History Awesome / StarWarsRebels

* Thrawn [[NotSoStoic grabbing Captain Slavin by the collar and hissing in his face]] when he suggests destroying the Kalikori as a piece of 'Twi'lek trash', a statement that hits not one (destroying art) but ''two'' (Xenophobia, which Thrawn no doubt had to endure a lot of, being a Chiss in the human-dominated Imperial Military) of Thrawn's {{Berserk Button}}s, before releasing him and apologizing for the outburst. Slavin looks about as afraid as if it was ''Darth Vader or Palpatine himself'' facing him.

** [[spoiler: Also notable in that it's the first time in the franchise that two [[BadassNormal non force-sensitives]] have gone head to head with lightsabers. While Maul didn't actively use his Force powers, he still had the superhuman reflexes and agility that force sensitivity brings. This is the first time we see two people fighting it out on skill and [[CombatPragmatist Combat Pragmatism]] alone.]]

** [[spoiler: Also notable in that it's the first time in the franchise that two [[BadassNormalnon force-sensitives]] have gone head to head with lightsabers. While Maul didn't actively use his Force powers, he still had the superhuman reflexes and agility that force sensitivity brings. This is the first time we see two people fighting it out on skill and [[CombatPragmatist Combat Pragmatism]] alone.]]

* Getting to see Obi-Wan's warning message mentioned in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', complete with a RoleReprisal from Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor.

* Maul and Obi-Wan circle each other, trading last remarks and taunts, and Obi-Wan tries to reason with Maul one last time, not wishing to kill him if he can avoid it, and also remaining a tad polite to his old foe. However, the dawning look of subdued horror on Obi-Wan's face as Maul hints that he knows he's on Tatooine to protect Luke is powerful. Obi-Wan proves he's one hell of a PapaWolf, ready to defend the Jedi's last hope, the ''[[BerserkButton moment]]'' Maul confirms he knows about Luke, and stops playing around and draws his lightsaber.

* Since this was the final season of the show, ''Rebels'' managed to achieve what ''The Clone Wars'' could not (at least not for more than ten years after its cancellation): gain a proper finale.

* Since this was the final season of the show, ''Rebels'' managed to achieve what ''The Clone Wars'' could not: gain a proper finale.

* Thrawn learns of Pryce’s mistake and her attempts to cover it up. [[SarcasmMode He’s elated at the news]]. His immediate response to her defenses send Pyrce, a ''MOFF'', into sheer horror. What must be going through her mind is endless.

* [[spoiler:Kanan sacrificing himself to protect Hera, Sabine and Ezra from the explosion of the fuel depo is both TearJerker and this at once by itself, but it can't be understated how badass the fact that he was holding back the massive firewall with the Force for almost half a minute, is.]]

** A promo clip from the Blu-Ray release of Season 3 shows Mandalorian warriors in various colors and various ethnicities, all smiling at presumably at their leaders and the rebels. Given that ''The Clone Wars'' got [[UnfortunateImplications flame]] for depicting the New Mandalorians and Death Watch as blonde white humans in two [[ActualPacifist diff]][[ClassicalAntiHero erent]] [[BloodKnight extremes]] that were controversial for TheyChangedItNowItSucks in-universe (hence reacting with Death Watch) and out-of-universe (the Mandalorians having originally being written as honorable warriors that accepted anyone without prejudice towards their identity; Pre Vizsla and his cronies only rarely hung to the honor code and Satine exiling [[DisproportionateRetribution warriors that disagreed with her ideology]] [[YouCantGoHomeAgain from their own homeworld]]), to even the point that Jango (and therefore Boba) may not even be Mandalorians in this canon anymore. It looks like Lucasfilm has [[AuthorsSavingThrow listened]] and is rebuilding the Mandalorians from one of their most lowest points in their history to one of their greatest, as the Mandalorian Resistance is birthed by a young Asian woman and her family, with Mandalorians of all kinds of people joining together to drive away a tyranny from their home. As the ''Star Wars'' fanbase is full of people from different backgrounds and have dealt with prejudice & exclusion numerous times from fellow fans & official content, representation means a lot more than one may think.

* Vader and Ashoka ''both '''survive an exploding temple.'''''

* A minor one in the form of a CallBack to both [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E11CallToAction "Call to Action"]] and [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E20TwilightOfTheApprenticePartII "Twilight of the Apprentice"]]: during his talk with Governor Pryce, Tarkin mentions that Lord Vader has dealt with the ''Jedi'' leadership of Phoenix Squadron, refering to Ahsoka's presumed to be dead status. Now remember how he roasted the Grand Inquisitor, Kallus, and Minister Tua, about the impossibility of the Lothal rebels being led by a real Jedi, since the real ones are all long dead. That's right. Even though according to our current knowledge that last time he met Ahsoka was some 16-17 years ago, she left enough impression on him, that he acknowledges her as a true Jedi.

* An alternative explanation is that this is Ahsoka's desperate [[LastStand Last Stand]] and [[YouShallNotPass You Shall Not Pass]] moment. Extra points for using her lightsabers to break the stone under Vader's feet exactly as Gandalf does with his staff to break the bridge at Moria under the Balrog. More extra points for Ahsoka's journey into the underworld, also paralleling Gandalf, and [[TheHerosJourney the Hero's Journey]] in general. And even more points for her subsequent return as [[CameBackStrong 'Ahsoka the White']] in the final episode.

* [[spoiler:Palpatine himself (with Creator/IanMcDiarmid's voice again, no less)]] finally gets some direct action -- and almost [[spoiler:conquers spacetime itself (the perfect consolation prize for never learning Plagueis's {{Immortality}} secret)]]!

** [[spoiler:Kallus actual retort when Pryce asks him how could he throw away a promising career in the Empire. He calmly and concisely that fighting for the Empire would surely mean working alongside like-minded people, meaning that him working with horrible people that walk all over innocents means he would be one too, and that's not a Empire worth protecting.]]

* Hera fought [[spoiler: on Endor. While ''pregnant''. And she fucking made it; after everything she's been through, she goddamn made it!]] Hera [[spoiler:can be scary enough when angry, imagine an angry ''pregnant'' Hera...]]

* Hera fought [[spoiler: on Endor. While ''pregnant''. And she fucking made it; after everything she's been through, she goddamn made it!]] Hera [[spoiler:can be scary enough when angry, imagine an angry ''pregnant'' Hera...]]

'''Kanan:''' <Force pulls lightsabers to him, cue AwesomeMusic> No. Because I have nothing left to '''''[[NotAfraidOfYouAnymore fear]].'''''

** In a meta-example it's also a Crowning Moment for the [[AwesomeArt CG-artists working on the show]]: the animation is absolutely amazing, one can practically feel the physics behind every twist and turn Hera makes with the ship. This is the moment where Rebels finally surpassed it's predecessor, the animation never had such tangible realistic feel behind it in ''The Clone Wars''.

* Doubles as CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming; Ahsoka's legacy lives on through the title of Fulcrum.