Star Wars Rebels: Fulcrum’s Identity Confirmed!

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Tonight’s episode of Star Wars Rebels ended the first season with a bang, and with it came one important reveal: the identity of Fulcrum. Obvious spoilers for the character reveal in “Fire Across The Galaxy” ahead!

 

After a brief, deliberately misleading tease that suggested that Bail Organa was the unseen informant helping the Ghost Rebels across the season, a familiar figure from The Clone Wars stepped down a ladder as Bail’s hologram dissipated.

 

Ahsoka Is Fulcrum

Alright, let’s face it – who didn’t see this one coming? After all the speculation about Fulcrum being Ahsoka Tano from The Clone Wars, it has finally been revealed that she’s the one leading the various Rebel Cells.

 

Here’s a comparison between her in Rebels appearance, her vision of her older self in The Clone Wars, and her original appearance on The Clone Wars:

 

Ahsoka Comparison

A review for this episode shall come later. Season Two can’t come soon enough!

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

95 thoughts on “Star Wars Rebels: Fulcrum’s Identity Confirmed!

  • March 3, 2015 at 6:07 am
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    Called it!

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:09 am
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      “Alright, let’s face it – who didn’t see this one coming?”

      • March 3, 2015 at 6:17 am
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        I know, I wrote that, but I love being right. :>

      • March 4, 2015 at 1:55 am
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        *raises hand*

        My money was actually on it being Princess Leia

        • March 4, 2015 at 10:43 am
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          She’ll show up eventually.

    • March 3, 2015 at 8:44 am
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      And I am calling her to be in The Force awakens!

      • March 3, 2015 at 3:08 pm
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        I was happy to see her in Rebels, but hell no to this.

        Throw her in one of the spinoff movies, if people really feel a need to see her in film.

      • March 3, 2015 at 4:10 pm
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        Would be awesome for her to survive the dark times and at least get a cameo

  • March 3, 2015 at 6:08 am
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    I’m such a happy Star Wars fan right now. That finale was fantastic, fun, and a major gamechanger. Well done, Disney.

    • March 4, 2015 at 1:11 am
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      Ditto.. star wars hasnt been this good since i played knights of the old republic

  • March 3, 2015 at 6:09 am
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    need to see the episode!!…in the uk…we get treated differently and are four episodes behind…I’m to cry myself to sleep now

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:13 am
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      We need A New Hope to give us that sacred link!!!

    • March 3, 2015 at 12:16 pm
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      Find the episode in full hd at:

      K a t h . p h

      Enjoy 🙂

    • March 3, 2015 at 3:23 pm
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      i know how you feel – I’m in Canada were a week behind. I ended up watching the episode on a pirated sight so I could watch spoiler free

  • March 3, 2015 at 6:10 am
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    Hey guys who “fell?” or was that just bluster?

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:20 am
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      SPOILER ALERT!
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      The Inquisitor perished.

      • March 3, 2015 at 6:28 am
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        I’m sure he died like Maul died. The inquisitors will turn out to be a line of force sensitive clones, or he will not have really died. That is my biggest gripe with star wars of the last few years. Death means very little. It is becoming like comic books where you never actually fear for the death of a character.

        • March 3, 2015 at 9:23 am
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          Cloned Jedi/Sith have not been canonically established, and I don’t think they’ll bring it up.

          As for the Inquisitor? He’s dead as a doornail. Will some other character replace him? Probably, but it sure isn’t going to be a clone.

          • March 3, 2015 at 2:52 pm
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            It looks as if Vader will be the main villain going into season 2…or am I reading and hoping too much into the last scene?

  • March 3, 2015 at 6:14 am
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    This season finale was really awesome! Generally the series has been awful, IMO, but this last episode made watching the series and keeping up with it well worth it. I really hope they only continue to get better!

  • March 3, 2015 at 6:17 am
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    To ‘This guy’ The inqusitor fell….spoiler alert…..
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    He is assumed dead but who can know for sure.

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:19 am
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      He fell into a flaming chasm, he said he was essentially ready to die, and the Star Destroyer went down. He’s toast.

      • March 3, 2015 at 6:28 am
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        Right like maul was. If he is dead ill give you my bank account.

