History Recap / StarWarsRebelsS2E08TheFutureOfTheForce

*** The scene of Ahsoka ending the fight standing over the Seventh Sister, pointing at her and declaring that she's beaten, is almost exactly like how she ended her fight with Garnac, the Trandoshan leader in ''The Clone Wars'' Season 3 finale [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E22WookieeHunt "Wookiee Hunt"]].

* BondVillainStupidity: Though it seems like the Inquisitors are trying to silence potential witnesses to their kidnappings, they don't do a very good job of it. Both parents are left alive even though the Inquisitors have no intention of taking them, and the civilian transport they attacked is left derelict rather than outright destroyed.

* BullyingADragon: The Seventh Sister does this when she laughs at the Fifth Brother's EpicFail in tracking Pypey, which leads him to humiliate himself.

*** The score also has some cues from the score accompanying Sidious' duel with Darth Maul and Savage Opress late in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless the Clone Wars]]; fitting considering the set up of the fight is very similar (a seasoned dual-wielding warrior goes up against a pair of competent, but outmatched partners).

** Ezra makes faces at Pypey a couple times.

* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: When the departing civilian ship is tractored by the Star Destroyer, the pilot protests they were given clearance to leave. The Seventh Sister slams him into a wall and tells him it's been cancelled.

** Upon realising Ezra and Pypey are in the air ducts, the Fifth Brother wastes no time in trying to get at them with his lightsaber.

* AbsenteeActor: It's Hera and Sabine's turn.

* AdultFear: The whole episode revolves around infants being abducted and endangered.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: The Seventh Sister breaks down cackling when she and the Fifth Brother discover Ezra and Kanan sent them after a false lead, humiliating the latter.

* CaptainObviousReveal: It takes a frustrating amount of time for the heroes to realize what the Inquisitors want with the infants; Kanan even remarks “I should’ve known it!” To be fair, the audience was [[DramaticIrony earlier clued into]] the fact that the targets were children in the ColdOpen, but the episode still acts as though the purpose of the abduction is some grand [[TheReveal Reveal]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ahsoka finds the grandmother alive on the civilian transport, but she isn't seen again after this point. [[FridgeHorror (While they'd obviously never say so, there's the possibility that she died of her injuries off-screen.)]]

-->'''Zeb:''' Uh-oh, that's not good.\\

Kanan, Ezra, and Zeb have to protect some Force-sensitive infants from being kidnapped by the Inquisitors.

* CurbStompBattle: Ahsoka easily beats the Fifth Brother ''and'' the Seventh Sister ''simultaneously''.

* TykeBomb: The Inquisitors kidnap Force-sensitive children at a young age, because they believe the children are young enough for the Empire to subvert to their cause. All this to ensure future Jedi will never rise to challenge the Empire.

* BullyingADragon: The Seventh Sister does this when she laughs at the Fifth Brother's EpicFail in tracking Pypey leads him to humiliate himself.

* DualWielding: Ahsoka pulls out two lightsabers and kicks serious ass with them.

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: With Kanan and Zeb down, Ezra steps up, ignites his lightsaber... and gets Force-pushed out of the way.

--> '''Zeb:''' Garazeb Orelios -- honoured soldier, feared rebel, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers baby hunter]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ahsoka finds the grandmother alive on the civilian transport, but she isn't seen again after this point. [[FridgeHorror (While they'd obviously never say so, there's the possibility that she died of her injuries off-screen.) ]]

''(Turns around to see a very pissed-off Fifth Brother and Seventh Sister. The baby cries out and both Inquisitors look round to see him)''\\

* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: When the departing civilian ship is interdicted by the Star Destroyer, the pilot protests they were given clearance to leave. The Seventh Sister slams him into a wall and tells him it's been cancelled.

* TykeBomb: The Inquisitors kidnap force-sensitive children at a young age, because they believe the children are young enough for the Empire to subvert to their cause. All this to ensure future Jedi will never rise to challenge the Empire.

*** The scene of Ahsoka ending the fight with standing over the Seventh Sister, pointing at her and declaring that she's beaten, is almost exactly like how she ended her fight with Garnac, the Trandoshan leader in ''The Clone Wars'' Season 3 finale [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E22WookieeHunt "Wookiee Hunt"]].

* CallBack: Ezra, Chopper, and Zeb all recall the mimic droids less-than-fondly from "Always Two There Are".

** Ahsoka recalls how Sidious tried to kidnap Force-sensitive infants back in the Clone Wars.

*** Ahsoka's entrance is quite similar to when Darth Maul shows up in the hangar on Theed, before the climactic duel at the end of ''The Phantom Menace'', including the score starting just as the wings of blastdoor slides open.
*** The score also has some cues from the score accompanying Sidious's duel with Darth Maul and Savage Opress late in the Clone Wars; fitting considering the set up of the fight is very similar (a seasoned dual-wielding warrior goes up against a pair of competent, but outmatched partners).
*** The scene of Ahsoka ending the fight with standing over the Seventh Sister, pointing at her and declaring that she's beaten, is almost exactly like how she ended her fight with Garnac, the Trandoshan leader in ''The Clone Wars'' Season 3 finale "Wookie Hunt".

* IdiotBall: Ezra blurts out the location of the Rebel base when he leaves the hotel, despite having passed a mimic droid on the way in and having no reason to believe it won't still be there. Plus at the time he's supposed to be getting the baby as far away from the Inquisitors as he can, not standing around and talking to the child.
* LeaveNoWitnesses: Though not explicit, the transport that the Inquisitors attacked in the opening is found derelict by Ahsoka, with the crew save the grandmother missing.

* LivingMacguffin: The only role the Force-sensitive children have is being the target of the Inqusititors, which the heroes try to protect them from.
* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: With Kanan and Zeb down, Ezra steps up, ignites his lightsaber... and gets Force-shoved out of the way.

--> '''Zeb:''' Uh-oh, that's not good.
--> '''(Turns around to see a very pissed-off Fifth Brother and Seventh Sister. The baby cries out and both Inquisitors look round to see him)'''
--> '''Zeb:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck That's ''really'' not good]].

* SlasherSmile: The Seventh Sister displays one to Alora's grandmother just before directing the Fifth Brother to kill everybody aboard.

--> '''Zeb:''' Garazeb Orelios--honored soldier, feared rebel, [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers baby hunter]].

* WouldHurtAChild: Taking Chopper's ComedicSociopathy to somewhat chilling levels, he appeared to be perfectly willing to blow-up the [=TIE=]s with one of the Force-sensitive infants aboard. Subverted later, when he's shown to be quite good with children.

*** The score also has some cues from the score accompanying Sidious's duel with Darth Maul and Savage Opress late in the Clone Wars; fitting considering the set up of the fight is very similar (a seasoned duel-wielding warrior goes up against a pair of competent, but outmatched partners).

*** The score also has some cues from the score accompanying Sidious' duel with Darth Maul and Savage Opress late in the Clone Wars; fitting considering the set up of the fight is very similar (a seasoned duel-wielding warrior goes up against a pair of competent, but outmatched partners).

** Zeb has a moment when he sends the nanny droid away as a decoy only to hear the familiar sound of a lightsaber, followed by the droid's remains being thrown back into the intersection.

--> '''Zeb:''' Ohhh, that's not good.
--> '''(Turns around to see a very pissed-off Fifth Brother and Seventh Sister)'''
--> '''Zeb:''' That's ''really'' not good.