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**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Hooray and hurrah! The follow up to the frankly excellent Rebels has been announced

Reeeead all abaaaaaaht it

Really quite looking forward to this.

**LunarSol**

Certainly curious to see how it turns out.

**Yodhrin**

Mmmmeh? I'll give it a look, but Sequel stuff isn't really my bag, the "anime inspired" thing isn't appealing, and TBH I was hoping they'd get to pick up with Sabine and Ahsoka searching for Ezra as a "frame" for exploring the IMO much more interesting period post-Endor.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

I’d be very surprised if that plot doesn’t feature here in some capacity.

**LunarSol**

Likely it will be similar to Rebels. New cast with some movie cameos that allow them to tell stories about the popular characters from the last series with less plot armor.

**Turnip Jedi**

Looks like could be fun

PS dear Disney please just stop with the Phasma, nobody cares

**VictorVonTzeentch**

So what are the chances that we not only see Sabine and Asohka, but also Kanan and Hera's son.

Also I agree with Turnip, they really need to stop with Phasma.

**Turnip Jedi**

Remember I dislike Phasma cos I'm a misogynist lady hater, those ladycentric films I liked liked Rogue One, Wonder Woman or Charlize Theron doing a thing was freakv outliers

**ScarletRose**

Maybe I'm missing something on the Phasma hate - to me it's like hating General Veers, she was just sorta in the movie.

I actually wouldn't mind her character being fleshed out some more if it's done decently.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Aaaaaaaaand no more negativity, especially when it’s displaying a possible persecution complex.

**Turnip Jedi**

I'll let up if she is shown as having a shred of complexity or indeed actually being good at her job as over the two new films all the FO personnel appear to be comically inept video game baddies

But on the upside might mean some strange new X-Wing ships as many of the recent good ships came from Rebels

**ZebioLizard2**

ScarletRose wrote:
Maybe I'm missing something on the Phasma hate - to me it's like hating General Veers, she was just sorta in the movie.

I actually wouldn't mind her character being fleshed out some more if it's done decently.

I suppose one of the big things is how hyped she is despite basically being on par with General Veers. Imagine if Veers got hyped up through interviews, comments, marketing, and other such things and was basically made a major figurehead despite basically being as he is.

Which is one of the reasons for the hype backlash.. She doesn't really do much.

**Azreal13**

Well, getting the actors to reprise their roles in voice form is a positive but..

Yodhrin wrote:
I was hoping they'd get to pick up with Sabine and Ahsoka searching for Ezra as a "frame" for exploring the IMO much more interesting period post-Endor.

This.

I figured this was a slam dunk where they were going next after the Rebels finale, and I was ok with that. I'm a lot less interested in pre-TFA than I am in post ROTJ.

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ZebioLizard2 wrote:
ScarletRose wrote:
Maybe I'm missing something on the Phasma hate - to me it's like hating General Veers, she was just sorta in the movie.

I actually wouldn't mind her character being fleshed out some more if it's done decently.
I suppose one of the big things is how hyped she is despite basically being on par with General Veers. Imagine if Veers got hyped up through interviews, comments, marketing, and other such things and was basically made a major figurehead despite basically being as he is.

Which is one of the reasons for the hype backlash.. She doesn't really do much.

She's essentially Darth Maul, but without even that much impact on the story.

**VictorVonTzeentch**

ZebioLizard2 wrote:
ScarletRose wrote:
Maybe I'm missing something on the Phasma hate - to me it's like hating General Veers, she was just sorta in the movie.

I actually wouldn't mind her character being fleshed out some more if it's done decently.
I suppose one of the big things is how hyped she is despite basically being on par with General Veers. Imagine if Veers got hyped up through interviews, comments, marketing, and other such things and was basically made a major figurehead despite basically being as he is.

Which is one of the reasons for the hype backlash.. She doesn't really do much.

Come on everyone, lets be fair to Veers. He was competent in ESB, shown as an effective and capable Combat Leader and I at least got the impression he was somewhat respected by Vader, unlike many of the Naval Officers.

Phasma walked around a bunch? Betrayed everything we were led to understand she stood for in order to save her own skin and then got thrown in a hole. Then some how came back, to be thrown in a hole because rather than execute the Spies (and they were technically spies, being members of the Resistance military caught in First Order Uniforms).

