Full Series Kanan (watch out for puns)

Oh well, you can rest easy that Vader would give them a very quick death.

 

Indeed, on the training part I just feel uneasy the show has two Force wielding characters as the leads when I want to see that sparsely. I liked when Kanan was hiding that he was a Jedi to others in A New Dawn. Who knows how long Rebels will last so we don't have to worry about it now, but it would be great if Vader gets onto the show due to the Inquisitor's failure to defeat Kanan. With Vader being the one to end their life.

 

Agreed. The OT pretty much state only a full trained Knight can defeat Vader and the Emperor. Kanan should be no match for Vader.

 

More like only Luke can defeat Vader and the Emperor, but yeah.

 

I think we should remember, Vader couldve easily killed Luke in ESb at any moment, but was toying and goading him, cause he wanted him alive. The carbonate trap failed as Luke force jumped outve the pit which for whatever reason Vader did not anticipate from this force user and apparently was already aware he was his son - so Vader was forced into a prolonged duel but never wanted to kill and was holding back while Luke was unleashing whatever he had at him cause this was the man that tried to kill his friends and Kenobi had brain washed into believing he killed his father. ROTJ is a bit reversed, Luke was holding back while Vader was semi-holding back. Once Luke snapped when Vader ratted out about his sister to the Emperor and this seemed also to confirm Vader was no longer fooling around - Luke just tapped into his anger and Vader was no match for such a young warrior. Vader was on the floor basically begging for his life with his arm up,he was at Luke's mercy. The Emperor wanted Luke to kill Vader, Luke realized what he was becoming, and I guess also saw the damage he inflicted on his father could yet still be repaired threw away his lightsaber.

 

I don't think Vader could draw on his full dark side strength in his second duel against Luke. His doubts weakened his connection to the force and thus his prowess with it.

 

Here's an obvious question, why do Kanan and Ezra have to be dead by the time of the OT? There are any number of ways to explain their absence from the films BESIDES just killing them off. It's sort of like people saying that Ahsoka HAD to die because she wasn't in ROTS, when you could easily come up with alternative explanation for that (which they ultimately did).

 

This. I'd be happy if they don't retcon or change anything.

 

What reason is there not to kill them off, several actually:

-There's more stuff that you could potentially do with them in the future.
-There are many other ways to write them out of the OT.
-Killing them off simply because of a couple of lines of dialogue in movies that came out over 30 years ago strikes me as a waste, especially when you could easily explain those lines in other ways.
-What good storytelling purpose does it serve TO kill them off. Absolutely NONE!

 

Lucasfilm just pretty much wiped out over 30 years of Expanded Universe material so that they could create one well connected continuity without glaring errors or contradictions. Having two other Jedi being around...I don't think they should be around by the time of Luke's journey.

 

Kanan and Ezra can just be in another galaxy, far far away....

Anyway, they don't even have to show themselves. They could be off doing other things that has nothing to do with the Rebel Allience.

 

Obi-Wan does say "Now the Jedi are all but extinct" in ANH but make what you will with that though.

 

Well, it's not like he's been looking for Jedi. Force Sensatives still get born and I wouldn't think former Jedi would want to practice their powers in the Empire.

 

In the Dark Times I think any Jedi not in hiding is destined for doom. Kanan brandishing his lightsaber has made him and any related to him as a target for the Empire to eradicate. There were other Force-sensitive characters in the Dark Times before, i'm referencing the Legends EU here but two of my favorite characters made it through the Dark Times. Quinlan Vos survived by what I assume would be raising a family and no longer being a Jedi (I don't think any stories ever went farther than that for him and would 20 years older by the time of ANH anyways) and Kyle Katarn didn't even realize his potential in the Force until much later. Kanan isn't like Vos or Katarn in that he is no longer hiding, he is revealed for all to see.

The only way I could see Kanan surviving is to give up his cause and go back into hiding, if the Empire doesn't get to him first.

 

That arc was written and recorded like a year before TCW was cancelled.

 

One of the times I agree with you! YAY! But her walking away like that left a huge hole. That and Filoni released those sketches of her and Bo Katan.

 

There are Ahsoka fans?



Dave Filoni is her only 'fan'

 

We just like to hide in the shadows.

 

Not you as well, TheSilentInfluence...

 

I'm sorry. I can't help it.