After The Mandalorian reignited my love for the universe, a week later The Rise of Skywalker took it all back. Looking for some good Star Wars I watched The Clone Wars and loved it. Sure, it had it's series of stinker episodes, but it's highs were some of the best Star Wars stories told. The prequels are still AWFUL movies, but The Clone Wars actually made me enjoy the pre-Empire era of Star Wars and see fantastic stories can be told in it. It made me care about Anakin, and Ashoka became my favorite character in the universe. After finishing The Clone Wars, it only seemed apt to continue the story with Rebels.
Rebels is an easy recommendation for any Star Wars fans, but overall I don't think it quite reaches the same quality as The Clone Wars. Honestly the best parts of it were the stories that related to the Clone Wars series, like Ahsoka, Maul, and Commander Rex.
A big part of the reason I never felt as strong a connection like I did to The Clone Wars was because of the main cast of characters. Ezra is essentially the lead character of the series. A continual focus is his journey to becoming a Jedi and finding out who he is supposed to be. As a character I just really never got into him. A big part of his appeal is probably more relatable to younger viewers who dream of becoming a Jedi. He grows, but he is just a cocky teenager the whole series which usually was just annoying.
The rest of the Ghost crew are fun and enjoyable to watch. Sabine and Hera are probably the strongest out of them, but I just never felt as strong about them like I did to the cast of The Clone Wars.
There's just only a handful arcs that I consider essential Star Wars stories here. For sure the Ahsoka/Vader reunion (which includes Maul),the leftover clones, and the Mandalorian arc. The rest of the series is full of fun to watch episodes, with none of them really being essential. Thrawn's inculsion elevates the last two seasons and he is a fantastic villain as Vader is really only in a few episodes. The first two seasons for sure lacking a strong foil as Callus is a weak villain and the Inquisitors are throwaway evil guys with lightsabers.
The only real bad aspect to the series is some artistic choices with the character designs. The art style for sure is just passable, and really lacking compared to the Clone Wars. For some odd reason most human character's skin texture are all covered in freckles. Clone Wars' painterly textures looked great and fit well. Rebel's just doesn't work a lot and the freckled texture just look bad. The art style of some characters just don't look good.
It's a series that's enjoyable to watch. The only real memorable arcs are ones that incorporated Clone Wars story aspects. There are a handful of episodes that are just downright boring and too simplistic with it's story. If you don't have the time to watch the whole series, but are a Clone Wars fan, for sure watch the Clone's, Ahsoka's and Maul's episodes. The rest of the series is good, though with some weaker than others, but most of isn't essential if you don't have the time.
Rebels is an easy recommendation for any Star Wars fans, but overall I don't think it quite reaches the same quality as The Clone Wars. Honestly the best parts of it were the stories that related to the Clone Wars series, like Ahsoka, Maul, and Commander Rex.
A big part of the reason I never felt as strong a connection like I did to The Clone Wars was because of the main cast of characters. Ezra is essentially the lead character of the series. A continual focus is his journey to becoming a Jedi and finding out who he is supposed to be. As a character I just really never got into him. A big part of his appeal is probably more relatable to younger viewers who dream of becoming a Jedi. He grows, but he is just a cocky teenager the whole series which usually was just annoying.
The rest of the Ghost crew are fun and enjoyable to watch. Sabine and Hera are probably the strongest out of them, but I just never felt as strong about them like I did to the cast of The Clone Wars.
There's just only a handful arcs that I consider essential Star Wars stories here. For sure the Ahsoka/Vader reunion (which includes Maul),the leftover clones, and the Mandalorian arc. The rest of the series is full of fun to watch episodes, with none of them really being essential. Thrawn's inculsion elevates the last two seasons and he is a fantastic villain as Vader is really only in a few episodes. The first two seasons for sure lacking a strong foil as Callus is a weak villain and the Inquisitors are throwaway evil guys with lightsabers.
The only real bad aspect to the series is some artistic choices with the character designs. The art style for sure is just passable, and really lacking compared to the Clone Wars. For some odd reason most human character's skin texture are all covered in freckles. Clone Wars' painterly textures looked great and fit well. Rebel's just doesn't work a lot and the freckled texture just look bad. The art style of some characters just don't look good.
It's a series that's enjoyable to watch. The only real memorable arcs are ones that incorporated Clone Wars story aspects. There are a handful of episodes that are just downright boring and too simplistic with it's story. If you don't have the time to watch the whole series, but are a Clone Wars fan, for sure watch the Clone's, Ahsoka's and Maul's episodes. The rest of the series is good, though with some weaker than others, but most of isn't essential if you don't have the time.