My wife and I watch Star Wars: Rebels for the FIRST time || Season 1, Episodes 1-3
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- We're beginning to release our Star Wars Rebels reactions this summer. I hope you all enjoy!
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Holden, you keept this from us for 7 months?!! I hate you, man! Just kidding, obviously : D Personally I think this is the best show of all tv-star-wars-shows animated or live actions. At least untill we see Ahsoka series.
G-d bless you!
Finally!! I've been waiting for this for so long!! I'm so excited
@@hint1k what do you mean kept from us? They said it over and over again and you could have paid for their patreon at any time...?
So to help you place this you should know that Ezra is the same age as Luke and Leia.
To be very specific in case anyone is curious, Ezra was born on empire day and the twins were born 2 days later
Not to mention we get to see Obi-Wan as his hair is just starting to go grey in the hologram image (in case you did not notice).
@@edwardlasso3092bruh
@@nathangnodde2292 Lmao mans didn't wait to spoil but its good since they've finished watching Rebels already.
Huh?
So chronologically Rebels starts about ~15 years after the Empire started in RoTS, and about ~4-5 years before A New Hope.
Also this is supposed to be the first time Kanan ignited his lightsaber after Order 66, which is why it's sort of significant.
So before a new hope and after rouge one
@@billybott1399 before Rogue One as Rogue One ends about ten minutes before A New Hope begins (If I recall, the Rebels Finale is only a year before the Battle of Yavin)
@@dylankoch1757 oh ok
Also, Ezra, Luke, and Leia were born the same day. I'm hoping in the Ahsoka series Ezra meets Luke.
@@jacano1000 not the same day Ezra is 2 days older
Zeb was based off of Ralph McQuarrie concept art for a Wookie and traditionally Jedi are inspired by Samurai but Kanan is based on Cowboys.
9:23 The best way comparing Chopper to R2-D2:
If R2 is like your favourite dog, Chopper is like a cat.
not only that but when they made chopper they took inspiration from old R2D2 Concept art
Truth.
If you think of R2D2 as a rambunctious teenager, Chopper is a violently drunk uncle with a crowbar
Actually, if R2-D2 is a dog. Chopper is a wolf. Chopper has a legit kill count, he's killed hundreds of people. HUNDREDS!
A perfect analogy.
15:44 I‘m saying this much:
The most serious episodes of Rebels aren‘t as serious as the most serious episodes of Clone Wars. However, the most childish episodes of Rebels also aren‘t as childish as the most childisch ones of Clone Wars. (Therefore, the tone of Rebels is more consistent.)
In total, the tone overall is more or less the same if you compare Rebels to Clone Wars. What they have in common: They both mature with each season. The difference: Clone Wars was supposed to be a show only for kids. But after analyzing the demographics the producers realized most of the viewers were adults. So the tone got more serious and darker.
Rebels on the other hand knew from the beginning they wanted to appeal to all audiences after the experience had with clone wars. I think this is the reason, people can get faster into Rebels than Clone Wars.
I disagree. The childish episodes of Rebels are still much more childish than the Clone Wars. The show overall is far more childish
@@arc4859I don't think so at all but sure.
@@arc4859hard disagree, clone wars is borderline unwatchable for some arcs. Rebels has some slow episodes but there’s only one or two that are completely skippable
Rebels, due to being shorter, gets to the juicier stuff sooner.
Edit: Fun fact, Kanan is voiced by 90's teen heartthrob Freddie Prinze Jr.
14:59 This is the message Obi-Wan recorded during revenge of the Sith, Holden.
The time, when Yoda and Obi-Wan sneaked back into the jedi temple after Order 66 to send a signal for the jedi not to return to Coruscant in any case.
Saved myself a comment. Always looked over that scene when I originally watched the movie.
Holy shit how did I not realize this?! That completely changes what I thought of that message.
The Grand Inquisitor is voiced by Jason Isaacs, the actor who played Lucious Malfoy. Scheduling conflicts meant he couldn't appear in Kenobi, so they cast Rupert Friend for the live action appearances.
