![]() This was essentially a “monster of the week” episode, and neither the spiders’ ecosystem nor the fate of the missing pilot are ever fully explained. ![]() In the same scene, Ezra’s desperation (“the last Jedi in the galaxy’) is neither as revealing nor funny as Zeb’s sad, panicked “I’m the last of my kind” from a prior episode. Other opportunities are not quite embraced so cleverly: Zeb literally screams “eat this” at one point. Some lines, like Hera’s “sure,” turn even simple moments into scenes that speak volumes about the character and her state of mind. The actual dialogue in the episode ranges. ![]() I’m disappointed, but hope that their reunion will be as well-done as “The Mystery of Chopper Base.”) (For what it’s worth, this week’s Rebels Recon indicated that we might not see any more of Hera, Sabine, and Zeb for the rest of the season. Will the team will stay together or fall apart? We know from the trailers that even if Kanan and Ezra come back alive from the finale – and I’m betting they will – they might not necessarily be the same people. That makes for immediate and powerful stakes for the finale outside of the inevitable Vader versus Ahsoka conflict. However, the cave is the perfect place for the emotional ties between the team mates to start fraying. We get (well-rendered) soft looks from Hera to Kanan as he trains with a frustrated Ezra, but the depth of their relationship doesn’t really feel established until halfway through the episode. It would have been nice to have established this dynamic a little bit earlier in the episode. Kanan covers up his feelings with jokes, Hera covers hers with technical speak, and Ezra just gets angry. The characters hide behind absolutely everything they have in order not to talk directly at one another. Why is Ezra more determined to go after these Inquisitors than he ever was before? Maybe it’s simply a product of his growing – of his learning more about his own emotions, including his own desire for vengeance.Įzra tells Kanan, “You always change the subject when I start winning.” The fun banter that has characterized the crew through the show’s entire run is revealed as a liability in this episode. Over-confidence isn’t exactly a rare flaw for child protagonists, and the revenge angle feels, for now, like a bit of Star Wars flavor. Ezra’s over-confidence and his desire for revenge get in his way. Kanan and Ezra’s relationship is fraying too. “We’ve got to get used to not having them around” was harsh, but my favorite line from her was just one word: “Sure.” Hera has always been good at talking around secrets, but she can’t hide how blatantly she’s pretending to be okay in that moment. She doesn’t want Kanan and Ezra to go, but she’s also more bitter and less controlled than ever before. The split pits Hera’s practicality against her attachment to her people, and it’s a conflict that, once we understand the source of it, comes directly from her character. The Jedi are leaving soon to face the Inquisitors, while Hera, Sabine, and Zeb stay with the Rebel soldiers, and Hera isn’t happy about it. The caves underneath it are the perfect place for the crew to begin to face their dark sides. Along with the interestingly textured and pattered leaves, this makes the planet feel a bit more real. We see snail creatures all over the place, and Rex notes that it’s hot out. The new base is everything I wanted last episode’s space station to be: it looks real, and it has its own (simple) ecosystem. The rest of what ensues is a mix of character- and world-building, as the Rebels head underground to rescue Rex and the pilot from the spiders. ![]() The episode isn’t particularly concerned with the fate of that pilot, an odd oversight. The one major loose end in this episode that didn’t seem intentional is the one that kicks the whole thing off: a Rebel pilot heads out into the wilderness to plant a beacon at their new base, and is attacked by giant spiders.
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