

I felt that Kanan didn’t always make the best decisions in previous episodes - he valued his own (justified) grudge against the military higher than the good of his crew, and essentially forced Hera to fly the B-Wing when she didn’t want to. Their arguments are both the heart of the episode and one of its big weaknesses. Rex’s military experience bothers Kanan, who feels both unfairly restricted and out of his depth. However, the episode is otherwise a pretty straightforward rescue story that exacerbates some of the creeping concerns I’ve had about this season.Įzra, Commander Sato, and some nondescript Rebels are captured when the Interdictor pulls them out of hyperspace, and Kanan, Rex, and Chopper are sent to get them back. Its gravity wells can tug ships out of hyperspace, which was formerly used in the Expanded Universe.

The Interdictor Star Destroyer brings a new weapon into the Star Wars universe too. Familiar Rebels characters dressing up in stormtrooper armour is both a fun new look at them and a call back to the Original Trilogy. Pleasing fans is in no way a bad thing here.
