History Recap / StarWarsRebelsS3E02TheAntillesExtraction

** In ''Legends'', Montross was a bounty hunter who competed against Jango Fett to become the template for the clone army in ''VideoGame/BountyHunter''.

* KickTheDog: Sabine makes a snide remark to Kallus (who has been expressing doubt about the Empire and its lack of concern for its own people) when Pryce tells him he's done his job (he hardly does anything productive for the Empire in the episode) and dismisses him. Observant viewers may notice that Kallus does not tell Pryce that Sabine was the infiltrator among the defectors when Pryce was interrogating them, as well as Kallus actually seeming to take Sabine's insult to heart.
-->'''Sabine:''' Looks like they found ''someone'' who can do your job.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Governor Pryce puts up a much better fight than the stormtroopers. Sabine even compliments her on her skill.

** The red-marked TIE Interceptor of Capt. Skerris is a reference to the [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/d/d7/X-wing_24_07.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150817232403 similarly red-highlighted]] elite 181st Imperial Fighter Wing of ''Legends'' continuity. It was also led by [[TheRedBaron Baron Soontir Fel]], the WorthyOpponent of said continuity's Wedge.

* EqualOpportunityEvil: We've never gotten any indication of any female Imperial FacelessGoons onscreen[[note]]The books and comics have shown female stormtroopers, though[[/note]], but Sabine pretending to be one and no one batting an eye confirms this trope within the show. Other female TIE pilots are shown here and there, including other cadets and one supervising the simulators.

* NearVillainVictory: Pryce captures the traitors and kills one of them, routes out Sabine, and when they manage to escape their comms are jammed so they can't contact the Rebellion, while Skerris comes within a hair's breadth of shooting them down. If the cruiser hadn't stuck around, all three would have been dead or captured.

** When Skerris and his wingmen trounce the A-wing escorts, the crippled transport begs for its life by saying they are unarmed and that the Empire has no right to fire on them, with the TIE Interceptors' refusal to spare them to show how ruthless they are. But since the transport was already willingly escorted by declared enemies of the Empire in open war with them, that made it a perfectly valid military just like merchant ships in convoys from all sides were routinely sunk by their opponents in UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo with no prior warnings or demands for surrender.

** Skerris looks similar to one of the TIE pilots in the fan made short ''[[WebVideo/TIEFighterShortFilm TIE Fighter]]''.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Of Sabine and the three escaping pilots, it's the dark-skinned one with an unfamiliar name that bites it when Pryce orders one of them killed. Technically not the first to die, as six Phoenix Squadron pilots and a whole transport go down before him, but he's the first named character.

* ContinuityNod: Ezra ''also'' went undercover in an Imperial Academy, back in [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E04BreakingRanks "Breaking Ranks"]]. Like how Kanan was concerned about him back then, Ezra is about Sabine as well.

* DamselOutOfDistress: While Wedge and Hobbie argue over how to rescue Sabine, she's busy saving herself and then shows up to bail them out.
* DefectorFromDecadence: As Sabine used to be an Imperial cadet herself, she's now helping at least a couple other cadets, including Wedge, escape from an Academy too.

* DyeHard: In-universe. Sabine goes back to what is presumably her natural hair color for the mission. Compared to how she normally looks, it's quite jarring.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Kallus' behaviour in this episode is suspicious to say the ''least''. Not even mentioning the whole "actively helping Sabine and co. escape", he also doesn't tell Governor Pryce who the infiltrator is despite knowing who Sabine is (even a disguise wouldn't have fooled him), and he also has some ''very'' interesting facial expressions. Him mentioning his debt to Zeb doesn't exactly cover it.
* HopeSpot: When Fulcrum is first mentioned, Ezra questions if Ahsoka is back. This is quickly shot down by Hera, who notes that there are several agents with this code name.

* MakesUsEven: Kallus figures that helping Sabine and co. escape will make his debt to Zeb even... but there's clearly more going on with him than ''just'' repaying a debt...

!!Tropes in this episode:

* ActionPrologue: The episode begins with a squadron of A-Wings escorting a transport on a supply run crossing paths with a squadron of TIE Interceptors, and getting curbstomped.

