History Fridge / StarWarsRebels

* Sure, Thrawn had no idea what the Bendu was capable of, but after witnessing the creature's power with his own eyes, and not even being impressed, ''he's still alive''. Think about that: ''Thrawn knows about the power of the Force''. Given how he's able to make new plans based on what he knows, it means that even mighty supernatural entities might not even be enough to save the Rebels next time. And given [[HatesEveryoneEqually how the Bendu killed Rebels and Imperials alike]]...
* Remember the T-7 Ion Disruptors from waaaaaay back in Season 1? Remember how their horrifyingness came from the fact that they were so bad that the Empire banned them, and that in the Legends continuity they killed by superheating the target until they were just charred skeleton or ash? Sabine's weapon, the Duchess, does exactly that, except on a massive scale. Furthermore, the on-screen effect is a ''neutered'' version due to Tiber Saxon not knowing how it works. No wonder Sabine feels such shame over the thing; her creation ''dwarfs'' some of the most atrocious weapons the Empire itself has created up to this point, and she designed it specifically to use against her own people. Added to the fact that someone who knows about it's inner workings can tweak the effect to affect any material, and you have a weapon far more effective at subjugating populations than the Death Star could ever hope to be. It's a good thing they ended up destroying all records of the thing.
* The liberation of Lothal should have had dire consequences, but as Sabine says, the Empire never attacked. While at first it seems weird, you realize that, with the TIE Defender project dead in the water, their main focus now is the Death Star. As such, if not for the Rebel victories at Scarif and Yavin, Lothal would have likely been turned into space dust.

* When the Inquisitor was first unveiled, it was noted by some that he resembled the Son, a character introduced in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' that was the embodiment of the Dark Side of the Force. Because of this, when Son spoke, his voice would shift to feature elements of users of the Dark Side of the Force, such as Emperor Palpatine or Starkiller. With that in mind, the resemblence between Son & the Inquisitor suddenly makes a lot of sense - if his ''voice'' contained elements of the Dark Side users, then it stands to reason that the same could apply to his physical appearance.

* When Ezra was orphaned, no family or friends took him in. Given that [[spoiler:the Bridgers were arrested]], it's possible that most of them were already under suspicion, and severing their ties was the only way to protect themselves.

* Given how the Imperials are so willing [[FelonyMisdemeanor to arrest people]] [[DisproportionateRetribution that slight them]], it initially seems odd that they don't arrest Old Jho when Senator-in-exile Gall Trayvis appears on the Holonet feed in "Empire Day" after he refuses to shut it down on their orders. [[spoiler:That's because Trayvis is TheMole for the Empire through leading a FalseFlagOperation, as revealed in "Vision of Hope". They were likely trying to sell the deception.]] Also, at that moment, the troopers are mostly focused on finding Tseebo.

* [[spoiler: Ahsoka]] wasn't mad at the crew of the ''Ghost'' for not following her orders to lie low. In fact she seemed ready to support them considering that she herself traveled to Lothal to pick the Ghost up and also had other ships ready to help should the need arise. It seems that [[spoiler: Snips remembers how it was to be a reckless and headstrong young padawan as she once was]].

* In the first season finale, it's fitting that [[spoiler: the Rebels gain the help of a BigGood while the Imperials gain a BigBad. And that it's two of the main protagonists from the previous show. Seems Ahsoka is being set up as a {{Foil}} to Anakin/Vader.]]

* People somehow not knowing about Kanan and Ezra being Jedi despite being depicted in the [=HoloNet=] News wielding lightsabers can be justified as the news likely only being local, meaning Lothal and planets very close to it are the only ones that probably know. [[spoiler:This applies to Leia and Azadi in "A Princess on Lothal", as the former comes from the distant world of Alderaan and the latter had been in prison during that time.]]

** [[spoiler:Maul's]] ghost is Ezra, as both of them at their worst are survivors (having survived against the odds, but lost their family in the process), and are passionate; Ezra gives him hope that he can cast his revenge and gain power. Ezra wants power, and possibly revenge as well if things go badly.

* It's easy to blame Ezra for trusting [[spoiler:Maul]]. But the thing is, he didn't trust him. He held him at swordpoint when they met, snarkily said "I don't know you" when asked if he trusted him, and refused to give him his name. That was, until [[spoiler:Maul]] laid out his backstory, and Ezra empathized with him. Ezra's always had a talent with connection, after all, and that runs both ways. It's also easy to miss that this ends up saving Ezra in a way, in that it's [[spoiler:Maul]] that deludes himself that Ezra would be willing to follow him into becoming his apprentice.
* For the Sith to have Dark Side Force-sensitives serve them without violating the RuleOfTwo, they'd have to refrain passing on their darkest of secrets to the Inquisitors. This also works against them, because [[spoiler:as shown in "Twilight of the Apprentice", Inquisitors are not trained to take on a rogue Sith]].
* There sure are a ''ton'' of things that relate to fire (mostly in regards to "burning", sometimes shooting), loss, and rebellion.

