Star Wars Rebels 3x5 REACTION!! "Hera's Heroes"

Eric Rick Calvin and Aaron react to and discuss season 3 episode 5 of Star Wars Rebels - Hera's Heroes - #StarWars #Rebels
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[@wolfpack_104]

I love how Thrawn is essentially a Sherlock archetype for the empire. Which is perfect since Lars Mikkelsen once played as an antagonist to Sherlock.

[@bencebotye3904]

Can't beleve already 5 years passed. After the "His Last Vow", I know Mikkelsen will be more than perfect for the part!

[@jean-philippedoyon9904]

"To defeat an enemy you must know them...Not simply their battle tactics, but their history.... philosophy... art." Thank god they kept one of his main characteristic, he's a master strategist who use culture and art to find strenght and weakness in enemies ! I guess Dave Filoni was a fan ! The man who play the long game...

[@thanossnap4170]

Right? When i read the first Thrawn book, that was what stuck with me the most. He wanted to know everything, not just military strength and tacts. All of it could be important. Loved it.

[@SamvedIyer]

Filoni most certainly was a fan. He described the period from after Return of the Jedi to the publication of the 1990s Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn a 'dark time'. He most certainly had read the novels.

[@MikeHesk742]

I like that at least in this continuity, it's unclear if Thrawn gets furious because of the prospect of the kalikori being destroyed or whether it's more the "twilek trash" sentiment, since that's the line that sends him over the edge. He's an alien serving in the Empire, based on his outlook he clearly doesnt share the hatred for other species and has probably borne the brunt of that feeling multiple times himself. Personally I think it's the latter, "twilek trash" is when he snaps but when he composes himself again he apologises and makes it sound like it's just his passion for art and history speaking.

[@dadian803]

It's both

[@Birthday888]

I think it's both. Both the act of destroying the kalikori and dismissing the merits of an entire race are actions born out of ignorance and would probably be infuriating to a man like Thrawn who attempts to use every tool at his disposal. Let alone the fact that he's an alien in an organization who holds very anti-alien beliefs.

[@noahvanhyning7752]

Thrawn comic does a great job showing his hardships

[@jackj9816]

In the novel I read he tried way more then other imperials to keep alien races native to worlds happy

[@EChacon]

Although Season 3's Steps into Shadow was Thrawn's debut, this episode provides more emphasis on Thrawn as a character and how much of a dangerous adversary he is to our heroes as he's smart, cold and strategic, so he will be a threat to the Ghost Crew and the Rebel fleet in the next several episodes. Plus Lars Mikkelsen does a phenomenal job voicing Thrawn. I remember when fans of the character and the original Thrawn Books were excited when Thrawn was announced to not only be brought back in Star Wars canon for Rebels, but also bring back the original author of Thrawn Books in the 1990's Timothy Zahn to create a new series of Thrawn Books for the current Star Wars Canon.

[@scotthadden9816]

I love watching the 5 seconds of Thrawn, going full psycho, given that he's almost always portrayed as being cool, calm, collected, even polite and respectable to his enemies. Just a little hint that if you push someone hard enough they'll snap, as well as showing just what it takes to get under Thrawn's skin.

[@smiddlehurst1]

I remain absolutely, 100% convinced that Chopper's line after being told to go get the explosives is some variation on 'I get to be Sabine!'... Also they really did get Thrawn so very right here. Absolutely terrifying enemy yet you can't help but admire the sheer awesome he tends to bring with him wherever he goes. For those that haven't tried them yet the new Thrawn books (two sets of trilogies, one dealing with his Empire days pre-Rebels, the other his time in the Chiss Ascendancy that's on book 2 of 3) are really worth a go. Fascinating to see how Zahn builds him up from a much earlier point than we got to see much of in his original Legends run.

[@jackj9816]

After I read the first book I don’t think his as bad as many people think it even explains his high civilian casualties record is because of pryce fucking up his plans

[@lilkakarot3072]

I always took Thrawn getting mad at the 'Twilek trash' remark was because of the racist implications. Thrawn being a non human species in such a high command is very rare in the Empire for a reason.

[@theawesomeman9821]

Good observation

[@innocuous373]

there literally is no racist implications, maybe you should stop constantly look for things to be racist, racist

[@lilkakarot3072]

@@innocuous373 lol, what the fuck. You don't know me well enough to say I 'constantly look for things to be racist'. Thrawn is an alien in a mostly anti-alien Empire. I'm really not looking that far into it.

