Star Wars Rebels Family Reunion - and Farewell Part 1

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The story reaches its conclusion.

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Tropes in this episode include:

• Acoustic License: The crew is able to hear the auspicious of the Lothal citizens while in the Ghost and at a meaning altitude. Unless they were flying with the windows open up, this would exist rather unlikely.
• Ambiguous State of affairs: Whatever happened with Ezra and Thrawn after the purrgil pulled them into hyperspace is a consummate mystery, although Ezra believes he will be coming home someday. Ahsoka and Sabine are shown heading off to find him some time after the Boxing of Endor. Word of God confirms that Ezra and Thrawn indeed survived. In The Mandalorian it is revealed that Thrawn has gone into hiding and has set his sights on killing Ahsoka.
• And This Is for...: Sabine says "For Kanan and Ezra" earlier blowing up the Imperial dome.
• Aw, Await! They Really Do Beloved Each Other : The friends variant. When Hondo thinks that Melch is expressionless, he starts to sincerely mourn him. He stops and pretends to take not been afflicted when Melch wakes up.
• Babies Ever After: Downplayed a scrap. Information technology turns out Hera has been pregnant with Kanan's son for almost half of the latter season, as the epilogue shows her with their child.
• Back for the Finale: Ahsoka returns for a cameo in the series' last scene, obviously having escaped Malachor either before or after the state of war; she and Sabine set off into the Unknown Regions to locate Ezra.
• Vanquish Them at Their Ain Game: In canon, Thrawn's "super ability" is that he studies people's art in order to sympathise them and develop a strategy they can't cope with. He anticipates their responses and exploits their weaknesses. In this fight, Ezra outplays him and comes upwardly with a strategy Thrawn tin't reply to.
• Large "NO!": Palpatine says i when he realizes Ezra intends to reject the chance to be with his family again, wrecking the Emperor's plans.
• Bittersweet Ending: On the sweet side, Lothal is saved and ultimately freed; Zeb returns to Lira San with Kallus treated every bit one of their own; Hera, Chopper, Rex, and the balance of the cast continue to fight for the Rebel Alliance and survive the events of the Original Trilogy (with an implication that a large chunk of the cast, if not the ''entire'' remaining cast, survived, since Sabine seems relatively happy and omits their fates during the epilogue), and Hera has Kanan'southward son (which he sadly doesn't go to come across). Unfortunately, they could non prevent the threat of the Expiry Star, nor the destruction of Alderaan (though Rogue One and Luke Skywalker set things correct), and Gregor is killed along with a substantial amount of the city'southward populace. Ezra has also left to unknown places with Thrawn in tow in order to go on his family and people prophylactic, only Ahsoka and Sabine embark on a journey to notice him in one case the Empire is defeated at Jakku and finally bring him home.
• Bookends:
  • The last few minutes of the finale start with a shot of a 25-26 years old Sabine looking out from Ezra's old belfry at the liberated Lothal, just like how "Spark of Rebellion" opened upward with. That is, a shot of Ezra looking out from the tower at Upper-case letter City when information technology was under Purple command and just before he met the Ghost crew.
  • Ezra began the serial being awed that he got to be in space, having grown tired of his life on Lothal due to the Empire. At the end, Ezra goes missing in space, only tin can't wait to return to Lothal, especially since his new family will have liberated it.
  • In dissimilarity to "Spark of Rebellion", where Sabine was unwilling to rescue a captured Ezra considering she didn't desire to gamble getting caught or suffer worse by the Empire, peculiarly if Ezra was killed in captivity, Sabine sets out with Ahsoka to look for Ezra and bring him home, even though they accept little to go off of and he may very well be dead. (Although Sabine firmly believes Ezra is still alive and waiting for them.)
• Boyish Short Hair: As a 25-26 years old adult female, Sabine has cutting her pilus shorter, similar in way to Ezra's, admitting colored regal.
• Call-Back:
  • Before he was killed, Kanan told Hera that he has to tell her something. Fans initially believed he was going to tell her he loved her, only now it'southward possible he sensed that she was pregnant and wanted to tell her he knows near their baby.
  • Hera seemed strangely concerned that she took so long to tell Kanan that she loved him (at least by what audiences concluded at the time) back in "DUME". It turns out that she was mourning the fact that she took so long to tell him most something else...
  • Ahsoka returns after her last appearance in "A World Betwixt Worlds", having promised to notice and reunite with Ezra.
