What’s up YouTubers, this is Urban Acolyte TV, and my name is Prince.
All of season 2 of Star Wars Rebels, we’ve been leading up to this season finale where
we see the Rebel Jedi—Kanan, Ahsoka, and Ezra—all heading to Malachor based on a
conversation that Ezra has with Master Yoda in a Force vision.
This season, we’ve been looking at the cell of Rebels from Lothal joining Phoenix squadron
and the beginnings of what will eventually become the Rebel Alliance.
Unfortunately the presence of the Jedi, put the mission objectives at risk because the
Inquisitors and Darth Vader are hunting for them.
Kanan is told in his vision that if they attempt to take on Vader and the Inquisitors, he will
die, the Rebellion will be crushed in its infancy stages, and Ezra will be turned to
the dark side.
We have to remember that this isn’t just about the Jedi.
It’s not just about Ahsoka, Kanan, and Ezra beating Vader and the Inquisitors.
They are just a small part of a bigger battle.
The real battle is for liberation—defeating the Empire.
If you want to have a fighting chance of winning the war, you’re going to need resources.
You need ships, manpower, resources, money—you need an army to take on an army.
A ragtag bunch of rebel cells operating independently does not have a fighting chance of beating
the Imperial machine.
So Yoda sends the Jedi to Malachor because Ezra asks “why can I not fight to protect
my friends.”
This is what this episode really is about—Why can the Jedi not fight?
Why can a person not fight to protect what is most valuable to them?
Before I engage that question, I’d like to mention something Pablo Hidalgo tweeted
last week.
A fan asked Pablo who was the most powerful Jedi.
You know how some of you guys like to do these things where you rank people—top 10 lightsaber
combatants.
top 5 most powerful force users.
Anyway, Pablo’s response was that the most powerful Jedi is the one who knew when to
put down their lightsaber.
I really feel like that is why Yoda sends Ezra to Malachor.
Think about it.
We’re seeing Maul attempting to lead Ezra into doing his bidding.
There’s a new Inquisitor who looks to be more powerful than the 5th Brother and the
7th Sister.
Overall, it looks like a lot of really bad stuff is coming when the Jedi arrive on Malachor.
So I have to ask the question—why is Yoda walking them into a trap on Malachor?
What is the lesson they are supposed to get out of this ordeal?
Let’s return to Ezra’s question: Why can I not fight to protect my friends?
How are we supposed to win the war if we do not fight?
Recall Yoda’s answer, “It’s how the Jedi choose to win is what matters.”
So we’ve been talking about this event—the Scourge of Malachor.
What do we know about it?
Well, it looks like there was this battle between the Jedi and the Sith thousands of
years ago—this could have happened when there was a Sith Empire when there were thousands
of Jedi and Sith in the galaxy.
From the ruins and remains it looks like there was a huge battle here.
It appears that the Scourge of Malachor was actually some kind of massacre.
If you look at the top of the pyramid structure in the shape of a Sith holocron, you see a
hole at the tip.
You see what appears to be people who have been turned into ash or statues.
Whatever this super weapon and whatever hidden knowledge might be on Malachor was so dangerous
that precautions were put into place to make sure a Sith could not access it.
So I’m under the impression that in order to activate the holocron that controls the
weapon, if it’s actually a Sith Temple, someone has to know the light side of the
Force to use it—or someone who is truly balanced.
I’m also inclined to believe that whatever caused the Scourge of Malachor was due to
the Jedi being on the offensive.
What I mean is that these ancient Jedi were out to defeat the Sith no matter the costs.
If you tie this into the Legends story of Revan using the Mass Shadow Generator on Malachor
V, we have a case of Revan and the Jedi he’s leading into battle are fighting against the
wishes of the Jedi.
They create a super weapon that destroys life.
So yes, Revan and his army defeated the Mandalorians.
They’ve won the war, but what did they do?
What was the cost?
They created wounds in the Force because they have destroyed life…and Life is the Force.
They created literal wounds in the Force in Darth Nihilus and Meetra Surik.
It also turned out that Revan fulfilled the wishes of Emperor Vitiate and the true Sith
to eventually conquer the Galaxy by weakening the Republic.
Now we don’t know if Revan, Vitiate, or the Sith Empire are canon at this point.
The point is that whatever the repercussions of the Scourge of Malachor were—they were
really bad.
I’m sure that they were something that the Jedi could not forsee.
This is the real lesson that Yoda wants Ezra to learn.
It’s not that the Jedi cannot fight—the Jedi can fight to protect the weak.
The problem is fear.
When fear is what drives your actions, you begin the path towards the dark side.
What happened when Revan used the Mass Shadow Generator?
He was a Jedi when he won the war, but after that he found the Star Forge maps and began
his journey into the darkness.
He became Darth Revan and nearly toppled the Republic which was still attempting to recover
from the Mandalorian Wars.
So we’re seeing Ezra, and Ezra is being tempted, lured, and manipulated.
We don’t know what the Inquisitors intentions are—but we do know about Project Harvest.
We know that they want Ezra to become an Inquisitor, and to do so, they have to destroy any chance
of him becoming a Jedi.
We don’t know what Maul’s intentions are.
Perhaps Maul just wants to use Ezra to open the holocron and activate the weapon.
Maybe Maul is attempting to lure the Inquisitors, Vader, and even Sidious to Malachor so that
he can eliminate his enemies.
If he happens to take out a few Jedi in the process?
Well, even better—it’s icing on the cake.
So why are they going to Malachor.
What is the lesson Yoda wants Ezra to learn?
The lesson is that when Jedi go on the offensive.
When Jedi fight from a fear based mindset, bad things will happen.
The Jedi provide hope to the galaxy, and if you are the symbol of hope, you cannot let
fear drive your actions.
So these are my thoughts as we head into the Rebels Season 2 finale.
This is just my reflection of the season heading into the finale tonight.
I would like to hear from you all.
What are your thoughts on Malochor and why Yoda sends Ezra to Malachor?
Make sure to leave your thoughts down in the comment section below.
If you’ve already seen the episode, be kind to those who have to wait to see the episode
later.
Try not to spoil it for them in the comment section.
I will actually be away from home all day on Wednesday, so I will actually not see the
episode until Thursday morning.
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I’m planning to post a recap after I see the episode that I hope to get posted on Thursday
afternoon.
It won’t be a Top 10 Moments video because I’ll do a more thorough review when I get
to that episode in my Rebels’ Rundown series.
So if you have not seen it already, check out this video I posted last night on the
4th Inquisitor.
You can also check out my video from a few days ago about Darth Maul in the finale.
Well that’s all I’ve got for now.
Thanks for watching!
Y’all keep on breathing, and May the Force Be With You.