I agree with the comments everyone needs to be tagging a symbol, because if everyone isn't, the person that does singles themselves out. It's not just random bombings, of which I'm sure there were many even during the Republic, it's bombings being conducted by subject X. The person is then singled out, known identity or not, and resources begin to be applied. If there isn't a grand movement of intergalactic taggers then the person has essentially just painted a bullseye on their own head. Not a terribly smart way to carry on a grand rebellion.

Being heroic is fine, I just prefer my antagonists and protagonists to be smart rather than visually dramatic. Others may prefer the contrived dramatic flare, to each their own. My opinion also is more from a game perspective as opposed to whether or not the cartoon will be fun to watch. I just think the rebellion's success was more beholden to spies, diplomats and slicers, rather than demolitionists or pilots, that's all.

Signing every crime scene you commit is stupid.

Not necessarily, particularly in a work of fiction.

As long as the person doing the signing is able to constantly stay one step ahead of the authorities, it's a good way to build up a reputation. Especially if the target and authorities are both morally corrupt/bankrupt, as it shows the common folk that yes, you can fight authority and that authority doesn't always have to win.

Plus, the 'signing' doesn't always have to say "Act Perpetrated by Person X." Just the fact that a number of Imperial propaganda posters are defaced along with some serious damage to an Imperial installation is enough to get the message across that "there's somebody out there that's not going to just sit back and take it."

Signing every crime scene you commit is stupid.

Not necessarily, particularly in a work of fiction.

Like I said, to each their own.

Been thinking about the trailers we've seen so far and...I'm less than enthused. Artistically it seems too clean, I have yet to see any grit. And is it just me, or is the voice acting just poor? Completely passionless line delivery. Maybe they'll improve over time, but I'm spoiled by the last couple of seasons of TCW.

I looks more and more like this is going to be a stupid kid's show. There will never be lines in it like:

"I love you, I wanna be with you forever."

"You really mean that?"

"All the way down to my fluid sac..."

To be fair, the first season or so of Clone Wars was pretty bad. That movie they did back in 2008 or thereabouts, it was the first Star Wars movie I actively hated. Not just "Eh, it wasn't as good as the others", but honestly, legitimately hated. Mind you, I've made my peace with Clone Wars since then, but that first season or two was pretty rough.

Even if the first season or two of Rebels is weak, I'll still watch. Television is free and it will only cost me half a hour of my life a week. That's pretty harmless.

Yah I agree, I wouldn't worry right off about the voice acting. When you watch episode 1 of star trek TNG compared to the last one, the actors are clearly far more comfortable in their roles. I just hope they put the effort into a decent storyline and it isn't just them flying around setting off bombs every week.

The initial season of a lot of TV shows aren't exactly spectacular. And for the reasons noted, namely that everyone (especially the actors) are still trying to get a feel for their character.

it's much like the initial session or two of an RPG campaign. The players all have a pretty good idea of who they think their character should be, but that often changes once the dice hit the table and what was a group of individuals begins to interact with each other and the story.

Even more.

Thanks for the link, so has anyone tried statting these characters?

Well except for Kanan obviously...

I think it would be a tad too premature to stat the characters, since we don't know too much about them still.

Very interested in Hera.. pilot and captain huh?

Thanks for the link, so has anyone tried statting these characters?

Well except for Kanan obviously...

Well, given we haven't actually seen them in action aside from some rather short clips, be hard to say what exactly they're capable of. Best that could be managed is a guess at their career/specialization combos.

Particularly with Kanan and Ezra in regards to their Force abiilties. Kanan at least would probably need to wait for Force & Destiny to really do him justice given he's actually a trained Jedi.

At least if you're trying to stat him as a PC instead of what EotE and AoR did with their trained Force-wielder NPCs, since the NPC part meant "not subject to PC limits"...

I think the interesting thing here is that these characters seem much better suited to an Edge of the Empire game focused on fighting the Empire than an Age of Rebellion one.

I think the interesting thing here is that these characters seem much better suited to an Edge of the Empire game focused on fighting the Empire than an Age of Rebellion one.

This might go back to concerns voiced in the Age Bets that playing Age characters felt "too structured, too controlled, too militant" and moved too far from the everyman heroes that we saw in Episode IV (where only Leia was a card-carrying member of the Alliance).

