Comics Kanan: The Last Padawan #7: First Blood, part 1 (of 5): The Corridors of Coruscant

He might have not known who she was.
"Who...Who is that?"
"Why do I feel.....like I know her.....?
Than he get's rushed away by a 2-1B Medical Droid

 

Have to say this was the first issue of Kanan that I really enjoyed. I enjoy this more than the first arc where Kanan was just wondering around aimlessly.

I do think though that with what they have done so far with Depa in the new canon her story in legends wouldn't really fit that well anymore so in my opinion they did need to rewrite a portion of it. Her just suffering a breakdown after going through what she did fits better with the Kanan story than her turning to the darkside and killing thousands.

Have to look at the ending again. Was the ending meant to be the same even that happened in TCW? If so they sure are bringing Kanan and Ahsoka awfully close to one another to where they should have probably known eachother (or at least Kanan knowing Ahsoka).

Edit.....Just looked at the ending again and it obviously is not meant to be the same event as that person is definitely not Barriss.

 

Yes but the conversation that Depa and Kanan were able to have at the end gives strong indications that the gossip between the three kids was correct.

Depa tells him that many good men died under her command. Those deaths were her responsibility and she fears causing more and that makes her usefullness as a commander suspect.

That seems to indicate that the kids were passing along accurate info and that they told us what happened in this issue.

 

I hope you're right. To be honest, I didn't expect Shatterpoint to be recanonised initially, but as you said, after all this teasing from the very first issue...it would be very cruel to leave it at that.

 

I really liked the mysterious probably "Force" connection Caleb had with Depa when she was in the Bacta tank. I think if they aren't use Shatterpoint, they are using a general "something really really bad happened with her" story background. Also notice she got a seat back on the council but she ain't in that seat in ROTS, I think. The Last Padawan arc shows that she is in the field so maybe?

Anyway, my favourite moment was when they were saying how the Jedi have done it for thousands of years and Caleb simply asks "Why?" Which Derpa smiles at, Windu scowls at, and you can see how Kanan is getting his idea for an "unconventional" teaching method for Ezra in "Rebels"

 

No, that's what they did with Barriss.

 

How long do you guys forsee this series lasting? I definitely don't see it lasting as long as the other two ongoings do. I have a feeling it will end around the same time the show does so I think we might end up with a thirty issue series.

Only way I could see this series going on longer than another two years or so would be if the show isn't able to tell the full story Filoni and co. had in mind so they use this comic to finish the Ghost Crew's story.

 

I will never be able to read her name properly again, thanks

 

hahaha, in my head whenever I read her name it sounds like "DERP-A" to me for years so I just roll with it.

 

Interesting. I just read on the Wook that Sar Labooda (Depa's sister) was originally supposed to be Depa herself and I'm assuming that they originally intended for Depa to die on Geonesis. But the actress hired to replace the actress that played Depa in Ep. I looked to dissimilar so they had to create an entirely new character for her.

If the original actress had decided to come back for the second film Kanan would of had an entirely different backstory. Likely similar to what it is now but just with a different master.

 

And it's not just Depa who became Sar. Agen Kolar was originally supposed to be Eeth Koth, and Stass Allie was meant to be Adi Gallia.

 

This may sound racist but I can't tell the difference between Agen Kolar or Eeth Koth

 

Well, the only difference between those two is that they don't look similar at all.


I mean, come on! Agen Kolar has a much darker skintone, unruly hair, a different nose and a cleft chin.

 

What about Stass Allie and Adi Gallia? It's easy to spot the difference in production photos but considering that we mostly see these characters sitting crossed legged on the council in the background for a few seconds at a time it's hard to tell the difference.

 

Honestly I am surprised that they just didn't get the original actors/actresses to reprise their roles in these situations. Even if they were a little unwilling to do it most would agree if a little more money was offered to them. That in the end would be more financially beneficial to Lucasfilm than having to go to the trouble of creating an entirely new character and paying a new actor a whole 'nother salary.

I could understand if the actor/actress was contractually obligated to do something else or they weren't physically able to do it for whatever reason but at least from what the wook said about the Agen Kolar thing is that the new actor was more local to where they were filming the majority of the movie.

 

It seems like they were just trying to recast the roles.

 

However, some were glaring (Eeth/Agen and Depa/Sar), but others not so much (Adi/Stass). If they did feel the need to establish Stass Allie as a separate character despite the fact that we saw her so very little, you'd have to wonder why the Mirialan seen on Kashyyyk in ROTS hasn't been retconned into "Chandelaria Parvati, Luminara Unduli's eerily similar cousin."

 

I really like the name Chandelaria Parvati.

 

Next someone'll say that the twi lek that was killed on Felucia was Aayla Secura's transexual brother Davela

 

The isssue leaves enough room for interpretation that those who wish to accept the Shatterpoint version of Depa's backstory still can, though that's clearly not meant to be the case in new canon.

Of course, I still don't agree with the idea that we lost a lot of what filled events in this era, especially when much of it can still fit if you squint a bit (and more importantly, it fills in major story gaps). But I've said my piece on that countless times here.

 

Don't forget that being "Legends" does not mean that it's totally false; it means that it might contain some truth.

The LSG will simply cherrypick whatever works from Legends into the New Canon.