So I’ve gotten through both seasons of Rebels, since I’m a hopeless completionist on anything Star Wars, and was going to write a review of the entire show, but I just got through the final two episodes and had to focus on this:
Dumbass Lightsaber Thing
I realize that there is constant pressure to do visually interesting things with lightsabers, and I didn’t even mind the double-bladed spinning design up until now, but the final showdown at the end of season 2 is completely baffling. Apparently the inquisitors use these lightsabers as…helicopters? Like, to fly around? At first I assumed that the Inquisitors merely used the Force to levitate themselves and they thought that the spinning saber thing was a cool thing to do (it isn’t), but one of the sabers is damaged and breaks in mid flight, dropping the Inquisitor out of the air. I am left with the feeling that I have just witnessed the most blatant attempt at physics BS-ery in Star Wars. I don’t care if it is a kid’s show - THAT SHIT DOESN’T FLY.