History YMMV / StarWarsRebelsMagazine

* EvilIsSexy: Some people find Jovan to be a bit handsome. Must be [[SilverFox those grey hairs]].

** Jovan has a bit of a taking for some Kallus fans, mostly for storytelling purposes. His comic implies that Kallus had a FriendlessBackground, and {{Fanon}} thinks that he was the social butterfly to Kallus's GrumpyBear. Considering that Swain, another Kallus-related character, hasn't had much of a following, it can be assumed that it's also because Jovan's comic was released early on (and thus there was more interest and awareness) during the magazine's run, though Swain is getting more note as time goes on. In fact, these comics get a lot of love from Kallus fans for delving into more of his character that the actual show doesn't depict.

** Jovan being chatty while Kallus is a GrumpyBear.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Sort of. The Seventh Sister without her mask was first revealed in one of the informal sections of the magazine in one of the Summer of 2015 issues.

*** Even more so in the ''Rebels'' finale when Pryce asks Kallus how could he throw away everything he's ever worked for not unlike how he himself asked the same to Swain years ago. And like Swain, Kallus answers that fighting for the Empire would surely mean working alongside like-minded people, meaning that him working with terrible people that walk all over other people means he would be one too, and that's not a Empire worth protecting.

** As we see in "Assessment", while Aresko and Grint may be the bumbling ThoseTwoBadGuys, they did genuinely believe they were doing a good job, like their curriculum in the academy. With [[TheRival Dunum]] being a SmugSnake and [[BadBoss Potalla]] being a stoic hardass, it's kind of hard to not root for our commandant and taskmaster instead, and maybe wince [[ButForMeItWasTuesday when the rebels waltz through the Imperial Complex without a scratch]]. Even after they start picking up the slack after Dunum loses his chance, it still isn't enough. Not helped with Roemling's SugarWiki/AwesomeArt making Aresko and Grint look actually pretty {{Adorkable}}.

* HilariousInHindsight: Wedge being a BigBrotherMentor of sorts to Mart in "A Youth Unpromising" becomes a bit amusing in that their [[Creator/NathanKress voice]] [[Series/ICarly actors']] [[Film/DiaryOfAWimpyKid most well-known roles]] are being [[ButtMonkey Butt Monkeys]] in the comedy genre.
* TearJerker:
** Kallus status as the VillainProtagonist in "Kallus' Hunt" allows us to see TheEmpire though his eyes. The fact that he sees the [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Empire as a benevolent force for good]] makes him a surprisingly sympathetic and tragic character.
-->'''Kallus''': I don't feel I can call you "friend" anymore.\\
'''Jovan''': After all I did for you and for all we went through together, that's a very short-sighted choice. It's a shame you can't see what I've seen.\\
'''Kallus''': I'll tell you what I see; a man who's betrayed everything he worked for and everyone who ever knew him. Because he felt he was better than that.\\
'''Jovan''': You simply misunderstand me, Kallus. I merely learned the system and played it to my advantage. Isn't that what the Empire is about - [[VillainHasAPoint gaining wealth and power to secure one's own future?]]\\
'''Kallus''': [[TheIdealist The Empire is about protecting the galaxy from chaos and tyranny by bringing order to the masses!]]
** The same thing happens in "No Sympathy", this time with his disillusioned student that's trying to join the Rebellion. It sounds like Kallus might only see rebels as almost barbaric and fighting with no purpose despite the odds stacked against them, almost certainly because he's seen firsthand what the worst of the Rebellion is; the Onderon Partisans.
-->'''Kallus''': [[DisappointedInYou You were one of the brighter prospects I saw]] and [[EvilCannotComprehendGood now you've squandered everything]]. And for what? A life of ultimate misery. I don't see the attraction.\\
'''Swain''': That's hardly a surprise, is it? After everything I saw happen on Lothal when Tarkin arrived, there was hardly any choice. Ordinary citizens were being punished for the things they hadn't done. That's not an organization I wanted to serve and protect, and [[BrokenPedestal I still can't believe you still do]].\\
''(after defeating her and the other rebel sympathizers)''\\
'''Kallus''': This is why the rebels won't win. A lack of resolve and an unwillingness to give everything to win. There can ''never'' be any sympathy for them.
** What's even ''worse'' is that both of these comics become HarsherInHindsight / DramaticIrony thanks to Season 3 of ''Rebels''. Kallus will forever live with the guilt of having arrested them (and probably ''executed'' by the Empire, which he probably doesn't know about either until Season 3) and that Kallus will never get to reconcile with them after having parted ways with them on negative terms.
** The ending of "The fake Jedi", as Yeleb lays dying, he explains to Kanan that he only wanted to help people by posing as a Jedi.
--> '''Yeleb''': I brought this... upon myself. Please forgive me... I only wanted... to do good...
--> '''Kanan''': You did good and your actions were worthy of any Jedi.
--> '''Yeleb''': Thank you... (''dies'')
** Ketsu beating up Jarret in front of his family and revealing the AwfulTruth to them, with him, his wife, and their son begging her to spare him. [[spoiler:She goes through with it, only because reconciling with Sabine has taught her that [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre she is better than she lets on and that she should keep that mentality.]]]]
** "Sons of the Sky" is about not only Wedge and Hobbie dealing with Rake's death... but also how Rake's ''family'' is dealing with their eldest son's death.
** Sabine and Mart mourning Sato and paying their respects to him at his grave on Yavin 4, while Sabine remembers how Sato told her of his own DarkAndTroubledPast, which helped teach her to seek closure with her loved ones because he couldn't.
** The DownerEnding of "The Ballad of 264", poor 264 turns on the Empire and tries to join the ''Ghost'' crew of his own accord. Only for the little droid to end up left behind. Though Zeb did give him one last look before he escaped, so theirs some hope he might be rescued eventually.

** The DownerEnding of "The Ballad of 264", poor 264 turns on the Empire and tries to join the ''Ghost'' crew of his own accord. Only for the little droid to end left behind. Though Zeb did give him one last look before he escaped, so theirs some hope he might be rescued eventually.

* The DownerEnding of "The Ballad of 264", poor 264 turns on the Empire and tries to join the ''Ghost'' crew of his own accord. Only for the little droid to end left behind. Though Zeb did give him one last look before he escaped, so theirs some hope he might be rescued eventually.

** Sabine and Mart mourning Sato and paying their respects to him at his grave on Yavin 4, while Sabine remembers how Sato told her of his own DarkAndTroubledPast, which helped teach her to seek closure with her loved ones because he couldn't.

** As we see in "Assessment", while Aresko and Grint may be the bumbling ThoseTwoBadGuys, they did genuinely believe they were doing a good job, like their curriculum in the academy. With [[TheRival Dunum]] being a SmugSnake and [[BadBoss Potalla]] being a stoic hardass, it's kind of hard to not root for our commandant and taskmaster instead, and maybe wince [[ButForMeItWasTuesday when the rebels waltz through the Imperial Complex without a scratch]]. Even after they start picking up the slack after Dunum loses his chance, it still isn't enough. Not helped with Roemling's AwesomeArt making Aresko and Grint look actually pretty {{Adorkable}}.

* AwesomeArt: Roemling's and Widermann's art fit well with the tone.

** "Sons of the Sky" is about not only Wedge and Hobbie dealing with Rake's death... but also how Rake's ''family'' is dealing with their eldest son's death.

** Sabine and Ahsoka's team-up in "Ocean Rescue" becomes this when the series finale has [[spoiler:them leave together to find Ezra after the war]].

'''Kallus''': I'll tell you what I see; a man who's betrayed everything he worked for and everyone who ever knew him. because he felt he was better than that.\\