** [[spoiler:Ezra's house and Tarkintown]] are burnt down.

** Kallus, when speaking of the [[spoiler:Lasat mercenary back on Onderon]], includes the description of how he "walked calmly through smoke and fire".
** [[spoiler:The Grand Inquisitor, Minister Tua, Mr. Sumar, Sato, Konstantine, and Kanan]] die in a blazing inferno.
** The SpecialEditionTitle for "Jedi Night" and "DUME" has ashes raining from the top of the screen InMemoriam of [[spoiler:Kanan, who died before the title card of "Jedi Night".]]
** The moment where [[spoiler:Kanan loses his eyesight, there's smoke from his wounds.]]

** The Bendu [[spoiler:falls to the ground in a fiery blaze after Thrawn has him shot down, then later disappears, implying he may return one day.]]

** It is implied [[spoiler:Mira and Ephraim]] were shot to death when they died.

** In the Season 4 premiere, [[spoiler:Sabine's superweapon turns anyone who was caught into ashes]].
** In the second half of Season 4, [[spoiler:Kanan is killed in an explosion, but has joined the Force and has become a new being.]]

* In the novelization for "Spark of Rebellion", Sabine mentions at one point when Ezra [[InnocentlyInsensitive accidentally insults her]] that if he hadn't been a kid she might have hurt him. The Mandalorian warrior code in ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' holds that [[WouldNotHurtAChild children are sacred]] to Mandalorians, showing that Sabine is a far different Mandalorian from the pacifists and terrorists seen in [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]], [[spoiler:even if her family was the latter]].

* Some people thought it'd would've been even more heartwarming if Kallus had referred to Zeb by his nickname instead of his full name when [[spoiler:he had to convince Sabine that his advice was trustworthy in "The Antilles Extraction"]], but if he had referred to him as "Zeb", then it would've come off as an attempt to be chummy and could have aggravated [[spoiler:Sabine]] even more, especially considering [[spoiler:she has trust issues and takes lying to her ''very'' seriously]], and we know that calling him "the Lasat" would ''definitely'' not help the situation. Using his full name indicates to her that the relationship he has with Zeb has reached a level of mutual respect, and if Zeb did not say anything before, it was because he must have wanted to respect it by keeping it private, something [[spoiler:Sabine]] surely understands and respects. If Kallus trusts Zeb, it's only because Zeb trusted ''him'' first, which in turn lets [[spoiler:Sabine]] know she can trust Kallus.

* I thought it was a bit dumb that Rau didn't get his original helmet back and had to reuse one of his men's. But I thought about it and realized this: the symbol on Rau's first helmet helped enforce the idea that he was their leader (''The'' Protector; not just any ordinary Protector), and the symbol was one of high prestige and honor. [[AFatherToHisMen It was a privilege to lead his men]]. But he can't be a leader if he has no one to lead. Using a lesser ranked Protector helmet stained with their blood symbolizes that he has to start all over again (to regain his honor and rebuild the Protectors), and that he also now carries the burden of [[spoiler:their deaths]].
* It's not hard to sympathize with Hera's concern about whether they can trust [[spoiler:Kallus]], because that's what they thought about supposed anti-Imperial [[spoiler:Gall Trayvis]] too, and he turned out to be a mole.

* Thrawn is actually surprised and nonplussed that the Rebels thought to [[spoiler:sabotage his effort to find their base by reprogramming the searching droid to self-destruct upon return to the Empire. Since it was Zeb's plan, and Thrawn hasn't had the chance to encounter Zeb or observe his strategies at work, he couldn't account for such an act.]]
* Thrawn apparently not caring about [[spoiler:Kallus' loyalty]] in "Warhead" is easily explained by the situation: it doesn't matter if [[spoiler:Kallus/Fulcrum]] alerts the Rebels about the infiltrator droids or not. If he doesn't, the program continues on without issue. If he does, the Rebels face the MortonsFork situation on how to deal with the droids: destroy one that finds them, the Empire will go to that system and close in on them, don't destroy it and it passes on their location, [[spoiler:attempt to subvert its programming and it blows them all up ''and'' alerts the Empire to their location]]. Even the best case scenario for the Rebels, that they're alerted in time and either move to avoid the droids or after their base is identified, disrupts their operations and essentially forces them to always be on the run. And even [[spoiler:Zeb's TakeAThirdOption]] ends up helping Thrawn, even if Thrawn least expected it. There's no particular reason for Thrawn to make a show about [[spoiler:Kallus]] because, in the end, there's utterly nothing he can do to prevent Thrawn from getting something out of the situation.
** Also, it's important to note Thrawn really didn't know the identity of Fulcrum up until "Through Imperial Eyes". In this episode, Thrawn feels Fulcrum wasn't an issue at this point and didn't have to worry about who to trust for a few reasons: 1) Thrawn is concerned about ''sensitive'' information being leaked, and there was nothing sensitive about the use of Infiltrator Droids. 2). ''Anyone'' could've warned the rebels, and he couldn't really care less who does, because the result would end with the rebels either compromised or dead, or having led him closer to finding them, showing how foolproof his use of the droids are.

