62: Shorts and Spark of the Rebellion (Star Wars Rebels 01 & 02)

A More Civilized Age: A Star Wars Podcast

A More Civilized Age

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4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 196 minutes

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Summary

We did it! We made it through the Clone Wars Legacy materials, past Solo (for some reason), and into the heart of the show that is going to take over our lives for the next year plus—or at least until Andor season 2 starts. Today we kick off Star Wars: Rebels, meeting the crew in a series of four, hijinks-laden shorts and then moving on to the two part intro that sets Ezra Bridger on a journey to... well, that's the thing, we have no idea where his journey will take him! Isn't that exciting?

Please let folks know that this might be a good point to hop on board the AMCA train, get yourselves ready for the bevy of upcoming Star Wars material that is seemingly picking up where Rebels leaves off.

Also, give special thanks to Ricardo Contreras, who handled the edit for this episode, and will hopefully be sticking with production duties going forward! They absolutely crushed it!

Next Time: Star Wars Rebels 03-05 ("Droids in Distress," "Fighter Flight," and "The Old Masters")

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Show Notes

Breakdown of how we're tackling the season:

~~1: Shorts + Spark of the Resistance~~

2: Droids in Distress, Fighter Flight, Rise of the Old Masters

3: Breaking Ranks, Out of Darkness

4: Empire Day, Gathering Forces

5: Path of the Jedi, Idiot's Array, Vision of Hope

6: Call to Action, Rebel Resolve, Fire Across the Galaxy

Hosted by Rob Zacny (@RobZacny)

Featuring Alicia Acampora (@ali_west), Austin Walker (@austin_walker), and Natalie Watson (@nataliewatson)

Produced by Ricardo Contreras (@a_cado_appears)

Music by Jack de Quidt (@notquitereal)

Cover art by Xeecee (@xeeceevevo)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Let us return once more to a more civilized age, a Star Wars podcast.
0:12.2	I'm Rob Zachney, joined by Alia Campora, Austin Walker, and Natalie Watson.
0:17.0	Today, we are kicking off Rebels, and we are going to be introduced to our wacky band
0:22.2	of misfits twice tonight, first in a series of shorts focusing on each member of the group
0:27.7	showcasing their character and skills.
0:30.6	And then in a two-part pilot that introduces us to the world they inhabit and what they
0:35.4	do within it.
0:36.4	In other words, the opening of Rebels feels a lot like an RPG source book where we see
0:42.5	little snippets of fiction about the character class describing just what a person like this
0:47.9	might be and what their moves that might be and then what kind of adversaries you might
0:54.2	find in this wider world.
0:57.3	And you know what?
0:58.3	I think for all that, it kind of works.
1:01.0	But we will dig into, I guess we'll start with the Rebels shorts with the machine in
1:06.8	the ghost.
1:07.8	I need to summarize this before we begin because a lot happens, so please bear with me.
1:12.2	So there's a freighter that's being chased by typhiders and the crew of the freighter
1:18.8	bickers a lot and they shoot them all down.
1:22.0	Yeah.
1:23.2	It bangs.
1:24.2	Yeah.
1:25.2	And this is the best short, but I believe 100%.
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