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Star Wars Rebels: Shroud of Darkness Recap and Review

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Star Wars Rebels: Shroud of Darkness Recap and Review

Star Wars Rebels starts out big this week when the show opens with a 2 on 2 lightsaber duel between Ezra and Kanan against the 2 Inquisitors. Things aren’t going so well for the good guys when it appears they are at the mercy of the seventh sister and the fifth brother. Now strap in, and punch it, but watch out for asteroids (spoilers), it is time for Star Wars Rebels.

Visions

Kanan holds onto Ezra, leaving himself open to an inquisitors attack, but some quick thinking from Ezra allows him and Kanan to narrowly escape and leave them behind. It sounds like that as of late the inquisitors keep arriving every where they go. The Phantom meets up with the Ghost but away from the fleet. Ahsoka Tano is waiting for them, after a brief discussion between the three, they go in search for answers. Apparently there has been a hidden Jedi temple on Lothal and that’s where our three force wielding good guys head to commune with Yoda. A meditation circle ensues, and Kanan is the first to see something when a door way only he sees, appears. His path leads him to a temple guard who learns that Kanan’s failure will lead to Ezra falling to the dark side. Kanan disagrees and a duel begins.

    Back on the outside of the temple, Chopper spits some trouble in the form of Inquisitors and makes a run for it. Back inside, Ahsoka and Ezra talk about Master Yoda when Ezra just appears to vanish in front of Ahsoka, only to reappear before Yoda in some sense. Kanan is struggling in his battle when the show jumps back to Ahsoka. She is struggling as she hears the voice of Anakin Skywalker and gets an image of Darth Vader. Master Yoda shares his wisdom with Ezra even revealing that it took him a lifetime to be able to control his fear, not allowing it to become anger. It’s a good scene that gives some insight into Yoda’s thoughts on the Clone Wars, and how it was a mistake to join the war so readily. Kanan in his vision quickly realizes that he can protect Ezra only so much, and that ultimately is up to Ezra in what his fate will be. The temple guard, in his vision, knights him for his choice and it is revealed that the Grand Inquisitor from season one was most definitely a Jedi knight before the fall of the republic.

    The visions allow enough of a distraction for Kanan, Ezra and Ashoka to escape with the clue of Malachor and Star Wars Rebels ends with the arrival of Darth Vader to Lothal. One of the best episodes yet that helps set up Star Wars Rebels going forward, and answers a few lingering questions. The only real big gripe is the design of Yoda, but overall Shroud of Darkness was a very good episode that connects a larger world.

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Star Wars Rebels: The Honorable Ones Recap and Review

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Star Wars Rebels: The Honorable Ones Recap and Review

Star Wars Rebels, while enjoyable, has been hit or miss with several of their episodes.  Some episodes give viewers the character building story telling, while others focus on lighter matters in one-off episodes. The inconsistency in having a straight narrative where each episode builds on the larger story has been disappointing despite all the character expansion this season. Now get ready for hyperspace and watch out for asteroids (spoilers), it is time for Star Wars Rebels, The Honorable Ones.

Return to Geonosis

A return to a very familiar planet kicks off this week’s Star Wars Rebels. The Ghost arrives at Genosis to find a wasteland. The planet shows no sign of life, proving that Darth Sidious tied up all loose ends after the end of the Clone Wars. The planet isn’t their goal though and they arrive at one of the stations left above the planet. Zeb smells a trap, but it comes too late to prevent Agent Kallus and the Stormtroopers from surrounding them. Th group is cutoff and forced to split making Chopper come to the rescue. Zeb is still cut off from the rest of the group battling Kallus when the Ghost is forced to take off and Zeb takes an escape pod that Kallus hitch hiked on.

Honor among Enemies

The escape pod takes some damage due to infighting and it takes a brutal landing. The Ghost is dealing with some tie fighters and Hera’s exceptional flying manages to take them all out. Unfortunately, the Ghost loses track of the pod and Zeb and Kallus are left to relying on each other to survive on one of Genosis’ moons. On the bright side, not all life is dead in the moon and they sound very angry. Kallus’ injury quickly reveals a different side to the man.  Being vulnerable, especially with Zeb being the one he had to rely on, adds depth to a character that needed some. Team work is the only thing that saves them from the huge beak billed monster and it is the only thing to help escape from the ice cavern they are in.

