Ezra being fearless to go up against someone with a lightsaber. With nothing but the force says a lot about his growth. Being alone that long had to take a toll on him. I’m sure the way he stayed sane is by concentrating on the force. He prolly saw way more through the force than the series showed us. I think while he still seems like his goofy self. He’s prolly super wise in the force. I hope he trains jayson

As Kanan Jarrus and Cal Kestis said, having a lightsaber doesn’t make one a Jedi.

I think he was trying to show off to Sabine, realized his mistake and then took up a blaster to get the job done. Classic Ezra

To me Ezra was using the force like he always has. He typically didn’t face lightsabers in rebels but his confidence to take out Shin without one says a lot.

Don’t forget he’s made contact with a Bendu, who has a much broader view of the force and has never needed a lightsaber. In fact the Bendu thought his attachment to the Jedi/sith cults and their trinkets was limiting to the force. He might have taken heed with his time without a lightsaber to take a much broader view and learn to survive with just the force. He might be a better force user than a lot of Jedis by now! 👍

Wouldn't Ezra's focus on the spiritual make him more of a Consular than a Guardian? He's actually spent more time alone connecting with the Force than he did training as a Jedi. And as for the Lightsaber colours, Sabine is definitely not One with the Force.

I love your channel but Ezra shows far more signs of being a consular given how much he connects with the Force and its mysteries in ways far more diverse than regular combatants (crossing between worlds to save Ahsoka; communing with animals; and as of just now using pure force power against a lightsaber wielder). His entire arc was literally taking Thrawn away not by brute-force but by connecting so deeply with the force in unorthodox ways he managed to get animals to take him to a whole different Galaxy.

Great breakdown. But I don't think Ezra refusing the lightsaber showed ignorance. If anything, it's really practical given the fact that he hasn't touched one in 10years and has had to survive on this world without. Over time, you get accustomed to what you have, which is the Force. And we can all surmise that he's done some sort of self training like going over old lessons him and Kanan use to do together. Kanan gave Ezra the tools to teach himself because that's how he had to learn after Order 66. In the same breath though, part of me believes that Ezra connection to the Force is stunted, whether by his own doing or something else causing it. And I also believe he has stopped relying on the Dark Side of the Force for aid because none of the attacks he did against the Night Troopers felt as dark as he was when he was using it, like how he controlled that AT-ST Pilot.

I wholeheartedly disagree. Ezra has abandoned the way of a headstrong warrior-soldier and has become closer to a warrior monk, who has learned to bring forth the deepest power without the need of a weapon. A lightsaber can strengthen a person's connection to the force but it is not required to do so. Ezra has spent the last ten years learning to use the force as the old force users once did, deepening his bond to it and learning to use it more adeptly for hand to hand combat. This can ultimately be seen in a display of power that has only been seen by a handful of others including master yoda, vader, Kylo and rey and that is stopping a lightsaber with nothing but the force. Granted his required two hands but this is still impressive and demonstrates his growth despite lacking a fully trained master and being mostly self taught in this regard. His decision to forgo the lightsaber is a sound one that focuses more on trial by combat so that he can deepen his connection to the force to become a more well rounded warrior and not use the lightsaber as a crutch as most Jedi had in the clone wars and imperial eras. He let go of that weapon and gifted it to Sabine making it hers and solidifying the force as his true ally and weapon.

I picture Ezra becoming more of a sentinel of the people therefore I think his colour will be eventually be bright yellow, not the blue of a knight and warrior (guardian). Who knows he might follow Ahsoka and eventually get a white one. Blue I think was his younger self, brash and willing to run into the fight to save his friends like Luke was. Yellow seems more his mature self.

Ezra is further along the way of being like Yoda or Palpatine, capable of using a saber but understanding the force is the wisest resource to depend on. Also I believe the intention of the show is to show Ezra is particularly powerful in the force since he has shown the most impressive force feats of anyone in the show and has obviously been able to survive and kill a small army of troopers without his saber. Even Ahsoka is using her sabers against opponents she could trivialize with the force and just doesn't. I disagree with the will of crystals theory just because the lore has been inconsistent about it.

The reason he didn't use the lightsaber is because he knew Sabine needed it, which she did. It's been a decade since he got to Peridia, so he's more than capable of fighting w/o the lightsaber. Plus he proved it by doing it! But Sabine got shot several times, lost both of her blasters, and nearly got killed by Shin of Ezra had not used the force to pull her away. Same thing happened when Sabine got attacked in the road to finding Ezra. He knew she needed all the help she could get. He didn't refuse the lightsaber, in a way, he gave it to her again.

