The Grand Inquisitor as a good guy just feels right. I can’t explain why. He seemed very heroic in this scene. I know in comics they assassinated his character by having him defect before order 66 and now is a dark side spirit haunting somewhere but here in his uniform he looks stoic and the simple notion to delay the approaching evil for Kanan to escape... that’s enough for me to see him redeemed
Is having him defect before Order 66 not logical though? Otherwise I doubt the clones would have spared a Jedi temple guard for any reason. I don't know how it's done because I haven't read that comic, but I do have the one where he's a dark side spirit haunting a High Republic Jedi outpost. I personally thought it was good, it made me feel sorry for the Grand Inquisitor and delivered on his line "there are some things far more frightening than death"
Bariss Offee got into his head before order 66. He was one of the guards that brought her in before she made her, "Jedi R bad Reee." speech. It made him start questioning things.
@@spacecorpse3212 Well in theory at least three of the members are still alive at this time. Two of them are still Jedi and one of them is the grandmaster.
@@historytank5673 as much as I would like that, it’s now confirmed that the visions Kanan Ezra and Ahsoka had were all made by Yoda on Dagobah. He helped many Jedi through the force during his exile and used the memory of the Temple guard turned Grand Inquisitor to help Kanan. The actual guard turned to the dark side a little before the purge
For me, I always saw this scene as a metaphor. The temple guards represented the old ways of the Jedi, before the Empire. They feared the dark side and that was what led to their failure. Kanan represented the new generation of Jedi. He never fully completed his training, yet he is still a powerful Jedi. He has feelings for Hera and is more of a father to Ezra than his master, whereas the Jedi suppressed these emotions and feelings.
It seemed to be a thing as the order ended and in the new one. Obi-Wan had feelings for Satine, Anakin of course married, and even Luke wasn't against romantic relationships for Jedi in his New Order.
The Jedi are about suppressing emotions where as the Sith are about using them to power their abilties with the force. Both sides are equally just as bad as each other as the Jedi have carried out genocides they simply deemed necessary such as the one on Geonosis. It's kind of questionable since all sides in a conflict will always argue that it was necessary to do what was needed to win, especially if they won. Other times, the Jedi have had enough power to influence events for the better and do nothing, this was a major part of the story in The Old Republic and actually created more issues than it solved. You can actually see this being a huge problem in the movies since the Jedi aren't really known about that much to the general population and it's pretty clear that criminal gangs, slavers, and wars raged on in Jedi rule to the extent of affecting Anakin Skywalker, leading to him turning into Darth Vader. The Jedi only cared about being in control above the Sith rather than being enforcers of the law. Star Wars makes this a reoccurring theme and it's not that subtle.
"They feared the dark side and that was what led to their failure." actually this is not true.. the fact that they did not belive that the sith came back and they are behind everything (when Dooku literaly warned them) led to their failure.. I would even go further and say that Yoda's and Windu's ignorance led to the fall of the jedi order.. they did not even need Anakin, Sidious needed the clone army cause he knew even if he is the most powerful being in the universe he can't fight alone 10000 jedi especially that he was affraid of Yoda's powers
@@marco002 I'd argue the other side. It is very clear that well before the end they are more than aware the Sith have returned even beyond Dooku, they simply did not know where to find him. The Jedi fail because of their fear. They express routinely and repeatedly a fundamental belief that touching or even knowing about the dark side AT ALL is inherently corrupting. They TEACH this concept to their students. Anakin is told that if he uses the dark side it will consume him and there is no going back. Knowledge of the Sith and their ways are actively suppressed out of concern that it will lead to the corruption of Jedi. THAT is fear, even if the people experiencing it do not acknowledge what is happening to them. That means that any ignorance they may suffer from itself grows out of fear. They are afraid of the dark side and in turn infect their students with that fear. And when those students slip, even slightly, they believe themselves doomed and fall entirely out of that same fear. It is what ultimately dooms Anakin. The more he fears for Padme the more he becomes convinced that he is falling. And when he finally, for a brief moment, gives in and acts on those emotions to stop Mace Windu he assumes he is irreversibly lost and gives in entirely. Luke, Ezra, Kanan, Ahsoka (through her time outside the order), and Rey all either do not learn this lesson or do not truly have time to internalize it and each is able to touch the dark side and return from it BECAUSE THEY DO NOT FEAR IT THE SAME WAY. Yoda, Mace, even Obi-Wan are all corrupted themselves by their own fears of what the dark side is and how they believe it irreversibly corrupts.
Superb writing. The Grand Inquisitor, who killed himself out of fear, teaching Kanan to let go of the fear of failure and to teach Ezra to the best of the abilities and not constantly fear losing him to the dark side. People write this show off as kiddy but at times it’s peak Star Wars
@Doctah Wahwee it also has time travel a forced (pun intended) and convoluted excuse for Filoni to bring his OC character from the prequels to post return of the jedi
Agreed. It's action and several emotional scenes suffered hard from disneyfication but there are genuinely good bits to it that really capture what star wars is
@doctahwahwee2237 I was once one of those haters that hated the animation and the fact that it wasn't clone wars... until I gave it a shot like you said. It made me love it just as much as I love Clone Wars (maybe not as much because of nostalgia, tho). The story totally peaks after the first and specially at the end of season 2 tho, and goes hard with bangers all the way from seasons 3 and 4.
The two parter where Maul first appears as well as his fight with Obi-Wan are definitely my favorites. Also love that memorable line of his. “KENOBIIIIIII!”
He's shocked when it lights up red and he gives it a second glance a little later on before he strikes with it. LOL I'm sure i'd be the same way in his shoes.
to me it just seemed like he was trying to grab one while keeping his eyes on the enemy and used the force to grab the closest one, i think any of the ones he grabbed would have been red
I like the symbolism of Kanan switching his primary lightsaber from blue to red when he has both. He switches from defending his padawan, to attacking the guards in anger. Its a nice detail a lot of people don't notice.
I Interpreted it as him being a grey jedi, not bound by the light or the dark side, but being in the middle of it, balancing his life on this,like qui gon, and even anakin, altough anakin failed due to fear. Thats the way the jedi should be.
It's almost as if it was an idea put to and approved by Lucas, and all the people bitching about 'Disney doing dumb shit'... were wrong! What a surprise.
@@Jokie155 Difference is that it's never activated in that state, it's just a way to store it more compactly. Even when he only used one of the blades it was folded out, because it's completely impractical to use it in its folded state.
i am pretty sure he used to be a temple guard. thatd be dope to see the scene we never got in revenge where anakin kills all but one temple guard who swore himself to the darkside ad vader. and then maybe see his struggle as a character in a comic or something thatd be kool
Can we just appreciate how fast Kanan switch on to protective dad mode when the temple guards talked about Ezra? It’s moments like this where I really love and appreciate their bond and they care they have for each other.
Was also epic how this was seen as a trial for him since he worries about danger, even from within ezra. Then he learns he just has to accept that he can't always be there for ezra, but at the least teach him everything he could before he's no longer with him, deep with how the series progressed.
It’s actually satisfying seeing the Grand Inquisitor as a servant of the light, rather than the dark. Edit: I know he died dark. I just mean I’m happy seeing him on the light side. Edit 2: I haven’t seen Rebels in years, and I’m only at the beginning of S2 of The Clone Wars. Cut me a little slack please.
Antarctica not the grand inquisitior he was a temple gaurd edit: oh thanks for the answers lmao so basically a temple gaurd is just a jedi(any rank) who was randomly selected to be a temple gaurd and after order 66 they were turned into inquisitors.(although some believe grand inquisitor was already turned before the order)
@Valentin de las Carreras nope, the original concept art of a lightsaber was thin, so they decided to use it for the show, and the vader design was also concept art, so they used it for the show as well, alot of things look weird in this show because they wanted to use the first ever designs of stuff instead of how they already looked like for the final, they decided to use the show to try them out.
None of us knows how we will react to darkness. Do we embrace it? Repel it and become enveloped in the light? Until we come to that path. Only fair knows the outcome of that final choice.
Also: one of the coolest sounds, I've ever heard. And it's just great to see the folding double bladed lightsaber done right before Rise of Skywalker managed to mess that up too.
One of the many things I love about this scene is after the Temple Guard mentions that Ezra will fall to the Dark Side. And at 1:10 when Kanan answers back with “What are you talking about.” There’s a little deep growl at the end of his sentence, and the reason why I love that so much is because that is the _exact_ tone of voice ANY parent would use when someone threatens their child. This further shows how deep Kanan cared about Ezra and I love it so much
Rule number 1 of Star Wars adopted family relationships: DO NOT THREATEN THE CHILD. The parent can and will destroy you. See: Din Jarin, Kanan, Anakin, Obi-wan, and a lot of clones.
I was going to post a comment almost exactly like this if I didn’t see a comment like this. I really want a Star Wars Rebels movie with Ezra AND Kanan. These two have gotta be my favorite duo in the Star Wars universe.
@@minisarge2619 ESPECIALLY Anakin Skywalker lol. If anyone DARED to come near Ahsoka with ill intent just...pray. Just start praying lol. Fox was lucky Anakin had bigger concerns after not allowing him to see her. "Let. Me. IN." bone chilling.
What Kanan did here is what Anakin never did - relinquish control over other people's fate and surrender to the not knowing. This is the hallmark of a true Jedi.
+brav0wing Awesome observation. That's what they mean about relinquishing attachment to others; not that you don't care for people, but that you can't stop them from following their own path.
Stephen Jackson True, but the Jedi took this to extremes, as in no marriage, no romantic relationships. The Jedi believed that once emotionally attached, all Jedi would eventually try to control other people's fate and the future, the irony was that by implementing the law of no romantic endeavours, they did the same thing, they controlled the future and other people's fates.
"The temple is falling , go I will delay the enemy" perfect words chosen for a (former) temple guard. this could have been a phrase / his last words if he would have protected the jedi temple / doing his duty... the grand inquisitor was an amazing character, sad they killed him so early and made him lose that dumb
Did you call Kanan dumb? And if you read the comics, Vader brought him back to life. That’s what he was talking about. “There are things FAR more frightening than death”
@@uniform1901 no, I called the way TGI died dumb, not Kanan. I mean he beat jo Costa (surely spelled that wrong but u know who I mean) and was a very skilled lightsaber duelist and a former temple guard.. to die that way was a bit cheap imo. And I heard about the comic but didn't that release after rebels? Not sure here.
@@Vuel79 I’m not trying to undermine Jo Casta but considering that a bounty hunter managed to knock her out in the Clone Wars with their bare hands... I wouldn’t call defeating her much of an accomplishment.
@@just_a_tepig3611 I like to think it's more of a reflection of what's going on in Kanan. The temple is testing him so they put that saber there to see what he does.
I love how Kanan and the Grand Inquisitor hold their lightsabers up in a gesture of respect to each other at 1:30. It's a callback to their final duel from season 1 and is just a really nice touch.
It's been years since I've seen this scene but it has stuck with me all that time. I am paralyzed in the fear of faliure. The idea that I will make the wrong decisions, say the wrong things, or talk to the wrong people. Even to the point of making no decisions at all. Then I remember this scene and I am reminded of the fact that I can't do everything perfect, maybe not even good. But I can do my best, I don't know why but there is something powerful about that idea. I'm not sure why I'm writing, I highly doubt anyone will read it, maybe to say thank you to whoever made this scene.
Whenever someone writes something this deep, the question of why is usually moot because they HAD to write it. Like, on a spiritual level. Like it'd crush your soul if you didn't get this off your chest. I've been there. Hope putting it out there for us to read helped you as much as it helped us.
The all mighty Teddy Bear I think they should’ve give him more credits. For example his blindness,suffering and experience could make him stronger. I thought that when he got blind he was going to be a super sword skilled, wise Jedi master (you know cuz you see different things when you’re blind, so they say)
Dread Dark I hated the Inquisitor during season 1 and I was confused about his death, then when I was this episode I actually started liking his character
I think in terms of duelling Prowess, Kanan and the Grand Inquisitor was about equal. Bear in mind the Grand Inquisitor probably had more training the Kanan and Kanan for around half his life was left to learn on his own. The reason Kanan beat him in season 1 was not necessarily because Kanan was a better duellist, but because he saw through the intimidation tactics the Grand Inquisitor employed to make his opponents fear him, including his spinning Lightsaber blades. Ultimately, the Grand Inquisitor was taken aback by Kanan's sudden show of strength and wasn't given time to recover.
Jon Arbuckle “if you are to succeed in combat against the best of the Jedi you must have fear surprise and intimidation on your side for if any one element is lacking it would be best for you to retreat”-count dooku teaching general grievous during the clone wars
Any 3 v 1 fight is going to be virtually impossible to win unless you are the best duelist in the galaxy or some shit. You haven't been in many bar fights, I see.
Many fans missed this: In 3:21, the Grand Inquisitor said "it means you are what I once was, a knight of the jedi order" and if you didn't know the Grand was a jedi knight before he became a temple guard, which means Kanan at that exact moment is now a jedi knight, that's why he looked surprised. In order to transform from being a padawan to a knight doesn't only mean training, training isn't everything, being wiser and having good judgement plays a bigger role. All the situations he went through leaded up to that moment where he get his final test, and he passed the test, thus he is finally ready to become a knight. Filoni is really knowledgeable, or as Ming-Na Wen put it: a walking wikipedia of star wars
"Filoni is really knowledgeable, or as Ming-Na Wen put it: a walking wikipedia of star wars" if that is true it only means worse for him, as it shows how little respect he pays it given the way he treated non-movie canon when making the clone wars series. Which doesn't mean that he can occasionally make great stuff, like this scene, of course, but still
There were many little Easter eggs in that scene like plo koons and kiadi mundis. The lightsaber kanan picked up was even one of the ones sidious used in TCW.
"Go, I will delay the enemy!" Probably these were his last words as jedi, a temple guard, standing in the face of legions of clone troopers, until he was finally defeated and tortured into submission. edit: I have learned that his canon backstory is that he betrayed the Order before Order 66. This scene would be more relatable however, if he was actually forced into submission. It seems Fallen Order agrees with me, as the Second Sister is someone who wasn't a temple guard but a padawan tortured to be an inquisitor, and even had a redemption story.
Gasssolo He was the guard that was present at Ashoka's trial when she was accused of the Jedi Temple bombing. After that he grew disillusioned with the Jedi Order.
After rewatching this a hundred times I finally understand, the grand inquisitor said "I will delay the enemy" not "I will eliminate the enemy" Because afterall they weren't real, they were just a part of the temple and the visions that follow it, like Ahsoka said "these temples can be tricky" and with our vast knowledge we know many many things can appear inside them, so what happened was the temple guards appeared to the inquisitors but weren't actually there so they didn't end up dying or anything, just like the grand inquisitor said, delaying the enemy, which is why the inquisitors were still alive after this, what a great scene
Dude, I just realized that the guards use folding sabres like the one seen in the new trailer. Except this one is cooler because it opens up much faster and with proper technique.
Its also a subtle hint about the dark side, what the temple guard is telling Kanan about; that no matter what he does, his apprentice might still fall to it. His acceptance of that, is what leads to his enlightenment and hence passing the Trial Of Spirit.
Here in my tenple,just bought this new lightsaber. Fun to drive in the Death star. But do you know what I like more than materialistic things? The force.....
When Luke finds the Grand Inquisitor: Luke: What rock were you living under to not know that the Empire has fallen? Grand Inquisitor: A big one on Lothal.
How Kanan Jaren passed, The trial of Skill surviving order 66 The trial of courage facing the grand inquisitor head on, The trial of flesh induring torture The trial of insight fighting his true self The trial of spirit serving the force
Perhaps it was more of humility when it came to surviving Order 66. Most of the Jedi often fought and died when Order 66 was activated. Instead, he was forced to swallow his pride and run especially after viewing his teacher's sacrifice to keep him safe. You could see it as a lesson to how the Jedi aren't as powerful as they like to see themselves, especially due to how ignorant they chose to be in many aspects, particularly in the force as well. You can also argue that perhaps surviving Order 66 was a trial of guilt. Guilt that he wasn't strong enough to save his master. Guilt that the Jedi had become so weak that they let the war happen, partook in it only because the Sith were involved and the Republic said so, and guilt that ultimately, they betrayed their ideals as the so-called warriors of peace and justice.
Kana had one of the best character arc's in star wars. Nearly on par with ahsoka in my book. He was a true jedi an example of what they should have been.
Honestly yes! It's a great redemption arc, BECAUSE its redemption TO himself. Not a switch from evil to good. Through becoming like his master and becoming a father and having a family does he let himself step up, open up and become the best he can be. Some people can only reach their potential for others and not themselves. Not to mention he keeps pushing himself through multiple traumatic experiences and just keeps going. Wish we got more from him, but I knew he was a dead man the moment he outed himself.
@@minisarge2619 It is a good point. I didn't like him the first season or so the first time I watched Rebels, as he didn't really seem to act like a Jedi; however he admits he lost his way and refocuses, and hence finds himself, balance and enlightenment, and in the end becomes a true Jedi Knight. Good little arc he has.
"Stand aside. The boy must be eliminated before he embraces the darkness." And that right there is the crucible of Ezra and Kanan's mutual story arcs. Ezra is clever, daring, and a force prodigy who learns quickly. But once upon a time there was another force prodigy and he was the one who destroyed the Jedi Order. And if you think about it there are many parallels between Ezra and Anakin. Like Anakin, Ezra lost family that was dear to him, has a quick wit that can find clever solutions to insurmountable problems, and he desperately desires power to protect the ones he cares about. We already know what path one took and it's to be seen if the other will follow in his footsteps. But Kanan himself is inexperienced and is now faced with the same task Obi-wan had when training Anakin. But while Obi-wan was a full fledged Jedi Master with years of experience before he even became a knight, Kanan has had to piece together his training over years of running and fighting against the Empire. And the ultimate question is: can Kanan succeed where even Obi-wan failed? Rebels isn't really about the Rebellion or even the Empire. It's a story about redemption. If Kanan succeeds in turning Ezra away from the Dark Side, he will have taken the first steps in redeeming the Jedi Order that failed to protect the Galaxy. And by extension if Ezra succeeds in stepping away from the Dark Side, he will be taking the first steps to becoming the great Jedi Anakin Skywalker could have been.
