Once again, Hidalgo has chosen to field business questions on his personal account. He is acting as a representative of Disney in that regard. Heinlein had the luxury of not working for a massive corporation the likes of which would probably make him choose between his ideals of personal liberty and whether he continued to get a paycheck.

Pablo has every right to fence off his Twitter account as part of his private life and not allow any official Star Wars talk to occur on it. As soon as he puts on his mouse ears though, his interests become Disney's interests and his aggravations are irrelevant.

4 minutes ago, flyboymb said:

Once again, Hidalgo has chosen to field business questions on his personal account. He is acting as a representative of Disney in that regard. Heinlein had the luxury of not working for a massive corporation the likes of which would probably make him choose between his ideals of personal liberty and whether he continued to get a paycheck.

Pablo has every right to fence off his Twitter account as part of his private life and not allow any official Star Wars talk to occur on it. As soon as he puts on his mouse ears though, his interests become Disney's interests and his aggravations are irrelevant.

He also has every right to establish rules regarding his personal time and responses to questions. "Freedom of Speech" doesn't mean "Shove your words down someone's throat and force them to have a conversation with you" after all. I personally think that a rule along the lines of, "If you can't fit your question into 140 characters I won't even give it a look," seems reasonable.

Let's face it, fanboys are virulent sometimes, and the worst of them are impossible to satisfy no matter WHAT a person in charge of a given fandom does. Special warning flags regarding Star Wars fans are almost certainly mentioning the EU and linking to external websites. If, after years of trying to deal with that, his kneejerk response is to ignore it and ban the poster so they can't flood his account with, "WHY ARE YOU DODGING MY QUESTION #COWARD #CORRANLIVES" I can understand that. It's not NICE, but it's understandable.

1 hour ago, flyboymb said:

Well, seeing as the guy showed his Tweet and there isn't anything remotely offensive about it, I'd say hearsay can be discounted along with much of your other speculations. How could Pablo have done things the right way? Six words 'I can't answer questions like that'. It isn't a definite affirmative or negative, and it isn't blowing off a fan because he didn't ask a question to your liking. Customer service isn't limited to mindless peons manning phones. If a higher-up is a blowhard, as many here have stated Pablo as being, then the money that walks away is lost just as permanently as if a minimum wage crony had done it. Don't believe me? Ask Paul Feig.

If his time is so valuable then he should probably hire somebody to weed through all the tweets and give him the stuff that legitimately needs answering and reply with a handful of authorized responses to the bulk remainder. The guy has chosen to use his personal account to answer company questions. If he isn't representing his business well in doing that, maybe somebody else should do so instead.

You're saying he should hire someone to weed through his personal twitter, and that doesn't sound at all ridiculous to you? He's also not answering "company questions" using his twitter. He answers fan questions with his own fan speculation, and has to be extremely careful to not answer company questions or else put his own livelihood at stake. Pablo Hidalgo is a Star Wars fan who happens to have been put in a prominent role working with the story group. Doesn't mean all of his thoughts as a fan that he shares on his personal twitter account tie back to his work.

20 hours ago, xanderf said:

Of course, as noted, there is sort of a gaping plot hole around Ezra's participation, here. I mean, it's great that Obi-Wan spells it out to him that he isn't part of this story . That's nice and all. But especially given you are hanging out with Rex, nevermind a Rebellion teetering on the brink - it seems kinda unlike Ezra to not TELL EVERYONE THAT KENOBI LIVES .

He did, after all, come back after you cut him in half the first time . So...just sayin'...

Totally agree on both points.

As for Maul, I liked him and think that Lucas really screwed up by "killing" him in Ep1. He could have been bigger than Vader in terms of branding and marketing. But, the bed was made and they should have left him dead. At the end of the day, his re-birth did nothing to move the real story along and was only filler.

The Rebellion knows Obi-Wan is alive after this no? Why else would Princess Leia send the Droid to find him.

Leia knows because her adoptive father knows.

Back to business; anyone seen the season´ s finale trailer?

Thoughts? Wishes? Hopes? Fears?

