History Recap / StarWarsRebelsS4E05Kindred

%%** To Ezra's eeny-meeny-miney-mo rhyme way back in "Path of the Jedi". Interestingly, back then, he used it in an attempt to pick a path in the Jedi Temple until the Force had to lead him itself.

** To Ezra's eeny-meeny-miney-mo rhyme way back in "Path of the Jedi". Interestingly, back then, he used it in an attempt to pick a path in the Jedi Temple until the Force had to lead him itself.

* TheNoseKnows: Zeb's ''scent'' allows Rukh to track down the rebels.

* AmbiguousSituation: In relation to Ahsoka. [[spoiler:The Topps cards showed her ''also'' wading through water in a strange dimension while following a special convor through a wolf-decorated doorframe. While whatever happened to Ahsoka is still unknown, this episode gives us more information and suggests that Ahsoka has instanteously traveled to somewhere else after the events of “Twilight of the Apprentice”.]]

->''"Lothcat, lothrat, lothwolf, run; pick a path, and all is done."''
-->-- '''Ezra Bridger'''

* ShipperOnDeck: Sabine, Zeb, and Ezra are all grinning and Hera ''finally'' kisses Kanan.

* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: After four seasons of WillTheyOrWontThey, Hera and Kanan finally get a kiss in. While not as big as other examples, the build up certainly makes it count.]]

* CuttingTheKnot: Rather than waste time looking for them in the mountains, Pryce opts to just bomb the entire formation into rubble. Would have worked too, if not for the loth-wolves.

* MyseriousPast: The Jedi were at one point associated with the loth-wolves, and followed them into the caverns long before.

* ShoutOut: The lothwolves are inspired by the wolf deities from ''Film/PrincessMononoke'', particularly the white lothwolf. The black lothwolves may be a reference to another Creator/StudioGhibli movie, ''Film/TalesFromEarthsea'', where a pack of [[DireBeast black dire wolves]] attack the main character at the beginning.

%%* CanisMajor: The lothwolves are larger than an Imperial troop transport.

%%* ChekhovsGunman: We only knew of lothwolves because Ezra mentioned them in his rhyme back in Season 1 and we've seen glyphs of them on the Lothal Jedi Temple [[spoiler:and Ahsoka's journey through the Malachor underworld in AllThereInTheManual]].

%%* NobleWolf: The white lothwolf, unlike the black and grey lothwolves which act like wolves in real life.
* SensorCharacter: A variation in that Zeb's ''scent'' is what allows Rukh to track down the rebels.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The crew have no problem following loth-wolves, with Zeb even telling Ryder that when things get strange like this, it's usually a good thing. Ryder, who's not used to this, is baffled.

* WhamLine: In the preview, it turns out Rukh has been accustomed to the scent of Lasat. An implication that this may give off is that he's hunted down Lasat before.

* ContinuityNod:
** Though not as important as the other three, lothbats are seen for the first time and have been established in the [[AdaptationExpansion junior novels]].

* WhamLine: In the preview, it turns out Rukh has been accustomed to the scent of Lasat. An implication that this may give off is that he's hunted down Lasat before.

* ChekhovsGun: The lothcat, lothwolf, and lothrat from the Lothal eeny-meeny-miney-mo rhyme that Ezra offhandedly used once earlier in the show suggests that it may be prophetic in nature, with the former two referring to two specific Force-related animals local to Lothal and the latter possibly referring to Ezra, who has been referred to as a [[StreetUrchin lothrat]] several times before throughout the series.

%%* CallBack:
%%** To Ezra's eeny-meeny-miney-mo rhyme way back in "Path of the Jedi". Interestingly, back then, he used it in an attempt to pick a path in the Jedi Temple until the Force had to lead him itself.

* ShoutOut: The lothwolves are inspired by the wolf deities from ''Film/PrincessMononoke'', particularly the white lothwolf. The black lothwolves may be a reference to another Creator/StudioGhibli movie, ''Film/TalesFromEarthsea'', where a pack of [[DireBeast black dire wolves]] attack the main character at the beginning.

%%* ChekhovsGun: The lothcat, lothwolf, and lothrat from the Lothal eeny-meeny-miney-mo rhyme that Ezra offhandedly used once earlier in the show suggests that it may be prophetic in nature, with the former two referring to two specific Force-related animals local to Lothal and the latter possibly referring to Ezra, who has been referred to as a [[StreetUrchin lothrat]] several times before throughout the series.

%%* ShoutOut: The lothwolves are inspired by the wolf deities from ''Film/PrincessMononoke'', particularly the white lothwolf. The black lothwolves may be a reference to another Creator/StudioGhibli movie, ''Film/TalesFromEarthsea'', where a pack of [[DireBeast black dire wolves]] attack the main character at the beginning.

* CanisMajor: The lothwolves are larger than an Imperial troop transport.
* CallBack:
** To Ezra's eeny-meeny-miney-mo rhyme way back in "Path of the Jedi". Interestingly, back then, he used it in an attempt to pick a path in the Jedi Temple until the Force had to lead him itself.
* ChekhovsGun: The lothcat, lothwolf, and lothrat from the Lothal eeny-meeny-miney-mo rhyme that Ezra offhandedly used once earlier in the show suggests that it may be prophetic in nature, with the former two referring to two specific Force-related animals local to Lothal and the latter possibly referring to Ezra, who has been referred to as a [[StreetUrchin lothrat]] several times before throughout the series.
* ChekhovsGunman: We only knew of lothwolves because Ezra mentioned them in his rhyme back in Season 1 and we've seen glyphs of them on the Lothal Jedi Temple [[spoiler:and Ahsoka's journey through the Malachor underworld in AllThereInTheManual]].
* NobleWolf: The white lothwolf, unlike the black and grey lothwolves which act like wolves in real life.
* ShoutOut: The lothwolves are inspired by the wolf deities from ''Film/PrincessMononoke'', particularly the white lothwolf. The black lothwolves may be a reference to another Creator/StudioGhibli movie, ''Film/TalesFromEarthsea'', where a pack of [[DireBeast black dire wolves]] attack the main character at the beginning.

* NobleWolf: The white lothwolf, unlike the black and grey lothwolves which act like wolves in real life.

!!Tropes in this episode include: