First 7 Minutes Of Disney's STAR WARS REBELS

First!

NICE! I liked it!

Not bad. Not bad at all!

Just as bad as I'd imagined it to be.

This show blows...it's gonna suck worse than it's predecessor

Man the Storm Troopers are getting killed man and blown up on a Disney channel, Marvel Animations got no excuse any longer.

I very much looking forward to this series as it's an all ages show that brings us closer to a family demographic

I hope he's not going to be a f.ucking jedi. It'd be nice to have a SW show without jedis for once.

@nikgrid well he is going to become a Jedi didn't you see he felt the force on the roof?

@instantjustice @grimfoe

Dictatorial/Totalitarian/Authoritarian can actually be formed from any type of government. While we do typically associate them with left-wing ideology, that is propaganda, it can be either side. Libertarianism/anarchy are extremely right-wing ideologies.

The star wars story was Palpatine taking control of the democratic senate through legal wrangling, creating a galactic military-dictatorship, and then the rebels taking him out. People hate on the prequels, but the political back-drop of Palpatine's take-over with tactics like trade embargoes is actually genius, and leap-years ahead of most movies.

Right-wingers in America, anywhere on the spectrum, believe that federal government powers should be next to nil (usually for defense/military only). I have noticed that the latest trend in corporate schill is having a plot where the good guy is joe regular and the bad guy is the over-bearing government forcing things out of him like unnecessary taxes or imposing regulations that hurt business (one recent example being Dallas Buyers Club, where the bad guy was the FDA).

So just the opening SW Rebels scene where the empire is hasseling the guy selling fruit, it seems like they are going to take the empire away from being about an abuse of power to just being a bad thing in general. Maybe I'm wrong, but I doubt it.

Ill watch it..

I don't disagree with any of your points, nor do I really need the explanation of one vs. the other. I'm not writing that to be snide only to illustrate that I think you've missed the central point that I'm trying to make. Your snide comment was somewhat dismissive of the notion that big government is an inherently bad thing.

"So it looks like Disney has switched the story from being about dictatorial power abuse to the classic right-wing argument against any and all big government."

My point is that it's not a right-wing argument that big government is bad, it's an American argument. That's why we formed our country, to get away from large, oppressive, centralized government. It's interesting to note that the younger generation doesn't see that as our origin and that the anti-big government sentiment has become viewed as propaganda.

The story of the overreach of the galactic empire can be very easily correlated to the overreach of any centralized government. Padme's line about democracy dying to thunderous applause can be very easily applied to today's politics as the executive branch continues to ignore the separation of powers built into our constitution and the legislative branch does nothing about it. All the while the media champions the cause of the big government because "it's for our own good."

looks pretty decent.. but is that guy supposed to be Ezra Miller? the animation isn't exemplary by any measure but the sound effects are spot-on, especially the TIE fighter, though I'm not entirely sure Simon Kinberg knows how to invent new characters.

@grimfoe

It was the American argument...in 1776. There have been numerous times since then that both parties had extrmemely progressive federal agendas. It is only since Reagan that Republicans have re-adopted the idea. If you think liberal democratic Americans still think that, you need to read about FDR, John Maynard Keynes and the New Deal.

It's interesting to note that the older generation seems to forget about the advances we have made with an enabled, centralized federal governement. A lot of people don't seem to recognize or understand the positive changes this has brought to living conditions for millions upon millions of people.

The story of the overreach of the Galactic Empire can be used as a reflection of centralized government overreach, but that is not what Lucas was doing with it.
And if you think Disney is doing it as an homage to the founding fathers as opposed to their own promotion for a lack of corporate regulation, you're comical.

Don't buy into rhetoric, the media champions whatever cause is paying for it.

Not sure how I feel about the revamped "street rat" vibe. Would've preferred a series about Asoka and tying up loose ends from Clone Wars.. This is why there needs to be a SW series set AFTER the films. Cause this.. this.. *ugh*

@nibs The Pics aren't legit. But Dave Filoni said that he thought it would be crazy to do another Star Wars show and not have his characters in there somewhere.

So it's very likely that Ashoka will show sometime during this series.

I'll wait to watch a full episode before I give an opinion.

"Looks and feels like Star Wars. They nailed it."

Feels very OT.