Star Wars Rebels 2x03 REACTION "The Lost Commanders" 

Always find it funny that Rex is referred to as gramps and old man, when in fact he's younger than Kanan and Ahsoka!

The Clones really are some of the most interesting characters in the whole franchise. Their lives are really nothing but non-stop tragedy and hardships. At this point the accelerated ageing is starting to catch up with them as the clone are only around 28-29 years old but are biologically around their mid to late 50's. Still their in good shape for guys their age but it makes you realize that by the time the Empire falls they will be into their 70's. As hard as it is to watch Kanan be angry to the clones it's understandable considering what he went through. The details of how Kanan survived Order 66 and his life just after it are actually covered in the Kanan comic. It really shows how much the clones betrayal hurt him. When some one you trust betrays you in such a brutal way it's hard to let it go, even knowing why it happened. Palpatine may have given the order but it was the clones that pulled the trigger and no matter what the reason behind it that is something the clones and any surviving Jedi will have to deal with.

"Questions that need answering." Ahsoka channeling Gandalf there for a second.

I was SO glad when you recognize Wollfe

Everyone lost their minds when we heard Rex in the trailer for season 2.

Hi! Your "Twilight of the Apprentice" video popped up in my recommended and now I'm going back and watching your other ones, and they're great! I do love that you hit the nail on the head when you pointed out that Hera must have been on Ryloth, and also noticed that she didn't have the Twi'lek accent. Can't wait to keep watching!

Kanan, Rex, and Wolff are all deeply traumatized people at different places in processing. For Wolff, Kanan really does represent the ultimate betrayal of the clones and the destruction of all that he knew, and Rex has to cut through the fog to remind him that the experience he remembers is not the reality. Rex and Wolff represent exactly the same thing for Kanan. Yeah, it sucks to see them have so much friction when we know they're all on the same side, but I LOVE THAT. I am so glad that these characters have scars, and fears, and unprocessed trauma, and they don't just handwave it away. These are people who are hurt, deeply, and they can't always observe the situation outside of that hurt, even though we know they need to.

Rex, Wolffe, and Gregor actually aged really well for being clones in this new canon. No complaints here though.

So RU-vid randomly dropped your Siege of Lothal reaction in my feed a few days ago... and after a serious bing I was more excited to see this pop up than any reaction vid for a long, long time. Can't wait to watch along (for the mumble mumble time), already have mental pins in certain episodes.... A quick thought on Rex (and I'm assuming you've seen Clone Wars S7 here so if anyone hasn't SPOILERS!): he'd *have* to go into hiding post order 66 to protect Ahsoka. If he's found the Empire would have some awkward questions that he probably couldn't avoid answering forever and the *moment* Sidious knows Ahsoka's alive every ship in the fleet would be going after her (if only because one does not send a lone Star Destroyer to take out Ahsoka Tano. Not unless you really want to see your insurance premiums on the rest of the fleet go up). On a related note... kinda wish we could have seen Vader deliver THAT bombshell to Palps. In my head it plays out *exactly* like the Robot Chicken version of the characters. "Wait... whadda you mean your apprentice is alive? You told me she got squashed under a cruiser on that ice moon!" "Well, uh, I found her lightsaber..." "Oh great, you found her lightsaber. The Jedi who famously carries TWO laser swords so finding one of them automatically means she's dead. Anything else you neglected to mention? She's still a Jedi, right? I mean, could you imagine what'd happen if she had been kicked out of the order and didn't have that moral code thing?" "Uh... yeah! Yeah that'd... that'd be bad. I've gotta go... oil change."

Gregor was the special forces guy from the droid little commander desert arc😂

What happend to Kanan during Order 66 is explained in great detail in the comics, if you are interested. I would also love to see that on screen some day.

Yes, Gregor was the one clone from that droid arc.

Kanan (Caleb) in the comics was very close to two clones - I forget their names - but they killed Depa and came after him with a vengeance like they hated him the whole time. Q: Do you know which SW:CW episode had “Plo’s Bros” on the gunship? I want to see that myself because that’s pretty cool.

We saw Plo Koon's Order 66 scene in Episode III but I think Wolffe wasn't there. We didn't see him, at least.

