Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Rebels - S1E12 - "Call to Action"

0:03 - An Imperial Star Destroyer flies overhead as a shuttle, flanked by TIE fighters, exits it, which is the same way that Return of the Jedi starts, although that's in space, and this episode begins in the atmosphere of Lothal.



11:25 - Kallus (accepting Tarkin's plan):  "As you wish."  The phrase "As you wish" occurs a number of times in the original trilogy:  in A New Hope, Vader says it after Tarkin asks him to release General Motti from his Force choke [38:45]; in The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett says it after Vader warns the bounty hunters against disintegrations [1:06:22]; in Return of the Jedi, Vader says it twice more in conversations with the Emperor [39:16 and 1:07:38], and Admiral Piett says it to Vader ("As you wish, my lord") [56:13].  In The Phantom Menace, Nute Gunray says, "As you wish" at the end of a conversation with Darth Sidious [5:04], and in Revenge of the Sith, Captain Typho says, "As you wish, my lady," to Padmé [1:41:23].

11:36 - Tarkin (to the Inquisitor):  "And remember:  I want this Jedi alive."  Vader gives the same command to the stormtroopers in A New Hope ("Bring me the passengers; I want them alive!" [6:08]) and to the bounty hunters in The Empire Strikes Back ("You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive, no disintegrations" [1:06:14]).

14:40 - Kanan (after Imperials arrive too quickly):  "That's impossible."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke also says, "That's impossible" [1:51:21].

17:56 - Kanan (to the Inquisitor):  "We're full of surprises."  Luke uses the same expression during his duel with Vader in The Empire Strikes Back:  "You'll find I'm full of surprises" [1:43:49].