  Kallus and Zeb ask one another some eye-opening questions that really reveals that not everyone on both sides is necessarily a bad person and that they believe they are doing the right thing. It appears that Zeb and Kallus climb just in time as the beast and one of its friends return for a snack. Thanks to Zeb, Kallus is able to escape and though he has a shot on Zeb, he decides to do the honorable thing.

An interesting episode that takes a look at honor and how though a side may be evil, it doesn’t mean the individuals all are. It’s a nice call back to the Revenge of the Sith opening crawl and its reading that there are heroes on both sides. Another enjoyable episode, but let’s hope that Star Wars Rebels keeps it going.

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Marvel's Agent Carter: Monsters Recap and Review

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Marvel's Agent Carter: Monsters Recap and Review

Marvel’s Agent Carter has had a lot of downs this season. Obstacles are constantly getting in her way preventing her from attaining her culprit. Forces are working against her and it is only a matter of time until she is proven right, but only time will tell who will get hurt on her search for truth.

  Interrogations

Masters is interrogating Dottie Underwood with threats of torture. He is desperate to know what Peggy is up to, but Dottie is a lot tougher than he imagined. Masters gets called away by Whitney Frost, courtesy of her new security force, led by her gangster friends. She tasks Masters to take care of Agent Carter and it looks by the end of the conversation that Masters has finally met his match. Whitney decides to talk to Dottie herself and despite all of Dottie’s training, she is no match for zero matter powers that Whitney has acquired. Dottie breaks and now has a way to find her nuclear cores.

  Tensions Rising

  Peggy, Wilkes and the Jarvis’ work for an answer when Wilkes loses it a bit. He is shifting in an out of phase and what he sees frightens him enough to have a go at Peggy. The sample of zero matter they acquired and the device they created, helped Wilkes becoming whole again. His first thing to do is lay one on Peggy, who seems to enjoy it but is hesitant, or so it seems, with the new development between her and Chief Sousa. Sousa himself is confronted by Masters and is given an ultimatum in helping him. Masters is using his silver tongue to try and convince Sousa to join his side. False promises and an uneasy parting is all they get for it.

  The Wrong Trap

Dottie’s tracker finally turns on and Peggy wants to willingly walk into the trap. The Jarvis’ share a moment and him and Peggy bring a sweet looking Stark toy to take Whitney down. On the ride over, Jarvis and Peggy have a humorous conversation detailing with Peggy’s love life. The conversation leads Peggy to realize that two very successful men are interested in her. Surprisingly, for one so intelligent and beautiful, this is a surprise but then again, this is the 1940’s. Unfortunately for Jarvis and Peggy things go wrong really quick when Jarvis can’t remember the code to fire the device. Luckily for them, they are quickly reunited with Dottie in her prison. Dottie and Peggy share some witty banter while they both manage to wiggle free from their restraints. Dottie tries to talk her-type-of-sense into Peggy, positive her idealism will get them killed. That’s when they realize the trap wasn’t meant for Peggy at all.

    Mrs. Jarvis and Wilkes share a nice dinner and a conversation discussing her worries over Jarvis and his escapades with Peggy. Whitney arrives at Stark mansion and despite the alarm, makes her way into the basement where Wilkes is. Whitney circles his containment machine like a lion hunts a gazelle. She is driven to near insanity it seems with her obsession of zero matter. Her attempt to take back the zero matter that Wilkes got from her backfires and he is able to absorb more. They are at a standstill as Whitney’s attempts to persuade him to join her cause when her gangster friend causes a distraction, allowing her to conk him on the head. Meanwhile, before Sousa can make his way to the mansion, he receives a butt whooping from unknown assailants. When Peggy and Jarvis arrive (Dottie secure in the trunk of the car), Whitney decides to shoot Mrs Jarvis in the gut, allowing her to escape with Wilkes. Jarvis is in shock as they rush Mrs. Jarvis to the hospital and a nosy cop unintentionally sets Dottie free.

  Masters makes his play taking over the west coast SSR branch, relieving Sousa of duty while he recovers from his injuries. Peggy and Jarvis share a moment while they wait to hear news on Mrs. Jarvis. The show fades away and Marvel’s Agent Carter just keeps getting better. The story is finally progressing, and I am looking forward to the conclusion of this season. Politics, super powers, scientific ingenuity and Hayley Atwell make Monsters one of the best episodes of the series yet. Next week will follow up with another 2 episode night.