I love the way you explain things it's like you delve into my own head cannon and speak what's on my mind love that there's similar people out there in the world ... would love to have a group of close friends like you dude

How long did Ezra fight without one? He might be a bit out of practice. But he was training with the force. He was fighting with what he knows useing a lightsaber might have slowed him down.

Well, I hope on the last episode that we see him at full power, including using a new light saber

I loved that he knows Sabine needs to keep her conection with HER saber. Ezra had his saber and this isnt it, hed need a new one. I think he knows sabine bieng new to the jedi way needs someone to believe in her.

I’m not sure if you realize or not but this is probably the best content you’ve ever made. This video is a banger.

He constructed a new one pretty quick!

Thank you for this video.

I just noticed on rewatch that at the end of ahsokas training exercise with Anakins recording. The closet she goes to to put it away, also has what looks to be several light sabers in it at the top. Haven't seen anyone talk about that

very insightful video :) I like it :)

Ezra has been away for 10 whole years. At this point, he's probably just grown so accustomed to the using the force. I highly doubt that he has spent the last 10 years without any self training at all. His lack of a lightsaber could have just been one less distraction, allowing him to fully embrace and grow familiar with his force abilities. Also, it could be possible that whatever Baylon is looking for has aided in the development of Ezra's abilities. If the planet is somehow connected to a force deity, it could be possible that Ezra would be affected, even without being in close proximity.

When i watched it io thought that was fitting of Ezra's character based on the fact he would possibly doubt his ability with it as he had not been practicing those techniques for nearly a decade. He did however know his capabilities with the force which would be seen as much more reliable at that time. Plus he would be curious to see how Sabine did with it in battle. I do like the points you made here and I am excited to see the final episode and see where they go with this canonically.

That was pretty cool when he stopped Shin's strike with a hand force block and you see it kind of distort

Ezra broke through Shins force bubble with ease

Ezra is part of the Night Sisters, his robe color, the dog tag armor, the fact that he doesn’t use a light saber… he’s the one that will be left on Paridia

Ezra says in the next breath after telling Sabine that the llightaaber was hers ,he says," I don't need it anymore the force is my ally."

I feel like he is more of a consular considering his deep ability in the force, communing with animals and being able to block energy.

Imagine Yoda appearing to him Again at the end of the next episode, and teaches him how to make a synthetic crystal. It's a very popular theory that Luke used a synthetic crystal, but put light side energy into it. Luke had to gain that knowledge from somewhere and Yoda being 900 years old probably had that knowledge.

Ezra has survived Thrawn and bandits this long without one. I don't believe it's ignorance. I think Ezra has completely confided in the force. He knew he wasn't alone, knew Sabine wasn't as strong in the force, and wanted to make sure she had it as she needed it more than him.

He’ll probably use a different lightsaber that Ahsoka probably has on her ship so that he could be prepared to right Thrawn and his army

I love how in the very next episode he makes a blue lightsaber

I'm not sure how he made a mistake here though. Not to mention, you don't answer that like you said you are. As you stated, he hasn't used one in 10yrs. He has been training with the force however. Not to mention, he stopped another persons use of a saber mid swing towards him. His force usage was able to bend the light coming from said saber. Not only did you not answer the question you said you were answering, you just kind of gave people more of a reason as to why he correctly choose to fight the way he did. Not to mention you state "it makes him harmless", which he clearly was not. He proved this by not only stopping another person use of a saber, but also by disarming another persons blaster and shooting them in the face with it. To think you can't use a blaster with intention, but only a saber is in and of itself an incorrect way of thinking.

Question if you need to go through the trial thing to get your kiber crystal how do they have spare light sabers and where are the spares kept?

I think it's neat with all the talk of all the different colors of lightsabers and how the kyber crystals have to bond to the Jedi to work right when we all know that originally there were only two colors of lightsabers red and blue and Lucas put the green one in and Return of the Jedi because he felt the blue one wouldn't show up very well against the sky since then everybody has all their different opinions and imaginary stuff to build this whole thing behind it when if you read the lot of the old Legend books the color of the lightsaber was just because of whatever Crystal they used and it didn't have to be a kyber crystal.

😂 lol, Sounds like an advertising slogan. 07:18 "Refusing to use a weapon don't make you peaceful, but harmles."

