It would’ve been nice if the episode could’ve at least included a moment where Zeb acknowledged his begrudging thanks for the congratulations from his previous enemy, but alas we haven’t got much from Zeb about turning Kallus other than his little comment in “Antilles Extraction.” The whole situation does make one wonder if each cell is assigned a Fulcrum or if multiple could be contacting a cell, therefore our crew might not realize it is still Kallus Fulcrum talking to them instead of another Fulcrum. While he doesn’t know who saved the day, we and Zeb know he’s actually complimenting his old Lasat enemy and I’m sure these days he’d feel pretty good about that. In a bit of respect and adoration for Phoenix Squadron’s successful sabotage of the E-XD Infiltrator he smiles over their victory and even calls to congratulate them. I really enjoyed the ups and downs Agent Kallus Fulcrum goes through this episode, specifically at the end. Nothing like making us love and enjoy our main characters even more only to suddenly cut one of them down by the season’s end, hey? Let’s hope that’s not the outcome, but with Thrawn involved that might be the least of our worries. Overall the episode doesn’t do much to build his character, but it at least strengthens it, much like a lot of S3’s character-focused episodes have been doing.

His final plan to send the Infiltrator droid back to his Imperial origins with a sabotaged bomb was a stroke of genius, a result of his years as part of a military structure. Managing to get AP-5 and Chopper to not only work together without getting in each other’s way, but also to listen to him despite them both obviously not thinking too highly of him gives Zeb a chance for both us and his team to see how important and pivotal a role he can play. Zeb’s captaincy of the Lasat Honor Guard, and therefore his ability to lead, showed themselves in the most peculiar, but entertaining way this episode: he manages to successfully execute a mission with two of the grumpiest and morose droids in existence. Thankfully, “Warhead” gives everyone’s favorite Lasat a chance to shine, even if it wasn’t as bright as his moments last season.

Last season gave him some excellent episodes, like having him come to terms with his survivor’s guilt and turning foe to friend, but he’s been his usual muscle/humor support role for the majority of S3. If there’s anyone who has consistently gotten the short end of the stick in Star Wars Rebels‘ third season so far, it’s Garazeb Orrelios. In “Warhead,” Star Wars Rebels gives Zeb some much needed screen time as he protects the Atollon base from a deadly new Imperial Infiltrator droid.

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