Just one week late!
(This review contains
spoilers!)
Well, they’re finally back. They could’ve
been back last week, but since for whatever reason Disney XD Canada is airing
the episodes a week behind schedule I’ll be late on reviewing these last few
episodes as Rebels winds down to a
close. Sorry!
So, anyways, we have three weeks of
double-features (including this one) before Star
Wars Rebels takes its final bow and is replaced by…nothing, apparently.
There’s still a lot of questions to be answered, such as what’s going to happen
to the leads that we don’t know make it to Rogue
One and beyond, the mystery of the lothwolves, and whether Ashoka will make
a return or if she’s really dead and gone.
These few episodes answered a few of
those questions, especially the first one. “Jedi Night” ranks up as one of the
best episodes of Rebels ever, without
a shadow of a doubt. Everything from the visuals to the dialogue to the amazing
look and feel of the ending was pitch-perfect. While it was pretty obvious what
was gonna happen to Kanan throughout the episode, the season thus far, and just
by knowing basic Star Wars lore, his
death was incredibly hard-hitting. I love how it gave him one last awesome
moment as he was able to use the Force to get his sight back for one last look
at Hera.
Why he had to die with that awful new
haircut though is a mystery.
Perhaps because it came immediately
after “Jedi Night”, “DUME”, while still not a bad episode by any means, kinda
paled in comparison. Ezra went off to find out what to do next without Kanan to
guide him, and Sabine and Zeb went to see what the Empire is up to.
One thing I really liked about this
episode is how it subtly tied into Rogue
One. Early on Tarkin calls in to tell Thrawn that should his TIE Defender
project fails, the funds for it will instead be sent to Orson Krennic’s project
“Stardust” (ha ha). Wouldn’t you know it, Governor Price screws the pooch for
the TIE Defenders in taking out Kanan, leading to the final push for the Death
Star and, by extension, the end of the Empire.
Overall though “DUME” felt like very
little progress for very little gain. Zeb and Sabine fought off Rukh…but didn’t
kill him for some reason, Hera came to peace with Kanan’s death, and Ezra
figured out that his next goal is to return to the Lothal Jedi Temple. Not much
happened here, to be honest. There was also a giant Lothwolf named Dume, but
they didn’t do much with that.
Despite being a week behind, it looks
to me like Rebels is really going to
make the most of its final six episodes. If “Jedi Night” is the starting point,
then we’re in for a real treat later down the line.
FINAL SCORE (Jedi
Night)
10/10
Legendary
FINAL SCORE (DUME)
6/10
Okay
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