+Papyrus hopefully it gets good to the point where they actually show heroes die or people being really drunk and stuff you know stuff from the clone wars.
Inquisitors are always restrained for when it comes to their abilities, as Vader trained them to never reach him and Sidious, only to hunt down Jedi under his command, which is ironic since the dark side is supposed to be the side where force users can reach their full potential in a much quicker way, yet the Inquisitors probably would've done much better as Jedi's.
Lol Gamer_05 Actually in lore natural red crystals were made , but were extremely rare. There was a Jedi who once yielded one in battle but changed because it was seen as a symbol of the Sith.
not anymore, lightsaber colour is based on Jedi's personality in new canon. The crystals turn red when Sith use them because they have to "Bleed" them or something like that.
+Lucius Fox A lightsaber's crystal cannot be altered .Hence Anakin using his blue lightsaber during his serve to the light as he did not have enough time to find a red crystal to make a new lightsaber .After battling obi wan and losing his blue lightsaber on the planet,he then made a new one and turned to none other than vader
Well in new canon, a lightsaber crystal colour is suppose to represent the owner. So after the conforntation with Mace anakin's lightsaber should of been red.
It gets better when you consider the grand inquisitor was the one who willingly betrayed the order and killed all of the guards letting Darth Vader and the 501st kill all of the younglings. If he had stayed loyal to the Jedi however these words would have been the last ones he would have said as a Jedi to the pad swans and younglings.
Um, Pong Krell was dual wielding a pair of these weapons long before these guys here =/ And in Clone Wars, the temple guards just had double bladed lightsabers with oversized handles =/
There is no such thing as too late to find redemption. Or to find a certain kind of peace after death. Like the leaves that fall before winter, they shall blossom anew and strong in spring - light and dark, both will rise and fall; a cycle of life and death. It is through rejection and acceptance, love and hate, joy and sorrow, happiness and sorrow - we find what life is truly about
Samuronite Wars To study the words of ancients long past, to be able to see the judgment and reasons behind the words of action and inaction; some say it is the study which unlocks the wisdom which blinded those who did not heed them - but perhaps they were mere simple words they said in passing yet we only look upon with awe in the present. As much as I enjoy the compliment, I'd rather not drown myself in books and finding the hidden meaning of my peers left behind - rather I like to see and understand when they come to me, while creating my own words So that those who follow will and be able to understand and find their own path through choice
what I love about this is the unique way the grand inquisitor displays Makashi. Although not directly using the single hand, he uses both for heavier strikes to push through Kanan's form 3 defence. Altogether a true display of mastery
You know, I've watched TCW and Rebels through twice now, and I have to say the more I watch Rebels, the more it equals TCW; some of these episodes are as good as Star Wars gets.
So, rewatching this (multiple times), I can't help but think of one thing: when Kaanan grabbed the red lightsaber, was that for symbolic purposes, or just one of those "eh, just a red lightsaber"?
I think it shows that Kanan is the light side while Ezra is the dark side, he can try to wield both effectively but will eventually fall because of his attachment
Symbolic, when the guard was taunting him, he was probably going towards the darkside, when he accepted it's true, he cannot accept the fact he cannot protect his padawan forever. He accepted that, and there for, defeated, or suppresed the dark side even more.
It's to symbolise that overzealously protecting something leads to dramatic catastrophes. Like Anakin and Padme, she died because of Anakin. The red and blue symbolises balance, when Kanan falls down he only wields red. He realises how he was going to keep fighting irrationally, using his fears as fuel. So like how Luke clenches his fist after confronting Vader in ROTJ, Kanan realises that he would be acting for non-noble causes by retaliating. When the ghost-knights come to kill him, it shows that Kanan is embracing his Jedi nature, but more importantly demonstrating that he is fearful for his protégé. This honesty gets grief off of his chest, and enables him to think more clearly. Basically not acting simply on the "red" negative emotions, but rather on a balance of "blue" positive and a healthy dose of "bad" to keep him on the sane path. His retraction of his lightsabers at the end, shows his awareness of the test but also of self. Making the guard spare him, acknowledging that while "light" and "dark" are at odds, knowledge of balance and of potential failure can lead to rational decisions, rather than being lead blindly through a path simply by fear or submission to threats.
The animation style of Rebels isn't my favorite (especially the first season looks rough), but the art direction was absolutely amazing with some really creative designs. Nowadays I think of Rebels more as a prequel to the OT (especially the lighter tone of ANH) than as a sequel to CW
Because they were all probably illusions anyways. I think Kanan realized that when he saw the Grand Inquisitor, considering he watched him jump into a reactor and get disintegrated.
I know that but they can still train lost Jedi and don't give me that will of the force bullshit because it show how much these guys have no major roles that will effect much in the Star Wars movies
It's the in-between. How everything came to be. Yea it doesn't affect what happens, but it shows how it all came to be. It's everything Lucas tried to do with the Prequels but failed.
if he wants to accidentally kill himself then yes. Training in double bladed lightsabers was non existant in the jedi order, and kanen was barely trained.
@@Vermillicent what? Rebels came out first. Not to mention that this is a Force Vision, not a projectin. Everything in here feels real and could actually kill Kanan. So technically, The Last Jedi is being inaccurate. Which isn't anything new
This experience was Kanan's Test. During his first visit, Yoda ribbed him about being a "master". That implicitly revealed Kanan's status as a Padawan, and it identified his key insecurity regarding his ability to train Ezra. During the test, he is once again challenged regarding this point. He came seeking knowledge, but when challenged by the Temple Guard he overcomes this by stating "I learned enough." Then he was able to accept the possibility he might fail, but acknowledge he was doing his best. He was the Knighted by the Echo of the Guard in accordance with the Will of the Force.
The entire vision was Yoda helping Kanan. By this point, the real Grand Inquisitor is dead, and later, Vader uses Sith sorcery to trap his spirit in continued servitude.
Everyone has their own interpretation of this moment. I for one, not surprised about how much he loves Ezra. This is a Jedi Trial, he most let go of his fears and his biggest fear is that not only will he fail but he will fail Ezra and Ezra might turn to the dark side. By forgiving himself (for Ezra), admitting he is doing the best he can (for Ezra), and learning to trust in Ezra , he can finally let go of his fears and be a true Jedi. Thats the true path to being a Jedi, to let go of your fears, even for those you love. It doesnt mean you stop loving them but rejoice in their existence. But why Ezra and not the rest of the squad... His attachment to Ezra is the most sincere and purest of all. Ezra is just a boy, a boy who has struggled for a long time, and seeking justice and a righteous path. Same as Kanan himself. The force has guided that boy to Kanan and Kanan doesnt believe he can be the best for Ezra. Kanans doubts cloud his ability as a Jedi Knight, and thats what is being tested. Thats his Jedi Trial.
I love the scene at the end. Look how calm and organized the temple guards are when closing in on the Inquisitors. Few of them strike to disrupt the blade-spins and then they stab. Imagine training this, they really would have to trust each other to succeed with this strategy.
depends on your preference because both got their pros and cons. Double bladed sabers are limiting to a degree and make some moves impossible to do as well as a lack of reach but can be strong if yo know how to use them. dual welding has more choices and range but lack strength two handed grips have and its easy to disarm some one using them (unless you got two thumbs)
but you really don't need strength. if I touch you with one of these you get hurt [badly]. so anyone using more than one of these is at a huge boost in a fight
Cristy K Strength actually does matter when using a lightsaber For starters if you have pitiful power behind your swing's not only are they easy to deflect they can also be blocked by opponents wearing armor Power is also essential whenever you are in a blade lock otherwise you are at a high risk of being disarmed this is why opponents like Grevious Anakin and savage are so dangerous to guy's like dooku and ventress
3:54 That looks like the happiest, and most at peace, GI has ever been with himself. That is the look of someone with a crystal-clear conscience. Someone who'se righted all their wrongs 100x over. Someone who is truely ready to die happy. The look of complete redemption
Imagine if we got a scene similar to this in the sequels with Ben Solo having a vision of Darth Vader and then the force ghost of Anakin knights him saying "You are now what I once was. A knight of the Jedi Order".
+S-class Mystogan well they did do their job when the temple was raided. The guards were effectively protecting padawans and younglings. What made them fall apart was when Anakin killed the leader of the guard, who was the last Jedi master at the temple, and when he died a lot of guardsmen morale was shattered. After that they began to smuggle out as many younglings and padawans they could. They basically used the remaining Jedi in the temple as a distraction to sneak away with as many people as possible, in hope that the order could be rebuilt with the ones the saved and any survivors of order 66, but as we know (so far), that didn't happen
Keep in mind these Guards were so devoted, they had to give up their entire identity and let go of any possible attachment, even forget their own name, the fact that Kanan held his own against one of them shows you that he isn't a push over
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man if greivous was there he would scoop those lightsaber
like icecream
Finally, a comment on that
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Imagine him gleefully bouncing around like a child. Going crazy over all the fine options he has.
Greivous when he sees all the lightsabers: MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE MINE!
Another lightsaber to my collection
Kanan: "I came for knowledge"
also Kanan: "I learned enough!"
Grand Inquisitor: "I think not."
Also Grand Inquisitor: *litterally dies to him*
Perhaps a sort of "screw you" kind of thing
learned enough to be a Jedi, which isn't the knowledge he was seeking.
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Temple Guard: "You will never strong enough to protect your pupil"
Kanan: *lost both eyes by Maul*
R.I.P. Kanan’s pupils
But then the force restores his vision and he dies afterwards
True true
This is a next level joke
Local blind space wizard killing 17 soldiers in 1 room because a pale alien kept talking about the 1 kid he was supposed to protect.
The Grand Inquisitor as a good guy just feels right. I can’t explain why. He seemed very heroic in this scene. I know in comics they assassinated his character by having him defect before order 66 and now is a dark side spirit haunting somewhere but here in his uniform he looks stoic and the simple notion to delay the approaching evil for Kanan to escape... that’s enough for me to see him redeemed
I actually interpreted this as a redemption arc sort of thing. Glad I’m not the only one!
Is having him defect before Order 66 not logical though? Otherwise I doubt the clones would have spared a Jedi temple guard for any reason. I don't know how it's done because I haven't read that comic, but I do have the one where he's a dark side spirit haunting a High Republic Jedi outpost. I personally thought it was good, it made me feel sorry for the Grand Inquisitor and delivered on his line "there are some things far more frightening than death"
Bariss Offee got into his head before order 66. He was one of the guards that brought her in before she made her, "Jedi R bad Reee." speech. It made him start questioning things.
It’s not actually him it’s a vision by yoda
@@omarbaba9892 what how do you know this and I prefer it being him
Before Vader bounded his spirit to that dumb temple arc
"By the right of the council, by the will of the Force."
I'm so glad they kept that from the 2D Clone Wars series.
Ah, a man of culture.
there is no council
@@redbepis4600 not anymore yet it still lives
@@spacecorpse3212 Well in theory at least three of the members are still alive at this time. Two of them are still Jedi and one of them is the grandmaster.
@@flamerunnerreviews1163 who's the third member besides yoda and kenobi?
*Holds his saber 1 inch from kanans head*
*Kanan: accidentally lifts his head up*
r/CursedComments
@@justaguy7020 r/ihavereddit
Directed By Robert D Weide
SCP-1471 ok zoomer
Jajaja
Kanan: What does this mean?
Temple guard: You are on this Council, but we do not grant you the rank of Master.
jesus Zuniga take a seat young Skywalker
@@nathanielredillo5548 no..is not fair..
Nathaniel _ Redillo *young Jarrus
And that's how he murdered everyone to save Hera from nothing, only to force choke her later. Then he'll get some nice armor.
Well really they didnt make kanan a master, hes just finally a knight
“The temple is falling. Go, I will delay the enemy.”
Such a raw line
I was watching this exact line and then immediately saw your comment lol
Espicslly since that’s probably the line he would have said if he didn’t join the dark side and stayed a Jedi when Order 66 happened
@@JR-bf8su indeed thats proably what the Temple guard all said or felt
@@unchz SAME LMAO
@@historytank5673 as much as I would like that, it’s now confirmed that the visions Kanan Ezra and Ahsoka had were all made by Yoda on Dagobah. He helped many Jedi through the force during his exile and used the memory of the Temple guard turned Grand Inquisitor to help Kanan. The actual guard turned to the dark side a little before the purge
*”The Temple is falling. Go, I will delay the enemy.”* - Grand Inquisitor, Temple Guard
He said that while I was reading this comment
Would fit well during order 66
@@joaomiguelmoreira6363 even though he killed the other Temple Guards
@@ErrorNumber404 It is what he had to say then, but he only did that now
His real name is Rakesh Thanos
For me, I always saw this scene as a metaphor. The temple guards represented the old ways of the Jedi, before the Empire. They feared the dark side and that was what led to their failure. Kanan represented the new generation of Jedi. He never fully completed his training, yet he is still a powerful Jedi. He has feelings for Hera and is more of a father to Ezra than his master, whereas the Jedi suppressed these emotions and feelings.
It seemed to be a thing as the order ended and in the new one. Obi-Wan had feelings for Satine, Anakin of course married, and even Luke wasn't against romantic relationships for Jedi in his New Order.
And that’s why he’s my favourite character in rebels
The Jedi are about suppressing emotions where as the Sith are about using them to power their abilties with the force. Both sides are equally just as bad as each other as the Jedi have carried out genocides they simply deemed necessary such as the one on Geonosis. It's kind of questionable since all sides in a conflict will always argue that it was necessary to do what was needed to win, especially if they won. Other times, the Jedi have had enough power to influence events for the better and do nothing, this was a major part of the story in The Old Republic and actually created more issues than it solved. You can actually see this being a huge problem in the movies since the Jedi aren't really known about that much to the general population and it's pretty clear that criminal gangs, slavers, and wars raged on in Jedi rule to the extent of affecting Anakin Skywalker, leading to him turning into Darth Vader. The Jedi only cared about being in control above the Sith rather than being enforcers of the law.
Star Wars makes this a reoccurring theme and it's not that subtle.
"They feared the dark side and that was what led to their failure." actually this is not true.. the fact that they did not belive that the sith came back and they are behind everything (when Dooku literaly warned them) led to their failure.. I would even go further and say that Yoda's and Windu's ignorance led to the fall of the jedi order.. they did not even need Anakin, Sidious needed the clone army cause he knew even if he is the most powerful being in the universe he can't fight alone 10000 jedi especially that he was affraid of Yoda's powers
@@marco002 I'd argue the other side. It is very clear that well before the end they are more than aware the Sith have returned even beyond Dooku, they simply did not know where to find him. The Jedi fail because of their fear. They express routinely and repeatedly a fundamental belief that touching or even knowing about the dark side AT ALL is inherently corrupting. They TEACH this concept to their students. Anakin is told that if he uses the dark side it will consume him and there is no going back. Knowledge of the Sith and their ways are actively suppressed out of concern that it will lead to the corruption of Jedi. THAT is fear, even if the people experiencing it do not acknowledge what is happening to them. That means that any ignorance they may suffer from itself grows out of fear. They are afraid of the dark side and in turn infect their students with that fear. And when those students slip, even slightly, they believe themselves doomed and fall entirely out of that same fear. It is what ultimately dooms Anakin. The more he fears for Padme the more he becomes convinced that he is falling. And when he finally, for a brief moment, gives in and acts on those emotions to stop Mace Windu he assumes he is irreversibly lost and gives in entirely. Luke, Ezra, Kanan, Ahsoka (through her time outside the order), and Rey all either do not learn this lesson or do not truly have time to internalize it and each is able to touch the dark side and return from it BECAUSE THEY DO NOT FEAR IT THE SAME WAY. Yoda, Mace, even Obi-Wan are all corrupted themselves by their own fears of what the dark side is and how they believe it irreversibly corrupts.
"Where can I get one of those cool Temple Guard helmets?"
"Oh. It'll find its way to you."
"Will I see it coming?"
"...No."
Dark....and back to our usual greeting....
I seen you somewhere before....but where !?!??!?!?!!??!!?!??!!??!!??!
Wait it’s you
Ah... we meet again old friend...
No please stop
Why is he here
Superb writing. The Grand Inquisitor, who killed himself out of fear, teaching Kanan to let go of the fear of failure and to teach Ezra to the best of the abilities and not constantly fear losing him to the dark side. People write this show off as kiddy but at times it’s peak Star Wars
Just like parents: they give you all the tools and knowledge you need, whether you survive and thrive or not, it’s up to you
@Doctah Wahwee it also has time travel a forced (pun intended) and convoluted excuse for Filoni to bring his OC character from the prequels to post return of the jedi
Agreed. It's action and several emotional scenes suffered hard from disneyfication but there are genuinely good bits to it that really capture what star wars is
@doctahwahwee2237 I was once one of those haters that hated the animation and the fact that it wasn't clone wars... until I gave it a shot like you said. It made me love it just as much as I love Clone Wars (maybe not as much because of nostalgia, tho). The story totally peaks after the first and specially at the end of season 2 tho, and goes hard with bangers all the way from seasons 3 and 4.
The two parter where Maul first appears as well as his fight with Obi-Wan are definitely my favorites. Also love that memorable line of his. “KENOBIIIIIII!”
grand inquisitor... we did not expect you!!
NO ONE EXPECTS THE GRAND INQUISITOR!!!
+Levi Karkiainen Nice reference!
I don't think I get the reference.
Phoenix Prime
it's a Monty Python reference to the skit The Spanish Inquisition.
aderose Ohhhh, okay.... Thx!
But Did you Expect That I Already Expected This Because Of youtube Theory
You can actually see Kanan was about to grab that doubled bladed lightsaber, but the red one somehow called to him
His dark side was calling to him...
He's shocked when it lights up red and he gives it a second glance a little later on before he strikes with it. LOL I'm sure i'd be the same way in his shoes.
to me it just seemed like he was trying to grab one while keeping his eyes on the enemy and used the force to grab the closest one, i think any of the ones he grabbed would have been red
It's meant to represent Erza's state and possible future.
@@TheDaxter11 The dark side is meant to be the easier path, which is why he grabbed the one closest to him.
