Rebels – Journey to the Season Two Finale

The second season of Star Wars Rebels picked up where the show ended last season and expanded the scope and scale in which they tackled the Star Wars Universe. The first season focused more on the planet of Lothal, and the Ghost crew stepping up their efforts to defeat the Empire’s takeover of this planet. This is when Ezra – a young force sensitive child – joins up with Kanan, a former Jedi.

The second season expanded this to include the early incarnation of the Rebel Alliance, focusing on the first steps to defeat the empire. It also had Ezra growing exponentially in his force abilities while training with Kanan and Ashoka.

Star Wars Rebels this season was increased to 20 episodes, up from the 13 they did during the first season. It was also confirmed that the series has been picked up for a 3rd season, which is already in production and is expected to start airing in fall of 2016.

But as we build towards the end of this season, it seems pretty clear that we should expect a pretty intense finale. Dave Filoni – the showrunner for both Rebels and Clone Wars – has hinted that this season will build up to a big fight between Darth Vader and Ashoka Tano.

This has been more or less confirmed by the title of the 2 part finale which is titled “The Twilight of the Apprentice”. This of course could mean a few different things, as all three Jedi that the story focusing (Ashoka, Kanan and Ezra) on had never got above the rank of Apprentice. As well, it is rumoured that the hooded figure from the mid season trailer is going to be Darth Maul, who was also an apprentice. BUT is still has to be assumed that this is a direct reference to the Ashoka…..

 

Either way, based on this preview of this week’s (March 2nd 2016) episode – in which Kanan has an altercation with a Jedi Temple Guard who warns of Ezra’s path to the Dark Side – we should be getting into some pretty serious territory. Only 5 episodes left before the end of the season.

Star Wars Rebels airs Wednesday nights on Disney XD. Here is the schedule for episodes still to air:

1. March 2nd – Episode 16 “The shroud of Darkness”
2. March 16th – Episode 17 “The Forgotten Droid”
3. March 23rd – Episode 18 “The Mystery of Chopper Base”
4. March 3oth – Epsidoes 19 + 20 “The Twilight of the Apprentice Parts 1+2”