"Star Wars: Rebels" An Inside Man (TV Episode 2016) Poster

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9/10
Infiltration
A_Kind_Of_CineMagic19 October 2020
Most of this episode is great.

Thrawn develops further as a clever, patient and malevolent villain. He is used really well.

Kallus is brilliant as usual and there are big developments with his character including how he interacts with Thrawn.

There is some great humour and dynamic action as well as some really strong dialogue.

There is some emotional impact particular in one hard hitting scene.

The only thing I found a bit odd was that Kanan suddenly seems different. Yes he can use the force to 'see' but in this episode it comes across as if he has recovered and he acts differently to episodes before and after.

Anyway a great episode otherwise.

My rating: 8.5/10.
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7/10
A hint of better things to come?
Fluke_Skywalker5 December 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Plot; Kanan and Ezra break into an Imperial factory on Lothal where they are eventually trapped before receiving help from an unlikely source.

So far S3--particularly the last few episodes--seems to be spinning its wheels, rehashing and repeating instead of building, and elements like Ezra's flirtation with the dark side and Kanan, well, at all, have been set aside. Here Kanan is once again part of the action, and though there isn't any character development here for either he or Ezra, there's a twist with a lot of future implications that helps to lift the episode up a notch. And Admiral Thrawn, heretofore wasted IMO, begins to assert himself in a way that hints he's about to open up a can of whup-(shut your mouth) on our heroes.
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8/10
Inside the man
Trey_Trebuchet3 June 2022
Back to form from the previous couple do episodes.

I really dug this one. Thrawn is starting to feel much more in line with the one from Zahn's books and I couldn't be happier. He could become a potentially great villain.

This whole episode was just throughly entertaining, and it takes place in a factory that makes imperial walkers. It may be an unpopular opinion, but this episode with that premise is more interesting than any of the political stuff in the prequel trilogy (which is much better fleshed out in Clone Wars).

Great episode, with a very satisfying and welcoming reveal.
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7/10
An Inside Man
lassegalsgaard4 January 2020
This episode was more of what I wanted. An episode that does something for the overall narrative, and has a lot of great scenes that we will remember come the end of the series. Thrawn came back as a great antagonist in this episode, even though I am starting to question his passive attitude towards all of the rebels activities. Maybe it could turn around and bite him in the ass if he doesn't do something soon. I like the character development of the episode, and I really liked the building of a distrust between Thrawn and Kallus. It seems like that will build up to something that could have consequences for our favorite Imperial enforcer. I really enjoyed the premise of the episode. It made sense that they would have people inside of these facilities trying to do what they could to make the Empire's machinery defect. I don't really think they did that much with it, unfortunately, and the episode was more dedicated to this infiltration storyline, which was also quite enjoyable. I'm happy that they are coming back to their path and I can't wait to see what they do next. Hopefully, it's more like this than the previous episode.
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