#iron squadron

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Mart: I mean come on, let's hug it out. Come on, hug it out. [Mart, Gooti, Jonner, Sabine, Ezra, and Sato struggle into a group hug] ... Sato: Who took my wallet? Ezra: Sorry.

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Star Wars Rebels Episode Bracket: Round 1A

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The episode Iron Squadron from Rebels season three predicted Star Wars Resistance because we see that Kaz was with Neeku, Tam and Bucket as his father Mart Mattin did It with Gooti Terez, Jonner Jin and R3. I really Hope that Jarek Yeager was the friend of Jun Sato and Mart Mattin if we will see them(Yeager and Jun Sato) with Jun Sato's Brother in Bad Batch and even Yeager and Mart in Rebels season five. I would like to see Yeager see again Mart After Kaz realize that he was adopted by Hamato Xiono, the friend of Mart, in Resistance season three. I would like to see Mart, his crew, Yeager, Hamato Xiono, Immanuel and Venise Doza when they talks about the future of Ben in the Mandalorian

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worst rebels episode is iron squadron. by far.

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Star Wars Legends + text posts (part 4/?)

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Rebels Rewatch: "Iron Squadron"

Unexpected Sato backstory??? And other fun things!

Oh hey, the rare Star Wars planet that is not one single biome!

My son looking cutely contemplative. :)

Hera's the first to mention that Sato has "connections" here, and my brain automatically assumed family even before the reveal.

This freighter the kids are using is a YT-2400, which apparently was kind of a big deal to Legends fans because of some dude named Dash Rendar. This is not my area of lore expertise so I won't comment on that, but I will observe that if fanbros had an expectation of seeing that guy in this episode then it makes more sense why they got pissy when it was revealed the crew was upstart plucky kids instead.

Still, adult Star Wars fans really have got to stop mindlessly hating on teen/kid characters.

"They're attacking the Empire head on!" I mean, y'all have a Corellian freighter too and you do that all the time. I guess the YT-2400 looks way more civilian grade to them, no obvious modifications.

Why is Kanan in the turret, guys? Yeah yeah I know he has the Force to help him "see" but this is just... silly.

Hera still operating under the impression that it's a civilian ship. I mean technically it is but also you're in the Rebellion Hera, we literally just had an Imperial ace talk about how y'all use whatever ship that flies a few episodes ago lol.

You know the trick with the cargo crates is actually pretty clever. The YT-2400 obviously has very little actual armament aside from the one top gun, very easy to lull your enemy into thinking you're harmless.

Lol Zeb accurately calling that Iron Squadron is "a ship-full of Ezras".

I haven't commented on it before but sometimes Ezra just sits like such a typical teenager, using the furniture in all the wrong ways.

Big fan of the slightly vulnerable note in Sato's voice here.

Lol Ezra and Sabine's faces here.

"If you like a junk pile." "Be nice." A+ adorable banter moment, love it.

There goes Chopper antagonizing other droids again.

Mart is surly and grumpy and looks like a shaggy kitten and I love him. <3

Gooti trying to diffuse the tension in the room by offering waffles. Relatable.

Mart honestly sounds just a bit like Dark Side Drunk Ezra, the undernotes of anger in his voice, insisting that they have things under control and don't need help. Honestly it was kind of an amazing and interesting idea to put Ezra alongside a bunch of (slightly) younger kids a few rungs back on the character development ladder to contrast how much more mature he's gotten.

Mart confusing different Imperial ships for a Star Destroyer is also a great running gag. Sabine gets so annoyed lol.

Lothal still looking relatively pretty.

I would really like to praise Lars Mikkelson for making me creeped out by the most innocuous of scenes with Thrawn, all the man has to do is comment on Iron Squadron being interesting and mildly insult Konstantine and my skin crawls, ggughhhh.

Thrawn setting up lesser officers for failure again.

Relating to deliberately casting Ezra as the more mature one, it even extends to how they keep posing him this episode. He's not more than a year or two older than the Iron Squadron kids and yet he feels so much older in his bearing and manner of speaking.

The shoulder nudge and the way Sabine goes, "Hmm?" makes me think they're improving this on the fly.

I've joked before about this looking like a cute family photo but it's still true.

Spaceparents be skeptical lol.

Chopper just whacking the panel with hammer. XD

"This might be just a planet to you, but it's our home!" Hoo boy, that's the heart of it isn't it? Ezra has been through this exact thing. So he understands the instinct to dig in and fight back. But like Mon Mothma would later remind him in Season Four, you can't save every planet right away. Sometimes you have to retreat and regroup, and come back stronger later.

Sometimes you have to leave home.

It doesn't mean you don't fight. It just means you don't let your fear of loss make you stupid.

Once again leaning on that message of "How we choose to fight."

This is purely in the realm of headcanon but Mart's obsession with suicidally charging a Star Destroyer makes me think that might be how his father died, or something similar to it at least.

Gooti and Jonner sharing a look like, "Uhhhhhh maybe they have a point about our ship being way too small to take on the Empire alone."

Yeah, no, I'm sticking with my idea that Mart has just a little bit of a death wish and wants to go out taking revenge against the Empire that killed his father.

