Season two of Star Wars Rebels is upon us!
Tonight the season premiere aired and I have to say, it set up some alluring storylines to look for as the show progresses.
As I said last night in my preview of season two, I’m most looking forward to seeing what happens between Ahsoka and Vader.
Something is going to happen, that’s for sure.
Whether that be Ahsoka seeks him out or she just utilizes her knowledge of the dark lord to the Rebels advantage, it’s hard to say really.
Personally, I think that they’re both on a crash course to meet in a duel together but the outcome and the results are still undetermined.
The other major storyline of the season is the clones have returned!
Of course there’s Captain Rex, a hero from one of my favorite shows Star Wars The Clone Wars but also Commanders Wolffe and Gregor.
All three of these characters boost very different personalities but they play very well into the plot.
In addition to the plot, I think that the show is also trying to show that these characters who served together under extreme measures of conformity, have their own contrasting identities.
Commander Rex seems to be the only clone out of the three who is more or less the same from the Clone Wars, except maybe just a bit more edgier.
As for Commanders Wolffe and Gregor, they’re extremely different from Rex and even from each other.
For starters, Wolffe is very tense. As we see in the first scene that introduces the clones to us, it’s Wolffe who fires upon Kanan and company.
Rex eventually calms him down but the fun is just beginning as we meet Gregor…
Something is clearly wrong with him as he’s not afraid to show us his craziness.
As the episode goes on, the issues with Commander Wolffe take a turn for the worse as he admits to ignoring Ahsoka’s transmissions as well as contacting the Empire in hopes that the mighty Imperials will allow Wolffe and his fellow clones to keep on keeping on.
Since all clones from the Clone Wars were somehow “decommissioned”, he hopes that his efforts will secure their futures.
This of course poses a major problem but I guess we will find out what happens next time.
As for Gregor…he ends up using Zeb as bait for a giant creature known as a Jooper.
Something very interesting in the episode is when the clones touch on Order 66…
Kanan at first has some very tense moments with Rex and hey, who can blame him! After all, it was the clone troopers who turned on the Jedi and practically wiped them all out was it not??
Anyways, Rex says that they were able to take out the chips embedded in their heads as he points to a scar on the right side of his dome.
It’s a great scene and it really helps us fans understand how they were able to rebel against what they were programmed to do.
The episode comes to an end as everyone realizes that a Imperial probe droid has been watching them and attempts to escape.
If it wasn’t for Rex’s sharp shooting, all of them would be in a world of trouble.
Maybe that calmed down Kanan and the rest of them over Wolffe’s betrayal (odd if it did) but they seemed to all rejoice together.
All in all, the season debut wasn’t anything super spectacular but it stayed the course and laid the groundwork for the rest of the season.
My only gripe with Star Wars Rebels is how short the episodes are. I know The Clone Wars was only 30 minutes as well but it just feels like it should be longer.
With that being said, I look forward to next week’s episode!
Same time next week everyone, let’s hope it’s a good one!
-Sith Pacify out
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