In the horrid events of Operation Knightfall and Anakin Skywalker’s siege on the Jedi
temple, one half of the 501st legion entered the sacred location and slaughtered almost
everyone on sight.
While the other half of the 501st was plunging to their deaths over a remote icy world, the
division Led by Commander Appo helped to wipe out almost every major member of the order
who was still present except one.
Grogu.
So who saved grogu from the onslaught of Anakin Skywalker and the 501st?
Well chapter 6 of the Book of Boba Fett just gave us an absolutely monumental hint specifically
from Dave Filloni and the Clone Wars series.
So, lets break down the massive hint towards who took Grogu from the Jedi temple during
Order 66…
Before we dive into it, make sure you give me your episode rating out of 10 for chapter
6 and also subscribe while you’re down there.
So in the latest episode of the Book of Boba Fett we get one of the best looks inside of
the Jedi temple during Order 66 in Canon.
In fact this is pretty much the only look we get inside during Anakin’s slaughter
in the current canon at all, so it was truly awesome to see.
In order to do this, Luke uses a new force ability to tap into the mind of his young
underling Grogu and revisit the very painful memory of that dark day.
Once he does this, he sees through Grogu’s eyes that three Jedi are fighting to their
absolute last breath, presumably to defend him and his escape.
We don’t currently know who these three Jedi actually are, but many people have suggested
that they could be Jedi Battlemaster Cin drallig and his students Bene and Whie Malreaux.
Now based on looks alone this is very reasonable, but there is one major thing pointing away
from that being the case.
In Revenge of the Sith we actually see these three show up when Obi-Wan views the security
records from Anakin’s slaughter.
In those recordings Obi-Wan directly sees Anakin dueling and presumably slaughtering
them in cold blood.
The Jedi Grogu’s memory are clearly killed by 501st Clone Troopers with blaster bolts…
And shot many times after they were already dead.
So it doesn’t really fit for it to be them, but i’m sure we’ll get a comic line in
the near future explaining more of this in detail and some of the other heartbreaking
events from that day.
But despite all that, there is one more key piece of information from Grogu’s memory
that could tell us exactly who saved him.
If you look up to both the top right and left corners of the scene when Grogu is witnessing
the slaughter of the Jedi, you can actually see a very interesting little emblem or crest
painted directly onto the walls of the temple.
Now believe it or not, this crest belongs to none other than the disgraced Jedi temple
bomber and Padawan of Luminara Unduli herself, Barriss Offee.
In the Clone Wars Season 5 episode “The Wrong Jedi”, you can see this exact same
crest residing in the quarters of Barriss Offee.
It sits right behind her as she calls Ahsoka attempting to frame her for the attack on
the Jedi temple.
It also can be seen on the sliding doors which lead into her room.
But the most interesting location for the crest is actually on the door across from
Barriss’ quarters, matching up 100% exactly to the shot we see in the Grogu flashback
scene.
This pretty clearly pinpoints the location of the battle between the clone troopers and
Jedi to the hallway outside of Barriss’ quarters.
If you look just behind Anakin in the Wrong Jedi episode before he enters Barriss’ room,
you can clearly see the same logo as the one on Barriss’ door on the room across from
hers.
Again, clearly pinpointing the location of the battle to right in front of Barriss Room…
For Dave filloni to place the battle right in front of that room is very clearly pointing
to a Barriss Offee connection.
He rarely places little hints like this into the story without some greater meaning down
the line.
Now the reason we know for sure that this is Barriss Offee’s crest comes from the
Wrong Jedi Episode guide, where it features in her room and is attributed to her and personal
space.
On top of that, it also features the same markings that Barriss has on her face as a
member of the Mirialan species.
This does leave us with a big question though.
Why does Barriss have two rooms?
Well we know from the Clone Wars show that she was a very, very good student.
She followed all of the rules, regulations and teachings of the Order, never straying
too far from the dogma…
This was in stark contrast to Ahsoka and her Master Anakin, who broke every rule and book
and took every risk they could.
Different teaching styles for sure, but Luminara and Barriss’ adherence to the strict codes
were way more likely to get her a double room quarters in the temple.
Maybe she even used the one Anakin enters as a sleeping area, while the other is a study
for force related matters.
Whichever it is, they’re definitely barriss’ rooms, pointing to her as a potential savior
for Grogu.
But there is one major question that needs to be answerd in order for this to be true…
How did Barriss get out of Prison and back to her room?