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Great points! I’ll be honest though, I was getting the vibes that Ezra had changed in terms of allegiance. He’s had several strange moments of distance since he entered in Ahsoka. Especially in the final episode when he was launched onto the ship by Sabine. It felt like he didn’t feel true remorse of leaving her, more like he was faking emotion Temporarily. I’m not necessarily saying that he has gone dark side, but I don’t know if his allegiance is good and true any longer either. I will say he was giving serious Chirrut vibes in the fight without the Saber.

A beskar staff would be a cool weapon for Ezra now.

There's another way to look at it. As you said, the user imprints on the saber. Maybe he was worried that because he is more powerful than Sabine, and because he also previously owned the saber, that if he used it, even for a short time, the saber might favor him over the connection it had now made with Sabine, essentially undoing, or partially undoing, the connect she had with it.

I'm surprised you didn't bring up the lightsaber that Ezra built in the last episode. Not only was it made from twin components with Kanan's lightsaber, it had a blue blade. I always wondered why 3rd season+ Rebels Ezra had a green lightsaber, and it would have been nice if they offered some kind of explanation as a change like that should mean something significant. It could be that the blade he constructed is using his original blue kyber crystal, and used a black market green crystal in season 3, but there should be some explanation WHY he made those choices.

I agree with what you said to a point, however, I think there may be a more practical reason as to why Ezra didn't use the lightsaber. Consider the amount of time he's been without one, even if he had a saber that was aligned to him, he may still be clumsy with it since it's likely been many years since he's had any practice with a weapon, but he's had regular practice using the Force to defend himself and his allies.

You cant help stretching a theory so far out of proportion that it resembles a rubber armstrong.

One of my favourite parts of this episode was how I've gone from hating Ezra to really enjoying him.

There’s a typo in the description of the video, says bandicam instead of bandcamp

Earlier in Rebels and towards the middle Ezra was focused on the physical aspects of being a Jedi. Having a light saber and doing good and etc. however towards the end of rebels you see Ezra mature in the ways of the force and as a Jedi as well. Maybe Ezra not using a lightsaber was just a reflection of furthering his growth in the force and as a Jedi. He survived on a alien planet in a foreign galaxy with thrawn clipping at his heels for 10 years, clearly he had to adopt new was of protecting himself by using the force.

Ezra’s green Crystal probably came from the ancient cross hilt saber he found on malicore in the twilight of the apprentice arc. And I suspect he was drawn to it. Not just randomly picked up. It WAS his. The point about it having bonded with Sabine is valid though.

I thought Ezra refused the lightsaber to show off and/or test himself

Reminds me of the goal of the swordsman in the movie Hero... "The third swordsman can strike the target from 1,000 feet away. He leads by being. He is self-aware. He leads his own self; and by leading himself, he influences people to likewise become self-empowered leaders. He does not hold any sword at all. His sword is his being."

