History Recap / StarWarsRebelsS4E05Kindred

* GutturalGrowler: See EvilSoundsDeep. Rukh's voice is nothing but growl.

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

* 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: Rukh is a real person, not just a codeword.

** The jokes about Zeb smelling bad come back to bite the rebels in the butt when Rukh uses his scent to find the Lothal Resistance's base.
%%Is that a good example? In the Thrawn trilogy, where they came from, Rukh's race was introduced with a good sense of smell, good enough to recognize family relations with.

* EvilSoundsDeep: Rukh's voice is a strange, deep, growl.

* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: The loth-wolves can travel through one, as can anyone holding on them. It looks like a starfield.

* EvilIsDeep: Rukh's voice is a strange, deep, growl.

* GutturalGrowler: See EvilIsDeep. Rukh's voice is nothing but growl.

** Now that Disney has acquired Star Wars and rendered most of the EU non-canon, Rukh and the Noghri (first introduced in Zahn's Dark Force trilogy) are now re-immigrating into the canon.tru

* CanonImmigrant: Possibly. ''Literature/FateOfTheJedi'' introduced[[note]]and {{retcon}}ned its [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment usage]] in the Thrawn duology[[/note]] a Force ability known as "fold space", where the user teleports/instantly travels from one place to another by using the Force to bend space. The travel sequence in this episode seems to fit the bill for this.

* ChekhovsGunman: Rukh is a real person, not just a codeword.`
** CanonImmigrant: Now that Disney has acquired Star Wars and rendered most of the EU non-canon, Rukh and the Noghri (first introduced in Zahn's Dark Force trilogy) are now re-immigrating into the canon.tru

* ChekhovsGunman: Rukh is a real person, not just a codeword.

* BigDamnKiss: 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. It's also a ShutUpKiss, at Kanan is awkwardly rambling when Hera smooches him.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The crew have no problem following lothwolves, 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.
-->'''Ryder:''' [[LampshadeHanging How have you people stayed alive so long?!]]

* BigDamnKiss: 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.

* DarkActionGirl: One of the TIE Bomber pilots has distinctively feminine voice.

** The lothwolves are inspired by the wolf deities from ''Film/PrincessMononoke'', particularly the white lothwolf. The scene of them walking on the starfield with ripples around their feet calls to mind the Forest Spirit from the same movie.
** 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.

* {{Wonderland}}: The cave the loth-wolves take the crew into plays fast and loose with reality, starting with the vortex. When they arrive they first appear to be in one of Lothal's fields with the white loth-cat watching over them, then they appear to be floating in those fields as if they were water, then they appear in the cave itself. The white loth-wolf backs into the shadows of the cave, at which point they reveal a solid wall with a crack in it.

* CallBack:
** The starfield that Ezra saw before in "Path of the Jedi" and "Shroud of Darkness" is revisited again, and the loth-wolves use it to traverse the planet.

* CanonImmigrant: Possibly. ''Literature/FateOfTheJedi'' introduced[[note]]and {{retcon}}ned its [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment usage]] in the Thrawn duology[[/note]] a Force ability known as “fold space”, where the user teleports/instantly travels from one place to another by using the Force to bend space. The travel sequence in this episode seems to fit the bill for this.