[@innocuous373]

@@lilkakarot3072 Except this scene doesn't show any racist implications, so you are literally looking for racism

[@PerovNigma]

@@innocuous373 The Imperial literally calls the Twi'Leks "primitive" and says to Hera that her people have been segregated to another section of the building.

[@jean-philippedoyon9904]

Can we appreciate the fact that Lars Mikkelsen might actually play his voice acted role in the Ahsoka serie ! His voice acting is pretty amazing and he plays an amazing President Petrov ( a sorta Putin character) in House of Cards. It would really be a great fit !

[@e115mastery]

He plays a villain in the BBC Sherlock series too which has slight mirrors to his portrayal of Thrawn (particularly the way he speaks). He would be such a good live action Thrawn.

[@jean-philippedoyon9904]

@@e115mastery 2 year later...we finally have Thrawn in live action...He is perfect !!

[@afriendlycadian9857]

@@jean-philippedoyon9904 not really in my opinion they messed him up he acted pretty stupid in the show and while its cool they got the voice actor to play him the actor in queastion is abit over weight and you see that in the show which is not like thrawn. then theres his army making most if not all of them undead was in my opinion stupid would of been more interesting for the whole crew to be grizzled seasoned survivors loyal to him but no they are undead cannon fodder and not dangerous in anyway

[@moldomre4838]

Love the move Kanan pulls on the AT-ST in this episode, this show is great.

[@CC-ii1sy]

AT- DP. Different walker.

[@Leo501st]

God i love that entire sequence with Thrawn just asserting his dominance over Literally *EVERYONE* in that room Including Slavin lmao. It obviously doesn't taken a genius to deduce what thrawn did but i love the slowwww burn of revealing he already knew. - Hera was wearing Pilot gear. - There was a Scout Trooper in the middle of the base when Scour troopers are only deployed for Reconnaissance. - Earlier in the Episode a Scout Trooper went missing...which surely would've been in a report. -The big ass Painting with a girl that looks like hera. The Kalikori being in Cham's office, and a Twi'lek stealing the kalikori only means that this particular prisoner must be cham's family since it is so priceless to family. Slavin says he increased Security as per Thrawns orders but he doesn't know why... The increased security blocked off Hera's original escape route. So the only way for them to escape is to leave the same way they came in...but thrawn had anticiapted this so he waited at the entrance and caught them escaping. So i think the entire purpose of thrawn capturing Cham Syndulla's home was to see if Cham would actually break into his home to steal back the Kalikori because it is, as Thrawn put it, *Priceless to Family* since Thrawn had studied Twi'lek culture. I'm not even sure its meant to go THAT DEEP lmao but i still get a kick out of it feeling like this was all part of Thrawns plan. But Then we actually get to the interrogation which was just fucking amazing. I love how he is literally schooling EVERYONE in the room. You've got Slavin, an extremly ignorant Imperial completly dismissing the Native beings of Ryloth as "Trash" and "servants" and calling their possessions " Primitive Native trinkets" which blinds him to the obvious. Then you've got Hera, a competent leader who knows how to maneuver and fool imperials by putting on the Ryloth accent to make it seem as if she has lived along with the other Twi'leks. Then you got Ezra, in a scout Trooper uniform in the middle of a base where a Scout isn't needed. Thrawn slowly explains that he knows of the Object that she stole. Salvin is confused Hera is shocked Thrawn begins to reveal that he knows that she must be a rebel and deduces what Hera's experiences are as a result of surviving the clone wars and that explains their fighting spirit against the Empire. -Slavin is confused x2 and throws out one more ignorant "Peasant" reference -Hera knows her cover is blown I also love that Hera was smart enough to know that she had been outplayed as well. She just just DROPS the act and delivers one my favourite lines in all of Star Wars; *It doesn't matter where we come from Admiral, our will to be free is what's going to beat you* SUCH A POWERFUL LINE. Slavin is Angry and confused x 3 And Thrawn just lays out that Slavin is embarrising him infront of their host Slavin is at PEAK confusion saying *WhAt* Then Thrawn delivers my favourite line in Rebels *Allow me introduce, Hera Syndulla, Rebel pilot, Freedom fighter and Millitary leader, daughter of your nemesis, Cham Syndulla* Its such a simple line but its EXPERTLY delivered by Lars who voices Thrawn. Then Thrawn Stuns Ezra. God i love this scene so damn much. I think its my favourite in All of Rebels.

[@lucianyari515]

My favourite line is also in this episode and sold thrawn to me when I first saw this "to defeat an enemy you must know them not just there battle tactics but there history, philosophy, art"

[@khguardian]

Yo! The grin on Eric's face when Thrawn talks about knowing your enemy. The nerd in him comes out.

