#my favorite thing in this episode is how ride-or-die Chopper is

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Star Wars Rebels season 3 recaps

"Twin Suns"

Maul is being unstable and Dramatic in the deserts of Tatooine, stalking Obi-Wan but pausing every so often to fall to his knees in the sand and whimper "will it end here, like this?" Spoiler: yes, yes it will.

But not...quite...yet. Maul is nearing the end of his journey, one filled with betrayal and destruction and pain. At every chance there was the opportunity to step aside, as there still is for him, even now—but all his willpower and hatred drives him forward, toward his own death.

There's a parallel here I think with Anakin's journey. Anakin showed us that no matter how much of a lifetime is spent devoted to the Dark Side, how much of a person consumed by it, there is always the opportunity to step away. Maul shows us someone who would not take such an opportunity no matter how many times it is offered. Obi-Wan has become his obsession, and as we know, Maul is the ultimate stalker ex. He will suffer anything for the chance of revenge. "I must draw Kenobi out. Tempt his noble heart. But how?"

On the Ghost, Ezra wakes late in the night to the sound of Kenobi's last message, recorded in Kanan's holocron. The holocron's in a weird state after the convergence event back in "Holocrons of Fate," where it merged with Maul's Sith holocron. For one thing it's cracked and it's now in pieces:

It seems to be glitching, replaying bits of Kenobi's last message over and over. Then it flares red and Maul's snarling voice fills the room: "Kenoooooo-!"

This is Kanan's room, right? I'd just like to point out that he's not in it. Clearly Kanan's in Hera's bunk, yeah? And Ezra does not find that at all unusual.

Cut to a meeting, presumably in the morning. "So what do you think it means, Kanan?" Hera asks.

Kanan's circumspect: "Holocrons at times take on a life of their own, but as to what it means..."

But Ezra knows, and jumps in. "It means Master Kenobi could be alive and in danger right now!" Wait, didn't you guys already figure this out back in "Visions and Voices"?

Rex gets a line here, to remind us that he fought with Obi-Wan: "Ezra, no one would like to believe General Kenobi's alive more than I would, but Senator Organa confirmed his death."

"Maybe he was wrong. We know Maul went looking for Master Kenobi." Yeah, see, you DID know that! You even already knew he's on Tatooine! Why did you guys wait this long to follow up? "This could be a sign that he's closing in on him."

For some reason, the others are skeptical. "It could just be a broken recording," Hera objects. Even Kanan points out that Ezra's hallucinated Maul's voice before. Yeah, right before Maul showed up in person! If anything that's evidence for taking Ezra's intuition seriously, not dismissing it. This is flat-out gaslighting on Kanan's part and I don't care that this is a Filoni episode, I think it's way out of character—and it makes Kanan look stupid and oblivious, when he's supposed to be all Wise Master now.

This scene is badly written and I said what I said. It's manufactured conflict just for the sake of conflict, not rising organically from character but instead requiring that characterization be skewed in service of scene dynamics. Again, the Rebels all KNOW that Maul at least is convinced Kenobi is alive, and is looking for him on Tatooine. Ezra wants to go straight there, and there's no real reason why he even waited this long to do it. Filoni's usually better than this about weaving a tight plot where the order of things makes sense and character dynamics are central.

Hera pulls Ezra aside and explains that the timing is bad now. She needs Ezra focused on the big attack on Lothal they're planning. Plus, she doesn't believe that Obi-Wan could be alive: "If he was alive, do you think he would be hiding on some backwater world instead of helping us?" I don't know Hera, let's think about where you found Kanan—oh, hiding on some backwater world?—and Ezra—hmm, backwater world, I'm sensing a pattern here.

But Hera's decided to go with the heavy handed guilt-trip of telling Ezra that Lothal needs him, and the Rebels need him, and that he'll be letting everyone he cares about down if he follows what he believes to be guidance from the Force. So he glumly trudges off and Kanan and Hera both look concerned. Yeah, that wasn't your finest parenting moment, guys.