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Star Wars Rebels: Homecoming Recap and Review

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Star Wars Rebels: Homecoming Recap and Review

Star Wars Rebels has been hit and miss this season, jumping from character expanding episodes, to episodes that tell a loosely-related story from the previous. While Rebels has had its moments and looks to have a promising future if the mid-season trailer is anything to go by, it is taking its time getting there. Now strap in and punch it, Star Wars Rebels returns with Homecoming.

  Familiar Faces

  There’s nothing like a space battle to open up a show. Phoenix squadron plays a supporting role, leading a ship out of the Empire’s grasp and make a run for it themselves. Hera is forced to contact her home planet of Ryloth and arranges a meeting with her father. Cham Syndulla is well-known for helping free Ryloth during the Clone Wars and a great thorn in the side to the Empire. Interesting to see the effect her father has on Hera. There is a sense of bitterness that Hera has do her father being constantly involved in the conflicts that his planet faces. Cham doesn’t understand Hera’s point of view concerning her involvement with the Alliance, and it’s amazing that despite the divide between them, how similar they are. Kanan seems beyond happy to have met Cham Syndulla and they even share a few stories from the Clone Wars. It’s nice to hear Mace Windu mentioned even years after his death. The interaction between all three of them is amusing to watch and it will be interesting if it affects Hera and Kanan’s relationship.

  Double Cross

The ruse works, but things take a turn for our Ghost crew when Cham and his men stun everyone and cuff Hera to her seat. Apparently, his distrust of galaxy wide organizations just goes to show that he only truly cared for Ryloth. The chase is in when Zeb and Sabine try to catch up to Cham’s soldiers, only for stormtroopers show up. Ezra and Kanan play force leap frog in a awesome scene to see as they take out all the stormtroopers in their way. Once on the bridge, Kanan allows Ezra to practice his Jedi mind trick making the Captain announce to his crew to abandon ship. Zeb and Sabine catch up to Syndulla’s men, taking them down, but the crew quickly finds out they won’t be taking the ship. Syndulla is committed to destroying the star destroyer as a symbol to his people, rather than use it to fight back against the Empire. Syndulla’ hatred of the Empire has blinded him and Hera tries to reach out to him, making him understand the impact he had on her. She makes a convincing argument and they quickly start firing in the incoming tie fighters. One of the tie bombers scores a lucky hit, but father and daughter working together save the ship. Ezra has a plan that seems him, Sabine and Syndulla to send a rigged tie bomber at the approaching star destroyer. A timely shot from Cham Syndulla and it is taken down.

    Cham Syndulla had played a key role in the secondary canon of Star Wars. His arrival in Star Wars Rebels was nice to see, and it helps flesh out Hera’s character even more. An interesting side note is that Chopper is a droid Hera found during the Clone Wars. Nice to see the snarky droid get a bigger past. One other fun fact, but I believe we saw a young Numa on the Ryloth arc in the Clone Wars cartoon. Fun episode and a nice addition to the Star Wars lore.

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Star Wars Rebels: The Call Recap and Review

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Star Wars Rebels: The Call Recap and Review

The freezing cold of space invaded the crew of the Ghost as the gang searches for a finery that will fuel the entirety of Phoenix squadron. Ezra hears a noise that no one else can but they find out quickly after when space whales come their way. Now strap in and watch out for asteroids (spoilers) it’s time for Star Wars Rebels.

Thar She Blows

The whales or Purrgills quickly interrupt plans playing bumper cars with with the Ghost. Intuition from Ezra changes their fortune when he tells Hera to play along with them. Ezra reaches out his mind to the largest one when he notices it is becoming upset. Yellow tie fighters are the cause though they aren’t Imperial but rather security from the Refinery. Hera seems to be the only one opposed but they follow the Purrgills after Sabine confirms Ezra’s feeling. Rationing their power, Hera leads the Ghost in undetected using asteroids and the Purrgills as cover. Kanan, Ezra and Sabine go for a free fall jump towards the platform. The secret mission quickly goes awry when Ezra has some force issues and Kanan is forced to catch him before he falls to his death. The catch though gives them a way and they are soon under fire. Ezra boycotts the idea of setting up an explosion to prevent the Purgills from being hurt. Ezra has some type of weird connection with the creature that eats fuel. He forgets to provide cover fire for for Sabine and Kanan which leaves him vulnerable and apparently falling to his death