* In "Through Imperial Eyes", Kallus and Lyste are surprised that there are other sector officers (Titus, Slavin, and Brunson) being interrogated. It's clear that Thrawn and Yularen are suspicious not just of [[spoiler:him being Fulcrum]], but of ''every'' officer minus Pryce who has ever encountered the rebels and survived.
** In addition, what about the other surviving Imperials in the cast? Obviously, Tarkin is not a rebel spy; [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Baron Valen Rudor]] is either dead or has no reason to give up his perfectly fine life as an Imperial noble, as well as never having encountered any of the ''Ghost'' crew members or the other rebels personally for a couple of years now; Commandant Relik and Captain Skerris barely interacted with Sabine or even any of the Atollon rebels prior to their debut and were already investigated by Pryce, Kallus, and the ISB in that same episode, in addition to probably being too busy on Montross to make a short trip; AP-5's Imperial freighter captain is likely in rebel custody, as he was present when Chopper and AP-5 came up with a new location for their rebel base. Of course, the other answer is that they were interrogated offscreen or were planned to be interrogated until [[spoiler:Thrawn finally had enough evidence to conclude that Kallus is Fulcrum]].

** If Thrawn pardons Lyste, the Imperials will get suspicious of each other again and from both of those things happening [[spoiler:Kallus]] will know his plan didn't work.
** If Thrawn fills in Pryce and the other Imperials on his plan as well as the truth, they're going to protest his methods. It's established from the beginning of Season 3 that Imperials like Konstantine don't understand his methods and are loath to trust them. Even on Thrawn's instruction, it would be hard for them to purposely ignore the truth and ''not'' give suspicious glances to [[spoiler:Kallus]] that will tip him off.

* Ezra teaming up with [[spoiler:Kallus]] is a lot similar to his interactions with other members of the ''Ghost'' crew. Ezra gets scolded for getting in trouble and he responds accordingly, but when it comes to getting the job done, they do it effectively and get good results. Perhaps it's a glimpse to a life [[spoiler:Kallus]] may have one day as a member of the family, or something [[spoiler:he]] will never have, at least not in this lifetime.

* Fridge Sadness: The [[Magazine/StarWarsRebelsMagazine magazine comics]] reveal that Kallus was initially ''failing'' as an Imperial cadet and admitted that he only got better with the help of a [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter more successful classmate]], thus eventually allowing him to graduate as [[TheAce the top of his class]]. In the show itself, [[ThePerfectionist Kallus likes doing his job right]] (ex. in the novelization for "Call to Action", it is revealed he was an early bird to the meeting) and can be [[SmugSnake arrogant]]. Later on, starting with [[spoiler:his HeelFaceTurn]], he's given chances to leave the Empire but refuses all of them until it is too late. In addition, as Zeb allowed Kallus to know his name, Kallus didn't do the same, suggesting that he still didn't see himself as separate from the Empire after working together to survive. It would seem that Kallus feels that he is dependent on the Empire [[RealityEnsues because it's all that he's had and worked in for a majority of his life, and whether or not he knows it, he's too attached to it to suddenly be willing to leave it all behind at a moment's notice]].
** In addition, him refusing to leave [[spoiler:when he believes that his FrameUp of Lyste has no flaws in it and seemingly gives him another chance without suspicion to continue his cover]] as well as being someone who prefers fighting on the frontlines, claiming that he can do more in these roles might point to Kallus possibly having [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex self-inadequacy issues]], because [[HeroicSacrifice he wants to ensure that he can achieve the best results possible in spite of his life being in danger]] and he believes that not doing enough means that he isn't good enough for the causes he fights for. This actually makes him NotSoDifferent than the other rebels, like Ezra, Sabine, Hera, Rex, Zeb, and so forth.
* Thrawn has good reason to believe that [[spoiler:Kallus ''knowingly'' didn't report Ezra]] and that Lyste being the spy is too fishy. Thrawn bases this on how intelligent (or not) his officers are, how good they are at their job, and their history of encounters with the rebels. It even goes back to the responses Thrawn received from both of them in "An Inside Man" regarding a wall containing rebel graffiti. As a result, Thrawn knows [[spoiler:Kallus]] is too knowledgeable of the rebels to be ignorant, let alone not recognize the artwork on the helmet. As for Lyste, Thrawn knows Lyste is too simple-minded to pull off such a betrayal, coupled with the fact that he doesn't understand the big picture like [[spoiler:Kallus does]]. Additionally, Thrawn can rule out the possibility of Lyste engaging in ObfuscatingStupidity because he'd know what that looks like from actual stupidity.
* In ''Son of Dathomir'', Saxon is technically Kast's subordinate because she's Maul's right hand, while Saxon just leads the men. This hints that if Saxon apparently got promoted all the way up to being leader of Mandalore with no mention of Kast, then something must've happened to Kast in between the Siege of Mandalore and ''Rebels'' due to the switch in the power dynamic, [[spoiler:thus being a hole in the Sabine's mom = a surviving Kast theory, because if the theory were true, Saxon would've been more explicit about his currently deteriorating ties to Sabine's mother/Kast and how she's fallen from grace since the Clone Wars during his confrontation with Sabine and Ezra in "Imperial Supercommandos", rather than how he has casual ties with Ursa like every other former colleague and/or Mandalorian official that isn't Kast or Almec, for example]].

