Update 3! Four New Clips For Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Finale on Disney XD!
Sith Temple! Forbidden knowledge! Darth Maul! Sith Holocrons! It looks like Season 2 of Rebels is going out with a bang next Wednesday night with its hour-long finale on Disney XD. Check out this new preview clip for next week’s two-part episode…
From all we have seen and heard leading up to this moment on the show, the finale of season 2 looks like it has all the right parts in the making. I’m hopeful that Filoni and Co. will deliver a fantastic Star Wars story to the fans, and I can’t wait to see what road lies ahead for our Jedi after their visit to Malachor.
One of the most interesting moments in the clip was when that creepy voice said something that sounded to me like “The power to restore life is at your command”. Will Ezra’s desire to see his parents again prompt him to delve into powers that he does not comprehend, placing him at great risk of being overcome by the seductive power of the dark side?
Personally, I think he will bite off more than he can chew in this episode. I don’t think he’ll go dark per se, but he’ll definitely be dabbling in some forbidden knowledge. However, for this to be the event that “changes everthing”, something bad has to happen and if Ezra doesn’t go dark, I think we can rest assured that someone is getting the ax next week.
What are your hopes and predictions for next week’s finale? Share your comments below.
Update!
Entertainment Weekly’s Anthony Breznican recently had a chat with Rebels producer Dave Filoni and Sam Witwer, Maul’s voice actor from TCW, to discuss Maul’s return as well as what to expect (or not to expect) in the finale. There is also a brand new exclusive clip with Ezra and Darth Maul. Click here to read the interview and watch the clip!
Update 2!
New Rebels season finale trailer reveals a more sinister and familiar Maul.
Update 3!
The latest clip shows a new Inquisitor in action.
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If I were the place odds on the episode:
90% Ashoka dies
20% Kanan dies
5% Ezra goes full darkside.
99% Ashoka lives
99% Kanan lives
99% Ezra stays as he is
99.9% Maul (The “Apprentice” of the title) dies to Vader
I swear, if that happens than I am so done with Rebels.
Ahsoka lives but is wounded, Kanan is turned, Ezra flees with wounded Ahsoka Maul survives Vader. Vader tasks Kanan to track down Maul.
I could live with that actually, as long as Ahsoka dies in Season 3 by Vader’s hand.
Vader bites it. Rest of the OT was just Bobby Ewing’s dream.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Long as it’s not Patrick Ewing’s.
Could be. I couldn’t be bothered to be accurate in my 80’s trash tv characters.
it was bobby Ewings wife dream
And he was replaced by a clone imposter.
I think the voice says “The power to destroy life”.
You beat me to this, but yes… that’s what the voice said to me, as well.
I hear that also. I think it’s deliberately confused as it sounds like they are layering the two words together.
I thought I heard both too. Restoring and destroying, depending on your point of view, could have the same destructive outcome.
I hope Ezra doesn’t join Darth Maul with the false promise of bringing his parents back from the dead…
Kanan: “When you removed the Sith Holocrononomicon from the cradle, did you speak the words?”
Ezra: “Yeah, basically.”
Kanan: “Did you speak the exact words?”
Ezra: “Look, maybe I didn’t say every single little tiny syllable, no, but basically I said ’em, yeah.”
Kanan: “Dung-eating fool! Thou hast doomed us all! When thou misspoke the words, the Army of the Dead awoke!”
LOVE THIS! thank you LOL
Here’s a cookie for that bit of awesomeness.
KLAATU! BARADA! NIK-COUGH_COUGH……
https://youtu.be/KzMXgTY3OOo
Can’t wait! I don’t think Ezra will go dark YET. I think he’ll just have a temptation then everybody will be like, “Well, now he’s not going dark.” Then later in Rebels they’ll pull a fast one on us and have him go dark. Unless, there’s a jump and the story fast forwards a couple of years like Clone Wars. Maybe to tie in Rogue One.
Sounds like Nikka Futterman. I’d really like to see Asajj back seeing as how she survived both the old and new EU. Aurra Sing too.
