# Star Wars Rebels is Firefly Meets The Empire **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-is-firefly-meets-the-empire/749622 "2016-03-20T04:31:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-is-firefly-meets-the-empire/749622/1 "2016-03-20T04:31:15Z")
Started watching Star Wars Rebels this week. Really like it… but my goodness, the plucky crew of the Ghost reminds me very much of the plucky crew of Serenity. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-is-firefly-meets-the-empire/749622/2 "2016-03-20T08:53:18Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Started watching Star Wars Rebels this week. > > Really like it… but my goodness, the plucky crew of the Ghost reminds me very much of the plucky crew of Serenity. Right down to the call out to _The Train Job_ in the pilot movie. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2016, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-is-firefly-meets-the-empire/749622/3 "2016-03-20T09:13:46Z")
Try to ignore Ezra’s floaty hair that defies physics. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-is-firefly-meets-the-empire/749622/4 "2016-03-20T11:24:56Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Try to ignore Ezra’s floaty hair that defies physics. Because accurate physics is a hallmark of the Star Wars universe… Brian ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-is-firefly-meets-the-empire/749622/5 "2016-03-20T14:59:16Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Try to ignore Ezra’s floaty hair that defies physics. When you haven’t seen a hairstylist in a few lightyears your hair is gonna do some weird stuff. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-is-firefly-meets-the-empire/749622/6 "2016-03-20T23:32:35Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Try to ignore Ezra’s floaty hair that defies physics. Strong in the force, his follicles are. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-is-firefly-meets-the-empire/749622/7 "2016-03-21T02:22:31Z")
Well, if they play out Serenity and have Darth Vader burn all their contacts to the ground and then kill Ahsoka with a sword… _…with a sword, Mal_ ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-rebels-is-firefly-meets-the-empire/749622/8 "2016-03-21T22:30:36Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Strong in the force, his follicles are. I wish they weren’t to be honest. Having the Emperor, Vader and all the force sensitive henchmen chasing down completely ordinary Rebels would have been fun. Seeing how they can use their pluck and ingenuity alone to escape or better the Empire would be a great little bit of a show. But Disney owns Star Wars, [so you can’t go too long without seeing a Light Sabre.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blkx6axytKQ&feature=youtu.be&t=2m1s)