Star Wars Rebels: Season 1 episode 3 - Droids in Distress Review

Star Wars rebels has now begun getting through it's episodes, so let's take a look at the first standalone episode Droids in distress

Episode 3 (counting Spark of Rebellion as a 2-parter) – Droids in Distress

We're introduced to a couple of old friends, and given the title you'd never guess which ones

Yup, R2-D2 and C3PO are in this episode, their purpose is to… something or another.

OK, so synopsis. The Rebels are assigned to deliver a cargo of weapons; they need the money to fight the good fight, but the weapons so happen to be the type that destroyed Zeb's planet, so he's reluctant to deliver them, but would definitely not want them in the hands of the empire.

Yeah, this is primarily Zeb's episode, there are some character moments with Ezra wanting to start his jedi training and a bit more banter between Ezra/Kanan and Hera (as well as some amusing R2-D2 vs Chopper moments)

We know that R2-D2 and C3PO are on a mission for Senator Organa (which makes C3POs calling the stormtroopers a tad confusing)

This was a good start in giving characters background and personality, but it still has a fair amount of work to do on that. Our two female characters, Hera and Sabine particularly need to have some development amounted to them.

The one weakness this show seems to be having against the Clone Wars is scale and scope. Because they can't fight the big battles with so few numbers, they end up with smaller duels with much less at stake. Even finding out the field commander gave the order for the destruction of Zeb's home-world wasn't enough. The inquisitor will be the key to this, having him on screen hopefully will add the sense of danger that just isn't there at the moment.

Rating: 7/10

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