In war, everyone loses, and the Geonosians were just as much victims as anyone else. Though Steela's death certainly provides an explanation for Saw's behavior, the episode does a good job of pointing out that his blaming of Klik Klak isn't acceptable. Again, we're reminded that the wounds of the Clone Wars run deep, just as they did for Rex earlier in the season. We soon find out (or in the case of avid Clone Wars fans, are reminded) that Saw's sister, Steela, was killed by a Separatist gunship, which the Geonosians had constructed. Here, Saw acts overly suspicious, especially when it comes to the lone surviving Geonosian they find (who Ezra adorably nicknames, Klik Klak).
In "Ghosts of Geonosis", Saw is the only surviving member of his team, and when Ezra, Kanan, Zeb, and Chopper meet him in the tunnels under Geonosis, he's already displaying a little of the erratic behavior that comes to define him in Rogue One. But now with this appearance on Star Wars Rebels (which seems to come after he's abandoned a young Jyn Erso) we can begin to more fully see that transition. It's a big change from the young man he was back in The Clone Wars, though there were hints of the madman he would yet become. The formal Rebellion considers him too extreme, too erratic, too reckless, and no longer a fit ally for their cause. When we meet Saw Gerrera in Rogue One, he's already parted ways with the Rebel Alliance. Now missing, the Ghost crew must find out what happened to them, and perhaps finally uncover what actually happened on Geonosis. That troubling information spurred the Rebellion to send another team to investigate - a team led by Saw Gerrera. It was on their last trip to Geonosis that they discovered the Empire had been building something on the planet and that all of the Geonosians were gone, seemingly wiped out. In tonight's two-part midseason premiere, "Ghosts of Geonosis" - written by Saul Ruiz and Mel Zwyer, directed by Dave Filoni, Steven Melching, and Matthew Michnovetz - the Ghost crew again return to that desolate world. The film itself had already featured a handful of connections to Rebels, but now it's the television series' turn to reference characters and events from Rogue One. With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in theaters, Star Wars Rebels season 3 was bound to connect with the hit movie in some meaningful way.
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