Star Wars Visions 1x5: The Ninth Jedi | Reaction
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2021
- Kyle and Bendu react to Episode 5 of Star Wars Visions: The Ninth Jedi
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This episode literally just made a story out of Obi-Wan's "You're eyes can deceive you. Don't trust them." Ever since a New Hope, Jedi have looked a certain way and Sith have looked a certain and this short plays with our expectations/stereotypes.
Indeed. Though, I really get the feeling I'm one of a very tiny few people who didn't immediately distrust Juro. In my life, I've always had to learn human behavior externally, on my own. One of the best ways to do that as a kid was to go to the Mall Food Court during the holidays. In the bustling crowd, everyone becomes more honest than at any other time, really. They get lost in the tumult of bodies in a combination of sensory overload and total self-absorption, so they forget to check their words and actions.
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One of the things my observations have taught me over 4 decades, is that people who are innately mistrustful of others, those who begin every interaction with mistrust of the other party, are almost without exception the ones who should never be trusted, once revealed.
@@DoremiFasolatido1979 I guessed Juro was a red herring, but I didn't expect more than 2 Sith.
@@DoremiFasolatido1979 yea I sort of knew Juro would be a good guy since they were clearly intentionally making him look suspiciously evil. It doesn't make sense to reveal him as a villain when everyone is already distrustful of him. However, I completely didn't see the twist of the "Jedis" being Sith comnig.
Tbf who ever knows about The Old Republic knew what was happening. Margrave even looked very similar to Revan (atleast his robes did). This episode was by far my most favourite because of how close it felt to watching The Old Republic story infront of my eyes.
The world building in this episode is fantastic and absolutely left me wanting more. I really hope they expand on this with a season 2 of visions, or it's own series.
From what I read, the episode director has a story arc ready if it gets picked up for its own series.
Oh I hope.
@@WhatKindOfNameNow I'd like to see what that would look like
This episode is how I feel when spongebob is looking at the glass of water in sandy’s dome.
I would like to see this turned into a series. The concept of the lightsabers alone makes this avery interesting premise.
This is largely considered to be THE best episode of Visions. The kyber alignment in these lightsabers is a bit unique(since the caves on Illum would do that alignment as the Jedi finds their crystal). I really love how as she got more confident her blade got more prominent.
Yeah, but it's explained by the sword smith in the beginning saying he had to temper the crystals in a special way to make them behave like that. So not every crystal would do it, he just build the lightsabers specially to do this. Probably because the Margrave was expecting Sith to infiltrate.
I love this episode specifically because it can easily be slotted into taking place long after Episode IX without stepping on any toes. I really hope this gets picked up for a story continuation like Ronin did.
You mean the first episode? Since when is there a story continuation
@@Ballmacher Ronin has a book that continues the story.
@@OniLink147 that is cool, gotta look it up later
This could be its own Star Wars story
"Every episode has had a cute ass droid."
Ep.2 probably has a divide between people depending on which droid came to mind.
SPOILER
You thought Juro was the villain but it was US, the 6 disposable Sith Acolytes.
Idk how so many people miss this vital piece of information , but the sabersmith , Kara's father , clearly states he infuses the crystals with this ability , they're not saying all lightsabers work like this. So its through his unique force power that these lightsabers gain the ability to reflect the user's strength and connection to the force, which is also why they took him and not just kill him on the spot
Did they say his force ability or that just as a Sabersmith he modified the crystals ? Now I need to go rewatch it
@@Bricktop5585 He says he modifies them. It being a force power is from him turning on the first lightsaber and its a stable blue color, then he proceeds to deflect a blaster shot and his daughter obviously is also a force user. It would also make more sense plot wise, since it means the sith can't just kill him
@@Narukamiiii We don't know if it's a force power or if he just discovered a way to modify them in other ways, but yes, he's a force wielder. Kara isn't at this point as he specificaly tells her that her blade is clear because she wasn't really connected to the force and as her connection would awaken it would start taking an actual color as it did in the end.
But she did probably train with a lightsaber or a weapon before, probably with the margrave. Which would explain why she was holding her own against the sith, as the setting says that the lightsaber was a lost art so none of them had probably ever had training in lightsaber combat, except probably the Margrave.
Honestly one of the greatest plot twist in a while and I love the little details. Like the “Jedi” keep asking where the sabers are and where is the margrave, and when the saber smith is holding the lightsaber it’s fully blue but then when he gives it to his daughter it turns neutral. Such a cool episode
These sabers can exist next to current canon sort-of.