I agree with Nia (SW Theory) that Episode 6 may just be the best episode of any SW series on Disney+. It's not my personal favorite although it would easily be in my top 5 but it's arguably the best. I was a bit shocked when I checked the IMDb score and it's only at 8.3. Ep 5 with the Hayden memberries has the highest followed by Ep 4. Hayden is definitely much better acting as Anakin now than he did 20 years ago when he was winning Razzies for it. IMDb Scores Episode 1: 7.9 Episode 2: 7.9 Epsiode 3: 7.4 Episode 4: 8.8 Episode 5: 9.3 Episode 6: 8.3 Episode 7: 8.0 Overall Ahsoka: 8.0 Andor: 8.4 The Mandalorian: 8.7 I thought Far, Far Away had the best world building we've ever seen from a SW episode. It was so good, I wanted to rewatch it again the following morning. Most episodes, I'll only watch it once because I don't have that urge to rewatch it. Only Ep 4 and 6 did I want to rewatch them the next morning. Episode 7 became a step down because we needed more of Baylan's sidequest. Remember all the whining about Bo-Katan's sidequest becoming the main story to The Mandalorian S3? This isn't the case with Baylan because he has this great mystery hanging over his head we're all trying to figure out. And he seems a far more interesting character than Bo-Katan. Ranking the most kickass characters in Ahsoka excluding Anakin.... 1. Baylan Skoll 2. Ahsoka Tano 3. Ezra Bridger 4. Shin Hati 5. Thrawn 6. Great Mothers 7. Morgan Elsbeth 8. Sabine Wren 9. Huyang 10. Hera Syndulla Straight up combat, Thrawn is not beating most Force or lightsaber users. Now if it was straight fist to fist with no Force and weapons, I'll like his chances similar to Steve Rogers beating Tony Stark without a suit on. Steve would whoop Tony's ass and Iron Man is my guy. I got Ahsoka below Baylan because it doesn't seem she can defeat him. In Rebels, she had a hard time against bigger, stronger opponents like when she faced Vader. It's not like Baylan is agile and mobile. He takes these huge swings and Ahsoka can't withstand these blows like if Mike Tyson was hitting her. She's simply getting overpowered by his bigger/heavier size, longer reach, and more raw strength. Initially, I thought she had won the first fight after she kicked Baylan 3x to the ground in Ep 4. I gave her the benefit of the doubt because she burned her hand touching the map and getting distracted by Sabine's fate after she saw Shin. But now it seems Ahsoka really can't handle Baylan. *He* *acts* *like* *Dooku* *but* *fights* *like* *a* *full* *human* *Vader* *without* *a* *costume.* He got his own Rogue One hallway scene in the very first episode for goodness sakes. It's clear Shin has no problem against Sabine. That's like comparing The Empire Strikes Back to The Last Jedi. No contest which is the better middle movie of a trilogy. But when we watch Shin face Ahsoka, she struggles. Heck, she struggled against a lightsaber-less Ezra. This is why I still have Ezra above her and from leaks, he will wield a lightsaber again. Will have his "Steve Rogers carrying Mjölnir moment" where fans will cheer when Ezra uses it. I'm going to be curious how Ahsoka S2 plays out if we ever get one. If Baylan and Shin were never in this series, I'm not sure I would've kept watching passed Ep 3. I'm also not sure if I'm going to enjoy watching Shin join Ahsoka. I would rather see her team up with Thrawn (at least for now) and wreck havoc in their galaxy. Yesterday, I ordered a hat with the Andor logo on it from Aliexpress. Cost me about $14 with taxes and shipping included. And I'll keep repeating it, I initially HATED Andor. As much as I like Nia's I

In a previous Rebels episode, Ezra is seen picking up and activating an ancient cross guard lightsaber. The blade that came out of it was green.

would you pick a weapon in a fight after you havent used said weapon once in a over decade or would you fight how you are comfortable fighting atm?

3:22 now correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Ezra's kyber crystal was still completely intact when Vader destroyed his first saber and if that's true wouldn't he have just used the same crystal when creating the new light saber. The color change is probably just because his stance in the force chamged between when he made his first light saber and when he made his second

I like to believe that since ezra spent years on that planet surviving against hostile creatures and even stormtroopers on the odd occasion, he would ofc basically have no weapon that could last since blasters eventually run out of power, so he would strengthen his connection and physical application of the force to make up for this lack of a lightsaber.

I was reminded in another video I saw that Ezra lost a lightsaber that could very much be on the Star Destroyer. If it is then as you have started here that the saber that resonates with him is probably calling out to him and he passed on this old one to pick up the other one that suits him more

On season 3 episode 1 ezra had a green light sabte. Also in the same episode ezra reached a few hindred feet to control anatat pilot

5:17 ofc the YounglingSlayer 3000 will feel off to my boy Luke, he's too innocent for that shit!

Before the siege of mandatory anakin gave Ashoka her lightsabers back saying that he “adjusted them” which turned the blades blue. I doubt he replaced both crystals. Also after Vader destroys Ezra’s first saber, you can clearly see the crystal is separate from the rest of the assembly. I assume that Ezra took it, and when building a new lightsaber Ezra focused the crystal differently, giving it its green color and reflecting his focus on studying the force more deeply - this is when he uses the sith holocron. So I think it’s the same crystal, but he’s been without it for so long that he’s hesitant to use it.

Ezra is basically a force martial artist at this point for real 🔥

This makes perfect sense. Lightsaber is extension of Jedi,his personality. Nothing wrong Ezra using the Force and his martial arts. Despite Shin. I understand Luke wanting deeper mysteries of the Force. Ezra and me are Jedi Guardians. You can combine both sometimes. May the Force be with you too😊

Love the work Stupendous as even your insight and care of analyzing these modern Star Wars shows are worth more watching than the source material. However, I found the choreography really lackluster in the Asoka series, I don't know why it's so slowed down and cut to hell to where it looks like you can't really understand what's going on. I assume it's the lack of training or ability of the stars they chose or just their physical limitations. The whole choice of swinging a weapon at people who were never close to where they are swinging is becoming really distracting or just in general where they step the weapon only to spin / parry for no reason and not further the motion. Like I understand 'flashy' Hollywood mechanics but I mean it's not even basic mechanics they are performing, it's more like a high school production at this point. That being said, loved to see Hayden back in action and his moves were amazing, sad they had to nerf / slow him down to fight with Rosario Dawson (who reportedly trained / "grueling training sessions that lasted all day" in her preparation for the series... ).

