) will get too close to the Dark Side and the two will go into exile in the same way that Obi-Won and Yoda did by the time of the battle. The only thing that will be for certain is that Kannan, Ezra, and Ahsoka will all no longer be around the Rebellion by the time that Luke joins. Otherwise, one of them would train him, at least initially. There is no chance that the Rebellion could have a known Force user in their midst and not have that person train their new Force-sensitive hero of the Battle of Yavin 4. It has been firmly established that this did not happen, so at best they will have left.

[The Captain]

MANDALORE THE ARTISTIC!

[BlackoutCreature]

Jan 15, 2017 21:08:47 GMT -5 Dr. T is an alien said:

Jan 15, 2017 3:04:57 GMT -5 andrew8798 said:

Someone asked Filoni about Ahsoka and he said she still got a future

Based on the Topps cards he made on the topic, there is a very real possibility that Ahsoka will become the next Ashla (the Sister from the Mortis Trilogy; the same one whose essence was transferred into her during that arc). Even if that is not the case, I always assumed that she was retconned to be the one Yoda was talking about being the other hope (you know; Obi-Won: That boy is our last hope. Yoda: No, there is another). While it probably was initially meant as foreshadowing that Leia was a Skywalker as well, it makes no sense to hope that someone who received no training and had not had years of practice could turn the tides. Some people are thinking that the real retcon will be that the other hope is Ezra, but I doubt that very much.

I don't see any reason to retcon this. This was obviously a reference to Leia. She was their next hope in stopping the Sith (and especially Vader) if things went wrong with Luke. It doesn't mean she was a particularly good hope, otherwise she wouldn't be their last hope.

My idea for the final scene of Rebels would be for Ezra to now be a fully fledged Jedi and him taking in Rowan Freemaker as his new Padawan.

[Dr. T is an alien]

Jan 16, 2017 7:40:56 GMT -5 BlackoutCreature said:

Jan 15, 2017 21:08:47 GMT -5 Dr. T is an alien said:

Based on the Topps cards he made on the topic, there is a very real possibility that Ahsoka will become the next Ashla (the Sister from the Mortis Trilogy; the same one whose essence was transferred into her during that arc). Even if that is not the case, I always assumed that she was retconned to be the one Yoda was talking about being the other hope (you know; Obi-Won: That boy is our last hope. Yoda: No, there is another). While it probably was initially meant as foreshadowing that Leia was a Skywalker as well, it makes no sense to hope that someone who received no training and had not had years of practice could turn the tides. Some people are thinking that the real retcon will be that the other hope is Ezra, but I doubt that very much.

I don't see any reason to retcon this. This was obviously a reference to Leia. She was their next hope in stopping the Sith (and especially Vader) if things went wrong with Luke. It doesn't mean she was a particularly good hope, otherwise she wouldn't be their last hope.

My idea for the final scene of Rebels would be for Ezra to now be a fully fledged Jedi and him taking in Rowan Freemaker as his new Padawan.

There is two reasons that I thought that it might be the case. First is the reason I outlined. The second is that Ahsoka is a creation of Geotge Lucas himself. Dave Filoni was once asked about the creation of Ahsoka and whether George was on board with it. He basically said that when he and George started laying the groundwork for The Clone Wars, one of the things that George surprised him with was an offhanded remark from George about Anakin having a young padawan himself and then described Ashla, the aforementioned padawan. In the end, most of the description of Ashla was used for Ahsoka and the only major change was the name change (and possibly a species change, though that I am uncertain of), which preserved the name Ashla to be used later as part of Jedi lore.

This means that somewhere in George's mind was the notion of Ahsoka all along. I have no doubt that if he had not sold to Disney that at some point she would have either been referenced or even appeared in the Ultra-Special Edition of the movies. Hell, there is a pretty good shot that Lucas himself would have retconned that to be about Ahsoka.

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

"circle within a circle"
wonder what that is .....

[Mochi Lone Wolf]

The Darksaber is back, along with Count Jarrus