3:52 imagine the amount of questions and fear the 2 Inquisitors had when they were being surrounded by Temple Guards
Yeah and can we talk about how they should be dead, unless they did die to them or something.... idk
@@stephenthompson4912 think they were just force projections made by the force of the temple there are no bodies when you look later.
Alright guys, I get it, I’m a dumbass, but I know now
@@stephenthompson4912
You’re not a dumbass.
It was a legitimate question and/or observation.
@@adamrobertson4058......, thank you mate
I like the symbolism of Kanan switching his primary lightsaber from blue to red when he has both. He switches from defending his padawan, to attacking the guards in anger. Its a nice detail a lot of people don't notice.
I thought it was to symbolize he was attacking “good” characters
I Interpreted it as him being a grey jedi, not bound by the light or the dark side, but being in the middle of it, balancing his life on this,like qui gon, and even anakin, altough anakin failed due to fear. Thats the way the jedi should be.
@Mister Majestic bad take
I more noticed that the red lightsaber called to Kanen. He was a about to reach the ones below it
Really hits different after the events of the Bad Batch premiere!😥
I don’t think anyone is appreciating how the Grand Inquisitor spun his pike like that and turned it on
I'm more concerned about the fact that this before the Rise of Skywalker trailer with Rey's double blade 😐
Charles DD why.. why does that concern you?
Pong Krell’s lightsaber does the same thing in The Clone Wars
It's almost as if it was an idea put to and approved by Lucas, and all the people bitching about 'Disney doing dumb shit'... were wrong!
What a surprise.
@@Jokie155 Difference is that it's never activated in that state, it's just a way to store it more compactly. Even when he only used one of the blades it was folded out, because it's completely impractical to use it in its folded state.
3:50 - "You chose the wrong temple, fool"
Kanan?Ooooo my dog!
Chill chill
Those Temple-Guards are such _bad*sses…_
Grand Inquisitor, it's me, 5B, chill, chill!
I still play san andreas on my phone : ))
I like to believe that that was the real Grand Inquisitor as a force spirit. I like to believe in redemption.
i am pretty sure he used to be a temple guard. thatd be dope to see the scene we never got in revenge where anakin kills all but one temple guard who swore himself to the darkside ad vader. and then maybe see his struggle as a character in a comic or something thatd be kool
Ray Martinez Maybe we will See him in the new clone wars season
@@communitylo3313 thatd be super dope
@@communitylo3313 who knows maybe he already was what about Ahsoka's trial? maybe he was present during said trial lol-
Hi :)
Can we just appreciate how fast Kanan switch on to protective dad mode when the temple guards talked about Ezra? It’s moments like this where I really love and appreciate their bond and they care they have for each other.
Was also epic how this was seen as a trial for him since he worries about danger, even from within ezra. Then he learns he just has to accept that he can't always be there for ezra, but at the least teach him everything he could before he's no longer with him, deep with how the series progressed.
Protective uncle/big bro*
"By the right of the council"
"By the will of the force"
"Cal Kestis"
"Rise Jedi knight"
That part of my new favorite star wars game gave me chills!
@alvi syahri no.
@@Andrew-jo5po You obviously haven't played jedi fallen order
@@Noble0563 dont expect anyone to buy a EA star wars game
@@azka7804 Except Jedi fallen order was a good game that broke a lot of sales records so obviously a lot of people bought it bud
@@azka7804 And it has basically no microtransactions besides some skins...
It’s actually satisfying seeing the Grand Inquisitor as a servant of the light, rather than the dark.
Edit: I know he died dark. I just mean I’m happy seeing him on the light side.
Edit 2: I haven’t seen Rebels in years, and I’m only at the beginning of S2 of The Clone Wars. Cut me a little slack please.
He WAS a servant of the light. He died a servant of the dark
You obviously don’t understand what I said.
@@PikaveeT my bad then
Sorry for seeming rude about that previous reply btw
@@PikaveeT eh it's to be expected
According to the lore, all the Inquisitors are fallen jedi.
Antarctica not the grand inquisitior he was a temple gaurd
edit: oh thanks for the answers lmao so basically a temple gaurd is just a jedi(any rank) who was randomly selected to be a temple gaurd and after order 66 they were turned into inquisitors.(although some believe grand inquisitor was already turned before the order)
†JΔE † what Antarctica means is that the inquisitors were members of the jedi order and have fallen to the dark side.
The 2nd sister was a padawan, so apprentices can be inquisitors too.
†JΔE † Temple Guards are Jedi too
Temple guards are jedi, jedi sentinels.
3:22 _“It means you are what I once was, a Knight of The Jedi Order…”_
*FUCKING GOOSEBUMPS*
lol.
“Man the lightsabers are so thin”
*”Nevermind the Temple Guardian saber is thinner”*
Mr Hippo That’s because it’s a throwback to McQuarrie’s original design.
I’ll be honest the thin sabres kinda suit the temple guards
I see it as a more complex artistic design; kind of representing how efficient the weapon is, it also gives off a more “reserved” & “clean” aesthetic.
@Valentin de las Carreras nope, the original concept art of a lightsaber was thin, so they decided to use it for the show, and the vader design was also concept art, so they used it for the show as well, alot of things look weird in this show because they wanted to use the first ever designs of stuff instead of how they already looked like for the final, they decided to use the show to try them out.
@@diizzy Too bad they suck ass
Grand Inquisitor: “You are what I once was...A knight of the Jedi Order(!)”
Me: *renders a salute with tears running down my cheeks*
If you cried after you watched Kanan's death, you are a TRUE Star Wars fan.
None of us knows how we will react to darkness. Do we embrace it? Repel it and become enveloped in the light? Until we come to that path. Only fair knows the outcome of that final choice.
That scene was so deep for me!
1:17 most badass thing I've ever seen
Star wars butterfly knife
@@marianmolinogalan3256 That moment when you get backstabbed by a lightsaber
DarkWinter0115 a guy walking?
zae figure it out
Also: one of the coolest sounds, I've ever heard.
And it's just great to see the folding double bladed lightsaber done right before Rise of Skywalker managed to mess that up too.
One of the many things I love about this scene is after the Temple Guard mentions that Ezra will fall to the Dark Side. And at 1:10 when Kanan answers back with “What are you talking about.” There’s a little deep growl at the end of his sentence, and the reason why I love that so much is because that is the _exact_ tone of voice ANY parent would use when someone threatens their child.
This further shows how deep Kanan cared about Ezra and I love it so much
Rule number 1 of Star Wars adopted family relationships: DO NOT THREATEN THE CHILD. The parent can and will destroy you.
See: Din Jarin, Kanan, Anakin, Obi-wan, and a lot of clones.
I was going to post a comment almost exactly like this if I didn’t see a comment like this. I really want a Star Wars Rebels movie with Ezra AND Kanan. These two have gotta be my favorite duo in the Star Wars universe.
@@minisarge2619you forgot grievous. (The true grievous from 2003 not the one from 2005/2008)
@@minisarge2619 ESPECIALLY Anakin Skywalker lol. If anyone DARED to come near Ahsoka with ill intent just...pray. Just start praying lol. Fox was lucky Anakin had bigger concerns after not allowing him to see her. "Let. Me. IN." bone chilling.
What Kanan did here is what Anakin never did - relinquish control over other people's fate and surrender to the not knowing.
This is the hallmark of a true Jedi.
+brav0wing Awesome observation. That's what they mean about relinquishing attachment to others; not that you don't care for people, but that you can't stop them from following their own path.
Stephen Jackson True, but the Jedi took this to extremes, as in no marriage, no romantic relationships.
The Jedi believed that once emotionally attached, all Jedi would eventually try to control other people's fate and the future, the irony was that by implementing the law of no romantic endeavours, they did the same thing, they controlled the future and other people's fates.
+brav0wing Precisely. Well said.
+brav0wing actually, they forbade romantic relationships because it was liable to tempt a Jedi to use the Force for selfish reasons.
+The HaChiMaKi No shit Sherlock, in my response to Stephen Jackson I said the same thing. :))
"Stand aside the boy must be eliminated before he embraces the darkness"
Gives me the chills
Yes!
1:44 PM
12/14/2019
Happy John Why did you tell us what day and year
vsauces dong and the time it was posted
And it actually happens
Man if Kanan had lifted his head a few seconds earlier when the Temple Guard was knighting him, that would have been over quick.
Mr Winkle *lifting head* “what you say.... aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh.....” 😂😂😂
Temple Guard : oops ..
the credits kick in
Grand Inquisitor: Well. That wasn't supposed to happen.
"It means you are what I once was, A knight of the Jedi Order." So epic was this sentence.
"The temple is falling , go I will delay the enemy" perfect words chosen for a (former) temple guard. this could have been a phrase / his last words if he would have protected the jedi temple / doing his duty... the grand inquisitor was an amazing character, sad they killed him so early and made him lose that dumb
Did you call Kanan dumb? And if you read the comics, Vader brought him back to life. That’s what he was talking about. “There are things FAR more frightening than death”
@@uniform1901 no, I called the way TGI died dumb, not Kanan. I mean he beat jo Costa (surely spelled that wrong but u know who I mean) and was a very skilled lightsaber duelist and a former temple guard.. to die that way was a bit cheap imo. And I heard about the comic but didn't that release after rebels? Not sure here.