12:08 Yes, in the season 3 finale of Clone Wars Chewbacca had an appearance. Ahsoka was stranded on an island in this arc with some younglings. Many wookies came to rescue them.
13:16 Rebels begins 14 years after revenge of the sith. (That means Rebels also takes place 5 years after the Solo-movie and 4 years after the Kenobi-show.)
In universe, all 4 seasons of Rebels expand over 5 years up until a few weeks before Rogue One and Episode 4.
C-3PO & R2D2 enter the scene at the same time:
Jen: "Oh my god! So good to see them!"
Me: "yes, my favourite droids!" (plural)
Jen: "R2D2 and the tin man."
Me: ...
C-3P0: "Am I a joke to you?"
The visual style of the show is inspired by Ralph McQuarrie, original trilogy concept artist. For example Zeb was the early concept for Chewbacca.
chopper looks like the concept of r2 and later they run into a droid that was the c3po concept
Lothal was the OG concept for Alderaan
Rebels gets a bit darker as it progresses. Ezra has a journey that’s slightly similar to Ahsoka’s. You’ve got fan-favorite characters coming up and if you like the more mystical aspects of The Force, you’re in for some great stories, especially in the later seasons.
Wow, I am pleasantly surprised you guys really enjoyed the first 3 episodes. I personally did not like the intro to season 1 so it's a lot of fun and cool to see you guys already loving the show.
I'm happy to follow you guys on this journey and hope you have fun!
Same
Kanan has a similar amount of training as Cal Kestis
As everyone has stated, rebels starts 14 years after Revenge of the Sith and 5 years before A New Hope. The show ends a few months to weeks before the start of the original trilogy. This makes Ezra the same age as luke and Leia ( he is actually 1 day older than them which you will find out more about later)
The beginning of this show takes place basically at the same time as Andor season 1
Regarding Andor: You‘re correct.
However, Rebels takes place 4 years after the Kenobi-show.
Best Regards
Seeing Jen light up for tin man and R 2 was everything.
Glad you ended up watching Rebels.
It's essential viewing with Filoni's "Mandoverse" now
I'm so glad that you guys liked it
This series is completely necessary before watching this Augusts Asoka series, but most of these characters are rumored to be involved in that series. No spoilers.
You did actually see this guy Kanan in the Clone wars, wont tell when though. But he was in there. :-)
For reference, at this time Kanan is 29, Hera is 23, Sabine is 17, Zeb is 78. I highly recommend you check out A New Dawn. It was the first novel to be released after Disney took over. It's about how Kanan and Hera first met and was set 10 years after Revenge. The 12 issue comic series Kanan: The Last Padawan is set during the first season. But is told in 3 different timelines. During blue milk run, Kanan relives his time as an apprentice, and when he was on the run after 66. There is a video, an audio comic that tells the story in chronological order. Also there are a series of shorts that go along with Spark of Rebellion. Basically small 2 min stories that introduce each character. The best one is "Machine in the Ghost." They were released shortly before the show premiered.
It was nice seeing younger versions of Kanan and Hera in Bad Batch.
that's mildly a spoiler as Kanan was referred to as Caleb in the Bad Batch
"This is where the fun begins"
I have been waiting for this for so long
16:43 Yeah Jen, but they also want to do new things. If you ask me: Rebels succeeds in doing both.
8:35 Yeah, Zeb and Wrecker both are the muscle of their crews.
I was hesitant to watch rebels at the beginning, but man, I'm glad I did. I'm glad you guys are continuing through the Star Wars animated shows already
Yahoo!!! Super excited to see your reactions to this.
Absolutely one of the BEST Star Wars animated series to date. Before going in know this, Chopper has a legit kill count and is probably one of the coolest droids next to R2-D2. As for Hera Syndulla, during Season 4 she pulls a maneuver that absolutely blew my mind. Enjoy this awesome series! You'll love it.
The Pinhead image when he opened the holocron was too fucking funny
Obi-Wan in ROTS: I'll protect Luke and learn more about the Force!
Obi-Wan in Rebels: Trust in the force, A New Hope will emerge.