[@atlas3348]

Still can't get over the fact the women wearing boils armour is the same girl he met during the original show

[@YTAG33]

The scout trooper costume has the gun holster on the foot instead of on the hip which is why Ezra looks so awkward when trying to draw the blaster. At this point in the story, it is kind of a flaw that he tried to hide like that and didnt just run in undisguised with his lightsaber instead.

[@hydrahunter8740]

I'd give anything to jump into that TV and ask Cham if he knows what happened to Howzer

[@MultiTcherry]

Me too

[@jonathanshaw9704]

Ryloth is one of those planets that gets the crap end of the stick during the Empire era. Not to mention that Ryloth is always a target for criminal organizations for slavery.

[@zombieoverlord5173]

They get the crap end of the stick during the Republic era also.

[@Compucles]

At least it's better than in Legends where it's a tidally locked planet that forces everyone to live underground near the demarcation line.

[@zomish13]

@@Compucles it's that way in the canon novel Lords of the Sith. I just thought the Syndulla's home was in the right area.

[@SomeKindaSpy]

@@Compucles considering tidally-locked planets and binary star systems are THE most common in the universe, I'd hope it would stay that way in Star Wars.

[@Compucles]

@@SomeKindaSpy Yes, but it would still be extremely rare for them to be habitable and really suck to live on one.

[@Poke-ladd]

Choppers kill count rises even higher

[@Compucles]

Oh, you haven't seen anything yet...

[@sparrowlt]

@@Compucles what? wasnt the Interdictor cruiser and the 2 light cruisers he got destroyed by hacking the former gravity wells enought? that was probably at least a couple thousand kills

[@scruffd0g193]

Hera and Thrawn face-to face was one of the best moments of the show.

[@zephyr835]

I was looking forward to this one after TBB, and it definitely has more weight now. Admitted Slavin moment: I never made the connection between Hera saying she would've destroyed the Kalikori and then actually destroying the house.

[@jadenhodges7917]

I started watching rebels when y’all were halfway through season 2 now I’m like 10 episodes ahead of y’all and the waiting is killing me. I used to watch one episode then y’all’s reaction to that episode, over and over. Love the reactions!

[@Agamotto57]

Hera’s line about her home reminds me of the exchange between Waxer and Boil in Clone Wars: “Buildings are just buildings, what really makes a city are the inhabitants that live in them.”

[@leme3503]

Kanan: _Force pushes missile back_ Calvin: "Just like _Control!"_ Our survey says: Wrong! Sorry, we were looking for: _Star Wars: The Force Unleashed._ Thanks for playing! Or Fallen Order, but you know Unleashed came first so....

[@supervegeto2]

Jedi Outcast came first.

[@2apocalypsex]

The Kalikori was passed from parent to child through generations. According to traditions, each parent of a certain Twi'lek lineage made additions to the family artwork, to include themselves in the family legacy.

[@kimberlyterasaki4843]

I wonder if that Y-Wing was one of Ahsoka's men from her first (failed) charge.

[@Vahki100]

One of my favourite Thrawn centric episodes. Also let's face it, Thrawn's VA kills it in every scene. Seeing Ryloth again (back in the day) was a big moment for me. I legit thought this is a good place for Cham do die honestly. His character doesn't really do much after this.

[@LincolnDWard]

Hands down my favorite _Rebels_ episode.

[@thedarkknight2221]

Thrawn is the nightmare fusion of Tywin Lannister and Hannibal Lecter.

[@Birthday888]

He's better than both, really. He isn't horribly abusive to people.

[@2apocalypsex]

"Kalikori" is a word that first appeared in the 2011 Star Wars Legends video game Star Wars: The Old Republic as the Kalikori village, a Twi'lek settlement on the planet Tython. According to the in-game codex, the village was named after an old Twi'leki word for "beginning."

[@mathies3598]

It's quite ironic the captain's name is Slavin when he's on Ryloth, occupying the most enslaved species in all of Star Wars.

[@Compucles]

Are you sure about that? There were some species like the Wookiees who were practically designated as slave species for the Empire. I don't think the Twi'leks were that bad off.

[@mathies3598]

@@Compucles i guess it depends on what kind of slave. Wookies are workslaves and twileks are sexslaves usually.

[@mandalorianprotector77]

I love this episode mostly because of the title it is a reference of my favorite TV series hogan's heros.

[@mariohnyc]

Ezra "Jabba" Bridger.

