Full Series Rebels 3.07 - Imperial Super Commandos - Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)

Boy am I glad I got the SoD series when I did. No way would I pay $50 for an idividual issue or $250 for four issues. I didn't pay much more than $250 dollards for my entire Walking Dead collection which consists now of 160 issues (they have a good deal on compendiums for TWD).

 

So this episode was pretty good, nothing special but definitely not bad 7,5/10

+Gar Saxon was pretty menacing in this episode and he seems different from the regular Imperial commanders that we have seen. And ofc it's great to see yet another TCW character returning after all this time
+The action was good in this episode
+The Imperial Supercommandos themselves were prettty threatening and slightly better than the regular Stormtroopers that we usually get to see
+I like the Game of Thrones vibes that the Mandalore story arc is giving me right now
+The Phantom II looks pretty good
+Sabine finally gets her jetpack
-/+We get some cool bits about Sabine's backstory but not as much as was expected.
-/+ Fenn Rau was pretty ''meh'' in this episode, I liked some of his lines in this episode but his turn seemed very sudden.
-Sabine is getting very OP, she's 16 and she just won against the ruler of Mandalore

Favorite Quote of the Episode
''Give me Fenn Rau and swear allegiance or you and your friend will die'' - Gar Saxon

 

She is 18. But i agree with your point.

 

Yeah, at this point in Rebels, Sabine is somewhere around 18 or 19. Besides, if you watch the fight closely, she mainly won due to her superior agility, dodging his attacks and striking when he was vulnerable (pretty sure he only managed to land one good hit on her). Not all that unreasonable considering she's an 18 year old girl and he's a middle aged man.

 

He was in the Son of Dathomir comic

 

OK after this episode i think its pretty safe to say that Sabine will someday unit the Mandalorians again and become new Mandalore.

 

That line of thought does make me wonder exactly how significant the Darksaber is in canon. We know it's important to Vizsla's heritage and to Deathwatch, but it seems like it could easily be more than that. Almost a canon equivalent of Mandalore's mask where it's a symbol of the true ruler for all Mandos who still follow the warrior path. TBH, I'd be perfectly happy with Sabine (or better yet Bo-Katan) uniting their people again and making whichever one doesn't rule one of her first new protectors along with Rau

 

I meant him, sorry it came across wrong lol.
Yeah I am lucky to be one of the few that actually own a hard copy, it will be my prized possession forever.

 

Are you serious? That's a ridiculous price.

 

I'm a big fan of Gar Saxon; what a ruthless, opportunistic jerk (with great fashion sense). Here's my recap.

 

I believe her mother is Rook Kast, they have a similar helmet. I also remember a video where Filoni was drawing Sabine's helmet and he mentioned "Nite Owls", could be relevant.

 

I have to say, I'm pretty disappointed in Ezra's combat skills as displayed in this episode. Saxon only comes with five additional commandos, none of which are that heavily armed. Any Jedi Knight worth his salt could take at least half of those guys down without breaking a sweat. Even a Padawan like Ezra shouldn't have to run and hide when there are only six opponents armed with only blasters. I can't help but think of Padawan Ahsoka handling most of Death Watch without too much trouble. Maybe there's a difference in levels of power or training, but Ezra showed decent skills in the season premiere and those skills didn't come across well here.I kept expecting Ezra to Force Push Saxon and his bodyguards or use a saber throw during the aerial chase. Maybe I'm just expecting too much from a Padawan with just a year of training .

 

Yeah Ezra got nerfed and it was just a straight nerf. Not in the sense that Mandos are way better then troopers.


Are we ever going to find out why Sabine is the only Asian Mando? I mean dont get me wrong I liked it when Mandolore was all about anyone regardless of Race (in both the real world and fantasy sense), Gender, sexual orienation, ableness, etc could rise through the ranks provided they were badass enough or smart enough. But that got retconed thanks to Duchess Satine and club.

Still I liked the episode more sabine is good.

 

Did... did Sabine just get actual focus?!



I am finally beginning to watch the season out of actual interest and not habit, I have a feeling this could be one of those apparent 'filler'/character beat episodes that turns out to be more important down the line - this is definitely not the last we've seen of Mandalorians and now we've pretty much canonically got Imperial Mandos and at least one Rebel-affliated one - Fenn Rau and Rex is the buddy movie SW has been waiting for, make it so.

I was never particularly big on Mandalore in general (mostly because no two writers ever seemed to agree on how it actually worked) but now I am digging the whole clan politicking angle to go with the badass mercenaries vibe they've got going - I would love to see a decent author (Zahn or JJ Miller for personal preference) really dig into that stuff without having to worry about ratings-friendliness.

Ezra did take a bit of a whack from the nerf bat for this episode but A) it was Sabine's episode so she needed/deserved the focus and B) he didn't have his lightsaber for long stretches so fighting wasn't really an option. It was nice to see them calling back to his trickster/street rat persona and I hope we get a bit more of that in future.

 

She's not the only Asian Mando. Rook Kast (from the son of Dathomir comic) is Asian too. And Mandalorians don't restrict someone based on race, orientation etc. Where are you getting that from? There are many clans/houses we haven't seen yet.

 

Just wondering .... Sabine's jet pack got damaged in the escape. Will she be able to fix it? It would be a shame if the jet pack is only a one-episode thing.

 

As far as Ahsoka vs Death Watch goes, she needed help 3 times in that episode. Once against Viszla (she was not doing well until she was kicked out of the tent and the droids began intervening.) Again against some DW redshirt who was strangling her, and Bo-Katan was pretty much kicking her butt until Ahsoka force pushed her and she couldn't catch up to the speeder.

As far as Ezra vs. the Supercommandos, I sort of agree that he seemed...underpowered. I would've loved to see him fight that last supercommando with Saxon, and go toe-to-toe with lightsaber vs. armor and martial arts. That was a missed opportunity to display 1. Ezra's increasing skill in combat, and 2. what exactly makes the supercommandos "super".

As for the Darksaber and it's relevance to Mandalore, I think it's mostly an icon. Afterall, we know from the murals on Sundari (http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net...usaders.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20151223205401) that Mandalorians already fought and defeated Jedi opponents with swords, so the Darksaber isn't really *necessary* so much as it is an icon. I like to think of it as the "Iron Throne" of the Mandalorian world.

 

The Recon for this episode seemed pretty to indicate she's keeping it. I can't imagine she wouldn't be able to fix it.

 

$7.96 on Kindle, Comixology and Marvel's site. View Comic has the entire thing too.

 

So...I hope that Sabine's jetpack is not gone after getting shot....Hopefully it will get repaired and we will see more of it.

After Rau came back in the Phantom II...It would have been nice to see the SuperCommando's armor in a pile in the passenger area...I know he had his armor when the Rebels captured him...but he could take the jetpack and have spare parts.