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Rebels 4x09&4x10 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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Jenny Chalek

I've been waiting anxiously for this one to drop.

DieWinterkirsche

Jess, I hope you had a lot of hugs after this one ❤️

Jenny Chalek

It's so good. And so heartbreaking.

Saltire le Hutt

4x9: That is some blockade around Lothal Thrawn has set up, dozens of Star Destroyers and cruisers around the planet; he wants to make sure his TIE factory remains online. X-Wings!!! First time we've seen them in Rebels, and Hera is the GENERAL leading the attack! She is such a boss taking down that Imperial ace who is flying a TIE Defender Elite. The way the battle is shot, is a nod to A New Hope when Luke and co go on the Death Star trench run; it makes perfect sense since we are not far off that time now, and Rebels has always linked up with the original trilogy films beautifully and sometimes shot for shot. You can see Thrawn has respect for the ingenuity of the rebels, especially when its led by Hera; but unfortunately for our heroes, he's very well prepared. They get through his space blockade, but not the dozens of TIE's waiting for them in Lothal's skies. Chopper never wanted to sit in a fighter again in battle after his Y-Wing was shot down in the Clone Wars, but he does it here for Hera, and yet again he's shot down, but instantly he is only concerned for her well-being. We love his chaotic nature, but he truly is loyal to his crew and especially his master. We see this too later in the episode, when he saves Hera from Rukh and where he won't leave her as she is getting captured, but she forces him to. I'm glad Jess you watched ep 9 and 10 back to back to help explain the bike scene with Kanan and the wolf. Kanan stops and turns back to rescue her, but he is acting out of emotion and fear. He is doing what Ezra did when he went to Tatooine for Obi-Wan, what Anakin used to do all the time, and what Luke did to his and his friends detriment in Empire Strikes Back on Bespin. The wolf stops him, calls him "Dume" and essentially tells him to follow the will of the force, not his heart...

Saltire le Hutt

4x10: Episode II, Obi-Wan to Anakin : "this lightsabre is your life, don't lose it" - when Caleb's lightsabre fell off the roof, it was a portent that his end was near. Kanan hears many things at the start of the episode as he listens to the force, things from many periods of time as he understands the role he must play. Then he tells Ezra to be the lead on the mission as he may make a mistake due to his feelings for Hera, he is showing true Jedi wisdom as he knows by him possibly erring, all could be lost. Thats why for me he was ten times the Jedi Anakin could ever be; he was also in love, but in the end he chooses to follow the will of the force to save everyone, and not be swayed by emotion. He next trims his hair (cutting off his kind of Padawan braid to show his masterhood now as a Jedi), shaves his beard and removes his mask; he is shedding Kanan Jarrus; if this is his last mission he feels, he will go out as he should have been destined to be; Caleb Dume, Jedi Master. Nice little tie-in with Rogue One and Project Stardust in the conversation between Tarkin and Thrawn. Between that program and the TIE Defender program, they both jostle for the Emperor's favour as a complete solution to the problem of the growing rebel threat and as warnings to any planet wanting to rise up. The Death Star of course shows the real terrifying threat of total planetary and species destruction. Thrawn's combination of TIE Defenders, other TIE ships and Star Destroyers that can planetary bombard and cause devastation, panic and fear in equal measure; are his way to show Imperial might across the galaxy. He must convince Palpatine that his way is the better strategic way. We of course know what the Emperor goes with, and tbh since the plans for the Death Star were drawn up before the Clone War started, I'd also think that a Sith would prefer something of that terror and destruction, to keep 'unlimited power'; over Thrawn's tactically sound, but ultimately less devastating and decisive way of keeping control. All throughout the episode we can see Caleb preparing Ezra to be the leader he'll need to be, he's passing the baton. We have seen throughout the series Ezra's mistakes and growth, and now at this point how much of an effective leader in his own right he is becoming through Kanan's guidance. Its as Yoda says in The Last Jedi "we are what they grow beyond". At some stage whether through becoming a Knight of old, or losing ones master, a Padawan must go on their own path and forge their own destiny. Ezra will now need to do this to continue on the path to Jedi Knighthood. Some wonderful, bittersweet moments between Hera and Kanan, even having seen this episode many times, it never gets easier as it just hits you in waves as the moment nears. He tells her on the roof that he has something to tell her, but we don't know what that could be. I think there is three possibilities : he tells her he loves her; or that he may become one with the force here, though I don't think he could vocalise that as it would cause too much pain. There is a third one too, but we can dwell on that later. Now you see why I despise Pryce, for her sadistic torturing of Hera, and for Kanan. Finally, before they headed to Malachor at the end of season 2, when Hera and Kanan hugged and he still had his sight, he tells her "we'll see each other again, I promise"; well he did. One. Last. Time...

