Full Series Fenn Rau

Thanks for the props! It's not set in stone yet, but I'd bet money that's what's up with the Protectors. It definitely jives with him knowing the full story behind the Darksaber.

 

At the end of Super Commandos I think Rau should have invited Sabine to join his House.

 

That seems like it would be an insult in Mandalorian culture, given the split state of the society. Rau called her out as an enemy when Sabine revealed herself to be house Vizsla.

 

If Sabine does become the Mandalore, I hope we see Fenn Rau and whatever's left of the Protectors become the honor guard that they were before Satine's New Mandalorians took over. Also I saw this theory in a video but it's the idea that this storyline with the Mandalorians is a sort of new canon translation of Jango's backstory from Open Seasons. Fenn Rau=Jaster Mareel, Sabine=Jango, Gar Saxon=Tor Vizsla.

 

Lore-wise, yeah it's probably just supposed to be "Mandalorian Fighter Pilot Gear" and not the "real gear". Which makes sense; full Mandalorian armor, while not very restricting in an open combat sense, would still take up a considerable amount of space in a starfighter's cockpit.

From a the real-world? I imagine Fenn Rau and his Protectors were not originally envisioned or intended to be the Royal Guard or anything more than elite Mando fighter pilots, and that all this other stuff regarding Rau and his Protectors was thought of and added after they'd already created the character assets for the episode. Heck, Rau as a character is an awful lot different now than he was in his season 2 intro. In Protector of Concord Dawn, he just seemed like a world-weary and arrogant Mando fighter jock that gets unexpectedly quickdrawn by a young gun(Sabine). In Season, he looks, acts, and talks like a legit elite warrior. total character makeover honestly.

 

He did seem different in PoCD versus his appearances in season 3. I hold the Rau and Kanan were drinking more than in the hut while trading Clone Wars stories. No wonder he got taken by surprise by her and then taken prisoner.

If he and the other Protectors served as Satine's guard you have to also reconcile his dialogue in his one page appearance in the Kanan comic.

This season, we get from him that he and his band of Protectors are/were loyal to the Duchess/Royals. But apparently in Kanan this loyalty did not extend to respecting Satine's decision to keep Mandalore neutral because he trained Clones and led Skull Squadron in support of the Republic when he accused Mandalorians of forgetting their duty, honour and obligations.

 

Yeah, that's still a contradiction. Like I said, my little "theory" may not be anything other than similar character designs.

 

The Protectors are the Kingsguard, yes. Dave Filoni says in the Rebels Recon for Protector of the Concord Dawn that the Protectors enforced the rule of the Mand'alor.

There was the Ruler, or Mand'alor
Below them they had the Protectors, who enforced their rule and, per Sabine's comments in Imperial Supercommandos, took the best warriors from all the Clans
Below them were the Houses, who were basically political factions comprised of allied clans.

http://www.starwars.com/video/rebels-recon-inside-the-protector-of-concord-dawn

 

It will be interesting to see when Rau and the Protectors on Concord Dawn exiled themselves. Was it before or after the Imperial takeover? Maybe they were divided and those who wanted to fight for the Republic exiled themselves during Satine's rule.

It's not unusual for real world police/soldiers to have 'traditional' ceremonial uniforms when on VIP duty. The 'Protectors' in the ceremonial outfits with Satine, might have mostly been regular NewMando cops and a few 'extreme loyalists' who stayed behind. It would explain why we didn't see fully armoured Protectors intervene during Viszla/Maul's coup.

To try to show continuity with and to appease Old Mandalore, a radical government like Satine's would try to keep all of the trappings of Mando tradition without necessarily keeping the things behind the traditions. A lot of real world monarchies work like this.

Also Fenn Rau has 3 outfits in only 3 appearances. The guy is practically the Padme of this series.

 

Nice...and like that Rau is fully suited up.

 

I got the feeling this trailer was meant for Sabine:

http://comicbook.com/starwars/2016/...rs-return-teased-in-cryptic-lightsaber-video/

 

What do you mean?

 

Kanan's advice may be to Sabine and not Ezra. When he trains her to use the darksaber.

 

Eh, she's not Force Sensitive so Idk why it would be mean much to her.

And yes, she's not Force Sensitive or he'd be teaching her to saber deflect instead of her gauntlet shield, and how to grab her saber with the force instead of her gauntlet lasso thing.

 

Kanan is talking about lightsabers, not the force, in that trailer. Maul's line about the darkside at the end could easily be just thrown in there and unrelated to Kanan's lines. In the next episode, Kanan teaches Sabine to use a lightsaber. While I'm personally a bit skeptical about the supposed connection, it's by no means impossible.

And at this point, no one is suggesting that Sabine is force sensitive.

 

Spoiler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=60&v=WpNINaCFc24[/spoiler]

 

Who knows. Maybe Sabine will have " an awakening "?

 

I doubt it, especially considering that from a narrative perspective we're supposed to be seeing less of that stuff right now. And like I said...she'd be trying to grab the saber off the ground with the force, not tech. But I digress. Super stoked for saturday!

 

I am interested to see if we learn any new stuff on Rau

 

So in the latest preview is it just me or does Fenn look like a proud space dad as he watches Sabine defeat Ezra?