11 hours ago, Underachiever599 said:

You're saying he should hire someone to weed through his personal twitter, and that doesn't sound at all ridiculous to you? He's also not answering "company questions" using his twitter. He answers fan questions with his own fan speculation, and has to be extremely careful to not answer company questions or else put his own livelihood at stake. Pablo Hidalgo is a Star Wars fan who happens to have been put in a prominent role working with the story group. Doesn't mean all of his thoughts as a fan that he shares on his personal twitter account tie back to his work.

Well its not really fan speculation on his part. What he says is actually canon which is why he strategically picks questions to answer. Its also why so many people try to ask him questions because his answer confirms or denies a part of the Star Wars canon and if you're the person who asked I guess the assumption is you get bragging rights.

20 minutes ago, Cununculus said:

Back to business; anyone seen the season´ s finale trailer?

Thoughts? Wishes? Hopes? Fears?

A) Thrawn deserves a better helmet than being a bucket head.

B) We get another space battle, nice!

C) Thrawn should live to fight another day.

D) RIP triangle carrier it looks like.

E) Episode should be called "return of the sabine"

F) Overall looks like it's gonna be awesome!

I couldn't review this one without going into spoilers. I really try not to generally but how could I not talk about details? http://superdstuff.com/star-wars-rebels-twin-suns/

18 minutes ago, FlyingAnchors said:

A) Thrawn deserves a better helmet than being a bucket head.

B) We get another space battle, nice!

C) Thrawn should live to fight another day.

D) RIP triangle carrier it looks like.

E) Episode should be called "return of the sabine"

F) Overall looks like it's gonna be awesome!

A) Yes...but Death Troopers! Liking the R1 link.

C) Thrawn needs to live whilst Rebels need to die.

D) Always knows as 'Flurry' to me. Sad times

Wishes? There needs to be a significant "hit" on the Rebel side. I know that this is still (mainly) an animation designed for kids, but Thrawn just spent the whole season being:

- Let them go with their meager victory.

- Kallus / Fulcrum is better alive than dead.

- I can predict all of my opponents moves, but my underlings can't actually catch them and I actually send officers that I know will fail.

- Etc.

Part of what made Thrawn look formidable in the books was that he actually managed to achieve victories and the new Republic was genuinly afraid of him. I would like the episode to live up to the preview of "all that happened before was just a rehersal".

4 hours ago, Forresto said:

Well its not really fan speculation on his part. What he says is actually canon which is why he strategically picks questions to answer. Its also why so many people try to ask him questions because his answer confirms or denies a part of the Star Wars canon and if you're the person who asked I guess the assumption is you get bragging rights.

Pablo has been very insistent that his twitter is not canon. For example, on his twitter, he has speculated that Dagobah might be like Mortis in that time flows differently there due to it being a vengeance in the Force. He has also speculated that all the "ooine" planets were colonized by the same group thousands of years ago. These are his personal headcanon, and are not officially part of the Disney canon.

I suspect that this cell of rebels will take some heavy losses, but that the leadership(the main cast and sato) will take very minimal losses, sato if anyone. Material loss will likely be high, the carrier, maul's ship, some of the reinforcements. Something will happen to discredit thrawn(other than failing to wipe them out) such as the destruction or incapacitate of a star destroyer. If he makes it out of the season alive next season will see his cool persona unravel as he tries to pinpoint this new rebel alliance. His near success at the end of season 4 will be marked by his falling into a rebel trap and dying.

Blatant speculation!

8 hours ago, FlyingAnchors said:

D) RIP triangle carrier it looks like.

I've seen a number of people mention this, but I'm not seeing it, just the destruction of an interdictor.

I just noticed the Chimera doesn't even get pulled in by the upbowing interdictor. False information everyone!

Except after it really blows up the whole Fleet explodes...

5 hours ago, codegnave said:

Something will happen to discredit thrawn(other than failing to wipe them out) such as the destruction or incapacitate of a star destroyer. If he makes it out of the season alive next season will see his cool persona unravel as he tries to pinpoint this new rebel alliance. His near success at the end of season 4 will be marked by his falling into a rebel trap and dying.