* Look closely at the way Maul lunges as Obi-Wan in their duel. [[spoiler:He tries the exact same attack which killed Qui-Gon. Obi-Wan clearly learned from his master's death, so it's no wonder that he was able to counterattack so easily.]]

* Of course Obi-Wan's rematch with Maul would be [[spoiler:concluded so swiftly and cleanly]]; Obi-Wan has a subtle contempt for the "random" and "clumsy" contemporary fighting techniques; he prefers a more elegant approach, from a more civilized age.
** It gets better when you realize exactly what happened. When he takes the moment to survey his opponent and figure a strategy, Obi-Wan switches to none other than Qui-Gon's stance. Darth Maul promptly launches himself in and attempts to do the exact same CombatPragmatist slam of the his hilt to the face to stun Obi-Wan, [[spoiler: who sees it coming and slices clean through the hilt, and Maul by consequence, all in a mere three strikes.]] With his skilled and samurai-like precision, Obi-Wan exploited Darth Maul's anger and pragmatism by intentionally creating a CallBack to trick Maul into repeating the same actions, something Obi-Wan's probably been studying to ''prevent'' since the day Qui-Gon died due to witnessing it firsthand. Maul also never really evolved his combat style, while Obi-Wan had many years to reflect and develop, turning him into throwing the flashiness out for brutal yet elegant efficiency as a cold, hard counter for combatants like Maul.
* If Zeb is the Child and Kallus is the Warrior as said by Chava, then Zeb has already saved Kallus. On a technical and literal scale, Zeb threw Kallus up to the surface on Bahryn, which allowed Kallus to choose to shoot the bonzami and help up Zeb (thus saving Zeb, which isn't what the prophecy specifically said), and Zeb finding the transponder and adjusting it to all frequencies allowed Kallus to be rescued by a passing traveller, subsequently letting Kallus become [[spoiler:a Fulcrum]]. But on a metaphysical interpretation or however things like prophecies are supposed to be told, because Zeb told Kallus that there is more to the BlackAndWhiteMorality the agent seemed to believe in, it opened up Kallus to a better view of the Galaxy, causing him to choose to go down a better path. Zeb saved Kallus from staying a villain.

* Fridge Sadness: While not many Imperial soldiers and officers particularly care for one another, Kallus formed a camaraderie with more than a few in his lifetime. [[spoiler:While Kallus was able to defect from the Empire and ''survive'', it means he will be up against colleagues, people he fought with and trained with, and in the next season, he will have to move past that.]]

* Near the beginning of "Zero Hour", Kallus and [[spoiler:Thrawn]] get into a fight which Kallus seems to lose a little too easily. However, as we saw back in "The Honorable Ones", Kallus lost his fight with Zeb surprisingly easily as well. The thing both situations have in common? Kallus is forced to fight in a confined area. If you look closely during the series, you'll notice Kallus does better in a fight when he has a lot more room to maneuver.
* What ultimately did in Kallus at the end of his fight against [[spoiler:Thrawn]] is that [[spoiler:Thrawn's]] finishing move on him was hitting the same leg (and upper portions of it like the hip) that got injured in "The Honorable Ones". Considering this is [[spoiler:Thrawn we're talking about, he probably read up on Kallus' report about how the agent crashed on Bahryn and broke his leg, but was found by a passing trader]].
* When it was revealed that Rukh, Thrawn's bodyguard, appears in the fourth season, the Grand Admiral's override code for the assassin droids gains new layers of meaning. First, Rukh's name being the code signifies his role as Thrawn's protector. [[spoiler:Second, the fact that the code fails harks back to Rukh's ''Legends'' role -- and possibly his role in this continuity as well -- as Thrawn's eventual assassin.]]
* Kallus' new rank as Captain [[spoiler:in the Rebel Alliance]] is about as equivalent as he can be to his original rank as Agent. He outranked Aresko, who was a Commander/Commandant, but was about of equal rank to an unspecified Admiral rank (Konstantine and Titus). Since Kallus [[spoiler:is nowhere near the prowess of characters like General Dodonna and Admiral Ackbar, the closest thing he can get is the rank of captain. Though it's certainly possible for him to quickly ascend the ranks and become a General, since Hera becomes a General within this year or the next, and Han and Lando became Generals as well despite only serving with the Rebellion for three years in Han's case (discounting the year he spent in carbonite) and one year in Lando's case.]]