@@Vuel79 I’m not trying to undermine Jo Casta but considering that a bounty hunter managed to knock her out in the Clone Wars with their bare hands... I wouldn’t call defeating her much of an accomplishment.
This temple yummy so I'll eat it
Yes. I wish he could live longer. I liked him more than any inquisitor.
My Reaction To The Grand Inquisitor: NO...THATS NOT TRUE!!!! THATS IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!
+LegitSniper Why? I like the idea that he was once good.
+Phil Bolton *facepalm* you've never seen Empire Strikes Back have you?
same
+Jaeho Lee i dont get it
I was like Whaaat thee f*ck?!!!
Love how he was like, "Oh come on its *red*! Really? Agh fine"
What was a red saber doing at the temple anyway?
@@just_a_tepig3611 I like to think it's more of a reflection of what's going on in Kanan. The temple is testing him so they put that saber there to see what he does.
I love how Kanan and the Grand Inquisitor hold their lightsabers up in a gesture of respect to each other at 1:30. It's a callback to their final duel from season 1 and is just a really nice touch.
There's also another callback to their final duel at 2:34 the guard does the same bicycle kick the Inquisitor did to Kanan.
Love the Makashi Salute
It's been years since I've seen this scene but it has stuck with me all that time. I am paralyzed in the fear of faliure. The idea that I will make the wrong decisions, say the wrong things, or talk to the wrong people. Even to the point of making no decisions at all. Then I remember this scene and I am reminded of the fact that I can't do everything perfect, maybe not even good. But I can do my best, I don't know why but there is something powerful about that idea. I'm not sure why I'm writing, I highly doubt anyone will read it, maybe to say thank you to whoever made this scene.
no name R I feel you.
Quite inspirational, actually.
Many people try to find answers to combat or just to live with aspects of their life like this one - you succeeded to find your answer. I salute that.
Worth watching this, from another sci-fi show. th-cam.com/video/t4A-Ml8YHyM/w-d-xo.html
Whenever someone writes something this deep, the question of why is usually moot because they HAD to write it. Like, on a spiritual level. Like it'd crush your soul if you didn't get this off your chest. I've been there. Hope putting it out there for us to read helped you as much as it helped us.
it is funny how Kanan was only a padawan in the star wars: rebels.
The all mighty Teddy Bear I think they should’ve give him more credits. For example his blindness,suffering and experience could make him stronger. I thought that when he got blind he was going to be a super sword skilled, wise Jedi master (you know cuz you see different things when you’re blind, so they say)
@@diegolopez000 They went with the Rahm Kota route
@@mikeoxmaul45 IKR
@@mikeoxmaul45 Well Ezra was inspired by Starkiller so makes sense that Kanan was inspired off Kota
Lol
This shows that the grand Inquisitor was truly a deadly adversary, far more than kanan could bare. Seeing how he couldnt beat him in this vision.
Dread Dark I hated the Inquisitor during season 1 and I was confused about his death, then when I was this episode I actually started liking his character
I think in terms of duelling Prowess, Kanan and the Grand Inquisitor was about equal. Bear in mind the Grand Inquisitor probably had more training the Kanan and Kanan for around half his life was left to learn on his own. The reason Kanan beat him in season 1 was not necessarily because Kanan was a better duellist, but because he saw through the intimidation tactics the Grand Inquisitor employed to make his opponents fear him, including his spinning Lightsaber blades. Ultimately, the Grand Inquisitor was taken aback by Kanan's sudden show of strength and wasn't given time to recover.
Jon Arbuckle “if you are to succeed in combat against the best of the Jedi you must have fear surprise and intimidation on your side for if any one element is lacking it would be best for you to retreat”-count dooku teaching general grievous during the clone wars
@@Rocmax417 very wise my apprentice
Any 3 v 1 fight is going to be virtually impossible to win unless you are the best duelist in the galaxy or some shit. You haven't been in many bar fights, I see.
Many fans missed this:
In 3:21, the Grand Inquisitor said "it means you are what I once was, a knight of the jedi order" and if you didn't know the Grand was a jedi knight before he became a temple guard, which means Kanan at that exact moment is now a jedi knight, that's why he looked surprised. In order to transform from being a padawan to a knight doesn't only mean training, training isn't everything, being wiser and having good judgement plays a bigger role. All the situations he went through leaded up to that moment where he get his final test, and he passed the test, thus he is finally ready to become a knight. Filoni is really knowledgeable, or as Ming-Na Wen put it: a walking wikipedia of star wars
Temple guards technically are still Jedi Knights, they just are granted kinda special rank within the order.
never watched until recently, I like how Cere uses this knighting ceremony on Cal once he's ready in fallen order
@@krombabulusmichael it actually came from the 2D Clone Wars microseries
"Filoni is really knowledgeable, or as Ming-Na Wen put it: a walking wikipedia of star wars" if that is true it only means worse for him, as it shows how little respect he pays it given the way he treated non-movie canon when making the clone wars series. Which doesn't mean that he can occasionally make great stuff, like this scene, of course, but still
anyone notice Mace Windu lightsaber on the wall?
There were many little Easter eggs in that scene like plo koons and kiadi mundis. The lightsaber kanan picked up was even one of the ones sidious used in TCW.
he means the lightsaber has the same model as Sidious'
ik they just used the base model
Shu Ouma19 where?
Shu Ouma19 nvrmind
"Go, I will delay the enemy!"
Probably these were his last words as jedi, a temple guard, standing in the face of legions of clone troopers, until he was finally defeated and tortured into submission.
edit: I have learned that his canon backstory is that he betrayed the Order before Order 66. This scene would be more relatable however, if he was actually forced into submission. It seems Fallen Order agrees with me, as the Second Sister is someone who wasn't a temple guard but a padawan tortured to be an inquisitor, and even had a redemption story.
According to wookipedia, he voluntarily joined the dark side just before order 66 occurred.
Gasssolo He was the guard that was present at Ashoka's trial when she was accused of the Jedi Temple bombing. After that he grew disillusioned with the Jedi Order.
He was one of the guards that accompanied Barriss to the trial
(Onemai) Vara Pachimsawat yes readthe vader 2017 comic
Inquisitor: A Star Wars Story
2:08 *General Grevous wants to know your location*
After rewatching this a hundred times I finally understand, the grand inquisitor said "I will delay the enemy" not "I will eliminate the enemy" Because afterall they weren't real, they were just a part of the temple and the visions that follow it, like Ahsoka said "these temples can be tricky" and with our vast knowledge we know many many things can appear inside them, so what happened was the temple guards appeared to the inquisitors but weren't actually there so they didn't end up dying or anything, just like the grand inquisitor said, delaying the enemy, which is why the inquisitors were still alive after this, what a great scene
Oh Kanan, that's not how you throw a lightsaber.
I noticed that kanan used a red lightsaber
Susan Mullins Yeah, he questioned it through his facial expressions, but just said "fuck it, it's a light saber"
President Clint
Hahaha
Apprentice**
@A loud Italian Isn't Kanan a Jedi Knight?
1:20 that flip of the lightsaber gives me chills every time
Kanan entered the fog to fight the boss. Dark souls confirmed part of Star Wars
+WhisperedFlame Praise the sun.
+WhisperedFlame and now it's canon too!!! XD
+WhisperedFlame you mean the semen wall?
1:20 ive always loved how cool and badass that lightsaber ignition was
Yeh that s pretty badass
Totally was
@@jacobrose1913 like a Bailsong sword.😅
Honestly looks and feels like a butterfly knife but as a lightsaber
I also found it cool because of 3 things
-it’s a rare color
-it’s double bladed
-it’s a Swiss army saber
Dude, I just realized that the guards use folding sabres like the one seen in the new trailer. Except this one is cooler because it opens up much faster and with proper technique.
It's different, these folding ones are for ease of transport
Pong Krell also used folding double-bladed lightsabers in The Clone Wars
@@cassius_at And Slaughtered members of the 501sr and 212th
funny how i read this as soon as i see it
Goes to show that he was probably the most skilled guard at the time and why he was chosen as the grand inquisitor
2:23 look how Kanan takes a look to the red lightsaber, he’s like “red is not my color “
Kenobi reference, good
@Prod. Toni Awe indeed
Its also a subtle hint about the dark side, what the temple guard is telling Kanan about; that no matter what he does, his apprentice might still fall to it. His acceptance of that, is what leads to his enlightenment and hence passing the Trial Of Spirit.
No, he’s not like that.
I've come for.....KNAWLEDGE...also here in my temple withe my brand new speeder...fun to ride around the Plains of lothal
niccceeee
roflmao
KNOWLEDGE (Tai Lopez xD)
Here in my tenple,just bought this new lightsaber. Fun to drive in the Death star. But do you know what I like more than materialistic things? The force.....
+stormsasuke Force lighting*
look on how the middle Temple guards is holding the lightsaber at 2:45
3:55 is one of the coolest scenes in Rebels
By the right of the council *puts blade on right shoulder*
Me:*satisfied immensely*
2:02 Come on Kanan, thats not how you throw a lightsaber!
