History YMMV / StarWarsRebels

* WhatAnIdiot:
** Tua buying Sabine's claim of being an Imperial Academy student, despite her bounty hunter-like appearance suggesting otherwise. She sort of makes up for this moment by quickly deducing that she was being played after she runs into Chopper, who is the reason why she had to use Sabine as a makeshift translator.
** Sabine, who has seen Kanan deflect blaster fire with a lightsaber first-hand, ''decides to try and take a shot at Darth Vader''. Her Mandalorian armor manages to save her life, though.
** Yes, [[spoiler:Kallus]], why not send a 20-second message to your Rebel friends that solely contains a ''congratulations'' when you're fully aware that your Imperial higher-ups are just sniffing for an obvious enough clue to out you as a spy?
** The Rebels decide to send Ezra in a PaperThinDisguise to extract their spy, Fulcrum. [[spoiler:Kallus]] points out how reckless sending Ezra to get him is but the young Jedi laughs it off saying most Imperials don't know what he looks like. Okay, he has a point, but he leaves a helmet [[NiceJobBreakingItHero decorated by Sabine behind]]. [[spoiler:Thrawn quickly deduces the "bounty hunter" they picked up was wearing a helmet with Sabine's art on it, that he was almost certainly Ezra and that Kallus would have known this from the outset. Since he withheld this information, Kallus is the spy.]]
** AP-5 starts ThinkingOutLoud in the Imperial Security Bureau base while he's infiltrating it to retrieve codes. The only reason why he doesn't get caught is because the hallways are surprisingly empty for the most part, but even then, he starts talking to himself ''after he was just jumpscared'' by someone who was wondering why he was there.
** In "Zero Hour", Pryce, during a VillainousBreakdown, gets [[IShallTauntYou taunted by Kallus]] as the Seventh Fleet gets outflanked by the Mandalorians while Thrawn is absent and depending on her, has the guards [[ThrownOutTheAirlock throw Kallus into an airlock]]. [[spoiler:Kallus uses it as an opening to escape to the Rebellion]], [[BondVillainStupidity which wouldn't have happened if she had him executed on the spot right there on the bridge]]. There's also a question of why Thrawn brought him on the bridge, too, instead of throwing him into a cell, presumably because he wants him to [[WatchingTroyBurn watch the rebels burn]].
** Pryce just can't catch a break with this trope. In ''Jedi Night'', [[spoiler: Pryce decides to blow up the main fuel depot on Lothal to kill one Jedi. When [[OhCrap she realizes that she just shut down the production lines for the TIE Defender]], a project that [[FromBadToWorse was in a massive funding battle against the Death Star, jeopardizing its future]], she decides the best course of action is to cast the debacle as a crushing victory against the Rebellion and hold a parade. [[TooDumbToLive Thrawn sees through the idiotic ploy in seconds flat.]]]]

** A serious one for the whole Mandalore arc: the arc ends with [[spoiler: Sabine bestowing Bo-Katan with the Darksaber, who uses it to rouse the Mandalorians against the Empire. Sabine's survival post-Endor at the end of Season 4 seemed to imply that this revolution was a success]]... then ''Series/TheMandalorian'' and ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' gave frequent references, including a flashback, to [[spoiler:an event known as the "Great Purge", the near-complete ethnocide of the ''entire Mandalorian people'' at the hands of the Empire. ''Boba Fett'' confirms that it happened ''after'' the events shown in ''Rebels'', likely in retaliation for the events in ''Rebels''. Bo-Katan survived, only for other Mandalorians to blame her violation of a "The Darksaber must be won in combat" rule for bringing about the Purge. She later lost the Darksaber to Moff Gideon, who then loses it to Din Djarin. When Din tries to bestow it to Bo-Katan, she refuses to again violate Mandalorian tradition.]]