* So, why out of all the named Imperials Ezra knows does he choose Admiral Titus when asked to identify himself? Well, all the other officers Ezra knows wouldn't have worked: Grand Admiral Thrawn? He's a high-profile Imperial, so no one's gonna believe that. Every officer would know where he is located, and it's ''not'' on Jalindi. Lieutenant Lyste? Based on Lothal, so he's out (as well as probably imprisoned or stripped of rank). Agent Kallus? [[spoiler:Already a known traitor]]. All the others he knows are dead. So, he's stuck with Brom Titus, who is not as high profile (as far as we know).
* Kallus likely debriefed the information he knew [[spoiler:when he was in Imperial service]], which is probably how [[spoiler:Ezra learned who Admiral Titus is.]]

* Regarding [[spoiler:Kanan's death]], it is less of a victory for the Empire than it seems; Apart from halting the [=TIE=] production, which Thrawn pointed out, a larger implication from the circumstances of [[spoiler:Kanan's death]] is that ''[[DontCreateAMartyr Pryce just made a martyr out of him]]''. Keep in mind, it's not just any rebel leader who made a HeroicSacrifice, but rather [[spoiler:a Jedi]], and Thrawn is ''definitely'' takes issue with what a [[[spoiler:Jedi's sacrifice]] will bring.
* While Kanan has always been a ContrastingSequelMainCharacter for Anakin Skywalker, [[spoiler: compare the ending of their respective stories. While they both have premonitions of the future, Anakin furiously tries to fight fate and save Padme and their child, helping to destroy the Jedi Order and aid the rise of the Empire and ultimately contributing to his wife's death by choking her with the Force. By contrast Kanan calmly accepts his fate, and by doing so is able to not only save his family (including Hera, whom he ''protected'' by using the Force, and his unborn son) but start a chain reaction that helps to liberate Lothal and eventually lead to the downfall of the Empire.]]
* Thrawn's talk about how the Jedi had so much power, but lacked the vision to fully utilize the Force, as well as his MightMakesRight philosophy, are among the core beliefs and opinions that the Sith follow. It's no wonder Palpatine and Vader greatly favor him; The Force may be a mystery to Thrawn, but he definitely thinks like a Sith.

* Mart, in his debut episode, was really cocky about wanting to destroy a Star Destroyer. [[spoiler:He indirectly does so when he executes Ezra's backup plan and summon the purrgils. Including possibly the ''Chimaera''. Though technically, the entire fleet was wrecked but sent to somewhere else in the Galaxy.]]

* Ezra leaving a meiloorun in Hera's room ("I know it's your favorite.") and telling Zeb that he can have the top bunk "...for now." may be Ezra subtly hinting that he knows that [[spoiler:Hera is pregnant with Jacen -- pregnant people have hunger pangs, and Zeb may have to share his room with Jacen in the future.]]
* [[spoiler:The Bendu's defeat in the season 3 finale actually has a lot of deep meaning behind it. Mostly, it reinforces what his early tantrum against Kanan showed: that he is both NotSoAboveItAll and also NotSoDifferent to the "petty" Jedi & Sith he talks down about. Just like the Jedi, he had allowed himself to grow lazy and arrogant, willfully ignoring the galaxy until the galaxy came back to bite him: he presumed that his powers in the Force would allow him to get his way, but because he had been isolated for so long, the denizens of the galaxy no longer recognize or fear him in the way they once did, resulting in them instead attacking him and forcibly reminding him that he's not a PhysicalGod. It also serves as a rather sharp-tongued ActorAllusion; after all, [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]] was often reminded that he was neither infallible nor entirely as smart as he thought himself to be...]]
* It's no surprise Thrawn came earlier than Ezra expected in the GrandFinale; While Ezra was in the World Between Worlds running away from the Emperor's Sith Sorcery, remember that Thrawn was ''also'' on Coruscant for a meeting the Emperor, so once Ezra escaped, Emperor Palpatine sent Thrawn back to Lothal to retrieve Ezra for him.
* Dume mentions that Ezra must "restore past, redeem future" when instructing him about the temple. We later learn that [[spoiler:"restore past" meant rescuing Ahsoka Tano, but "redeem future" is unclear. At least until the finale when it's revealed that Ahsoka is searching out Ezra, and is probably the only Force-user left alive who could find him. In rescuing Ahsoka, Dume didn't just save her, he also made sure Ezra wouldn't be exiled forever and eventually die alone away from his family, thus "redeeming" what would have been a DownerEnding for his padawan.]]
* Some moments involving Maul gain a new light after [[spoiler: his cameo in ''Film/{{Solo}}'']].
** When Ezra meets Maul, Maul says "once I had power, now I have nothing". While this may seem somewhat hyperbolic, given that he only seemed to rule Mandalore and manage the Shadow Collective for a few days, it makes a lot more sense after [[spoiler: ''Solo'' revealed him to be the leader of Crimson Dawn]], one of the most powerful crime organizations in the galaxy.
** Ezra finds a few Mandalorian artifacts in Maul's Dathomir base, including a vandalized portrait of Duchess Satine (which was previously seen hanging on the walls of her palace in ''The Clone Wars''). Given that Maul probably wouldn't be able to show his face around Mandalore after being driven off the planet, it raises questions as to how he got the portrait. But given that Maul had extensive criminal connections in the underworld [[spoiler: via being Crimson Dawn's leader]], it's possible that he used these connections to get the portrait and other artifacts.
* Kanan's [[spoiler: death by fire]] could be seen as the force giving him a traditional Jedi funeral.
* It's established in ''Clone Wars'' that Maul's anger is the only thing keeping him alive. Another reason he may have [[spoiler: died so quickly]] is that he finally let go of his hatred, and thus didn't have the dark side power left to sustain his ruined body.