I actually think its cool he is just using his martial arts and the force. I think it forces you to hone and develop those abilities.

Ezra found the green crystal in the temple of lothal while he was meditating and spoke to yoda most likely in the world between worlds

I think your first conclusion is interesting, and appt to a point. Your second hypothesis however I think is reaching. Besides there is a practical reason why he may have left the blade to Sabine. On the First part. Sabine and Ezra are close. The pair have a deep connection. A connection that I think would allow the saber to be used by either with little resistance. Particularly has this would be a short battle. On the second Ezra clearly is willing to use lethal force. But I believe the practical issue here is practice or lake their in. Ezra hasn’t had a light saber in his hands for 10 years. He left with no evidence of a Holochron as well. The force may guide the blade of a Jedi but the Jedi need to train and practice. Sabine was more in practice to the art of saber battle than Ezra. Maybe on their way home Ezra and Hyun will allow Ezra to regain his confidence in the laser sword.

"Stories are just stories." Theories are just theories, too. And when we have them, all they do is create expectations which are rarely met. I love Nia's (SW Theory) opinions on a lot of stuff. I'm a decade older than him but I didn't get into SW until the SEs came out in 1997. We had channels like HBO and Showtime but they rarely ever showed SW on even basic TV. Became a fan to Indiana Jones and Batman by 1989 and Back to the Future by 1990. I'm at a 100% agreement with Nia's take on Ahsoka's Ep 6 and Baylan. I think Baylan's sidequest trying to find this character calling him has become the main plot of Ahsoka. The MacGuffin. The fate of Ahsoka, Sabine, Ezra, and Thrawn have all taken a backseat to Baylan. Everyone wants to know what he's looking for? My all-time favorite song is U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For". Sorry, 90s babies, the 80s had way better songs. But even if we separate Baylan's mysterious sidequest, he's still a great character. Baylan is giving me mostly Sir Christopher Lee/Count Dooku vibes but before Dooku joined Sidious since Baylan is right at the middle. And then Ray Stevenson is giving us elements of Sir Alec's Obi-Wan and animated Plo Koon. I'll keep repeating it, Ray is the best SW actor since Sir Alec. Notice Baylan never raises his voice. Tells stories to Shin and tries to mentor and nurture Shin like Obi-Wan did to Luke in ANH. And if you go back to ANH, Obi-Wan does abandon Luke like Baylan did to Shin. Baylan might be trying to save Shin just in case Baylan gets the Raiders of the Lost Ark death scene getting consumed and melted by evil, dark spirits. I'm all-in for future episodes focused only on Shin if Djarin and Cassian had flashbacks explaining their past. I really do want to rank Shin in my top 10 and perhaps over Leia. Rank her right below Baylan. But be careful what you wish for. Sometimes these characters are not all that interesting when we start finding out more about them. Shin's luster may wear off. Solo (2018) The Book of Boba Fett (2021) Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) *Loki* *Season* *2* I've seen Loki S1 at least five times and listened to it while the screen off a few more times because I love the score so much. So I don't really need to binge watch to remember it. It's still very fresh in my mind. Loki is actually my favorite series on Disney+. I know Sean Chandler and Tyrone Magnus didn't care for it but I like it more than any MCU or SW series on there. I'm trying not to get too psyched up for S2 which comes out this Thursday night. I'm still not sure if S2 will ever be as good as S1. MCU has really hit a slump these last 2 years. It wouldn't surprise me if Loki S2 sucks. I remember loving Agent Carter S1 only to despise S2. If the Ahsoka S1 finale does disappoint, at least we get Loki S2 only 2 nights later. Only question is will it be any good?? We can never be too sure anymore with Disney. My Favorite SW + MCU Series On Disney+ 1. Loki 2. Andor 3. The Mandalorian 4. WandaVision 5. Ahsoka 6. Obi-Wan Kenobi 7. The Book of Boba Fett 8. What If...? 9. Hawkeye 10. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 11. Moon Knight 12. Ms. Marvel 13. She-Hulk Never saw Secret Invasion and don't care if I never see it. MCU has really sucked ass the last 2 years. I absolutely hate Quantumania. Loki S1, Spider-Man: No Way Home (which is really a Sony movie), and WandaVision are the best things that came out for MCU since Endgame. I didn't really care for Hawkeye and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol . 3 the way others feel about them. Star Wars is not as popular as MCU for this current generation but surprisingly has been a little bit better with their D+ series. Mando even with S3 and Andor have all been better than every MCU series for me since 2021 except Loki. And Ahsoka is better than every MCU series since August 2021.