** A serious one for the whole Mandalore arc: the arc ends with [[spoiler: Sabine bestowing Bo-Katan with the Darksaber, who uses it to rouse the Mandalorians against the Empire. Sabine's survival post-Endor at the end of Season 4 seemed to imply that this revolution was a success]]... then ''Series/TheMandalorian'' and ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' gave frequent references, including a flashback, to [[spoiler:an event known as the "Great Purge", the near-complete ethnocide of the ''entire Mandalorian people'' at the hands of the Empire. ''Boba Fett'' confirms that it happened ''after'' the events shown in ''Rebels'', likely in retaliation for the events in ''Rebels''. Bo-Katan survived, only for other Mandalorians to blame her for the Purge. She later lost the Darksaber to Moff Gideon, who then loses it to Din Djarin. When Din tries to bestow it to Bo-Katan, she refuses to again violate Mandalorian tradition, which requires her to win it in combat.]]

** A serious one for the whole Mandalore arc: the arc ends with [[spoiler: Sabine bestowing Bo-Katan with the Darksaber, who uses it to rouse the Mandalorians against the Empire. Sabine's survival post-Endor at the end of Season 4 seemed to imply that this revolution was a success]... then ''Series/TheMandalorian'' and ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' gave frequent references, including a flashback, to [[spoiler:an event known as the "Great Purge", the near-complete ethnocide of the ''entire Mandalorian people'' at the hands of the Empire. ''Boba Fett'' confirms that it happened ''after'' the events shown in ''Rebels'', likely in retaliation for the events in ''Rebels''. Bo-Katan survived, only for other Mandalorians to blame her for the Purge. She later lost the Darksaber to Moff Gideon, who then loses it to Din Djarin. When Din tries to bestow it to Bo-Katan, she refuses to again violate Mandalorian tradition, which requires her to win it in combat.]]

** A serious one for the whole Mandalore arc: the arc ends with [[spoiler: Sabine bestowing Bo-Katan with the Darksaber, who uses it to rouse the Mandalorians against the Empire. Sabine's survival post-Endor at the end of Season 4 seemed to imply that this revolution was a success]... then ''Series/TheMandalorian'' and ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' gave frequent references, including a flashback, to [[spoiler:an event known as the "Great Purge", the near-complete ethnocide of the ''entire Mandalorian people'' at the hands of the Empire. ''Boba Fett'' confirms that it happened ''after'' the events shown in ''Rebels'', likely in retaliation for the events in ''Rebels''. Bo-Katan survived, only for other Mandalorians to blame her for the Purge. She later lost the Darksaber to Moff Gideon, who then loses it to Din Djarin. When Din tries to bestow it to Bo-Katan, she must insist that they fight for it.]]

** A serious one for the whole Mandalore arc: the arc ends with [[spoiler: Sabine bestowing Bo-Katan with the Darksaber, who uses it to rouse the Mandalorians against the Empire. Sabine's survival post-Endor at the end of Season 4 seemed to imply that this revolution was a success... then ''Series/TheMandalorian'' gave frequent [[CrypticBackgroundReference Cryptic Background References]] to an event known as the "Great Purge", which is implied to have been the near-complete ethnocide of the ''entire Mandalorian people'' at the hands of the Empire, and is also implied to have happened ''after'' the events shown in ''Rebels'', likely in retaliation for the events in ''Rebels''. Moff Gideon also managed to take the Darksaber from Bo-Katan, although she survived the Purge.]]

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:
** In "Vision of Hope", Zeb whacks Ezra on the shoulder, saying that Ezra should have been able to see him coming through the Force. In Issue 7 of [[ComicBook/StarWarsKanan the comic]], he says the same thing about Kanan, who has [[spoiler:''just been stabbed with a knife'']]. The entirety of the ''Kanan'' comics takes place before "Path of the Jedi" (and thus before "Vision of Hope" as well), though.
** In the novel ''Ezra's Gamble'', which takes place before the series, Ezra teams up with a bounty hunter and at one point [[spoiler:said bounty hunter disguises himself as a blind being and claims Ezra as his "seeing-eye" and "apprentice"]].

