I wanted people to understand that once they got rid of the Empire that there were expectations of a large battle that never happened because basically our story ends and then Scarif and the whole Luke Skywalker thing happens. Does Hera and Kanan’s child have Force abilities? Where has Ahsoka been and how will her existence play into the timeline after Return of the Jedi? Where will she and Sabine go on their quest to find Ezra? Where are Thrawn and Ezra? Will that story end before the events of The Force Awakens? What impact will these characters have on the sequel trilogy? The questions are almost innumerable."Well, the difficult thing is there is so much story at the end of this part of the story. This is a story that is just beginning with a lot of things to consider. We now know that Hera, Sabine, Zeb and the others survived the events of the original trilogy they even gained a new member in Hera’s son. That’s quite a story, and its final chapter leads immediately to the opening page of the next book. Four years later, that same kid saved the entire planet. The first episode of Rebels in 2014 introduced us to a nobody kid quietly bugging the Empire on his home planet. It was his “I’m a Jedi, like my father before me” moment. That was the moment where Ezra Bridger, in a way, completed his training. Most importantly, though, Ezra not only gave himself up to Thrawn, but when the Emperor put the thing he desired most in front of him – his dead family – he turned it down. It was a strategic military triumph, with all kinds of layers, twists, and considerations for every possible outcome. We got to see this Jedi apprentice, without his master Kanan, hatch a multifaceted plan to liberate his homeworld. When you keep that in mind, these final episodes were exactly what Rebels needed. Rebels has been, and always was, about Ezra Bridger’s path toward becoming a Jedi – not the goal, but the journey itself, much like the original trilogy was about Luke’s path to becoming a Jedi. These questions are not what Rebels is about. That means, if you’re thinking about the Rebels finale only in terms of getting those answers, it’s a little frustrating to not have closure. And what happened to Ahsoka, the former apprentice of Anakin Skywalker? Well, the show provided answers, but only partial ones. Since the show began, fans have constantly been asking where these characters would be during the original trilogy – why the two Jedi wouldn’t still be involved with the Rebellion, or why the Empire hadn’t summoned its greatest strategist, Thrawn, to help fight. However, as powerful as the ending was, it was hard not to be a little taken aback by it. The whole thing was such a bold move by executive producer Dave Filoni and his team. So now, with the Empire defeated, Sabine teams up with Ahsoka Tano – who, yes, is still alive after Return of the Jedi – to go and find Ezra.Įven just reading that I feel like need to catch my breath. As for Ezra? No one has heard from him or Thrawn since the fight on Lothal. And, somewhere along the way, Hera had a child: Jacen Syndulla, whose father was a certain departed Jedi named Kanan Jarrus. Hera and Rex continued fighting with the Rebellion in several battles, including Endor. Zeb and Kallus went to Zeb’s home planet, which they had previously believed was devastated, to live a new life there. We learn Sabine has remained on Lothal, keeping watch over the planet in case the Empire ever came back, but they never did. Yes, there was a time jump – Rebels straight-up skipped over Rogue One, A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi – to after the Battle of Endor, where the Rebels destroyed the second Death Star as well as Emperor Palpatine. The show then fast-forwarded to the end of Return of the Jedi. In the end, Ezra and Thrawn were gone, but Lothal and Ezra’s friends were safe. He summoned his space whale friends, the Purrgil, to destroy the Imperial blockade, incapacitate Thrawn, and speed off into oblivion. Ezra chose the latter, surrendering to Grand Admiral Thrawn however, when it became evident Thrawn had no interest in keeping his side of the bargain, Ezra’s backup plan went into effect. After a long and hard-fought battle, the whole thing came down to a choice: Let the people of Lothal die or give himself up to the Empire. In order to liberate his home planet of Lothal, Ezra Bridger – the young Jedi-in-training at the centre of Rebels – did something drastic.
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