Well, another little one-off adventure after that hiatus. Shame, we didn't have anything exciting, getting nearer to the end of the season. But oh well, we'll make do. This episode 18, The Forgotten Droid, has a surprisingly interesting story and background on... Chopper--a much forgotten and ignored droid himself. Spoilers ahead, intentional or otherwise.
So Chopper got distracted in a mission by a leg to replace his mismatched one. (Actually, I just realized his legs are mismatched.) Nothing really big enough to be raised during Chopper's time with the piglike trader; a little hilarious, if nothing.
Anyway, when he got distracted, I immediately thought: Oh great, another story where a character got separated. Indeed, Chopper did get separated, boarding an Empire freighter to escape.
Actually, the story did manage to capture the character of the droids. Chopper met an inventory droid, and to convince him not to report to the captain about an intruder, he told about his background: he was in the Clone Wars, and saved by Hera. Nice to see Chopper finally fleshed out, if only a little.
The new guy is also interesting. His slow, droning way of talking establishes his personality, and he also served in the Clone Wars. Perhaps this'll be out R2 - C3PO duo in the series.
The two encountered the captain, and to save the droid (whose name I still haven't remembered, or rather Forgotten) from being torched by him, Chopper attacked with the leg he stole.
Well, what can I say here. We seldom see just droids taking down people. Interesting fight, with only tasers and beating as opposed to the usual saber and blasters.
With the captain promptly knocked out, Chopper proceeded to rounding up the stormtroopers in the cargo compartment. It's quite hilarious again to see him corralling the stormtroopers, and it did get pretty intense when Chopper got shot and struggled to the exit. But, as this is Rebels, he must survive.
Yet another space battle, quite a short one with the usual gunning down TIEs. A nice bit where the Ghost came in hot to the carrier to refuel her. Never saw that thing coming.
Also, it's nice to see Ketsu, Sabine's Blood Sister, helping out in her fighter. Perhaps she'll join in the finale?
It got quite tense in the bridge of the Imperial vessel, now commandeered by Chopper and the other droid (I'm bad with names). First, it turned out that the planet that was to become the rebel base was already scouted by the Empire. Then, the captain came about.
First, it became quite philosophical for the droid, as he realized that he doesn't need to become a slave for this useless captain. After that, another fight with Chopper, who actually got knocked out this time.
Just when the droid managed to send the new coordinates to Hera, he was gunned down by the captain. Chopper, out of anger, charged the captain, perhaps killing him good this time. We won't know.
That sad part was indeed very emotional. The new droid calling Chopper his friend, not wanting to forget him, was almost unthinkable, as they are robots. Praise to Star Wars Rebels for giving these robots a life essence, then.
As said before, in Rebels, heroes shall survive. And the droid did survive, after being repaired back to full operation. Judging from what we saw at the end, this could indeed be the droid duo for the rest of the show.
And for the rest of the show, we'll wait for the nearing finale.
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Star Wars Rebels is a series by Disney Lucasfilms.
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