Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Finale Twilight of the Apprentice TV Review
The finale of Rebels is here and this time they are taking on Vader!
Ezra, Kanan, and Ahsoka all arrive at Malachor trying to find out why Yoda wanted them to go there. The first assumption is to gain knowledge that could help them take on the Inquisitors. Of course we know that isn't the case entirely as the group actually stumble upon a sith temple! The explore inside and see what they find as they walk past a battlefield with old lightsabers.
An Inquisitor takes them on trying to distract them to get to their ship and make them stranded or worse, trace back to the rebels hideout. Ezra falls into a lower level and is met by the formally Darth Maul who leads him to a room that he claims that can destroy the sit. Maul manipulates Ezra into opening the door to this room through the use of anger and other emotions that lead Jedi to the dark side.
Maul leads him to a holocron that contains all the sith secrets and they use the force to get to the platform. they retrieve the holocron and meet back up with Kanan and Ahsoka who are fighting all three Inquisitors in which Maul begins to help them by fighting them off. Maul convinces the group to get the top of the temple where there is a room that only can be opened by the holocron. After an Inquisitor attack they split up and Maul teams up with Ezra once again.
They fight one for Inquisitors and Ezra almost dies from the attack but Maul saves him and kills the Inquisitor just in time. He even goes to help Kanan and Ahsoka and takes out both of the other Inquisitors. He reveals that Ezra will be his new apprentice as the location they thought to be a Sith temple was actually a battlestation! Maul wants to destroy all his enemies including the rebels so he can get his revenge.
This is when we get Ahsoka vs Maul to Maul vs Kanan! Which is over quick when Kanan throws up off the cliff, but of course that wasn't enough to stop him. Ezra realizes he was tricked and as that happens, DARTH VADER SHOWS UP! Vader fights Ezra destroying his lightsaber and when he is about to attack Ahsoka shows up! She takes on Vader alone and they battle it out Master and Apprentice!
Kanan shows up and helps Ezra turn off the Hollocron, Ahsoka sacrifices herself to take on Vader alone, we don't know if that was end of her for good but I have a feeling that is the end we will see her on the good side. Maul escapes on a tie fighter and Vader escapes his battle with Ahsoka. We leave the episode seeing Ezra as he takes a look inside of what the Holocron has stored in it. Possibly beginning his journey to the darkside?
Just when Rebels was getting great it comes to an end! This was a great episode and had me on the edge of my seat the entire time! The biggest highlight for me was Ezra subtle turn to the dark side with Maul manipulating him so easily the entire time. But when Vader showed up, that is when the episode quality just bumped up and began to feel more authentic to the original trilogy. I do wish that the Inquisitor were delved into a bit more or at least were kept alive especially after they introduce a fourth new Inquisitor in this episode. I know I am not alone in knowing what is stored on that Holocron and even to know the voice of who ever was speaking from it!
A very satisfying finale and makes me excited for where they go next with this Rebels story line! See you on the next season of Rebels!
Rating:
0 comments:
Post a Comment