So Ezra steals a fighter and heads for Tatooine. You know who figured out he was gonna do just that? Chopper, and like the bestest droid that he is, he sneaks on board too to keep an eye on the kid. "I didn't want any of you to be involved, not this time!" Ezra protests. Actually, you did, but Hera and especially Kanan inexplicably had to be written as clueless jerks for a scene to set this up, so here we all are.

Ezra's stolen two of those little holocron fragments we saw before and is using them to help him navigate. They lead him riiiiiiight into Maul's trap.

It's a whole convuluted and multi-layered plan involving betrayal, murder, explosions, Tusken raiders, mind games, illusions, and sinister whispers. In other words it's all very Maul. He succeeds in luring Ezra deep into the desert, and loyal little Chopper follows, grumbling all the way.

And see, all of THIS is brilliant because it shows us the characters so clearly. The base of Maul's plan is simply to make Ezra suffer, knowing that Obi-Wan will sense and respond to the suffering. All of the rest of it is complexity embroidered by Maul's hateful insanity. By the time that Chopper is out of power and Ezra is dehydrated and sandstorm-scoured and hallucinating, near death under the scorching suns, it's enough. Obi-Wan comes.

Ezra wakes in a little desert camp, under a vast field of stars. Both he and Chopper have been tended to. The hooded desert hermit calls him by name, gives Chopper a pat, and admits to being Master Kenobi. He tells Ezra the warning was unnecessary; he's expecting Maul, and though he had no intention of fighting him, "that seems inevitable now."

"You don't understand," Ezra protests. "You're the answer. The holocrons told me! They said you would be the one to help us destroy the Sith."

"Hmm," Obi-Wan says. "It's the first I've heard of it."

Ezra tries to recruit him for the Rebellion, but Obi-Wan tells him that "What you need, you already have. Unfortunately, you seem to be letting it all go...Maul used your desire to do good to deceive you, and in doing so he has altered the course of many things." This is fascinating? I wonder what things were altered by Ezra's trip to Tatooine? The most consequential one is the suggestion that Maul would have survived—because Kenobi would have eluded him forever—if his plan hadn't worked so well.

The episode strained itself to get here, but now that we're here there's real payoff. Those Star Wars feels are here in force: the wistful beauty of the alien desert, the old man's gently humorous wisdom, the talented young apprentice learning patience and calm. "The truth is often what we make of it," Obi-wan counsels. "You heard what you wanted to hear, believed what you wanted to believe. And now, the only one who has gained anything from all of this is..."

"Me," says Darth Maul, stepping into the circle of firelight.

Ezra wants to fight at Master Kenobi's side, but Obi-Wan gently tells him to go home instead, and he obeys.

And then we get the truly beautiful scene of Maul and Obi-Wan's final duel. Every element here is pitch perfect. Filoni has given interviews on his intentions with the scene and I don't have a lot to add. It's all considered, the choices are all meaningful, and it works. It works because every piece of the action is character-driven, and the resolution feels both inevitable and satisfying because it suits them both so well.

This is the kind of thing Filoni is very, very good at, which is why it's so frustrating when he's willing to take lazy plot shortcuts and bend characterization to get to the place he actually wants to go.

Speaking of, Ezra returns to Atollon empty handed, apologizes for running off, and is fortunately not immediately stripped of rank or grounded or anything. He's learned an important lesson a...bout...family? Sure, let's say family, that'll probably make Hera less mad. Roll credits. And go read the accompanying chapter of Fade to Red to find out why Kanan wasn't in his bunk!

[frxstguardian]

My review of the Rebels S4 finale

Overall, I’m very pleased with the finale. It was a proper sendoff to all the characters we love while leaving room for future adventures/stories. It was a fitting conclusion to Ezra’s story, ending where we began on Lothal. For me, Rebels was honestly the most enjoyable part of current Star Wars canon, not the movies, so I eagerly await Dave Filoni’s next animated TV show. 

Spoilers below the cut.

