Full Series Alexsandr "Hot" Kallus

Kallus better step up his game, I loves me those sideburns. That being said, I need to see more of him and Tarkin butting heads, it's just way too funny.

I thought I was the only one, sometimes it seems to be a really dark version of that olive/grey color that is the Imperial norm to me, not sure why.

 

The armor is black. The uniform comes off as a dark grey almost black:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/10/star-wars-rebels-villain-agent-kallus-revealed

http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Agent_Kallus

 

I am aware of these sites, but please do not forget this is from the developers of the show, directly on starwars.com:
http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-rebels-costume-color-guide-for-imperials


That is actually why I am wondering! The uniforms looks grey to me too, even in this picture. So wonder why... is the lighting, the texturing? I do not know. Perhaps someone here is more knowledgeable in these things.
Both Lego and Hasbro almost slavishly adhered to this colour code, btw.




And, as far as the "standard ISB uniform" (quote from the Disney Wiki) is concerned... ... well, some people are positively sure it is white, based on non-screen evidence like the EU. I for one am not so sure.

 

Where it points to and says Hexachrome black, it clearly not the same color. It is obviously a lighter color, a lighter shade of gray. The tunic looks two tone as well. The chest armor looks like a gun metal blue color . The helmet looks like ts supposed to be the same gun metal blue . The silver/steel weathering on the helmet looks about right.

They may be fooling around with the painter's pallette and lighting effects on the show. But those texts say those are the colors, you'd have to ask Filoni. Hasbro interpreted Kallus's outfit as flat black and gray two tone tunic. The armor is a gun metal.

 

Wonder how his relationship will be with Lord Vader ?
(It would be hilarious if he had no idea who he is .)

 

His relationship should be obvious:

"You have failed us for the last time, Agent Kallus." Force Choke

In all seriousness though, he'll probably be Vader's errand boy.

 

I would like to see him not being scared at the beginning and all of a sudden Vader motivates Kallus by force choking him a little.

 

Am I the only one that always thinks his knees are where the top of his boots are in that pic
Also why would you use the Disney Wiki? If it's Star Wars you'll probably find better results on Wookiepedia
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kallus
Also considering the white ISB uniform, it could always just be the uniform for analysts or officers. Kallus is a field agent so his gear would probably reflect that a bit more.

 

My expectations for Kallus in Season 2:

- He will be a sideshow character. Too bad, but I think Vader and Tarkin will be the prime antagonists. This is bad, because these two cannot lose too much. So losses will probably be on Kallus, which I would dislike a lot. Making the ISB canon only to serve as villain of the week feels a little cheap. I hope they avoid that. As I have outlined before, Kallus was a good threat to the non-Force users and had well working plans.​

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- His conflict with Zeb will be resolved or at least further developed. This may be good for the story, but it will end bad for Kallus, I am afraid. The resolution would either be a Rebel victory, or a Imperial victory. The former would obviously be bad for Kallus, but I also do not think a lasting victory over Zeb as a main character will be credited to Kallus. The credit will probably go to Vader & Tarkin.​

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- He might establish a link between Tarkin and Yularen (if Yularen will be ISB in the show, too), also providing insights into the ISB.​

In short, I am not too optimistic about his role, although if he survived and even did well in the first season.

Well, no doubt he has a two-tone tunic. From what I see with my eyes, it is dark grey where it says "black" and somewhat lighter grey where it says "hexachrome black". "Hexachrome black", whatever that is, seems to be a different colour than black.
The colour guide is not really consistent here, since the hexachrome black of the Tank Transport Pilot looks clearly darker than all the black/hexachrome black on Kallus...
http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-rebels-costume-color-guide-for-imperials

But just as Obi-Wan said, don't trust your eyes they can deceive you... ;-)

As of now, the actual colour of Kallus's uniform remains up to debate. Is a dark grey as it seems on screen, it is a black as a says on the colour code? Are our eyes deceived by lighting and texturing?
I do not know, but I'd love to know.

Possible, but there are a lot of possible options: different branches within the ISB, different uniform for different ranks, etc.
I am just not 100% convinced of the field gear explanation, since Tarkin and Veers did not change their tunics but only added armour and helmet when they went into battle. (Not to mention that Kallus does paperworks in the headquarter while wearing this uniform - although this is a clearly a budget restriction of the show).

Of course, we will have to wait for Season 2, which hopefully answers all these questions.

 

I think by the end of season 2 we will have all new Imperials because Kallus and Tua will be dead.

 

Kallus better up his game. Kallus lets one Rebel go, Vader will Force choke Kallus offhandedly while fiddling around with his suit controls.

 

It is a possibility that Kallus dies, especially if they keep Vader & Tarkin and introduce a new villain and give the Rebels some victories.
However he could also turn out to be the Imperial Wedge: people around him die in droves, but he survives to come back again and again without doing much, leaving the real work to others. I would like that.

 

I like the idea of Kallus being the Imperial version of Wedge, too.

I rambled a bit about this on Tumblr a bit ago, but the article in the link below features an interesting summary of an interview with David Oyelowo from September 2014.

https://uk.yahoo.com/movies/classic-star-wars-characters-will-appear-in-star-wars-98467459396.html

Oyelowo's quote “I do know that for my character there are some very nice and far-reaching plans. He has ravenous ambition” and Kallus' fearful/uncertain facial expressions and mannerisms (particularly over the last few episodes) make it sound like Disney have laid out a promising character development arc for Kallus which involves something better other than him being crapped on by his superiors, the rebels... and well, pretty much whomever he comes into contact with.

