She is a tragic character. She learned all that there is about the Jedi and understood they were lacking in their understanding of the Force. She became a Sith to learn more about the Force only to learn that the Sith were also lacking, yet in the end she understood the Force manipulated the whole Star Wars Universe so she wanted to sever the Galaxy of the Force, but the Force brought Exile on her way and Kreia lost, and so did her teachings...
I believe she described that paradox like a doctor understanding a poison in order to know how best to kill it. Sidious, in his own way, did a similar deal by spending years working alongside the Jedi throughout the war. It's one thing to know the doctrine of the jedi and see them as the galaxy does. But when the time came, it was just as important to know the leaders of the jedi on a personal level to twist the dagger just right.
@@AA-jp9cj In my opinion, her tragedy lies in a different reason. Kreia studied the Jedi and Stih ideologies, their history and observed their behaviors and believings and was able to see the failures and mistakes they did, but was never able to stop for a moment, looking at herself and asking, if that what she was doing, was really the solution to the problem.Because - and that is her tragedy for me - she could see all this problems and mistakes, but could not escape her education. She learned the same teachings as all Jedi when she was a youngling and one of them is, that the force has a will, that its reaching for a goal and that there is alight and a dark side. And she never were able to question that. Does the Force have a will? Are there a light and a dark side? We can not know. There is no proof to any of this, but its what most of the Sith and Jedi believe in, their intrepretation of the force. So is it the force, that creates all this deaths and the endless wars, or those, who think they know, what the force is and their opposite ideologies? They alsways fight, never trying to settle down an discuss their believings and differences and because of this, they dont realize the failures in their thinking. Its exactly what Lord Scourg stated in Dudus Force in Balance - Times change and so must we: "We do not change, that is the great failing between both our people." The endless wars kept both sides so busy with each other, that everyone who tried to reform the ways of thinkings, were just ignored or even cut down. Or they tried the wrong way of solving the problem, like Kreia did. If we are honest, what would have happende, if the fource would have died? Would the wars have ended? No, because the ideologies are still there. Yes, the Jedi and Sith wouldnt be able to use the force anymore but i think that this only would have eliminated a hurdle for joining one of the both orders. From ten thousands of members to somewhat of some millions i guess.
Kreia was in my opinion the most underated teachers of the force in star wars.i really think most of revans knowledge of the force that he truly believed in was from her.
@@slanderouseel1089 You opened Pandora's box with this statement's :p Personally, I feel Kreia and the Exile have the best Master Apprentice relationship. The relationship between Revan and Kreia is only alluded to, and given the ambiguous nature of Revan's character it is hard to know what their dynamic even was. On the other hand by the time the two meet, Kreia is at the height of her wisdom while the Exile is precisely the one able to who needs Kreia's teaching's specifically.
Yeah not ashamed to admit I cried, there when Anakin held Padme, and I really lost it with young luke vade/old luke new jedi order...damn the feels are in all da pain... lol
Its one of the best pieces of writing. At the beginning of the Game, it feels like she is talking about Sion. Then, in the middle the of the game, you learn she trained Reven. At it applies to them. By the end of the game, it is about you. Its magnificent.
@@benlowe1701 Agreed. Her entire teaching and presence is based on driving her pupil to the state and position she wants. Even agreeing to possibly being cast aside at one point, and then her death. :(((( Makes me sad when in the end you realize the big picture, of her not exactly being the "big last boss fight", but simply the final step of her teaching and investment. Revan might have been stronger than Meetra, but never achieved completion of Kreia's teaching.
I couldn't find a transcript anywhere, so here we are: "You have touched the force tell me of it's absence." "It is standing atop the summit of a great mountain, the winds tearing about you then, finding yourself buried alive, trapped helpless and alone. It is knowing what you want to say and never finding the words. It is a chorus replaced with silence. Hearing teachings without meaning. It is like having the energy of youth and then feeling the cloak of years fall upon you, and knowing you are weak, fragile a thing easily discarded. It is like a beloved pupil to whom you have shared everything, sacrificed everything, and then having them turn from you and forget all you were." "You have touched the force, what does it feel like?" "It is like a cloud; a mist that drifts from living creatures to creature, set in motion by currents and eddies. It is the eye of the storm. The passions of all living things turned into energy, into a chorus. It is the rising swell at the end of life. The promise of new territories and new blood. The call of new mysteries in the dark. Feel this moment, for as long as it will last. Feel life as it is, with the crude matter stripped away. But let us be silent. Words and thoughts are distractions. Wipe the fear from your mind."
Kreia is one of the most interesting characters of all time. Her idea’s in the force is truly unique. Also this is definitely one of my top five Star Wars tributes
@Aventicity Number 1 has to be *Conflict Within* th-cam.com/video/Q7pikBlxw30/w-d-xo.html Number 2: *Revenge of the Sith* th-cam.com/video/x59JqX8a0zE/w-d-xo.html Number 3: is probably this video
Kreia is my favorite star wars character. She is amazing. Amazing writing. Amazing character. I have showed some of her dialog to my mother, its so powerful.
"I am but a mirror whose only purpose is to show you what your eyes cannot see" Kreia is hands down one of my favourite characters in any video game to this day. The storied life of hers is not given enough status in my opinion. She is the embodiment of the light and the dark, if there was to anyone who understood the careful balance of the Force and the hypocrisy of the Jedi and the Sith. Very wise and very powerful.
So I don't know why, but this has me in tears. Especially given what Kreia's fate ultimately is. I adored her. For all her cruelty, her manipulativeness, her disregard for others; she refused to be a pawn to anyone or anything - even the Force itself. She believed deeply in not giving a damn what anyone else thought as she made her own path. She was neither a self indulgent sadist as the Sith are nor a sanctimonious hypocrite as the Jedi are. And because she saw, clearly, how pointless each faction is, she was very alone. An outcast and a pariah. Condemned as a traitor by the Sith and a monster by the Jedi. And still she refused to give in, to change, to confirm. And I can relate to that. She offered her wisdom with no pretension. No insistence that her way was the only way. She left it up to the player to find their own path, their own way. As she did; without regard to the opinions of others. And I loved her for that. So here's to you, Kreia. You may have been a kind of monster. But you were *my* kind of monster.
