Oh, that smug face. I have avoided most of the spoilers, but something I couldn't. They just came along all the other information, because I was too curious to not click links. Maybe that intrigue is good because it speaks on the strengths of this series. There are a lot of fans out there. And a lot of those fans had seen the SW: Rebels along the way. But major audience in here had avoided them and I can understand why, because they were most definitely aimed for the geeks and PG13 rating must have been most limiting.
Still people watched it, and they celebrated things, even if some of the stuff that critics and reviews started talking about flew over the heads of those who had not seen the whole canon. I just don't think it's needed because a lot of stuff comes through the viewing and people imagining the rest, just like it used to be. Still upset about BoBF
But let's see how this final episode evolves...
This episode starts with the overwhelming sight of Thrawn's Chimera and drums calling people together. It is gathering together the last because the Grand Admiral is leaving. As a sidenote: you can bet that model will come to sales in your nearest hobby shop. Almost guaranteed.
We are going to see how space worthy it really is because I suspect Thrawn is going to make it with all his loot. Including Great Mothers. The trio was firmly standing behind then Captain Enoch escorted Lady Morgan to Thrawn.
"Grand Admiral," she said. "The Cargo transfer is complete.
"Good." Grand Admiral turned towards Cpt Enoch and said, "Bring the Eye of Sion out of high orbit so that we can begin the interlocking procedure."
Enoch nodded and replied: "Com-scan believes they have a fix on the Jedi's shuttle's location."
"Dispatch two TIE fighters. If they find their mark, tell them to engage." So not only he's scared on doing the lock on high-orbit, he doesn't really have loads of vehicles or pilots to put on shorties. Is a pair of TIE's enough against a Jedi heavy fighter?
"There is a little that Jedi can do to stop us now," Morgan suggested.
"I've watched many an Imperial officer make the same assumptions about the Rebellion." Thrawn turned towards Morgan and stepped closer. "Even I fell victim to the heroics of a single Jedi. Never again."
So he scared and reserving everything. Hence he thanked Great Mothers and let them to address Lady Morgan, "She who heard our dreams across the stars. Come forward."
A bit shocked, but she did as was asked, while blood visibly drained from her face.
"You shall be rewarded. A gift of shadows. Are you prepared?"
Pale as a shadow, Lady Morgan replied, "Yes, Great Mother."
"Do you pledge yourself to the sisterhood, to the majiks, to the old ways?"
Hands firmly on her side, she nodded. "I do."
"Do you abandon your old life for this new one?"
I wished her to say no. I didn't happen. Instead, she was blessed by the Great Mothers and given a sword, alongside a duty as a temple guardian.
The Blade of Talsyn. It is suspected that this relic was named after Mother Talsyn.
It is a Force Weapon and thus able to stop lightsabre blades. In theory. If this appears in the games, it is probably buffed piece of a legendary kit. Thawn was pleased because now he had the last tool in the box to stop the 'jedi.'
Told you. He's also a techno wizard, and it is always interesting to see what Ezra creates as blades. The reason, his ability to create unique combinations that sometimes are borderline funny. So when the Master Droid offered him a piece for the blade, Ezra shook his head and said, "It's not going to work."
"Not going to work? What are you talking about?"
"The blade emitter is too narrow," Ezra answered.
"Now look here," Huyang said, offended. "I have been teaching youngling how to construct lightsabres longer than you've been alive."
"That's great," Ezra said without even lifting his head. "But I don't have time for lessons right now. Ashoka wants us to go after Thrawn as soon as we're ready."
Still offended, droid replied, "This is not something you can rush through haphazardly." He simply didn't know that he should have shut up and left the techno wizard to his own devices.
Not until Kanan was brought up as Ezra's master. The droid simply had thought everyone in the temple, but instead of accepting the boy as a hacker, he went on to interfere with the build project. It was because of the hilt that Master Kanan had once upon time, "...used to build his sabre."
When it was finished, Hyuang congratulated Ezra on producing a classic blue blade. But the girl left before the boy could show her the new toy. So the boy asked droid and Huyang told about the Purge and loss of her whole family. And then he dropped this bombshell, "At the time, Ashoka felt that if Sabine unlocked her potential, she would become dangerous."
That risk is always there.
The Shephard and the Sheep, or should say the Master and the Apprentice, or maybe the best one is the Grand Wizard and youngling with a hidden potential. To be honest they are both weird, but Ashoka wasn't angry at her for betraying her post. There was nothing neither could say or do to change the fact. That was the past.