** Sabine decides using a TIE Bomber for her escape with Wedge and Hobbie. While it sacrifices speed, it will hold up much longer than an ordinary TIE against a ZergRush and the TIE Interceptors. She asks Wedge if he can pilot, to which he replies, "I can fly anything", much like what [[Film/TheForceAwakens Poe Dameron would say to Finn in their escape from the First Order]].
* CombatPragmatist: Sabine and Pryce spend their fight slamming each other into metal and trying to electrocute each other until Sabine succeeds. Blink and you miss it but Sabine also attempts a GroinAttack.

* CurbStompBattle: Phoenix Squadron gets in a skirmish with a squadron of TIE Interceptors [[ActionPrologue at the start of the episode]]. Didn't work out so well for the former.

* EqualOpportunityEvil: We've never gotten any indication of any female Imperial FacelessGoons onscreen[[note]]The books and comics have shown female Stormtroopers, though[[/note]], but Sabine pretending to be one and no one batting an eye confirms this trope within the show. Other female TIE pilots are shown here and there, including other cadets and one supervising the simulators.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Kallus' behaviour in this episode is suspicious to say the ''least''. Not even mentioning the whole "actively helping Sabine and co. escape", he also doesn't tell Governor Pryce who the infiltrator is despite knowing who Sabine is (even a disguise wouldn't have fooled him), and he also has some ''very'' interesting facial expressions. Him mentioning his debt to Zeb doesn't exactly cover it.

* KickTheDog: Sabine makes a snide remark to Kallus (who has been expressing doubt about the Empire and its lack of concern for its own people) when Pryce tells him he's done his job (he hardly did anything productive for the Empire in the episode) and dismisses him. Observant viewers may notice that Kallus did not tell Pryce that Sabine was the infiltrator among the defectors when Pryce was interrogating them, as well as Kallus actually seeming to take Sabine's insult to heart.

* MakesUsEven: Kallus figures that helping Sabine and co. escape will make his debt to Zeb even, but clearly, there was more to it than simply repaying a debt.

** [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Had the writers been able to go through with the original idea for the story]], the defecting pilot would have been Biggs Darklighter and the episode would have established that Sabine painted the distinctive lozenge pattern on his helmet as seen in ''A New Hope''.

** Not to mention, we have seen rebels ambushing the Imperials by pretending to be unarmed, or civilians or in disguise, all the time across multiple media in the Star Wars universe. It makes sense that the Imperials train for such scenarios.

-->'''Wedge:''' [[BlatantLies We were just about to rescue you!]]\\

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Kallus' behaviour in this episode is suspicious to say the ''least''. Not even mentioning the whole "actively helping Sabine and co. escape", he also doesn't tell Governor Pryce who the infiltrator is despite knowing who Sabine is, and he also has some ''very'' interesting facial expressions.

* MakesUsEven: Kallus figures that helping Sabine and co. escape will make his debt to Zeb even.

* KickTheDog: Sabine makes a snide remark to Kallus (who has been expressing doubt about the Empire and its lack of concern for its own people) when Pryce tells him he's done his job (he hardly did anything productive for the Empire in the episode) and dismisses him. Observant viewers may notice that Kallus did not tell Pryce that Sabine was the infiltrator among the defectors when Pryce was interrogating them, as well as Kallus actually seeming to take Sabine's insult to heart. In hindsight, [[spoiler:Sabine didn't feel bad about threatening to shoot him and apparently never told Zeb or the crew about his suspicious "Makes Us Even" action until "An Inside Man", where she has an OhCrap look on her face when everyone learns he's the new Fulcrum, having had a Heel-Face Turn thanks to Zeb.]]

** When Skerris and his wingmen trounce the A-wing escorts, the crippled transport begs for its life by saying they are unarmed and that the Empire has no right to fire on them, with the TIE Interceptors' refusal to spare them to show how ruthless they are. But since the transport was already willingly escorted by declared enemies of the Empire in open war with them, that made it a perfectly valid military just like merchant ships in convoys from all sides were routinely sunk by their opponents in UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo.
*** However, it's worth noting that the Imperials, upon arriving, moved straight to "attack" without issuing a demand for surrender, which somewhat counters their point.