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Successful Mission

Kanan goes all Jedi saving the ship from being blown up only to notice Ezra has disappeared. Choking on the fumes he manages somehow to commune or maybe the beast communes with him the help he needs. There is a sea of the Purrgills floating in the gas and his helmet is returned and with it a fleet of Purrgills to take on the miners. The gang manages to get all the required fuel and makes a hasty getaway as the Purrgills show their displeasure with the remaining miners.

A farewell and Ezra reunites with the rest of the grew as they watch the Purrgills amazingly jump to hyperspace proving the myths true. A fun episode that introduced a new creature to Star Wars lore but little to progress the overall Rebels story. The fuel will obviously come in handy but other than Ezra showing the ability to communicate with the Purrgills nothing outstanding happened this week. Textually the characters were sharp as always and the color and setting was very well done.

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Marvel's Agent Carter: Smoke & Mirrors Recap and Review

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Marvel's Agent Carter: Smoke & Mirrors Recap and Review

Marvel’s Agent Carter returns for its fourth episode this week. Agent Carter has had to deal with politics and corrupt officials in high positions getting in her way so far this season. Add in the supernatural and she may have just met her match. Still on leave from the SSR and taking a few vacation days, Peggy Carter goes outside the box to get answers to what happened to Dr. Wilkes and finding out what she can of the elitist Arena Club. Her plans last week didn’t work out the way she had planned and an assassin was sent after her before Jarvis’ timely arrival allowed her to fight him off, let us see what this secret agent gets up to this week.

Looking Back

The show starts with a flashback to a young Peggy Carter and her getting lectured about not acting like a proper young lady. It cuts to present day and Peggy and an intangible Dr. Wilkes having mounting frustration do to their obvious attraction to each other. Wilkes’ research makes mention of how Whitney Frost’s brilliance is almost undefinable. Good timing as the show jumps to Whitney Frost and her receiving a whole bunch of white mice. Jarvis and Peggy are out looking for Whitney Frost trailing future Senator Chadwick when Peggy notices that the Senator’s driver has the same injury she gave to her would be assassin. A quick call and Peggy and Jarvis have a name and a lead. Using tranquilizers supplied by Howard Stark is how they plan on safely taking down Mr. Hunt to hopefully lead to them to finally getting some answers.

Another flashback takes us to 1920’s Oklahoma and a young Agnes (Whitney Frost) has fixed a radio at a very young age. She is a very serious young girl who doesn’t approve of her mother’s male companion and doesn’t act to kindly towards him. Present day and she is trying to figure out what the zero matter has done to her. The scar on her forehead has grown bigger before a knock on the door interrupts her. An impromptu chit chat about meeting at a dinner later leaves her in a foul mood but it’s that mood that leads to success. Using her strange powers she absorbs the first mouse making the scar grow bigger.

Taking Prisoners

Jarvis is banging on the door of Mr. Hunt forcing him to run out the back door where he meets a tranquilizer shot from Peggy. Things don’t quite work like they planned and it takes another dart and some blunt force to keep him down. Unfortunately for Jarvis he gets a bit of the tranquilizer as well and loaded in the car along with Hunt. Agent Carter is driving up to Stark Mansion when to their unfortunate luck see Chief Sousa waiting for them. Sousa seems more upset that Peggy didn’t keep him in the loop and use him for backup than the fact that she crossed a few lines to obtain Hunt. Sousa and Hunt have some war talk where Hunt refuses to divulge any information regardless of what they do when Peggy walks up and injects him with some type of virus. The scene quickly cuts to another flashback to a young adult Peggy Carter and her receiving the offer that would lead her to eventually meeting Steve Rogers. At the time she is a good code breaker and set to be married and is very hesitant to take the offer revealing she doesn’t feel she is cut out for that type of field work. Irony at its finest. Back in present day Peggy tells Hunt that she just objected him with Malaria and that she would be back before the effects became permanent.

