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Hey YouTube Friends, my name is Prince, and I am an Urban Acolyte.
In this video, I want to address the growing opinion that Star Wars Rebels is becoming
more gray this season, and I want to take up the question of whether or not Ezra Bridger
will eventually become a Gray Jedi.
First, let’s look at why people feel this season is becoming more Gray— so in season
1, we were first introduced to Kanan, Ezra, and the Ghost Crew.
We learned that not only were there other Jedi who survived Order 66, but there were
also children of the Force being hunted down by the Empire’s Inquisitors to either join
the Empire or be eliminated.
We later learned that the Ghost crew and other Rebel cells were all receiving intell from
Fulcrum agents—with the first Fulcrum agent having been, Ahsoka Tano.
We moved into season 2, and things became a bit more difficult for the Rebels.
After Kanan managed to defeat the Grand Inquisitor above Mustafar, Darth Vader personally dealt
the Rebels a serious blow, and 2 new Inquisitors appeared to hunt down both Ezra and Kanan.
By the end of season 2, there were a number of questions—Ahsoka Tano appeared to face
her end at the hands of Darth Vader on Malachor; Kanan was blinded by Maul as Maul attempted
to claim Ezra as his own apprentice; and Ezra was last seen opening an ancient Sith holocron.
On the plus side, it appeared that we’d seen the last of the Inquisitors; and Phoenix
squadron secured their base on Atollon to grow their fleet of ships.
When we pick up with season 3, about 6 months have passed since the events at Malachor.
Kanan attempted to shut himself off from the Force as he used his blindness as a crutch,
and that drove a wedge between Kanan and everyone else—a wedge between Master and Apprentice.
Ezra had grown older—both physically, and in the Force.
Because Kanan was not around to give him guidance, he’d turned to the Sith Holocron and learned
new powers and abilities that some may consider…unnatural.
Not really the kinds of things a Jedi would do in certain situations.
Now even though there are questions regarding whether or not both the Holocron from Malachor
and Kanan’s holocron were destroyed when Maul forced Ezra to merge the two together—
what we know is that Ezra has learned things from that holocron—he’s learned about
the dark side and the Sith.
If the Holocron has not been destroyed, then there is the potential for Ezra to learn more
from it.
We also have to take into consideration the statements made from Sam Witwer, who voices
Maul, in that he sees Ezra as his apprentice.
Although Maul is no longer a Sith, he’s interested in turning Ezra…and this presents
something interesting because we don’t really know what Maul is.
Maul was trained as a Sith.
He was to be the apprentice to Darth Sidious prior to his shall we say it,”accident”
on Naboo, along with Sidious becoming aware of the Chosen One, Anakin Skywalker, not long
after the apparent demise of Maul.
Maul is also the son of Mother Talzin.
He was the son of not only the Clan Mother of the Nightsisters and brothers of Dathomir,
but Talzin was arguably the most powerful Shaman on Dathomir.
Unlike the other Nightbrothers, Maul was taught to channel the Force through his Sith training,
and we now have reason to believe that he has also become a Shaman—something previously
barred to the males on Dathomir as only women received that honor.
So I mention all of this because this is Maul’s background—his heritage, once Sith, no possible
Shaman and sole survivor of the Shaman from Dathomir—could this be what Maul wants to
pass on to Ezra?
As for Ezra— he has the possibility of receiving Jedi training, Sith training, and possibly
an introduction iinto the shaman practices from Dathomir when we see the green mist in
a coming episode this season in Star Wars Rebels.
Now something to consider— the only other Jedi exposed to the green mist was Quinlan
Vos, and he made a brief turn to the dark side after Ventress took him to Dathomir—now
of course Count Dooku was responsible for Vos’s turn—but the green mist does have
connections to the dark side—specifically to the Son of Mortis, and I’ll talk about
this more in my Nightsister Magick video that will come out around the time we see the green
mist on Star Wars Rebels—but my point is that I think this could nudge Ezra back towards
the dark side—recall that we saw an entity in the mist.
We saw a shot of Kanan attacking Sabine and Ezra—and we saw Kanan dueling with Maul.
Now there is a rumor floating that Ezra and Maul will eventually duel each other—and
I have to wonder, if Ezra and Maul actually have a confrontation, could this event be
the catalyst for what makes them become real adversaries?
Maybe Ezra starts to see things from Maul’s perspective for a short time before reaching
some conclusion that Maul is bad for the galaxy and needs to be taken out.
Now I am putting all of this forward because there is the question about Ezra becoming
a Gray Jedi.
Ezra’s getting exposed to all this stuff, Sith knowledge, the green mists—will he
become a Gray Jedi?
So here’s the thing— the term Gray Jedi technically doesn’t exist.
When Pablo Hidalgo was asked on Twitter about Gray Jedi, he feigned ignorance.
When we look at this term,”Gray Jedi” in the Extended Universe, or in Legends—we
really don’t have a clear definition of what it is to be a Gray Jedi.
We only know what a Gray Jedi isn’t— so someone like Quinlan Vos— Vos was exposed
to the green mist, fell in love with Ventress, and fell to the darkside when Dooku tortured
him until he turned.
Later, Dooku killed Ventress, and her death caused Vos to completely renounce the dark
side and turn back to the light.
I used Vos as an example because we know that a Jedi who turns to the darkside and returns
to the light is not a Gray Jedi.
In many uses of the term—a Gray Jedi is a Force User who uses both dark and light
sides of the force but never becomes corrupted by the dark side.
Now the problem is when we have people like Qui-Gon Jinn— Qui-Gon was considered Gray,
but that was only because he had no problem going against the orders of the Jedi Council.
This was mostly due to a philosophical difference—Qui-Gon was deeply committed to understanding the
Living Force, and we learned that his philosophical differences led him to being contacted by
the Force Priestesses who taught him to preserve one’s consciousness beyond death.
So what is a Gray Jedi?
Groups like the Jensaarai, the Voss, and Jedi like Jolee Bindo and Qui-Gon Jinn are not
the same, so this term Gray Jedi has basically become a bit of a blanket term for anyone
who isn’t a Jedi, Dark Jedi, or a Sith.
So at this point, we’ve got an interesting situation—we have two Jedi, Ezra and Kanan
about 2-3 years before the events in “A New Hope.”
When Yoda speaks with Luke before his death, he tells Luke that they are the last of the
Jedi.
If Ezra and Kanan both manage to survive the events leading up to the destruction of the
first Death Star, and the live through the Galactic Civil War—then where are they?
What would they be doing?
Could they become the first official Gray Jedi, in canon?
Does Ezra fall to the darkside, or does he become something else after being exposed
to the green mist, Bendu, and the knowledge he’s learned from the Sith holocron?
What do you all think?
What are your predictions for Ezra’s fate in Star Wars Rebels, and do you think he will
live through the official Rebellion in Episodes 4-6?
There are some people who think Ezra will either live on to father Rey or start the
Knights of Ren.
Anyway, let me know your thoughts below.
I’m going to keep notes of your ideas so we can continue to speculate as the story
progresses on Rebels.
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Make sure to check out my other videos on Star Wars Rebels if you haven’t seen them
already, and make sure to check back for my reviews of the Imperial Supercommandos and
Iron Squadron episodes of Star Wars Rebels.
Well that’s all I’ve got for now.
Thanks for watching.
Y’all keep on Breathing, and May the Force Be With You, Always.