Honestly rewatching the Ryloth arc is insane because of the amount of connectivity between it and things that would happen later in Rebels. Like
1) Mace Windu, the master of Kanan’s master, and Cham, Hera’s father, working together years before Kanan and Hera would even meet
And Cham even directly references the events of the battle when he first shows up in Rebels
“Ah, Mace Windu. Outnumbered a hundred to one, we charged across Lessu’s energy bridge to certain doom!”
2) Anakin and Ahsoka leading the battle in the skies, which would a) inspire Hera to become a pilot(and ironically she’d later meet both Anakin and Ahsoka in person, small universe lol)
“I was a little girl when the clone war came to Ryloth. My mother hid us below ground, but I’d peek out when the Republic ships flew over as they fought to liberate my world.”
and b) would result in Chopper’s pilot being shot down, leaving him to later be found and repaired by Hera, thus beginning a lifelong friendship
not to mention c) when Anakin’s fleet is trying to get through the blockade in part one, AP-5 is presumably on one of those star destroyers
And we all know how that turned out
3) And finally, no Ryloth post would be complete without mentioning our girl Numa and the many callbacks that came with her return
Like honestly, when these three episodes first aired back in 2009, nearly a decade ago now, I doubt anyone would’ve guessed that they’d end up being so relevant to future content. Rebels wasn’t even a concept yet when tcw was being made, and none of this foreshadowing was intended, and yet it all still connects so brilliantly. Really shows how dedicated the writers are to the characters and the fans alike. And it certainly increases the rewatch value of tcw.
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