The sabersmith said he tempered the crystals inside those sabres so that they would change color depending on the holder.
In canon, jedi never temper a crystal, they find it and then construct their sabre almost immediately after, the color of their blade is then determined when they find the crystal based on their connection with the force. That's why when Anakin gave Ahsoka her new sabres, they were blue and not green.
Loved this episode. Did you notice Ahsoka’s Fulcrum symbol on the back of the Margrave’s cape?
As to the Khyber crystals and the way lightsabers in this particular episode operate...
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The crystals are conduits to the Force. Traditionally, that's one of the reasons only Force-users can build and wield them. If you have no connection to the Force, then the energy from the power cell has no direction or cohesion and doesn't operate. It's a strictly technological device, but it has a mystical component that is required for its operation, through the crystal itself.
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In this case, the man crafting the devices used some kind of process to cause the crystals to respond differently to whoever is using it. Traditionally, a lightsaber was crafted by either oneself, or one's master, being attuned specifically to that individual. In this episode, they've been attuned to respond depending on the nature of the Force that they're exposed to during use. If you're connected to the dark side of the Force, then you'll be using that power to control the crystal, and it will produce a red blade commensurate with the type of power you're calling upon. Normally, the crystal would respond only one way, regardless.
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One would assume the process of this "tempering" involves using whatever that energy beam was to anneal the crystal (loosen its molecular structure sufficiently to be altered without compromising its integrity), with the smith then using a (presumably) special hammer and the Force to adjust the crystal's fundamental structure to accomplish what we see in the episode.
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Traditional lightsabers would then still exist as we know them, but these new types would also exist. We don't see them in the movies or anywhere else because this guy is the only one to figure out how to do it. Which, is pretty believable, really. What's a tad less believable is that nobody knows how to make the original style at all anymore. I suppose if this is a good century or two in the future after the movies, then everyone who knew how to make one may have died without ever passing it on, and everyone who is a "Sith" or "Jedi" now are just self-taught Force-sensitives who sided one way or the other on personal whim. Juro is just exceptionally connected to the Force, and hopes to create a new Jedi Order to stabilize things...instead of having a bunch of half-cocked, self-identifying amateurs run around mucking things up constantly.
When was that ever a thing? There were a lot of people who used lightsabers who weren't force users, both in the old and new canon(General Grevious, Han Solo on Hoth, Finn). And using other peoples lightsaber was also always possible(Anakin uses Obi Wans, plus obviously Lukes and later Reys lightsaber all being Anakins originally).
You'd attune a crystal to the individual but everyone could use the lightsaber after that and while it's hard for a non-force user to wield a lightsaber because it requires a great deal of senses and reflexes that non-force users typically don't have, it was absolutely possible for other people to wield them as they pleased, even if they probably ended up cutting off their own arm with them if they weren't careful.
Interesting points.
Deserves its own show
This episode is definitely one of my favorites. It definitely makes the connection to a kyber crystal so much more unique and important to a Jedi than just, choose the color you really like. As for myself, I always choose an orange crystal whenever I play any games, it just looks so good.
The new kyber thing goes a LONG way to explain why Palpatine would never ignite his saber until the Jedi were right about to be destroyed.
Yeah I actually love this idea
That's not the case though. In Canon Star Wars that works differently, not on the fly. This principle wouldn't have applied to Palpatine. The saber smith here said in the beginning that he specifically tempered those crystals in a special way so that they would do that. A normal crystal wouldn't do that
No, he apparently did it the traditional canon way: bleeding a Jedi's crystal. In Legends it can be synthetic but not in canon.
@@jeffreymeehan3116 Synthetic crystals are put to shame by bleeding kyber crystals.
The idea of lightsaber changing color depending on one's personality, albeit not new, is much cooler than the ubercomplicated "scientific" explanation in SW. It's more fantasy-like, therefore more like what SW is supposed to be. I could just think of some moments where it would have been awesome, like in Ep3 where Anakin's lightsaber could have changed from blue to red to symbolize his turning to the dark side...