[@kylegroven6728]

So cool this was filmed right after the bad batch episodes on ryloth!

[@Maximilian_Ingrosso]

8:18 he has to go down to get it since the scout trooper gun is attached to the ankle

[@noahtennant]

6:09 Eric: NO! Aaron: Sabine Aaron: Kanan Eric: BLURRG!

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Eric! Thanks, Rick! Thanks, Calvin! Thanks, Aaron! ✨

[@flamingsmore5904]

It’s good to see Numa, I’m still holding out hope we see Boil or Cody in the bad batch.

[@rev0568]

Boil I could see. Cody, not so much. I can't recall if it's still canon, but Cody just ends up training human troopers for the Empire if I remember right.

[@thejurassicjungle1275]

@@rev0568 Based on how quick Clones are being phased out in The Bad Batch, I doubt that'll stay canon

[@Ghostkiller_110]

Their reactions are awsome 🥰🥰😇😇

[@tristansheehan1453]

Is it just me or does it look like Gobi is wearing the clone armor from Ima Gun Di clone troopers from Season 3?

[@zomish13]

I have watch Rebels and listened to all the canon Thrawn novels that have been released and have now just started Heir to the Empire. Thrawn is much colder, angrier and more menacing in Heir to the Empire then any of his canon appearances. Much scarier. I love him in canon; He scares the heck out of me from Legends.

[@rev0568]

Honestly, I feel that actually makes sense. He would've gone through a lot to get to his position, and beyond that, he would've likely still faced a lot of BS as a part of the imperial navy whole being an alien. I know Heir to the empire isn't canon, but Rebels takes place about a decade or so before when those events would've taken place doesn't it? I feel Thrawn we see in canon is very much how heir to the Empire thrawn was at first, especially because we DO occasionally see his temper flare up. I imagine he likely had to be more visibly calm as well before the fall of the empire, else his position would be more at risk. A human officer or Vader could get away with it, but an alien in an anti alien imperial regime? Not likely. Sorry about the long ass reply, just something I thought made sense. We're likely to see Thrawn be a lot more angry and ruthless than ever before in his upcoming return :)

[@zomish13]

@@rev0568 I agree, I think when we see Thrawn again, he will be that angrier character. I fear for Ezra and what has happened to him, alone with Thrawn. We might see a very different Ezra too. They definitely can justify creatively this change in Thrawn's personality. 10 years he will have lost and I don't see him taking that lightly. We saw flashes of that anger in Rebels, but I suspect in live action he is going to be scary.

[@oreokush5393]

As a biologist and astronomy. Blurgs are long distance runners but they vary across an average. Some are better sprinters some have more stamina. A rare few lack in both, and a rare few excell in both! Biology :)

[@OneRandomVictory]

Ryloth making it's way into all the animated Star Wars shows.

[@Compucles]

Was it ever in "Resistance"?

[@OneRandomVictory]

@@Compucles Ngl, forget Resistance existed

[@mlgnerd13]

It's so frustrating that I very clearly remember the Ulysses discussion but can't remember the reaction series it was in

[@theawesomeman9821]

I think Lucasfilm/Disney should test the CGI animation with other franchises. I think that a CGI TV adaptation for Tenchi Muyo, Mobile Suit Gundam, The Legend of Zelda, or Kingdom Hearts would be interesting.

[@arthursoto3377]

“You’re sister” 😐

[@commanderbullet5116]

you guys should watch the old clone wars featurettes from the cds most of them are on youtube nowdays they are pretty interesting and go behind the scenes with dave and some of the leads

[@Poke-ladd]

What happened to Boiler and waxer again?

[@griffinbaxter4754]

Boil we don’t know the ultimate fate of, the last chronological time we see him I think was during the search for Quinlan Vos near the end of the clone wars. Waxer was killed on Umbara when Pong Krell set two separate groups of clones against each other

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Much like Fire Across The Galaxy teased Vader's involvement with Siege Of Lothal properly showed what a MENACING BASTARD Vader is, so does Steps Into Shadows and this episode (Hera's Heroes) do this for Thrawn. And after seeing more of the House in BB this episode hits like an unexpected Force Push. The Captain, is typical of Imperial Arrogance (such as the Admiral mouthing off to Vader in ANH) and Thrawn nearly pulled a Vader on him. Now we see the ratcheting up of the tension

[@beatricesanfilippo6925]

Thrawn: Right from the moment when I met her, saw her I said she's gorgeous and I fell Here in town there's only she Who is beautiful as me So I'm making plans to woo and marry Sabine