** [[spoiler: What broke Luminara Unduli so much that she went to her execution so meekly? Between her own apprentice falling to the Dark Side, the destruction of the Jedi Order, and living through the rise of the Empire, it seems that after she was captured she just gave up. Not even getting into the likelihood that she was [[ColdBloodedTorture "interrogated".]]]]
** [[spoiler: Add in the possibility that she was alive for the first few Jedi lured in to 'save' her, and may have been overcome with grief at being used as bait.]]
** [[spoiler: It's now entirely possible that the explanation for this is that the Inquisitor who executed her was actually Barriss Offee.]]
** [[spoiler: "Death is a part of life." Calmly embracing death rather than struggling against it to no purpose should be seen as evidence that she remained a Jedi to the end rather than that they had broken her. If she judged that struggling to survive would simply inflict pain and suffering while still being ultimately futile, it is better to simply become one with the Force as a true Master does when their time comes. Perhaps her voice now speaks through the Force to her misguided Padawan, a Light to guide her back from the Darkness.]]
* In 'Empire Day' after Sabine has accessed Tseebo's imperial intelligence, she reads off what she's looking at. Among new TIE plans, she says 'the new T8 Disruptor prototype'. It's mostly just a throwaway line, but the Empire is obviously still trying to make ''more'' disruptors, and if the EU is canon is this situation, we know what those could do.

* The fact that [[spoiler:Senator Trayvis is an Imperial Agent and part of an [=ISB=] FalseFlagOperation]] raises a whole host of interesting questions. Like how many rebels has this killed? How many Rebel cells are secretly controlled by the Empire's StateSec? Who can they really trust? ParanoiaFuel at its finest.

* It is odd that Kallus was so unnerved by [[spoiler: Aresko and Grint's executions]], until you remember how the rebels slipped from his fingers as well. Then you realize [[spoiler: his head is also on a quite literal chopping block.]]
* In "Rebel Resolve", Mustafar is described as a place "where Jedi go to die". If one remembers "Children of the Force" in ''[[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars The Clone Wars]]'', Darth Sidious was performing potentially-lethal experiments on Force-sensitive babies to convert them into spies, and he mentioned that he had more than one facility for these experiments. Sidious may be continuing these experiments and he's now willing to use people of all ages as test subjects. These experiments could also be how other Inquisitors are created if they don't kill the Jedi (so if it doesn't kill Jedi literally, it kills them metaphorically). Mustafar also makes for a pretty genius ContinuityNod when you learn it's a place "where Jedi go to die". Remember who, from a certain point of view, died on Mustafar? He shows up at the end. [[spoiler: ''Darth Vader''.]] And now, with the release of Film/RogueOne, this line takes on even ''more'' meaning. [[spoiler: Guess who has a castle on Mustafar?]]

* Given how the stormtroopers [[spoiler:under Darth Vader's direct command]] are most likely from the famed 501st Legion, which is known to include some surviving clone troopers from the Republic days, [[spoiler:Rex and his squad of now-renegade clones might wind up be fighting their own brothers.]]

* Ezra at his worst is passionate, angry, devoted to his family, vengeful, and a survivor. [[spoiler:In other words, NotSoDifferent from Darth Maul.]]
* The babies that Ahsoka and the Spectres save in "The Future of the Force" are likely to grow up to become [[spoiler:[[Film/TheForceAwakens Luke Skywalker's doomed Jedi students]].]] Sure, there are bound to be plenty of Force-sensitives who haven't chosen a path, but still... Also, what exactly was the Empire going to do with those babies? WordOfGod is that it would be too horrific to show on Creator/DisneyXD. Harkening back to the The Clone Wars episode where Anakin and Ahsoka rescue babies from the Sith's clutches, which wasn't even shown on Cartoon Network.