The first option is that trial, she was placed on house arrest and therefore sent back to
her living quarters in the Jedi Temple.
This one is very unlikely as it was pretty clear Ahsoka was going to get the death penalty
before Barriss was caught.
This probably means that Barriss faced the same punishment.
If this was the case, there’s no way Tarkin and the republic would let her await execution
on house arrest.
The next option is that Palpatine “allowed” her to escape with the help of the Grand Inquisitor
after executing Order 66 on the Jedi order.
We know from the comics that The Grand Inquisitor actually turned the darkside before the purge
and even helped the 501st to execute his Jedi temple guard brothers on that day.
So maybe Palpatine unleashed him and sent him off to free Barriss, hoping to turn her
away from the order.
At that point, Barriss may have escaped to her old Room, where she discovered Grogu and
took him to safety.
This is very plausible because although Barriss turned violent on the order, she wasn’t
a supporter of the Sith or the forthcoming Empire in any way.
She was angry at the Jedi Order’s choice to use violence and participate in the war,
rather than remain peacekeepers.
So even though she turned against the council, there’s no way she’d stand by and allow
the slaughter of the whole Order and the fall of the Republic.
This makes her the perfect candidate to save Grogu.
Another very possible option is that she managed to break free from her cell during the chaos
of Order 66 and return to her quarters in the temple that way.
I could easily see the clones open her cell and attempt to execute her as soon as they
are given the directive from Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, but then she used the force to
defeat them.
At this point the cell door would be left open and she easily has the combat training
necessary to break free from the Republic Prison compound and back to her quarters.
AT that point she would have the opportunity to rescue Grogu in the hallway outside of
her room…
A further point of contention would be what her actual intentions are with Grogu.
Does she simply want to protect him or does she have other uses for him, separate from
the desires of Palpatine and the newly formed Vader.
Maybe Barriss has become so deluded and warped from her time in prison that she intends to
save Grogu and team up with him to attempt to overthrow Palpatine and the Empire.
This was done by many foolish and arrogant Jedi after the Clone WArs in legends, and
as you can guess they all failed.
Each time a Jedi attempted to rise up from the purge and take down Palpatine, they were
quickly dispatched by Vader or by Palpatine himself.
Either way this is where things get even darker.
It’s possible that Barriss took Grogu not for her own purposes but to serve the new
Emperor and provide him with an inquisitor called the 1st Brother, a slot which hasn’t
yet been filled in Canon.
This has some slight backing by the fact that Grogu often resorts to force abilities which
stray towards the dark side.
Things like force choke and refusing to let go of Cara Dune could point to him having
some of those suppressed memories of Barriss’ dark side influence come through.
But that again assumed that Barriss actually fell to the Dark Side and wanted to help Palpatine.
Although it’s possible, it’s more likely that she wouldn’t stand for the Empire’s
rise.
We’re getting tons and tons of inquisitors showing up in the Obi-Wan show, so I think
we could get more information on that over there, as it’s pretty clear now that all
of these shows are connecting.
I originally thought Obi-wan was going to be separate from this little mandoverse storyline
thats being told, but at this point I think even that will be part of it.
There are so many overlapping and mutual characters that it can easily connect without being forced.
It might even add a great deal to both stories, so Im very excited and who doesn’t want
to see more barriss offee.
Barriss may even end up on the search for Ezra and Thrawn alongside sabine and Ahsoka.
Or maybe she’s an anti hero in that storyline, really the possibilities are endless.
But either way I think we’ll get a solid answer to this question either in episode
7 of the Book of Boba Fett when Luke restores more of Grogu’s memories to help him with
the big decision, or we’ll get more from the Mandalorian season 3.
Whichever way you slice it Barriss will be a part of this unfolding story as one of Dave
Filloni’s most interesting characters for the time period.
He has also confirmed many times that he still has plans for Barriss Offee and that much
of her story has already been laid out.
Whether that means she takes the dark path in contrast to Ahsoka or the light path is
yet to be seen.
So let me know what you think about Barriss POssibly saving Grogu and how it might tie
in to the rest of the story.
So I hope you guys enjoyed seeing that very subtle little hint placed in the episode by
Dave Filloni at the temple.
Knowing his track record, he didn’t just have that barriss crest placed there for no
reason.
Either it’s a hint that she is the one who saved Grogu, or its a hint for her appearance
in the Ahsoka show.
Whichever it is, I’m excited to see what happened.
Thanks so much for watching, really hope you enjoyed the video.
Cheers guys, hope to see you in the next one!