Chris Cooper reviews the twelfth episode of Star Wars Rebels, ‘Rebel Resolve’…
I finally know how many episodes we have left. One.
With everything we have going on in Rebels it’s going to have to be a very busy one to tie it all up. I’m dreading a cliffhanger. Don’t do it Disney!
My biggest takeaway from this week’s serving of Star Wars is that we finally get to see the Inquisitor inquire. Though all of the Imperial agents wither under Tarkin’s glare the Sith-lite is currently the most useful to him, and probably the only one anywhere near confident enough in their position to match him in conversation. They’re questioning of Kanan takes a couple of interesting turns, both narratively and visually.
The increase in the stakes continues this week, and it leads to the crew of the Ghost making tough decisions. With his master’s whereabouts unknown what will Ezra do? Fortunately Kanan has taught him well, even if they have both doubted themselves greatly at times this season.
Once again the episode is full of references to the original films, with several scenes and lines of dialogue directly influenced by the future stories. There are some cool designs too. I’ve not become bored of exclaiming ‘that’s just like so and so!’ in this series, and long may it continue.
The seriousness is met with a measure of humour. Just enough to bring some levity to proceedings. From my experience kids can generally take on-board more mature ideas and complicated stories than we give them credit for, so it’s pleasing to see the script balancing the more adult aspects against the need to sell toys and do cool stuff.
Speaking of selling toys, there was one new design that stood out to me. Seems like they’re getting a good amount of scope to branch out and create droids and ships.
I don’t want this series to end. At least season 2 is already confirmed.
Chris Cooper is a Flickering Myth Staff Writer, and owner of the blog Super Duper Stuff. Follow him on Twitter @SDCCooper or visit the blog’s Facebook page.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL18yMRIfoszFJHnpNzqHh6gswQ0Srpi5E&feature=player_embedded&v=qqtW2LRPtQY
Originally published February 18, 2015. Updated November 7, 2019.