Nah, it's going to be the exact opposite. The Rebel fleet is going to get decimated, to the point where the highly successful Thrawn is going to be too valuable to keep in charge of mopping up what remains in Season 4. The job will fall to lesser officers and bounty hunters.

11 hours ago, SDCC said:

I couldn't review this one without going into spoilers. I really try not to generally but how could I not talk about details? http://superdstuff.com/star-wars-rebels-twin-suns/

A) Yes...but Death Troopers! Liking the R1 link.

C) Thrawn needs to live whilst Rebels need to die.

D) Always knows as 'Flurry' to me. Sad times

C) Yeah, yeah, Phoenix squadron will have allot of fireballs... who knows this could be the battle wedge breaks his leg.

As for the main crew... we shouldn't lose anyone at this point, I think. I think we still have some stories to tell with all the crew. Although another life changing event like Kanan's blindness could occur. I don't even think Sato should die, although his ship should definitely be lost.

I sort've feel Zeb and Sabine's arcs are pretty well done to point now if either died the show would not be worse off for them dying. I like both characters a bunch but lets be honest they're expendable at this point.

17 minutes ago, Forresto said:

I sort've feel Zeb and Sabine's arcs are pretty well done to point now if either died the show would not be worse off for them dying. I like both characters a bunch but lets be honest they're expendable at this point.

I mean, I can see Zeb's arc being considered to be over, but Sabine's? Her arc basically just STARTED. Up until now, she wasn't doing anything, and now she's at the point where she's trying to reunite the Mandalorians, probably has to rescue her father at some point, etc.

1 hour ago, FlyingAnchors said:

. I don't even think Sato should die, although his ship should definitely be lost.

No, that was the season 1 finale.

1 hour ago, DarthEnderX said:

Nah, it's going to be the exact opposite. The Rebel fleet is going to get decimated, to the point where the highly successful Thrawn is going to be too valuable to keep in charge of mopping up what remains in Season 4. The job will fall to lesser officers and bounty hunters.

Or, Thrawn gets to decimate the rebel fleet, badly, to the levels we see in Rogue One... so much that a jealous and xenofobic Imperial high command begins to see him as a potential danger, so he decides to send him to the outer reaches...

On March 21, 2017 at 11:43 PM, LunarSol said:

Leia knows because her adoptive father knows.

Bail Organa knew Kenobi was alive...2 decades before ANH. He would have had no idea that Kenobi or Luke were still on Tatooine after all that time. The rebellion having some contact with the Jedi hermit prior to Scarif makes perfect sense, and suggests that Organa's plan in R1 to send Leia to Tatooine was a real plan ever since Ezra discovered Kenobi was still alive.

Added prediction: agent Kallus could also die or be greviously injured.

16 hours ago, codegnave said:

I suspect that this cell of rebels will take some heavy losses, but that the leadership(the main cast and sato) will take very minimal losses, sato if anyone. Material loss will likely be high, the carrier, maul's ship, some of the reinforcements. Something will happen to discredit thrawn(other than failing to wipe them out) such as the destruction or incapacitate of a star destroyer . If he makes it out of the season alive next season will see his cool persona unravel as he tries to pinpoint this new rebel alliance. His near success at the end of season 4 will be marked by his falling into a rebel trap and dying.

Blatant speculation!

If you are discrediteed for the loss of a star Destroyer, Govenor Price and Kallus should've been demoted by now.

23 hours ago, FlyingAnchors said:

A) Thrawn deserves a better helmet than being a bucket head.

B) We get another space battle, nice!

C) Thrawn should live to fight another day.

D) RIP triangle carrier it looks like.

E) Episode should be called "return of the sabine"

F) Overall looks like it's gonna be awesome!

B) indeed!

C) Completely agree, though I hope he is either send to the Outer Regions out of jealousy or he leaves because the 7th fleet is needed elsewhere after his crushing victory, which brings me to

D) Yes, but I prefer the Rebels get a significant punch in this battle. Losing the carrier is not enough...

Characters like Sato, Agent Kallus, Zeb, and even Kanan do have the potential to die in this episode.

Maybe Sabine after a final desperate rally of the Mandalorians before they get decimated by the 7th Fleet?

I am looking forward to see what´ s going to happen!