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Lucasfilm “Legacy” stands out as one of Star Wars Rebels‘ best episodes yet. Not only did it answer one of the show’s first questions in a compelling way, testing Ezra Bridger’s maturity, but it also raised bigger questions about the nature and will of the Force. On a practical level, I enjoyed watching Ezra’s journey…

Lucasfilm Even the commanding presence of Ahsoka Tano couldn’t save “Future of the Force” from being a generally lackluster Star Wars Rebels episode. The story was thin, the characters received scant development, and one plot point in particular defied all logic and proper characterization. It felt like most of the characters spent most of the…

Lucasfilm “Stealth Strike” might be as close to a perfect episode of Star Wars Rebels as we’ve seen in a long time. It ties with “Wings of the Master” as the best of season 2. Not only did it blend moments of humor with moments of gravity (pun intended), but it resolved some tension between…

Lucasfilm “Blood Sisters” was another uneven Star Wars Rebels episode. Chopper positively shined, Sabine’s past started to come into the light, Ezra offered some welcome comic relief, and the walking, clanking, gonking MacGuffin brought some quintessentially Star Wars humor to the story. In short, most of the characters were great. But “Blood Sisters” turned on…

Lucasfilm In many ways, “Wings of the Master” mirrored the experimental blade-wing at the center of its story. It was the product of many moving pieces—writing, voice acting, animation, and music—and to really deliver on its promise, all of those pieces had to fit together perfectly. Thankfully, like the blade-wing itself, this episode came out…

Lucasfilm Every television show has its hits and its misses. “Brothers of the Broken Horn” was unquestionably a miss. It was fantastic to see Hondo Ohnaka again, but he was the only good thing about this episode. It began with a farfetched premise and continued in a manner that was alternately boring and unbelievable. As…

Lucasfilm Every group of heroes needs a group of villains to keep them on their toes. The relatively simple first season of Star Wars Rebels pitted the Ghost crew against one Grand Inquisitor, but with their allies multiplying in Season Two, the rebels needed more enemies, too—and in “Always Two There Are,” we met two…

Lucasfilm “Relics of the Old Republic” was everything I could have wanted from an episode of its name. It advanced the story of Kanan’s tense relationship with the clones, as well as Ezra’s more easygoing friendship with them. It brought back memories of The Clone Wars animated series by giving Rex a few bouts of…

Lucasfilm Star Wars Rebels returned to television with an episode that felt almost as plodding as an AT-TE on a big-game hunt. If the relationships that developed on that aging walker had involved anyone other than fan-favorite clone troopers, I probably would have been sorely disappointed by “The Lost Commanders.” As it was, I enjoyed…