Speaking of Kanan and Hera's son, he could be a main character. Its stated he takes after his mother in the piloting department, and being older than Poe he could lead the Recon Squadron.

**GoatboyBeta**

With Filoni in charge its a safe bet that Ahsoka and some of the Rebels crew will appear in some form. I'm guessing Poe and Phasma will not be regular characters and may only show up in the opening episodes. Given the fairly short time frame covered by the sequel episodes so far, could we see more overlap between the Resistance show and the movies in its later seasons?

**Vulcan**

So... they bring back the strong and beloved female character Asoka just in time to end the show, and instead concentrate on a bunch of fighter jocks?

Now tell me again how I'm somehow the one who can't handle a strong female character....

**Yodhrin**

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I’d be very surprised if that plot doesn’t feature here in some capacity.

How though? The show is Resistance vs First Order, probably around the same kind of "just pre-VII" period as the Resurrection arc of the BF2 singleplayer campaign, which sees Iden Versio kicking ass as a grey-haired older lady with a fully grown young adult daughter, 20+ years will have gone by since Sabine and Ahsoka set out. Also, like I said, the context is important - that story is interesting, but it's not as interesting as seeing what the galaxy was like post-Endor, in the same way that one of the big appeals of Rebels was seeing the pre-ANH Empire and how the Rebellion came into being. If they go into it this far into the future...eh.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Prominent mention of BB8 too... 'Beloved droid'

Ah, I'll still watch it but they do spend a lot of time talking about the movies and movie cast and not much on the characters we'll see most of the time.

But more Star Wars is always good.

**ingtaer**

I am not holding my breath for this show, but am looking forward to seeing if we get some new toys for x-wing (T-80 X-Wing please). The intro page for the video shows something new already, like a cross between a Z and a Vaksai.

**ZebioLizard2**

VictorVonTzeentch wrote:
ZebioLizard2 wrote:
ScarletRose wrote:
Maybe I'm missing something on the Phasma hate - to me it's like hating General Veers, she was just sorta in the movie.

I actually wouldn't mind her character being fleshed out some more if it's done decently.
I suppose one of the big things is how hyped she is despite basically being on par with General Veers. Imagine if Veers got hyped up through interviews, comments, marketing, and other such things and was basically made a major figurehead despite basically being as he is.

Which is one of the reasons for the hype backlash.. She doesn't really do much.

Come on everyone, lets be fair to Veers. He was competent in ESB, shown as an effective and capable Combat Leader and I at least got the impression he was somewhat respected by Vader, unlike many of the Naval Officers.

Phasma walked around a bunch? Betrayed everything we were led to understand she stood for in order to save her own skin and then got thrown in a hole. Then some how came back, to be thrown in a hole because rather than execute the Spies (and they were technically spies, being members of the Resistance military caught in First Order Uniforms).

Speaking of Kanan and Hera's son, he could be a main character. Its stated he takes after his mother in the piloting department, and being older than Poe he could lead the Recon Squadron.

The funny thing is they realized how it sounded and when it came time to do her backstory in the novels she's utterly Dark Eldar when it comes to her own survival, cowardice, and how willing she is to murder her way up the ranks while keeping her skin intact. After reading that it seems like there has not been anyone she has personally betrayed on some level.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Yodhrin wrote:
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I’d be very surprised if that plot doesn’t feature here in some capacity.

How though? The show is Resistance vs First Order, probably around the same kind of "just pre-VII" period as the Resurrection arc of the BF2 singleplayer campaign, which sees Iden Versio kicking ass as a grey-haired older lady with a fully grown young adult daughter, 20+ years will have gone by since Sabine and Ahsoka set out. Also, like I said, the context is important - that story is interesting, but it's not as interesting as seeing what the galaxy was like post-Endor, in the same way that one of the big appeals of Rebels was seeing the pre-ANH Empire and how the Rebellion came into being. If they go into it this far into the future...eh.

Spoiler tags needed for this one, as it's info in the Aftermath trilogy.

Spoiler:

**Yodhrin**

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Yodhrin wrote:
Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
I’d be very surprised if that plot doesn’t feature here in some capacity.