+Petter Söderberg Its canon now lol
+Tac Son (Jackie Nam) Darth Vader did it in the original trilogy...
Vincent McCloskey He threw it like a boomerang and Kanan threw it like a clumsy grandma.
+Tac Son (Jackie Nam) No he threw it that way
+Petter Söderberg He threw it like it was some sort of Shuriken, he got caught up in the Ninja training atmosphere
When Luke finds the Grand Inquisitor:
Luke: What rock were you living under to not know that the Empire has fallen?
Grand Inquisitor: A big one on Lothal.
How Kanan Jaren passed,
The trial of Skill surviving order 66
The trial of courage facing the grand inquisitor head on,
The trial of flesh induring torture
The trial of insight fighting his true self
The trial of spirit serving the force
Perhaps it was more of humility when it came to surviving Order 66.
Most of the Jedi often fought and died when Order 66 was activated. Instead, he was forced to swallow his pride and run especially after viewing his teacher's sacrifice to keep him safe. You could see it as a lesson to how the Jedi aren't as powerful as they like to see themselves, especially due to how ignorant they chose to be in many aspects, particularly in the force as well.
You can also argue that perhaps surviving Order 66 was a trial of guilt. Guilt that he wasn't strong enough to save his master. Guilt that the Jedi had become so weak that they let the war happen, partook in it only because the Sith were involved and the Republic said so, and guilt that ultimately, they betrayed their ideals as the so-called warriors of peace and justice.
Kana had one of the best character arc's in star wars. Nearly on par with ahsoka in my book. He was a true jedi an example of what they should have been.
Honestly yes! It's a great redemption arc, BECAUSE its redemption TO himself. Not a switch from evil to good. Through becoming like his master and becoming a father and having a family does he let himself step up, open up and become the best he can be. Some people can only reach their potential for others and not themselves. Not to mention he keeps pushing himself through multiple traumatic experiences and just keeps going. Wish we got more from him, but I knew he was a dead man the moment he outed himself.
I know, right? He is a Jedi in the truest sense, like Ahsoka, Qui-Gon, and Luke.
@@minisarge2619 It is a good point. I didn't like him the first season or so the first time I watched Rebels, as he didn't really seem to act like a Jedi; however he admits he lost his way and refocuses, and hence finds himself, balance and enlightenment, and in the end becomes a true Jedi Knight. Good little arc he has.
"Stand aside. The boy must be eliminated before he embraces the darkness."
And that right there is the crucible of Ezra and Kanan's mutual story arcs. Ezra is clever, daring, and a force prodigy who learns quickly. But once upon a time there was another force prodigy and he was the one who destroyed the Jedi Order.
And if you think about it there are many parallels between Ezra and Anakin. Like Anakin, Ezra lost family that was dear to him, has a quick wit that can find clever solutions to insurmountable problems, and he desperately desires power to protect the ones he cares about. We already know what path one took and it's to be seen if the other will follow in his footsteps.
But Kanan himself is inexperienced and is now faced with the same task Obi-wan had when training Anakin. But while Obi-wan was a full fledged Jedi Master with years of experience before he even became a knight, Kanan has had to piece together his training over years of running and fighting against the Empire. And the ultimate question is: can Kanan succeed where even Obi-wan failed?
Rebels isn't really about the Rebellion or even the Empire. It's a story about redemption. If Kanan succeeds in turning Ezra away from the Dark Side, he will have taken the first steps in redeeming the Jedi Order that failed to protect the Galaxy. And by extension if Ezra succeeds in stepping away from the Dark Side, he will be taking the first steps to becoming the great Jedi Anakin Skywalker could have been.
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RoyalGamer29 Yep. And proud of it.
+Sinapth NERD!
the show is improving alot.
The show is really improving lol
+Papyrus yes it is
+Star Wars Rebels kill more people plz
+Papyrus hopefully it gets good to the point where they actually show heroes die or people being really drunk and stuff you know stuff from the clone wars.
+Stealthyhunter yep
+Stealthyhunter Yeah and not be the average Disney show.
I noticed the Grand Inquistitor, in his temple guard style and using the light side he is definitely a better fighter and seems much stronger.
Not hard to figure out. He was trained during the peak Jedi days.
The Dark side is the quicker, easier path. But it is no stronger than the Light side. So many Jedi and Sith forget this.
Wayta, they're the same in strength
"True power is not in the light or in the dark, it is in the balance between the two".
Darth Revan.
Inquisitors are always restrained for when it comes to their abilities, as Vader trained them to never reach him and Sidious, only to hunt down Jedi under his command, which is ironic since the dark side is supposed to be the side where force users can reach their full potential in a much quicker way, yet the Inquisitors probably would've done much better as Jedi's.
I was honestly hoping for the Grand Inquisitor to actually fight 7th and 5th alone, but it was still an awesome scene nonetheless
Carolus no one likes being jumped
Nekron Cifer. 😂😂😂
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Andrea Rezzani exactly he more powerful then them
It would have been a cool dual.
3:50 "Your swords please"
Legendary Donut “we don’t want to make a mess in front of the other temple guards”
*your memes please*
wow a red light saber in a jedi temple
Lol Gamer_05 Actually in lore natural red crystals were made , but were extremely rare. There was a Jedi who once yielded one in battle but changed because it was seen as a symbol of the Sith.
not anymore, lightsaber colour is based on Jedi's personality in new canon. The crystals turn red when Sith use them because they have to "Bleed" them or something like that.
So how does Anakin's light saber stay blue during most of ep. 3?
+Lucius Fox A lightsaber's crystal cannot be altered .Hence Anakin using his blue lightsaber during his serve to the light as he did not have enough time to find a red crystal to make a new lightsaber .After battling obi wan and losing his blue lightsaber on the planet,he then made a new one and turned to none other than vader
Well in new canon, a lightsaber crystal colour is suppose to represent the owner. So after the conforntation with Mace anakin's lightsaber should of been red.
4:07 yall cant deny that this is a perfect example of being overwhelmed. They stood NO chance lol
"The Temple is falling, go! I will delay the enemy." Probably the best quote I've ever heard
It gets better when you consider the grand inquisitor was the one who willingly betrayed the order and killed all of the guards letting Darth Vader and the 501st kill all of the younglings. If he had stayed loyal to the Jedi however these words would have been the last ones he would have said as a Jedi to the pad swans and younglings.
I like the lightsaber equivalent of the butterfly knife the Grand Inquisitor/Temple guard has.
Yup
+Carl Deaton I want one so bad...
Um, Pong Krell was dual wielding a pair of these weapons long before these guys here =/
And in Clone Wars, the temple guards just had double bladed lightsabers with oversized handles =/
Carl Deaton this type of a light saber was also wielded by a certain fallen jedi that was an asshole towards his soldiers
It's more like a quarterstaff, a butterfly knife is small and doesn't have two blades.
There is no such thing as too late to find redemption. Or to find a certain kind of peace after death. Like the leaves that fall before winter, they shall blossom anew and strong in spring - light and dark, both will rise and fall; a cycle of life and death. It is through rejection and acceptance, love and hate, joy and sorrow, happiness and sorrow - we find what life is truly about
mysticdragonwolf89 That was beautiful.
Have you ever considered philosophy?
Samuronite Wars To study the words of ancients long past, to be able to see the judgment and reasons behind the words of action and inaction; some say it is the study which unlocks the wisdom which blinded those who did not heed them - but perhaps they were mere simple words they said in passing yet we only look upon with awe in the present.
As much as I enjoy the compliment, I'd rather not drown myself in books and finding the hidden meaning of my peers left behind - rather I like to see and understand when they come to me, while creating my own words
So that those who follow will and be able to understand and find their own path through choice
"If your ball is too big for your mouth then it's not your ball."
-Outdated meme
Very poetic. I loved that!
what I love about this is the unique way the grand inquisitor displays Makashi. Although not directly using the single hand, he uses both for heavier strikes to push through Kanan's form 3 defence. Altogether a true display of mastery
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2:22 “Attack Kenobi!”
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Your move
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3:41 Imagine getting startled and accidentally cutting the legs off of the guy next to you
Oof
You know, I've watched TCW and Rebels through twice now, and I have to say the more I watch Rebels, the more it equals TCW; some of these episodes are as good as Star Wars gets.
3:12 - Now imagine if he raised his head a second earlier.
"By the right of the Council, by the will of the.....oh, CRAP! 😨
lol i was thinking the same thing
Oof
Yeah damn.
I love how the Jedi Temple Guard rotates and activates his Double-Bladed Lightsaber at 1:19-1:20. Complete Badass!
So, rewatching this (multiple times), I can't help but think of one thing: when Kaanan grabbed the red lightsaber, was that for symbolic purposes, or just one of those "eh, just a red lightsaber"?
it was said in an interview that a lot of the small things Dave Filoni does for the show are very important so possibly it really is.
I think it shows that Kanan is the light side while Ezra is the dark side, he can try to wield both effectively but will eventually fall because of his attachment
Symbolic, when the guard was taunting him, he was probably going towards the darkside, when he accepted it's true, he cannot accept the fact he cannot protect his padawan forever. He accepted that, and there for, defeated, or suppresed the dark side even more.
I thought it was just for a gag myself, look at the way h looks disgusted when he realizes what he got.