* In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Yoda tells Luke that he is the [[TheLastOfHisKind last of the Jedi.]] Originally, this didn't bother fans as Kanan and, by extension, Ezra were not officially Jedi. But, as of "Shroud of Darkness", Kanan is a full-fledged Jedi knight which leaves fans wondering about his fate. [[spoiler:And, as it turns out, [[HeroicSacrifice for good reason]].]]
* Ezra angrily telling Kanan that he doesn't need him, already a WhamLine on the surface, is even more painful if you look into it. As far as Ezra's concerned, Kanan essentially abandoned him after Malachor, and Ezra hates being abandoned in any way, least of all voluntarily. He's not just asserting his independence from Kanan, he's bitterly calling him out for leaving him alone.

* If Thrawn already suspects [[spoiler:Kallus]] is helping the Rebels in "An Inside Man", it wouldn't be a stretch to say he could've easily figured out Leia Organa helped the rebels in "A Princess on Lothal".

* It seems kind of odd that Thrawn just coincidentally decided to personally inspect the factory line at Lothal on exactly the day Ezra and Kanan infiltrated it. Sure, he was visiting in response to the unusually large malfunction rate from the factory, but there may be more to it. [[spoiler:However if he was already aware that Kallus was the mole, it's likely because he was tracking Kallus's transmissions and deduced that the rebels would be infiltrating the factory soon. Given that he also knows the Ghost comes from the Lothal Cell, it was easy to put two and two together and he was probably expecting the Ghost Crew right from the get go. He probably intentionally killed Sumar just to rile up the Ghost crew]].

* The line regarding Mustafar in the Season 1 finale takes on a whole new meaning when you take a certain reveal from ''Film/RogueOne'': [[spoiler:Mustafar is the place Jedi go to die, because it is Darth Vader's base of operations. Kanan was on his way to a personal interrogation from ''Vader himself''.]]

* [[spoiler:Ahsoka's fate on Malachor since we last see her retreat back into the temple]], carries a lot of darker implications; If you think about it, a lot has happened throughout Ahsoka's life; from being framed for treason to being disillusioned by the Jedi, and Anakin was all she had through all the pain and suffering. Now, she sees her dear friend, fallen to the dark side, with barely any trace of his old self left. This very moment is one that likely brought her way past the DespairEventHorizon, so it's not hard to imagine that Ahsoka could have [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]] [[spoiler:after falling back into the temple]]. [[spoiler:Thankfully, as it turns out, she gets out okay thanks to Ezra.]]
* [[spoiler:TIE Defenders]] aren't the only weapons being manufactured on Lothal. Sabine mentioned way back in "Empire Day" that new ion disruptors, the T-8s, being planned to be built. Plus, whatever happened to Vizago's half shipment of T-7s, anyway? Let's hope that the rebels destroy the factories before it can bear fruit and that Vizago didn't sell them to anyone with ill-bearing.

* Remember the T-7 Ion Disruptors from waaaaaay back in Season 1? Remember how their horrifyingness came from the fact that they were so bad that the Empire banned them, and that in the Legends continuity they killed by superheating the target until they were just charred skeleton or ash? [[spoiler: Sabine's weapon, the Duchess, does exactly that, except on a massive scale. Furthermore, the on-screen effect is a ''neutered'' version due to Tiber Saxon not knowing how it works. No wonder Sabine feels such shame over the thing; her creation ''dwarfs'' some of the most atrocious weapons the Empire itself has created up to this point, and she designed it specifically to use against her own people. Added to the fact that someone who knows about it's inner workings can tweak the effect to affect any material, and you have a weapon far more effective at subjugating populations than the Death Star could ever hope to be. It's a good thing they ended up destroying all records of the thing.]]
* The [[spoiler: liberation of Lothal should have had dire consequences, but as Sabine says, the Empire never attacked. While at first it seems weird, you realize that, with the TIE Defender project dead in the water, their main focus now is the Death Star. As such, if not for the Rebel victories at Scarif and Yavin, Lothal would have likely been turned into space dust]].
* [[spoiler: Jacen Syndulla, the son of Kanan and Hera, is almost certainly Force sensitive, and obviously has connections to the rebellion. It’s plausible that he might’ve gone to train to be a Jedi under Luke Skywalker. [[ForegoneConclusion Meaning that]] he was either killed by Ben Solo, or became a Knight of Ren himself.]] And that’s not even considering the fate of his namesake...
* [[spoiler: You better hope Ezra did not end up in the Unknown Regions, because that's where Snoke is from, and if Ezra is unlucky enough to end up there, he's done for to ensure there are no more Jedi]].

* Just how does a T-7 disruptor kill a living being? If Zeb's experience with the weapon and the Senate banning them are anything to go by, it can't be pretty. Carrying over from the ''Legends'' continuity, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath disruptors cook people from the inside, incinerating their flesh and leaving charred skeletons behind. Or in some cases, just a pile of ash.]] That sounds awfully similar to [[Film/ANewHope Owen and Beru's death]].