Kreia has touched us all even without the force. Now i know why she wanted to change the ways of both factions. You dont need the force to form bonds friendships and be kind or cruel. You dont need the force if you have love and that was her end goal to teach everyone that emotions arent bad or a tool and they can even be more powerful than the force in a good way in a sense she believed the time of the force was over and that feeling emotion and being a human being was more powerful than some strange energy feild ever could be bevause you are the one that feels nit the force and if emotion can overpower the force than you as an individual are already as strong as a jedi or sith could ever be and maybe even stronger. Hate can lead to the dark side sure but love and hate are two completely different things and controlling your love for others and your passions can lead to so many good things that you cant do as a jedi or the sith
O THE IRONY haha. Kreia was instructing the exile to feel the moment and life for what it truly is, BEYOND the veil cast upon all living things by the force. If you really listen to Kreia's tone you can hear her intense disdain for the force and it's threat towards the very notion of free will. No one's ever really gone because the force plays us all like puppets, raising good and evil counterparts of similar power level each generation, forcing the galaxy into perpetual war. The force as the actual big bad of the star wars universe needs to be explored. Knights of the Old republic 2 was great!
Perhaps. Or perhaps, when an evil arises, it is the Force that acts, and ensures that there is always someone, wherever they are, whatever the time, able to confront it. Maybe it doesn't it acts to ensure balance, only when mere mortals act to disrupt it. Curious really. How much can depend upon the point of view. Perhaps Reven, Malak, Valkorion, Palpatine, Snoke and the like would always have risen to power, and it is the Force that ensures that in the end, they are broken and humbled. Restoring balance and acting as little as necessary, so that the rest of the universe can continue to live in peace.
It's simple enough. The balance that the force is said to have is conflict. Conflict is what allows the galaxy to grow and continue thriving. Without conflict grows complacency. In complacency there is no reason for one to grow stronger, wiser, or more able at living when everything seems to be handed on a silver platter.
@@benlowe1701 That's a massive contradiction. If the Force has enough control over life to create a redeemer of its own volition as a response to a destroyer, then it should simply be able to prevent the destroyer from being born and always maintain that balance without a need for violence. The Force is little more than a parasite with influence, not true control.
@@ciphymasterofmedia9104 through strength comes war. Through war comes unity. Through unity comes love. Through love comes respect. This is the cycle that is repeated over and over again and without it nothing would change or grow. You understand
"It is having the energy of youth, and then feeling the cloak of years fall upon you, and knowing you are weak, fragile, and a thing easily discarded." This is such a powerful and moving piece of dialogue, in particular. And it has brought me to tears more than once. Kudos to whoever wrote it.
@@ArvelDreth he wrote Kreia, The Exile, Visas Marr, Mira, Zanbaar and Brianna The Handmaiden. Plus several area like Nar Shaada, Dxun, Korriban and Peragus.
I’ve been working on a documentary about Star Wars for the past 2 years. But the youtube algorithm is so broken that subscribers don’t see it in their feeds. Here it is folks, watch and enjoy! th-cam.com/video/WYiKLZDd-4I/w-d-xo.html& No one's ever really gone . hmmm..... May the force serve you well
..sigh....I start to think about the RLM video which is also about SW and it's called "No One's Ever Really Gone" th-cam.com/video/gNTLC_uiGFA/w-d-xo.html
Man... This was just beautiful. Kreia is such an amazing character. I loved the parallel with Anakin who can't find a way to express himself as Ahsoka leaves and then Obi Wan saying goodbye to an old enemy Maul, under the twin moons. The dialogue is just amazing, how Kreia manages to somehow makes you feel something that isn't real, I can totally relate to what she is saying and the way you manage to portray this. Good work Dudu, damn good work once again.
I wonder how Anakin would have fared under her tutelage. Would he be like Revan, wielding the Force without submitting himself utterly to it? Or would he be like Sion; so dependent upon it that he could never bare living without it?
@@MasteringJohn Anakin and Kreia would've been like oil and water. She could never have taught him, nor would he have ever learned from her. They were just too dissimilar in every aspect of who they were. Can you imagine Anakin sitting with Kreia, discussing philosophy like Revan and Meetra did? For all his prodigious power, Anakin was first and foremost a man of action, not of thought and wisdom. That said...here's a thought. Try throwing Revan (post-redemption) and Anakin at each other. The two men are so incredibly similar, yet also very different. Both possess enormous strength in the Force and both love deeply, but they have other fundamental differences. Of all the Jedi and Sith in the Star Wars EU, I suspect that Revan is the only one whom Anakin (and later Vader) could've truly identified with. That friendship would've been truly unique.
@@Cailus3542 while I dont have it on the tip of my tongue there is a Story on AO3 along those lines. But they pair Meetra with Ezra instead of Luke for some reason.
"It is like a beloved pupil to whom you have shared everything, sacrificed everything, and having them turn from you, and forget all you were. " You are meant to think that she refers to Sion. Only to later learn she means Reven. And by the end, to be yourself.
'Feel this moment, for as long as it will last. Feel life as it is. But the crude matter stripped away, but let us be silent. Words of thoughts are distractions. Wipe the fear from you mind.'
It's a shame Kreia has never made it into canon. Her vision of things was very interesting, as well as the fact that her beliefs were completely at odds with the classic Jedi/Sith opposition.
This video has a lot of healing energy to it. Kreia really is the most thought provoking character throughout the Star Wars Universe in my opinion. So many real life lessons she teaches within her in game dialogue
Hearing what she says in KOTOR 2 seems to make more sense as time goes by and I'm not just talking about in lore but also out of the lore, it's as if she really predicted everything that happens in the future films before they even released! It's just spooky!