I have a feeling either on the finale or the future Ezra will find and take up Kanan’s saber

It should be pointed out that Jedi can change over time and it can be reflected in a new crystal when attuned. It's very possible after losing his mentor and getting a new crystal that the second crystal turned green in reflection of his loss.

The reason is he's going to get kanaans saber off of the chimera. It's going to be an old school rebels mission where they all slip in with trooper armor and that's how they'll get back as well

SW Meg said a couple days ago that Baylan and Shin will NOT die in Ep 8. So Baylan will not have his Raiders of the Lost Ark death moment. Audience may feel cheated if he did get that or how Walter Donovan died in the Last Crusade. The most interesting character of Ahsoka was just a sucker all along. I figure Baylan will not die because they finished filming 7 months before Ray died. I'm not sure the writers had Baylan dying in mind a year ago. Will likely be addressed for S2 like a lot shows or movies that dealt from an actor's death, leaving the project, or simply getting fired. The Godfather Part II didn't even have Marlon Brando for that final flashback sequence and it was still a great film although present Vito already died. Let's say Shin joins Ahsoka. What exactly is she gaining? Ahsoka couldn't beat Baylan twice. And it's not like Ahsoka is a really great teacher from her results with Sabine. Ezra is also right there. He's way ahead of Shin as a Jedi. I believe Shin will end up in Thrawn's group even with her wiccaphobia. But I can see her turn to the light ala Wanda later down the road. Wanda was very interesting too early on until she started to turn heel in WandaVision and then Multiverse of Madness. Then fans started to hate her. Ivanna Sahkno has that face of an Elizabeth Olsen who can portray unhinged, broken female characters. I like Shin but she's too weak for my taste. Ahsoka can't even handle Baylan who fights like Vader with slow swings but hits extremely hard. But each time Ahsoka confronts Baylan's padawan, she whoops Shin's ass. Ahsoka is a downgrade of a teacher from Baylan if you ask me. But it's Disney. Girl power! Shin may grow tiresome to me like what happened to Darth Maul and Kylo Ren looking cool and badass initially. This is why I wasn't running out to buying merch of this "Shin Baddie" or "Shin Hottie". I did this for Daemon Targaryen last year and I have zero regrets because he really is a badass. He's a fan favorite for a reason and his final moments are badass. I hope more shows come out about the Targaryens because I love Baelor Breakspear and Brynden Rivers. Daemon is a rare exception like a Darth Vader and Iron Man where they look cool and they really are cool in the story. While Darth Maul and Kylo Ren is judging a book by it's cover and you realize they're lame. Kylo Ren was the bigger disappointment. Ep 8 may end up with little fanfare and be predictable. But knowing Filoni's erections from Ahsoka, he'll make her accomplish impossible feats like she's Ethan Hunt. What if Baylan ends up looking like a moron like Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? *He* *chose* *poorly.* Should've just used purrgils to go there. No need to ally with Morgan. Baylan ends up losing his life perhaps by S2 whether off-camera or using a stand-in from far away with a hoodie. He already lost his "daughter" in Shin. Writers are being forced to kill Baylan and make him look like a moron because Ray died. Quite a predicament the writers are put in since nobody can predict actors dying months ahead of time and Ray was only 58. It's the only way to do this unless they're willing to recast for Baylan. Kinda sucks, doesn't it? Baylan is the best and most interesting character in the show. Perhaps the best SW character in 40 years. Then the writers are forced to give him a cheap death and make him look like a moron at the end for guessing wrong about this great power calling him on Peridea because the actor really died. Remember in The Dark Knight, The Joker didn't technically die in it even though we all knew Heath Ledger died. By The Dark Knight Rises which came out 4 years later, they did a time jump of 8 years and never mention Joker's whereabouts. Is that how the writers will handle this? A time jump? Then mention Baylan died like T'Challa dying from an undisclosed disease. If Baylan is killed off whether we get a Season 2 or from the Heir to the Empire movie, I prefer if it's only mentioned he died. Don't show it to us or it will make him look stupid. Don't give him a Raiders of the Lost Ark/Last Crusade death scene.

