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The title, a line taken from a Gandalf line in The Return of the King, evokes the folly of what the scant rebel contingent on Lothal is trying to pull off. And this is their Minas Tirith moment, with the last citadel of freedom and safety being assaulted by the might of the Empire. It’s “A Fool’s Hope,” episode 14 from season 4 of Star Wars Rebels. And in this briefing, I’ll freely admit that they had me fooled about former Lothal governor-turned-rebel Ryder Azadi…