Stealth Strike goes all in on nostalgia and uses it to brilliantly bring together characters from two very different Star Wars time frames.
Focusing on Kanan and Rex, the episode uses their different pasts and abilities to the forefront. Sure, the ending is exactly what you expect it to be. But when the journey is great fun who cares?
Something that has bugged me a few times about Rebels is the seemingly random team selection scenes that occur at the beginning of episodes. It’s like the writers weren’t sure how to set up the characters, so they just get Hera to pack them off.
Fortunately it leads to all my favoured characters getting the limelight. Chopper is an entertaining pain in the backside, whilst Ezra takes another step up in ability. Becoming a more formidable rebel he is.
Rex’s disdain towards Stormtroopers is further explored here, humorously explaining why the Empire’s soldiers can’t hit anything and go down so easily. It makes sense, and it’s nice that the writers acknowledge it.
Whilst Rex brings The Clone Wars, Kanan brings the aftermath and a more Original Trilogy feeling to things.
Thoroughly entertaining with great character moments, Stealth Strike is one of the best episodes of Star Wars Rebels.
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