  • An ground forces of purrgil assist the rebellion for Ezra, making "The Phone call" an Innocuously Important Episode regarding his connection to them.
  • In "Zilch 60 minutes", Bendu described Thrawn's defeat as "like many arms surrounding you in a cold encompass." While "cold embrace" doesn't necessarily have the connotation of death that some had assumed, Thrawn's defeat involves him being grabbed past multiple tentacles from a purgill just before he and his ship are yanked into hyperspace.
  • Later the state of war, Lothal looks equally it did in Ezra'due south vision in "Legacy".
  • Zeb introduces Kallus to Lira San, in its outset appearance since "Legends of the Lasat". And Gron and Chava are there to forgive him.
  • When Palpatine appears to Ezra in his prequel trilogy era appearance, Ezra scoffs and remarks that they've already met in "A World Between Worlds" and thus Ezra knows what Palpatine really looks similar.
  • Palpatine once over again says "yous must choose" to a reckless immature Jedi whom he tempts with the promise of saving his loved ones.
  • The floating drinking glass shards every bit Ezra uses the Force had happened before in "Gathering Forces" (when he was using the Darkside and lost command of his desperation to protect his family). Merely, now, Ezra'due south fully in control and has succeeded in protecting his family unit and homeworld.
  • Ezra's stance as he traps both Thrawn and the Stormtroopers is exactly the same stance that Kanan used in "Jedi Night" when he contained the explosion and saved the rest of the group. Audiences immediately saw the direct parallel between the two scenes; a powerful Jedi determined to protect their family, even if it costs them their life.
• Catechism Immigrant: Pellaeon returns in a voice-only cameo, something that was incredibly well-received by fans. Word of God is that he too survived, alongside Thrawn and Ezra.
• Character as Himself: Defied. Chopper's phonation actor is finally revealed to have been serial creator Dave Filoni.
• Charles Atlas Superpower: The Emperor'due south Imperial Guards are somewhat resistant to Ezra'due south Force button. Since they themselves are not Forcefulness-sensitive, their immunity is best described as this.
• Chekhov'southward Gun: Sabine's lightsaber skills that she had to learn in gild to use the Darksaber come in handy when she needs to safely slice open up a window using Ezra's lightsaber, along with the implication that she kept his lightsaber as her own for the rest of the war.
• Chekhov'south Gunman: "The Call" ends up existence an Innocuously Important Episode, the purrgil arrive as The Cavalry, destroying the Imperial ships and then taking Ezra and Thrawn somewhere.
• Continuity Nod:
  • In his recording, Ezra jokingly says to Zeb that he can have the acme bunk dorsum now that he'south gone.
  • The rebels utilize Imperial Protocol 13, the mass evacuation of Imperial forces from an occupied planet, to trap them in the headquarters edifice in Majuscule Metropolis. The protocol was first namedropped by Mon Mothma in In the Name of the Rebellion, and would later be used on Jedha in Rogue I.
• Crazy Enough to Piece of work:
  • Pinned down in the shield generator room and running out of time, Gregor suggests something crazy needs to exist done to break the stalemate. Zeb runs with it and jumps from cover to tackle Rukh, which even Gregor thinks is crazy. Kallus is quick to remind Gregor that he suggested it in the start identify.
  • When Ezra's programme to summon the purrgill is revealed, Wolffe comments that it'southward "got Ezra written all over it." Vizago cheerfully adds, "That's why it's going to piece of work!"
• Barbarous and Unusual Death: Zeb pins Rukh to one of the shield generator relays and leaves him to die. It's not an immediate or painless expiry either thanks to a Scream Discretion Shot and seeing Zeb'south disturbed face up as he watches Rukh be electrocuted to death.
• Dead Human Writing: Ezra left a final recording for the coiffure, in example he wouldn't go far back.
• Defiant to the End: Even when defenseless in the grasp of the purrgill, Thrawn manages to momentarily break out and shoots Ezra in the shoulder. Not like it did him any good, though.
• Didn't See That Coming: No style Thrawn could've known most the purrgil. Fifty-fifty if he'd known about their existence, he could never accept guessed that Ezra would be able to summon them to take part in the boxing.
• Didn't Think This Through: Every bit Zeb pointed out, the program to trap all the Royal forces in the dome meant that the Ghost crew was trapped in the dome with them.
• Afar Finale: In contrast to the rest of the series which acts as a prequel, the very concluding scene is ready after the events of the Original Trilogy, showing that the Ghost coiffure's efforts to liberate Lothal weren't in vain. It as well shows that Hera had Kanan'due south child after his expiry, Zeb took Kallus back to his homeworld every bit a fellow member of his family and Sabine stayed behind on Lothal (living in Ezra's old tower) to ensure its rubber in memory of Ezra.
