This review contains spoilers. Back at the end of the first season of Star Wars Rebels, I was anxious about the amount of connective tissue the show would end up sharing with Lucasfilm Animation’s previous project: The Clone Wars. Beyond my own personal grievances with the series, it would have done an enormous disservice to … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Recap – “The Last Battle”
This review contains spoilers. One of the most exciting things about Star Wars Rebels has been its setting. Not only is the period of time directly preceding the original film rife with storytelling potential, but the way Rebels has gone about exploring this period has been fascinating. Each season of the show has covered roughly … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Recap – “The Antilles Extraction” and “Hera’s Heroes”
Editorial Note: Starting next week, these Star Wars Rebels recaps will be released to coincide with the latest episode. In the mean time, as we catch up with this season, we’re combining a couple episodes into each recap. This recap covers the first two episodes of Season Three while tomorrow’s recap will cover episodes three … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Recap – “Steps Into Shadow” and “The Holocrons of Fate”
This review contains spoilers. What happens when a creator becomes too attached to their creation? It’s something of a cliché, but there’s truth to the notion that writing stories is more akin to archaeology than architecture. It’s not construction, it’s unearthing something buried, and the more you dig, the more clear the picture becomes. But … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Recap – “Twilight of the Apprentice”
This review contains spoilers. We’re in the home stretch now. Assuming next week’s season finale doesn’t fall flat on its face, the second half of Star Wars Rebels’ second season has been better in almost every way than its first half. Nearly every episode has had a clear purpose in moving the story forward, and … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Recap – “The Mystery of Chopper Base”
This review contains spoilers. For those of us who have grown up with Star Wars, and have remained fond of the series into adulthood, it can be easy to forget that we’re no longer exactly the intended audience. That statement might ruffle some feathers but it’s true; Star Wars is, and has always been, primarily … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Recap – “The Forgotten Droid”
These Star Wars Rebels Primers are designed to dig through the vast history of Star Wars stories – both good and bad – to pick out the pertinent pieces of information for the new TV series. Here there be spoilers. Previous entries: Ahsoka Tano ~ Captain Rex ~ Hondo Ohnaka The Star Wars: Knights of the … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Primer – Malachor
Wow! That was something, wasn’t it? It’s as if Christmas came early and the folks at Lucasfilm decided to give us all of our presents at once. This episode of Star Wars Rebels was stuffed to the gills with the kind of reveals and big character moments that feel specifically designed to send us dorks at home … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Review – “Shroud of Darkness”
This review contains spoilers. When it comes right down to it, 22 minutes is not a lot of time to tell a story. If you’re splitting said story up into three acts, and you want to, say, show a character having a major change of heart during the second act, you’d have at best ten … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Review – “The Honorable Ones”
This review contains spoilers. I have never been particularly fond of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. This is something I’ve written about extensively in the past, but now that I’m writing here at Heroic Hollywood, I think it’s important to restate this bit of context. Because, you see, as much as I’m not fond of The Clone Wars, I … Continue reading STAR WARS REBELS Review – “Homecoming”
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