"It is like a beloved pupil to whom you have shared everything, sacrificed everything, and having them turn from you, and forget all you were." - Kreia
Depending on the theories you follow, you could interpret the dialogue as a mother teaching her daughter about her experience with the Force. And despite feeling like it gets in the way of free will, she still at least paints a wonderful verbal picture for her to give her comfort. But the imagery that accompanies it is why Kreia is a true part of the Star Wars family.
I watched this video once, and I cried at it on it's surface. Then I watched it again, and your observation hit me, that it was Kae speaking with her daughter so very poignantly, perhaps even more so than how she speaks with the Exile...and I cried again.
i find myself coming back just to listen to this. i can't even listen to the original "The Truth" now without hearing her voice. Sara Kestelman's voice / acting is just perfect as Kreia, the weight and steely edge she has when it is required, the tiredness and pain expressed through strains and nuanced pauses really gives extra depth to a video game character. this video certainly chooses some of the best parts and timed it to some of the more moving scenes from all of Star Wars. well made edit and imo your best, hope you are proud of it.
Kreia is the greatest philosopher of the force and no one can compare because she goes beyond the sense of humanity’s small stature vs a omnipresent higher being or sense. she refuses the established path and seeks her own path. Star Wars is based a lot on Buddhism but Buddhism came from Hinduism, so she is the opposite of moksha, she refuses to submit to the common path but forges her own as she is more powerful than the establishment here being the “force” she understood it and she knew it’s ebb and flows.
I always hated that I had to fight Kreia. She was a hard woman to please sometimes, but goddamn she was my teacher, and she truly cared about the Exile. KOTOR 2 was a fantastic game, I love it SO MUCH to this day, and I can't wait for the remakes to come. Side note: LOVE! This video! Hearing Kreia's views on the Force and all the images and footage from all three trilogies, and the TV series'! Perfection!
Tbh, *extended universe* was better at explaining force - death - ressurrection compared to anything Disney done. I mean even the Dark Side has 'cheat codes' at the extended universe, as Nihilus, Krayt and the Vitilante did conquered death, along with palpatine
Non of them ever Conquered death. The best they did was cheat it for a time. Andeduu with his Essence Transfer, Sion and Nihilus with their wounds, Vitiate with his Nathema ritual, Exar Kun, Krayt... the closet one to the actually conquering death was Plaguies who would have become immortal with limitless power should he have lived another decade or two via controlling the source of life itself.
@@thedoruk6324 your claim about Vitiate conquering is what I was commenting on, not your cheat codes line. Cheating death and conquering it are not the same thing. And I disagree that he came close. Vitiate gained eternal youth for a time, but the cost was his sanity and self control. And he was as mortal as anyone when it came to a lightsaber strike. (Hence why I used eternal youth here instead of immortality) he never gained any sort of control over life and death, his merely stole the vitality of a planet and its inhabitants. The only one to ever come close to *conquering* death was Plaguies as he could bring back the dead and will others to die
Kreia was probably the best teacher I ever had as a teenager. The words she speaks here, although it is about the Force, could very easily be interpreted as love, perhaps even life itself. “It is knowing what you want to say and never finding the words. It is a chorus, replaced with silence.”
The old EU beats anything Disney does! Their comics are great and I love Rebels and they have made good books. But very little is as deep and big as a lot of stuff the old EU did.
Absolutely powerful. Another example of philosophy transcending the means of which it is told. You don't even have to like Star Wars to feel this. Bravo!
While in the expanded universe Luke overcame all suffering becoming stronger, the Disney luke is someone who simply chose to sink. Expanded universe is light and Disney is the dark.
@@Bent773 he overcame it just enough to get off his lazy ass and actually do something...the problem is that that something killed him...which shouldn't have happened at all
Matthew White he died from force overdose it was confirmed by Mark Hamill. I really hope he comes as a force ghost and somehow contributed to the death of the senate.
@@kyzersoze8408 Force overdose !? How stupid and forced.Disney is cleaning the slot to put their inner characters in the spotlight. They did not respect us.
I was sitting there, expecting one of Kreia's diatribes about the Force and its Thanos-like need to throw away countless lives for balance... instead I get one of the best Star Wars videos I have ever seen.
Kreia' s lesson and example of Strength: strength is the power of truth finding and power of will to use other's strengths as your own, The force only follows one of these principles
An amazing video. As always. I will always adore Kreia as someone, even when listening to critical essays on her and watching multiple analytical videos, I don't think I can ever understand her. She is just so beautiful as a character. Like, just the concept of her is mind blowing. I came into Star Wars believing its entirety was the force and then Kreia just blows that all away... not in a bad way, but a good way. She will always be an idol to propel me forwards - as with many others. I love her.
Kreia is a deconstructionist at their finest. She can pull something apart and put it back together to where it is stronger. It's what she did with Meetra Surrik.
AMAZING VIDEO Absence of the Force is like broken Illusion. When you finally meet true yourself without any power that is not your own. Only You.Alone. To survive broken illusion and face reality as it is that is True Power, True Strength. Kreia you are best teacher and character in All of Star Wars and gaming.
I'm having shivers from this video. It is so amazing. I love, how it starts with Luke. I didn't hate the Last Jedi, I actually kind of liked it, but seeing that it started to show a message of the "grey area" the fact that there are no real heroes, only humans making right or wrong decisions, I always felt that if it had been done really well, it would have an awfully strong KOTOR II. feel. We have Luke, who somehow takes on the role of Meetra - broken of his own mistakes cuts himself off from the Force, and hides away into exile. Of course, Rey is the hero, but she is more the fresh start, the open mind, than the war veteran. Finn always reminded me of Atton - the soldier from the dark side, turning his back to it, and starting his path with the main characters. When you started with Luke, the whole video captured me. It seemed like he would remember, like he would travel through space and time in a moment, as he is restoring his connection, like he would recall both his own life, and the life of those who came before him. And when the video turns, and Kreia starts to speak about the Force itself, and not it's absence, and there are scenes from "The Rise of Skywalker", it seems like Luke would get a glimpse of the future itself, of hope and restart - meaning that he can rest and become one with the Force. It is simply beautiful.
