Okay. So now you're wondering who Rey's parents are. (If you aren't, read through my previous post). Now, watch the following trailer. Focus on the opening line(s): So I'll admit it: I'm an adult and I like cartoons. When I had my first child, I loved sitting on the living room couch and watching Little Einsteins, Animaniacs, and the rebooted He-Man cartoon series. Sometimes, long after my son went to bed, I would stay up watching the next few episodes. Yes, I'm one of THOSE guys. I don't just like any cartoon; though, I'm a sucker for good screenwriting. That's why I love Avatar: The Last Airbender, Phineas and Ferb, and The Clone Wars. When the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series began in 2003, it wasn't a huge jump for me to get on board. The animation was solid, Anakin was (finally) really likeable, and the screenwriting was great. I grew to love the series (even moreso than most "real-life" series). Lucasfilm filled plot holes, developed characters in-depth, and gave me more Star Wars. If you haven't seen all six seasons, you need to get onto Netflix now. Rumor has it, Netflix won't keep it on there forever. In 2014, Lucasfilm decided to release a new animated series called Star Wars: Rebels. At the time, I was excited, but wondered why they were releasing a new series that was not connected to the new trilogy. While Star Wars: The Clone Wars bridged the gap between prequel episodes 2 and 3, Star Wars: Rebels would bridge the gap between Episodes 3 and 4 and although that is a gap that I wanted filled, I didn't see the need. Until now. Until the trailer for Season 4 of Star Wars: Rebels. The story is centered around a ragtag group of adventurers: Kanaan Jairus, a former Jedi Padawan; Hera Syndulla, a Twi'lek pilot; Ezra Bridger, a street-rat from Lothal; Sabine Wren, a Mandalorian girl; Zeb Orellios, a Lasat rebel (and one of the last of his race); and Chopper, a hothead droid. The six join the Rebellion in order to fight the Empire because they've been hurt by the Imperials for a myriad of reasons. The main characters, Kanaan , who was saved from Order 66 by his master, and Hera, the daughter of a rebel leader on Ryloth, lead the Rebels and, to this point, have been the main characters in the story. The series has been solid (although not even close to the Clone Wars) and many of the most recent episodes have been extremely compelling. Nevertheless, it's not really been must-see television and I've doubted Lucasfilm's purpose having seen every episode. Until now. Until the release of the Season 4 trailer. Now I know why we are watching Star Wars: Rebels. We are watching the story of Rey's parents. We are seeing the story of her mother, Sabine Wren, the daughter of The Duchess of Mandalore, Satine Kryze, and her father, Ezra Bridger, a force-sensitive youth from Lothal. Thinking back on the last three seasons, there are too many coincidences in the story for these two to NOT be Rey's parents The Season 4 trailer opens with the line: "It [the Rebels story] was a simple story of a boy who was lost and a girl who was broken" which contradicts everything I'd believed thus far about the Rebels. This line insinuates that Ezra and Sabine, NOT Kanaan and Hera, are the main characters of the series. This line blew me away because even though I'd really enjoyed both characters, I'd never been under the impression that I needed to focus on them until this trailer. This could be due to my ignorance or because Disney and Pablo Hidalgo wanted to misdirect our attention until the right time. The natural ending of the trailer line would be, "It was a simple story of a boy who was lost and a girl who was broken (who fell in love)." They didn't want us to realize, so soon, that this was the story of Rey's parents. It would be so compelling for Rebels to be about Rey's parents. We would know about the two people that are most important to Rey. We would be able to find out answers about Rey's past that Rey doesn't even know. We would understand Rey's personality better, her penchant for courage, and her force sensitivity by watching her parents. We would be able to see the significance of Ezra visiting Obi-Wan on Tattoine in the Twin Suns episode of Season 3. More importantly, we would be able to learn why Rey's parents left her because the ending of Season 4 would be the ending of Rey's parents OR answer the question about why she was dropped off on Jakku. Dave Filoni has said that the ending of Season 4 of Star Wars Rebels would be like NOTHING WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE. This must mean that we are going to see things that are not only surprising and different, but, more importantly, significant. Will we see the end of Ahsoka? Will we see the end of Grand Admiral Thrawn? Will we see the rebels fight on the Battle of Scarif? Will we see Hera become a general in the Rebellion? These answers pale in comparison if we see the beginning and end of Rey's parents in Season 4 of Star Wars: Rebels. On the IMDB page, there are three new, significant characters on the page of The Last Jedi that weren't in the Force Awakens. One of them is a older woman with purple hair (Sabine has purple hair in Rebels), played by Laura Dern, and the other is an older man with dark hair and an obscure character name (DJ), played by Benicio del Torro (who could definitely be Ezra). What if these two new characters are in a flashback in The Last Jedi? Rian Johnson, the director of the Last Jedi, has said that there will be significant flashbacks in the story. If Star Wars: Rebels is about Rey's parents, the entire Star Wars story would be enhanced by this animated series. One last thought: Will the next Star Wars animated series, which Disney has already announced, bridge Episodes 6 and 7? That would be amazing. May the Force be with you.
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