Topic: Everything Star Wars discussion thread| How you doing, you old pirate?

"Your right that, aside from Zeb, we really haven't seen the protagonists themselves in grave danger though. But knowing Weisman's style, that's probably an intentional choice to focus on introducing the characters"

You may be right. The episode where the Inquisitor arrived was pretty good (and there finally was some danger), and the episode after that wasn't bad either. I stick with the series for a while.

"Capturing and killing prisoners isn't exactly something thats utterly despicable"

I can't agree on that. And the empire blowing up an entire planet, that did made a impact on me since it was a big crime.

"I mean more realistic proportions compared to Clone Wars, which plowed right through Uncanny Valley like it plowed it's own mom..."

You may be right, but it still looks highly cartoony. Especially Ezra's Anime hair.

Speaking of the characters: Aside from the Inquisitor, I think Chopper is pretty cool. Like a R2D2 with a temper. And very mischievous.

"Its was nothing short of amazing to hear the man himself voice the Dark Lord once again!"

As far as I know the original Darth Vader doesn't life anymore. I mean, the actor.

Uh James Earl Jones is very much alive, and he did in fact voice Darth Vader in the extended cut of Spark of The Rebellion. Getcho Facts straight man.

Well if the rumors and speculation are true than the title makes alot of sense. Also look at the previous titles.

The Phantom Menace - The initial villains of the film are Maul and the the trade federation, but the Phantom menace is palatine who is sitting in the background playing both sides

Attack of the clones- such a terrible name on the outset since the clones are only in the last 20 minutes of the movie or so. It could be argued that the clones are the downfall of the Jedi , but the title its self should have been changed.

: Revenge of the sith - Its an obvious play on the original title for the sixth movie, but thematiclly its about the downfall of the Jedi and the sith coming into power pretty quickly.

New Hope - It starts in the middle of the story and Luke is the new hope for the Jedi and the galaxy as a whole, and the role he and his friends play later in the series.

Empire Strikes Back - The empire is in full force and shows you how little blowing up the death star really meant. Movie ends on a very somber note

Return of the Jedi - Luke says it himself he's a Jedi Knight like his father before him, the impetus being the Jedi have returned to the galaxy through Luke and Vadar being redeemed at the end.

I really don't like VII's subtitle. It just seems so plain and unimaginitive to me; maybe its because it doesn't follow the creative B-movie mindset like the others did. Who knows, maybe it'll grow on me over time.

"Uh James Earl Jones is very much alive, and he did in fact voice Darth Vader in the extended cut of Spark of The Rebellion. Getcho Facts straight man"

I obvious didn't know that. Thanks for clearing that up.

"The Phantom Menace - The initial villains of the film are Maul and the the trade federation, but the Phantom menace is palatine who is sitting in the background playing both sides"

Or Anakin Skywalker, since he's both a blessing and a curse. In episode 2 you see a shadow of him as Darth Vader, but I believe this "trick"has also been used on Episode 1 posters.

Okay, this week's episode of Rebels was garbage. It seems like Kevin Hopps has written the two worst episodes this season. I've always hated Hera, she acts like a nagging mother when she has no business doing so. But up until this point I liked Sabine. Now she comes across as a whiny teenager. She just keeps complaining and complaining, even if it's justified, she doesn't really go anywhere with her complaints.

Ugh, and her referring to her past at the Imperial Academy was really poorly introduced. If anyone watches, or watched Phineas and Ferb, it kind of reminded me of how Major Monogram refers to "The Academy" vaguely. Difference is that the latter is basically a satire of the former, where very little is explained, and some traumatic incident is just implied or assumed.

You know an episode is bad when Ezra, Chopper, and Zeb's juvenile antics are the high point. I honestly don't think I've ever seen a cartoon that, mid season, introduces an episode so poor compared to the rest of the show.

I haven't watched the episode yet but I have it and the next one "Empire Day" currently downloading, However I really disagree about your assessment of Hera. I dunno if its because I read A New Dawn before but Hera and Knaan are my favorite two characters of the ghost. She is obviously the mother figure of the group, but I think it plays out to the dynamic of the ghost crew being more similar to a Joss Whedon show than anything else in the star wars universe seen thus far. But i'll refrain until i've seen the actual episode.

I can't find a link but one of the Star Wars bloggers posted on twitter that a Star Wars rebels console game is in the works making it the third game to be known in development after Battlefront and the Open World game by Visceral.

I don't mind her being a mother figure as much as I mind her voice actor. She just makes the character sound incredibly condescending to me.