Disney could just use this whole video as an Ad for D+. Probably prompt more subs to rewatch all their Star War property than any one of their current Ad :D
Fantastic work! I'm a huge fan of when you're able to use Kreia in your videos, because she offers a breath of fresh air to the traditional views of the Force.
Holy crap does this video hit me hard every single time I watch it. My ma passed last year and the part where she says "the crude matter stripped away" brings tears to my eyes. Seeing Luke fade into the Force in that moment was like hearing her last breath again. Wow. Well done Dudu Film.
@@spacewolf182 Wishing you the best in your future endeavors my friend. I genuinely wouldn't know what to do with myself if I lost my mother. My condolences.
So the cool thing about this video is that the two people speaking are Kreia and Handmaiden. So as well as being poignant and amazing. It is a dialogue between mother and daughter.
I really like how this video can be perceived and enjoyed in many different ways. Perceptions about the universe, religion, inner peace/struggles, or just enjoying the lore.
This video helps me a lot, you know I am sometimes subjectf to fear and to anxiety attack, and i'm just scared as I try to go forward in my life And hearing this... hearing to feel life as it is helps me a lot
Tbh the only ones I find good don't even compete with her Bane in his 1st book is great Anakin in the dark lord trilogy is also very good I also like plageuis but I can't seperate if it's because the novel is very good or the character himself.
All they had to do, and I mean literally, ALL they had to do, before shooting TLJ is give Chris Avellone the script and tell him to make it better. THAT'S. IT. Jesus Christ. What could have been.
Damn I think this is my new favorite one of these videos! Kreia's dialogue goes so well with the scenes and this would be a really good trailer or something to sum up Star Wars
Another goosebumping video about the greatest character in Star Wars. With to me new and unique dialoque! You wear the shadows well, master. But as a fan of your work... please never vanish again!
Any scene from any form of star wars media ever: *exists*
All of Kreia's dialogue: it's free real estate.
Not without me by her side
I read that in her voice lol
It's strange that a character who despises what the Force represents seems to be the one who is by far the best at describing it with poignancy.
She is a tragic character. She learned all that there is about the Jedi and understood they were lacking in their understanding of the Force. She became a Sith to learn more about the Force only to learn that the Sith were also lacking, yet in the end she understood the Force manipulated the whole Star Wars Universe so she wanted to sever the Galaxy of the Force, but the Force brought Exile on her way and Kreia lost, and so did her teachings...
@@AA-jp9cj When you put it like that, (which iv Never thought of it like that) it really is sad and tragic.
I believe she described that paradox like a doctor understanding a poison in order to know how best to kill it. Sidious, in his own way, did a similar deal by spending years working alongside the Jedi throughout the war. It's one thing to know the doctrine of the jedi and see them as the galaxy does. But when the time came, it was just as important to know the leaders of the jedi on a personal level to twist the dagger just right.
@@AA-jp9cj In my opinion, her tragedy lies in a different reason. Kreia studied the Jedi and Stih ideologies, their history and observed their behaviors and believings and was able to see the failures and mistakes they did, but was never able to stop for a moment, looking at herself and asking, if that what she was doing, was really the solution to the problem.Because - and that is her tragedy for me - she could see all this problems and mistakes, but could not escape her education. She learned the same teachings as all Jedi when she was a youngling and one of them is, that the force has a will, that its reaching for a goal and that there is alight and a dark side. And she never were able to question that.
Does the Force have a will? Are there a light and a dark side? We can not know. There is no proof to any of this, but its what most of the Sith and Jedi believe in, their intrepretation of the force. So is it the force, that creates all this deaths and the endless wars, or those, who think they know, what the force is and their opposite ideologies? They alsways fight, never trying to settle down an discuss their believings and differences and because of this, they dont realize the failures in their thinking. Its exactly what Lord Scourg stated in Dudus Force in Balance - Times change and so must we: "We do not change, that is the great failing between both our people." The endless wars kept both sides so busy with each other, that everyone who tried to reform the ways of thinkings, were just ignored or even cut down. Or they tried the wrong way of solving the problem, like Kreia did. If we are honest, what would have happende, if the fource would have died? Would the wars have ended? No, because the ideologies are still there. Yes, the Jedi and Sith wouldnt be able to use the force anymore but i think that this only would have eliminated a hurdle for joining one of the both orders. From ten thousands of members to somewhat of some millions i guess.
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Kreia was in my opinion the most underated teachers of the force in star wars.i really think most of revans knowledge of the force that he truly believed in was from her.
Yup. She was absolutely brilliant. She was a historian, & her & Revan made the best master-apprentice pairing I could possibly imagine.
@@slanderouseel1089 You opened Pandora's box with this statement's :p
Personally, I feel Kreia and the Exile have the best Master Apprentice relationship. The relationship between Revan and Kreia is only alluded to, and given the ambiguous nature of Revan's character it is hard to know what their dynamic even was. On the other hand by the time the two meet, Kreia is at the height of her wisdom while the Exile is precisely the one able to who needs Kreia's teaching's specifically.
@@Contevent yh ur right there
because she is a sith
@@blyat3422 Sith masters are not well known
"It is like a beloved pupil with whom you have shared everything"
*shows young Obi-Wan with little Anakin*
*cries*
Yeah not ashamed to admit I cried, there when Anakin held Padme, and I really lost it with young luke vade/old luke new jedi order...damn the feels are in all da pain... lol
Yes! That and the part Ahsoka leaves Anakin when it says “It is knowing what you want to say and never finding the words” broke me...
@@basak9746 mee too. Clone wars hits harder than a truck
Its one of the best pieces of writing. At the beginning of the Game, it feels like she is talking about Sion. Then, in the middle the of the game, you learn she trained Reven. At it applies to them. By the end of the game, it is about you. Its magnificent.
