Star Wars Rebels

I guess maybe so. I know in the Kanan comic they (Kanan and Sloane) already knew one another.

Individual shots from that commercial linked earlier:

Well, if the Battle of Scarif and the opening crawl of ANH tell us anything, Thrawn should be getting a lot more credit in a few weeks.

Those cancellation rumors can finally be put to bed.

Star Wars Rebels to Return for Fourth Season This Fall | StarWars.com

It was nice seeing Mon Mothma make an appearance ...

Hoss said:

I was thinking the same thing. Delete 1 planet, and as soon as he figures out it was messed with, he has you. What they should have done is deleted a wrong planet.



Wasn't rae sloane in the pre-rebels book where kanaan and hera met?

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Yeah, I think they met in A New Dawn

Royal said:

It was nice seeing Mon Mothma make an appearance ...

Spoiler

... but on the whole I thought this was kind of a meh episode. It felt mostly like another Rogue One tie in. EU Thrawn fans will probably enjoy seeing his prototype TIE in action wrecking shit. The Gold Squadron "you guys are screwing things up for the rest of us/you can be my wingman anytime" turn is one of those things that reminds you of the allowances you have to make for this being a kids show.

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I agree with your spoiler.

Hah, watched a second time with the wife last night and realized they did the instant transmission hyperdrive at the end. I could care less, but thought it was funny.

Yeah the ending was very much a "don't think too hard about it we just wanna show the Rebel fleet warping in like they did in Rogue One" moment.

Drakain said:

they did the instant transmission hyperdrive

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the taint of Abrams is spreading

There isn't a good explanation because it was done purely for visual impact. These are supposed to be the various rebel cells scattered across the galaxy and Mothma's speech was a call to unity. If they've already massed nearby then there isn't much need such a call, especially one that outs her to the Empire. You could say that it was done more to draw and inspire others who had so far sat on the sidelines to action but why risk massing your forces and giving the Empire a chance to gut your rebellion in it's infancy?

It's another example of it being primarily a kid's show that isn't necessarily meant to stand up to heavy scrutiny in many instances. It occasionally sets that mandate aside and in those moments it typically delivers some quality storytelling for it's older audience.

Again I just thought it was funny with the discussion we had in the Ep.7 thread.

I mean look at Empire, Han and Leia are walking around with masks on while being exposed to a vacuum inside a space worm with its mouth open, and there is gravity. Not low gravity, actual gravity.
Silly to get upset about a universe with space whales. Just have fun.

Drakain said:

Silly to get upset about a universe with space whales. Just have fun.

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Yeah.

I've said it another way before about modern Star Wars in general; appreciate it for what it is.

Older viewers have to give the series certain allowances. That doesn't mean it's above criticism either. Good storytelling has certain things it must do to be considered good, regardless of the target demo.

I think I'm in the minority that actually liked the space whales. They reminded me of the Brood Saga in 80's X-Men comics.