We continue our run-up to the last season of Star Wars: Rebels by returning to the world of comics! STAR WARS: KANAN (THE LAST PADAWAN and FIRST BLOOD), written by Greg Weisman and pencilled by Pepe Larraz, recounts the Jedi past of Rebel leader Kanan Jarrus. What do the comics tell us about Kanan’s journey? What do Kanan’s former mentors tell us about the Jedi? How drunk did Kate get while recording this episode? All that and more this week!
Plus, we touch on a bunch of extra-credit materials for you to explore:
- Burden of Empire: The Complex Relationship Between Star Wars and Facism
- Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey, from The Hero With a Thousand Faces, and how it relates to Star Wars
- Why Joseph Campbell was kind of a lousy human
- Why Captain Hera Syndulla Deserves Her Very Own Marvel Comic
- The Clone Wars episode 3.8, “Evil Plans”
- The Clone Wars episodes 5.6-5.9, “The Gathering” arc
This episode also includes plot points from Star Wars: Rebels and is NOT spoiler-free!
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