What is the complicated "scientific" explanation for kyber crystal color? Canon currently has three ways that a kyber crystal gets its color. First one is when a youngling goes to Ilum for the Gathering and finds their kyber crystal; the crystals are clear and colorless until the youngling connects with and finds their specific crystal, turning the crystal either blue or green. Second is bleeding a kyber crystal red which Sith and other dark siders do by focusing all their anger and hate into the crystal. Last is cleansing a kyber crystal which is only done to red kyber crystals by a light sider to purge the darkness from the crystal and make it white. All of these require the Force and have a heavy degree of mystical fantasy to them. In the Ninth Jedi, it is made clear that lightsabers and the art of building them have long since passed on into legend so the sabersmith has used his Force abilities to temper the crystals to react to an individual's Force connection. There is no "scientific" explanation provided for how kyber crystals get their color.
@@captaincoolbreeze9429 LOL
been looking forward to this one
This one together with the first episode were my favorites. I also really loved the kyber thing.
I like how the crystals are tempered to reflect the user instead of just them naturally being like that cause it actually could be a canon thing if they wanted to have something to play around with
Man, I never noticed how her blade turns greener throughout the episode. I only saw it at the end. Good catch Kyle!
Her lightsaber turned green at the same time as the guy turned purple. 9:28
"HELLO THERE!"
That plot twist that comes in the final act is the best part for goddamn sure, and it truly amped me up for a damn good time.
It is impressive, most impressive.
The blade getting brighter the greater her force connection became was an excellent touch.
I think it was initially implied in A New Hope that one could develop their force sensitivity, that a Jedi was somthing who was just gaining a greater understanding of the world like in many eastern philosophy's, and it wasn't just something you were born with. Both appear to be true in canon now, (where everyone is connected but some are more predisposed then others) if Chirrut's abilies in Rogue One are any indecation.
That's one of my favorite aspects of the new canon.
I mean it was technically stated by the Aing-Ti monks in the Fate of the Jedi novels that anyone could use the Force, but they never put that into practice in any Legends works.
Lucas had said before that anyone could be a Jedi.
These twists were marvelous
The fact that this one is in its own setting it would make such a cool standalone series
Watching this while disassembling my veru old Force FX lighsaber to try to revive it 😭. I havent seen the last two eps yet, but this one had a certain feeling to it that left me wanting more.
I love watching your reactions because it reminds me so much of me and my friends who saw the original Star Wars in the theater and pored over the fanzines, etc. for any scrap of information, new stories, art, etc. about the movie (later movies) we loved so much. Brings back a lot of memories and it's just so nice to see that energy and devotion again...
I watched this episode in sub so I'm hearing it for the first time in dub. The first couple of times Ethan spoke, I was like, is that Masi Oka???
Finally I caved and looked it up and I was RIGHT, it was Masi Oka!
The true tragedy here is that two of those sith seemed to be a couple, and the pain, anger and hate of her death gave that sith enough power to have shatter the Jedi Master's stance AND his mask. He screams out Juro's name seemed to be out of hate for his partner's killer just before he is incinerated
I love this one. This could easily be a new series. I do like the saber colors changing instantly like mood rings. It totally explains why good guys use only blue or green, and Sith use red. They are all forced to. I'm also OK with one guy being a saber smith and Jedi Knights are not able to make their own. Its a different time, so they do things their way. Without traditional training, the Saber Smith Lah Zhima made them the way he thinks it ought to be done, so results are different. His Khyber crystals react to emotions immediately, and that's going to be the new normal way its done in their time period.
This is my favorite one, it remembers me to KOTOR 2.
Finally! My second favourite in the whole series.
This needs a show of it's own. Peace ✌🏻
Honestly, as much as i like a lot of the oter episodes, this feels the most Star Wars out of all. If you showed me the first episode of Clone Wars and then this episode i'd be like "Yeah, that sounds about right". As cool as a lot of the others are, most of them are just a cool story with lightsabers slapped on. This really felt like a core Star Wars story. And if i had to chose one i'd like to have a full series of, it would defintely be this one.
Every time i hear a tie fighter now i hear that dog crying meme lol
Great job guys
I love the lightsaber concept. I think to make it work in canon, just make that the beginning stages of the change in color/class. And it gets set after longer exposure to the user.
They talked over it but the smith actually says that he tempered the crystals in a special way to make them work like this, meaning a normal lightsaber wouldn't do that. So if they wanted this is cannon no retconning would be necesarry.
