Preview for the series finale:
Originally posted by ares834
😂Maul should have stayed dead. Poor dude has been humiliated again and again ever since he came back.
Well yeah I'm left wondering what was the point in bringing him back.
Originally posted by The_Tempest
Yikes. That was bad.Ares, this show sucks bro.
Terrible show with horrid management.
Uh..hi..I'm new here. And I suppose you could say I've been lurking for a while, but this episode prompted me to make an account. Mostly because I think people are missing the point of the episode. It's basically about
1.Explaining why the merging of the Holocrons in the second episode was consider dangerous. It's actually kinda of meta injoke as well as an interesting contrast to how normal visions in Star Wars work. When Anakin had visions in ROTS, the Force showed it to him. The Holocrons are two people USING the Force to force hit to reveal hidden destines, that if altered before their correct time to come to light, may completely unravel and change the fate of the galaxy forever.
What this means is that the writers literally used the fans fear of Maul and Ezra breaking canon by encountering Kenobi, and MAKE IT A LEGIT PLOT POINT THAT THIS ENITRE SITUATJON WOULD HAVE NEVER OCCURED AND SHOULDNT HAVE IF MAUL HADN'T PLAYED EZRA.
2. Use Kenobi's as a way to finally answer for certain what Ezra's purpose in the story. This is where you have to have been actually following Ezra's thematic, and narrative arc to understand the next part. All you really need to know is that Ezra was born on the literal formation of the Empire, his parents were proto-rebels, and throughout the entire series, either through his ability to relate and empathize others, or simply his willingness to help, he is responsible for uniting the first rebels cells ever in that time period in S1's finale, which caused a domino effect that finally turned the war "hot" (as referenced in the Secret Cargo episode, when the other Rebel cell disliked the Ghost causing the Rebels to start fighting to early.) and I can list many other times his ability to form attachments to others has help him and crew achieve victories that should be impossible.
Hence why what Kenobi informs Ezra of is so important. Luke is the one destined to destroy the Sith and bring balance to Force. Not Ezra. That is true. But Kenobi revealed in the episode rather causally that because Maul caused all this shit, Ezra was lead away from his true destiny, and it is intertwined with the Rebellion in all its forms.
My theory? The Skywalkers will destroy the Sith and bring balance to the force. Ezra Bridger born on the day of the Emoire's rise, will be the one to ensure its downfall. But that's my guess. But if I'm right, then this ENITRE episode was made specifically to clear up any misconceptions about Luke and Ezra. Ezra is the fall of the Empire, Like the fall of the Sith.
3. To force Ezra to accept that everything his friends sacrificed, he fought for, that even after finding the man that even Darth Vader couldn't find, that he did it all for nothing. In short to stop denying and justifying what he's done with excuses. And Ezra actually finally learns this lesson for good, symbolized by Maul being slain so easily by Kenobi. Maul's legacy dies with him, not Ezra. Maul was also meant to be symbolic adversary to Ezra. An threat representing the path he might take if he lets his obssession fuel his life. But in the end he chose to a Jedi, and more importantly, a Rebel.
Well now I feel a bit depressed. I write that massive analysis, and no one even chimed in to say how it was terrible and I'm an idiot. Heh. All joking aside, if you want to to compare Kenobi/RebelsMaul with Kanan/RebelsMaul you need to keep in mind that in the Kanan fight in Malachor, Maul had pretended to be weak in front of Ezra, but was clearly at his strength then, which of course makes Kanan beating a bit well silly, but if you write off as Kanan aiming more to delay Maul from getting Ezra by throwing him down a level, then it works perfectly fine. Now RebelsMaul/Kenobi was literally him at the end of his rope, and finiding he never achieved anything of worth. Even Ezra, the one chance he had for a new legacy, has returned to Kanan finally free of conflict between light and dark. Maul died only with the hope that the Chosen One will avenge all that Sidious took from everyone.
Interesting thoughts Evilord, some salient points about the event never having supposed to occured, I think in that respect the way in which tonally the episode was very abstract if not meta lent itself very well to that. It was a critical denounment for Kenobi and Maul, and an important moment for Ezra as well, but not in way that proved overbearing to the central saga's story and setting. If you watch Rebels Recon, you'll see how over the course of developing the episode they steadily stripped away the backdrop until only the critical elements remained (Maul, Kenobi and Ezra in a desert) and that's why the episode worked so well. Some of their best work, if I'm being honest.