Star Wars Rebels is an American 3D CGI animated television series produced by Lucasfilm and Lucasfilm Animation.Beginning fourteen years after Revenge of the Sith and five years before A New Hope, Rebels takes place during an era when the Galactic Empire is securing its grip on the galaxy. Imperial forces are hunting down the last of the Jedi Knights while a fledgling rebellion against the. The season finale for 'Star Wars Rebels' airs on Monday, March 2 nd, 2015 and Kidzworld was lucky enough to chat with director Dave Filoni about it. Fans have gone crazy over the show, but there.
The climax of Revenge of the Sithand the entire Star Wars prequel series is the final confrontation between Obi-Wan Kenobi and his young padawan Anakin Skywalker on Mustafar. While this scene was sad enough to watch on its own, a new theory uses a Season 3 arc of The Clone Wars as a jumping-off point to expose a new side to Obi-Wan's perspective that makes his duel with Anakin even sadder.
Redditor u/FlavortownAbbey uses the famous Mortis arc in The Clone Wars to argue that Obi-Wan already knew Anakin was a lost cause long before their fight on Mustafar. On Mortis, Anakin sees a vision of his future turn to the Dark Side, and Obi-Wan witnesses him in this state, yellow-eyed and angry.
While at the end of the arc, Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka appear to have their memory wiped... what if that version of Anakin wasn't something Obi-Wan easily forgot?
Consider Obi-Wan's past. While still a padawan, he watched his own master die and was suddenly thrust into the position of Jedi master. He lost his mentor and immediately has to fill that role for someone else. Poor Kenobi pours every ounce of his energy into keeping himself balanced and in touch with the Force. Wouldn't that get exhausting?
The theory claims Obi-Wan always knew — at least since Mortis, though possibly before — that if Anakin turned, he would abandon him. He's stepped up to the plate for Anakin too many times to save him once he goes full Sith. Even when he is looming over him on Mustafar, he could have possibly dragged him out of the lava and forgiven him, but he chose not to. He chose to leave him for dead instead.
What does this mean for the prequels? It provides an alternate conflict to the one we see in Anakin. While Anakin is struggling over where to place his loyalty between the Jedi and the Sith, Obi-Wan is struggling to decide what to do if Anakin succumbs to the Sith.
While the prequels may seem like Anakin's story, Obi-Wan's journey is just as interesting (if not more so). After all, we know where his story goes next: hiding in Tatooine. But did he do that out of sheer guilt from his conscious decision to abandon his young padawan?
Obi-Wan's story is mostly untold. He never got to be the Jedi he wanted to be, instead thrust from padawan to master. He never got to live his life. Surely, he would resent Anakin a little bit because of this. It would make sense, especially if he remembered what he saw on Mortis, that he would resign himself to wash his hands of Anakin should his padawan ever go to the Dark Side.
Nothing good can last forever, and such is the case with Disney XD's Star Wars canon-bound cartoon series: Star Wars Rebels will end after Season 4, creator and showrunner Dave Filoni announced Saturday at Star Wars Celebration Orlando. Fans, naturally erupted with sadness, but it actually makes sense that it would be time to close the Rebels chapter, as Filoni thoughtfully explained.
'I firmly believe that each generation needs to have its piece of Star Wars ... I feel creatively that I can make this story about these characters as meaningful as it needs to be by creating this arc,' he said. 'I know what it's like when you don't get to end a series,' he added, referencing the unceremonious cancellation of The Clone Wars, 'and it wasn't as fun.'
'It by no means represents an end to anything we're doing in animation, but I want for now is for you guys to focus on the beautiful work that these guys have done,' he added referencing the cast, and promising that Season 4 would be 'a little bit different, a little darker.'
Of course, this would all make sense considering the pace at which the series is barrelling towards the events of Rogue One. Things would need to wrap up and inch closer to the downright dire tone of much of the standalone film.
But to help with the pain of realizing fans have only one more season with their favorite animated rebels, the cast and Filoni offered up a few teasers of the final season to come.
Warwick Davis Will Voice Rukh
The actor famously 'tricked' Filoni into promising him a role in Season 4 and it turns out it worked: He'll be playing the role of Thrawn's assassin bodyguard (and closing shortening the already tiny list of Star Wars properties in which he has not acted). 'I'm sorry what I did to you in London,' said Davis after the announcement. 'No you're not,' deadpanned Filoni before adding that Davis is perfect for the character.
'He's really creepy so I needed someone creepy and someone sneaky and devious like you would do a great job,' he added.
Mon Mothma & Saw Gerrera Will Return
Of the auburn-haired leader, Filoni teased: 'You might seen Mon Mothma get a little fiery for once.' The character has been, in almost every instance, the stoic, level headed force in any scene, so this could get interesting.
As for Saw, Filoni says Season 4 will 'bridge the gap between his character arc in [Rogue One] and what we did in clone wars ... we push him a little further in this season.' And as the series gets closer to Rogue One, so will Saw.
Things Get Tough For Kanan & Ezra
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Kanan will have some trouble going from 'fun uncle' to 'disciplinarian' according to Kanan portrayer, Freddie Prinze Jr. 'What Kanan goes through is very adult ... the good guys don't always win,' he added, before referencing the fact that even Obi-Wan fell victim to the Dark Side (a little bit of an ominous reference, if you ask me).
As for Ezra, Prinze Jr. says 'he'll still deal with issues of anger, but he's got a good teacher' (i.e. Kanan).
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To that, Ezra actor Taylor Gray added a bit more depth: 'Now Season 4 is really a thing of deciding what kind of Jedi and what kind of person he wants to be ... I think he makes some great decisions through Season 4.'
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It would seem that as the end of the series ramps up, things are going to get extremely serious. Of course, it's the Star Wars way.