How though? The show is Resistance vs First Order, probably around the same kind of "just pre-VII" period as the Resurrection arc of the BF2 singleplayer campaign, which sees Iden Versio kicking ass as a grey-haired older lady with a fully grown young adult daughter, 20+ years will have gone by since Sabine and Ahsoka set out. Also, like I said, the context is important - that story is interesting, but it's not as interesting as seeing what the galaxy was like post-Endor, in the same way that one of the big appeals of Rebels was seeing the pre-ANH Empire and how the Rebellion came into being. If they go into it this far into the future...eh.

Spoiler tags needed for this one, as it's info in the Aftermath trilogy.

Spoiler:

Essentially, the Imperial Remnant scooted off to Unknown Space - which also happens to be where Thrawn is from, according to the new Thrawn novel. It could well be that's where Ezra and Thrawn wound up.

The end of Rebels suggests it's Ahsoka and Sabine weren't on any official mission, but one of their own choosing.

If someone is spying on the First Order, it's likely we'll see Unknown Space - and therefore run into Sabine and Ahsoka.

Spoiler:

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Well, it could turn out that they want to explore Sabine and Ahsoka's adventures in other media, such as comic books - or in a series yet to come. Possibly even a movie trilogy.

That they may or may not appear here doesn't necessarily change that.

I'd only be disappointed if they don't pick up on those threads at all, in any medium. You just can't leave long time fans hanging like that!

However, Dave Filoni has said that Ahsoka's design cues in that final scene do contain hints and secrets, so it seems likely there is some kind of plan there.

**H.B.M.C.**

Azreal13 wrote:

Yodhrin wrote:
I was hoping they'd get to pick up with Sabine and Ahsoka searching for Ezra as a "frame" for exploring the IMO much more interesting period post-Endor.

This.

I figured this was a slam dunk where they were going next after the Rebels finale, and I was ok with that. I'm a lot less interested in pre-TFA than I am in post ROTJ.

Yeah... I wanted a continuation of the end of Rebels, where Sabine and Ashoka go off on their mission.

This... isn't that. At all.

Azreal13 wrote:
She's essentially Darth Maul, but without even that much impact on the story.

Nah. Maul at least did something cool in his film. She's the sequel trilogy's equivalent of OT Boba Fett.

**VictorVonTzeentch**

H.B.M.C. wrote:
Azreal13 wrote:

Yodhrin wrote:
I was hoping they'd get to pick up with Sabine and Ahsoka searching for Ezra as a "frame" for exploring the IMO much more interesting period post-Endor.

This.

I figured this was a slam dunk where they were going next after the Rebels finale, and I was ok with that. I'm a lot less interested in pre-TFA than I am in post ROTJ.
Yeah... I wanted a continuation of the end of Rebels, where Sabine and Ashoka go off on their mission.

This... isn't that. At all.

Azreal13 wrote:
She's essentially Darth Maul, but without even that much impact on the story.
Nah. Maul at least did something cool in his film. She's the sequel trilogy's equivalent of OT Boba Fett.

I'd say she's the Sequel Trilogies equivalent of RoTJ Boba Fett, in ESB he did more than one thing.

**Azreal13**

H.B.M.C. wrote:

Azreal13 wrote:
She's essentially Darth Maul, but without even that much impact on the story.
Nah. Maul at least did something cool in his film. She's the sequel trilogy's equivalent of OT Boba Fett.

Ima going to stand by my Maul comparison. Maul featured really heavily in the marketing of TPM, but ended up with barely any screen time and a couple dozen lines of dialogue. Just like Phasma in TFA. Maul's big point of difference is that role in the pivotal final showdown, without that, he's a total Phasma.

Although I'll concede that "not much involvement in first movie, but enough to be intriguing, followed by ultimate inept comic death in second appearance" is total Fett!

**Kid_Kyoto**

Some needs to make a Darth Maul, Boba Fett, Phasma film

**AegisGrimm**

The theory behind this series really just seems that the Mouse is designing it as a marketing tool to push the modern trilogy stuff.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

As opposed to?

**GoatboyBeta**

Turnip Jedi wrote:
But on the upside might mean some strange new X-Wing ships as many of the recent good ships came from Rebels

Ever since the mouse took over SW I've felt that the new expanding cannon has been something of a double edged sword for FFG. It provides lots of new stuff for there games and ongoing free hype for SW products. But they are often playing catch up, or working to deadlines from outside with incomplete info. If Rebels is any indicator there might not be any Resistance content for X-Wing or the other FFG table top games until seasons two or three.