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Post by Spidyyr on Feb 24, 2020 15:35:29 GMT -5
February 20 - 26, 2020
 Episode 7: Imperial Supercommandos
Episode 8: Iron Squadron
Episode 9: The Wynkahthu Job |
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Post by Spidyyr on Feb 24, 2020 15:35:40 GMT -5
Agh completely forgot about this.
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Post by Kenbo on Feb 24, 2020 18:41:13 GMT -5
Imperial Supercommandos
Again I guess decent for Rebels. The imperial Mandalorians is an interesting concept. I might've liked it more if any of the characters on this show were actually likeable
Iron Squadron
This show should've been cancelled. What the fuck the cringe from this episode was almost making me physically sick how did they manage to create three characters more annoying than Ezra?
Wynkathu Job
The concept is cool but the execution is so lame. And Ezra is cringe as usual
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Post by Kenbo on Feb 24, 2020 18:51:45 GMT -5
Seriously fuck that bald ass mr. potato head lookin make a wish cancer patient head ass. That pink ass social justice hair spike face bitch sucks too. But most of all FUCK that diaper wearing un potty trained little whiny bitch boy autist motherfucker. Where is his tard wrangler? Whoever was involved in making and approving these characters needs to go to fucking Wuhan
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Post by Newan on Mar 5, 2020 5:38:32 GMT -5
I just finished a very long stretch of work so I’m gonna catch up a bit... this week though isn’t fun...
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Post by Newan on Mar 5, 2020 6:04:49 GMT -5
Imperial Supercommandos is actually pretty good, I also like the concept of Imperial aligned Mando and non Imperials. It’s very reminiscent of The Old Republic actually. Gar Saxon is a decent character as well and was actually established in Son of Dathomir so we would have seen him in TCW.
I also like Fenn Rau, he’s a pretty cool reoccurring character and helps build Sabine’s story better. At least better than that one weird friend she has. I want to note that the visuals in this episode were pretty good, the surface of concord dawn looked great.
I’m going to give this one a solid 7/10, a decent episode and story here but nothing spectacular.
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Post by Star on Apr 13, 2020 14:08:57 GMT -5
I'm not excited at all for episodes 8 and 9... Maybe the rewatch will surprise me, but these might be my two least favorite episodes between Rebels and TCW.
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Post by Star on Apr 13, 2020 19:54:16 GMT -5
I really like Imperial Supercommandos. The concept of Mandos serving the Empire is pretty cool. Gar Saxon gives a solid boost to the story as a competent character who has a rich history. This makes me really wish we could've seen Son of Dathomir produced for TV. Fenn Rau is pretty interesting too and helps add to Sabine's character.
This episode has an added sense of intensity to it. I think Fenn Rau and Gar Saxon are big reasons why that is the case. Also it's story just feels really different from most of the episodes we usually get in Rebels.
8/10.
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Post by Star on Apr 14, 2020 9:13:53 GMT -5
Iron Squadron is hands down my least favorite episode of Rebels and TCW combined. Zeb sums up my feelings when he says the ship is a "crew full of Ezras" and his expression of disgust he gives in the final moments of the episode. There's just about nothing I can say I like here.
I don't like any members of the Iron Squadron. In theory, Mart could be tolerable, but instead he comes across as way too ignorant and downright annoying. The other two kids are so bad I don't even care to remember their names. There was no need to make this episode, and the dramatic payoffs fail because we aren't invested in Mart.
Thrawn testing Konstantine was probably the only part of the episode I liked. This gets a 3/10.
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Post by Star on Apr 14, 2020 9:14:21 GMT -5
I don't really see the point of rating lower than 3. At that point there's not much of a difference between numbers, and it only tanks the averages for the season/ show. This is the third episode to have gotten a 3/10 from me, but it's definitely the worst of those.
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Post by Star on Apr 14, 2020 11:01:45 GMT -5
The Wynkahthu Job isn't as awful, but it's more frustrating. I'm not a big fan of Hondo making so many appearances on this show, especially with Azmorigan. I can appreciate the concept of them looting this Imperial ship, but the way everything unfolds doesn't interest me.
I'm not really sure what purpose Ezra's annoyance with Zeb leading the mission serves. It feels like a regression of his character to S1 levels. AP-5 "forgetting" about the security droids seems like a weak attempt to add action in the story where we didn't need it. If anything, it would've been better if we instead focused more on Hondo's character and his relationships with others. There's hints of the writers playing at those ideas, but nothing comes of it.
I'll give it a 4/10.
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Post by Kenbo on Apr 14, 2020 11:09:39 GMT -5
There is so much regression with this show. I'm not sure why people keep saying it gets better after season 1. Season 1 had pretty consistent quality and I thought the second half was really quite good. Overall the episodes of season 2 and 3 are maybe only marginally better than season 1 eps with only a handful being significantly better. The rest are about the same or worse in terms of quality I would say. It took until season 4 to make me think this series got better. After seeing this show twice, I think people just like to remember it as being better than it actually was
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Post by Spidyyr on May 19, 2020 21:18:41 GMT -5
Finally a really interesting opening.