Obi-Wan in A New Hope: Strike me down and I'll be more powerful than you can possibly imagine!
Obi-Wan in his own show: I hate the force and can be easily outpaced by a child.
Honestly I love this serious and have rewatched it a few times. The first season is definitiely the slowest, and it initially took me work to get past one or two things. Overall I love the series. Don't give up on it. It will definitely be worth it. Plus it may answer questions about current and future shows. It does have a couple call backs to Clone Wars. I enjoy your take on the first few episodes. I look forward to enjoying the series with both of you. Looking forward to the journey.
This show just gets infinitely better the more times you watch it, the first watch it was just a basic star wars show but every time after that I realize how good it really is.
I'm so excited for you guys to see this and expand more of you knowledge and lore of the universe.
The purple creature called Zeb was one of Ralph McQuarrie's original sketches for the Wookies.
You guys will see a lot of Ralph McQuarrie's original concept art in this show. Aliens that were never used, initial designs for ships and other Imperial equipment.
Yes, the scene and character design of Rebels takes a lot from McQuarrie's art.
Zeb was voiced by Steve Bloom. He voiced Spike in Cowboy Bebop, Great teacher Onizuka, and countless other animations. Zeb also appears in season 3 of the Mandalorian.
Rewatching season 1 again with y'all has really shown me how good this season actually was. Always considered the finale of Season 1 up to the end of the whole series as the only good parts. Pleasantly surprised.
Initially i couldn't get into this show. After clone wars i let my bias affect me "This isn't the same." Then 3 years later, i pushed myself and loved it! Series finale touched me and i can't wait for Ahsoka just because of the ending. "I am counting on you, Sabine!"
Same. I think I finally got into Rebels in season 2.
Wow, I'm so glad you guys are releasing this for everyone! I'm guessing it's part of the plan since it's just about time for the baby and honestly...that's some really, really smart planning. Rebels is one of my favorite things that Star Wars has done in recent memory. To be honest, Clone Wars was a drag for me. When it was good it was GOOD(!!!) but man...early on that show was so hard to get into that it was more of a chore. Luckily this series starts off on a good note and only continues to get better. I know you've been finished for a while, but I'm just ecstatic that you're releasing it for everyone. And good luck with the baby!
The on screen F bombs from Chopper are amazing i hope you guys keep doing that!
I think it‘s good you‘re going with Rebels first. It has way more important stuff for the live action-shows compared to Bad Batch or Tales of the Jedi.
I also believe its better to do it this way in thought of release order
Ah and so the Hardman family takes the plunge into the Rebellion... This show starts a little slow, but the moment its wheels start to turn it just freakin blasts off. Favorite Star Wars content to date.
This show gets really good.
Kanan Jarrus is right up there with Obi Wan Kenobi for me. Such a GOATed character.
Yes! Thank you for reacting to Rebels!!!! It’s my favorite of all Star Wars. It’s all HEART and FAMILY. I can’t wait to follow you on this journey.
I love that the soundtrack is very much based on the classic trilogy. Especially on Episode IV.
Currently rewatching rebels with my son. I think I'll make these videos our post-episode viewing as we go. Hopefully we don't end up speeding ahead too much!
I went into rebels looking for a reason to hate it. The first season especially didn’t give me much reason to reconsider my stance, but by the time I finished this show I was genuinely sad that it was over. I still don’t love the animation, but there’s so much that I’m so excited for you all to see.
"Chopper is our R2D2" yeah Chopper is a certified war criminal...
So the show runner of clone wars and rebels is Dave Filoni. He's also kinda an executive producer of the live action shows and the show runner of Avatar.
Filoni wasn’t showrunner of Avatar. He just directed and wrote a couple episodes in season 1. Afterwards Filoni got hired by George Lucas to be the supervising director of clone wars.
Best Regards
@@Darth_Mornabin okay I'm wrong I thought he was the guy behind it
But Filoni got hired as the Lucas heir apparent and Avatar has a lot of Star Wars influence.