Ezra: This boy has grown up so much since S1, from a street rat to a leader, Jedi, and hero. Opening the last episode with Ezra talking to his parents was a sucker punch to the gut. I’m so proud of how confident/competent he is compared to the scared lost boy from S1. Ezra singlehandedly planned and led a mission to liberate his planet and even put backup plans in place! Also he legit threatened to let the wolves eat Governor Pryce omfg what a badass. Idk why but when he said “one last time” before crawling into the vents like the old days is the exact moment I realized how far he’s come. Back in S1, I used to think Ezra was annoying and generic, but now he’s one of my favorite Star Wars characters and it’s gonna be agony waiting years to see him onscreen again.

Sabine: I thought Sabine would return to Mandalore and retake the Darksaber or at least be Bo-Katan’s second-in-command/heir apparent? Maybe they’ll revisit Mandalore in the next animated TV show idk. But her ending was still fitting. I think she felt she owed it to Ezra to stay and protect Lothal especially since Zeb’s people needed him and Hera wanted to fight with the Rebellion. Also I love that Dave Filoni kept their relationship platonic in the finale. I think it was implied that she’s keeping Ezra’s lightsaber for him?

Hera: Every time any character referred to Hera as “General Syndulla” I ascended to higher dimension. Tbh she didn’t really have much to do in the finale, since her major storylines were earlier in S4. Also Hera randomly wearing makeup in the epilogue scene felt weird/OOC but oh well.

Zeb: I legit thought Zeb was gonna die for a minute during that fight with Rukh. Also is kalluzeb canon now omfg??? I watched an interview where the voice actors for Zeb and Pryce were both like “we ship it” haha.

Thrawn: Thrawn’s monologue to Ezra where he completely outmaneuvered the rebels really showed why he’s a scary opponent. I can’t believe the Bendu was being literal when he prophesized Thrawn’s defeat in S3... Filoni knew all along and played us just like with Ahsoka and those Topps cards. Also Thrawn’s henchman Rukh was so annoying and not interesting as a villain, I’m glad he’s finally dead lmao. Since both Ezra and Thrawn survived I’m interested how his character will be relevant moving forward.

Pryce: I liked Governor Pryce in the finale after she was pretty bland in S3. The voice actress did a really good job. The interaction between Pryce and Kallus acknowledging their shared history as Imperial officers was a nice touch. Also Thrawn didn’t have to obliterate her entire life with “I expected Governor Pryce to fail, but not so completely” but he DID and it was SAVAGE.

Palpatine: Okay Palpatine was so good in this episode! His grandfatherly Chancellor persona dressed in white was so unnerving since we know what he really looks like. The hologram flickering into his hooded Emperor persona was freaky in a good way. Ian McDiarmid’s voice acting was impeccable. I was expecting him to say “DO IT” but he never did haha.

Ahsoka: I’m glad Ahsoka only showed up at the end. It would’ve distracted from the main cast otherwise. Bless Dave Filoni for confirming she lives post-ROTJ though. Her Gandalf the White cosplay was stunning a;lsdkfjal;dj.

Miscellaneous: Honestly wasn’t expecting the purrgil and yeah it’s a deus ex machina but it was a nice callback and a clever solution to the “where is Ezra during the OT?” problem. Ezra couldn’t defeat Thrawn but he could remove both himself and Thrawn from the equation and finally give the rebels an advantage. I guess Filoni got around “Scarif was the first major victory for the Rebellion” bc technically the liberation of Lothal was Ezra’s personal mission that Rebel Command never authorized? Kevin Kiner’s music was brilliant as always and elevated every scene to new emotional heights. Dave Filoni himself revealed as the voice of Chopper oh my god...

