I definitely loved *parts* of it, but didn't love overall how much of the story was devoted to... Not Ahsoka? I want an entire series of World Between Worlds therapy lmao. At least we got Force Ghost Anakin! And the MORTIS GODS. And Morai!
Such an incredible shame about Ray Stevenson, his character was so compelling and I think they must have had huge plans for him for second season. I hope they recast, even though his performance was really wonderful. I want to see where Baylan's arc goes.
I know it's an old trope, but I don't know why "maybe evil/maybe not man with unknown motivation" that speaks maybe a paragraph of dialogue in the entire series makes them so compelling? The actor does carry a presence, sure, but most of the time his character was just standing menacingly with the girl with bad bangs.
I feel Filoni just wanted to make a live action Rebels continuation, which is fine, and probably what this should have been instead of an attempt at an Ahsoka show (still needed a much better plot and pacing though) Ray Stevenson was the best character in this.
I enjoyed the series, but I’m really curious if they’re going to recast Baylan…his story is still ongoing and he’s one of the most intriguing characters.
haters can hate but i have loved this season. i'm biased because i'm a huge clone wars/rebels fan i guess. i'm still not sold on all the casting (i warmed to rosario as ahsoka but i'm still not sold as mew as hera).
there were so many beautiful parallels to clone wars/rebels that made me weep. and anakin?! SO GOOD.
ngl i liked this so much more than a lot of the other sw content that's come out recently. but i think i'm just... so burnt out that it felt nice to come back to my rebels fam lol.
also my friend was one of the animators on the eye of sion so if this gets a s2 i really hope he gets another chance to work on it!
I'm a huge fan of the animated series too and I agree with your comments about the parallels! The Anakin stuff has me reading SW books, which I never thought I'd do tbh! but I felt like the costuming / MUA did a huge disservice to everyone? Like Hera and Thrawn were so distractingly painted. The contacts were awful.
Chop remains king though and shout out to Ezra for stealing storm trooper armor again. Another helmet for the collection.
i'm so glad i rewatched rebels before this show came out because there are so many even little things in this series that reference it and i loved it for that! yeah hera looked awful imo. and her contacts were distracting (ezra's looked so much better). i'm also sad her tattoos on her leku weren't very noticeable?!
chop is the best! and the way he recognized ezra right away?! /screams.
Yay there’s two of us! I love this show. I always text with my brother after an episode airs and last week he was saying how much this really feels like Star Wars again, as much as he’s enjoyed other stuff that’s come out. But I can see how people who haven’t watched Clone Wars and Rebels might not be as into it. Super cool for your friend! I hope he gets to work on season 2 (I neeeeed a season 2; they set up so much stuff it’s way too much for a movie)
Ahhh I loved it and am even more sad at Ray’s passing because they were clearly setting up something with so much potential for Baylan. I wonder if they’ll recast, but it’d be hard to replace Ray. 😔 He was such a highlight for me. The end made me teary! Gosh I love Star Wars. Can’t wait to rewatch. Heading back to Tumblr now where they actually like this show and it’s more fun than here.
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i got too wrapped up watching The Devil's Plan and forgot.
which i guess tells you how boring Ahsoka has been
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Such an incredible shame about Ray Stevenson, his character was so compelling and I think they must have had huge plans for him for second season. I hope they recast, even though his performance was really wonderful. I want to see where Baylan's arc goes.
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Ray Stevenson was the best character in this.
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there were so many beautiful parallels to clone wars/rebels that made me weep. and anakin?! SO GOOD.
ngl i liked this so much more than a lot of the other sw content that's come out recently. but i think i'm just... so burnt out that it felt nice to come back to my rebels fam lol.
also my friend was one of the animators on the eye of sion so if this gets a s2 i really hope he gets another chance to work on it!
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Chop remains king though and shout out to Ezra for stealing storm trooper armor again. Another helmet for the collection.
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chop is the best! and the way he recognized ezra right away?! /screams.
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Super cool for your friend! I hope he gets to work on season 2 (I neeeeed a season 2; they set up so much stuff it’s way too much for a movie)
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The end made me teary!
Gosh I love Star Wars. Can’t wait to rewatch. Heading back to Tumblr now where they actually like this show and it’s more fun than here.
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