Star Wars Rebels

[Jangler]

I kept waiting to see if anybody would start this thread...

 

http://www.starwars.com/tv-shows/star-wars-rebels

 

Anybody watching?

 

It's been pretty good, better than The Clone Wars, only because TCW has Episode I, II, III, stink on it and Rebels has a more familiar look especially to us older folk.

 

so far Lando with the voice of BDW has shown up and guess who for the season finale?

 

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02/24/darth-vader-returns-for-star-wars-rebels-season-finale

[CarolinaCoolin]

All Star Wars is good. Forget this 1, 2, 3 stink bullshit.

[RelaxImaPro]

Speaking of the prequels, I'm not particularly fond of them (they're alright, but the OT is obviously on another level), but they're still watchable.  Episode 1 is also a lot better than people give it credit for IMO... it's still better than Attack of the Clones.  Don't know why that one gets a free pass, yet everyone hates on The Phantom Menace.  Somewhere along the lines though I guess a huge circlejerk started over Episode 1 and Jar Jar.

 

That pod race scene, and the Darth Maul fight were two of the best scenes in the entire prequel trilogy.  It's also not as ridiculously CGI heavy like Episode 2 and 3.  Seriously, go rewatch them... 2 and 3 are damn near cartoons.

[Jangler]

http://screenrant.com/star-wars-rebels-season-2-darth-vader-ahsoka/
 

The last few years have been wrought with change for the Star Wars franchise, but by far the most drastic was the redefinition of the Star Wars canon by an official story group. The franchise’s timeline has been streamlined significantly, removing the Expanded Universe and leaving only Episode I-VI, Star Wars: The Clones Wars, and any subsequent media as the new, official canon.

The first of this new, canon-official material was Star Wars Rebels (and its tie-in novel, “A New Dawn”), an animated series set only five years prior to Episode IV: A New Hope, focusing on the early days of the rebellion. The series wrapped its first season earlier this week and during its (rather epic) season finale dropped a few major bombshells.


During the finale, “Fire Across the Galaxy”, the Inquisitor was killed (well, chose to die would be a better way of putting it); Ahsoka Tano was revealed to be both alive and Hera’s informant “Fulcrum”; and Darth Vader joined Grand Moff Tarkin in his effort to squash the emerging rebellion against the Empire.

To begin with, Ahsoka being not only alive but also running the fledgeling rebellion with Senator Bail Organa was a welcomed reveal to Clone Wars fans fearing the worst for the young Jedi. She arrived in the nick of time, too, rescuing the Lothal rebels from what would have been certain death at the hands of the Empire.

 

 

[Jeremy Igo]

All Star Wars is good. Forget this 1, 2, 3 stink bullshit.

1 and 2 were God awful.

3 was decent.

[CarolinaCoolin]

1 and 2 were God awful.

3 was decent.

Each one has its appeal. I guess I'm bias because those were the movies that made me fall in love with the franchise.

[CarolinaCoolin]

The light saber duels were far better in the prequels that's undeniable

[PizzaTheHutt]

I really like this show.... my only two complaints were just how dumb the Imperials were made to be (which is quickly taken care of when Tarkin arrives) and the fact that the whole show revolved around one planet (which looked pretty dull). I think that problem will be resolved in season 2, since we will get to see more of the rebel alliance.

 

I was kinda bummed that the season finale happened on a Star Destroyer instead of on Mustafar itself. kind of a cock tease. And damn it, does every minor villain get killed way too soon (Inquizitor, Maul, Jango Fett, etc). The heros don't stand a chance against Vader though. If they aren't constantly running away from him next season I'm calling BS. 

 

As for poo pooing on the prequels.... (sigh) I hate to be this guy but reading the books set in that time period makes watching the movies more enjoyable (even though they aren't canon anymore). The book "Cloak of Deception" is 10x better than the Phantom Menace (the book is the prequel to the prequel) and it even makes the taxation of galactic trade routes interesting.

[Kurb]

Great show.

[Jangler]

Season 2 premier was better than Avengers 2.

[Jase]

My 3 yr old son loves it and I like it enough as a kids show not to shoot myself in the head, so that's a positive.

[Jangler]

Is it bad that I understand Chopper more than Jar Jar?