We find out what happened to Ezra’s parents in an uneven but effective episode.
ThisStar Wars Rebelsreview contains spoilers.
Legacy putRebelsthrough its paces, with some odd pacing leading up to a generally satisfying finale.
Meanwhile, the Inquisitors are following up on the information Ezra let slip last week.
As the episode goes on, it quickly became clear that the vision wasnt as symbolic as I expected.
It was less Luke Skywalker seeing Vader on Dagobah, and more Anakin seeing Padmes death.
The Inquisitors have lead a whole fleet to the Rebel base, including Kallus and the Interdictor Star Destroyers.
Its a great episode for Hera and Sabine, who find a new way to fight the Interdictors.
(Yet again, Kallus is, like the Seventh Sister says, pretty ineffective.)
Also again, Freddie Prinze Jr. gets kudos for delivering what seems like a complicated, difficult line well.
His ts too late for me.
The real reveal puts a slight twice on the question of where Ezras parents are.
He had to be able to move on from that.
Therefore, the climax of the episode is more quiet than any of Lukes conflicts with his father.
The finale is affecting, with Kanans own abandonment serving to pull even more emotion out of Ezra.
If only the bearer of that news had been a bit more convincing.
Ezra learns of his parents history from a former governor of Lothal, imprisoned by the Empire.
In reality, hes a good guy, now living alone in the wilds of Lothal.
He even suggests that Ezras parents deaths were partly Ezras fault.
The show, though, seems to believe him.
From everything said in Rebels Recon, the governor was telling the true version of the story.
Ezras quest for answers about his parents is over.
Rating:
4 out of 5