The point is also that Ezra wanted to make a point; it's time for Sabine to grow and learn and not lean on Ezra.

Tbh I think it was because back in rebels he was more focused on using his lightsaber but kanan said he need to learn how to go on solving his problems with it

*Shin* *Hati* *=* *Wanda* *Maximoff?* We might be intrigued and liking Shin Hati right now. But that's because she's enigmatic similar to how I love the very mysterious The Armorer. What if we do explore more about Shin and we end up finding out she's a Wanda ripoff? Wanda was intriguing too. I never forgot seeing her in the mid end credits of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and feeling so intrigued by her. For years, Wanda was living up to her hype. She was great in Age of Ultron, Civil War, Infinity War, and Endgame. She nearly killed "2014" Thanos in Endgame. Wanda was highly anticipated by me because Aaron and Liz would star as a married couple in Godzilla (2014) just a few months after The Winter Soldier came out. I would read about how powerful Scarlet Witch was online. A year before that, Liz was in the Spike Lee version of Oldboy with Josh Brolin. I knew the Olsen twins' younger sister was on the come up. Then what happened when Liz finally got her own Disney+ MCU series 7 years after her first appearance as Wanda and when she finally became the Scarlet Witch? People started hating her. She enslaved an entire community because she needed therapy. She went heel in Doctor Strange 2 to find her fake children. The longer it can go, the worse it can get. We saw it with Game of Thrones after Season 6. Listen, I like Shin too but I've seen many times seeing a very interesting character only for their story to no longer hold our attention as time goes by. Check IMDb. Black Widow got a low score and Natasha was popular prior to her death in Endgame. I see polls picking Man of Steel over Wonder Woman (2017). And people want WW to be recast while they won't for Henry Cavill. Fans tired of Gal already? Each time a cool character comes out, fans grow tired of them, especially from male fans. Daenerys Targaryen is a perfect example. Great first season by Emilia Clarke although I don't find her to be a strong actress. Then writers completely ruined her by S8. And she's supposed to be the greatest Targaryen to ever live. She's the equivalent to Anakin being the Chosen One. Freed slaves but ended up using them for her military. Very few ever live up to their initial hype. It happens more often than you realize. Remember how cool seeing images of Darth Maul and Kylo Ren were prior to TPM and TFA coming out? Remember seeing Kylo's crossed lightsaber and his Vader+Revan inspired helmet? The moment he took off his helmet, the illusion was gone. The moment Obi-Wan split Maul in half, Maul with his one scene of dialogue was no longer that cool. For all we know, Shin's previous life was not much different than Wanda's. Lots of emotional pain losing people in her life. Wanda saw her parents killed by a bomb from Stark Industries. Watched her twin brother die. Watched her lover die. WandaVision was her way to cope by brainwashing an entire town to become sitcom characters she grew up watching. I want Shin to be awesome but I've seen it time and time again when fans turn on a character after a while. Rey was interesting to me after The Force Awakens. By The Last Jedi, I stopped giving a shit about her and her FaceTime Force calls with a shirt-less Kylo Ren. At least Baylan goes out never feeling overexposed to us. Never feeling tiresome. It's like Heath Ledger's Joker. Let's say Heath was still alive today and he was featured in The Dark Knight Rises. And say it wasn't as good as TDK. We may view Heath and his Joker a little less. It's Mando S3 tarnishing the series a bit because it wasn't as good as S1 and S2. Think Kurt Cobain. He died at age 27. If let's say he's still alive today at 56, would people view Nirvana as highly now than if he didn't die in 1994? Same with Tupac or Biggie. Everything in life can get tiresome. Shin may get tiresome. They die younger, they automatically become immortal like James Dean. Most people will live long enough to tarnish their legacy. All it took for Will Smith was a slap. Disney tried exploring Han Solo's past in 2018 and we realized Han's past really wasn't interesting. Han is a great character but it doesn't mean he has an interesting story to tell. Same thing with the Obi-Wan series. We saw too much Reva and Obi-Wan being a broken man for a decade trying to babysit Leia most of the time. The Book of Boba Fett, same thing. Boba's life is not that interesting. Shin's story can be really good but it can turn really bad in a hurry. Just be cautious knowing we have popular Star Wars characters having their own movie or TV series only to realize they're not that interesting. They're called supporting characters for a reason. They're not supposed to star in them. There's been a few *recent* exceptions.... Better Call Saul Peacemaker Andor The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

I know people say he hasn't practiced in all these years, but he could have easily found a stick to practice with. Or take up a staff like Chirrut. I know I'm reading too much into this, but it kind of reminds me of the argument of the old Jedi having an impractical, almost arrogant, mindset. Yes the Force may be all-powerful, but a force user is not. And not preparing as best you can when there are high stakes for yourself or others is foolish.