* It seems kind of odd that Thrawn just coincidentally decided to personally inspect the factory line at Lothal on exactly the day Ezra and Kanan infiltrated it. Sure, he was visiting in response to the unusually large malfunction rate from the factory, but there may be more to it. [[spoiler: However if he was already aware that Kallus was the mole, it's likely because he was tracking Kallus's transmissions and deduced that the rebels would be infiltrating the factory soon. Given that he also knows the Ghost comes from the Lothal Cell, it was easy to put two and two together and he was probably expecting the Ghost Crew right from the getgo. He probably intentionally killed Sumar just to rile up the Ghost crew.]]

*** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabines The Sabines]] were taken over by the Roman Kingdom (which became the Republic, then the Empire) when they came to Central Italy. The Sabines and Romans also fought in a series of wars against each other. In ''Legends'', Mandalore has had several conflicts with the Republic and the Jedi, and in canon, the chaotic state of Mandalore after a civil war and being taken over by the Republic would mean that it would be assimilated into and watched carefully under the eyes of the Empire.

* While there is an element of irony to Sabine naming her weapon 'The Duchess' after Satine, on another level, it's darkly appropriate as well. The Duchess targets traditional warrior Mandalorians by attacking them through their weapon, the largest physical marker of their cultural affiliation, and leaves untouched those who have abandoned their armor (And with it, their way of life). Satine tried to get rid of the warrior class of Mandalore, accepting only the peaceful New Mandalorians, and exiled dissidents against her rule to the moon.

* Ezra acts unusually kind towards Klik-Klak after he's caught, sympathizing with him and reassuring him even though Klik-Klak was trying to kill them a moment ago. But since he made a connection with Klik-Klak earlier to find him and can feel Klik-Klak's fear and protective instincts, he's far more forgiving than usual.

* In "The Last Battle", Kalani that explaining that the Lasat we're not involved in the Clone War may have a reasonable explanation. During the war their was a group that wanted to stay neutral. The Council of Neutral Systems, a group of fifteen hundred systems led by Duchess Satine. Lasan could have been one of those systems.

* In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', Yoda tells Luke that he is the [[TheLastOfHisKind last of the Jedi.]] Originally, this didn't bother fans as Kanan and, by extension, Ezra were not officially Jedi. But, as of "Shroud of Darkness", Kanan is a full-fledged Jedi knight which leaves fans wondering about his fate.

* [[spoiler:Ahsoka's fate on Malachor since we last see her retreat back into the temple]], carries a lot of darker implications; If you think about it, a lot has happened throughout Ahsoka's life; from being framed for treason to being disillusioned by the Jedi, and Anakin was all she had through all the pain and suffering. Now, she sees her dear friend, fallen to the dark side, with barely any trace of his old self left. This very moment is one that likely brought her way past the DespairEventHorizon, so it's not hard to imagine that Ahsoka could have [[DrivenToSuicide committed suicide]] [[spoiler:after falling back into the temple]].

* ''Literature/{{Thrawn}}'' expands the CrypticBackgroungReference of Thrawn's victory at Batonn where more civilians than rebels were killed, before he appeared on the show. Among other things it reveals two things: Batonn is geographically close to Lothal and many civilians joined the insurgents despite the leader, Nightswan, not wanting them to. Now considering, the Batonn insurgency happens shortly before season 3, one realizes that many of those civilians decided to join because of Ezra's broadcast.

* Dume mentions that Ezra must "restore past, redeem future" when instructing him about the temple. We later learn that [[spoiler:"restore past" meant rescuing Ahsoka Tano, but "redeem future" is unclear. At least until the finale when it's revealed that Ahsoka is searching out Ezra, and is probably the only Force-user left alive who could find him. In rescuing Ahsoka, Dume didn't just save her, he also made sure Ezra wouldn't be exiled forever, thus "redeeming" what would have been a DownerEnding for his padawan.]]

* ''Literature/{Thrawn}'' expands the CrypticBackgroungReference of Thrawn's victory at Batonn where more civilians than rebels were killed, before he appeared on the show. Among other things it reveals two things: Batonn is geographically close to Lothal and many civilians joined the insurgents despite the leader, Nightswan, not wanting them to. Now considering, the Batonn insurgency happens shortly before season 3, one realizes that many of those civilians decided to join because of Ezra's broadcast.

* Wolffe stays with Mart & Vizago in order to avoid his PTSD causing any problems during the final battle.

* Mart, in his debut episode, was really cocky about wanting to destroy a Star Destroyer. [[spoiler: He indirectly does so when he executes Ezra's backup plan and summon the Purrgils. Including possibly the Chimera.]]

* It leaves little wonder what Palpatine did after learning Ahsoka is alive. He demotes [[Comic/StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]] right after failing to protect the Death Star.

* It leaves little wonder what Palpatine did after learning Ahsoka is alive. He demotes [[StarWarsDarthVader Darth Vader]] right after failing to protect the Death Star.