Epilogue: The parallels between the openings of the pilot and the epilogue!!! ALSO BLUE SKY BLUE SKY BLUE SKY. That was the first time we ever saw a clear blue sky over Lothal and it’s so beautiful and symbolic. Jacen Syndulla’s design honestly isn’t that bad, like the green hair is kinda atrocious but he’s not that ugly haha. What an ominous name choice though... How many years was the time skip? Even right after the Battle of Endor is 5 years later which is longer than how much time Ezra spent with his family on the Ghost :( Sabine’s short hair is a lesbian haircut a;lksdjfl;asjdf;j. My Ahsoka and Sabine dream team riding off into the sunset together to find Ezra <3

Top 3 emotional moments:

The entire “Sabine sees Ezra” scene

Ezra crying while letting go of his parents

Ezra’s goodbye before jumping to hyperspace

Top 3 dramatic shots:

Ezra igniting his lightsaber with 3 giant wolves behind him

Ahsoka arriving with a wizard cloak and staff

Ezra facing the Emperor in the ruins of the temple 

Top 3 dialogue lines:

“For that boy, there is nothing I would not do.” BIG MOOD

“It was an honor to fight with you for something we chose to believe in.” BRB CRYING FOREVER

“You think you can take whatever you want. Things you didn’t make, didn’t earn! Things you don’t even understand.” Me while Ezra (and Hera when Thrawn taunted her with the stolen kalikori) lecture Thrawn on cultural appropriation: “Go off!!!”

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Finished watching season 2 with my niece!

I finished watching Rebels Season 2 with my 10 year old niece and it was a wild ride! After the Season 1 finale, she had expected Ahsoka (who became her favorite character on Disney Infinity) to join the Rebels cast full-time but I reminded her that she already 'had a job' in the Rebellion and had other responsibilities... but would likely help them when needed. This post is obviously much longer than the previous review by the sheer amount of episodes in S2 (even if we skipped a couple) and because my niece started to make LOTS of questions at one point, which is great because she has started to slowly take in the lore.

There is one thing though. If I hadn't been there with her to answer her questions, I'm not sure she would have followed certain plot points. Season 1 did great by keeping it local in Lolthal but now that they were jumping around planets and started to bringing more people from the past, she had some trouble keeping track of the whole picture. I don't think she ever had to deal with so much story lore before on other shows. Didn't get all of the episodes but just the most important comments:

Siege of Lothal.

"What's Kanan's problem? He's being very rude. He wasn't like this..."

"She ((Minister Tua)) needs to leave or she might lose her head too"

"Is this a trap?... uhm... but they have to take the risk. Ezra is right, they should help people. Do the right thing."

"Woah! They blew up the ship! They will need to find another way out of the-... why are they leaving without her((Tua))? Aren't they going to help her out of the debris?", "She... uh, she didn't survive the explosion sweetie", "D: [silent gasp] they... they killed her??..."

"Why are they cold?" (Darth Vader shows up) "Woah, woah, woah! No. No-no-no! Kanan is not that good. They need to run. RUN RUN RUN"

"He's really evil. He wants Ezra to kill himself with the Force!"

[squirming on her place] "C'mon Ahsoka, tell them is Anakin. Tell them. You know! They need to know!"

"She didn't tell them... ugh... this is going to be a problem"

The Lost Commanders

"Who is this mysterious leader? How are they going to know WHO it is? Like... are they going to sense him with the Force... or...?", "Yeah, good question"

"Oh, they are clones", "yeah, they were very good friends with Anakin and Ahsoka"... "Ooooh I seee"

"Zeb becomes friends easily with people who also like to fight"

"These clones are good... wait, WHAT? THEY TOLD THE EMPIRE? NOOOO!"

Relics of the Old Republic

"They will have to fight together..."

"Can't they use the Force to... Oh! They ARE going to use the Force to sense them! Good"

"The clones will fight to the end alright... their last fight... (c'mon Kanan, don't leave them!)"

"So, Rex is like Ahsoka's uncle", "Uhm... well, good friends and family, yeah"

Always two there are

"I bet Ezra can find the supplies first"

"Who's that-...! A WOMAN Inquisitor??"

"She's scary!"

"They don't have Kanan with them, there is no way they can fight TWO Inquisitors"

(She got lil weirded out by the Seventh Sister with Ezra but said nothing of it)

"Oh great... Zeb is not exactly that smart. I hope he can come up with a plan"

"RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN!"