Another flashback am takes place to 1928 Oklahoma and Agnes watching her mother being broken up with by her male companion forcing them to move. Her mother blames her and while Agnes Cully is determined to get away from Oklahoma her mother tells her that only her looks will get her anywhere in this world. Present day and the former Agnes Cully seems to have truly become Whitney Frost. Sousa and Peggy’s interrogation finally pays dividends and Hunt gives them what they need to know revealing the secrets of the Arena Club and some of its members knowing he is already a dead man. Jarvis and Wilkes are walking on a formulaic explanation to his problem with Sousa and Peggy show up with good news about getting a warrant to search the Arena Club.

Government Interference

Bad news for Sousa and his warrant  when it is denied when the war department sends Vernon Masters to take over all the files that the SSR have. With his men taking over all case files, Masters and Peggy finally have a face to face where it quickly becomes evident that the Masters is not on the up and up and is very persistent on acquiring Hunt’s name from her for some reason. He leaves Peggy with a threat that may not be towards her but her friends. A flashback to World War II and Peggy and her fiancé are having dinner with her brother. It is revealed that Peggy and her husband to be turned down the SOE job and her brother can’t figure out why. Her brother Michael just wants Peggy to stop pretending being someone she is not and going after the job. Sousa and Peggy have a quiet chat where Sousa reveals he was able to keep a small sample of evidence before it was taken. Managing to make Hunt think he escaped, they plant a bug on him that gets them inside Chadwick’s house with Whitney Frost. We come back and we are taken to 1940’s England on a day Peggy is trying on her wedding dress. This proves to be a fateful day as she and her mother quickly learn of her brother dying in the war and leaves to her joining the SOE.

Frost

Peggy and Wilkes share a moment when the bug on Hunt picks up the voice of Chadwick and the beginning to some of the answers the SSR have seemed. Hunt has had enough and makes an attempt to blackmail Chadwick when Whitney Frost shows off her new powers absorbing Hunt somehow and leaving Sousa, Jarvis and Peggy clueless. Another flashback takes us to Agnes Cully in Hollywood just before her big break. A chance meeting with a slimy talent agent and his suggestion of changing her name lead us back to current day Whitney Frost and the madness that has over taken her.

A fun exciting episode that lights the way for next week’s episode. Marvel taking the series back in time is a first for Agent Carter but very effecting in establishing how our two female leads became who they are. It was very enlightening to see the role that Peggy’s brother played in her life and how his death is what led to her to stop pretending to being something she wasn’t. Lots of smaller things going on including the obvious attraction Sousa still has for Peggy despite being engaged and her interested in Wilkes. The stakes are only going to get higher and that can only mean good thing for the viewers.

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Star Wars Rebels: The Protector of Concord Dawn Recap and Review

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Star Wars Rebels: The Protector of Concord Dawn Recap and Review

This week the group looks to find a new hyperspace route in and out of Lothal due to the Empire tightening its hold on the outer rim. Concord Dawn is a Mandalorian colony and Hera manages to convince everyone that a diplomatic mission is the way to go and plans for her and Phoenix squadron to go on a scouting mission to establish  diplomatic ties. Strap in for hyperspace and watch out for asteroids (spoilers) Star Wars Rebels is here.

The Mandalorians

The Protector of Concord Dawn quickly ruins the plans of Hera and the rebel alliance when he opens fire on Phoenix squadron in the name of the Empire. Phoenix squadron is largely outclassed by the Mandalorians and it is only thanks to Hera and her great piloting that prevent the entire fleet from being wiped out and allowing as many to escape that did. Hera unfortunately is not so lucky though as the time and distraction she used to allow Sabine to jump to hyperspace cost her and she is near death by the time her ships arrived to meet the fleet.

Fenn Rau the Concord Dawn protector is identified by Rex and Kanan as a flight instructor of the Grand army of the Republic from the clone wars. Despite Sabine’s protest Kanan takes on this mission to got after Rau himself or so Kanan thinks because Chopper points out as they arrive in system that Sabine stowed away on the Phantom and he should ask her for directions. While Sabine has vengeance on her mind Kanan is still intending to go ahead with Hera’s mission and work something out with the Mandalorians.

