65: Empire Day and Gathering Forces (Rebels 08 and 09)

A More Civilized Age: A Star Wars Podcast

A More Civilized Age

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🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

For the last few months, we've been getting to know the crew of the Ghost. But how much have we learned about them really? Sure, we know that Zeb's people suffered occupation and (apparently) genocide, or that Hera is able to make hard decisions for the greater good. But give it some thought: What do we really know about these folks? What's Sabine situation, besides paint and high explosives? How much training did Kanan really get? How did Ezra come to be everyone's favorite force sensitive street rat?

Well, it's time to start getting answers, beginning with that last question. Today, we learn about Ezra's past and parentage. Or at least we watch a story about those things. Somehow, we still don't actually know what happened to them. Maybe that'll be stage 3 of getting to know the crew.

Next Time: Rebels 10 - 12 ("Path of the Jedi," "Idiot's Array," and "Vision of Hope")

Show Notes

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 Zachary, joined by Ali Akampura, Austin Walker, and Natalie Watson.
0:16.3	We are, as always, supported by you, our listeners via patreon.com slash civilized soap.
0:20.8	Head over there if you'd like to support the show and get access to all our brilliant
0:24.8	and weird Q&A episodes.
0:28.0	So with tonight's episode, as central as Ezra Bridger has been to Rebels, and for
0:33.0	as much as the show sometimes seems to be about his journey, to becoming a member of the
0:37.4	Ghost crew in a Jedi apprentice, is chief role since the pilot has been to function as
0:42.1	an audience surrogate who is coming to understand the dynamics of the ghost alongside us.
0:47.2	Ezra has so far remained what we saw at the start, Padawan Aladdin, a Ladawan, whose abandonment
0:53.3	and orphanhood explains everything he does and feels.
0:57.0	Today's two-parter adds a lot of depth.
0:58.9	Well, no, okay, he's basically still someone who's abandonment or orphanhood explains a lot,
1:03.9	but we're going to explain in even more detail via empire day and gathering forces, which
1:09.8	is where we finally do get a better look at Ezra's background as he is forced to revisit
1:14.2	the disappearance of his parents via a chance encounter with the family friend he believed
1:18.8	failed to protect them from the authorities before their capture.
1:22.3	I guess we need to just dig into the recap.
1:25.1	This is a two-parter.
1:26.1	It's very straightforward.
1:27.1	For some reason, they run together and to end.
1:33.3	So there's kind of only an A-plot, it's weird, it's a weird two-parter.
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