# Star Wars Rebels Comes Back Tonight (2/19/18) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124 "2018-02-19T16:10:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/21 "2018-02-28T11:05:15Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Filoni doesn’t exactly say that. He says he puts her back where she was. He doesn’t say he puts her back when she was. But he says the shot we saw of her at the end of Season 2 is what she does immediately after she returns. So no need to read much into it. Basically what Ahsoka said when warning Ezra was to not interfere with the timeline - what happens is what happens. Effectively when we saw that scene two years ago, these events are what occurred back then. Time travel messes up my tenses. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/22 "2018-02-28T11:33:40Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > But he says the shot we saw of her at the end of Season 2 is what she does immediately after she returns. Precisely. He doesn’t say _when_ she returns. That shot could be a long time after the shot of Vader leaving. Hours, days, months or even years, given how Ezra has aged. Notice too that she returns to an empty, destroyed, temple. One where the dust from the explosion has settled. And Vader is nowhere in sight. If she had returned right after the explosion we would have seen Vader leaving - indeed, Vader would probably have detected her return and turned back to kill her. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/23 "2018-02-28T12:31:47Z")
Folks, can we make this an open spoiler thread? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/24 "2018-02-28T17:01:23Z")
I will note: Ahsoka is NOT a Jedi. She is a former Jedi. Thus she doesn’t count in the ‘the last of the Jedi, you will be’. “Togruta had an average lifespan of 82 standard years. Those who were keenly attuned to the Force could live up to 200. At any rate, individuals past the age of 95 were considered to have reached an age worthy of veneration.” So we could potentially see an older version of her in later movies. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/25 "2018-02-28T17:14:35Z")
I’m okay with open spoilers from here on out. My understanding is there is only one more episode left anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/26 "2018-02-28T17:46:39Z")
No 3 episodes left–but apparently all air on March 5th. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/27 "2018-02-28T17:54:32Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > No 3 episodes left–but apparently all air on March 5th. I had heard initially that it was going to be a 90-minute movie to end it. Now it appears to be a half-hour ep + an hour finale? ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/28 "2018-02-28T18:56:36Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I had heard initially that it was going to be a 90-minute movie to end it. Now it appears to be a half-hour ep + an hour finale? with commercials EVERY GODDAMN FOUR MINUTES! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/29 "2018-02-28T20:42:12Z")
I’m way behind, stockpiling them on the DVR. Last one I saw was Ezra (and CHOPPER) taking off to “save” Ben Kenobi from Darth Maul who then dies when Old Ben cuts his lightsaber in half? HUH? Last time he had to cut Maul himself in half, and even that didn’t quite take… ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/30 "2018-03-06T05:30:23Z")
Ahsoka Tano Lives! through and past Endor 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/31 "2018-03-06T18:58:53Z")
Finale ::sniffle:: ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/32 "2018-03-06T23:50:17Z")
And Rex was in [ROTJ!](https://movieweb.com/star-wars-rebels-return-jedi-captain-rex-theory/) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/33 "2018-03-07T02:29:23Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > And Rex was in [ROTJ!](https://movieweb.com/star-wars-rebels-return-jedi-captain-rex-theory/) so was jar jar:D, I don’t care if they claim it was just a random gungan, it was him!!! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/34 "2018-03-07T11:34:36Z")
So is the next SW animated series going to be _Rebels 2: The Search For Ezra_? Does this allow for the fan theory of Ezra being Snoke? ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/35 "2018-03-07T17:25:29Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > So is the next SW animated series going to be _Rebels 2: The Search For Ezra_? Does this allow for the fan theory of Ezra being Snoke? Sorry to mangle your quote. I can’t figure out how to include the spoiler in the quote box and still have the spoiler be hidden Two weeks ago Disney filed four trademark applications for various merchandise related to “Star Wars: Resistance”. No official word on what that will be, but some are speculating it may be the next show. As for the quoted fan theory, Dave Filoni (show runner of both \*Rebels \*and _Clone Wars_) has explicitly ruled that one out. But after this weeks finale, he explicitly stated both Ezra and Thrawn survived. But he doesn’t want to commit to exactly what happened, as he doesn’t want to box himself in in the event he wants to revisit their story in the future ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/36 "2018-03-08T17:34:47Z")
Gregor: “It was an honor fighting for something we chose to believe in.” _sniff_ indeed. Loved the ending, and it got me doing something the end of The Last Jedi didn’t: Eagerly anticipating what’s coming next. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/37 "2018-03-08T18:27:15Z")
Thrawn surviving isn’t a fan theory. He is from the Zahn novels that were set after Return of the Jedi (but I guess overwritten with the new movie trilogy). They were the first new Star Wars stories to come out in years and huge deal back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/38 "2018-03-08T18:28:11Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Thrawn surviving isn’t a fan theory. He is from the Zahn novels that were set after Return of the Jedi (but I guess overwritten with the new movie trilogy). They were the first new Star Wars stories to come out in years and huge deal back in the day. None of that is considered canon. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/39 "2018-03-08T23:14:23Z")
So, was Ahsoka pulled forward in time? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124/40 "2018-03-09T03:02:05Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > So, was Ahsoka pulled forward in time? Or she spent a year or two trying to get off Malachor (remember, Maul had been trapped there a while) and keeping out of sight so that Vader didn’t find her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-comes-back-tonight-2-19-18/809124.md?page=3)