        • March 3, 2015 at 9:24 am
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          I look forward to my imminent financial gain. [Fiendish grin]

      • March 3, 2015 at 7:09 am
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        He did? I thought he said there where things worse then death?

        • March 3, 2015 at 9:24 am
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          He did. Which is why he chose to die rather than face them.

          • March 3, 2015 at 4:30 pm
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            I think the inquisitor killed himself so tht vader wouldn’t get a chance to get a hold of him and vaders wrath is what’s worse than death. I’m guessing though of course.

          • March 4, 2015 at 5:22 pm
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            That is exactly what I thought..

  • March 3, 2015 at 6:18 am
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    That episode was fantastic. I loved how she’s carrying Ventress’ lightsabers! At least one of them. I couldn’t tell if they were both hers.

  • March 3, 2015 at 6:18 am
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    Ps I loved it!!!

  • March 3, 2015 at 6:31 am
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    Wooohoo!

  • March 3, 2015 at 6:32 am
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    Great episode. But, why didn’t they make Ahsoka look the way she did in the Clone Wars? I understand that she is older now. But, they totally reconstructed her face. They could have made her face look like the older Ahsoka from that episode where she saw herself in the future. Why bring back the same voice actor – yet, make her look like an entirely different person?

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:34 am
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      It is strange, for sure, but it does fit the animation well, for sure. I’m just happy Ahsoka is back!

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:39 am
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      Apparently there’s a clause between Cartoon Network and Disney stating that although Rebels has free range on characters, settings and locations featured in Clone Wars, they cannot use the same assets and so they have to remake the 3D models from scratch. Rebels also has a slightly different art style so they needed to make her fit the universe.

    • March 3, 2015 at 3:13 pm
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      Rebels characters are very stylized (as people often note, in a very Disney-ish way). Ahsoka was probably one of the more stylized characters (in a very different style), in CW, along with several others like Dooku.

      Whereas they could make a fairly normal looking Obiwan that didn’t contradict Clone Wars visually, I feel like the point is moot when the character never looked realistic in the first place. Making her eyeballs take up about 20% of her head was probably done to emphasize her youth, but it doesn’t need to be carried over.

      • March 4, 2015 at 7:50 am
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        Yep, also Clone Wars’ art style was to make the characters look like marrianette puppets. Thats why they have sharp features and if you look close, the characters have a wood texture to them.

  • March 3, 2015 at 6:33 am
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    Great show, great finale.

    I really hope the rebels cross paths with Obi-won and/or a young Luke at some point.

    Would be interesting to see if there is any sort of “link” between Ezra and Luke. Luke was the “hope” in a New Hope…but Ezra has already been referred to as such in this timeline. I read somewhere they were born on the same day as well. Can anyone confirm that?

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:52 am
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      Ezra is one day older than Luke and Leia. I don’t think t would make much sense to have any connection between Luke and Ezra. Remember Luke actually wanted to join the Imperial Academy before he met Obi-Wan. An encounter with Ezra would definitely have an impact on his view of the empire.

      • March 3, 2015 at 7:06 am
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        No Dave, you are wrong. Luke did not want to join the Imperial Academy. A newly released deleted scene from the Blu Ray “Complete Saga” DVD pack shows Luke and friends visiting with their friend who joined the rebellion, at a local hangout in Tattooine. That friend was leaving to join the rebellion and is seen later in ANH.

        • March 3, 2015 at 8:23 am
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          That friend you refer to is Biggs and he was enlisted in the imperial academy. In that deleted scene Luke was surprised to hear that he had jumped ship to join the rebellion. When Luke is eating with his aunt and uncle he mentions submitting his application to the academy. He is referring to he imperial academy. You can verify that with Wookiepedia. Sorry, but it is you who are mistaken.

          • March 3, 2015 at 2:56 pm
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            …about a great many things!…>:/ …couldn’t resist…

      • March 3, 2015 at 8:25 am
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        Respectfully disagree Dave…It was pretty evident from the first time we see Luke in Episode 4 that he has both an awareness and a sympathy toward the rebellion. While he’s having his initial conversation with 3P0 and R2 after purchasing them he basically jumps out of his skin as soon as 3P0 mentions the rebellion.

        I think it would make a lot of sense…and I’d go on record as saying it’s pretty clear there is some sort of “tie-in” between Ezra and Luke. Time will tell.