Also, maybe I was distracted by his voice and chiseled looks the rebels bonding, but it seemed that Kallus was intent on doing his job well (which was how he thought in the book adaptation of the Season 1 premiere) rather than aiming to ascend the Empire's hierarchy, which conflicts with how Disney described his character in his introduction video. I assume we didn't get to see his ambitious side in action due to the focus of Season 1, namely the development of Ezra and Kanan, and their triumph over the Inquisitor.

I’m somewhat apprehensive as to how Disney will translate his ambitious streak; from previous episodes, Kallus came across more as a Team Empire Guy (who believes in Imperial unity) than someone purely out for himself. In the context of getting ahead, Kallus hasn't thrown anyone under the bus or gone behind anyone’s back yet - though with the tag-team of Tarkin and Vader around (if that’s not maximum incentive to get the job done, I don’t know what is!), maybe the ‘ultimate Imperial officer’ will start to crack under the pressure, lose the plot and become underhanded enough to get ahead, really living up to his name but at the cost of his remaining humanity. Or else he’ll have a change of heart and his name will take on an ironic twist. And he'll grow a full hero beard.

I have to add that while I enjoyed the episode Droids in Distress, Disney shot themselves in the foot in terms of future character development with how Kallus got written into that episode, i.e. “LOOK AT HOW DEPRAVED AND PSYCHOPATHIC I AM MUAHAHAHAHA HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT MY COLLECTION OF LOTH-CAT TORTURE HOLOVIDS!?”

In the episodes which followed, there seems to be a disconnect, or rather discrepancy, in his characterisation and even rivalry continuity from the above episode. Zeb naturally wants to kill Kallus whenever he sees him (except perhaps in Vision of Hope where the rebels were trapped in an area poor for defending their position and had to flee), but since their encounter in Droids in Distress, Kallus hasn’t seemed that bothered in singling Zeb out. Maybe it's rushed writing, but it could just be a major difference in their personalities: Zeb doesn’t forget and he’ll let you know - every time. While on the other hand, Kallus is the consummate professional and puts his duties before his feelings.

I read somewhere that even the first season of the Clone Wars had spotty characterisation before things smoothed out. In the last few episodes, Kallus actually looked like he possessed some form of sympathy/humanity, i.e. Tarkin’s contemptuous remark to Tua about the reason for his visit to her ‘little backwater world.’ While Kallus definitely isn’t a good guy (to put it politely), he should really have some grey qualities to make him more rounded. In Spark of Rebellion and Vision of Hope, there were glimpses of something to his personality other than unswerving duty to the Empire, and we need more of that.

Hopefully, Season 2 or future media (as in books, comics, etc) will really flesh out the backstory and depth of the Imperials, not just the rebels.

 

I think you are right Danifae, perhaps the writer of that particular episode was a little too keen to give Kallus some 'evil cred' but it does jar a little with other episode's characterisation - though this is a dude who kicked a loyal trooper to his death for cracking a joke so he's clearly not Mr Sunshine and Hugging. If I had to guess, Kallus is going to end up the 'moderate' Imperial. Which is not to say he won't be using brutal force and 'evil' methods but he'll be shocked at the extent that Tarkin/Vader are going to, for example. I don't think he's going to end up changing sides but he'll show that not all Imperials would be totally on board with things like the Death Star.

 

He seemed surprised at how cold-blooded Tarkin was at having Aresko and Grint killed. At least that's how his reaction played to me.

 

But then again he killed billions of people.

 

Yeah, that's Imperial double standards for you and probably where the conflict is going to come from. Kallus thinks that anything goes as long as it crushes the Rebels and strengthens the Empire. Tarkin thinks anything goes, full stop. Anyone is a target and no-one is safe at all. I am thinking Kallus is going to start off questioning whether Tarkin/Vader is right to use these tactics on fellow Imperials and eventually (like, after a season or two AT LEAST) get round to wondering if their right to use such tactics at all... I can't see him joining up as a full time Rebel but I can see him turning on/betraying Tarkin thinking he's gone too far/doing it wrong and trying to get rid of him.
For those who've seen it, think Zuko in Avatar: The Last Airbender for my envisioned/imagined Kallus character development. Starts out as totally bad, ends up anti-heroic and not at all nice but not a complete scumbag.

 

I can see it happening because SW is all about redemption.

 

Redemption is a major theme, yeah. And it's not lost on Filoni, look at the work TCW did with Ventress - probably the most elaborate piece of character development in the whole show. He knows it's a Star Wars mainstay and with Vader and Tarkin locked into 'irredeemable' (in Rebels anyway) that leaves Kallus as the main candidate introduced so far - maybe Maketh Tua but she's really not done that much 'evil' yet anyway, been naïve and blind in her pro-Imperial stance but she's got no real crimes to her name and she was genuinely shocked by the death of the two Imperials on Tarkin's orders so 'saving' her wouldn't have the same impact as Kallus coming around.

 

Maketh is going the way of Aresko and Grint.

 

I actually think that Tarkin would more likely target the as yet not shown on planet planetary governor first.

"Where the hell have you been? We have a situation on this planet, and its your responsibility to have it dealt with... and you've been off-world?"

 

No she was with Sheev and on Coruscant so she has an excuse.

 

Actually, I think she's on Eriadu - Tarkin's home planet. That's just a weird set of circumstances.

 

Were both right sorta http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Arihnda_Pryce