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SPECULATION Significance of Ezra "Bridger" to the OT and ST?

Discussion in 'Star Wars: Rebels' started by Darth Cylon, Nov 20, 2014.

  1. Esdras

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    Let me quote these two paragraphs of articles online:

    "The Lucasfilm Story Group is a division of Lucasfilm Ltd. founded in 2013 that will determine all Star Wars canon. The group, which includes Keeper of the Holocron Leland Chee and Star Wars author Pablo Hidalgo, aims to abolish the current canon hierarchy system and create a single cohesive continuity. "

    http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lucasfilm_Story_Group

    "George Lucas told Cinema Blend in an interview posted yesterday that when he soldLucasfilm to Disney in 2012, along with the company came some of his ideas for a new Star Wars trilogy. But it sounds like none of them will be part of the new Star Wars universe of movies that Disney will roll out beginning with the seventh installment, the JJ Abrams-directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which is set to hit theaters December 18." http://deadline.com/2015/01/george-lucas-star-wars-ideas-not-used-disney-1201354673/


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    If the current canon hierarchy is abolished and we are being told of a new
    single cohesive continuity, then we could expect virtually everything.

    A single example: Obi Wan didn't know that Yoda knew of existence of Lea in Episode 5. With that short dialogue between the spirit of Obi Wan and Yoda when Luke leaved for Bespin. Obi Wan said something like: "He is our lst hope", to receive the answer of Yoda "There is another".

    From next episode 6 Obi Wan already knew of Lea.
    Isn't it a controversy even within the established canon, so to speak, between two consequent episodes with little time frame between, both as production timeline and as story timeline, without the complication of retrospection.

    We have to say, Episode 5 was done wrong, But it couldn't be wrong because it preceded Episode 6. The story EVOLVED as it is just normal for every story. We cannot expect to be told everything in the first released episode, and that is the Episode 4 A New Hope, almost 40 years ago, and to expect everything to match it closely afterwards spanning across so many new characters, planets, and also time. We are talking of 30, 40 years time period as production time period (besides the events timelines), complicated with retrospection of events in entire serials that precede future events still not produced and that we are still not being told of. (for lack of better wording).

    I wouldn't pretend I know the future of Star Wars timeline(s), based on previous episodes. I would speak of what is looking to be more likely (from my point of view) at the current moment, taking in account various factors some of which I wrote about, and others - not. It could be the opposite of course.


    Whether Kanan will sacrifice his life at one moment to safe Ezra and the rest, that is a possibility and he almost did it.

    From the trailer of Season 2 we see a very strong Dart Vader compared to little Ezra. Kanan and Ezra cannot be match to Vader for long. I suppose, the rebel alliance headquarters leaded by senator Organa, will order them to go out of the operations on Lothal on day-to -day basis, and to save forces for the next battles, some of which we know of Episode 4 A New Hope.

    Therefore, it is one more possibility Ezra and the surviving crew of the Ghost to escape to other location of galaxy or one of the satellite galaxies. The encounter with the unknown yet universe in the saga, could happen on every planet if they have Jedi temples spread over there.

    There could be other villains, as Dart Maul reappeared in Clone Wars with more than miraculous surviving, and started his own training of his brother.

    Yoda knows much, but we should suppose there is even more in the galaxy that even he was not told of.

    As I see Star Wars galaxy maps, it seems there is a region within the galaxy that is still not being explored. Besides a number of satellite galaxies. Let remember today's science says of an average galaxy to contain somewhere between 100 billion and 1 trillion stars. So many weren't shown or talked of in any of the serials of Star Wars, except for the brief words of Qui Gon in Episode 1, that he didn't think anyone traveled them all.

    There is still place to go and be investigated, in the polarity of Force, and to expect new encounters with both positive and negative manifestations of the Force, not necessarily "jedi" or "evil lords". Ezra was not Jedi when he showed he had the Force.

    As we practically had all the time in Clone Wars newer and newer manifestations, more often on the negative. At least two more evil organizations, the order of mother Talzin and the group Death Watch. That also goes against the canon of Episodes where the Dark side should be represented only by two evil Lords, "no more, no less." Besides that, that shows the inadequacy of the Jedi order in dealing and even knowing all of the Force. How then we could take their words as infallible predictions? How could we take that as "canon"?

    The multiple worlds allied in the Trade Federation: Did they all join the empire, after Anakin killed the viceroy? We were not shown that. Perhaps, some of them joined the rebellion. How otherwise we will have entire fleets of rebellion, shown in the last episode of Rebels, and also in Episode 4 A new hope. You need many planets with survived industry to maintain such fleet. It cannot be done in conditions of hide and escape on planets like Hot.

    In other words, we were never told the whole picture, and it was not meant to be told in the first released episodes. How then we would require following of pre set conditions. The new episodes are meant to give us always larger picture, not smaller one enclosed in knowledge we already have of episodes 30 years ago.

    Ezra's young character shows too many good and non-traditional skills, to be dumped on the Dark Side, or simply killed. He is put there to do his work. There are plenty of possibilities for both Ezra and Kanan, and as many other characters will appear, to develop the story in those unexplored places, and also new ideas. Because we are short of ideas on the spiritual level. Therefore, I accept the Temple on Lothal experience as a major step towards defining better the spirituality of the Force, the spirituality of the Jedi. Not only their physical manifestation, who killed whom with lightsaber, but why. One can talk endlessly about that, and I am sure the filmmakers know quite more than we are told in all serials combined.


    Besides everything said about the logical sequence, let me point your attention again at the character of Ezra. It is not by coincidence just the next hero, to tie up the two parts of Star Wars (we already got Ashoka and Anakin in Clone wars!) It is a new character, perhaps quite odd to many. In his radio address to Lothal citizens and beyond, Ezra said "I remember time when things were better on Lothal. May be not great, but never like this". How many people you hear to say that on our own planet?

    If he is put as the good hero in the latest serials of the most popular film for decades, although in the TV serials and not in the "official" episodes, it means something new to come on the scene. That is a character image of the future, not of the past (although it appears as past hero compared to OT).

    The example of not obeying commands of Fulcrum /Ashoka to leave behind Kanan, is enough to show where the next season will lead to. Hera said of Kanan "he is just a soldier" , not "he is the last Jedi I know of". That prompted Ezra to seek other ways to save his master and friend.

    There will be other ways in developing Star Wars, at least their TV serials. The new more spiritual path, the new manifestation of the Force must be found ASAP, and I think Ezra/Kanan are after it.

    Otherwise, we remain with Yoda commanding clone troopers and practically helping the establishment of the rising empire, without knowing it. As a result, Yoda remained with the only exit option to hide on Dagobah system clouted by the Dark Side in order not to be discovered. That is not all about the Force. That is the failed experience with the Force. The wiser one will accept his error and will correct it. Whether it is master Yoda, or whether another master (may be in spirit) in the next episodes, both TV and cinema.

    Well, it is already too long post, in addition to others. I have to admit I edited the posts and cut off some more controversial parts. 2 weeks are not that much time.
     
    #61 Esdras, Jun 6, 2015
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