But you need to keep in mind that the Clone Wars was massive on a scale that we really can't comprehend. It was a galaxy-wide event, with battles taking place on hundreds of worlds. There was lots of tragedy, betrayal...it reshaped the very fabric of the political structure of the galaxy, and directly set up the Empire to be able to sweep in and take over, which was half of it's purpose. The other half, having such a massive war on all fronts, was to keep the Jedi too occupied, and to build up the Dark Side with so much fighting and death and mistrust, that even Yoda's Force Vision was clouded. They were hindered from seeing Palpatine right in front of their faces for what he was, and what he was doing, and were blind to all of the Tetris pieces he was carefully putting into place.
The Clone Wars SHOULD be leaned on and referenced, because it was, in this era of SW galactic history, the most significant event. The Empire rising was a symptom of the Clone Wars, but the Wars themselves were the pivotal events that allowed the Empire to happen. Geonosis is relevant because it is where the Separatists truly first began, where most of their droid armies were originally built, and obviously, where the Death Star at least began it's initial stages of construction.
I don't disagree that Hondo is a fairly irrelevant character, but he's funny, and certainly not a bad character. I think that Rebels still very much HAS it's own identity, but it would be incredibly remiss to just ignore what vestiges of the Clone Wars that would still exist.
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