History Recap / StarWarsRebelsS1E12RebelResolve

* DualWielding: After Ezra gets knocked off the catwalk by the Inquisitor, Kanan grabs his own lightsaber, that Ezra had been using, brandishes it and Ezra's, which he had been using, and does a LetsGetDangerous on the Inquisitor.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: See FreezeFrameBonus.

* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: The ''Ghost'''s rescue of Kanan has galvanized the rebellion, and the common people are starting to act up more, and ''Darth Vader himself'' has come to Lothal.

* ProperlyParanoid: Tarkin knows that Rebels are resourceful and determined, so he's set up a system whereby the different ships of the fleet send out all-clear signals at regular intervals, with orders to send reinforcements if a signal isn't sent on schedule. This means the team has less time than expected before reinforcements arrive.

* CentralTheme: To the Star Wars franchise as a whole. Fulcrum is disappointed because the Phoenix squad drew attention to themselves when they were supposed to fly under the radar, but Kanan wanted to give people ''hope''.

* ContinuityNod:
** Kanan is being shipped off to Mustafar, a place described as "where Jedi go to die". Mustafar was where Anakin metaphorically died, being replaced by the armored cyborg Darth Vader, in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.
** In addition, as shown in ''Film/RogueOne'', Vader's castle is on Mustafar. Presumably, any Jedi delivered there would be dealt with by him personally.

* CallBack: To [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E03RiseOfTheOldMasters "Rise of the Old Masters" where something thrown from the Ghost hits a loth-cat. Here the hapless Imperial droid nearly hits a pair of loth-cats, though they don't take offense.

* CentralTheme: To the Star Wars frranchise as a whole. Fulcrum is disappointed because the Phoenix squad drew attention to themselves when they were supposed to fly under the radar. But Kanan wanted to give people ''hope''.

* TheCavalry: The crew of the ''Ghost'' are desperately fleeing in stolen TIE fighters, chased by a fleet of TIE fighters, with no hope, only for Chopper to show up at the head of a ''rebel fleet''.

* TheReveal: Fulcrum is none other than ''Ahsoka Tano''.

* ScarsAreForever: Ezra receives a scar on his left cheek thanks to the Inquisitor. He'll keep it for the rest of the series.

* SwordAndGun: Even though he built a lightsaber that is ''also'' a stun gun, it never occurred to Ezra to use both functions in tandem, rather than one at a time. Kanan does, to good effect, managing to hold off the better trained and more experienced Inquisitor by himself.

* TookALevelInBadass: Inspired by ''almost'' losing Ezra, Kanan realizes there is something greater than fear, and defeats the Inquisitor.
-->'''Kanan:''' Now I know there's something stronger than fear, far stronger. The Force. Let me show you how strong it is.

* VillainRespect: Tarkin and the Inquisitor admit Kanan has the will of a Jedi if nothing else by the end of an episode's worth of torturing him. Tarkin orders Kanan be taken to Mustafar, their definitive torture facility, when Kanan doesn't break.

* DualWielding: After Ezra gets knocked off the catwalk by the Inquisitor, Kanan grabs his own lightsaber, that Ezra had been using, brandishes both, and does a LetsGetDangerous on the Inquisitor.

* DualWielding: After Ezra gets knocked off the catwalk by the Inquisitor, Kanan grabs his own lightsaber, that Ezra had been using, and does a LetsGetDangerous on the Inquisitor.

* CassandraTruth: Ezra tells Vizago that Kanan is a Jedi. Vizago laughs it off until Ezra lifts a crate above his head with the Force.

** Ezra gets it in turn for disobeying Hera and indebting himself to Vizago for a lead of questionable usefulness.

!!Tropes in this episode:

* ColdBloodedTorture: Kanan gets the full package from Kallus, Tarkin, and the Inquisitor -- torture droid, electric shocks, and a forceful JediMindTrick.

* ContinuityNod: Kanan is being shipped off to Mustafar, a place described as "where Jedi go to die." Mustafar was where Anakin metaphorically died, being replaced by the armored cyborg Darth Vader, in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.

* CuttingTheKnot: In order to keep the Rebels from hacking their network, the Imperials simply shut the entire thing down. It's lampshaded that this same all-or-nothing reasoning came from the guy who blew up their own comm tower rather than let the Rebels use it for however long it would take to undo their sabotage.

-->'''Zeb:''' ''[after Chopper pushed the droid out the cargo bay at altitude]'' Shoulda seen that comin'.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: WordOfGod[[note]]''Rebels Recon'' for the episode "Ghosts of Geonosis"[[/note]] was that going to Mustafar was a hint that Vader's castle was there, as later shown in ''Film/RogueOne''.
* FreezeFrameBonus: Kanan's prisoner information says (if you read Aurebesh) he's wanted for [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking theft of Imperial supplies, resisting arrest, assault of Imperial officers and piloting without a licence.]]

* GrievousHarmWithABody: The episode opens with the theft of an AT-ST. Zeb is kind of out-gunned, so Ezra hands him what looks like the glove of one of the storm troopers piloting it. Turns out, it's the trooper, who Zeb throws at troopers on the ground.

* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Chopper deliberately does this to himself to escape an Imperial ship he infiltrated, taking a group of Stormtroopers with him. He's then able to fly back to the ''Ghost'' with his rocket booster.

[[[caption-width-right:350:'''Tarkin:''' Now, Kanan Jarrus, [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E10ChainOfCommand how many lights do you see]]?]]

* VillainRespect: Tarkin and the Inquisitor admit Kanan has the will of a Jedi if nothing else by the end of an episode's worth of to torturing him. Tarkin orders Kanan be taken to Mustafar, their definitive torture facility, when Kanan doesn't break.

** In addition, as shown in ''Film/RogueOne'', Vader has his castle on Mustafar. Presumably, any Jedi delivered there would be dealt with by him personally.

** In addition, as shown in ''Film/RogueOne'', Vader has his castle there. Presumably, any Jedi delivered there would be dealt with by him personally.