• Dramatic Irony: Thrawn claimed in the terminal episode that the Jedi had power, but lacked the vision to wield information technology properly. Ezra has in fact foreseen every outcome of this battle and planned contingencies accordingly, including having Mart call in the purrgil in case Thrawn arrived ahead of schedule.
• Fake Affably Evil: Naturally, the Emperor puts on his "kind erstwhile man" persona for Ezra, simply he ups his game past masking himself with his Clone Wars-era advent.
• Face up Expiry with Dignity: Ryder offers Pryce a hazard to defect, but she refuses, fifty-fifty though she's going to exist left on the command centre as it explodes. After the rebels accept escaped, she calmly walks upwardly to the viewport and waits for the finish. It is also possible she clung to the conventionalities that the Rebellion would ultimately neglect and chose to die on her ain terms rather than face up the Empire's wrath for her failure to keep Lothal subjugated.
• The Fellowship Has Ended: After Kanan's expiry and Ezra's disappearance into hyperspace after the last battle for Lothal, Sabine and Ahsoka journey together to find him later on the war has truly concluded while Hera continues to fight for the Rebel Brotherhood along with Zeb, Chopper, Rex and Kallus. Hera also bears Kanan's child, who takes on the title of Spectre 7.
• The Final Temptation: Just as he tempted Anakin that his wife can be saved from expiry, Palpatine gives Ezra the chance for happiness by living in a reality where his parents are alive. Unlike the old, which was to tempt Anakin to the Dark Side, this was more than of a ways to quietly go rid of the remaining Jedi threat and proceeds access to the World Between Worlds. Ezra rejects the offer.
• Fire-Forged Friends: Kallus and Zeb, originally biting enemies, end up at the end of the series as close friends.
• A Form You Are Comfy With: Palpatine projects a hologram of his younger, unscarred self when he speaks to Ezra.
• Foreshadowing: While Ezra'southward message seems like Dead Man Writing, especially while mentioning his sacrifice is "the simply style", his tone suggests he'south not actually planning on dying. He even finishes his recording with "I can't expect to come home", foreshadowing the reveal that he'south simply lost in space, yet alive and waiting to exist found.
• Glamour Failure: Palpatine's holo-image is that of his pre-Emperor self, presumably to assistance play up the 'kind old human' act. However, when Ezra destroys the remnants of the Lothal temple, the hologram falters and eventually switches to Palpatine's true cocky.
• Going Down with the Send: With her career no uncertainty in tatters and everything she's built on Lothal going down in flames, Pryce refuses the risk to abscond with the rebels and remains on the command eye equally it self destructs.
• Grand Finale: For Star Wars Rebels, setting in move the next chapter that is Rogue 1.
• He's Just Hiding!: An In-Universe case of this with Ezra, every bit Sabine believes Ezra is somewhere out at that place in the milky way.
• I Choose to Stay:
  • Pryce, despite given the chance to go with the rebels and alive some other day, rejects Azadi'due south offer out of stubbornness and remains on the dome'due south bridge to die amongst the rest of the Imperials.
  • Sabine chooses to stay on Lothal, simply leaving later on the cease of the war when Ahsoka shows upwards with the goal to observe Ezra.
• I Die Free: A variation. Afterward existence born and bred for the Clone Wars, Gregor's merely thought when dying is gratitude for the opportunity to fight for a cause he really chose to believe in.
• Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship University: Par for the course, the troopers on the Chimaera tin can't hit Ezra in the temple bedchamber, fifty-fifty when he's suspended and restrained in midair straight in front end of them past the Emperor'south Imperial Guard!
• Inferred Holocaust: The Rebels free Lothal past recalling and trapping the entire Imperial garrison in their headquarters building, launching information technology into the air and detonating its reactor, killing who knows how many troopers and officers trapped aboard. Not to mention the crews of Thrawn'south fleet of Star Destroyers (tens of thousands of men per ship) who are killed offscreen past the purrgils (although they may have simply been towed to parts unknown like the Chimera).
• Instantly Proven Wrong: Thrawn gets give-and-take of several unidentified objects approaching the surface and says the occludent will terminate them. The lieutenant checks and then says the objects destroyed the occludent.
• Information technology Has Been an Accolade: Gregor'south last words to Rex:

  Gregor: It was an honor to serve with you, Rex. It was an accolade to fight with you, for something we chose to believe in.

• I Shall Return: The recording Ezra leaves for the crew ends with him saying he can't wait to come home, though it seems he doesn't want to be found just yet. And so inverted, as Sabine and Ahsoka have to seek him out.
• I Will Find You: Ahsoka and Sabine leave to wait for Ezra subsequently the end of the war, firmly believing Ezra is still out there waiting for them.
• Manly Tears: Ezra sheds a few right earlier turning downward Palpatine's offer.
• Mythology Gag:
  • Thrawn namedrops Captain Pellaeon... who is and then attacked by a purrgil on the other end of the comm.
  • Hera and Kanan's son is named Jacen, the same name given to Han and Leia's firstborn son in Legends.
• No Endor Holocaust: While Sabine deliberately waits to self-destruct the dome over the ocean, an explosion from a structure of that size would cause severe impairment to the local ecosystem. And like the Trope Namer, everything is perfectly fine at the terminate.
• Not So Stoic:
  • Thrawn briefly panics when Rukh stops answering his calls (due to being busy, yous know, dying). He quickly reverts to his more-usual Tranquil Fury after Zeb mocks Rukh's death, though.
  • He's also conspicuously terrified when the purrgil grab him and pull his fleet into hyperspace.
• Offscreen Moment of Crawly: Besides the beginning with him burying the Royal Guard in a rockslide and the very end when we see him take out the Death Troopers, Ezra getting to Thrawn is entirely offscreen. The trail of bodies backside him heavily implies he fought his manner through the unabridged ship.
• Praetorian Guard: We find out the Emperor has ninja variants of his Royal Guard, wielding staves that immobilize their opponents.
• "Ray of Promise" Ending: Though Ezra has been missing for years, the bandage has been continuing the good fight and survive the events of the civil war. The series closes with Sabine joining Ahsoka on a journey to search for Ezra.
• Ramming Always Works: The purrgil ram their foes and blast right through them. As Hera said in their introduction, they are tough enough to damage starships. The big ones tear apart Star Destroyers with ease.
• Redemption Rejection: Ryder offers Pryce a chance to defect, just she'd rather die in the control center (which will be much more instantaneous than beingness torn apart by loth-wolves) than betray the Empire.
• Rule of Symbolism:
  • The skies of Lothal begin to articulate upward and become bluish as the Imperial Dome lifts off.
  • Ezra entrusts Sabine to have care of Lothal and look for him, and he leaves his lightsaber behind, which she takes up. "This lightsaber is your life," after all.
• Scream Discretion Shot: Nosotros merely hear Rukh's screams every bit he is electrocuted to death by the shield'south power generator.
• Sequel Hook: Sabine and Ahsoka head off in search of Ezra after the Boxing of Endor.
• Shout-Out:
  • Ahsoka'south outfit is reminiscent of Gandalf the White in The Lord of the Rings.
  • Pryce dies in a fashion similar to Beckett in Pirates of the Caribbean area: At Globe's Stop, both calmly walking through the remnants of the symbol of their empire'south power as it explodes around them, earlier finally existence engulfed in flames. On the other hand, Pryce is fully conscious of her choice while Beckett is unresponsive and clearly in shock.
• Someone to Remember Him By: In the present day, Hera is revealed to be significant with Kanan'due south son. The Time Skip shows their child at effectually an elementary age.
• Special Edition Title: The episode closes with "Binary Dusk" playing, with the credits playing the primary theme merely similar the movies.
• Stunned Silence: NO I expected Ezra's plan to summon the purrgil. After Ezra and Thrawn's disappearance, the rebels, and Governor Pryce, were absolutely flabbergasted over what has just happened.
• Subtext: In his final bulletin, Ezra tells Hera that he left a meiloorun in her motel and tells Zeb that he can have the top bunk back "...for now." Given that we saw Hera put her manus on her womb earlier and that the Distant Finale shows that Hera had Jacen at some point later liberating Lothal, it's implied that Ezra knew that Hera was pregnant at the time — leaving a meiloorun was a nod towards hunger pangs and Zeb may have to share his room with Jacen later.
• Summon Bigger Fish: As a backup in case Thrawn returns before they tin completely eliminate the ground forces on Lothal, Ezra has Mart ship a signal which calls the purrgil. Turns out there'due south a lot more of them and some a lot bigger.
• Swirling Dust: When Ezra is protecting the bridge, drinking glass shards float around him.
• Take Up My Sword: Ezra'southward last words (non counting his recording) to the rest of the coiffure are entrusting Lothal to them, and specifically telling Sabine that he's counting on her. Too applies literally, as Sabine inherits Ezra's lightsaber later on he disappears.
• Taking You with Me:
  • Gregor gets shot, simply throws the shooter to his decease before succumbing.
  • When Thrawn sees that Ezra has summoned the purrgil, he says that he and Ezra will share the same fate. Unfortuntely for Thrawn, that was exactly Ezra's program.