Just finished watching it and its the weakest episode next to the Ezra/Zebb at the market one. I think the main problem is that the show has a no flashbacks rule so they have to find someway to shoe horn's Sabine's backstory in somehow. It was way more organic with Zebb and Kanan where they use it as apart of the plot. Seems like the next few episoides will focus on Ezra's only leaving Hera to be fleshed out more becuase even A New Dawn doesn't go into what turned her into a rebel. My guess is she's the same twilekk that we saw clone troopers save in The Clone Wars

The next episode is out on disney XD, and i'll probably watch it later this weekend.

speculation/rumor time

Also I updated the OP with all the cannon materials. I need to fix a few images, plus add the video game and quick descriptions of everything later tonight.

"Empire Day" is the best episode of Rebels yet. I'm glad they are refocusing on Ezra. He should be the show's main character.

My favorite episode thus far is probably Breaking Ranks or Rise of the Old Masters, but empire day was really good. I liked they used the Empire theme as an actual in universe theme and forwarding the plot as it comes to Ezra. Personally i'm bigger fans of Kanan and Hera, but Ezra does work better as the POV character.

Here's the febuaury Star Wars comics.

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JASON AARON (W) • JOHN CASSADAY (A/C)
SKETCH VARIANT COVER BY JOHN CASSADAY
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THE GREATEST SPACE ADVENTURE OF ALL TIME CONTINUES!

• The Rebel assault on Cymoon 1 continues!
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  Star Wars © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are © 2015 Lucasfilm Ltd

DARTH VADER #1 & 2
KIERON GILLEN (w) • SALVADOR LARROCA (a)
CoverS by ADI GRANOV
ISSUE #1 - Teaser Variant by JOHN CASSADAY
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER B BY J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
VARIANT COVER BY ALEX ROSS
SKETCH VARIANT COVER BY ALEX ROSS
VARIANT COVER BY MICHAEL GOLDEN
VARIANT COVER BY MIKE DEL MUNDO
YOUNG VARIANT BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
MOVIE VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
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The original Dark Lord of the Sith stars in his first ongoing series!
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The Star Wars Force Awakens trailer s going to be shown this weekend at select theaters.

http://theforce.net/v3-story/frontDisney_Announces_Star_Wars_...

The mid season finale of Rebels is tonight and the show won't be back till January 5th.

Also the plot of the 2016 star wars spin-off film is looking like The story of the guys who stole the death star plans from the empire

I have to say, I was slightly disappointed in the Rebels midseason finale, "Gathering Forces".

It's not bad, not at all. It's just that my expectations were high, as Empire Day is my favorite episode so far, and Greg Weisman (the genius of writing cartoons) wrote the episode.

The opening seemed a bit odd to me (spoilers onward).

But aside from that, I really loved the character building. I loved how Ezra managed to succeed by accepting his fear of the truth, and I generally liked how several elements from previous episodes came into play like Fulcrum and the old clone base.

8/10

@iKhan

I know your going to like the next episode when the show returns being a big fan of Ezra. Its called Path of the Jedi and is putting Ezra on the road to getting his lightsaber.

Slashfilm is reporting that Rebels will last 3 to 4 seasons, and than be phased out for a new series set around the same time as episode VII.

http://www.slashfilm.com/new-star-wars-animated-series/

I am really curious about that trailer too, but I heard its just a teaser-trailer. We won't see much.

As for Rebels: Its still no "Clone wars" epicness, but I'll stick around for a while. Also, the battles really need to become stronger/harder. So far, they really feel to soft. That's just my opinion anyway. This is CERTAINLY aimed at a younger audience while Clone wars was aimed at a older audience.

So I saw the teaser. Nice teaser! Here are a few things that stood out, spoiler alert:

Storm troopers are still around?
That black person with the Storm trooper outfit, is he a deserteur? Will he become a Jedi?
The girl is probably the daughter of Han Solo or Luke, as has been rumored
Funny "ball" R2DS cousin
A sith lightsaber, with 2 side-arms!
And of course the Millenium falcon and X-wings looking good!

As a note Star Wars Rebels comes back tomorrow with Path of the Jedi.

Star Wars Heir to the Jedi is releasing March 3, 2015.

Star Wars Dark Disciple releasing in July has gotten a final cover

Just watched Path of the Jedi. From a story perspective, it was great. I loved the portrayal of a Jedi Temple, and the further explanation of Kanan. Also, I loved the reference to the final battle of Phantom Menace when Kanan was fighting the Inquisitor. Yoda's my favorite Star Wars character too, so that was an added bonus.

My biggest gripe was Taylor Gray's acting. Half of what he said in this episode felt incredibly forced. Though I haven't felt like that for previous episodes. It may just be poor directing on Dave Filoni's part

The Jedi temple itsself was the highlight, and it took the jedi back to being a mysterious and mystic order. The way the temple comes up and than cloes down as soon as Kanan and Ezra left gave me chills. I felt the way Ezra got the Kaiber Crystal to make his lightsaber was a bit too handfisted for my tastes.

I almost expected Ezra to cut off the Inquisitors head, only to have it turn into his own.

But you know, still a great episode.