*spoiler alert*
Actually, Asajj doesn’t survive in the new canon. Had they actually produced the rest of the TCW episodes, you would’ve seen her demise but her death is told in the canon book Dark Disciples.
Now, one could try to make the argument that she might still survive a la Darth Maul style but 1) it’s a bit of a stretch 2) she tecnically wasn’t a full formed Sith like Maul was (even though she was a dark-side user, she still didn’t have as much knowledge and power of the dark side like Maul would) and 3) the way her death was depicted in DD is the type that would make it unlikely for anyone to survive, dark-side user included.
It was a really great read and end to her character, so wish we could at least see unfinished cinematic episodes like they did with Bad Batch and the Crystal Crisis arc.
I’m sure if she’s interested in returning they’d throw out the canon or find some way around it. Wouldn’t be the first time. If not then they can just use Aurra who’s almost the same character in a lot of ways and clearly is still alive in the Rebels era.
Yes, they’d just. Throw out the canon. That is now canon. That says shes dead.
I really think Disney should commission a Clone Wars animated movie for VOD that wraps up this series. The series started with a movie, so ending it with a movie would bring things back full circle.
I noticed that too. On a side note while playing StarCraft II, I noticed that her voice is used for the Zerg as well. Freaked me out when I heard it looking back.
Asajj did not survive the Clone Wars! Read Dark Disciple to learn her ending.
Spoilers mate, spoilers.
I can’t wait to see how Maul’s story continues!!!
https://youtu.be/qQbAve5UKvo
That voice sounded like Ventress’ voice provider. Weird. Anyway, apparently Sith holocrons have “the power to restore (or destroy?) life” now. Cool.
“No no that’s not what I wanted!”
Ugh, that line reading sounds so cringey and half-assed. We just need to keep stupid children out of Star Wars.
Yeah because characters like Galen Marek were sooo much better. Wait he was totally OP stupid Gary Sue.
I never said anything about Galen Marek. What are you even talking about?
That bad characters and voice acting is not limited to young characters. And in Star Wars was already much worse examples.
Moreover i see nothing wrong with that line.
It’s the way that Taylor Gray says it. It’s such a cheesy and unconvincing reading.
And the problem with Galen Marek was, in your considered opinion, Witwer’s performance? Objectively false (you’re welcome, TUD).
*shudder*
Hmm the Holicron says the Power to DESTROY Life is at your command! Remember the Sith were anti anything they could not control.
There are two layered voices. If you listen carefully, one is saying destroy and the other is saying restore.
well R.I.P Seventh Sister
I wonder if we’ll ever find out why they’re called Fifth Brother and Seventh Sister.
There’s some more new footage buried somewhere in here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK3ur0OLesQ
Anyone else notice the feet of the third Inquisitor?
Yep. Some weird race. Notice how he also only has 4 fingers total?
Very curious….
Does anyone believe any of these characters will survive to Ep.VII, VIII, IX?
I mean, confirmed deaths: Vader, Maul, right?
But if we follow the OT, supposedly there was no more jedis, because Obi Wan didn´t consider himself a Jedi anymore… so may be that leaves it open…
Also many people says that would be weird bringing characters from the cartoons to the films.
What do you think?
Retcon explanation:
Most “official” Jedi (i.e. ones who were formally trained) were either hunted down, or are in hiding during the OT.
It’s unlikely any character from Rebels will appear in the new trilogy, but I think that’s because their appearance would constrain the writing of these characters in the Rebels series. (e.g. You see an older Sabine in Episode 8 or 9, and thus you know she doesn’t die in Rebels.)
That said, I think inserting a reference to Rebels in Rogue One could work. For example, having Chopper roll by in a scene that’s set in the Rebel Alliance base — they could even have the Ghost docked in the background. But either of these two appearances would then assure viewers of the Rebels series that both survive the run of the Rebels series.
Yes, all what you say makes sense.
Although I am not sure that if a single character appears in Ep. 8 could be good or bad for the cartoons… may be good getting more audience to the cartoons.
Other thing I had not thhough about, is any character of Rogue One appearing in Ep. 9, or may be some plot related. For example, the parents of Poe Dameron could be in Rogue One, who knows.