"Look! Kanan and Hera are holding each other worrying about 'their kids'! THEY ARE A COUPLE!"

Brothers of the Broken Horn

"Who's that again?", "His name is Hondo. He was a big bad pirate from before, from when Ahsoka was still a Padawan, but he has gotten old and lost his crew", "oh... ok"

"Let's skip this one"

Blood Sisters

"wait... she didn't do that graffiti. This is suspicious..."

"So that's a friend of Sabine... but not anymore?"

"Why did they escape? For money?"

"She's going to join them in the end, right?"

"Wait... wait... Sabine is going to make that robot ((captain)) explode with the ship?? What? BUT HE HAS FEELINGS!"

"Aww... Ezra is so silly. xD"

The Future of the Force

"Why would they want a baby? Can't she have one on her own? That baby is not an Inquisitor baby anyway!", "well, 'Inquisitor' is not a race, is something you grow up to be", "Oh... so, they want to turn them into inquisitors, gotcha".

"Hahahah Chopper is so funny, I bet he makes a good nanny", "Erh...seems like he asked to blow up the ship anyway", "Nah, he's just joking", "yeah... joking"

(Kanan realizes they are force sensitive babies) "WELL DUH! Kanan is usually smarter than that"

(Ahsoka shows up) "YES! PREPARE TO GET YOUR BUTTS KICKED!"

"She's soooo goooood! They don't have a chance against her!"

"Yeah, you guys need to run away, she can handle this!!"

"See? Chopper makes a good robot nanny! I bet he can take care of any babies Hera has with Kanan in the future"

Legacy

"A cat? Force Cats? Is that a thing?"

"They are not dead right?"

"I mean, Kanan is like his new adoptive dad, but it would be nice to have his parents too"

"Are they dead??"

"Maybe they are not dead after all"

"Follow the cat!"

"Oh no... they ARE dead... poor Ezra :(... I want to hug him"

"Kanan is going to be there for him. He loves him too. Ezra's not going to be alone"

A princess on Lothal

"Ezra needs some time to feel better"

"And who's that?... is she a new character?... wait- ITS LEIA! ITS PRINCESS LEIA!"

"They are going to meet Princess Leia!"

"She's so smart~!"

"Ezra wants to show off but still needs a lot of practice"

"Make it look real, hahahaha"

Protector of Concord Dawn

"Sabine knows them?", "She's Mandalorian too, remember?", "Oh, that's right", "They are warriors", "Like the saiyans", "yeah... kind of?"

"They are working for the Empire! Run!"

"I didn't notice when she got into the ship either!"

"So... Kanan is not getting shot down on sight because...?", "They want to hear why he is here at least", "But they know he's a Jedi now, they will hand him over to the Empire"

"She's learning not to kill and be less... 'Mandalorian'. Nice!"

The Call

"Why is space always so cold?", "Well, it can be extremely cold or hot. If you are on the shade of a planet or a ship, you will freeze. If you are without cover, you will get fried..." ((Simplistic explanation, I know... didn't have time to explain about radiation/convection lol))

"You know, if my ship was running out of gas in space, I would just boost in the direction of the base, turn off the motors and just let it go in a straight line. It should keep moving with that", "...that's correct, I think"

"WHALES? IN SPACE?"

"THEY ARE SO PRETTY!"

"Why aren't they listening to Ezra!? He's right! They need to start hearing Ezra more!"

"How can they breathe in space?", "I guess the Helmets have some breathing masks with oxygen inside", * "Mmh... Ok"

"What's up with his eyes? Is he mind controling Ezra?" "xD, hahaha, no. I think they are connecting through the Force", "Ok! but... JUST GIVE HIM HIS HELMET BACK ALREADY!!"

"PUT THE HELMET BAAAACK! PUT IT BACK! BREATHE!"

