It's time to settle in the base that they found last episode. Apparently, they named it after the one that found it, according to the name of this episode nineteen: The Mystery of Chopper Base. Now, we'll prepare for Ezra and Kanan's final face-off with the Inquisitors with a one-off story concerning the false safety of the new base. Spoilers, intentional or otherwise are ahead.
Arachnophobes beware as well.
The episode kicked off with Kanan and Ezra sparring. Apart from the action, which was fluid as usual, we could see the apprehension in Hera's eyes as Kanan seemed to be drilling his apprentice a little too hard. Also, later we shall learn that a part of her reluctance of those drills was because she would hate to see her friend go off in a dangerous journey. Nice subtle clues.
Then there was the sunset scene. Actually, this scene came after part of the story that comes after, but this one also showed that Zeb will indeed miss Ezra when he is away.
The one thing that I'll comment in this scene is the art. Wow, the sunset. Also, this gives a different kind of vibe than the usual Rebels, just relaxing and listening to music.
Meanwhile, scouts are missing, so Sabine and Rex went to search for the culprit. Apparently, they found that there are spiders, huge ones. They took Rex, so they must stage a rescue.
During the rescue, they ventured in the spiders' nest. Zeb becomes comically and stereotypically afraid of spiders.
Again, we see Hera's dislike of Kanan's ideas, where she forces herself to let the non-jedi on one team so that they could be used to them not being there. Meanwhile, once again Kanan scolds Ezra too harshly as he fails to connect with the spiders.
With Rex found, as predicted, they must blast through many spiders to get out of the nest.
One thing with the gunfights this episode is that they weren't fighting stormtroopers with guns. They fought these monsters which were almost impregnable--again, a different kind of sequences compared to the usual Rebels, except for that one other episode in Season One.
And, unfortunately, they seem to have only recycled the plot of that season one episode, by having them fear the sensor beacons this time, instead of the light.
Thus, they made Sabine fetch the beacon to distract the spiders while they cut the Ghost free, which was stuck on spiderwebs.
In the end, as expected, Kanan and Hera made peace with each other, and ended in the embrace which tells us that they do concern for each other, but Kanan still needs to do his job.
Another thing this scene reminds us is that they aren't part of the Jedi Order proper, as now romance is not regulated. This could turn into something later on.
One last thing: that sunset. I am indeed a sucker for sunsets, and this one nailed it.
Ezra failed to connect with the spiders once more, and Ahsoka said that there are many things about the Force unanswered.
There are still many things unanswered for Ezra, and the next episodes will be the climax of the season. Well, this episode reuses a season one plot. However, upon closer inspection, it did have layers of meaning in preparation for the final duel.
Also, it had beautiful sunsets.
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Star Wars Rebels is a series by Disney Lucasfilms.
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