Mandalorian Showdown

Witnessing an imperial shuttle arrive to make a payment to Rau hints that the Mandalorians aren’t helping the Empire for altruistic reasons. Kanan sneaks in to speak to Rau allowing Sabine to set up her explosives for when all else fails. Kanan reveals a bit of his past to Fenn Rau mentioning how he once save his and his Master’s life during the third battle of Mygeeto. Unfortunately for Sabine she gives herself away and is surrounded quickly by the other Mandalorians. Identifying herself as a member of clan Vizla she calls on a Mandalorian code that allows her to challenge another Mandalorian of her choosing.

Forced Allies

Kanan tries to talk reason to Sabine but she is having none of it and we have a showdown reminiscent of the old west. A quick shot to disarm Rau and then setting off her explosions allow Sabine and Kanan to take cover but unfortunately one ship survived Sabine’s sabotage. Kanan hopes a ride on Rao’s ship and thanks to the timely arrival of Chopper is able to disarm Rau’s ship but instead of leaving him for dead takes him a prisoner. This proves to be the right move as the Mandalorians don’t want Imperial interference and therefore won’t mention that Rau has been taking prisoner allowing the Rebel Alliance to use the nearby hyperspace routes.

A fun episode that kicked off with an action pack space battle. Hera while getting nearly killed still showed off her excellent piloting abilities while at the same time her near dear death showed how much she means to Sabine. Kanan practicing Jedi patience meshed well with Sabine and her warrior ways and she was truly allowed to shine. Seeing her and Kanan work together was fun especially with their differing beliefs on how to handle things and it will be interesting to see what role the Mandalorians will have to play in the future.

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A Princess on Lothal, Star Wars Rebels Recap & Review

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A Princess on Lothal, Star Wars Rebels Recap & Review

Star Wars Rebels returned back from winter break in big fashion bringing back a familiar face to all Star Wars fans but in a role we have yet to see her truly play. Strap in and and hit the hyperdrive but watch out for asteroids (spoilers) because this week’s Rebels recap is flying your way.

Mercy Mission

A Princess on Lothal picks up where the winter break left us and that is with Ezra still dealing with the loss of his parents all over again. Hera gets in communication with Kanan makes mention that Senator Organa is sending ships in support. If you know your Star Wars lore then you will remember Darth Vader telling Leia in A New Hope that she wasn’t on some mercy mission when she tried to hide the fact she stole the Death Star plans. Her trip to Lothal is exactly that or at least it is on the surface and you have to wonder how many times she was able to pull off helping the Rebellion right under the Empire’s noses.

Kanan hopes that their next mission of acquiring the ships will help Ezra get out of his funk. Dressed as a stormtrooper and a cadet they head into the city to meet up with the young Princess of Alderaan. Leia has that aristocratic edge we see briefly in A New Hope as she is quick to order Kanan and Ezra around but problems quickly arise. Her plans are quickly scrapped as the Empire’s security has been stepped up and the hopes of Kanan and company stealing the relief ships are thrown out the window. Underestimating the Empire causes Leia to take Kanan and Ezra with her as they regroup only to find that Ryder and Chopper have been captured by a unit of stormtroopers.

Timely Rescue

It’s Hera, Zeb and Sabine to the rescue when she shows up with the Ghost causing a distraction that allows all four plus Chopper to escape without giving away that Princess Leia is assisting the Rebels or that the stormtroopers with her aren’t what they seem. With a little nudge from Kanan, Leia and Ezra bond briefly over the similarities they share being young and having a world of responsibility on their shoulders. Kanan and company come up with a plan B to help release the 3 ships Leia brought and it involves a bit of trickery. A distraction and some aerial support enable Sabine to take off in one of the ships but a still active AT-AT poses some problems for Leia, Kanan and Ezra. Quick work from Kanan and Ezra with a little help from the force enable the crew to finally escape Lothal with the ships Alderaan supplied and the Imperials none the wiser that Leia was involved.

A fun episode that gives us glimpse at a young Princess Leia and the woman she will become. A Princess on Lothal does in a good job in showing the Rebellion growing and that there are planets out their willing to help, if not directly. The Empire comes off looking gullible and foolish despite the amped up security and you have to wonder how the Emperor will strike back. A Princess on Lothal is an episode to ease you back after the long winter break and the release of The Force Awakens and keeps you looking forward to the future.