Finally I'm glad I got membership I'm gonna binge as much of these as I can tonight
So excited to see more people checking out Rebels! Kanan is my favorite Jedi. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your reactions
I’m not seeing anyone else say this but Kanan was that padawan that escaped order 66 at the very beginning on bad-batch
Glad to see you guys reacting to this.
Many things in Rebels are inspired by concept art for the original trilogy. Zeb being a "Hairless Wookiee" in the one episode is a reference to his character design being inspired by the original concept art for Chewbacca, and Chopper is based on the original concept art for R2-D2.
Several characters from Rebels show up later in other Star Wars shows and movies. Zeb makes an appearance in The Mandalorian, Chopper and their ship are in Rogue One, and The Grand Inquisitor is in Kenobi.
Plus Hera, Chopper, Sabine, and a few other characters will be in the Ahsoka show, making it essentially a continuation of Rebels.
The tone of Star Wars Rebels
Season 1: Mainly Happy go lucky
Season 2: Fear and basically Horror
Season 3: Fear and going back to happy go lucky
Season 4: DEPRESSION
Yeah they showed an adult Wookie or two very briefly, BUT one of Asohka's younglings is also a Wookie, so there's that.
rebels is so underrated, and has some of the best moments in the star wars universe!
There was a ride at Disney called Star Tours. The ship was the same as the one in Episode 3 and piloted by the same droid who was voice by Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) on the ride and this episode as well.
Rebels has the best representation of the mystical side of the Force from all Star Wars series. You two are in for a ride! 😃
Like you guys I hooked from the start to this show, yes it has its kiddish episodes but most of the main plot its pretty dark at some points, especially with Ezra and his relationship with the force. I'm glad you decided to post this on UA-cam.
I love the fore thought to prefilm things !!!!! Good luck next week with the new baby !!!!!!
This show really defines the concept of the ultimate Jedi power move to me. You'll see what I mean in a few seasons.
I'd say this show is very, "out of the back of a pickup truck," at first.
The season finales are probably most of my favorite parts.
Been waiting for Rebels. Hopefully you put out episodes regularly.
9:17: They did in season 2 of clone wars when Anakin and ahsoka fight Bane
Yes Rebels is a slow burn, but from season 1 episode 10 (damn i lovve this one) to season 4 (will make you tears up), it is by far the best Star Wars on screen ;)
You guys are in for a treat. i am near end of Season 3 of my rewatch - incredible show with lovely characters.
I myself watched rebels recently and had the same worry that it was going to be childish, and I also was very excited when I found out it wasn’t like that at all. I genuinely would rate rebels as high if not higher than clone wars. And to think it wasn’t given the praise at the time of release is insane.
as someone who genuinely cant afford the memberships to watch all your videos early (which im sorry for ) I try to watch basically every video you post or at least all the starwars and marvel/dc videos you guys make. after clone wars ended I was really excited to see yall get to watch rebels so cant wait for this! Also congrats and super good luck with the baby coming soon ive been watching Holden since the Matt watching starwars days and it fills me with so much joy to see yall doing so well and now becoming parents im just so happy for yall
Same here
If I remember well, Rebels S1 is in 5BBY, so 14 years after the rise of the Empire.
My favorite character of the crew is Sabine (after Chopper ofc :) ), and yes, she is a Mandalorian, who loves painting and bombs...
And, if you haven't noticed, Zeb had a cameo in the Mandalorian (S3E5).
This takes place 15 years after revenge of the sith, 5 years after obi-wan, 1 year after Andor, and 4 years before new hope. So the Empire is at its peak during this era, we probably didn’t see a lot of them because Lothal doesn’t hold any significance that that requires a bigger imperial presence. As of yet at least ;)
It's hilarious how Rebels made the pun on how Ezra says he's the nephew of the Emperor... and Disney goes and makes a GRANDDAUGHTER of the emperor years later XD
I always saw Rebels as the kid's version of TCW. Still enjoyable and well done. But just not as layered, adult, or dark as CW ever got.
Thanks for sharing your reaction. Looking forward to more to come.