Jenny Chalek

I'm sorry it hit you so hard, Jess. *HUGS*

Jenny Chalek

It's just such an epic moment. In his final moments, he gets his sight back to look upon Hera once more.

Thomas Corp

Hell of a reaction to upload after you’re back from break, huh? Start by talking about the first episode. Hera was fantastic at leading Phoenix Squadron against Thrawn’s forces, and again, great to see Thrawn give Hera her due credit. Shame about Skerris, likewise, sad to see R3 destroyed. Tellingly, Chopper doesn’t say shit about that. Mart kicked it up a notch in this. I’ve read fan response to him in this was warmer as a result, the thought being, “Not too shabby, kid, not too shabby.” It was amusing how you kept wanting Rukh to fuck off. Lovely your reactions were to Chopper protecting Hera, yelling, “Step the FUCK away from my mom!!” Yeah, it does not do one’s anxiety any good when Hera gets taken, especially when she forces Chopper to leave her behind. And that was the mid-season break; imagine being left on that cliffhanger for a couple of months. Thankfully our Shady Bunch came through. It was ominous when Kanan saw the loth-wolf, and he knew what to do. Ah, does it get you when he enters the cave as Kanan Jarrus, and emerges as Caleb Dume, Jedi Master. It still makes me so uncomfortable when he shaves his beard with what appears to be a bone-dry blade. Five years later and I’m still yelling, “WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING!?!” Horrifying when Pryce tortures Hera, and Thrawn reveals about her dearly departed brother. I love the revelation that Thrawn is in competition with Director Krennic in the TIE Defender project versus the Death Star. Of course, Tarkin will take control of either. The difference being if Thrawn’s project goes through, they’ll be equal partners, whereas Krennic, Tarkin will usurp control of the Death Star, saying “Mine. No take backs.” Oh, did it warm the heart seeing your reactions to Caleb rescuing Hera. The interrogation droid surely did a number on her. In Caleb’s place, I'd have tested Hera’s lucidity by holding up two fingers and saying, “How many fingers am I holding up, Hera?” and when she would say, “Uuhh, eeehh, eight?” I’d comment, “All right, you’re laying off the sauce for the next couple of days.” But as you say, we are given the most heartwarming and romantic moments between them. All throughout this reaction, my heart had to be clocking at least one seventy-five. Especially when you got very shrill yelling, “Hera and Kanan are FOREVER GETTING INTERRUPTED!!!!” leading me to say, “Oh, fuck me. FUCK ME!! I-Ok. All right. Tom, you’re just going to be sobbing your eyes out for the next few hours. It’s what it is.” That last romantic moment between Hera and Caleb, Jess, I did so love your reaction to it. If only the episode could have ended there with them boarding the ship, taking off, and the triumphant music plays us off. Which is actually where this episode has a stroke of genius with its runtime. There’s the old thing of you hate when you can sense a cliffhanger coming, like it’s said on Seinfeld, “Wait a minute, they can’t do it. Timmy’s still trapped in the cave, there’s no way they can wrap this up in five minutes!” The reverse can happen where you sense there’s too much time left in an episode for the seemingly happy ending to be the ending. In this instance, the episode runs JUST long enough that on a first viewing, you think it will end happily. Kevin Kiner’s music is playing triumphantly, all seems well. Then you see the AT-ATs, the music fades out, and Pryce gives the order to fire. Incidentally the cast was only given the script up to where it looked like the type of ending where John Wayne would walk off into the sunset with Grace Kelly, to borrow from the old expression. Then once they finished, they were given the final pages.

