Spinning out of the #CloneWarsRewatch comes #RebelsRewatch. As we prepare for season two of “Star Wars: Resistance,” “The Mandalorian,” “Rise of Skywalker” and the final season of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” I will continue to rewatch the animated Star Wars projects and bridge the gaps between the past and present of The Skywalker Saga S3E12-13 Ghosts of Geonosis Part 1 and 2 Recap: The Ghost crew ventures to Geonosis to locate rebel, Saw Gerrera. Connecting the Canon This episode premiered in 2017 after “Rogue One.” Bail Organa and Saw Gerrera tie directly back to that movie AND “The Clone Wars.” Rex says he was hoping he’d never have to come back to “This dust ball.” Geonosis has been mined for material multiple times since “Attack of the Clones” in 2002. Forest Whitaker reprises his role as Saw Gerrera. The Empire moved work on The Death Star since the last time the Ghost Crew was there in season two. Klick-Klack was drawing the Death Star and no one knew. Sabine said, “Stupid sand, it gets everywhere.” Obviously calling back to Anakin’s line in the prequels. S3E14 Warhead Recap: An unknown droid lands on Chopper Base. Connecting the Canon The new droid is based off of a Ralph McQuarrie design for C3P0. We find out that Hobbie and Wedge were part of Phoenix Squadron. This was a pretty basic episode, but it did help Thrawn narrow down his search for the Rebels. S3E15 Trials of the Darksaber Recap: Sabine starts her training with the darksaber. Connecting the Canon Tarre Vizsla’s story and the history of the Dark Saber was told again in this episode. S3E16 Legacy of Mandalore Recap: Sabine returns home to Mandalore. Connecting the Canon More of Mandalore’s history since “The Clone Wars” is discussed. S3E17 Through Imperial Eyes Recap: Ezra attempts to help- Kallus escape. Thrawn is trying to Connecting the Canon Thrawn’s override code is Rukkh (who we see next season.) Thrawn is a character born out of convenience. In the novels he is much more likeable. In this episode Thrawn discovers Kallus is Fulcrum. S3E18 Secret Cargo Recap: Hera and the Ghost Crew protect Mon Mothma from the Empire. Connecting the Canon Imperial Chancellor, Mon Mothma is speaking out against the Emperor. Genevieve O’Reilly Reprises her role as Mon Mothma after “Rogue One” and “Revenge of the Sith.” This episode is important because it marks the true beginning of the Rebellion under Mon Mothma. This is the Rebel Alliance. No longer separate Rebel Cells. S3E19 Double Agent Droid Recap: Wedge and the droids infiltrate the Empire. Connecting the Canon This is the fifth time this season that Chopper got a paint job. This is a musical episode. The drioids did a rendition of “Anything you can do, I can do better.” Josh Gad and Nathan Kress are both in this episode as Controller and Wedge. Poor AP-5. He just wants to be alone. S3E20 Twin Suns Recap: Maul is on the hunt for Kenobi. Ezra tracks Maul to Tattooine. Connecting the Canon James Arnold Taylor returns as Obi-Wan Kenobi. Kenobi knew Ezra’s name already. I’m certain that Yoda, Kenobi and Qui-Gon have a bigger knowledge of all force users and all time and space. Kenobi wasn’t going to fight until Maul alluded to the fact he was protecting someone. Kenobi had to fight to keep Luke safe. Kenobi’s fighting stances match the way Maul killed Qui-Gon Jinn. This is the closest we have seen Obi-Wan to how he will appear in the upcoming “Kenobi” series on Disney Plus. Maul asks if Luke is the chosen one. Kenobi says, “he is.” This is from a certain point of view. Maul says, “he will avenge us.” Anakin does avenge the galaxy and Maul even by destroying The Emperor. However, what does this mean for Palpatine’s return in Episode Nine? Ezra took Maul’s ship with him. S3E21-22 Zero Hour Part 1 &2
Recap: Thrawn discovers the location of the Rebel base. Connecting the Canon Lothal just never goes away. Death troopers make their first appearance in this series. Ezra’s dark side kind of just goes away this season. I mean, maybe he just chose to be good. I assume the Bendu is mostly a metaphor because he doesn’t really do much in the show other than teach lessons. I had almost forgotten that Sabine has been absent for five episodes. How the Bendu turned into a storm is beyond me. Also, if Bendu is in the middle of dark and light, you would think he wouldn’t take part in the action. Maybe the Bendu is the opposite of Luke in “The Last Jedi.” Though, Luke too took action in the end. Bendu says to Thrawn, “I see your defeat like many arms surrounding you in a cold embrace” which directly alludes to the series finale in season four. Kallus is officially with the Rebellion and Phoenix Squadron is officially going to Yavin. That’s where they are through the rest of the series and “Rogue One” and “A New Hope.” The novel “Thrawn: Alliances” takes place directly after this episode with Thrawn and Governor Pryce dealing with their failure. BEST OF THE BATCH This week my favorite episode was “Twin Suns.” Seeing Maul’s ultimate demise and rematch with Obi-Wan Kenobi was priceless. Let alone, seeing Luke in the series was also a great addition. There were other good episodes, but season three was pretty straight forward compared to how great season two was. "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" is in theaters December 20. May the Force be with you, always. [email protected] @GrahamWoodMedia
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