Can I just say I love your editor? He adds a lot of character to the vids (and I forgive him for human Yoda)
Hey thanks man! I think I only edited this video for rebels though. The rest are done by Jeremy!
@@DMFX1 gotcha, nice! In that case looking to see your work on the Defenders (and a certain short film at some point)!
Really glad you're liking Rebels. Seasons 2 and 3 are some of the best Stars Wars to come out since the original trilogy.
Fun fact, the design of Zeb, was the original design for Chewacca, but George Lucas wasn't quite fond of how it would look.
And also since you already seen Bad Batch, then you already saw Kanan Jarrus (the jedi) as a kid. In the first episode, when Order 66 goes in effect, there's a master Jedi Depa Billaba, and his apprentice Caleb Dume a.k.a. Kanan Jarrus. The clones killed Depa Billaba, but Kanan managed to escape thanks to the Bad Batch. And also, you already saw Zeb in the last season of the Mandalorian, he was in the Rebel's bar, and had a scene talking with Capitan Carson Teva.
I think the series basically picks up strength from about mid season in the first season and just continues to mostly go from strength to strength.
Rebels is underrated. I adore this series, the characters and story.
I clicked on this notification so fast 😂 love Rebels
Yes! This series has some “eh…” episodes/moments, but when it hits it HITS.
Glad you guys are enjoying the show so far.
Kanan is the kid at the beginning of Bad Batch series one.
I'm so excited to see you both get to the final seasons already
As someone who isn't a fan of Clone Wars, I enjoyed Rebels very much. It feels a bit more kid friendly which makes a lot of episodes hit or miss, but the highs of this show are SO high and the story arcs of some of the characters are so good!
And of course everyone knows what part Holden means and it is a PERFECT conclusion. Genrally Season 2 and 3 are super strong!
I rarely watch your Star Wars reactions, because I went from Superfan to someone who just doesn't care about SW anymore, but I will watch your Rebel reactions in delight!!
A Young Kanan can be seen in Episode 1 of Bad Batch and he was seen in Clone Wars Season 7
I know you watched these awhile ago, but as they are just now hitting UA-cam … Rebels has remained my favorite thing Disney has done with Star Wars. I love these characters and the exploration of the metaphysical side of the Force.
Rebels takes a while to get good but it has some of the best moments in all of Star Wars, all I have to say is twilight of the apprentice…
You'll find the Season Premiers and Finales of each season are at least 2 episode arcs, and there are a few spread throughout the seasons, but most of the show is a sprawling narrative.
I always appreciate your honesty. Love it or hate it i just enjoy honest discussions about Star Wars. There are some pretty low, low points in Rebels but also some really high, high points and i most definitely think the good FAR outweights the bad.
My one "advice" is, this is not Clone Wars. Dont see it as Clone Wars 2.0. It has similarities and returning characters but Rebels is it own thing, try and push Clone Wars out of your mind and see Rebels as its own story. There are some real amazing moments in this show that rank right up there with the very best Star Wars.
Rebels is awesome. I think you will enjoy it very much
This show takes place between 5BBY (Before Battle of Yavin), or 14 years after ROTS, to 1BBY. Season 1 is mostly in 5BBY.
Another reason the Imperial army seems small is that the emperor has total control of the galaxy. There are no real clear opponents, just various small rebel cells. The Empire is now relying on terrifying weapons of war without need of a huge army. Even on the Death Star in Ep.4, there are many dark, empty corridors and only little handfuls of stormtroopers here and there.
Yes. This series starts slow but it is a banger
Yay! I was waiting for these to start appearing on UA-cam.
I love Rebels so much, glad to see you guys watching it. Will for sure be along for yalls journey through it.
You'll see both Chopper and the Ghost in Rogue One as well as hear Heras name mentioned over an intercom.
I am sure it was mentioned a bunch, but kanan jarus is the young Jedi that crosshair tried to kill and hunter let go in episode 1 of the bad batch.
Finally! I’m glad to get a rewatch, and I’m super glad y’all enjoyed it right off the bat! Heading y’all watch this on patreon months ago got me soo damn excited lol. Good luck you both of you and the baby!