History Recap / StarWarsRebelsS2E01TheLostCommanders

** The Joopa fishing sequence is an homage to ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', [[XMeetsY crossed]] with more than a passing resemblance to ''Film/{{Tremors}}''.

** Gregor calls Kanan "General". When Kanan insists he was never a general, Gregor calls him "Commander" instead.[[note]]Only Jedi Knights and Masters received the title "General." Padawans (like Kanan pre-Order 66) received the title "Commander" instead[[/note]]

** Gregor calls Kanan "General". When Kanan insists he was never a general, Gregor calls him "Commander" instead.

** Rex mentions having first fought alongside Ahsoka during the Battle of Christophsis. He also makes an offhand mention to a "siege of Mandalore", which would have been featured in a planned arc of ''The Clone Wars'' that was never completed due to the show's cancellation.

->''"My name is Rex. Captain, 501st Clone Battalion. And any friend of [Ahsoka's] is a friend of mine."''

** The clone troopers are still wearing parts of their old clone trooper armor, are traveling in a repurposed AT-TE walker, and armed with Clone Wars era DC-15A blaster rifles and DC-17 blaster pistols. Wolffe, in a fit of paranoia, fires his rifle at Kanan before Rex can calm him down, though the shots are deflected, and Rex uses one of the rifles to destroy an Imperial probe droid.
** The Ghost crew also use a Separatist tactical droid's head to locate the clone.

* FeedItABomb: Once they manage to drag the Joopa above ground, Rex uses the main gun on the AT-TE to shoot it in the mouth.

* SandWorm: The Joopa. The clones hunt them for food.

** Agent Kallus does not have much screen time, but dispatches a probe droid to investigate the planet the heroes happen to be on.

* SwallowedWhole: Poor Zeb has an extended stay in the mouth of a Joopa.

* WhatTheHellHero: Rex tears into Wolffe for intercepting Ahsoka's messages and selling out the Ghost crew.

** The clone troopers are still wearing parts of their old clone trooper armor, are traveling in a repurposed AT-TE walker, and armed with Clone Wars era DC-15A blaster rifles and DC-17 blaster pistols. Wolffe, in a fit of paranoia fires his rifle at Kanan before Rex can calm him down, though the shots are deflected, and Rex uses one of the rifles to destroy an Imperial probe droid.

* GoodScarsEvilScars: Each of the clones has a scar on his head from where they removed their control chips. Wolffe, who betrays them, also has a big sinister scar over his right eye.

* MindControlDevice: The three clones removed the Protocol 66 chips in their brains. Fives' death wasn't entirely in vain after all.

* SceneryPorn: There's some gorgeous shots of the Seelos sky when the Phantom discovers the AT-TE and when the sun is setting. Fitting for an episode inspired by Miyazaki.

** The modified AT-TE walker-tank the clones use as a mobile home was clearly inspired by ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle''.

* StillWearingTheOldColors: All of the clones living in the AT-TE still wear parts of their old armor. Gregor is also wearing a tanktop shirt with the emblem of the diner he worked at while he was suffering amnesia.

** The clone troopers are still wearing parts of their old clone trooper armor, are traveling in a repurposed AT-TE walker, and armed with Clone Wars era DC-15A blaster rifles and DC-17 blaster pistols. Wolffe, in a fit of paranoia fires his rifle at Kanan before Rex can calm him down, tho the shots are deflected, and Rex uses one of the rifles to destroy an Imperial probe droid.

The ''Ghost'' crew is sent to find and recruit a veteran war hero with valuable experience and leadership qualities. Problems occur when they discover the hero is an old clone.

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: The clone troopers are still wearing parts of their old clone trooper armor, are traveling in a repurposed AT-TE walker, and armed with Clone Wars era DC-15A blaster rifles and DC-17 blaster pistols. Wolffe, in a fit of paranoia fires his rifle at Kanan before Rex can calm him down, tho the shots are deflected, and Rex uses one of the rifles to destroy an Imperial probe droid.

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: The clone troopers are still wearing parts of their old clone trooper armor, are traveling in a repurposed AT-TE walker, and armed with Clone Wars era DC-15A blaster rifles and DC-17 blaster pistols. Wolffe, in a fit of paranoia fires his rifle at Kanan with his before Rex can calm him down, tho the shots are deflected, and Rex uses one of the rifles to destroy a Imperial probe droid.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Gregor's gone a bit senile since the Clone Wars.

The Rebel crew is sent to find and recruit a veteran war hero with valuable experience and leadership qualities. Problems occur when they discover the hero is an old clone.

** Zeb, just as he realizes he's been made into bait for a Joopa.

-->'''Rex:''' I never got any messages from Commander Tano.

--->'''Rex:''' I never got any messages from Commander Tano.

->''"My name is Rex. Captain Rex. 501st Clone Battalion. And any friend of [Ahsoka's] is a friend of mine."''
-->-- '''Captain Rex'''

** Rex hasn't heard his birth number in... [[Film/ANewHope a long time]], perhaps?

* DeathGlare: Kanan gets quite a few throughout the episode towards the clones. Ezra also glares at Wolffe when he sells them out.
* EasilyForgiven:: Aside from Kanan, most of the crew get over the Clones' betrayal (as well as lying about Zeb being bait during the hunt) rather quickly.

--->'''Zeb:''' Oh, karabast...

* PlotDrivenBreakdown: The ''Ghost's'' hyperdrive breaks down when they enter orbit, so they just can't leave immediately when the Empire learns they're there.
* ProperlyParanoid: Kallus doesn't turn away intel just because the clone sending it is supposedly unreliable. He dispatches a probe droid to investigate.

* MindControlDevice: The three clones removed the Protocol 66 chips in their brains.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The only place on the AT-ATs vulnerable to attack is its neck. They take one down that way. Then they hi-jack another by sabering open the hatch, which gives Rex the opening needed to go for the last one's throat.