5 years since the silly little space show ended I miss it so much
Okay but seriously seeing how much the love for rebels has grown over the past five years is so insane. It’s gone from this tiny, mostly hated, part of Star Wars to being considered some of the best the franchise has to offer (wish those people had realised that when the show was still on but I’ll still take it).
I genuinely think that Rebels is the most Star Wars that Star Wars can get - it beautifully distils larger life lessons about war and morality down into an easier to understand package for kids but balances it brilliantly with the weird mystical shit.
It asks questions about the morality of war and how far is too far which just can’t be answered and those conversations lead to some of this hardest hitting lines in the franchise (I mean, “I hope senator, after you’ve lost and the Empire reigns over the galaxy unopposed , you will find comfort in the knowledge that you fought according to the rules”? THATS SO GOOD!)
It introduces some of the most fascinating parts of the force - from the Bendu and calling bullshit on the whole idea of being “in the middle” refusing to get involved in conflicts where people are suffering and dying to the absolute batshit insane World Between Worlds or the Loth Wolves and connections to nature.
AND we get to see the characters going on fun, silly adventures in between all the serious shit!
All of the characters mean so much to me and all of their arcs are amazing - Zeb overcoming his mental regression to a 14 year old after the death of his people, Sabine learning about forgiveness and trust, Kallus’s redemption - but Ezra does have to be my favourite.
I wasn’t that much younger than Ezra at the beginning of the series and to see him grow and overcome challenges and despite the pull of the dark side being so strong he overcame it and became such a DAMN GOOD JEDI was an amazing thing to watch as I grew up too.
And, if I’m gonna get really deep for a minute - at school I was just the weird undiagnosed autistic kid who couldn’t hold up a conversation to save their life and it was not a fun time, but once a week I’d get to go to another world and spend time with characters that I loved. The high of an episode would keep me going for a good three or four days and then I’d get to get excited for the new episode.
We didn’t have any of the Disney channels so I’d have to find whatever dodgy copy of an episode I could find online for free with terrible quality and the voices either slowed down or sped up but that didn’t matter cause I loved this show so much.
Although I’m sad we aren’t getting an animated continuation of the show and the actors who brought so much life to these character might never get to play them again I am still excited to see where the story goes next and can’t believe it’s THIS YEAR we get these characters back.
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