YES I’m so glad you finally got this past copyright haha

Gregor has a ton of post brain damage, so it's no surprise he's gone a bit crazy XD Least he's happy!

3:43 *SQUEEEE!* 😁. I was so happy to see Rex, Gregor and Wolffe. Our brothers are alive!

Filoni and the Clone Wars crew huge Miyazaki fans, they always paying little tributes in the Clone Wars, in this show and in the Mandalorian as well!

Rex is the best. Love the bad batch and Omega too, and can’t wait to see Cody in Bad Batch season 2, but grew up with Rex and especially Ahsoka in clone wars, and his connection to Anakin, Ahsoka, and domino squad… can’t wait for Temeura Morrison to play him in “Ahsoka”, though I think his journey… nears it’s end, either in Ahsoka, how many season they do, or if they do a mandoverse crossover movie or triology, where Ahsoka will probably meet her end too, she’d be too old for the sequal trilogy.

I’m glad you recognized Wolfe, among other things it was really the I thought they smelled on the outside but that got me to like and sub, hope to see more more reactions soon!

Wolffe’s mustache is not bad. I think it’s badass!

Hera and kanan are indeed a couple. But dont worry they will explore more that dynamic in the future. ( there is trailer before the pilot, that kinda confirms it at this point. )

Red does have plot armor timeline-wise because he appears in RotJ at the Battle of Endor

Yeah it is like Howl's Moving Castle isn't it? I love seeing someone else make that connection too!

I'd love to see a few minute battle of a decent sized republic vs the empire

Yeah Gregor was the Clone commando in the droid arc and he was amazing in the couple of episodes he was in, he's up there for me in terms of my favorite Clones. Edit: I don't know if he would've gone through Order 66 since he had brain damage and was presumed dead in TCW.

You know the line that the Empire retired them doesnt really work since rex left with ahsoka - and how tf he managed to get wolf and Gregors chips no idea thats one of the rare plot holes but of course the clone wars finale prob wasnt worked out that way when they made rebels

Sabine's pauldrons actually change subtly evey season.

Pretty sure Rex does indeed have plot armor. Rewatch return of the Jedi lol.

Check the credits What is Herra's last name?

Are you ready to see Ezra Bridger as infant in Bad Batch and as 10 years old kid in Obi-Wan Kenobi series?

The clones age faster that’s why they are old and white haired.

Waiting for the next episode

You know, revisting these episodes, having only recently watched TCW, does give me an appreciation for them but I have to admit this was one of my least favorite arcs in the series. I wish I liked these episodes more but this arc was pretty boring to me without prior knowledge of the clones. It's one of the few times Rebels missed the mark, at least for me, in integrating Clone Wars characters. I had no clue who Ahsoka Tano was when she came down that ladder in the season 1 finale yet she very quickly became my favorite recurring character. This is because they didn't rely on you liking/knowing the character from the onset. They used her past to the show's advantage whether you knew what that was or not. If you were a CW fan then great, you could see her unfinished story continued but if you weren't, you got to enjoy watching the mystery of Ahsoka unravel. In a nutshell it worked because it felt just as natural to people who didn't know the character as those who did. Now that I've seen CW, of course I love Rex and can appreciate his (and Wolffe and Gregor's) debut in Rebels but without that bias I'm given little reason to like these characters. Honestly, quite the opposite, one of them betrayed the cast I actually care about, another essentially tricked Zeb, and even Rex, who was certainly the best of the three, didn't say anything against Zeb being used as bait. Like... he could have been killed! On the other hand, I suppose you could argue that those who didn't know the history behind the clones would see things more from Kanan's point of view. If that was intentional then that's actually really interesting but unfortunately it doesn't delve deeply enough into that to have that effect when I watched it. Sorry to be so critical, there are still moments I really like in these two episodes, the conflict Kanan has with the clones was great! But for me it was bogged down by other things.

spoiler Not sure if you knew it since you gave a little look when Hera said the Jedi and clones saved her life. Hera is breifly in The Clone Wars as young child, Its a three part arc in season 1 i belive which focuses on Mace Windu and her father Cham Syndulla trying to liberate Ryloth. Its the one where they try and take the capital city Lessu which i protected by an energy bridge

Don't be too mad at Wolffe, he only did what he thought was right as well.