#i'm just calling them the 'sith crew' now to fold in how i'm not sure the masked master and qimir are different people or the same lol

[bereft-of-frogs]

democracy!

I was originally team 'Sol dies and his death is Osha's motivation for the second half of the season' because that 'I'll explain everything once we're back on the ship' oof...but I'm now on team 'Sol lives and everyone else dies'.

Evidence:

aforementioned trailer footage we haven't seen yet seems to place him getting out of the forest and I don't think he'd make it out just to die somewhere else immediately (though I'm thinking he doesn't make it out of the season)

counterpoint: that also might have been cut deceptively, or part of the flashback and edited to throw people off

he is now the sole (ha) surviving witness to the Jedi's perspective of what happened the night of the fire, and while they did sort of just dump the first flashback on us, so I wouldn't necessarily be surprised if they were just like 'here you go, this is for the audience, nevermind that the characters' are all dead' -- but it was heavily implied to be Osha's recollections and I can't quite turn off storytelling brain to justify a random flashback with no living character to be the source

counterpoint: though this is star wars it could be a vision. And I don't think just Mae's perspective can give us the full picture (why the Jedi were originally on Brendok, what happens when they're fighting each other, there are missing scenes when they're alone) but it's possible it will just be framed through Mae's recollections

all the unnamed Jedi are for sure going to die (my theory also is that Vernestra shows up and finds the massacre scene, and at least Sol, Osha, and Mae & Co. gone in the chase scene from the trailers - this would explain why no one knows about the Sith/red lightsaber, all they have is that there was a big fight, possibly something else happens to the survivors before they can get back to explain)

Yord is for sure going to join the #yellow lightsaber club, I knew I never should have gotten attached

this means I also think Jecki is going to die. idk maybe they pull the punch and she makes it off too but yeah what a way to raise the stakes and push Osha over the edge. Osha seems to be struggling with revenge and bitterness over the fire, if Mae or the Master also ends up killing this sunshine kid who Osha is forming a bond with, I think that might push her towards the dark side emotions/powers (potentially advantageous for the Sith who maybe wants her for his new acolyte?). It would definitely be shocking but...idk my money is on 'literally everyone but Sol, Osha, and the Sith crew die'.

anyway yes I'm feeling very normal about all this waiting, why do you ask?

so. the fourth episode "Day" introduced a Jedi strike team i've dubbed the Sunset Squad. it also ended on a cliffhanger, with the eight Jedi igniting their lightsabers in preparation for combat and getting Force-thrown back by their mysterious assailant. the upcoming episode (let's be honest it's probably called "Night") promises to feature a lot of lightsaber combat and drama.

let's speculate!

reasons to think he'll survive:

important character!

trailer scene we haven't seen yet (though it could be part of the same episode as the fight scenes)

reasons to think he won't:

"i'll explain everything. later :)"

Sun setting symbolism

it's high time to kill the mentor in a typical star wars property