Tag: Star Wars: Rebels
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Ahsoka: Leia’s History With The Ghost Crew Explained
One of the biggest joys of “The Clone Wars” and “Star Wars Rebels” was seeing how the shows bridged the gaps between movies. They showed the characters changing and evolving — and even the galaxy at large changing, too, like when the public slowly turned against the Jedi, or the Rebellion slowly spread.”Ahsoka” is doing…
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Ahsoka’s Age Throughout Star Wars History, Explained
When Ahsoka Tano was first introduced, she served as our eyes and ears in the “Star Wars” universe, the audience surrogate for this new chapter of the story, like Luke before her, or like Ezra Bridger in “Star Wars Rebels” and Rey in the new trilogy. Just as audiences grew up watching the show, they…
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Cool Stuff: A Massive Giant-Man Action Figure Is The Latest Marvel Legends Crowdfunded Project
Following the successful crowdfunding for the “Star Wars Rebels” ship the Ghost, Hasbro’s crowdfunding initiative HasLab is digging back into Marvel Comics territory for their latest collectible effort. Even though the most recent Marvel Legends HasLab project failed to garner enough funds for fans to get their hands on the Engine of Vengeance for the…
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New ‘Ahsoka’ Shows Star Wars Can’t Escape Its Own Nostalgia
When it was announced that Hayden Christensen would reprise his role as Darth Vader in “Ahsoka,” Star Wars fans’ response was mostly positive. Christensen took heat for the prequel films like many of his costars, his two-film arc depicting Anakin Skywalker’s descent into darkness now obscured by indictments of the trilogy’s other flaws.And Anakin —…
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Ahsoka’s Force Experience In Episode 5 Differs From Luke And Rey’s In One Big Way
This article contains spoilers for “Star Wars: Ahsoka” episode 5 — “Shadow Warrior.”The latest episode of “Ahsoka” had all the makings of a classic “Star Wars” story that could bridge the gap between the prequel trilogy, the animated series “Star Wars Rebels,” and finally introduce the apparent heir to the Empire, Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars…
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Star Wars Rebels May Answer Your Questions About Ahsoka Episode 4’s Big Cliffhanger
This article contains spoilers for “Ahsoka” episode 4, “Fallen Jedi.”There are certain elements of “Star Wars” animation that would simply never work in live-action. For example, a character like Bendu, the mystical being who occupies the space between the light and dark sides of the Force, looks fantastic on “Star Wars Rebels,” but would probably…
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Who Is Hera’s Son, Jacen Syndulla, in ‘Ahsoka’?
The Easter eggs are strong with this one. Episode 3 of Ahsoka has a shorter runtime than its predecessors but doesn’t pump the brakes on creator Dave Filoni’s favorite pastime: introducing characters from previous Star Wars material. Ahsoka’s many ties to Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels are common knowledge at this…
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‘Ahsoka’ Is the Anti-’Andor’ — and That’s a Good Thing
It’s so far, so good in the Star Wars galaxy as Ahsoka has received a lot of praise and positive reviews since its series premiere last week. Indeed, there have also been a few complaints about how much of the series story seems tied to previously established lore – especially the animated series Star Wars…
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Where The Heck Is Leia During Ahsoka? An Investigation
This article contains spoilers for “Star Wars: Ahsoka” episode 3 — “Time to Fly””Ahsoka” moved the plot forward quite a bit in its third episode, titled “Time to Fly.” We saw Ahsoka Tano take to training Sabine Wren as her Jedi apprentice once again, lots of epic space battle action, and even some Purrgil, aka…
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Ahsoka Overcame A Major Limitation Of Live-Action Star Wars Space Fights
This article contains spoilers for “Star Wars: Ahsoka” episode 3 — “Time to Fly”Last week, the first two episodes of “Ahsoka” did a relatively good job of setting the stage for what could potentially be one of the most epic confrontations in all of “Star Wars.” Hopefully, it was a good introduction for fans who…