Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Comic-Con Trailer Review
- Oct 10, 2015
- 3 min read
Well, the hiatus is almost over. Thank you so very much. To bring in more excitement, a new trailer was released at New York Comic Con. Let's just say, I can't freaking wait. There was a lot of new stuff that was revealed but still kept it away in order to build suspense.
Unlike the last trailer where I broke it down frame by frame, I'm going to go over some of the big moments that will be story arcs throughout the season. A lot of shots in the new trailer were from the Siege of Lothal movie which I thought was weird, since it already aired. However, the first big reveal was that the Empire apparentely has a new ship that can pull ships out of hyperspace. That alone is terrifying for the groups, but we also see that the two new Inquisitors, named the Fifth Brother and Seventh Sister, is kidnapping force-sensitive children.
So far, I think these new Inquisitors will have more of an impact and have more personality than the last one from seeason one, especially the Seventh Sister. She is voiced by Sarah Michelle Gellar and she has a particular interest in Ahsoka. Yes, her face reveal doesn't look like Barris Offee, but maybe she is her, who knows?
There were also plenty of action clips shown, some new and some old, from the other trailers. Some of the highlights were the prototype B-wing in action and Rex and the Clones battlling the Empire and AT-ATs. I also would like to say that the animation and production values of this season look much better than the previous season.
Ezra will also have story arcs this season as well. One of the story arcs will be about Ezra finding out what really happened to his parents and perhaps trying to find them if they are still alive. Another arc will be him still trying to learn to ways of the force and become a Jedi. In the trailer, I have to admit, it looks like he is getting more confident in his lightsaber and his force powers.
That being said, he is still unsure of himself. This leads to him most likely getting involved with Hondo Onaka, a fan-favorite character from the Clone Wars. Having the character and the return of legendary voice actor Jim Cummings is great, especially when he says to Ezra that he could be a "Pirate Jedi."
What really surprised me the most about this trailer was the new devlopment of Sabine as I felt she was the character that needed it most. During the trailer, she fights a bounty hunter who I think is Bo-Katan from the Clone Wars. For those who don't know who she is (spoilers), she was a member of Death Watch under the leadership of Pre Vizsla. Vizsla was killed by Darth Maul and he took over Death Watch and Mandalore. However, she went against his rule and started a civil war on the planet. Well, since the Clone Wars was cancelled, we never got resolution on what happened so to bring her back if it is her would do justice to that story as well as show more background on Sabine.
In the later half of the trailer, she is about to fight another Mandalorian warrior in single combat and said that she is part of clan Vizsla. Perhaps this will explain her origin and why she left the planet to fight the Empire.
Although they didn't end the trailer with Vader vs. Ahsoaka, they did finally show her in action showcasing her white sabers and fighting the two Inquisitors. I can't wait to see her in action and how much she has grown in the force since we last saw her. Overall, it was a great trailer. Although some moments are reused, the new material has me very intrigued and invested. I am very excited as to where this season will go and how the stakes get raised even more.
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