Season 4 / Series Finale
4 1/2 Stars out of 5
So, I just binged watched the second half of the Final Season and it was fantastic. Everything leading up to the
Series Finale was on point. But it's the
Season Finale I want to talk about. As far as
Season Finale's go, this one doesn't come anywhere near the
Epic Season 2 Finale with
Darth Vader. There was just no way the writers and creators of
Rebels were ever going to top that. But, that's not to say that the final episode of
Rebels doesn't deliver. It has all the hallmark traits of a typical Star Wars swan song with his showdown against the Galactic Empire, right down to the celebratory cheers from the residence of a saved City at the conclusion of a Battle just won. It's unfortunate that it comes with a price with the loss of
Kanan, which I saw coming a mile a way. The way the episode was structured and finally professing his love for Hera all but sealed his fate as he sacrifices himself for the rest of his crew, i.e.....his family. Also lost along the way is
Gregor. But the biggest one was of course Ezra who sacrificed himself in his showdown with
Thrawn.
Having him reject the
Emperor by declining to save his own Parents in order to save his current family:
Hera, Sabine, Zeb, etc...was a courageous choice to make. I just wished that he was around to savor his decision of doing so. I know he's not dead...but just lost....out there somewhere....just waiting to be found and rescued. This sets up the
Epilogue at the end of the
Finale, with
Sabine narrating what happened after their war, the battle of
Endor, the birth of Hera and
Kanan's son (this still needs a valid explanation because it doesn't line up with
Kanan professing his love for Hera, which implies that they never had sex prior. All I saw was just a kiss that symbolic of them finally admitting to their feelings for each other). Yeah, I get that they could have had sex plenty of times and just never admitted their "feelings" till the end. That's the only plausible explanation of writing themselves out of a continuity corner for the series). Still like that they have a child out there. The final moment of course is
Sabine and
Ahsoka head off to find
Ezra. Yes, she is alive and well thanks the time-jumping, teleporting wonders a couple of episode back where
Ezra managed to save her from her doomed fate at the hands of Vader in the
Season 2 Finale. Yes, it's a lot to take in if you haven't been watching the series up till now.
Now for the bad. Killing off
Kanan a few episodes back was the wrong way to go in my mind. For the remaining episodes, I was left with the feeling of him still being alive which altered my perception of each episode coming after. But since he was in fact long gone, I was disappointed that we never got a
Kanan-Ghost as all
Jedi's get. The other and possibly the biggest issue I have is the Epilogue. Revealing that
Ezra is alive and that
Sabine is off to find him, albeit cool, it's also frustrating to leave the series hanging on such a massive cliffhanger. So, where am I to do for the resolution of that? I don't want to have to hunt down comic books if that's the only way. I want the series to pickup where they left off. With that said, if you haven't given this series a chance.....you are depriving yourself of a fun show and characters to watch.