Cute alien babies! Lightsabers and badass Jedi! Zeb being useful! It’s all going on in this week’s episode of Rebels – The Future of The Force. For those who want to be completely spoiler free be careful up ahead. There’s nothing truly surprising but best to give a heads up I think.
Our heroes are following up reports of children being stolen away by the ‘red blades’. If Force sensitive children are captured or destroyed, who will be able to combat Vader and the Inquisitors?
The mix of humour, action, and story is really well balanced. Ezra doesn’t get to be the badass he was in last week’s episode, but Ashoka more than makes up for that. To see a fully trained Jedi in action against Inquisitors is quite something. This is how a lightsaber fight should be. Acrobatic but not overly fancy. There’s no mucking about and I appreciate it.
It’s good to see Zeb getting in on things and being useful. Also, who would think to rush a lightsaber wielding enemy head on? He’s brave or stupid. Maybe both!
Snippets of detail give us an idea about what Ashoka is up to, and it will be thrilling to see what happens when she does find out the truth.
Maybe it’s best not to think about that now. The Future of The Force is another strong episode, covering more adult content in a way that won’t completely terrify the children, but still giving us big kids enough to get our teeth into. Disney do seem to have their heads screwed on regarding their approach to this universe. I hope it carries over to the films.
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