        • March 3, 2015 at 8:35 am
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          It is clear in Luke’s conversation with his aunt and uncle that he was avid on joining the Inperial Academy. I agree that he was very interested and even excited to hear of the rebellion. But it is established that Luke was desperate to escape Tatooine and join all of his friends who had already left for the academy. I think that at that point in his life he would have joined either side just to escape home. But he wanted to join the academy because that’s where his friends went.

          • March 3, 2015 at 8:45 pm
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            In a conversation with Obi-wan, Luke states that he hates the empire… Great decision to join their academy then…

          • March 3, 2015 at 11:45 pm
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            That doesn’t discredit anything that I have stated. Like I said, Luke didn’t care where he ended up, as long as he was able to escape Tatooine. If anything that just illustrates how desperate he was.

      • March 3, 2015 at 9:26 am
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        Empire Day was not established until after the Republic was completely abolished. Palpatine’s big showy declaration of the Empire was a prelude, not the actual event.

        • March 3, 2015 at 2:53 pm
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          Wookieepedia states, “Ezra Bridger was born in 3258 LY, on the day of the inception of the Galactic Empire”. It has also been stated by Dave Filoni and Pablo Hidalgo that Ezra is one day older than Luke and Leia.

          • March 3, 2015 at 9:57 pm
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            Oh, huh.

  • March 3, 2015 at 7:34 am
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    FYI “Rebels” Ahsoka is a total babe… 10/10 would bang

    • March 3, 2015 at 7:59 am
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      There should be a spoof anime or cartoon made featuring Obi-wan, Satine, Anakin and Padme (*and Ahsoka). It would obviously be during the CW era. Basically Anakin and Padme would creep off to a secret secluded “smash room” on Coruscant somewhere figuring that they’ll be alone for enough time to do their thing real quick. Unbeknowest to them Obi and Satine have the same idea and are headed for the exact same place (because this is sorta an “inside thing” between Obi and Anakin). Obi and Satine finally walk in all kissy-face while Obi-wan senses a familiar presence in some room in the structure. He tells Satine to “hush” while they both listen to the faint but pronounced moans sounding from within the area. Anakin, too suddenly senses a familiar presence but has no doubt about whom it is and who he’s with. He shushes Padme real quick just to confirm his suspicions via the Force while cracking a wry smile and quietly saying to Padme, “We’re not alone here, but don’t worry- I know WHO it is and it’s all good…”. Obi-wan then cracks a similar grin on his face and tells Satine essentially the same thing, and both Ani and Obi muse that other one is a sly dog.

      Ahsoka would sense a disturbance in the Force while in a meditation chamber at the Jedi Temple and would sigh to herself, “Those old sly dogs are at it again…”.

      Ok fan-fic community, make it happen!

      • March 3, 2015 at 9:19 am
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        It got awkward on this post pretty quick.

        • March 3, 2015 at 9:30 am
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          NO! Only ‘awkward’ in your mind. You must UNLEARN what you have learned. ; )

  • March 3, 2015 at 8:15 am
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    The inquisitor better not be the voice in the ep 7 teaser after his crappy death !

    • March 3, 2015 at 9:27 am
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      It isn’t. It is highly unlikely that any character created for Rebels will show up in that movie.

  • March 3, 2015 at 8:40 am
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    I don’t know….”I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”

  • March 3, 2015 at 8:42 am
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    I still think Lupita is playing an older Ahsoka in the force awakens!

    Lupita is reported to have mo-cap face, puppet head set…sounds like Ahsoka’s hair piece to me?

    From them changing her face looks in rebels what would stop them to adding mo-cap old skin look?

    • March 3, 2015 at 9:01 am
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      I am not against the idea of Ahsoka appearing in the new films. However, I do not believe Lupita would be playing her. Lupita has a fairly distinct accent. She would sound drastically different from the Ahsoka in animated form. I don’t think that the accent would take away from a good performance but I think that Lucasfilm would go in a different casting direction if they wanted to bring Ahsoka to live action. Ahsoka is Togruta which is the same species as Shaak Ti. Shaak Ti was played by a woman with prosthetics. There was no mo-cap needed to create that character. I doubt that they would feel the need to utilize those effects to create Ahsoka

  • March 3, 2015 at 8:52 am
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    She looks much more ‘human’. Maybe they’re lining her up for a spin-off/appearence in the ST.

