In the original trilogy, George Lucas highlighted the grim realities of war. The hero’s victory in battle was always accompanied by the visual depiction of the death of friends and comrades. Paradises were created and lost, and individuals who had no role in the fighting suffered, from Jawas to moisture farmers. When Lucas returned to…
The Clone Wars first arrived as a theatrically released movie, which preceded the show’s television debut by approximately two months. It returned fans to the era of the prequel trilogy films, then, as now, still a topic which provokes emotional responses among fans (good and bad) and began the process of carving out a significant chunk…
For fans of The Clone Wars the season finale of Rebels’ second season ended in the fan equivalent of high octane adrenaline being injected straight into the heart. Why? It brought together master and apprentice, Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano. Their friendship and partnership was a driving force throughout the The Clone Wars series and…
On Saturday, Rebels returned for its third season with the hour long “Steps into Shadow.” To say the premiere, debuting on Rebels’ new night, was highly anticipated is an understatement, as expectations and excitement were both boosted insanely high by the reveal at Star Wars Celebration Europe that the old Expanded Universe villain, Grand Admiral…
“For over a thousand generations, the Jedi knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the old Republic…” Intoned and infused with mystical gravitas by Alec Guiness, these words for millions of fans represented the first time we learned about the Jedi in Star Wars. Our own hunger and interest grew over the years,…
Star Wars Celebration Europe looms large on the horizon, and with it, perhaps a glimpse of future of Ezra Bridger. Dave Filoni, executive producer and supervising director for Rebels, has promised to bring the first two episodes of Season Three with him for viewing. In anticipation of what might be learned, let’s take a look…
After Disney’s acquisition of the Star Wars franchise, it immediately launched a new television show under its banner, Rebels. Rebels has since completed two full seasons with a third currently in production. Much of the show’s emotional gravitas has focused on one of its heroes, Kanan Jarrus. A padawan who survived Order 66, the infamous…
A void exists in the life of Obi-Wan Kenobi. From The Phantom Menace to Revenge of the Sith, we follow Kenobi from Jedi Knight to Jedi Master, as he sought to train Anakin Skywalker and fight as a general in the Republic’s clone armies. At the end of Revenge of the Sith, we see Kenobi…
If the first three issues of Marvel’s Star Wars were intended to simply introduce our characters, the next three push our main heroes, Luke, Han, and Leia, off onto paths which come to define them in the following films of the Original Trilogy. Luke continues his path to becoming a Jedi, while the building blocks…
In Part One, we addressed the likelihood of Ahsoka Tano being killed off in the season finale of Rebels. Now in Part Two, we will take one more look at what lies ahead in that finale via the scenes shared from the mid-season trailer shared earlier this winter. We know that Kanan, Ahsoka, and Ezra…
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