Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 12168168)

Dave Filoni addressed it in the Season 2 wrap Youtube Video. I guess some people, including the cast, thought she died in the final episode. Filoni says that he knows her fate but that the viewers won't find out for quite some time.

While I thought the season was great and exponentially better than Season One, there's something about this series that really bothers me:

Darth Vader

We've been led to believe that Vader was extremely powerful in The Force and that he was absolutely ruthless during that era. Yet nothing we've seen on film or in Rebels backs up those claims. Darth Maul seems to be far more powerful in The Force and far more ruthless. And outside of Anakin/Vader killing the "younglings", we haven't seen the "ruthless" side of Vader, unless you count the choking of Admiral's Ozzel and Peitt, which were no match for him, anyway.

Vader didn't kill Kanan or Ezra or Ahsoka, yet I'm pretty sure that if Maul wanted Kanan dead, he would have killed him, not only blinded him.

Originally Posted by Dagnabit (Post 12168183)

There's a theory floating about that Vader doesn't fully embrace the dark side until after the destruction of the Death Star. Once Tarkin and the Moffs are gone, there's not much to keep him in-check.
He never really left the military or stopped fighting a war. He was a soldier for most of his adult life, and had that mentality And once the command structure was obliterated and a few "fellow soldiers" he admired were vaporized, he really let the hate start to flow.
Compare his demeanor between IV and V.

Originally Posted by NewChief (Post 12187613)

Okay. What's the deal with Ezra's helmet? It seems totally random when he puts it on. At times I know it's to help him hide his identity, but what other functions does a helmet like that serve? Does the visor help keep from getting vision messed up in a fight with lasers blisters? For so, then why doesn't everyone use them? It's a kind of silly complaint but it always seems weird when he puts his helmet on and is like "okay. Let's go!"

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 12250291)

Word is that Grand Admiral Thrawn will appear in Season 3 of Rebels. Two episodes will be shown at Star Wars Celebration Europe in July.

Originally Posted by Bowser (Post 12250295)

Now the trick is how to incorporate him given how the story has progressed to this point, if that rumor is true.

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 12250299)

The book in the pic is Heir to the Empire and we all heard Ahsoka's line that "Some legends are true", which refers LucasFilm's decision to make the old EU "Legends".

That said, I'm sure that Dave Filoni and Simon Kinberg will figure out a way to incorporate Thrawn's greatest traits in Rebels. Clearly, he'll have a different end game, as the Post ROTJ is completely different than the old EU but he's an interesting character nonetheless.

Originally Posted by Bowser (Post 12250305)

Nice catch on the book.

Maybe this is an avenue for Disney down the road after Ep. IX that they can put to movie - the story of the post RotJ days and the battles with Thrawn? Interesting stuff.

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud (Post 12250323)

My feeling is that LucasFilm wants to appease the EU fan base, as well as draw a larger audience, by introducing a character like Thrawn.

I'll be surprised if his trajectory is the same.

Originally Posted by Bowser (Post 12250300)

This news will get Dag's blood moving. If there is a chance that Thrawn can be thrown into the mix, is there a chance Bane will be up next (and maybe possibly Revan)?

Originally Posted by Dagnabit (Post 12250551)

If certain elements of Legends were able to get some play in the same manner that the side movies are without stepping on the canon of either, that would be best.

I still don't know what the **** that thing was that was supposed to be "Bane" in Clone Wars.

Originally Posted by Bowser (Post 12250563)

Maybe there was some copyright thing preventing his image from being used? :shrug: