What disappointed me was them not seeing Dave, Deborah and Rick sitting at the bar but you do get distracted by seeing ZEB. Best episode of the season.
@@nicholasybarra158 Yeah, they were so busy freaking out over Zeb, they totally missed them sitting at the bar. Which is surprising, because Deborah at least is very hard to miss, as there are multiple relatively close up shots looking right at her face in the foreground as the camera is pointing down the length of the bar.
even as a causal fan i didnt know who zeb was and i was waiting for reaction i knew he was someone no way they spent that much money for such a good looking char for 1 time thing.
Eric’s absolutely right. That was an amazingly (and expensively) rendered Zeb to use only once in a cameo appearance. We’re going to see him again, for sure.
I’ve been helping my Dad with his recovery from heart surgery this past month. Turned on the new episode of The Mandalorian this morning for him, went in the kitchen to grab a cup of coffee, and I suddenly heard him yell “Karabast!”from across the house. We’re huge Rebels fans! Zeb looks incredible!😁
In the scene with Zeb, you can actually see Dave Filoni, Deborah Chow and Rick Famuyiwa sitting at the bar having drinks 😂😂 what an awesome cameo by those 3
I love the idea of Mandalorians sorta stepping into the Jedi’s place as peacekeepers of the galaxy. I don’t know the timeframe with the Sequel Trilogy, but maybe they were busy focusing on rebuilding Mandalore. Then the phase after the ST will be the Age of Mandalorians.
@@fightingfaerie Mandalore will need far more than twenty years to be rebuilt, so yes it's very possible that the Mandalorians were busy with all that at the time
@@LaughingOwlKiller I had that thought too. After Rise literally the only “Jedi” left is Rey. I guess even Ahsoka is gone as well since she was in the voices Rey heard. Sure Rey has the texts and in the Lego Holiday Special is trying to teach Finn, but they didn’t leave much to suggest she is going to continue the Order.
Already at this point I was expecting a kind of classic Surprising and Unexpected Cameo... but I never expected THAT Surprising and Unexpected Cameo, and Zeb looks so Good, wow just wow
@@HaloPrime212 Hondo was pretty old by the time of rebels, and I think it's been around 10 years since they fought the battle of Lothal, so he might be dead or surely retired.
@@dragonhunter1315 *Potential spoiler* Looking at the leaks I'm pretty sure we will see the Ghost crew. I think the whole cast was leaked by different sources.
Din : I hold the speaking hammer *Gives badass speech* Paz : I have the hammer to speak *Gives Epic speech* Armourer : The speaking hammer is mine Pirate : But you aren't speaking! Armourer : It speaks for itself. *Smashes pirate faces in*
Chuchi showing up in Bad Batch made me want to rewatch all of Clone Wars again Knowing Thrawn will be in the Ashoka show made me read all of the first Thrawn Ascendancy book And now Zeb showing up as a cameo in this episode has now made me want to rewatch all of Rebels I love Star Wars.
So I work as a teaching assistant at a primary school, and recently my students have been conducting research for a fact file about a celebrity of their choice. One of the kids wanted to write her one about Grogu since she's obsessed with him, but I explained it has to be about a real person, so she could write about the man who created the character, so she ended up writing a fact file about Dave Filoni 😂 I think I earned my Star Wars nerd card today
I can't understand that anyone would think that is not Zeb, for once the voice is so recognizable and second all the other lasats are in the planet beyond the outter rim so is unlikely that there's another rebel lasat besides Zeb
@@stef3831. Right . I mean seriously it’s obvious and we know we’re probably gonna see him in the Asoka show or something he looked so good! lol and I’ve heard everything for the Ahsoka show is pretty well on point I mean they’re making the characters sound pretty damn close to the original characters which is like so amazing so season 5 of rebels lol !
In terms of Mandalorians breaking Gideon free, Bo had mentioned that her people dispersed when she came back without the dark saber and were working as mercenaries. So, thinking some - maybe one of the ones she was with last season - took the jail break for the cash.
Knowing what the Empire is doing, they either hired Mando mercenaries which is a thing in Star Wars or they are false flagging in order to cover their own ass.
MoffGideon was in possession of the Dark Saber, had his ass handed to him by 3 Mandalorians (4 if he knew Slave 1 was Boba Fett's) plus the buff Alderannean shocktrooper. Dude's probably feeling he has an axe to grind with the Mandalorians so isn't a stretch to think he may deliberately leave "evidence" implicating Mandos.
@@rorylawford That is the most logical choice. It's clear to me he wants the New Republic busy with dealing with the Mando's in order to do whatever he is trying to do.
@@jameswesker15 Dark Troopers are only made out of Beskar in Legends. Someone pointed out that if they were, Luke's lightsabre would have been unable to slice them up.
@@freelancerdelta5681 Yeah, I thought that was a pretty cool touch, and not something we'd seen before this episode, so I wonder if it was something the director came up with...
I’m so happy when they showed Zeb in live action on Mandalorian at first I thought like it looks and sounds like Zeb but is it really Zeb and when I saw the voice actor’s name I was so excited
@Saltire yeah as someone who didn't get into Rebels I still haven't finished it. I unfortunately didn't think of Zeb and wasn't like excited about it, I immediately thought of Jaro Tapal having recently finished Fallen Order. I was however still impressed as hell how good a lasat looked in "live-action" I didn't feel anything was about it whatsoever they are doing such a great job. If it was costume it looked great and if it was CGI it looked better as I didn't think it was and if it was a combo it blended perfectly. Like the Azellians(spelling) looked like puppet in their scene though I can understand that being a cheaper route for such a small scene. They even presented them like a puppet show not seeing their lower half because it's a hand 😂
So I think we can all agree that this confirms Zeb is showing up in Ahsoka, right? They wouldn’t just make a whole design of live action Zeb only for a 10 second cameo. He is definitely showing up in Ahsoka.
I like the choice of words of "you didn't see the light, you were captured." It's not that she's former imperial that he has a problem with, he has served with plenty, we know that Wedge and Hobbie defected from the empire and in legends, not sure if it's still canon, generals Dodonna and Madine also defected after seeing what the empire was really like, also just realized that they each had their own briefing for attacking 2 different Death Stars. Just b/c you're with us now isn't b/c you believe, at best you were most likely abandoning a sinking ship, at worst...
Yeah, there's a similar situation in episode 3 where people realize she was with Gideon. Means she didn't "see the light" until quite a while after the war was over. That's the real problem. ;)
Pretty much ALL Rebel leadership were former Imperial because they were mostly all from the Republic. The rank and file Rebel soldiers were mostly planetary defense forces while the elite Rebels were either specialists or Imperial defectors. The best pilots the Rebels had all came from the Imperial Academy. Biggs and Luke said in A New Hope they wanted to join the Imperial Academy, Biggs immediately went over to the Rebels, and Luke said he hated the Empire so it's pretty clear a lot of people joined the Empire to learn how to be a soldier or pilot and THEN defected to the Rebellion. Disney canon seems to be treating 'defectors' as untrustworthy or like the Rebellion wasn't built off people doing that.
I had absolutely zero expectations of ever seeing Zeb in live action, so when he came on I was casually like "ah, there's Zeb..' and then it settled in after a moment and it was like 'WHAT IN THE GOSH DAMN HELL ITS ZEB!!???'
Gideon was one of the imperials in charge of the Purge, so he would have access to beskar. Remember Din's armor is made from reclaimed beskar, he got from the creepy german guy.
@@billsmith6273 agreed, feel like a random fragment of Beskar lodged into a wall along with the obvious "oh it must be the mandos then" is almost certainly a red herring
When Zeb showed up I legit was like oh that’s an interesting alien his voice sounds familiar. And then I looked a little closer and had to run around the room bc I couldn’t BELIEVE that it was Zeb. Rebels is like my favorite Star Wars project so that was everything to me
Yeah Rebels is my favourite thing in the franchise outside of Episode V. I stopped the episode there and then, recognised it was Steve Blum, knew there was only one other Lasat we know of, who is now dead at this time, so had to check the creds! Sure enough I was delighted to see it was the big guy! :D
When the Armorer and Bo walked out and the framing hid both their heads, I thought the Armorer also took off her helm and it was confirmed to be Bo's other sister. But this works too.
*1)* Did anyone else just see the poster and _"Episode 5, Watch the new episode now"_ when they went on Disney+, rather than a screenshot, name, and description? *2)* Did Greef Karga crouch to send a message with his astromech? Was that a reference to Leia in A New Hope? *3)* When Din handed the Armourer back her hammer, I noticed it looks like a microphone. Also, it's funny to imagine the covert all squabbling like children and the Armourer saying "OKAY, YOU CAN ONLY TALK IF YOU'RE HOLDING THE HAMMER!" *4)* Gorian and Greef both had the chance to leave but stayed. Unintended parallel maybe, but there's something profound about two very different people making the exact same choice, turning it into two different choices. *5)* With all this "Bo-Katan walks two worlds" talk, I am now onboard Star Wars Explained's "the Armourer is making it up as she goes" train. *6)* As soon as the Children of the Watch find a new home, where they would be embraced by other people and exposed to other opinions and ways of life, the Armourer says that they can't stay and need to go back to Mandalore. Does she fear losing her influence over the cult?
The monkey creatures ratting out the pirates was definitely my favorite !! When the armorer told Bo to remove her helmet , I was like WHAAAT?? Cuz I couldnt' see where this was going . An aside about Moff Gideon. It's probably some mercenary mando's that grabbed him, but it also occurred to me that Moff could decide to "join" the mando group cuz then he could wear the helmet and hide just like his little assistant is hiding among the New Republic administration.
One of the biggest reasons I love watching you Wave commentate after the show is when you guys pick out stuff that I wouldn't know about otherwise. Zeb being a perfect example. Ive never watched Rebels. So when he showed up it didn't phase me a bit. Badass looking animation. But now his significance is apparent because I get to see you guys get excited about it. Just when you think you know everything, you learn something new every episode with you guys. Stay frickin rad!
32:48 season 3 is supposed to be a couple of years after season 1. Jon Favreau has said that Grogu trained with Luke for about 2 years. Also in this episode Din said that the fight on Navarro was “many cycles ago”. With that we’re at least at 11ABY if not later (4 years between Yavin and Endor, 5 years between Endor and season 1, and at least 2 years between season 1 and season 3).
I wouldn’t be surprised if they put Zeb in to test how it looks and how audiences would react to it so they can make sure the model is just right for heavy use in the Ahsoka series.
For a second when Teva said there was someone in the enclave who worked in the balance and Mando first turned & looked, I thought he meant Paz; and then I remembered (and Peli did confirming in her saying) that R5 was a Rebellion droid
All those in favor of a Mandalorian video game (regardless of what era it is set in) shout THIS IS THE WAY! Seriously this felt like a beautiful mix of Battlefront 2 and Squadrons! Also FREAKING ZEB!!!! AND HE LOOKS PERFECT!!!!
The Armorer is hella SUS, she straight up said "Let's make the convert for all Mandalorian to enjoy" which includes Sabine and her Mom. It just so happens that Moff Gideon escaped during all of this... and it had beskar... I think she had a hand in the destruction of mandalore.
Omg! FINALLY! A reaction vid where folks recognized Zeb and were excited to see him! Watched literally a dozen plus videos and most people had no clue who he was. YOU GUYS ROCK!
Watching a group of Normies reacting to Star Wars is cool, but a reaction from HARDCORE fans just hits different. Looking forward to checking this out!!! 😊
That Nubian Yacht that Kelleran rescued Grogu in was a senators ship. It had to have been sent there by JarJar because Padme couldn't have known about Grogu or Anakin would have also known I feel. I really think it is smart that Bo-Katan would be the one that they would send to gather others to join them. She can now talk for both sides of their customs and ways.
Zeb looked absolutely perfect. Dare I say the best translation from animation to live-action we've had so far. Now I just hope he joins the rest of the Spectres while they search for Ezra and Thrawn in the Ahsoka show.
In the first episode, Bo said the stolen fleet was making its way through the galaxy as mercenaries. It's possible some were recruited to free Gideon. That makes a bit more sense than the theory that Gideon actually has Mandalorian ties. But with this show, you never know.
Ever since I started watching your reactions, whenever I watch certain things, I now think to myself, "I wonder how Blind Wave will react to that?" Seeing Zeb was definitely one of those moments.
Seeing Zeb as part of the New Republic was fantastic! I have just started Rebels (trying to binge it before Ahsoka comes out), and immediately recognized him. The animation of this episode, especially the corsair flying over the bombed city and the atmospheric fight of the Gauntlet and the N-1. The advances in technology are exponentially growing, and this can only get better.
Bo has been elevated to Recruiting Poster. 'Walking both worlds' is a nice way for the Armorer to say "You have no place to call home". Bo is being set up to be the 'Noble Sacrifice' that unites her people. Hope I'm wrong: 'Take off your helmet' felt like the Armorer was testing Bo. Bo failed the Creed, but proved that she could be manipulated. The Mandalorian would never have removed her helmet on the word of another. No Mandolorian would ask another to remove her helmet, either. The Armorer has been promised a mountain of Beskar and is tampering with Succession. Last time anyone checked, Gideon was sitting on a mountain of Beskar. Something stinks on ice.
I like how "Aliens" the final scene feels, the X-wing drifts in like the life-pod at the beginning of the movie and the R2 units probe scans like the scanner arm that enters the pod after the door is sliced open.
Does anyone think that the Imperial Shuttle scene was also the way Disney kills off Cara Dune? That she was killed in that shuttle attack to free Moff Gideon.
How can Bo-Katan walk both worlds but not Din? She wouldn’t have ever seen the Mythosaur without Mando, she couldn’t inspire her crew to stick around without the dark saber. While Din is just gaining allies left and right with his actions, has the dark saber, actually saved Ragnar, got the covert together and gained some land for them, plus he’s reluctant to lead which makes him a better fit for the job in my eyes.
Because he’s always been a part of the Children of the Watch, meaning he is only part of one world. But Bo has now led both the Children of the Watch and the other Mandalorians, so she can hopefully now unite them despite her differences
@@reality8470 I’m sorry but this is ridiculous, if Bo-Katan can just keep her helmet on for like a month or two and be considered a part of the children of the watch then their whole concept is utterly absurd.
The shard of beskar could just be from a Dark Trooper. It would make sense that they could have extracted him from the ship given we know they can fly just fine through space.
Something I thought was interesting in this episode is that Din said that the ambush in nevarro back in 1x3 was many cycles ago. Cycles being a year on coruscant time, so it’s kinda crazy to think the mandalorian show has taken place over multiple years without us really knowing
With this episode I think we can put this talk of the children of the watch being a cult to rest. No cult would have let its followers speak like Din and the Mandalorian from house visla did. No cult would have left it up to the whole group to decide what action to take. And no cult would have been willing to accept a view that is in opposition to their own like the Armorer did with the helmet or support someone else’s power over their own. Luchador’s are not considered a cult for never taking off their masks so why should the Children of the Watch be considered one for never removing a helmet.
The foot in both worlds is foreshadowing to what Grogu will do by walking the way of both Jedi and Mandalorian and being the next Tarre Vizsla. As The Armorer states that about Bo-Katan It shows Grogu.
Carson Teva may be right. Gideon knows that Din and Karga are friends, so how better to draw him out than have the pirates attack Nevarro? Din has both the Darksaber and Grogu, both of which Gideon may still want.
I feel like The Armourer is starting to feel marginalised by Din's new importance and leadership, so is setting up Bo as a sort of puppet to keep some form of control of their people
Is the armourer actually the leader. I thought Paz Vizla may have been. When it was just the two of them left, I couldn't tell which was in charge. I fear that Bo Katan is going to have to fight Din Djarin after they are all united. Unite and leading aren't the same thing.
The Armourer is like the coverts shaman, she doesn't lead as doesn't want to, she is a keeper of their songs, history and lore. They all respect and follow her counsel.
Bo Katan led Mandalore at the end of Clone wars, then in Rebel's she wasn't in charge but Sabine gave her the darksaber and she was in-charge again, now in the Mandalorian she's lost it and is trying to lead YET AGAIN. You could say 3rd times the charm, but she has proven twice now that she can't lead. I think we need Din as the leader and her by his side as a mother figure for grogu, the queen to the king sorta deal.
I just wanted to say thank you for not putting spoilers in the thumbnails as I got spoiled yesterday by reel rejects before I had even watched the episode and it had only been out 1 day!!! So thank you 🙏
@@dsfddsgh First part of that question to answer. RUclips's algorithm is the the main reason. The more they upload in a day, the less their videos get recommended to people (they could upload 10 things, and cause of that only 2 get recommended for people), so this way they can do more Star Wars content without effecting the rest of their channel, and can find more people who are interested in Star Wars. Two other smaller reasons they gave, is to help with copyright and they wanna be a more positive Star Wars channel since not a lot out there these days. Second part of your question, they said they were keeping Bad Batch on the main channel cause they had started that season there. They didn't wanna move the reactions over halfway through the season, and confuse people who are searching up their reactions to the season for the first time. Mando they started this season here, so they had the episodes over here. Next season of Bad Batch will be just on this channel like you'd expect
Did you guys catch the little nod to the original Boba Fett actor. Karga grants the Mandos the land from “the lava flats to Bulloch Canyon”. I’m assuming that’s a reference to the late Jeremy Bulloch.
Check out Aaron and Eric playing Jedi: Fallen Order LIVE TONIGHT here: ruclips.net/video/qrkfto-uFq0/видео.html
I hope we get to see the rest of the Star Wars Rebels characters in live action in the Mandalorian season 3 because that will be so cool
Just curious, what is Rick listening to on his Air Pods throughout the video?
The Mandalorian started 5 years post ROTJ!
What disappointed me was them not seeing Dave, Deborah and Rick sitting at the bar but you do get distracted by seeing ZEB. Best episode of the season.
@@nicholasybarra158 Yeah, they were so busy freaking out over Zeb, they totally missed them sitting at the bar. Which is surprising, because Deborah at least is very hard to miss, as there are multiple relatively close up shots looking right at her face in the foreground as the camera is pointing down the length of the bar.
The moment I saw Zeb my first thought was I cannot wait to see Blind Wave’s reaction. They are going to love it. They didn’t disappoint.
Omg, same!
I just saw the episode and I'm still shaking. Captain Garazeb Orrelios of the High Honor guard of Lasan! It's goot to see ya.
Same
even as a causal fan i didnt know who zeb was and i was waiting for reaction i knew he was someone no way they spent that much money for such a good looking char for 1 time thing.
I’ve been checking YT all day for this exact same reason!
Zeb just casually having a cameo here is the drink-spitting moment right there
Watching so late at nights makes me miss stuff, because I honestly thought it was just another of Zeb's species, not Zeb himself!🤣
Shows up.
Is wearing a New Republic pilot uniform.
Refuses to elaborate.
Leaves.
@@looneyluna96 gigachad
@@fuzzyotterpaws4395 I was the same til I saw the credits
@@fuzzyotterpaws4395 i would recognize Steve Blums voice anywhere
Eric’s absolutely right. That was an amazingly (and expensively) rendered Zeb to use only once in a cameo appearance. We’re going to see him again, for sure.
Hopefully he and Ezra someday get together in live action. It's been too long (in universe and irl).
My bets are on the Ahsoka series
I thought the same thing when I saw Grevious in the season 7 opening
Filoni again teasing for whats ahead..cant wait
They were probablt testing him for Ahsoka, and if this is the test result...man I cant wait
I’ve been helping my Dad with his recovery from heart surgery this past month. Turned on the new episode of The Mandalorian this morning for him, went in the kitchen to grab a cup of coffee, and I suddenly heard him yell “Karabast!”from across the house. We’re huge Rebels fans! Zeb looks incredible!😁
Yaaaaaaaaayyyy xD
I wish you and your dad well in good faith.
this is amazing hope he gets well soon
sending love to you and your dad bud
This is the way! ❤ Also wishing your dad a swift and good recovery❤😊
In the scene with Zeb, you can actually see Dave Filoni, Deborah Chow and Rick Famuyiwa sitting at the bar having drinks 😂😂 what an awesome cameo by those 3
Filoni not even bothering to dress up, still in his t-shirt and stetson! Scruffy git! Love ya Dave! :D
@@shugaroony Lol, Dave fits the look of space cowboy well enough; he doesn't even need a costume to blend in
Close, it's Famuyiwa
Could catch was too busy processing Zeb to notice
The moment I saw a cowboy hat, I knew immediately that was Filoni. All three directors just there, casually sipping spotchka.
Jedi: "we are keepers of the peace, not soldiers"
Mandalorians: "we can do both"
I love the idea of Mandalorians sorta stepping into the Jedi’s place as peacekeepers of the galaxy.
I don’t know the timeframe with the Sequel Trilogy, but maybe they were busy focusing on rebuilding Mandalore. Then the phase after the ST will be the Age of Mandalorians.
Omg yes
@Fighting Faerie force sensitive mandos. Grogu steps into the armorers place and they take in the force sensitives Jake abandoned
@@fightingfaerie Mandalore will need far more than twenty years to be rebuilt, so yes it's very possible that the Mandalorians were busy with all that at the time
@@LaughingOwlKiller I had that thought too. After Rise literally the only “Jedi” left is Rey. I guess even Ahsoka is gone as well since she was in the voices Rey heard.
Sure Rey has the texts and in the Lego Holiday Special is trying to teach Finn, but they didn’t leave much to suggest she is going to continue the Order.
Already at this point I was expecting a kind of classic Surprising and Unexpected Cameo... but I never expected THAT Surprising and Unexpected Cameo, and Zeb looks so Good, wow just wow
I expected Hondo, but seeing zeb gives me hope that we will see the others
@@HaloPrime212 I have a feeling we will be seeing the rest of the Ghost crew in Ahsoka series
He looks amazing....
@@HaloPrime212 Hondo was pretty old by the time of rebels, and I think it's been around 10 years since they fought the battle of Lothal, so he might be dead or surely retired.
@@dragonhunter1315 *Potential spoiler*
Looking at the leaks I'm pretty sure we will see the Ghost crew. I think the whole cast was leaked by different sources.
I love the idea that Bo-Katan is selected by the Armorer not by having some sword, but for her actual story and life expirience. Just awesome.
Mando can be her "vader"... so he gets to keep the Saber to pass yo grogu
More the force is female trash. this episode had Gina written all over it but Disney... Happy they're failing. Long way down
@@krycissjohnquincygrizzlysa1162 In what world is Disney failing? Get your head out of your ass lol
@@LaughingOwlKiller That would actually be a worthy division of responsibilities--The Crown & Sword of Mandelore.
@@krycissjohnquincygrizzlysa1162 Why? She's the heir, and she has the will. Din Djarin doesn't seem to be interested in ruling a planet.
As soon as I saw the Lassat I screamed THEY CAN MAKE ZEB! Then once he started talking I then yelled, even louder, THEY MADE ZEB!!!
I was like wow Zeb will look really cool on the Ahsoka show!... Hold on he kinda looks too good... wait thats Zeb!
Din : I hold the speaking hammer
*Gives badass speech*
Paz : I have the hammer to speak
*Gives Epic speech*
Armourer : The speaking hammer is mine
Pirate : But you aren't speaking!
Armourer : It speaks for itself.
*Smashes pirate faces in*
It took me embarrassingly long to realize it was Zeb. Also they totally got me with the bait and switch in Vizla’s speech
I was super sure it was him but the pilot suit threw me off because he’s never been a pilot
True that speech got me too.
Bait yet, but nothing switched. You can't switch if an opposite declaration wasn't said first.
@@YodatheHobbit It’s not a RUclips comment until someone is asinine about the semantics of what was said. Thank you for filling that quota
@@YodatheHobbit how about you bait'n'switch deez nuts
Chuchi showing up in Bad Batch made me want to rewatch all of Clone Wars again
Knowing Thrawn will be in the Ashoka show made me read all of the first Thrawn Ascendancy book
And now Zeb showing up as a cameo in this episode has now made me want to rewatch all of Rebels
I love Star Wars.
I'm so excited for that crossover event The Mandalorian, Book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka shows are all building towards
@@dragonhunter1315 me too although I don't think Book of Boba Fett did much for that
same, Clone Wars and Rebels are my reason I love Star Wars
Sounds like you have too much time
@@kazehazeee me too I love Clone Wars too much
The salacious crum thing calling out the ambush is one of my favorite things in a while. Finally they get their moment
Same. It was perfect
Probably the only time I've actually liked Kowakian Monkey-lizards
Aren't they basically human-level intelligence, just feral? I think I read that somewhere lol
So I work as a teaching assistant at a primary school, and recently my students have been conducting research for a fact file about a celebrity of their choice. One of the kids wanted to write her one about Grogu since she's obsessed with him, but I explained it has to be about a real person, so she could write about the man who created the character, so she ended up writing a fact file about Dave Filoni 😂 I think I earned my Star Wars nerd card today
Amazing :))
Are telling me Grogu is not real 😂
@@iluvyummywaffles I guess technically he is haha
You have done the highest honour in taking care of a foundling
Love how you guys are the only reactors I've seen so far to KNOW that was Zeb without looking at credits.
For me when he showed up I’m like Zeb!!!
I can't understand that anyone would think that is not Zeb, for once the voice is so recognizable and second all the other lasats are in the planet beyond the outter rim so is unlikely that there's another rebel lasat besides Zeb
@@stef3831. Right . I mean seriously it’s obvious and we know we’re probably gonna see him in the Asoka show or something he looked so good! lol and I’ve heard everything for the Ahsoka show is pretty well on point I mean they’re making the characters sound pretty damn close to the original characters which is like so amazing so season 5 of rebels lol !
there were 2 more I follow that noticed too, but yeah quite the few, sadly... PEOPLEEE WATCH THE ANIMATED SERIES -_-
@@stef3831 right? especially when they said in Rebels that Lasat species are so rare after the Purge
In terms of Mandalorians breaking Gideon free, Bo had mentioned that her people dispersed when she came back without the dark saber and were working as mercenaries. So, thinking some - maybe one of the ones she was with last season - took the jail break for the cash.
It may have been dark troopers since they are made out of beskar as well. Could be thrawn.
Knowing what the Empire is doing, they either hired Mando mercenaries which is a thing in Star Wars or they are false flagging in order to cover their own ass.
MoffGideon was in possession of the Dark Saber, had his ass handed to him by 3 Mandalorians (4 if he knew Slave 1 was Boba Fett's) plus the buff Alderannean shocktrooper. Dude's probably feeling he has an axe to grind with the Mandalorians so isn't a stretch to think he may deliberately leave "evidence" implicating Mandos.
@@rorylawford That is the most logical choice. It's clear to me he wants the New Republic busy with dealing with the Mando's in order to do whatever he is trying to do.
@@jameswesker15 Dark Troopers are only made out of Beskar in Legends. Someone pointed out that if they were, Luke's lightsabre would have been unable to slice them up.
The armorer bringing her forging tools to battle was both funny and badass lmao
STOP! *HAMMER TIME*
She's already used them as weapons multiple times. Clearly there's some kind of esoteric weapon specialization on her character sheet...
It's also their talking stick on important meetings lol.
@@freelancerdelta5681 Yeah, I thought that was a pretty cool touch, and not something we'd seen before this episode, so I wonder if it was something the director came up with...
I’m so happy when they showed Zeb in live action on Mandalorian at first I thought like it looks and sounds like Zeb but is it really Zeb and when I saw the voice actor’s name I was so excited
The moment he spoke I knew it was him
@@HaloPrime212 same u cant forget or mistake that voice was waiting on Karabast too lmao
Yeah they married his look up to Jaro Tapal from Fallen Order. It was so good.
@Saltire yeah as someone who didn't get into Rebels I still haven't finished it. I unfortunately didn't think of Zeb and wasn't like excited about it, I immediately thought of Jaro Tapal having recently finished Fallen Order.
I was however still impressed as hell how good a lasat looked in "live-action" I didn't feel anything was about it whatsoever they are doing such a great job. If it was costume it looked great and if it was CGI it looked better as I didn't think it was and if it was a combo it blended perfectly. Like the Azellians(spelling) looked like puppet in their scene though I can understand that being a cheaper route for such a small scene. They even presented them like a puppet show not seeing their lower half because it's a hand 😂
So I think we can all agree that this confirms Zeb is showing up in Ahsoka, right? They wouldn’t just make a whole design of live action Zeb only for a 10 second cameo. He is definitely showing up in Ahsoka.
Guaranteed Ghost crew will be in Ahsoka!! 100%.
The show should be called:
Ahsoka: The Search for Ezra
@@schmidtfam04 thank god SW fans don't get to name the shows.
Technically ahsoka show is rebels season 5
Seeing the two Rebels scenes this season has just made me realize even more how incredibly excited I am for Ahsoka.
@@CRITTER_FROG ?
I like the choice of words of "you didn't see the light, you were captured." It's not that she's former imperial that he has a problem with, he has served with plenty, we know that Wedge and Hobbie defected from the empire and in legends, not sure if it's still canon, generals Dodonna and Madine also defected after seeing what the empire was really like, also just realized that they each had their own briefing for attacking 2 different Death Stars. Just b/c you're with us now isn't b/c you believe, at best you were most likely abandoning a sinking ship, at worst...
a sinking ship that turned out to be a submarine
Yeah, there's a similar situation in episode 3 where people realize she was with Gideon.
Means she didn't "see the light" until quite a while after the war was over. That's the real problem. ;)
Pretty much ALL Rebel leadership were former Imperial because they were mostly all from the Republic. The rank and file Rebel soldiers were mostly planetary defense forces while the elite Rebels were either specialists or Imperial defectors. The best pilots the Rebels had all came from the Imperial Academy. Biggs and Luke said in A New Hope they wanted to join the Imperial Academy, Biggs immediately went over to the Rebels, and Luke said he hated the Empire so it's pretty clear a lot of people joined the Empire to learn how to be a soldier or pilot and THEN defected to the Rebellion. Disney canon seems to be treating 'defectors' as untrustworthy or like the Rebellion wasn't built off people doing that.
The bar scene has Rick, Dave and Debra talking as pilots.
I had absolutely zero expectations of ever seeing Zeb in live action, so when he came on I was casually like "ah, there's Zeb..' and then it settled in after a moment and it was like 'WHAT IN THE GOSH DAMN HELL ITS ZEB!!???'
Zeb was soo good in live action!
Looks amazing.
@@joshrandor4371 Looks like it was made for a movie
@@KingCobraLolcowfor real lol. Why couldn’t they made Cad Bane look like that.
As soon as I saw Tim Meadows I was like "IT'S CALEB."
Really glad to see Zeb.
I'm so happy Paz has come around.
Gideon was one of the imperials in charge of the Purge, so he would have access to beskar. Remember Din's armor is made from reclaimed beskar, he got from the creepy german guy.
Could also be teasing Thrawn, who also had access to Beskar weapons like that spear he gave the High Magistrate in that S2 episode with Asohka
@@Killerkwoi13 Very true, hadn’t considered that. Then maybe that ties in with what the armourer mentioned about beskar weapons being frowned on.
@@billsmith6273 agreed, feel like a random fragment of Beskar lodged into a wall along with the obvious "oh it must be the mandos then" is almost certainly a red herring
When Zeb showed up I legit was like oh that’s an interesting alien his voice sounds familiar. And then I looked a little closer and had to run around the room bc I couldn’t BELIEVE that it was Zeb. Rebels is like my favorite Star Wars project so that was everything to me
Yeah Rebels is my favourite thing in the franchise outside of Episode V. I stopped the episode there and then, recognised it was Steve Blum, knew there was only one other Lasat we know of, who is now dead at this time, so had to check the creds! Sure enough I was delighted to see it was the big guy! :D
This is the reaction we’ve all been waiting on, nobody does it like BlindWave!
When the Armorer and Bo walked out and the framing hid both their heads, I thought the Armorer also took off her helm and it was confirmed to be Bo's other sister.
But this works too.
“I hope he’s married to Kallus” that was LITERALLY my first thought when Zeb appeared 😂
Sameeee
Zeb showing up, Nevarro battle, Mandalorian unification and possible live action imperial super commandos?
Damn fine good episode
*1)* Did anyone else just see the poster and _"Episode 5, Watch the new episode now"_ when they went on Disney+, rather than a screenshot, name, and description?
*2)* Did Greef Karga crouch to send a message with his astromech? Was that a reference to Leia in A New Hope?
*3)* When Din handed the Armourer back her hammer, I noticed it looks like a microphone. Also, it's funny to imagine the covert all squabbling like children and the Armourer saying "OKAY, YOU CAN ONLY TALK IF YOU'RE HOLDING THE HAMMER!"
*4)* Gorian and Greef both had the chance to leave but stayed. Unintended parallel maybe, but there's something profound about two very different people making the exact same choice, turning it into two different choices.
*5)* With all this "Bo-Katan walks two worlds" talk, I am now onboard Star Wars Explained's "the Armourer is making it up as she goes" train.
*6)* As soon as the Children of the Watch find a new home, where they would be embraced by other people and exposed to other opinions and ways of life, the Armourer says that they can't stay and need to go back to Mandalore. Does she fear losing her influence over the cult?
The Armorer said Bo could unite the Mandaloriens, she didn't say lead.
Paz Vizla looking to Din for approval at the end was perfect. He needed the nod of the Mandalore to stop him from going ham on the seeming apostate. 😅
I really loved that too. Paz is totally growing on me and I'm SO glad their rivalry isn't there anymore.
The visual effects looked really good this episode. The air fights are so fun to watch and Din is such a good pilot.
The amount of shouting I made when Zeb appeared made my mom come thinking I was in trouble hahahaha
Anyone else watch these episodes and just be like "well, I guess I have to wait for Eric to explain that to me"?
every mando jetpack scene in this season has been masterclass.
The monkey creatures ratting out the pirates was definitely my favorite !! When the armorer told Bo to remove her helmet , I was like WHAAAT?? Cuz I couldnt' see where this was going . An aside about Moff Gideon. It's probably some mercenary mando's that grabbed him, but it also occurred to me that Moff could decide to "join" the mando group cuz then he could wear the helmet and hide just like his little assistant is hiding among the New Republic administration.
One of the biggest reasons I love watching you Wave commentate after the show is when you guys pick out stuff that I wouldn't know about otherwise. Zeb being a perfect example. Ive never watched Rebels. So when he showed up it didn't phase me a bit. Badass looking animation. But now his significance is apparent because I get to see you guys get excited about it. Just when you think you know everything, you learn something new every episode with you guys. Stay frickin rad!
32:48 season 3 is supposed to be a couple of years after season 1. Jon Favreau has said that Grogu trained with Luke for about 2 years. Also in this episode Din said that the fight on Navarro was “many cycles ago”. With that we’re at least at 11ABY if not later (4 years between Yavin and Endor, 5 years between Endor and season 1, and at least 2 years between season 1 and season 3).
I wouldn’t be surprised if they put Zeb in to test how it looks and how audiences would react to it so they can make sure the model is just right for heavy use in the Ahsoka series.
And they did a phenomenal job. I got no uncanny valley effect whatsoever. It was one of the best CGI characters I’ve ever seen.
Is it me or is Bo and din developing feelings🤣
He did sit awfully close to her 😂
I'm glad I wasn't the only way who muttered "they're doing a Taris!"
For a second when Teva said there was someone in the enclave who worked in the balance and Mando first turned & looked, I thought he meant Paz; and then I remembered (and Peli did confirming in her saying) that R5 was a Rebellion droid
The detail of the speaker holding the Armorer’s tool was very ‘Lord of the Flies’ with the conch
All those in favor of a Mandalorian video game (regardless of what era it is set in) shout THIS IS THE WAY!
Seriously this felt like a beautiful mix of Battlefront 2 and Squadrons!
Also FREAKING ZEB!!!! AND HE LOOKS PERFECT!!!!
This Is The Way!
I think that’s actually Dave Filoni, Deborah Chow, and Rick Famuyiwa at the bar together
I love how everyone was so focused on Zeb that they completely missed Filoni sitting right in front of the camera😂
Tim Meadows playing the ásshat that denied the distress call…perfect.
The Armorer is hella SUS, she straight up said "Let's make the convert for all Mandalorian to enjoy" which includes Sabine and her Mom.
It just so happens that Moff Gideon escaped during all of this... and it had beskar... I think she had a hand in the destruction of mandalore.
Omg! FINALLY! A reaction vid where folks recognized Zeb and were excited to see him! Watched literally a dozen plus videos and most people had no clue who he was. YOU GUYS ROCK!
I feel like the last scene is a setup for Sabine and the fact that she's already been cast. The casual appearance of Zeb can't be a coincidence.
Watching a group of Normies reacting to Star Wars is cool, but a reaction from HARDCORE fans just hits different. Looking forward to checking this out!!! 😊
Finally, the reaction I always look forward to. Knew you would all recognise Zeb instantly!
That Nubian Yacht that Kelleran rescued Grogu in was a senators ship. It had to have been sent there by JarJar because Padme couldn't have known about Grogu or Anakin would have also known I feel. I really think it is smart that Bo-Katan would be the one that they would send to gather others to join them. She can now talk for both sides of their customs and ways.
ZEB!!! I almost happy cried when I heard his voice 🥹
He looks soooooo good, can’t wait for the Ahsoka show!
Zeb looked absolutely perfect. Dare I say the best translation from animation to live-action we've had so far. Now I just hope he joins the rest of the Spectres while they search for Ezra and Thrawn in the Ahsoka show.
In the first episode, Bo said the stolen fleet was making its way through the galaxy as mercenaries. It's possible some were recruited to free Gideon. That makes a bit more sense than the theory that Gideon actually has Mandalorian ties. But with this show, you never know.
In addition to Zeb, three directors were sitting at the bar also; Debra Chow, Rick Famuyiwa, Dave Filoni (in the cowboy hat)
During the OT, Zeb and Kallus were establishing a new home for the Lasat.
Ever since I started watching your reactions, whenever I watch certain things, I now think to myself, "I wonder how Blind Wave will react to that?" Seeing Zeb was definitely one of those moments.
So Nevarro has like 30 citizens?? WTF is this?? How's it possible Andor looked so SO much bigger in every episode?
I guess they can fit only but so many people in the Volume...shrugs but yeah the whole planet like 30-40 people?😅😅😅
Andor was filmed on location
Not enough extras?
Seeing Zeb as part of the New Republic was fantastic! I have just started Rebels (trying to binge it before Ahsoka comes out), and immediately recognized him. The animation of this episode, especially the corsair flying over the bombed city and the atmospheric fight of the Gauntlet and the N-1. The advances in technology are exponentially growing, and this can only get better.
- Kanan (spectre 1): Bad Batch e1
- Hera & Chopper(spc 2 & 3): Bad Batch e11
- Zeb (Spectre 4): Mandalorian
- Sabine, Ezra and Jacen (Spc 5,6,7): Ahsoka
Just want to see more dog fights in this show, they are doing some really good fights with the ships
11:28 I knew he was going to vouch for them and flip the script and at the end of Season 3 it remains my favorite moment from him
21:33 That's absolutely Dave because on the opposite side, there's Deborah Chow and Rick Famuyiwa.
I really hope this cameo means he’ll be part of the cast in Ahsoka.
Love how Rick's straining to hear any semblance of Spike Spiegel's voice when Zeb was speaking
Bo has been elevated to Recruiting Poster.
'Walking both worlds' is a nice way for the Armorer to say "You have no place to call home".
Bo is being set up to be the 'Noble Sacrifice' that unites her people.
Hope I'm wrong: 'Take off your helmet' felt like the Armorer was testing Bo.
Bo failed the Creed, but proved that she could be manipulated.
The Mandalorian would never have removed her helmet on the word of another.
No Mandolorian would ask another to remove her helmet, either.
The Armorer has been promised a mountain of Beskar and is tampering with Succession.
Last time anyone checked, Gideon was sitting on a mountain of Beskar.
Something stinks on ice.
Hmmmm, good call. This is a theory that's worth a look.