It's to symbolise that overzealously protecting something leads to dramatic catastrophes.
Like Anakin and Padme, she died because of Anakin.
The red and blue symbolises balance, when Kanan falls down he only wields red. He realises how he was going to keep fighting irrationally, using his fears as fuel. So like how Luke clenches his fist after confronting Vader in ROTJ, Kanan realises that he would be acting for non-noble causes by retaliating.
When the ghost-knights come to kill him, it shows that Kanan is embracing his Jedi nature, but more importantly demonstrating that he is fearful for his protégé. This honesty gets grief off of his chest, and enables him to think more clearly. Basically not acting simply on the "red" negative emotions, but rather on a balance of "blue" positive and a healthy dose of "bad" to keep him on the sane path.
His retraction of his lightsabers at the end, shows his awareness of the test but also of self. Making the guard spare him, acknowledging that while "light" and "dark" are at odds, knowledge of balance and of potential failure can lead to rational decisions, rather than being lead blindly through a path simply by fear or submission to threats.
The dojo aesthetic here is amazing. Such a beautiful show.
The animation style of Rebels isn't my favorite (especially the first season looks rough), but the art direction was absolutely amazing with some really creative designs. Nowadays I think of Rebels more as a prequel to the OT (especially the lighter tone of ANH) than as a sequel to CW
Greivous would like to add all those lightsabers to his collection.
1:20 how smooth can you pull Out your lightsaber😂😂
Why not grab as many of the lightsabers on the back wall as you can before leaving?
Because they were all probably illusions anyways. I think Kanan realized that when he saw the Grand Inquisitor, considering he watched him jump into a reactor and get disintegrated.
Really because those light sabers mad contact to those inquisitier light sabers and that comes to wonder why the force can't have dead Jedi train Ezra
Because it was an illusion for the Inquisitor. One made to scare them and give more times to the rebels.
I know that but they can still train lost Jedi and don't give me that will of the force bullshit because it show how much these guys have no major roles that will effect much in the Star Wars movies
It's the in-between. How everything came to be. Yea it doesn't affect what happens, but it shows how it all came to be. It's everything Lucas tried to do with the Prequels but failed.
I've always imagined myself as a Jedi with a yellow lightsaber when I was younger, this episode made me hyped when I saw the yellow lightsabers.
2:15 dammit just move your hand 1 light sabre down and you'll get a good one.
if he wants to accidentally kill himself then yes. Training in double bladed lightsabers was non existant in the jedi order, and kanen was barely trained.
Green Dino co yeah thatd be a bad idea, saberstaffs are dangerous to use even with training, using one without training is bordering on suicidal
Green Dino co hey it's me!
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This sort of gives more precedent to Luke and Kylo' s fight. At least in that it shows a physical fight can happen with a projection.
Except Kylo and Luke's lightsabers never touched sooo if anything rebels is being inaccurate
@@Vermillicent what? Rebels came out first. Not to mention that this is a Force Vision, not a projectin. Everything in here feels real and could actually kill Kanan. So technically, The Last Jedi is being inaccurate. Which isn't anything new
more like Luke in the cave of Dagobah when he sees his fear of becoming Vader in the vision.
I was also going to mention Luke's vision. His saber connected with Vader's and cut his head off. The Force works in mysterious ways.
@@BeazleyStudios because it's a VISION that feels real. not a Force Projection.
This experience was Kanan's Test. During his first visit, Yoda ribbed him about being a "master". That implicitly revealed Kanan's status as a Padawan, and it identified his key insecurity regarding his ability to train Ezra. During the test, he is once again challenged regarding this point. He came seeking knowledge, but when challenged by the Temple Guard he overcomes this by stating "I learned enough." Then he was able to accept the possibility he might fail, but acknowledge he was doing his best. He was the Knighted by the Echo of the Guard in accordance with the Will of the Force.
The entire vision was Yoda helping Kanan. By this point, the real Grand Inquisitor is dead, and later, Vader uses Sith sorcery to trap his spirit in continued servitude.
Everyone has their own interpretation of this moment. I for one, not surprised about how much he loves Ezra. This is a Jedi Trial, he most let go of his fears and his biggest fear is that not only will he fail but he will fail Ezra and Ezra might turn to the dark side. By forgiving himself (for Ezra), admitting he is doing the best he can (for Ezra), and learning to trust in Ezra , he can finally let go of his fears and be a true Jedi. Thats the true path to being a Jedi, to let go of your fears, even for those you love. It doesnt mean you stop loving them but rejoice in their existence.
But why Ezra and not the rest of the squad...
His attachment to Ezra is the most sincere and purest of all. Ezra is just a boy, a boy who has struggled for a long time, and seeking justice and a righteous path. Same as Kanan himself. The force has guided that boy to Kanan and Kanan doesnt believe he can be the best for Ezra. Kanans doubts cloud his ability as a Jedi Knight, and thats what is being tested. Thats his Jedi Trial.
Chad Saber
I love the scene at the end.
Look how calm and organized the temple guards are when closing in on the Inquisitors. Few of them strike to disrupt the blade-spins and then they stab.
Imagine training this, they really would have to trust each other to succeed with this strategy.
I just love the detail how he keeps eyeing the Red Saber uncomfortably, like it feels off just holding it. Which, yeah, makes sense.
Such a badass fight indeed, the choreography is getting faster than I anticipated :)
The plot twist doe
I think we can all admit that the Grand Inquisitor is one of the best characters given to us by Disney
i dont know which is better.
double bladed lightsabers or dual wielding lightsabers
how about dual wielding double blade sabers lol
Ashton Richardson
pong krell wields 2 double bladed light club's one is blue the other is Green
depends on your preference because both got their pros and cons. Double bladed sabers are limiting to a degree and make some moves impossible to do as well as a lack of reach but can be strong if yo know how to use them. dual welding has more choices and range but lack strength two handed grips have and its easy to disarm some one using them (unless you got two thumbs)
but you really don't need strength. if I touch you with one of these you get hurt [badly]. so anyone using more than one of these is at a huge boost in a fight
Cristy K
Strength actually does matter when using a lightsaber
For starters if you have pitiful power behind your swing's not only are they easy to deflect they can also be blocked by opponents wearing armor
Power is also essential whenever you are in a blade lock otherwise you are at a high risk of being disarmed this is why opponents like Grevious Anakin and savage are so dangerous to guy's like dooku and ventress
I love how one of the inquisitors thought that Jedi temple guard was the grand inquisitor
that becuase that was the grand inquisitor just that how he look before falling
Probably cause he wasn’t wearing a mask
It scared the shit out of those two Dark Side Inquisitors
Well, it was the same person, he just had not fallen yet.
@@TheWarmachine375 There must have been a reason why he, in particular, was the Grand Inquisitor. The reason for their fear is probably the same
3:40 when your friend got a girlfriend but you and the other friends don't approve her
When she turns out to be a thot
3:54
That looks like the happiest, and most at peace, GI has ever been with himself.
That is the look of someone with a crystal-clear conscience. Someone who'se righted all their wrongs 100x over.
Someone who is truely ready to die happy.
The look of complete redemption
Imagine if we got a scene similar to this in the sequels with Ben Solo having a vision of Darth Vader and then the force ghost of Anakin knights him saying "You are now what I once was. A knight of the Jedi Order".
What an amazing twist that the Grand Inquisitor was a former Jedi guard. Very interesting
+Thunder-Wing175 this begs the question: how many more temple guards were seduced to the dark side?
The real question is why the hell they didn't they do there jobs. They had literally one job.
+S-class Mystogan because Vader.
S-class Mystogan maybe by that point they were already corrupted
+S-class Mystogan well they did do their job when the temple was raided. The guards were effectively protecting padawans and younglings. What made them fall apart was when Anakin killed the leader of the guard, who was the last Jedi master at the temple, and when he died a lot of guardsmen morale was shattered. After that they began to smuggle out as many younglings and padawans they could. They basically used the remaining Jedi in the temple as a distraction to sneak away with as many people as possible, in hope that the order could be rebuilt with the ones the saved and any survivors of order 66, but as we know (so far), that didn't happen
3:18 that painting seems familiar to the scene where there was the history of the dark saber
It looks like the Coruscant Jedi Temple, though the style is similar for sure.
Wow great catch. You're right, it is indeed the Jedi temple that held the dark saber
i REALLY like this interpretation of the temple guards being like- Paladins guarding a temple
'This the limit of your knowledge?'
'I learned enough to beat you in season 1 bitch'
+Muhammad patel Is it just me or does the Grand Inquisitor seem cooler as well as more skilled as a temple guard?
I agree to bad they couldn't redeem him...
+Zman Games1080p I guess he was a Jedi at heart
3:06 imagine if he dropped his saber, or Kanan moved
*credits roll*
The ghosts of temple guards arising is something awe inspiring. Its like the righteous fury of the light side
Keep in mind these Guards were so devoted, they had to give up their entire identity and let go of any possible attachment, even forget their own name, the fact that Kanan held his own against one of them shows you that he isn't a push over
He didn’t hold his own. He was defeated.
@@zx713 Only when outnumbered.
@@Cailus3542 doesn’t matter. The comment was made he held his own. He did not.