@@benlowe1701 Agreed. Her entire teaching and presence is based on driving her pupil to the state and position she wants. Even agreeing to possibly being cast aside at one point, and then her death. :(((( Makes me sad when in the end you realize the big picture, of her not exactly being the "big last boss fight", but simply the final step of her teaching and investment. Revan might have been stronger than Meetra, but never achieved completion of Kreia's teaching.
I couldn't find a transcript anywhere, so here we are:
"You have touched the force tell me of it's absence."
"It is standing atop the summit of a great mountain, the winds tearing about you then, finding yourself buried alive, trapped helpless and alone.
It is knowing what you want to say and never finding the words. It is a chorus replaced with silence. Hearing teachings without meaning. It is like having the energy of youth and then feeling the cloak of years fall upon you, and knowing you are weak, fragile a thing easily discarded. It is like a beloved pupil to whom you have shared everything, sacrificed everything, and then having them turn from you and forget all you were."
"You have touched the force, what does it feel like?"
"It is like a cloud; a mist that drifts from living creatures to creature, set in motion by currents and eddies. It is the eye of the storm. The passions of all living things turned into energy, into a chorus.
It is the rising swell at the end of life. The promise of new territories and new blood. The call of new mysteries in the dark.
Feel this moment, for as long as it will last. Feel life as it is, with the crude matter stripped away.
But let us be silent. Words and thoughts are distractions. Wipe the fear from your mind."
thank you for this
Kreia:*exists*
Me: "so anyways, I start liking.."
That one cool uses of a meme i have seen a while i am even more glad i checked back with great video
Kreia is one of the most interesting characters of all time. Her idea’s in the force is truly unique.
Also this is definitely one of my top five Star Wars tributes
Dudufilm makes more than tributes, he gives more meanings to he scenes from all over the time in the str wrs galaxy.
@Aventicity Number 1 has to be *Conflict Within*
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Number 2: *Revenge of the Sith*
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Number 3: is probably this video
Kreia is my favorite star wars character. She is amazing. Amazing writing. Amazing character. I have showed some of her dialog to my mother, its so powerful.
"I am but a mirror whose only purpose is to show you what your eyes cannot see" Kreia is hands down one of my favourite characters in any video game to this day. The storied life of hers is not given enough status in my opinion. She is the embodiment of the light and the dark, if there was to anyone who understood the careful balance of the Force and the hypocrisy of the Jedi and the Sith. Very wise and very powerful.
So I don't know why, but this has me in tears. Especially given what Kreia's fate ultimately is.
I adored her. For all her cruelty, her manipulativeness, her disregard for others; she refused to be a pawn to anyone or anything - even the Force itself. She believed deeply in not giving a damn what anyone else thought as she made her own path.
She was neither a self indulgent sadist as the Sith are nor a sanctimonious hypocrite as the Jedi are. And because she saw, clearly, how pointless each faction is, she was very alone. An outcast and a pariah. Condemned as a traitor by the Sith and a monster by the Jedi. And still she refused to give in, to change, to confirm. And I can relate to that.
She offered her wisdom with no pretension. No insistence that her way was the only way. She left it up to the player to find their own path, their own way. As she did; without regard to the opinions of others.
And I loved her for that.
So here's to you, Kreia. You may have been a kind of monster. But you were *my* kind of monster.
She was betrayed. Condemned. Outcasted. And ultimately - *exiled*
It’s very hard to word her influence and her character, but you have done it excellently.
Kreia has touched us all even without the force. Now i know why she wanted to change the ways of both factions. You dont need the force to form bonds friendships and be kind or cruel. You dont need the force if you have love and that was her end goal to teach everyone that emotions arent bad or a tool and they can even be more powerful than the force in a good way in a sense she believed the time of the force was over and that feeling emotion and being a human being was more powerful than some strange energy feild ever could be bevause you are the one that feels nit the force and if emotion can overpower the force than you as an individual are already as strong as a jedi or sith could ever be and maybe even stronger. Hate can lead to the dark side sure but love and hate are two completely different things and controlling your love for others and your passions can lead to so many good things that you cant do as a jedi or the sith
Hey, Kreia should be renamed as Darth Emoticer. Because she destroyed my feelings without using the Force, just with words.
O THE IRONY haha.
Kreia was instructing the exile to feel the moment and life for what it truly is, BEYOND the veil cast upon all living things by the force.
If you really listen to Kreia's tone you can hear her intense disdain for the force and it's threat towards the very notion of free will.
No one's ever really gone because the force plays us all like puppets, raising good and evil counterparts of similar power level each generation, forcing the galaxy into perpetual war. The force as the actual big bad of the star wars universe needs to be explored.
Knights of the Old republic 2 was great!
Beautifully written and well said my friend
Perhaps. Or perhaps, when an evil arises, it is the Force that acts, and ensures that there is always someone, wherever they are, whatever the time, able to confront it. Maybe it doesn't it acts to ensure balance, only when mere mortals act to disrupt it. Curious really. How much can depend upon the point of view. Perhaps Reven, Malak, Valkorion, Palpatine, Snoke and the like would always have risen to power, and it is the Force that ensures that in the end, they are broken and humbled. Restoring balance and acting as little as necessary, so that the rest of the universe can continue to live in peace.
It's simple enough. The balance that the force is said to have is conflict. Conflict is what allows the galaxy to grow and continue thriving. Without conflict grows complacency. In complacency there is no reason for one to grow stronger, wiser, or more able at living when everything seems to be handed on a silver platter.
@@benlowe1701 That's a massive contradiction. If the Force has enough control over life to create a redeemer of its own volition as a response to a destroyer, then it should simply be able to prevent the destroyer from being born and always maintain that balance without a need for violence. The Force is little more than a parasite with influence, not true control.
@@ciphymasterofmedia9104 through strength comes war. Through war comes unity. Through unity comes love. Through love comes respect. This is the cycle that is repeated over and over again and without it nothing would change or grow. You understand
One can never have enough Kreia
Space Ayn Rand ftw
Except when she is nagging you for every action you choose on Nar Shadda.