The thing is... it seemed like playing "more structured, more controlled, more militant" was part of the point behind what FFG was proposing with AoR in the first place.

My reason is that the introduction video on hera described her as both a pilot and a commander which was when I suddenly wondered if whoever was narrating this actually plays Age of Rebellion...

Nah more likely he's played Edge of the Empire after all!

The thing is... it seemed like playing "more structured, more controlled, more militant" was part of the point behind what FFG was proposing with AoR in the first place.

Yes, that was certainly their idea. Some think it's a stupid-ass idea, but FFG seems to thrive on those.

If anything, Rebels will be a show that more resembles combining all three game lines.

As to Age of Rebellion being a more structured game, the Rebel Alliance was a military organization.. not a rag tag group of freedom fighters. They have uniforms.

If anything, Rebels will be a show that more resembles combining all three game lines.

As to Age of Rebellion being a more structured game, the Rebel Alliance was a military organization.. not a rag tag group of freedom fighters. They have uniforms.

The core of the Rebel Alliance was effectively a military organization with uniforms. However, for every member of the core of the Alliance, there are a lot more fringe sympathizers that make up the bulk of the Rebellion (including fairly large groups such as that led by Garm Bel Iblis, and small resistance cells with no contact to Mothma's Rebel Alliance).

What we see on screen (the only true canon I use) we don't see rag tag cells, we see what looks like a unified force.

Rebels seems to be making that small rag tag group of dissidents that later become or inspire the Rebel Alliance.

That camera couldn't be everywhere. You didn't see the cells because it was focused on the heart of Mothma's operations.

I'm sure that both games can be run as loosely or as tightly as you want them. Just because the designers focus the game on an aspect doesn't mean we have to as well. They have to find a point to spring from, whether people agree with that point or not. EotE is a game more focused on free-wheeling adventure, AoR is more focused on battling the Empire It is just a point of reference.

And I get the impression that the series is going to range from the free-wheeling Edge type characters to more focused "us vs. them" Rebel/Empire characters. That progression may vary from episode to episode or it may follow a path. It remains to be seen.

Given the time period (post 66), I'm interested in seeing how the force is handled. Between the recovering jedi and the kid, there is going to be force, but will it be blatant or will they try to cover it up? What will the Imp response to said force use be? do they call in reinforcements? Is this inquisitor local, or is he summoned due to the force usage? What about the locals, will they turn on the force user? Will they act like they (jedi) are the devil, as that's what they've been force fed? Etc....

I want to see just how close my game is to canon, as it isn't something that's been shown before. As we are set in this same time period pretty much.

And with that, I have to say their using a new alien for Zeb is kinda cool, and kinda bothers me, at the same time. I would rather they would flesh out one of the numerous existing (but little attention getting) species like Gotel, Lepi, Talz, etc.. rather then come up with something entirely new... but at the same time NEW ALIEN, Whoop!

I have to say their using a new alien for Zeb is kinda cool, and kinda bothers me, at the same time. I would rather they would flesh out one of the numerous existing (but little attention getting) species like Gotel, Lepi, Talz, etc.. rather then come up with something entirely new... but at the same time NEW ALIEN, Whoop!

Aaaaaactually...

West End Games already tagged that alien: the Lasat. I'll be extremely curious to see if Zeb ends up being one. WEG didn't go into too much detail on the species, so he could certainly still be one without having to change any already-existing info!

Well, seeing as how LucasFilm seems willing to discard prior elements of the EU for the "new hotness," I wouldn't hold my breath about Zeb being noted as a Lasat. They pretty much deep-sixed Asajj Ventress and Barriss Offee's prior EU character development for The Clone Wars series.

Given the timeline, I wouldn't be surprised if the Rebel Alliance as we saw it in the films didn't quite exist yet, and that any "Rebels" are simply independent groups doing their part to strike out against the Empire. There might be groups that are larger and better coordinated than most cells, such as factions that answer to Mon Mothma, Bail Organa, or Garm Bel Ibis. Heck, for a campaign set in this time-frame, you could even make use of Kota's Militia from Force Unleashed, particularly as their focus is causing as much direct damage to the Empire as possible.