80: The Siege of Lothal Pt. 1 and Pt. 2 (Rebels 16 and 17)
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🗓️ 21 February 2024
⏱️ 144 minutes
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Summary
After months spent bouncing around the galaxy of the Old Republic, we are finally back to the wonders of the... lemme just check my notes... the era of the Empire! That's right, folks, the Emperor, Governor Tarkin, and Darth Vader are at it again, expanding their control over the galaxy and squeezing out any attempt at resistance. And you know what? It's good to be back.
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Next time: Rebels 18 & 19 ("The Lost Commanders" and "Relics of the Old Republic")
Show Notes
Hosted by Rob Zacny (@RobZacny)
Featuring Alicia Acampora (@ali_west), Austin Walker (@austin_walker), and Natalie Watson (@nataliewatson)
Produced by Ricardo Contreras (@a_cado_appears)
Music by Jack de Quidt (@notquitereal)
Cover art by Xeecee (@xeeceevevo)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Let us return once more to a more civilized age a Star Wars podcast. I'm Rob Zachney joined by Ali |
| 0:13.8 | Akampora Austin Walker and Natalie Watson. We are as always supported by |
| 0:17.5 | you, our listeners by a Patreon.com slash civilized so head over there if you'd like |
| 0:21.4 | to support the show and get access to all our |
| 0:23.4 | Q&A episodes and our tour of Tales of the Jedi. So this week we're going to |
| 0:29.7 | pick things back up from where we left off with rebels all the way in last summer when the |
| 0:36.5 | riders strike happened. |
| 0:37.6 | We pivoted to Kota and Kota is really long. |
| 0:41.0 | And we're going to open with this brace of episodes from season two, the Siege of Lothol, Parts 1 and 2. |
| 0:47.0 | Before we dig into those, we should just remind ourselves of where things left off at the end of the first season with an eventful three-parter that we again |
| 0:56.0 | talked about coming on a year ago now. |
| 1:00.3 | All right, so remember that the crew of the ghost had figured out that the sketchiest |
| 1:06.6 | dissident in the history of Asian provocateurs, Senator Gal Travis, was in fact working |
| 1:12.4 | with the empire to entrap rebel groups. |
| 1:15.3 | With him failing to trap our intrepid crew who had spent months wreaking havoc on the |
| 1:22.0 | empire on Lothol. |
| 1:23.4 | Our friend Governor Tarkin arrived on the planet to whip its garrison of Keystone cops into shape. |
| 1:31.0 | He had the Inquisitor, literally behead our two comic relief imperial officers in front of a shocked |
| 1:36.4 | I. |
| 1:37.4 | B agent Callis. |
| 1:39.4 | And Minister Tua, marking a shift in the overall tone and level of palpable danger present in the show. |
| 1:47.0 | To fill the void by Travis's Potemkin insurgency, the ghost decided to broadcast an authentic message, announcing their |
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