So the talked turned towards the boy as Sabine said, "I never thought I'd see him again."
"We might not have if you had chosen differently," Ashoka answered.
"I'm sorry," the girl sighed.
"I know."
"You're not mad?" the girl asked.
"Over the years, I've made my share of difficult choices. Often, no one understood my reasons. Except my Master."
"Anakin?" girl suggested without knowing how much Kenobi, Sith Lords and all the other Jedi's above her put in their share of 'teachings.'
Shaking her head Ashoka replied, "He always stood beside me. Almost when nobody else did. That's why no matter what happens next I'm going to be there for you."
So it was lesson time to not trust the sabre, even if it seemed overly powerful, but trust the Force. But it didn't come with a practical teaching as the session was interrupted by Ezra and TIE fighters. The pair managed to do enough of damage to ground ship. Although it might also be Sabine's fault that she didn't fire guns, but instead drove the engines to max and took the fighters down from the sky alongside their ship.
Grounded and stranded. That ain't going nowhere. The only choice they'd left was to attack the temple. It was also the thing that Thrawn wanted. Surprise part was that he wasn't leaving, instead he committed his forces to ground assault.
However, it wasn't by the grounded vessel, instead the fight happened at the temple with the 'jedi' "knocking on the front door." Two howlers charging towards the ship Grand Admiral ordered an artillery strike. It was not effective even though all the Star Destroyer bottom guns were blasting them. You'd think that those guns were accurate and their firesolution computers could make the act easy.
It just didn't happen, because turbolaz0rs have potato aim. So the wizards and the apprentice got into the temple, while the Grand Admiral were pulling a serious fish face. "Dispatch NightTroopers," he said. "I'll inform Great Mothers that it's time (for departure.)"
Twenty went in, firing their old pattern blasters at the Wizards. Like a good commander, Ashoka ordered Sabine to fire her blasters, while the two focused on the sabre business instead of deflecting the bolts.
Twenty on the ground raised up again because of Great Mother's Force Majiks. For all his years spent in the exile, Ezra has not seen a zombie uprise. Thank you, Mr Filoni. It was something new. And the most notable thing about the NightTroopers is that they don't care if they get hit by blasterfire, because they are dead.
What I don't get is why they didn't commit to the slicing business when the lightsabres can cut through anything? Doesn't the House of Mickey want to show chopped off heads and limps in the small screen?
Grrrrrrrr...
At the top of the temple, Chimera finally docked with the ring and Lady Morgan was told the unfortunate news that she wasn't going to make the flight. All for the Empire.
You're too late space wizards. Even if you cut her down you cannot stop Thrawn from leaving. Ashoka ordered Ezra and Sabine to try, while she committed to match number 2. Morgan didn't try to stop the pair, instead she went into one of the most beautiful fights in the live, while the two at the top were stopped by Beskar Armour wearing DeathTroopers.
I mean literally, as they too had been turned to undead. So it was no wonder why Sabine found herself unable to be effective. She was getting choked, with the only option for her to fight was to find the Force, and get back her sabre for the head job. It worked. Classical zombies.
Ezra is a more curious case, because he didn't use much of his Force-Fu. It was the sabre slice against the neck that worked.
The cunning plan to use Force Jump and Force Push assistance to get to Thrawn's ship didnt work even if Sabine had found a way to tap into the Force. The only attempt were two meters too short. Or so it looked for few seconds before it was shown that Ezra made while the girl were stranded on top of the temple.
Well, she couldn't leave, because her Master were underdog in a fight with Lady Morgan and the zombie troopers. Because she chose that option Ashoka was able to disarm Lady Morgan and finish her finally. No coming back for her. Yet.
We'll see if she comes back from the temple ruins as Thrawn opened fire on temple on Morgan's death, but Huyang, the master mechanic saved the girls by bringing the ship around. Fully functioning.
It wasn't enough to stop Thrawn from leaving the galaxy. So the Shephards returned to turtle tribe and commited to be their guardians. For now.
Shin didn't made to the ship. Instead she became part of the Bandits tribe, while Baylon was shown looking at lonely mountain
at top of this...
Father.
You know how that song goes. Thrawn made it back to the original galaxy, straight to Dathomir with all of his loot of thousands of cascets (5x5x5x11x2). And Ezra made it back to Hera.
What an exchange.