Homecomming

"What's a Ryloth?", "Ryloth is Hera's planet"

"Hera has a DAD?", "Yep"

"How do I look??.... HAHAHAHA! Kanan is all nervous because he's going to meet his father-in-law! HAHAHA, he even confused everyone's names! Hahahahaha" ((I lost her for a full minute))

"Family first. Yep"

"Hahahaha, Kanan is having a good time"

"What do they want to do again?", "Hera wants to steal that big ship, her father wanted to destroy it"

"TRAITORS!",

"What's that little thing running around!", "That's uh... I believe is like a roomba? Like... in Wall-e? Remember the cleaning robot?", "YEAH! Hahaha, poor thing!"

"Sabine is not going to blow up the roomba robot, is she? She likes to explode stuff too much..."

"You know, if Ezra did that to me and failed the first time...", "You mean the Jedi mind trick?", "Yeah, if he failed the first time, I would got like 'yeah, we should evacuate the ship' to make them believe it worked, so when I leave I give the alarm and catch them", "[slow clap]"

The Honorable Ones

"What's that place?","Geonosis","It's empty?","It shouldn't be"

"What were they building there? Something big?", "Really big", "....??", "The Death Star", "But it should be there...", "They can move it, it's like a huge ship", "ah"

"[roll eyes] Oh, great, Agent Kallus..."

"Zeb is going to get caught"

"[Gasp] What happened to his leg?", "He broke it", ":O"

"They will need to work together... but Kallus is pretty useless now"

"He believes he's a good guy?? REALLY??"

"Well, at least now I know that Geonosis's moon are freezing and have giant beaked monsters in caves"

"Is Kallus going to join the Rebellion? It looks like Zeb and him could be friends"

"Don't throw him around like that Zeb!! HIS LEG!! HIS LEEEEG!!"

"Wait... he's not coming? He's going to stay in the Empire? Why?? JUST GRAB HIM ZEB!"

"No one cared he came back :( "

"Is that a CELL? Is he a prisoner??", "No, that's his normal room", "That's sad"

Shroud of Darkness /or how I call it "Question Galore"

(Kanan/Ezra fight the Inquisitors) "Why are they saying their plans out loud? THEY CAN HEAR YOU!"

"... Why are the lightsabers diferent colors? Why are the inquisitor's and Vader's red? Why were Ahsoka's yellow/green but now they are like white?", "-Woah" ((Had to pause and go into a lengthy explanation about Kyber crystals, tuning, bleeding, purifying...))

"He doesn't like the CRAZY ONES anymore? ANYMORE?", "Well, he did have other girlfriends before Hera", "WHAAAAAAT!? WHEN DID THEY SAY THAT? THEY NEVER SAID THAT!", "It's implied on one of the books", "WHAT BOOKS?", "There is a novel from when Hera and Kanan met when they were younger", "WHAAT! Why isn't that on the show!? IT SHOULD BE!", "It's not exactly a children's book", "That's not fair! WE KIDS ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED! UGH!! [squirms on her seat]"

"Oh... that's Anakin. Awww... :( now he's all evil"

"That's the technique we watched on youtube!! :D If they ever invent real lightsabers, I would so get fencing clases" ((We had watched some lightsaber training youtube videos on Form 1, 2 and 3 to play 'realistically' with our lightsaber toys... don't judge me))

"I don't get it. Why didn't Anakin die?", "You mean when he burned himself? or with a lightsaber in a fight?", "No, why didn't he kill himself?", "I-... -what?", "[offhandedly] Yeah, he became a bad guy to save his wife, but it turned out to be all for nothing. It didn't mattered anymore. He should have just suicide", "[agast] I-... I don't know... He was too angry?...", "...[unconvinced]" [darkside intensifies].

"Why did Ahsoka left the Jedi again?", ((explanation))

"It's all an illusion again?"

"Who is that? A Jedi Guard?"

"Who is he talking about? Who's the darkside calling to?", "Ezra", "Oh, yeah. Pffft, it calls to him TOTALLY", "(w-why are you so sure...?)"

"He... he looks like the Inquisitor. He moves like the first Inquisitor", (( GOOD EYE!))