Precious little rage bean. <3

Sabine reminding Ezra not to get in trouble with Hera for disobeying orders again.

It's okay Sabine, he's learned that lesson lol.

Subtle animation appreciation moment: The sheer floof to Mart's hair. I can't believe how much volume it feels like has, just from the way it shifts around his head.

"I am all the family he has left." :((((

STILL SO MAD THAT WE NEVER GOT MART'S REACTION TO SATO'S SACRIFICE AT THE BATTLE OF ATOLLON.

Right, continuing with the Mart-is-literally-Ezra-from-a-couple-seasons-prior parallels, Mart's disbelief and delight at the Ghost coming back for him.

And Konstantine makes a really stupid decision in the effort to... idk, give himself more glory? He literally has enough ships and firepower to blow both freighters to bits and he insists on this showy mine trap move.

This is why Thrawn sent you by yourself, pal, he wanted to see if you'd croak.

Lol the Ghost took a potshot at the light cruiser as it was passing.

Chopper continuing in the grand habit of bullying other droids.

Ahhhhhhh Sato came! He was too far away to be able to get there on time and he came anyway!

HIS FACE.

Yeah uh, Konstantine? You should have known the mine plan would never have worked as soon as you lost signal contact with it. Also it's really stupid to let them get the ship that close to your cruiser before you try to detonate it.

Mart's little "...Oh." expression. <3 A+ running gag payoff, no complaints.

HNNNNNGGHHHHH YOU CAN'T JUST IMPLY THAT THRAWN AND SATO HAVE SOME KIND OF CONNECTION AND THEN NOT FOLLOW UP ON THAT. At least let us get some Sato backstory out of it, c'mon.

Thrawn calling Konstantine just to rub the embarrassment in.

THIS IS WHY HE DISOBEYED YOUR ORDERS AT ATOLLON DUDE. MAYBE NEXT TIME DON'T HUMILIATE YOUR UNDERLINGS BY DELIBERATELY SENDING THEM INTO SITUATIONS YOU KNOW THEY'LL BUNGLE.

Aw frick.

Don't think about the Kanan-Ezra parallels, don't think about the Kanan-Ezra parallels, don't think about the Kanan-Ezra parallels--

They're adorable.

And we couldn't let the episode close without getting one last gag in by way of Chopper rolling up to R3 and smacking him for no damn reason lololol.

I unironically love this episode and these kids. <3 Fandom was way too mean about this episode, why do y'all hate fun?

There are a few things introduced in this episode that really should have been picked back up and followed through on and yeah, a couple moments are a smidge cringe. But the humor is overall solid and sue me Mart Mattin is precious and I love the depth his existence adds to Sato. AND I WANTED SO MUCH MORE I DON'T CARE THAT I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO LOVES THEM I NEEDED MORE IRON SQUADRON.

*ahem* I'm normal about this episode. Soooo normal.

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“Protecting”

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Wraith 13

thinking about the fact that Thirteen, Kell Tainer's astromech, was named 'Thirteen' because of an unintentional glitch in his programming wherein his random number generator would only spit out the number '13.'

thinking about how Thirteen liked this name, because it meant that it was Wraith 13, the 13th member of the Squadron. how this unintentional glitch in its programming made it a part of the team.

thinking about how after Thirteen is destroyed, Lara Notsil joins the squadron as the official Wraith 13. how Lara Notsil, who is really Gara Petothel, finds that her indoctrinated Imperial ideals can't hold up against the trust and support of Wraith Squadron. thinking about how an unintentional glitch in her programming makes her a part of the team.

and of course, I'm always thinking about this:

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Heroes Reborn vol 1 7 (Cover art by Iban Coello)

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Mart Mattin 🤝 Nico di Angelo: being short and full of anger

Mart: can you guys at least try to see things from my perspective?

Gooti: *sits on floor*

Jonner: *crouches down*

Sato: *kneels*

Mart: I hate all of you

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Mart: [sleepover voice] Are you awake? Wedge: [sleepover reply voice] Yeah Gooti: [regrettable sleepover invitee voice] You guys, SHHHH Ezra: [confused sleepover voice] What is the meaning of life? Jonner: [annoyed sleepover voice] Dude, shut up. Sabine: [sleepover host voice] You guys be quiet, Hera's gonna hear us. Unknown voice (which sounds a lot like Hondo): You kids wanna buy some drugs?

[kanerallels]

I love your blog! I am a huge fan of Star Wars Rebels (it got me through the early years of the pandemic).

I wanted to know if you have any headcanons for Commander Sato and/or Mart Mattin, since they were criminally underutilized in the show.

Awww thank you so much! Same here-- I actually started watching it the year the pandemic started, too! That's so fun-- do you have a favorite character?

My stars I WISH I did. They really are underutilized, and honestly they're such good characters. Unfortunately I haven't spent much time focusing on them, but I should definitely change that in the future! Do you have any favorite headcanons for them?

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I stopped believing in the idea of plot points too ridiculous for Star Wars the moment Face references Kettch and then Zsinj and Melvar immediately look at each other like "oh shit"

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Watched Iron Squadron for the first time since it released. It was indeed just as bad as I remembered.