    Thrawn: Any happens side by side...happens to both of us.
    Ezra: That'due south the thought.

• Fourth dimension Skip: The epilogue takes identify later on the events of the Original Trilogy.
• Tranquil Fury:
  • Thrawn is clearly furious at the curveball Ezra threw by summoning the purrgil, merely he keeps his sophistication and makes sure he'll at to the lowest degree bring down Ezra with him.
  • Also the Emperor's reaction when Ezra throws Palpatine'southward offering to be reunited with his family back in his face.

    Ezra: You lot're wrong. I have a family. I don't need annihilation from you.
    Palpatine: Unfortunate. [to his guards] Destroy him.

• The Unfought: The Emperor may be the Big Bad, only Ezra never gets to actually fight him due to him being far abroad at Coruscant. In lieu of a battle, Ezra's confrontation with Palpatine is treated as more a final test of character.
• Unspoken Plan Guarantee: Ezra entrusted the purrgil backup program solely to Mart and Mart refuses to share the details because it sounds and so unbelievable. So of class it works.

  Ezra: Pretty good, huh?
  Sabine: Well, you could've told the rest of u.s.a.!
  Ezra: I wanted it to be a surprise.

• "Where Are They At present?" Epilogue: The final scene shows what became of the members of the Ghost crew post-obit the terminate of the Empire.
• Xanatos Speed Chess: Despite declining to reach the Lothal Temple in "A World Between Worlds", Palpatine had part of the temple disassembled and relocated, giving him a hazard to manipulate Ezra into helping him wield information technology.
• You Wouldn't Believe Me If I Told You lot: When Mart tells Wolffe nigh Ezra'due south plan, he refuses to mention the purrgil because Wolffe wouldn't believe him. Once it happens, Wolffe has to concede the point.

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