"Is the Guard evil? Not really, right? He just wants to kill Ezra to keep him from the darkside", "... that's not exactly good either!", "But not evil-evil!".

"Well, he's not wrong. Ahsoka wasn't there to help him. It kinda was her fault too", "Woah, haaarsh"

"YODA!"

(( Yoda goes on about the Jedi shouldn't fight in the war and the cost of wining)) "I don't get it"

"IT IS THE INQUISITOR! WOW!... huh, he looked way better before..."

"Kanan graduated! Good for him! He's still not a good teacher, but he tries hard, and that's what matters!", "Gee, thanks?"

"GO, GO, GO, leave!"

"Malachor is a place?", "A planet" NOTE: HELP, I FEAR FOR MY PADAWAN.

Mystery of Chopper Base

"Woah, they are getting good"

"Whoops, Ezra got offended. Hahaha"

"They... are leaving? To look for Malachor? ... aww... they don't want to leave."

"How long will they be gone?", "They have no idea"

"SPIDERS!? NO, NO, NO!"

"SHOOT THEM! SHOOOT THEEEEEM!"

"I'M WITH ZEB! TOO MANY LEGS!"

"Why are they SPLITTING!?? THEY NEED A JEDI ON EACH GROUP!", "It because they are leaving and they need to learn how to go without them", "I DONT CARE"

"DON'T! It's not going to work! EZRA! IT'S GOING TO BITE YOUR HAND! SEEEE!? SEEE!?"

"I DONT LIKE THIS EPISODE!"

"AAAAAAAH!!! THEY ARE HORRIBLE!"

"I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE!", "Cooomeeee oooon, is not that bad!"

"I HATE SPIDERS!"

"THEY ARE TRAPPED! NOOOO, THIS IS A NIGHTMARE!"

"[uninteligible yells while covering her face]", "Yeah, yeah, it's almost done"

"It is very weir Ezra can't connect with them. Maybe Ahsoka can..."

"Awww... so sweet. Hera needs to relax. They will be fine" ((OH MY SWEET SUMMER CHILD))

Twilight of the Apprentice (Oh boy, the rollercoaster of emotions is about to begin)

"They should have brought Rex. Or Zeb for muscle"

"Why did the wall react like that with Ezra?"

"What's that?", "The Jedi had temples... so did the sith. This is a Sith Temple", "ooooooh"

"There was an old Jedi and Sith war? Woah... who won?"

"A new Inquisitor!"

"Ezra can force jump that high now, right?"

"Who's that old guy?"

"Well, if he wants to help him, and used to be bad, but now he also fights the Empire so then he's good right? Unless he is lying..."

"What...!? Ezra shouldn't use the darkside. No... EZRA DON'T LIFT THE ROCKS- oh nooo.....!! He's turning him bad? IS THAT IT?? D:", "Remember what the Guard/Inquisitor said about Ezra?", "That the Darkside called to him. Oh no, no, no. This story is going to end with him turning evil like Darth Vader"

"Who is Maul?", "You know him", "No", "Yes you do. He was the final boss on the Twilight of the Republic in Disney Infinity. I even made a challenge for you with him", "I don't remember him", [silent cream]

"Hey, that's like Kanan's cube!", "Holocron", "So this is a SITH holocron"

"You gotta jump! Wait... he's not going to drop him right? Oh, phew! That's good"

"So just one Sith can open it. Someone who uses the darkside. Uhmmm... so, Ezra is going to be a Jedi that uses BOTH. The Light and the Dark! He can even get a red lightsaber and fight like Ahsoka", "You can't be a Jedi and use the darkside. Jedi only use the light", "But... BUT HE CAN...! AND he's not bad. He won't be a Sith... maybe he won't be either then... what would that make him?", ((somewhere in the Galaxy, Bendu hums))

"Nope. Kanan is not going to leave him alone anymore with Maul"

"Don't split, don't split, don't split. THEY SPLIT! AAAARGH!"