"It is having the energy of youth, and then feeling the cloak of years fall upon you, and knowing you are weak, fragile, and a thing easily discarded."
This is such a powerful and moving piece of dialogue, in particular. And it has brought me to tears more than once. Kudos to whoever wrote it.
Pretty much all of Kreia dialog is top-tier writing.
True
iangoesb00m Chris Avellone the brain child of kotor 2
@@DarthSathion yeah I was just gonna say. Chris Avellone is amazing.
@@ArvelDreth he wrote Kreia, The Exile, Visas Marr, Mira, Zanbaar and Brianna The Handmaiden. Plus several area like Nar Shaada, Dxun, Korriban and Peragus.
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No one's ever really gone .
hmmm.....
May the force serve you well
"No-one ever has to die, not really, not if you keep a place for them in your heart."
-Jacen Solo
..sigh....I start to think about the RLM video which is also about SW and it's called "No One's Ever Really Gone" th-cam.com/video/gNTLC_uiGFA/w-d-xo.html
excellent
@Darth Blizzar th-cam.com/video/-Z0S0Z8lUTg/w-d-xo.html this is to me a very well done video about it
@Darth Blizzar look up the video The Philosophy of Traya you will not be disappointed.
Man... This was just beautiful.
Kreia is such an amazing character.
I loved the parallel with Anakin who can't find a way to express himself as Ahsoka leaves and then Obi Wan saying goodbye to an old enemy Maul, under the twin moons.
The dialogue is just amazing, how Kreia manages to somehow makes you feel something that isn't real, I can totally relate to what she is saying and the way you manage to portray this.
Good work Dudu, damn good work once again.
I believe we relate to it because somewhere and somehow it is not totally false or.. fictive.
I wonder how Anakin would have fared under her tutelage. Would he be like Revan, wielding the Force without submitting himself utterly to it? Or would he be like Sion; so dependent upon it that he could never bare living without it?
@@MasteringJohn Anakin and Kreia would've been like oil and water. She could never have taught him, nor would he have ever learned from her. They were just too dissimilar in every aspect of who they were. Can you imagine Anakin sitting with Kreia, discussing philosophy like Revan and Meetra did? For all his prodigious power, Anakin was first and foremost a man of action, not of thought and wisdom.
That said...here's a thought. Try throwing Revan (post-redemption) and Anakin at each other. The two men are so incredibly similar, yet also very different. Both possess enormous strength in the Force and both love deeply, but they have other fundamental differences. Of all the Jedi and Sith in the Star Wars EU, I suspect that Revan is the only one whom Anakin (and later Vader) could've truly identified with. That friendship would've been truly unique.
@@Cailus3542 while I dont have it on the tip of my tongue there is a Story on AO3 along those lines. But they pair Meetra with Ezra instead of Luke for some reason.
@@Cailus3542 would be really interesting. Anakin could learn a lot in the ways if balancing himself between light and dark.
"It is such a quiet thing to fall... but far more terrible is to admit it."
Who wrote the dialog for these games? Kreia's words are so amazing and powerful.
Chris Avellone probably.
It was Chris Avellone.
How can a person write this? 🤔😢
@@DysmasTheGoodThief en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Avellone
These aren't the words of a man, it's the words of a prophet
"It is like a beloved pupil to whom you have shared everything, sacrificed everything, and having them turn from you, and forget all you were.
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You are meant to think that she refers to Sion. Only to later learn she means Reven.
And by the end, to be yourself.
Revan and the Exile were her greatest students.
@@alexyoblick and her greatest failures.
Amazing, just incredible.
The voice of Sara Kastelman and the philosophy of Kreia are always great in such videos
'Feel this moment, for as long as it will last. Feel life as it is. But the crude matter stripped away, but let us be silent. Words of thoughts are distractions. Wipe the fear from you mind.'
It's a shame Kreia has never made it into canon. Her vision of things was very interesting, as well as the fact that her beliefs were completely at odds with the classic Jedi/Sith opposition.
If you understood her, you know there is only one canon - your own. Disney is a lie.
This video has a lot of healing energy to it. Kreia really is the most thought provoking character throughout the Star Wars Universe in my opinion. So many real life lessons she teaches within her in game dialogue
My Lord, we’ve been expecting you.
Coming back to these ones in awhile. Miss you Dudu!
Its like waking up and hearing the heartbeat of the galaxy for the first time
Hearing what she says in KOTOR 2 seems to make more sense as time goes by and I'm not just talking about in lore but also out of the lore, it's as if she really predicted everything that happens in the future films before they even released! It's just spooky!
Super Dougie Yes
Xbox 2005 takes me back.
She was truly a Dark Lord Of The Sith
@@kingrico717 she was once sith but she left the order behind along with the jedi since both were flawed.
It's almost as if Kotor II was a meta-commentary by Chris Avellone on what Star Wars as a franchise is.
The look on Anakin's face as Ahsoka leaves gets to me every time :(
Shadowsoldier87 they will always be one of the best duos to ever exist.
"It is like a beloved pupil to whom you have shared everything, sacrificed everything, and having them turn from you, and forget all you were." - Kreia
I...as a deaf man..relate with the absence of the Force as described by Kreia. This is amazing...
Goodness. I hope everything is going well for you, that sounds difficult to cope with.
Oh wow, four years later! 😅😅. I'm doing well actually!! I have been deaf for all my three decades of life, it brings with it an interesting life 😅😅
@@Dragonzord876 I'm glad you're doing well and I hope your life continues on the same path! ☺
Depending on the theories you follow, you could interpret the dialogue as a mother teaching her daughter about her experience with the Force. And despite feeling like it gets in the way of free will, she still at least paints a wonderful verbal picture for her to give her comfort. But the imagery that accompanies it is why Kreia is a true part of the Star Wars family.
The moment when you realise that Kreia is Arren Kae, and throughout the whole thing she's speaking to her daughter about life and the Force.
