{"id":50079,"date":"2016-10-25T10:06:43","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T17:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=50079"},"modified":"2016-10-25T10:08:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T17:08:31","slug":"3-big-questions-from-star-wars-rebels-season-3-episode-6-the-last-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/3-big-questions-from-star-wars-rebels-season-3-episode-6-the-last-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Big Questions from Star Wars Rebels Season 3, Episode 6 “The Last Battle”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This article contains spoilers for Star Wars Rebels Season 3, Episode\u00a06<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Battle Droids versus Imperial Stormtroopers\u2014the Star Wars<\/em> showdown you never dreamed you\u2019d see!<\/p>\n

Or maybe you did.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Last Battle\u201d makes me think about the epic confrontations my kids stage between their many Star Wars<\/em> Galactic Heroes figures<\/a>, blissfully ignoring movie and TV series distinctions. I\u2019ve seen the Separatist Alliance\u2019s \u201cRoger, Roger\u201d robotic defenders go up against the Empire\u2019s warriors in white many times in my own living room! But I enjoyed seeing this episode of Star Wars Rebels<\/em> grant such a face-off canonical status.<\/p>\n

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This week\u2019s 22 minutes were fast-paced and full of action, but they also offered some chances to reflect. Here are 3 questions \u201cThe Last Battle\u201d prompted me to ask\u2014and they\u2019re all pretty sobering ones:<\/p>\n

1) How do warriors heal from the trauma of war? <\/strong><\/p>\n

This season, Star Wars Rebels<\/em> seems intent on raising a question that has very obvious, pressing real-world ramifications. We glimpsed it in last week\u2019s episode, \u201cHera\u2019s Heroes,\u201d<\/a> as Chopper stood his mournful vigil by the Y-wing wreckage on Ryloth. We see it even more plainly this week, when Rex regains consciousness and believes, for a moment, that the Clone Wars have never ended.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe war is over!\u201d Rex tells Kalani. But this episode reveals the war has raged on in the minds of both clone captain and tactical droid for nearly two decades. I appreciate how Star Wars<\/em> on the small screen frequently takes time to acknowledge the physical and psychic toll of warfare in a way the Star Wars<\/em> movies seldom do. Without becoming morality plays, episodes like \u201cThe Last Battle\u201d lead viewers to consider war\u2019s cost on the lives of those who fight it long after they leave the battlefield (should they be fortunate enough to do so)\u2014and maybe even ask what they can do to help.<\/p>\n

(Appropriately enough, the \u201cForce for Change<\/a>\u201d charity contest that accompanied last year\u2019s premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens<\/em> included, by Harrison Ford\u2019s nomination, the fStop Warrior Project<\/a>, which helps wounded veterans transition to civilian life through digital photography.)<\/p>\n