What’s up YouTube?
This is Urban Acolyte TV, and my name is Prince.
I have a question for you.
Do you think Ezra Bridger will be featured in Episode 8?
Here’s an even bigger question— do you think Ezra Bridger could possibly be Rey’s
father?
You’re probably thinking, “Prince, where did you come up with all this?”
Okay, bear with me for a moment.
So back on my video about the Star Wars Rebels mid-season trailer, I saw at least two people
commenting that Benecio Del Toro is going to play an older Ezra Bridger in Episode 8.
At first I just dismissed it, but there was a post on Facebook concerning some leaked
concept pictures from Episode 8.
I read that someone leaked the information to a message board in Italy.
Now, I did not read any of this from that board, this is all second hand information,
but the guy who read the original post translated everything and said that the description of
the photos showed two Force users with red lightsabers.
They also described a shot of a lightsaber training sequence between Luke and Rey that
appears to have taken place around the timespan that the Force Awakens ended.
I kept digging, and I found an article posted to screenrant.com on Monday morning.
The article lists several theories on who Rey’s family might be, and one of them suggests
that Rey could possibly be Ezra’s daughter and that Benecio Del Toro might be playing
an older Ezra Bridger in Episode 8.
Since it is believed that Benecio Del Toro will be playing a villain, would this mean
that Ezra does fall to the dark side and is either a dark Jedi or one of Snoke’s students?
Maybe you’re not seeing a connection between Ezra and Rey— so I’m going to drop a major
easter egg on you that I mentioned in my video about Supreme Leader Snoke.
When the Rebels first find Ezra in The Spark of Rebellion episode, they take Ezra with
them to Tarkintown to aid the refugees there.
There is a scene where Ezra is sitting outside the ship when he senses something.
He gets up and goes into the ship where he hacks the lock to Kanan’s room.
Ezra steals Kanan’s holocron, but what he really is after is Kanan’s lightsaber.
At that point, Kanan and Hera walk in on Ezra with Kanan’s lightsaber fully ignited.
Ezra tells Kanan,”I know you’re not going to believe me, but it’s like this thing
wanted me to take it”
Now I don’t know about you, but wasn’t there this other person who finds a lightsaber
after it called to them?
Like Rey, Ezra also experiences Force visions.
In Season 1, when Ezra is learning to deflect blaster bolts with Kanan’s lightsaber, he
experiences a force vision and blacks out.
He ends up deflecting all of the blaster bolts fired at him when he allows his awareness
to expand as he’s fully submerged in the Force.
This is the same thing that happens to Rey during her fight with Kylo Ren; Rey closes
her eyes and allows herself to become fully submerged in the Force.
She allows the Force to guide her actions in combat, and this is why she overpowers
Kylo Ren.
I have to be honest— this is kind of blowing my mind as soon as I discovered that Easter
Egg with Ezra and Rey having a similar awakening.
What do you all think?
I’d really like to hear your opinion on all of this.
Do you think that Benicio Del Toro is going to play an older Ezra Bridger?
Do you also think that Ezra will turn out to be Rey’s father?
I know there’s been some question about the timelines between Star Wars Rebels and
the Force Awakens.
Just remember that Ezra was born on the day of Order 66 when Palpetine was voted as the
Emperor.
Luke and Leia were born a few days later, so they are all around the same age.
Just to be clear— I’m not saying that Ezra is Rey’s father or that Benicio Del
Toro is going to play Ezra.
It would be an interesting move from Disney to link the Rebels series with the movies
so that we actually see some continuity between the shows and the movies.
Maybe they could write a book to tell where Ezra is during the Original Trilogy or something
and how he possibly turns to the dark side if it doesn’t get covered in Rebels.
If you haven’t seen it already, be sure to check out my video on Supreme Leader Snoke,
and also take a look back at my review of the Star Wars Rebels midseason trailer.
Speaking of Rebels, the Princess Leia episode is coming out on the 20th.
I purchased the season from Disney XD on YouTube, so I probably won’t get to see it until
Friday.
Sucks to be me, huh?
Anyway guys, thanks for watching this video.
I’m here to tell you Star Wars stories because I hope that Star Wars can change your life
the way it has changed mine.
Y’all keep on breathing, and May the Force Be With You.