What’s up YouTube?
Prince here at Urban Acolyte TV.
This video is about Star Wars Rebels, so in case you haven’t been watching that series
on Disney XD, you’re going to want to start watching after I’m done with this video.
Okay, so I’m not going to beat around the bush at all— Anthony Breznican, a senior
writer for Entertainment Weekly just tweeted out this picture to go with an article he
just published on Entertainment Weekly with a trailer for the second half of season 2
on Star Wars Rebels.
Now I’m sure you’ve noticed that Ezra is holding a lightsaber with the cross guard
design just like the one Kylo Ren uses in the Force Awakens.
According to the Force Awakens Visual Dictionary, the cross guard design lightsaber is an ancient
design, dating back thousands of years to the Great Scourge of Malachor.
If you listen to the dialogue in the trailer, there are two things that will stick out—
the Jedi are growing stronger, and Ezra is being drawn to the dark side of the Force.
This part is interesting because in my Force Awakens predictions video, I said that I feel
like Ezra will fall to the dark side of the Force and have some kind of connection to
Kylo Ren and the Knights of Ren.
There are several shots of Ezra activating a Sith holocron, and it appears that Ezra,
Kanan, and Ahsoka are inside some kind of structure housing Sith artifacts.
Now we see all kinds of clips where Kanan is confronted by the temple guardians at the
Jedi temple.
Ahsoka is confronted first by Anakin and then by Vader, and we see a shot of Ezra speaking
with a cloaked figure going by the name of “Old Master.”
Now I couldn’t get a good shot of the “Old Master” but it appears to be Darth Maul.
The article said that the last half of season 2 will have all kinds of tie-ins to the Force
Awakens.
People are already buzzing about Ezra meeting the Old Master and if it has any connection
to Supreme Leader Snoke and the Knights of Ren.
This is just me making a speculation—but do you remember how Luke confronts Darth Vader
in the cave on Dagobah during Empire Strikes Back?
I think that when Ezra, Kanan, and Ahsoka go to this Sith temple, Ezra activates something
which causes them all to see visions.
They are basically confronting their worst fears.
I think Kanan is taken back to the Jedi Temple and he has to deal with his own feelings of
inadequacy as a Jedi.
See, Kanan was taken as a Palawan literally days before Order 66 was carried out.
His master died fighting off their clone troopers so that he could escape.
Ashoka’s fear is that Anakin has become Darth Vader…and well, we will just have
to keep watching to see how that one works out for her.
As for Ezra— I think Ezra is in a hurry to become powerful so that he can save his
friends and either find his parents or punish the Empire for their deaths.
If you really think about it—it makes you wonder if the warning against Luke going to
Cloud City to confront Vader and save his friends was because Ezra also was struggling
with the same issue?
I don’t think Ezra really meets the Old Master, Darth Maul, or Supreme Leader Snoke.
What I do think will happen is that from this experience, Ezra will still be drawn to the
dark side of the Force.
Think of it this way— I know of a guy who becomes a world champion bodybuilder.
I think he has 9 consecutive titles for natural bodybuilding.
As it turns out, he wrote in his book that he got into bodybuilding to protect him from
the abuse he faced growing up.
I think Ezra is very similar to my bodybuilding friend.
I think his intentions are good, but he’s chasing power as a coping mechanism to deal
with the loss of his family and his fear of losing his new family.
Remember what Yoda says—fear is the path to the dark side.
fear leads to anger.
Anger leads to hate, and hate leads to suffering.
I think something we will have to watch for as Rebels moves forward up to the point of
Episode IV is if Ezra is affected at all by his encounter with the Old Master.
Personally, I believe that Ezra is going to continue seeking out Jedi and Sith relics
and artifacts.
I think Ezra will have ties to the events in the Force Awakens.
I don’t know if that means him becoming a dark Jedi and being the person who inspires
Kylo Ren to start the Knights of Ren or if Ezra may become a student of Supreme Leader
Snoke— remember that Snoke says to Kylo Ren that he has had other students.
Anyway, I am excited for the second half of Season 2 on Star Wars Rebels.
How about you?
Do you think Ezra will have any connection to Kylo Ren?
Let me know your thoughts down in the comment section below.
Some other things worth noting are that we see a third Inquisitor who will be joining
the hunt for the Rebel Force users.
We see several shots of Princess Leia who will be on next week’s episode if you’re
seeing this video before January 20.
We also will be introduced to Cham Syndulla who is Hera’s father.
If you haven’t read the Dark Lords of the Sith novel, then you really should— I won’t
spoil it for you, but we being to see the start of an official Rebellion on Ryloth when
Cham and his associates attempt to assassinate Darth Vader and the Emperor.
Okay guys, I’m running way behind on my Supreme Leader Snoke video, but I am going
to do my best to get that posted this weekend.
Also, I’m going to start on some videos about Rey—especially my thoughts on her
as we start building up to Episode 8.
I also am going to begin posting videos about Rogue 1 which is coming out in December.
If you have not already seen them, check out this video where John Boyega talks about Finn’s
role in Episode 8, and this video about Finn hearing the screaming coming from Hosnian
Prime before it gets destroyed.
Y’all keep on breathing, and I’ll talk to you another time.
May the Force Be With You.