Of course I think that can be references to Princess Leia or stuff like that.
What if Luke no longer is strong with the Force? Something may have happened causing him to become de-Force’d. Thus, this could explain why he wasn’t able to protect his students, and why he went into hiding.
At the end of TFA he is wearing a Jedi Master outfit, like Obi Wan in ANH or the Jedis in the PT.
Maybe he just likes to wear that outfit, because it’s comfy. 🙂
Haha may be, movies describe facts with images, sounds… it would be a bit confusing or misleading 🙂
Weird, but technically possible.
that did happen in a RU novel
Surprise! This stuff will be 2 minutes of bookends on the episodes. The rest? All Chopper, all the time. Making friends with a space whale.
That’s far too much character development for an average Rebels season 2 episode. Most of the running time will be the poorly animated characters moving their hands around unnaturally while reciting shitty “comedy” dialogue and participating in low-quality slapstick.
Obviously.
While running around in an unused Ralph McQuarrie painting, let’s not forget.
Chased by [insert unused McQuarrie concept here] #238.
Is Ezra related to Rey ? Or will he be somehow connected to Snoke ? i’m pretty sure Disney will tie him in to the new trilogy in one way or another.
Mmmmmmm…no. Disney doesn’t give two shits about Rebels as far as canon is concerned. There’s no way that they’re gonna tie their blockbuster movies into some kids show that barely anybody watches.
It would be a way to broaden the audience for their animated shows. If they have some slight tie ins in rebels, that would make more people interested in the show.
Maybe. Maybe not.
Insightful
Thank you, I try.
“Rebels” is a very popular show, one of the most watched on Disney XD right now. That being said, if we ever get to know Rey’s origin (and I have a feeling we’ll never get to now it,) it would be in an Episode or an Anthology film. She’s too popular of a character to leave her parentage in a TV show. Movies simply have bigger audience.
I really wonder if Felicity Jones’ character in Rogue One will turn out to be Rey’s mother. The timeline and her character’s presumed age would fit.
That is, if Rey even technically has a mother. Perhaps she’s a clone made from the DNA of Luke (extracted from his severed hand?). Even though cloning tech is firmly established in this series, this idea is a bit too cheesy sci-fi trope for me, so I prefer the first theory.
Are you anything like that character Leonardo DiCaprio played in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”?
Why? Do you need someone you can relate to?
I don’t but I think you do.
To be honest, that was lame.
“No, you!”
What does lame mean?
Stupid. Learn to speak mo’ gooder. You feel me?
“Mo’ gooder” I’m not feeling it. Stupid.
It’s a joke, not a dick. Don’t take it so hard.
What are you trying to say?
I’m trying to say calm down.
Remember SpongeBob?
Probably one of my new favorite comebacks. 🙂
Bob Iger consult with you regularly?
No. I just examined the situation and thought realistically.
He is Pablo Hidalgo counselor.
You don’t know a thing lol. If they didn’t care about tying things in to Rebels Filoni and Hidalgo A) Probably wouldn’t be working on this project and B) would not have done a lot of what they have done already.
But that’s your opinion. Just check the facts.
What facts? You’re being incredibly vague.
Darth Maul is sure in bad shape for his early 50’s. Looks even worse than Obi-Wan who’s about the same age.
No kidding. My math sucks but unless he’s acting old, he seems a bit young to be so seemingly decrepit. I always attributed Obi-Wan’s condition to be due to life on Tatooine joined with the psychological burdens of having lost Anakin, the Jedi Order, and the galaxy as a whole. Maybe Maul just didn’t eat his Wheaties.
In the old canon he was 25 in TPM which makes since Palpatine was 50 then. Nothing in the new canon contradicts it so I’m going with it but he could have been maybe 30-35 then which would make a bit more sense as Rebels takes place 27 years later. Ray Park was in his 20’s when he shot the film so I figure it’s around there. Adding to the fact I doubt Sidious would tolerate having a late bloomer for an apprentice.
I can see Obi-Wan being about 25 in Episode 1, but not much older. Ah well. Kill all of my friends and we’ll see how much I age in a few years. I guess we shouldn’t begrudge the guy a few age lines.
