Full Series Rebels 4.15/4.16 - Family Reunion - and Farewell (SERIES FINALE!) - Discussion Thread (Spoilers)

The father was Chopper - the camera literally centered on him when the voiceover said "you know what his father was like"

Which means Jacen is gonna grow up and kill thousands of people

Did he help design Starkiller Base?

/joking

 

Really good finale. I was surprised at how much emotion it packed.

I always had the feeling that they wouldn’t kill the kid protagonist of a kid-oriented show, so it doesn’t surprise me that Ezra survived, but I did like the solution they came up with to take him out of the scene for duration of the OT. I still think it would’ve had a greater punch if Ezra had sacrificed his life, but oh well, this option is also okay, and still had some emotion to it.
Ezra did come around as a character in the end and there is a part of me that is actually quite happy that he lives, as it feels like I finally got to really like his character and want to see more of this Ezra. It took him more time than Ahsoka to mature but I suppose the way it was done here was more realistic.

Sabine too came around as character for me, and I liked that she was the one who narrated the epilogue. Her relationship with Ezra slowly grew into finally something that is entirely rooted on deep respect and mutual care.

Hera is still a great character and her voice actress is just phenomenal. She makes her character feel so real and relatable. Jacen looked a bit weird to me, but maybe it’s just the animation style. I certainly hope he does not get enrolled in Luke’s Jedi school. Let at least one character’s legacy be spared from the nihilistic reboot of the franchise.

I loved Thrawn here, I think this finale was his best villainous performance. Pryce remained a despicable Imperial until the end, which I appreciated.

Admittedly, got a little teary-eyed when Zeb brought Kallus to his people.

Melch's fake out was a bit off, completely missed an emotional beat there and Hondo is not the same as he used to be. Those are probably my only complaints.

 

i just realized that that the canon-adjacent LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures had Hondo surviving past ESB so I wasn't surprised that he made it through the Rebels finale. Makes me wish they would do a "real" version of the events that went down in the Freemaker Adventures.

 

Well yes I don't disagree with this post really... But I still don't get what you are actually trying to say about this. I argued that kamikaze by a cruiser (like in TLJ )is not always the best tactic and there is always good reason not to do it, but sometimes it is the only choice and may prove to be better than all other alternatives. I'm not saying it is never a good tactic.

My argument was against those people who claim that Holdo's sacrifice was somehow illogical or dumb and that it somehow ruins the logic of space battling because "Why not always just to hyperspacejump everything". I don't think it does. My point is that it is rarely the best alternative and therefore not always used. But sure sometimes it is useful tactic. Here is example from Legends from where this ramming with unmanned transport is used well and it makes sense, but it works because they also use deception and enemy has no time to react. Sometimes enemy may anticipate the move and has a chance to prevent it by hacking into systems of unmanned transport, using tractor beams to change the course, boarding it or destroying it before it rams into intended target. That's why it's not foolproof tactic for everything. Using freighter still has the same problem as using cruiser is- you are gonna lose that freighter and Rebel Alliance needs most of their transports for you know, transporting stuff.

Hondo appears in Star Wars Commander that takes place after ANH. And I think it is canon...

Are you sure it wasn't lothstork....?

 

So then Twi'leks are pregnant for years and years (and years).

 

No. The epilogue - set after Endor - shows a child of around 4/5. We're within a year of Yavin, and Endor is 4 years later so that timeline works just fine.

 

..Really? Looks like a baby to me.

 

Who looks like a baby?

 

Him. I guess you could claim 3 or 4 years old though, which means Hera held him inside her for 6 or 7 years, or she decided to steal Kanan's DNA years after he died, or it's just someone else's (in which case it's almost certainly Rotta's son).

 

Thanks for sharing that you do not care.

 

I can't tell if you're being serious or not. The boy looks to be anywhere between 3-5 years old. If you assume the latter, then he's pretty much how he old he should be when Sabine gives her epilogue. Lothal's liberation occurs during 1BBY. The Battle of Endor occurs in 4BBY. Where do you get "6 to 7 years" from?
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline_of_galactic_history

 

Exactly. The epilogue even tells us directly that he was born prior to the battle of Endor.

 

I believe The Future Dark Lord Jacen Syndulla is 4 years old. 5 max. For him to be older, that would require Jacen to be born during or after the Rebels finale. Which is impossible, only he is the true Chosen One and just appeared.

 

Wtf are you even talking about?

That the epilogue is set 10 years after is just a speculation by Germain Lussier from io9 who thought Jacen looked around 10 in the epilogue.

But Jacen definitely looks more like 5 (or 6 at absolute maximum) in the epilogue. I personally think that the epilogue takes place in 5 ABY, shortly after the Battle of Jakku.

If the finale is in 1 BBY, then Jacen was likely born in 0 BBY and is therefore 5 when Jakku happens. That timeline works fine.

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I reckon Jacen was 5 or 6 when we saw him the Ghost.

Also, here's my super detailed recap of this episode for the New York Daily News - I'm both sad and relieved to be done writing these! I hope they've been useful to people.

 

Jacen looked between 5-6 years old for me

 

How are ppl getting that number?

 

It's from this piece by Germain Lussier:

But, given he also mixes up Lira San and Lasan in the same piece, i'm not really taking him as word-of-God on this. I think he's just guessing.

 

From an io9 article by Germain Lussier. Lussier wrote that Jacen looked 9 to 10 to him, therefore Lussier concluded that the epilogue must be 10 years after the liberation of Lothal.

Now German Lussier is not an official source in any capacity, so I don't understand why some in here go with it and I honestly also don't know why Jacen looks 10 to him. As many have pointed out, Jacen looks more like 5 in the epilogue.

Let Filoni or Hidalgo be the one to actually confirm when exactly the epilogue takes place.

Edit: @Dame sans merci beat me to it.

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Ooh! Thank you.

I agree, his guessing is a little...off.

 

Definitely not 10.

 

But he's definitely not a baby either.

 

He's either a big young boy or a developmentally different older boy.

Seriously looks half Hutt to me.