For all ardent fans of Star Wars world Lucasfilm, Ltd. created an animated continuation of this story – Star Wars: Rebels in 2014. This is a prequel which dwells upon a couple of years before the original trilogy begins somewhere between the third (Revenge of Sith) and the forth (A New Hope) films. You can get from the series’ name that the story revolves around the uprising and a small group of rebels living on a spaceship called Ghost. And of course, they stand up against the Evil!
The leader of this group is a 15-year old boy named Ezra Bridger, who develops the abilities to use the Force. He celebrates his birthday on the day Palpatine created the Galactic Empire. This federation has been terrorizing the space for fourteen years. They are spreading their evil on more and more planets to establish their totalitarian regime. One day, when the Imperial forces try to occupy a small remote planet, a courageous crew of Ghost ruins their plans. They are companion traveling and saving planets from the evil Force in the face of Stormtroopers. After numerous adventures, they manage to create the Rebel Alliance to overthrow the Sith’s regime. This team is extremely versatile including different humanoids and even a droid.
Except for Ezra, who has a brilliant carrier of a con-artist, you will meet one of the last Jedis, Kanan Jarrus, Hera Syndulla who is a rebellion veteran with great piloting skills plus owns the Ghost, Sabine Wren who can be very useful when you need to blow up something and Crazeb Orrelios, a warrior of Lasat with unbelievable fighting skills. The last member of the team is not a human – this is a droid, C1-10P – which is usually called Chopper. This droid is famous for his stubbornness and ability to lose his temper in no time.
This skillful crew is fighting against the father of all evil – Darth Vader – and his multiple servants who joined the Dark Side all over the Galaxy. Darth Vader is the Sith’s commander who betrayed Jedis and joined Palpatine in his evil reign. Ezra has his own reasons to hate the Empire. He is from the planet of Lothal which has been under the rule of Evil Forces. His parents were jailed by Stormtroopers for expressing their firm position to the iron fist of the Empire and Ezra was left all alone on the whole planet. Pickpocketing became his mode of survival.
Eight years had passed before he joined the crew of Ghost. His first aim was to reunite with his parents – when he meets Kanan, Ezra finds out about the Force in his veins and becomes his apprentice. He starts to learn the Jedi arts from Kanan to use Jedi’s lightsaber and his unique energy slingshot. Kanan was once a Padawan before the extinction of the Jedi Order and now seeks revenge for Jedis’ deaths.
Imperial Secret Bureau understands that this crew has enough force and powers to tear down the Empire – they conduct successful operations against the Imperial forces. Elimination of Ezra and his companions becomes a top-priority task as they pose a threat to the Empire. They gave the Grand Inquisitor an order to murder the crew. Moreover, this is the man who brutally kills all Jedis surviving the extinction.
The evil force has a lot of supporters, spaceships, and deadly weapons, but the Ghost’s crew somehow manages to escape death and continues rebellious fights. They get unexpected help from Ashoka Tano, the former Vader’s Padawan and a current Rebels informant. She left the Dark Side to obtain justice for Jedis.
“Ezra, do you have anything that needs washing?”
Ezra had just started to sit down to his breakfast when Hera’s voice echoed into the galley from down the corridor. “Ugh, yeah. Sabine decided to use one of my shirts as a paint rag.” Continue reading “Thief” »