Old canon said he was 25 and Ewan MacGregor was about that age then so I go with that until it’s contradicted. I still think he and Anakin should have been a few years older in TPM to match with ANH but Alec Guiness was younger than Mark Hamil in TFA I believe. Then again, I think Guiness was in WWII so he’s probably carried a lot of baggage over the years to say nothing about the secrets of his personal life which probably made him look a lot older. Those old theatrically trained stars also smoked and drank like no one’s business either.
Alec Guiness was the exact same age as Mark Hamill was in TFA, for Ep. 4.
As in days too? Guiness still looks way older though. Even if he hated the series, He’s great in every scene. I bet he’d have done this one too if he was paid what Ford was and alive.
Obviously not days. You’re right though that Alec does look much older, that’s just how old age effects everyone differently though and lifestyle I’m sure.
It seems like the older actors tend to age faster but Roger Moore was Bond for a whopping 12 years and didn’t look really bad till the end while Craig has aged pretty fast in half that time even though he’s half his age.
You also can’t forget that Maul is a Zabrak. Not human. We don’t necessarily know the average lifespan for Zabraks or on average how physical features should appear as they age. We can’t necessarily compare them to humans. For all we know this is how Zabraks are supposed to look at this age. That’s without the battle filled history of Maul.
First of all, Obi-Wan never suffered any serious injuries, he even fell to the floor screaming from a simple cut, while Maul survived being cut in half.
And secondly, the “old haggard hermit” look seems like deception, look at Sidious and what he did when he was the same age as Maul is now. Actually, if you compare Obi-Wan (ANH) and Sidious in his 50’s (PT), it makes you think how powerful Sidious really was, not just in the Force, but physical prowess as well.
In Kenobi it said he let the twin suns weather his face which makes sense but it’s no longer canon anymore.
He still lived on Tatooine. You don’t let the sun age you, it happens regardless, lol.
Guess I meant that it was the reason he always wore his hood down on Tatooine so it was like a form of organic plastic surgery for him.
Spoiler Alert: Vader doesn’t die
TRIGGERED!
WOO-HOO!
Why are you insistent on replying to every single one of my comments? It’s kind of creepy.
Creepy? You think? Let’s wait and see.
TUD likes randomly all my comments, that is creepy 🙂
The weak-minded can be greatly influenced by the use of fake spoilers. –Obi Gone
Nah mate, my “sources” confirmed it.
let me just say that the fact that disney keepsmaking content unavailable outside the US (yup, I am pretty sure now that it’s them who do that) is frustrating and makes me just want to insult whoever decided that non-US fans are less important.
This is why we have file-sharing sites. Trust me: If I had to rely on BBC America to get actual ‘British’ programming, I’d go without; near as I can tell, they play hours + hours of that great ‘British’ TV show, ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’, and not much else… *FACEPALM*
(And I’d NEVER get to hear the great BBC radio dramas like Neil Gaiman’s ‘Neverwhere’, or Terry Pratchett’s & Mr. Gaiman’s ‘Good Omens’…)
I’m specific on the third video wich is restricted right now. I already saw Rebels epsodes via internet
Use a proxy, you’ll be right.
i’m no expert in these things.
*cough* kisscartoon
this kid’s show looks pretty good, ha. Might give it a look in
It is. I know not every loves it, but I’m an adult and I really enjoy it. I feel that it’s expanding Star Wars in some really important and intriguing ways.
I agree.
Well, there are some episodes just to fill, but it is good.
Getting some serious Valley of the Jedi vibes from that place. All the statues (or frozen bodies?), the inquisitor hiding as one like Boc did… It’s gonna be epic!
By the way, that inquisitor has strange hands, maybe three fingers, so it’s not human.
It seems there has already been a screening in a theater, according to theforce.net. Were any of you there? I’m so curious to find out what happens….
I read a review on the episode. It said that this episode is super awesome and dark (possibly the darkest piece of Star Wars animation ever) and that it treats death very seriously. He also said that someone dies (he didn’t say who, but we know who). I’m optimistic.
Maul vs VADER!!
With this show you get 3 good episodes for every 10