"He won't kill her! He can't. He won't be able to kill her. He's not that cold... WOAH! BUT HE DID!... That should be such a shock for his young mind", "His young mind? xD He's 5 years older than you", "STILL!"

"HIS apprentice? What does that even- WHAT THE-!!! WHAAAAT!! WHAT JUST HAPPENED!?? GO BACK!! IT CANT BE!! NO! HIS EYES! HI EYEEES!! PAUSE IT!! HE CANT BE-!! HE CANT BE BLIND! IS HE BLIND!? IS HE BLIND!!!??", "well...", "IS IT PERMANENT!?", "Uhm", "EZRAAAA THIS YOUR FAAAAAUUULT! HE WILL NEVER SEE HERA'S BEAUTIFUL FACE AGAIN! [RAGE]"

"STOP IT WITH THE HOLOCRON! YOU HAVE DONE ENOUGH!... OOH NOW YOU PLACED IT!... THIS IS YOUR FAAAULT!!"

"EZRA WILL NEVER BE YOURS!! HOW DARE YOU HURT KANAN!!"

"Can Kanan still fight??"

"He tricked you alright Ezra- [GASP]... DARTH VADER! RUN! RUNAWAY YOU HAVE NO CHANCE! I mean all of this is your fault but I don't want you to DIE!"

"UUGH, what is Ezra doing!? He's going to get killed! And all of Kanan's suffering will be for nothing!"

"D: HIS LIGHTSABER! AAAAAAAAH! WHAT IS HAPPENING! THEY ALL GOING TO DIE!"

"YEAH AHSOKA!... ooh-oh... They are finally going to fight"

"But he didn't kill Anakin, he IS Anakin", "He's speaking on a figurative way", "well, I believe 'Anakin' is still trapped deep down on a dark cell on his heart", "O_O woah", "I bet he secretly wants to see how much has Ahsoka has improved and is proud of her... and then kill her", ((daaaamn))

"Are you blind too? OF COURSE HE IS BLIND! IS YOUR FAULT!"

"[eyes widen]... Anakin... deep down, he's still-... oh never mind, he will try to kill her anyway... sigh"

"You should stop crying for Ahsoka and start crying FOR WHAT YOU DID TO KANAN", "Hey, the whole place is going to explode, of course he is worried", "But she won't die. She can't die [straight face, not an ounce of doubt]"

"ALL OF THIS FOR THAT STUPID HOLOCRON! [RAGE]"

"Oh no... No. He had promised Hera they would see each other again! HE WONT. HE WOOONT BE ABLE TO SEE HER EVER AGAIN. THIS IS TOO SAD! I thought Hera was being pessimistic about what would happen to them but she was riiiiiight"

"Wait... Did Ezra just told Rex she is dead with that look? WHAT! NO"

"VADER SURVIVED [GOING NUCLEAR] WHERE IS AHSOKA!? DONT TELL ME HE KILLED HER! SHE CANT BEEE!"

"THERE! SHEEEEES THEEEEEREEEEE! SHE'S ALIVE BUT LOST INTO THE SHADOWS"

"THEY LOST AHSOKA BECAUSE OF YOU EZRA I HOPE YOU ARE HAP-.... what... no... NO! DONT YOU DARE OPEN THAT HOLOCRON-! AAAAAH! YOU DIDNT LEARN ANYTHING! THIS IS YOUR FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAULT!"

"IM CRYING INSIDE!"

Final verdict: "There is more right? RIGHT? THIS CANT BE THE END. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT"

We have been watching the Seasons 1/2 in Netflix, and as they don't have season 3 yet, I told her I would look for them later. In the mean time, we started playing Infinity again. She got to play Kanan, I got Ezra... and she started chasing me for a while with his lightsaber. "He didn't apologized to Kanan! COME APOLOGIZE TO ME! I LIKED YOU EZRA! YOU LOST ME!". I then took us to a challenge I had previously done for her with Maul... one that I had hoped made the image of Maul fresh on her mind for the season finale but failed miserably... and let her get a cathartic fight with him and Kanan. She reveled in it.

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