Star Wars Rebels S3: "Warhead"

       First off, I feel that it is important to express my opinions on whether this episode is filler or not. To me, this episode was a bit of both whereby we have Zeb, Chopper, and AP-5 making a mess of things as they try to take out the Imperial Probe droid, while in the last few minutes of the episode we learn that it was actually an important episode in the grand scheme of Season 3. This episode was able to give us those little teasers of how Thrawn works when trying to complete his ultimate goal of finding a major Rebel base, while also subtly telling the viewer that we're basically done with Zeb.

       Overall, I thought that it was an OK episode. Really, you could have just skipped this episode and it wouldn't really affect your knowledge of "Rebels". Honestly, you could just read the summary of the episode and you're good going forward. However, what I feel this episode was really intended for was to highlight Zeb in more of a leading role. Given my previous statement, I think that it's finally safe to assume that Zeb doesn't really have much time left on the show given how the creators had to basically make a whole episode just to include him. Everyone mostly cares about Kanan, Sabine, and Ezra more than they do for the poor leftover Lassat. That's why I think that Zeb's time is done now that the story seems to be focused more on Sabine, Ezra, and even Maul when also given the fact that the Lassats have been found to not be extinct thanks to Zeb. Even though this appears to be true, I am saddened about it because he's been a fun character to explore and learn about as he's basically, in my opinion, a grumpier version of Chewbacca. I loved how the episode explored this as his tactical skills weren't up to par to handle a menace like the Imperial Droid, which only made him grumpier and funnier. Even his interaction with AP-5 was hilarious as we really haven't seen AP-5 interact with the rest of the Rebels besides Chopper.

       Speaking of AP-5, he stole the show for me. I love how he's basically a Star Wars version of Marvin from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. His attitude towards how the Rebels operate and organize was fun to watch as his background to completely different methods was on display as he would constantly complain about the Rebels and their own methods of doing things. I especially loved his interaction with Zeb as he would constantly question his intelligence even though he is capable of destroying AP-5 if he wanted to. Either way, this episode really stood out to me with how much of a presence AP-5 has when on screen, and that only makes me hope that he continues to be a part of the show.