    • March 3, 2015 at 9:13 am
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      Well, the Togruta species is very human like in facial features beside the head tails. I think it was just the stylization they chose for her in The Clone Wars that made her features seem less human.

  • March 3, 2015 at 9:18 am
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    What are the things that are worse then death?

    • March 3, 2015 at 9:28 am
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      An angry Darth Vader. He was basically saying “You fools have no idea what you’re in for!” before chickening out of being on the receiving end of Vader’s wrath.

  • March 3, 2015 at 11:19 am
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    Can’t get blink to work!! Please Obi-wan you’re our only hope!! more links……

  • March 3, 2015 at 1:01 pm
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    Tano – “Hey Sky-Guy…”

    Vader – “…..you should have stayed but a memory to me, yet you have come all this way just to die”

    * Vader Ignites Lightsaber

    Tano – “Anakin…”

    Vader – “that name no longer has any meaning to me…Snips”

    Tano – “then my friend is truly dead…”

    Vader – “I was your Master, and I have one final lesson to impart!”

    *Tano grabs her sabers and stands in a defensive position, a good distance from Vader

    Tano – “…and what is that? How to destroy everything you’ve ever truely cared for?”

    Vader -“No.”

    *Vader reaches out with his open hand using the force to break Ahsoka’s wrist. Tano screams in pain as Vader twists the broken hand which causes her lightsaber to point into her chest…Vader ignites the Saber with the force, piercing Ahsoka’s heart

    *Vader walks up to Tano, staring menacingly down at her

    Vader -“…Never turn your back to me…”

    *Tano dies and Vader walks away as Ezra screams “Nooooooooo!” from a distant platform

    • March 3, 2015 at 3:48 pm
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      I just have to say well done disney well done

      • March 3, 2015 at 5:58 pm
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        Vader saying the name “Snips” will be cringe-worthy.

  • March 3, 2015 at 3:30 pm
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    I like apple [Ful]crum pie.

  • March 3, 2015 at 5:03 pm
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    Nice. Now let’s see luke Han leia and the emp

  • March 3, 2015 at 5:22 pm
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    Adding her to Rebels is going to make this show that much better, and it is also a no brainer..you didnt even have to have a brain to realize that she was going to be in this show, considering how she left CW, and survided order 66, and besides that she is Dave Filoni’s baby…..of course he was going to add her. when she finds out Vader is Anakin it will be just as emotional as it was when Luke found out Vader was his father…now…does Vader Destroy her? or is he going to freeze her ass in carbonite for Luke to find her in Episode 7? i cant take it!!!

  • March 3, 2015 at 5:37 pm
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    Most awesome Star Wars news since the announcement of a new series of movies and that the OT cast were back.

    Hope to see her in those new Star Wars films.

    Hopefully her race ages slower ( I read somewhere like 147 years) So we can behold her sexiness in live action.

  • March 3, 2015 at 5:51 pm
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    I’m not 100% Vader will kill Ashoka. I feel as if the Emperor might, which could be the start of the rift between he and Vader. Then again, Vader did kill Obi-Wan with no problem in ANH, so anything is possible.

  • March 3, 2015 at 5:57 pm
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    Now I’m just even more curious about what the overall impact this show will have on the entire saga. Even though this show is called “Rebels”, the Rebel Alliance is pretty much formed already without the team even realizing. The only thing the alliance is missing is the symbol created by Sabine and there is no way that Sabine’s design is going to be the most impactful thing the rebel crew does. Kanan and Ezra are going to effect the sequel trilogy somehow, its just to early to tell. Maybe Kylo and Rey(Kira) are Ezra’s children. I’ll be pretty disapointed if Kanan and Ezra just die without any crazy implications for the future

    • March 3, 2015 at 6:35 pm
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      It’s pretty obvious, to me at least, that the point of this show is to lead right into episode 4.

      I’ve said it since day 1 this show was announced…Rebels will end with the stealing of the Death Star plans and the death of several of the main characters in the process. That will explain how Leia got the plans and how most of these characters were never seen again in the OT era.