"I hope he is married to Kallos". Someone call Dave Feloni and Jon Favreau. They need to make this be canon.
Zeb looks fantastic, they definitely did him justice
I like how "Aliens" the final scene feels, the X-wing drifts in like the life-pod at the beginning of the movie and the R2 units probe scans like the scanner arm that enters the pod after the door is sliced open.
"Aliens" was the first thing I thought of when I saw that scene too.
I can’t wait to see the bad batch reactions, finale was crazy
That was the finale?🥲
@@Vurawn410 yeah sadly 😭
Zeb knows a Mandalorian that may be able to help identify that beskar shard they found.
Does anyone think that the Imperial Shuttle scene was also the way Disney kills off Cara Dune?
That she was killed in that shuttle attack to free Moff Gideon.
How can Bo-Katan walk both worlds but not Din? She wouldn’t have ever seen the Mythosaur without Mando, she couldn’t inspire her crew to stick around without the dark saber. While Din is just gaining allies left and right with his actions, has the dark saber, actually saved Ragnar, got the covert together and gained some land for them, plus he’s reluctant to lead which makes him a better fit for the job in my eyes.
Because he’s always been a part of the Children of the Watch, meaning he is only part of one world. But Bo has now led both the Children of the Watch and the other Mandalorians, so she can hopefully now unite them despite her differences
@@reality8470 I’m sorry but this is ridiculous, if Bo-Katan can just keep her helmet on for like a month or two and be considered a part of the children of the watch then their whole concept is utterly absurd.
The shard of beskar could just be from a Dark Trooper. It would make sense that they could have extracted him from the ship given we know they can fly just fine through space.
Something I thought was interesting in this episode is that Din said that the ambush in nevarro back in 1x3 was many cycles ago. Cycles being a year on coruscant time, so it’s kinda crazy to think the mandalorian show has taken place over multiple years without us really knowing
With this episode I think we can put this talk of the children of the watch being a cult to rest. No cult would have let its followers speak like Din and the Mandalorian from house visla did. No cult would have left it up to the whole group to decide what action to take. And no cult would have been willing to accept a view that is in opposition to their own like the Armorer did with the helmet or support someone else’s power over their own. Luchador’s are not considered a cult for never taking off their masks so why should the Children of the Watch be considered one for never removing a helmet.
Holy Jesus in this episode the Mandalorians are moving like Army Rangers in the streets of Nevarro 😭😭 so sick !!!
The foot in both worlds is foreshadowing to what Grogu will do by walking the way of both Jedi and Mandalorian and being the next Tarre Vizsla. As The Armorer states that about Bo-Katan It shows Grogu.
Carson Teva may be right. Gideon knows that Din and Karga are friends, so how better to draw him out than have the pirates attack Nevarro? Din has both the Darksaber and Grogu, both of which Gideon may still want.
This was amazing. The Specters are coming!!!
Loved seeing Tim Meadows. "And you never once paid for spice. Not. Once."
I feel like The Armourer is starting to feel marginalised by Din's new importance and leadership, so is setting up Bo as a sort of puppet to keep some form of control of their people
Is the armourer actually the leader. I thought Paz Vizla may have been. When it was just the two of them left, I couldn't tell which was in charge. I fear that Bo Katan is going to have to fight Din Djarin after they are all united. Unite and leading aren't the same thing.
The Armourer is like the coverts shaman, she doesn't lead as doesn't want to, she is a keeper of their songs, history and lore. They all respect and follow her counsel.
Love when I see the thumbnail and know exactly what they're reacting to 😂
That last scene was straight out of Jaws. Like Hooper checking out Ben Gardner"s boat.
Next week is a Bryce Dallas Howard episode, I expect it'll be excellent
They gave them the lands from the lava flats to Bulloch Canyon. Thank you Jeremy.
Eric’s reaction to seeing Elia Kane pop up on screen😂😂same as me fr
"everybody come and look"
I love Anzellans so much! 😆
Bo Katan led Mandalore at the end of Clone wars, then in Rebel's she wasn't in charge but Sabine gave her the darksaber and she was in-charge again, now in the Mandalorian she's lost it and is trying to lead YET AGAIN. You could say 3rd times the charm, but she has proven twice now that she can't lead. I think we need Din as the leader and her by his side as a mother figure for grogu, the queen to the king sorta deal.
I just wanted to say thank you for not putting spoilers in the thumbnails as I got spoiled yesterday by reel rejects before I had even watched the episode and it had only been out 1 day!!! So thank you 🙏
Aaron: No
Calvin: Yes!
I don’t know why the simplest things they say and do make me happy
Bo Katan shows up without her helmet
Din: "Bitch, are you for real."
Goddamn I hate this second channel thing so much
Why did they start a second channel and if this one is just for Star Wars why are the Bad batch reactions on their original channel?
@@dsfddsgh First part of that question to answer. RUclips's algorithm is the the main reason. The more they upload in a day, the less their videos get recommended to people (they could upload 10 things, and cause of that only 2 get recommended for people), so this way they can do more Star Wars content without effecting the rest of their channel, and can find more people who are interested in Star Wars. Two other smaller reasons they gave, is to help with copyright and they wanna be a more positive Star Wars channel since not a lot out there these days.
Second part of your question, they said they were keeping Bad Batch on the main channel cause they had started that season there. They didn't wanna move the reactions over halfway through the season, and confuse people who are searching up their reactions to the season for the first time. Mando they started this season here, so they had the episodes over here. Next season of Bad Batch will be just on this channel like you'd expect
Action in this episode was awesome and seeing Zeb in live action was unreal :) Can't wait to see Mandalorians uniting to reclaim Mandalore :)
Did you guys catch the little nod to the original Boba Fett actor. Karga grants the Mandos the land from “the lava flats to Bulloch Canyon”. I’m assuming that’s a reference to the late Jeremy Bulloch.
This is the way.
@@grizzfan08 This is the way
This is the way