** A serious one for the whole Mandalore arc: the arc ends with [[spoiler: Sabine bestowing Bo-Katan with the Darksaber, who uses it to rouse the Mandalorians against the Empire. Sabine's survival post-Endor at the end of Season 4 seemed to imply that this revolution was a success... then ''Series/TheMandalorian'' gave frequent [[CrypticBackgroundReference Cryptic Background References]] to an event known as the "Great Purge", which is implied to have been the near-complete ethnocide of the ''entire Mandalorian people'' at the hands of the Empire, and is also implied to have happened ''after'' the events shown in ''Rebels''. Whatever happened to the Mandalorians post-''Rebels'' definitely did '''not''' go as well as expected. Worse yet, the Darksaber is now in the hands of the Imperial leader Moff Gideon, so Bo-Katan was presumably not spared the horrors of the Purge.]]

** Some fans ship Kanan and the Seventh Sister due to their [[RealLifeRelative voice actors being married]]. It never got as much of a big following contrary to expectations, however, due to Kanera being considered the FanPreferredCouple.

* AnimationAgeGhetto:
** Lo and behold, as soon as Disney showed early trailers for the show, message boards were flooded with posts about how the show was going to be "kiddy" and {{Disneyfi|cation}}ed in comparison to ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''.
*** This is all conveniently ignoring that previous works by the [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender production]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} team]] have not shied away from telling darker stories, and that ''The Clone Wars'' was initially advertised as family-friendly series -- similar to the way that ''Rebels'' is currently being advertised -- before the show became more serious.
*** Also conveniently ignored -- the fact that the actual team of rebels include members that are effectively ChildSoldiers and that the series revolves around a corrupt, despotic government.
** It didn't help that the first few episodes ''did'' seem very simplistic and formulaic for a "kid's adventure ensemble show" and having a very low level of violence, and the violence was often comedic (that slingshot didn't help). And then [[KnightOfCerebus Tarkin]] rolls in, and suddenly the show [[MoodWhiplash slams back in the complete opposite direction]].

** Kallus. His [[EvilSoundsDeep voice]], cunning, and [[BadassBeard sideburns]] are definitely contributing factors. Some people (including most of the team behind ''Rebels'') also thought he looked attractive after he got beat up in "Zero Hour" (which, mind you, [[spoiler:is after his HeelFaceTurn]]), which lead to the '[=#HotKallus=]' [[MemeticMutation meme]].

** "Sabezra" or "Ezrabine" for [[ToyShip Ezra/Sabine]].

* FanPreferredCouple:
** It's very evident that many fans want Kanan and Hera to be together.
** Kallus and Zeb, all thanks to "The Honorable Ones".
** Surprisingly for a straight couple, the Ezra / Sabine ship is incredibly popular in the fandom, having as a rival those who consider that Sabine should be a lesbian.

* MemeticPsychopath: Chopper's become one after "Vision of Hope," in which he eliminated an Imperial droid by deactivating and then pushing him into a manhole like he's trying to cover up a murder. As a result, [[EpilepticTrees some fans have begun to suspect that Chopper is actually an assassin droid rebuilt as an astromech]]. (And given his ComedicSociopathy tendencies, some of them also like to specifically think he's [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic HK-47]].) No doubt him grabbing a pair of blasters and unleashing havoc against Azmorigan will add more fuel to the fire. It's also worth noting that he wanted to blow up the Inquisitors' TIE Fighters, knowing full well that a baby was on board at the time.

** Surprisingly for a straight couple, the Ezra / Sabine couple is incredibly in the fandom, having as a rival those who consider that Sabine should be a lesbian.