      • March 3, 2015 at 7:28 pm
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        If both Kanan and Ezra die trying to steal the Deathstar plans, their entire character arcs are kinda wasted.

    • March 3, 2015 at 9:02 pm
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      WRONG Kylo and Kira are not Ezra’s kids, they’re Han and Leia’s kids.

      Kylo is good in the start of sw 7 but turns evil. Question is what turns him evil?

      • March 3, 2015 at 11:33 pm
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        Lmao, no where has it been confirmed that Kylo and Rey are Skywalker/Solo children. It’s simply popular speculation. The only official clue we have is the original cast photo for TFA with Daisy Ridley sitting inbetween Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher. Adam Driver’s character could easily still be related to Ezra somehow.

      • March 4, 2015 at 11:45 am
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        No, that would suck badly! We all saw what happens when you turn the character around in only one movie.

  • March 3, 2015 at 6:02 pm
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    I really don’t want to see Ashoka Tano killed by Darth Vader. For one, I like Tano’s character too much to see that. For another, I don’t see Disney’s Rebels going this dark.

    I could see them setting up a scene where Vader lets Tano escape foreshadowing the light still within him and pathway for his atonement through Luke though.

    I thought the finale was very good. This season could have benefited from a bit more gravitas by having a member of their cell perish. But, again, does anyone think Disney dares go that dark? Doubtful.

  • March 3, 2015 at 7:23 pm
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    I think ashoka has become such a major character in the new SW canon / universe I really hope they don’t kill her off on this show. I like rebels and all but I think she has reached the status of deserving a live action death or atleast an animated series where she is more of a main character again.

    A vader centric spinoff film set between ROTS and ANH where ashoka and him have their moment and possibly battle. I think a vader spin off film would be awesome and disney seems to be really digging into vader with the comic, the book coming out, him on rebels and all that jazz. I think they see the importance of the relationship between him and ashoka and will use it.

  • March 3, 2015 at 9:16 pm
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    Ahsoka looked fantastic! I didn’t really like the art for Rebels but she looks the best she ever has. And for the Inquisitor I always say if you don’t actually see them die their alive but in this case perhaps he really is we shall see in… due time.

  • March 4, 2015 at 4:28 am
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    As for Luke being the last Jedi, so all the Jedi in Rebels have to perish. Nope, Luke is a Master, having gone through all the challenges. Kanan never complete his training, well until he got a Padawan, but he has much to learn still and Ahsoke never became a full fledged Jedi either, by the old Jedi norms, and she also abandoned the Order before completion for her job title. Rebels are flawed almost but not quite Jedi.

  • March 4, 2015 at 11:28 am
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    The visual style in this series is so bad they even managed to screw up the looks of already established animated character – AHSOKA.

    Even the older Ahsoka from CW is better looking than this one! How the hell they managed to mess that up!??

  • March 4, 2015 at 11:52 am
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    wow, just… wow. They finally bring one of the best SW characters back, and then what they do? – They make her UNRECOGNIZABLE!!

    You had one job Disney, ONE JOB! And yet somehow you manage to screw that up!

  • March 4, 2015 at 2:42 pm
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    We’ll have to wait until we see more of Ahsoka to see if that new design works on some level. Until then I call this a major GL-sized fuckup! ^^
    They rather not show Leia in the second season, she might have turned into a Hutt!

  • March 5, 2015 at 5:10 am
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    Her face looks good but is she wearing a different hat? That is a hat now, Disney, isn’t it?

    • March 5, 2015 at 6:01 am
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      She was wearing a headpiece/band.

  • March 5, 2015 at 12:11 pm
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    She looks awesome.

    • March 5, 2015 at 12:22 pm
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      What is going on with this Ezra being one day older than Luke?
      As in, are they doppelgangers?
      Is Ezra possibly the “other” Yoda was referring to and not Leia?
      Monstros seems to have the upper helmet look of Ezra with his customized helmets.
      Also the robot hand of Monstros, might be that we have not seen Ezra lose his hand yet.
      I really think Ezra is the Monstros character, and its hard to tell if Kylo Rey or Kylo Ren is Daisey Ridley or this Monstros character holding Vader’s mask in the concept art, with the robot hand.
      I haven’t seen the movie yet and feel the plot twists are showing.

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