(Originally Written for
Jedi News)
No doubt many have seen much of the pre-release material for
Disney’s “Star Wars: Rebels” over the last year – including sneak previews. Not
to mention the ever-churning rumor mill.
Naturally, I have not, for reasons similar to what I wrote
some weeks back regarding my attitude for the new films. I’ve seen nothing but
some promotional artwork. When I fired up my DVR the other day after it had
recorded the Rebels “movie” (really just an hour-long pilot), I was going in
blind.
I was also going in with a little trepidation. I knew Dave
Filoni would do well, but the grief of “Clone Wars”’ untimely end was still too
near. Greg Wiseman had already created two shows that are amongst my favorites
of all time, and yet he (supposedly unwittingly) retweeted anti-prequel
sentiments. But I’m here constantly preaching that one should not judge without
giving it a chance, so I had to put my money where my mouth was. I took a deep
breath, and pushed play.
Potential spoilers from this point forward, so consider
yourselves warned.