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Post by Spidyyr on May 19, 2020 21:44:47 GMT -5
Thought this episode was another good one. Liked it a lot more than last season’s Mando episode. Fenn Rau is a really cool character and I hope he’s ok more episodes in a substantial way.
Rebels really likes to introduce characters that seem cool and then only use them in cameo later. (Ezra’s cadet friend, that weird chick from Blood Sisters, Lando) Maybe that only applies to black people and the racist show runners will have more for Fenn Rau.
The action scene at the end I thought really worked. Had a surprising amount of tension. And lol just when Sabine got a jet pack.
Thought it was really good. 8/10.
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Post by Spidyyr on May 19, 2020 21:46:43 GMT -5
Season 3 feels a lot different from Season 2. Not every episode strictly progresses the story but each one manages to justify its existence. It really feels like the writers have hit their stride here and I actually feel pretty good about the show going forward.
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Post by Kenbo on May 19, 2020 22:01:15 GMT -5
Season 3 feels a lot different from Season 2. Not every episode strictly progresses the story but each one manages to justify its existence. It really feels like the writers have hit their stride here and I actually feel pretty good about the show going forward. Bro watch Iron Squadron |
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Post by Spidyyr on May 19, 2020 22:09:31 GMT -5
Ugh well that was pretty fucking cringe.
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Post by Spidyyr on May 19, 2020 22:10:56 GMT -5
Yeah that’s the Star Wars Rebels I know and hate.
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Post by Spidyyr on May 19, 2020 22:17:28 GMT -5
I don’t know what to say. Those are some of the worst characters I’ve ever seen in Star Wars. Like they make Korkie and his friends feel like the Fellowship of the Ring.
I gave Secret Weapons a 3/10. And this is definitely worse than that. Was cringe all the way through and the end just left me embarrassed at what I was watching.
So yeah I’m think I’ll go with 2/10.
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Post by Spidyyr on May 19, 2020 22:19:00 GMT -5
Hopefully that was just a fluke.
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Post by Spidyyr on May 19, 2020 22:20:01 GMT -5
Weird that Hondo takes his hat off now.
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Post by Spidyyr on May 19, 2020 22:21:50 GMT -5
I would not be upset if Ezra killed Hondo at some point.
Now that I said that he’ll probably be announced for Mandalorian Season 2 tomorrow.
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Post by Kenbo on May 19, 2020 22:39:20 GMT -5
You know I'm glad they named the most annoying piece of shit on the show after Matt Martin. Matt Martin of the LF story group is an absolute dumbass who I'm personally hoping loses his job. This dude said it's possible Kylo force impregnated Rey before he died and he also doesn't feel the canon and maintaining it is worth anything because Star Wars is all "fake". Thought maintaining the canon was your fucking job clown
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Post by Spidyyr on May 19, 2020 22:41:33 GMT -5
You know I'm glad they named the most annoying piece of shit on the show after Matt Martin. Matt Martin of the LF story group is an absolute dumbass who I'm personally hoping loses his job. This dude said it's possible Kylo force impregnated Rey before he died and he also doesn't feel the canon and maintaining it is worth anything because Star Wars is all "fake". Thought maintaining the canon was your fucking job clown Wtf |
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Post by Spidyyr on May 19, 2020 22:47:36 GMT -5
That next episode was pretty bad too IMO. One thing that I’ve noticed is Rebels doesn’t really know to end episodes, where I feel TCW really did. I’m just left with kinda weird feeling when it cuts to the title with no good closing. Idk.
Anyway they set up, with really no subtlety at all, that Ezra would lose faith in Hondo this episode. I guess I thought we’d finally see Hondo’s dark side here but he was played for laughs throughout.
Ezra’s “moment of realization” was so brief and weak that you could almost miss it. I guess I was expecting Ezra to confront Hondo in someway to realize how bad he is, but he really doesn’t.
When all is said and done, he still basically seems fine with Hondo. And idk, at the end I’m like, what did we even just do?
This is just a weird feeling episode. I liked a more no-nonsense Zeb but that’s about it. 4/10.
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Post by Spidyyr on May 19, 2020 22:48:11 GMT -5
Also Chopper’s friend is a fucking dick.
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Post by Spidyyr on May 20, 2020 0:49:25 GMT -5
Thinking about it, it was pretty irresponsible for Kanan to not take control of Ezra being oblivious to Hondo’s duplicitous and dangerous nature.
Like he isn’t a sleazy coworker you’re making a sales call with. He’s someone who multiple people are trusting their lives with on dangerous missions. You can’t just hope things work out and Ezra learns his lesson.
It would be like if Anakin shrugged his shoulders and let Ahsoka go into the Citadel “so she could learn she isn’t ready for everything and be more careful next time”
The clearest way for Ezra to learn the truth about Hondo would be if someone gets killed because of him. And that shouldn’t be left to chance.
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