[SPOILER - highlight to read]: The Sith don't believe in the afterlife. If they could bring spirits back from death that would contradict it. And while I wouldn't be surprised if they brought back alchemy (as you note they brought back Sith sorcery) I'm very doubtful that they will give the Sith the power to call forth spirits.
As for the spirits on Moraband, they are confirmed to be illusions created by the Priestess. Sorta disappointing IMO, they should at least have been illusions created by the dark side like Vader was in the cave at Dagobah.
Okay, it has to be something keeping Luminara in a coma like state or something, because that is clearly not a hologram, a hologram doesn't have a force presence.
Easily the best episode so far. The Inquisitor has much-needed gravitas as a baddie, on par with TCW!Maul. Good to see the Rebels get outwitted and overpowered.
[SPOILER - highlight to read]: Luminara confirmed to be a hologram.
"Order 66 didn’t wipe them all out. Some of them were captured and probably executed later, which is what you see the holographic recording of. It’s actually Luminara’s execution in that chamber. She’s used for a very nefarious purpose."
Yes, and Depa favored form 3 apparently... Glad they seemed to have moved away from using only one form though and rather integrate multiple techniques from the various forms into their own style.
The forms of combat is one facet of the EU that I'm glad has been brought into this new canon. I always thought the concept tidied things up a bit. It makes lightsaber combat much less...I dunno...random. Imo.
I'd also like to see the Inquisitor fight an opponent of merit(that is to say: an upper-echelon and/or quantifiable force-user) at some point. Asajj, Vader, Maul, Kenobi, Quinlan[], Ahsoka... Whoever. I just want to know exactly where he stands in comparison to higher-level opposition. He *seems* extremely skillful against inept Jedi(inept relative to the aforementioned, of course), and obviously has extensive knowledge of the forms of combat. However, Filoni has alluded to him being more of a C-List rogue who can't really compete with some of the more esteemed Jedi/Sith... But that's also how Asajj started, yet look how she turned out. So yeah, just want to know for sure. /shrug
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Last edited by Galan007 on Oct 30th, 2014 at 04:28 PM
TCW was always pretty faithful to the forms without mentioning them.
Kenobi was clearly portrayed as a defensive combatant, and Dooku as a pure fencer.
But yeah it was nice to have them finally mentioned on the screen. But I have a feeling the forms will be different in many aspects now. They've already changed Depa's form. But I'm guessing will learn more in coming novels.
I don't really understand what the Inquisitor means when he says Form 3 focuses on close-quarters combat... isn't a saber duel by default close-quarters combat? Someone help me!
@Galan007 Yeah, we won't really know where he stacks up to the greats until we see him face someone that has an established combat record. He's probably around OCW Ventress level I would think...
Oct 25th, 2014 04:51 PM
Thanks Scribble!
Glad they seemed to have moved away from using only one form though and rather integrate multiple techniques from the various forms into their own style.
], Ahsoka... Whoever. I just want to know exactly where he stands in comparison to higher-level opposition. He *seems* extremely skillful against inept Jedi(inept relative to the aforementioned, of course), and obviously has extensive knowledge of the forms of combat. However, Filoni has alluded to him being more of a C-List rogue who can't really compete with some of the more esteemed Jedi/Sith... But that's also how Asajj started, yet look how she turned out. So yeah, just want to know for sure. /shrug