** Ezra lost the crush he had on Sabine, or still has it, but he just decided to stop bothering her.

** Even though Sabine only sees Ezra as a friend or a brother, Ezra/Sabine remains quite popular.

** In spite of having been {{Jossed}}, Ezra/Sabine remains quite popular.

* WinTheCrowd:
** Prior to the release of the show, the entire concept led to one big BrokenBase. However, the more footage that was shown to fans, the warmer the reception to it became. ([[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Sound familiar?]]) The somewhat-dark [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg5YN3LAGw4 extended trailer]] revealed before the 2014 San Diego Comic Con won some of the more cynical fans over. The same could also be said of the Visual Guide by DK Publishing and the extra information it has revealed. The trailer revealed ''at'' SDCC was also well-received by fans, along with the other footage that was revealed for the conference. The best example of this in regards to the show would have to be at the rough cut of "Spark of Rebellion"; almost all of the fans who saw the rough cut at the convention loved it.
** The revelation that Darth Vader would be in Season 2 was met with a mixture of both excitement and dread. With the latter, it was over fear that Vader would suffer BadassDecay. The Season 2 premiere silenced those fears, by effectively portraying him as TheDreaded.
*** If you need an example, compare the like/dislike ratio on the official trailers on Youtube. In general, nearly every ''Rebels'' video with maybe a million views will have something like 19k likes to 1k dislikes (never mind the [[VocalMinority com]][[TheyChangedItNowItSucks ments]]), but the first Season 2 trailer (containing the Empire upping its game by bringing in Vader, as well as the return of several ''The Clone Wars'' characters) has 19k likes to about 0.5k.
** After the second season's first half drew a bit of flak from being comparatively slower-paced, interest in the series exploded again with the reveal of the mid-season trailer, with the canon introduction of [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLords a Sith holocron and Malachor]]]], the return of [[spoiler:Darth Maul, implied to become the Sith hermit to Yoda's Jedi hermit for Ezra]], and [[spoiler:the emotional confrontation between Ahsoka and Vader]].
** The reveal that Season 3 would contain the on-screen debut of '''[[MagnificentBastard Grand Admiral Thrawn]]''' was enough to make every member of the fanbase who recognized the [[EnsembleDarkhorse revered EU character]] collectively '''lose their shit.'''
** In addition, Season 3 began to show the evolution of the rebel cells into an organized Rebel Alliance, including the Lothal Insurgency becoming an organized movement, Senator Mothma going into exile but being able now to personally lead the Alliance alongside Senator Organa, Sabine recruiting the Mandalorians, other familiar characters like Saw, Wedge, Hobbie, Dodonna, and et al. gaining coverage of what they were doing during these days, a growing Alliance fleet, and so on. People appreciated that more tie-ins were occurring with the story as it approached ''Rogue One'' and the Original Trilogy, as well as the stronger continuity within its own season and other material.

* [[AndTheFandomRejoiced/StarWarsRebels And The Fandom Rejoiced]]
* [[BaseBreakingCharacter/StarWarsRebels Base Breaking Character]]

* SoOkayItsAverage: Very much so amongst older EU fans, as the Y7 rating (or whatever equivalent overseas) does not really allow for gory violence like in the movies or WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars. A lot of the flack is directed towards the younger characters (Ezra and Sabine) mostly because there wasn't any really apparent CharacterDevelopment due to the episodic nature of the show (barring a few mini-arcs in season 3).

* CompleteMonster:
** Grand Moff Tarkin, cold-blooded governor of the Outer Rim, is first referenced as a ruthless Imperial official who brutally taxes his subjects to the brink of poverty. Upon his arrival on Lothal, Tarkin, disgusted by the local garrison's failure to stop rebel activities, [[spoiler:had two officers immediately executed]]. After capturing Jedi Knight and rebel Kanan Jarrus, Tarkin had Kanan [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] to try and find out about a larger rebellion. Even though he acknowledges that Kanan may know nothing, Tarkin continues the torture.
** During his appearance in Season 4, the Emperor attempted to tempt Ezra Bridger into using The World Between Worlds to return to his parents, which would give Palpatine control over time itself, to remake all of existence in his image. As always, Darth Sidious is a malevolent, sadistic monster who employs exceptionally cruel methods in his quest for power.