#Twilight of the apprentice

[inquisitor-apologist]

TotA time! I remember it had some good fight scenes

[lottiesoka]

Snips and Skyguy / Ada Limon, The Hurting Kind

[copalcetic]

“We asked for a chance to defeat the Sith, and we failed."

This is what Kanan tells Ezra when Ezra asks why Yoda sent them to Malachor, and it haunts me. They asked for a chance, and Yoda gives them one, and they fail. And after that, as far as I can tell? Yoda writes them off. Yoda never appears to them after Malachor; Obi-Wan, when Ezra turns up on Tatooine, tells him "You're in the wrong place," refuses to help the Rebellion, and sends him home. All Yoda and Obi-Wan's eggs are in one basket, and that basket is labeled "Luke." Kanan and Ezra are on their own.

It would be so easy for them to give up. They're not the chosen ones; they failed their test. Who could blame them?

But they don't. Kanan works through his depression, Ezra comes back from the dark, and they keep fighting. It doesn't matter that they'll never defeat the Sith. It doesn't matter that the battles they fight are insignificant on the galaxy-wide scale, that no one really cares about Lothal except them and their friends. It doesn't matter that the structure of the Star Wars franchise means they'll never even be a footnote to history; by A New Hope, no one will remember them.

What matters is that the fight is worth fighting, so they're going to give it all they have.

This is why I love Rebels, and all the other bits of Star Wars sandwiched between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. We have lots of stories, as a culture, about people who vanquish evil; we don't have nearly as many that valorize people who fight battles they can't win. We watch these shows and play these games knowing that the protagonists won't defeat Vader or the Empire, knowing they're living in the wrong place and the wrong time, and we learn to care anyway. We learn that even impossible fights are worth fighting, that every skirmish matters even when they're not what wins the war.

We need more media like that. Because most of us are never going to be the ones who strike the final blow (if a final blow even exists) against climate change, or bigotry, or whatever battle we're fighting. And it is so easy to give up hope, and so important to remember that the struggle matters, even when you fail.

[fellthemarvelous]

You might be cool, but you'll never be as cool as Ezra Bridger riding a star whale into battle.

I think Vader took it as a challenge...

[imaginative-joy]

A couple of moody Ahsokas. The one on the right was for a friend and the one on the left was a gift to Ashley Eckstein herself!

[short-wooloo]

Aside from the general problem of people taking Ahsoka's "I am no Jedi" statement too literally (which other people have made posts explaining that but I do not have any on hand fuck me fuck me fuck me), I think there's also an issue of people seeing this as a triumphant moment for ahsoka when it absolutely should not be

Remember the context of that line, it's in response to Vader's "revenge is not the Jedi way"

See, for once in his life, Vader is actually doing a good job at being a teacher of Jedi practices

Revenge is a bad thing, it will not-cannot bring happiness, undo what is done, bring justice, at best it offers satisfaction, but that feeling is temporary and will fade

Like what is the actual outcome if ahsoka pursues revenge to the fullest and kills Vader for all he has done?

At best, the result is that ahsoka now must live with killing him (while also ensuring that Vader will never have the chance to (finally) do what's right)

But it could very easily ruin ahsoka

Revenge on its own is self destructive, but for a Force sensitive it is worse, revenge is the path of anger hatred and rage, paths that can lead someone to the dark side

To seek revenge by destroying Vader ahsoka could have lost herself

Ahsoka choosing to seek revenge is a horrifying thing, it's a sign of a lack of self control, of indulging in one's worst instincts

Now that said, I don't blame people for not picking up on this, as the episode itself does a poor job of showing it, choosing instead to emphasize tragedy and sadness of the once master and apprentices duel to the death while also not completely focusing on that conflict because the time is divided between them and Ezra/Kanan who are unrelated to this conflict and/or are spectators to it

[laughhardrunfastbekindsblog]

I think I'm on my dozenth rewatch of Rebels, and it has just now occurred to me that Kanan likely donned the mask on Malachor to spare Ezra the ordeal of actually seeing his burned face and eyes, at least at that moment.

And now I'm sobbing even harder 💔💔💔

[five-oh-first]

in those au's where vader joins ahsoka at the end of twilight of the apprentice, i need sassy anakin. i know he's still vader and therefore Big Sad, Big Angst but please, let him be Big Brat like his clone war days. i need ezra to ask him why he looks Like That (sans suit) just for him to be like "don't swim on mustafar, the lava isn't the best conditions, no matter the weather". I DON'T CARE HOW OOC IT IS </3

[darth-memes]

[inquisitor-apologist]

Like I do like Twilight of the Apprentice for the most part but does anyone else think it’s a little weird that the REBELS season 2 finale 1. Excluded 3/5 of the main cast and 2. Was emotionally centered around a relationship between two characters from Clone Wars?

[lottiesoka]

[swrepisodebracket]

Star Wars Rebels Episode Bracket: Round 4

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[islaglewis]

- with tears in my eyes, i begged you to stay.

- you said : 'hey man i love you but no

fucking way.'

[locitapurplepink]

Kanan and Ezra on Twilight of The Apprentice

[onetruechromosome]

That Maul reveal in season 2 was so funny to me as if anyone didn’t know who it was. He’s literally shirtless.