I watched this video once, and I cried at it on it's surface. Then I watched it again, and your observation hit me, that it was Kae speaking with her daughter so very poignantly, perhaps even more so than how she speaks with the Exile...and I cried again.
This makes me wanna cry.
Kreia is the best star wars character ever. I miss kotor.
This was absolutely beautiful.
Edit: I may have broken the rewatch button..
i find myself coming back just to listen to this. i can't even listen to the original "The Truth" now without hearing her voice. Sara Kestelman's voice / acting is just perfect as Kreia, the weight and steely edge she has when it is required, the tiredness and pain expressed through strains and nuanced pauses really gives extra depth to a video game character. this video certainly chooses some of the best parts and timed it to some of the more moving scenes from all of Star Wars. well made edit and imo your best, hope you are proud of it.
You can really see why every one of Kreia's students was so enraptured by her teaching when she was a Jedi.
When the *allmighty master of the force* Uploads another glorious video!
Dudu holds the remarkable power to use scenes from The Last Jedi and make it seem like a good movie.
This video is so beautiful that is beyond words
Kreia is the greatest philosopher of the force and no one can compare because she goes beyond the sense of humanity’s small stature vs a omnipresent higher being or sense. she refuses the established path and seeks her own path.
Star Wars is based a lot on Buddhism but Buddhism came from Hinduism, so she is the opposite of moksha, she refuses to submit to the common path but forges her own as she is more powerful than the establishment here being the “force” she understood it and she knew it’s ebb and flows.
I always hated that I had to fight Kreia. She was a hard woman to please sometimes, but goddamn she was my teacher, and she truly cared about the Exile. KOTOR 2 was a fantastic game, I love it SO MUCH to this day, and I can't wait for the remakes to come.
Side note: LOVE! This video! Hearing Kreia's views on the Force and all the images and footage from all three trilogies, and the TV series'! Perfection!
Tbh, *extended universe* was better at explaining force - death - ressurrection compared to anything Disney done.
I mean even the Dark Side has 'cheat codes' at the extended universe, as Nihilus, Krayt and the Vitilante did conquered death, along with palpatine
Disney doesn’t understand ANY of the themes of Star Wars let alone the discrete aspects of the force.
Non of them ever Conquered death. The best they did was cheat it for a time. Andeduu with his Essence Transfer, Sion and Nihilus with their wounds, Vitiate with his Nathema ritual, Exar Kun, Krayt... the closet one to the actually conquering death was Plaguies who would have become immortal with limitless power should he have lived another decade or two via controlling the source of life itself.
@@corruptangel6793 hence, *Cheat Codes(!)* stand for
Vitilante *did* come close to conquering it tbh
@@FrostReave *exactly*
@@thedoruk6324 your claim about Vitiate conquering is what I was commenting on, not your cheat codes line. Cheating death and conquering it are not the same thing. And I disagree that he came close. Vitiate gained eternal youth for a time, but the cost was his sanity and self control. And he was as mortal as anyone when it came to a lightsaber strike. (Hence why I used eternal youth here instead of immortality) he never gained any sort of control over life and death, his merely stole the vitality of a planet and its inhabitants.
The only one to ever come close to *conquering* death was Plaguies as he could bring back the dead and will others to die
I'm a lifelong fan of kotor II and I have to say that this video on loop is single handedly defeating my insomnia. So calming and beautiful
Bloody hell, I actually shed a tear watching this
"But let us be silent. Words and thoughts are distractions.
Wipe the fear from your mind".
How touching. Beautiful work, Dudu.
Kreia was probably the best teacher I ever had as a teenager. The words she speaks here, although it is about the Force, could very easily be interpreted as love, perhaps even life itself.
“It is knowing what you want to say and never finding the words. It is a chorus, replaced with silence.”
1000000%. Kreia IA my favorite fictional character of all time, just because of how much truth she speaks.
Kreia is hands down one of the best characters in the EU. Up there There with Thrawn.
And Revan too
The old EU beats anything Disney does! Their comics are great and I love Rebels and they have made good books. But very little is as deep and big as a lot of stuff the old EU did.
Absolutely powerful.
Another example of philosophy transcending the means of which it is told.
You don't even have to like Star Wars to feel this.
Bravo!
Watching this again every now and then, it's so wonderful. This video alone is 1000x better than episode 9.
While in the expanded universe Luke overcame all suffering becoming stronger, the Disney luke is someone who simply chose to sink. Expanded universe is light and Disney is the dark.
Didn't he overcome it at the end of the movie though?
@@Bent773 not fully
@@Bent773 he overcame it just enough to get off his lazy ass and actually do something...the problem is that that something killed him...which shouldn't have happened at all
Matthew White he died from force overdose it was confirmed by Mark Hamill. I really hope he comes as a force ghost and somehow contributed to the death of the senate.
@@kyzersoze8408 Force overdose !? How stupid and forced.Disney is cleaning the slot to put their inner characters in the spotlight. They did not respect us.
The force is love, it binds us, it is more than an attraction to another person.
I was sitting there, expecting one of Kreia's diatribes about the Force and its Thanos-like need to throw away countless lives for balance... instead I get one of the best Star Wars videos I have ever seen.
No one's ever really gone.
Tell that to Alderaan!
The Alderaanian refugee settlement on Delaya
Kotor 2 was deeper than any of us deserved
This video is a masterpiece for people who believe in the Force. Well done my brother in the Force.
Kreia is the best Star Wars character!
What? What else do you want me to say? Kreia's the best, nothing else to really add.
Kreia' s lesson and example of Strength: strength is the power of truth finding and power of will to use other's strengths as your own,
The force only follows one of these principles
Can you explain?
Personally, I am waiting for your content as much as a child waiting for his Christmas present!. May the force be with you Master Dudu!
Kamino is made from my tears watching this.
An amazing video. As always.
I will always adore Kreia as someone, even when listening to critical essays on her and watching multiple analytical videos, I don't think I can ever understand her. She is just so beautiful as a character. Like, just the concept of her is mind blowing. I came into Star Wars believing its entirety was the force and then Kreia just blows that all away... not in a bad way, but a good way. She will always be an idol to propel me forwards - as with many others. I love her.