Thomas Corp

Which brings us to the moment. You knew it was coming, or at least you knew it was highly probable, and you still are not prepared to see it. You had a reaction similar to what most of us went through. In my case, the moment you hear the female vocals kick in on the music, it hit me what was going to happen, I said, “...Oh, dear God.” Seeing Caleb holding back the flames did not help any. It tears the heart when he prevents Hera from trying to save him. And the heart shatters as you see the color restore to Caleb’s eyes, thus the promise he made that he and Hera would see each other again is fulfilled. A beautiful touch how Hera’s realization of that is only shown through her eyes. And it shows how though Caleb is not without regrets, one in particular is top of the list, he accepts his fate with the passionless serenity of a true Jedi Master, silently commands, “Fly, you fools!” saves his family, and lets the flames consume him. And just when you think the heart cannot shatter further, the one woman wail in Kevin’s music drowns out Hera’s cry of anguish, which still five years later seeing it, and typing about it, makes me sob. Sabine’s moment of wiping away the tears to focus on the task at hand gets to me as well. This was a moment I knew we were building towards from the moment you started really investing in Caleb. It took SO MUCH willpower to NOT warn you, thus spoiling the moment. Your reaction to it is one for the books, Jess, particularly when I saw how red your eyes got, THAT FUCKING HURT. Do not worry about the cohesion of your post-episode thoughts, because as you noted, this episode just guts you; no one is capable of properly articulating what they’re feeling after seeing it for the first time. I saw it, I was a little behind on this episode as a matter of fact. The internet very graciously did not spoil it. I saw it late at night. I still don’t know how I managed to sleep that night, though the lateness of the hour likely helped. The very next day I saw Black Panther in the theater and miraculously I was able to function whilst still processing the pain and heartbreak of Caleb’s death in Rebels. Now that pain is returned and significantly stronger upon seeing your reaction. It’s eleven in the morning where I’m at right now, and I’m needing something to calm myself down. Shame it’s too early for three pints. Then again, “Time is an illusion, lunchtime, doubly so.” as they say. The wish to be able to give you a great big hug is very strong with this reaction. I am so very proud of you for getting through it as well as you did, even if you were not the most eloquent with the post-episode thoughts, which, again, none of us were. This was one of the most striking of your reactions, Jess, one that’s going to stick with me for a long, long time to come.

Thomas Corp
>>121639096

I almost want to do a drinking game of take a shot for every time you want to give Jess a hug in this reaction. I would have alcohol poisoning before we even got to the second episode.

Thomas Corp
>>121644988

Yes, a hell of a blockade that Thrawn set up. Lovely to see the X-Wings in action on Rebels. I always love Thrawn’s respect for his adversaries. Chopper surely does love and is that loyal to Hera if he’s willing to get back into the ship like that.

Saltire le Hutt
>>121651786

Though Iron Squadron is my least liked episode of Rebels, its good that we get to see Mart become a staunch rebel fighter in his own right and capable pilot and who does his late uncle Sato proud. Haha yeah got to love Tarkin moaning about the Death Star Project then when it comes online he just takes it over as if it was all his to begin with!! You are correct on the runtime with Jedi Night here Thomas, in that it does run slightly longer than regular episodes, so that it does a further trick on us in thinking that all will be fine and everyone will get back on board the ship in time for tea and biscuits; and then...

Saltire le Hutt
>>121651795

Its the most devastating death in Star Wars for me and Caleb accepts his fate completely and without hesitation as we always knew he would when he said to Ezra in season 1 "and when the time comes, we have to be ready to sacrifice for something bigger...". Its a great mirror image between the Jedi and Sith in that regard, that Jedi do not fear death especially if its the will of the force and will result in saving others, whilst the Sith will do anything to overcome it. It hits more than a truck as what Jess suggest, its like increasingly powerful waves hitting you against a wall as it all sinks in, especially where Filoni had the genius to give Kanan his sight back to see Hera that final time, just as he is in between the mortal and death realms and becomes unshackled by physical limitations "luminous beings are we, not this crude matter...". A reactor I subbed to on Patreon about a year back for the end of Clone Wars and Rebels told me that on the day of this episode, she was taking her dog out to get groomed, and she kept breaking down crying on the way there and back throughout the rest of the day, and it still holds its power over me like that even if I have seen it hundreds of times now. I'm so glad that for Jess that despite some of the things being spoiled for her when watching the other shows, that this hasn't been one of them thankfully. We can't blame Jess or any other reactor for not being able to fully express themselves after something like this, though Jess tried her best. Sometimes you just have to let the episodes speak for themselves and come back to it when you are more lucid, to comment.