I interpreted it as him simply not being used to lightsabers anymore. He hadn’t touched one in a long time and Sabine said she’d been training with Ashoka, so it makes sense that she should keep the lightsaber.

All I want is a Lego Chimera with the gold repairs. Where is the Thrawn merch?

I could see Ezra either purifying one into a white crystal or even getting a black kyber crystal

Luke picked the colour that Qui Gon Jin also had : )

They should make a game based on his character, would be a lot of dope missions n combat

I agree Ezra needs to get over his aversion to violence

Well Sabine definitely isn’t a Consular so she’ll need a new one too then🤣

We have Asoka the white how long before Baylan becomes Baylan of many colours

Lightsabres have become (Harry Potter) wands now?! Back when Star Wars was new, the lightsabre was like a blaster or a radio. It was a technological device that had a battery and the blade was antimatter. Solo used Luke's in Episode 5. And like you pointed out, Anakin and Obi-Wan used lightsabres that did not belong to them in Episode 2.

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Dude. Can we talk about how good the Ezra casting is!?

If you think his green saber "didn't belong to him" because of the crystal, wait tuntil you see his new lightsaber made from spare parts on the ship, including the crystal. Do love how the droid just has a bad of crystals laying around for just in case.

It's really evident that Ezra grew in the force and kept it his ally during the nine year isolation. He learned an alien language and expected his allies' return. That's not something we've seen amongst stranded Jedi before (obi-wan, yoda, Luke,etc) he predicted/expected that Sabine would find him. He never gave that up. His show in the Force only strengthens that. It's been nine years, and he's still in tune and stronger than Ashoka and Sabine. In his world, really, he didn't need a lightsaber. ... Until he did.

Some Jedi did go into exile after the order fell to go after a deeper connection to the force and I think that’s what Ezra did while he was exiled there

Of course, a lot of the points in this video were invalidated when Ezra later built himself a new blue lightsaber, and then used it to good effect getting himself back to the main galaxy.

Never mind the fact hes been on Lothal that had a lot of light force energy and has spent ten years on Peridia that seems to have a lot of dark side energy. And Ezra was bouncing between both in the other galaxy being both Kanans and Darth Mauls apprentice.

I think it was an awesome fight how Ezra fought it sort of speeds light towards phase 6 how the sith deeply connects to the dark side using the dark force itself to fight not a saber even though the force user has it on him amazing fighting skill to see a jedi use that phase

In an old book I read another force user Jorus Cboath had a clone by nearly the same name also refused to take a lightsaber , This might be a clone of Ezra who has never touched a lightsaber and only uses the force to fight as that is all he may know.

Ezra: The force is my ally Also Ezra: Blasters are my ally too again....I guess

I think its cause sabine cant use the force. They are gonna have it be like a counter balance.

After fighting without a lightsaber for as long as Ezra has, it could be more of a hindrance now at least in his mind.

Literally just before this episode I saw the Short about lightsaber duels then and it’s clones wars crazy spinning and then now was someone catching a lightsaber with the force push and then it happened in the episode . Even is someone blocks with another saber I’ve still seen that not work great so she fcked up and just got awe struck rather then trying again killing his ass

It kinda sounds like how wands work in Harry potter ( except the building part ) like the wand the kyber crystal chooses u

Love the parallel to Ezra being a Guardian, Luke being a Consular and Ahsoka being a Sentinel but in this case her lightsabers are white, not yellow.

If a lightsaber reflects its wielder, perhaps Ezra's changed so much the blade no longer fits him, and wants to hide it. Either he's gone sith now, or the weird local force has altered, or possessed him. Maybe Abeloth is secretly behind the wheel.

Can't wait to see Ezra blocking lightsaber strikes with his bare hands.

I thought Ezra took the green crystal from that planet in Shadow of the Apprentice with the big Sith weapon. He picked up a cross guard lightsaber that was green and I thought it was implied he took it with him