Perhaps this doesn't have to break current lightsaber canon? Once a connection is developed with a specific saber it becomes that color (sith bleeding the crystals takes time), but these were new lightsabers, they haven't had enough time to set into a specific color for good, so they can still be switched between colors until they eventually settle into the users true color after a little bit. Maybe even the length of time Kara had it and used it was enough, that kind of became "her own" saber at that point, but these dudes just picked them up 10 seconds ago. Idk, just a theory I had if they ever tried to pair this with canon.
i mean the smith said he did something to them. i like to think it's the smith's doing that made them able to change colours
@@thenomadsclan6238 Yeah the Smith said he tempered the crystals so that they show the user’s connection to the force and will change the length as well
well he did say he tempered the crystals, which I assume was said to explain why they don't work like they do in the current canon. Since the concept of lightsabers have been lost in this universe and timeline, I think it would make sense that the new ones weren't built exactly the same way as the originals were which caused them to work differently. I don't think it would be very difficult to explain the change in order to fit with the canon.
There was a deleted scene in one of the original trilogy, I think Jedi, where Luke hands his green lightsaber to Vader and when Vader activates it, it was red instead.
also good news because of some success of this one , they may go to next step make a movie for it
Thanks, Kyle! Thanks, Bendu! Thanks, Nerd Chronic! 🌟 I think this VISIONS short is my favorite.
They turned the lightsabers into mood rings lol 😆😂 and for the comic reference most excellent
This was my favorite episode along with The Duel and The Village Bride!
This is one of my favorite episodes. 4-9 Droid is a rad little Droid and liked how the sabers would change due to whoever has it.
when a watch it, i thought the name was "Four 9s" or 9999
The best episode
This has a premise than the sequel trilogy and I enjoyed the ST.
Light sabres are like mood ring's in a way in this episode I like it.
Ethan was giving World Trigger vibes lool
This is another story I’d like to see continued
Thanks!
YES YES YES YES.
The best of the bunch.
Honestly, I wish that's how lightsabers worked all the time
I wanna see that person Who burned alive become a sith ghost, that he is not dead, Would be cool
Bad guy alert
Juro: i’m gonna ruin this man’s whole career
To be fair i'm pretty sure everyone saw wanna-be Darth Vader and was like "Yep. That dude's evil"
If you're a Jedi and you like the color red, you'll never have it LOL
Honestly I don't think it would be a hard thing to fit in current Canon under the guise that if we have another time skip you could maybe Implement special minerals to a kyber crystal and it would react to your personality
Apparently the people who made this episode set it was supposed to play so far into the future after the movies that lightsabers have just become a thing of legend and noone really remembers how to make them anymore. And the Smith said that he tempered these crystals in a special way to make them behave like this. So if they wanted to put this into current canon they could always just have them find the way to temper the crystals this way somewhere between now and then.
3:33 That theme sounds a lot like the Rogue One music
The music is good. But the The village is still my fav.
set far in the future and whoever is the sith emperor/lord/etc wants a lock down on sabers that even they dont want the sith acolytes to have access too.
on colors kinda see a pattern here. green is i assume hope. hope for the future being better. blue is is true good. everything they do/believe in is to help others even if mean possibly sacrificing them self if a scenario comes up if protect those that can fend for themselves or someone important. purple is lawful neutral(?) where they wielder actions is for the sake of keeping law and order even if views is strict. that guy is a sith but if watch back the color of his saber from red to purple changed when kara saber turn green so something changed within his mind/views when he saw that.
there is a youtuber name beyond ghibli that recently did a video about the theme and importance of the lightsaber in star wars especially their use in the visions series. strongly recommend checking it out and maybe react to it if interested.
Yes finally 😆
Finally! Lol
Don’t forget you can get that funky looking saber blade in SWTOR, the Empeth Green crystal :]
My ONLY complaint about this episode is that Ethan feels more like a droid than the average Battle Droid. He's...just a really bland stick. Outside of that...this episode is pretty amazing.
To be fair he barely had screentime and really wasn't that important. The main character in this episode was clearly Kara and the Margrave. Of course if they continued this as a series they could flesh him out a bit more but as it stands, he wasn't really important enough to really NEED a lot.
The most popular episode is here and pls react to the new video from skyforge
I don't think lightsabers matching your personality would make it hard to infiltrate one of the orders considering the guy who went dark came back light just because he was giving into his anger meaning a Sith just needs to calm the f*** down and their color will be blue
That's not how that works. It shows your force alignment. As long as you are evil, it will be red. Calming down doesn't do shit. The guy turned purple because he had been evil because of peer pressure basically. But he WAS evil. He just saw that being evil really sucked when you're on the loosing side and second guessed.
Thats the most EU Star Wars i have seen in a long time.
Thats why everyone loves it. Man they should had made most of the EU into movies and series. EP 7-9 are a waste.
Just noticed the anime noob text 🤣