Kreia is a deconstructionist at their finest. She can pull something apart and put it back together to where it is stronger. It's what she did with Meetra Surrik.
AMAZING VIDEO Absence of the Force is like broken Illusion. When you finally meet true yourself without any power that is not your own. Only You.Alone. To survive broken illusion and face reality as it is that is True Power, True Strength. Kreia you are best teacher and character in All of Star Wars and gaming.
Не могли бы вы сделать субтитры на русском под этот ролик?
Kreia had no right to be as UTTERLY well-written as she was, god damn...
This is so spiritually powerful and precise to describe one´s connection to the divine or the absence felt by it
I'm having shivers from this video. It is so amazing. I love, how it starts with Luke. I didn't hate the Last Jedi, I actually kind of liked it, but seeing that it started to show a message of the "grey area" the fact that there are no real heroes, only humans making right or wrong decisions, I always felt that if it had been done really well, it would have an awfully strong KOTOR II. feel. We have Luke, who somehow takes on the role of Meetra - broken of his own mistakes cuts himself off from the Force, and hides away into exile. Of course, Rey is the hero, but she is more the fresh start, the open mind, than the war veteran. Finn always reminded me of Atton - the soldier from the dark side, turning his back to it, and starting his path with the main characters. When you started with Luke, the whole video captured me. It seemed like he would remember, like he would travel through space and time in a moment, as he is restoring his connection, like he would recall both his own life, and the life of those who came before him. And when the video turns, and Kreia starts to speak about the Force itself, and not it's absence, and there are scenes from "The Rise of Skywalker", it seems like Luke would get a glimpse of the future itself, of hope and restart - meaning that he can rest and become one with the Force. It is simply beautiful.
E2 tlj fails at what kotor successed and that is to show a true grey area
@@anteprs7908 Yes, I agree.
My anxiety killer, thank you
Kreia's story should be canon once again, everything she says is true about the Force.
Jesus H. Christ. This touched me. Kreia, once again, adding context to Star Wars in a way that no one else can.
Disney could just use this whole video as an Ad for D+. Probably prompt more subs to rewatch all their Star War property than any one of their current Ad :D
Fantastic work! I'm a huge fan of when you're able to use Kreia in your videos, because she offers a breath of fresh air to the traditional views of the Force.
Holy crap does this video hit me hard every single time I watch it. My ma passed last year and the part where she says "the crude matter stripped away" brings tears to my eyes. Seeing Luke fade into the Force in that moment was like hearing her last breath again. Wow. Well done Dudu Film.
Thanks for the ❤! Keep up the good work. You have a way of bringing the best out of us when we watch your tributes.
@@spacewolf182 Wishing you the best in your future endeavors my friend. I genuinely wouldn't know what to do with myself if I lost my mother. My condolences.
So the cool thing about this video is that the two people speaking are Kreia and Handmaiden. So as well as being poignant and amazing. It is a dialogue between mother and daughter.
I’ve played kotor 1-2 so many times, but it’s still unbeleivable to me how deep meanings it carries
I really like how this video can be perceived and enjoyed in many different ways. Perceptions about the universe, religion, inner peace/struggles, or just enjoying the lore.
I sacrificed everything.. yet I feel nothing.
This video helps me a lot, you know
I am sometimes subjectf to fear and to anxiety attack, and i'm just scared as I try to go forward in my life
And hearing this... hearing to feel life as it is helps me a lot
Kreia is a contender for most well written character in star wars
Tbh the only ones I find good don't even compete with her
Bane in his 1st book is great
Anakin in the dark lord trilogy is also very good
I also like plageuis but I can't seperate if it's because the novel is very good or the character himself.
Moments like this is what makes me remember:) what made me fall in love with star wars. Great video👏👍😍
After watching this many times I came to conclusion that this is one of the best edited vidoes I ever seen. So emotional and gives so much meaning.
Can't stop listening to this, this is so touching... thank you!
That was incredible!
I love Kreia and your videos are just incredible
I cannot express enough how much I miss the EU
This is so beautiful! Kreia is an amazing character and this speech is moving on so many levels
I want Kreia to hug me and tell me everything will be okay
I read that in Thrawns voice
I doubt that be how she would phrase it but... sure
You make this go into my feels, bro! For that I say thanks!
I really geek out whenever I see one of your videos I swear I live them so much! Thank you!
Another video to add to my playlist, I listen to these constantly. Amazing work of art as always.
This is the best one yet! Amazing work
Not to sound overly morbid but can I play this at my funeral when the inevitable time comes?
I have thought the same thing
These videos are truly deep and sensationally edited. I hope you never stop making them. Kreia voice lines are also a chefs kiss in excellence.
I find myself coming back to this time and again. What a beautiful presentation from start to finish, it's truly magnificent to behold!
This is not only your best edit, but also one of the top 5 I've seen on this entire site. Thank you for this.
All they had to do, and I mean literally, ALL they had to do, before shooting TLJ is give Chris Avellone the script and tell him to make it better. THAT'S. IT. Jesus Christ. What could have been.
By the time TLJ was produced Avellone is a freelance after leaving Obsidian! Oh if only...
You make the best music videos on the site, thanks man
So this is what happens when Dudu watches BBC earth/life. I can dig it.
How beautifully profound
Damn I think this is my new favorite one of these videos! Kreia's dialogue goes so well with the scenes and this would be a really good trailer or something to sum up Star Wars
I love you so much man !
I was watching this scene of Kreia and...and...you show out a new video on it !
As always: simply beauitiful. Thanks for ypur work, hope ypu get more appreciation
OMG I love Kreia some much she is one of best support characters of all games I played. Great video 👌 love the channel.
Another goosebumping video about the greatest character in Star Wars.
With to me new and unique dialoque!
You wear the shadows well, master. But as a fan of your work... please never vanish again!