I
don't know how many of you have seen this clip. It's on the official Star Wars youtube
channel, and is a preview for the next episode of Rebels.
There
are a couple of beautiful and amazing things
about this.
Let's first, of
course, take off our hats to Maul and Sam Witwer's performance. I
cannot wait for more of that character. His mental instability is
glorious.
Next, there's the
fact that the darksaber makes an appearance. So. Awesome.
And... it's on
Dathomir. I know, I know.
With
those three things, how could I find something more?
If those alone had been present, I'd be talking ninety-miles-an-hour
nonstop and completely, absolutely delighted for this episode.
But the
in-real-life Rebels team went above and beyond.
The
blood-scrawled name Kenobi in
Mando'a on the wall. The fact Maul kneels before it, surrounded by
candles. Is that a personal ritual? Come home, kneel before that
name, then make dinner?
What
stole my breath and kicked my heart was that picture.
Satine. The picture.
Now stained, torn. From a distance, it looks like her eyes are
bleeding black. Think of all of that wonderful black fluid that would
spill from mouths and ears and noses in Teen Wolf, and now apply that
to that painting. You know, that TV show has some wonderful visual
elements. Moving on.
The
music. Oh. Satine's theme is... so beautiful, all on its own. To
include it here, warped?
All it took was that first signature note, and my heart was in my
throat. And from there I was completely lost. So beautiful.
And then the camera
pans down and we see...
The weapon that
killed her. On a stand. Beneath her portrait. Surrounded by candles.
Sweet mother of
Palpatine.
The
shrine he built, basically of her death—
the knowledge that Kenobi will suffer from that as long as his heart
beats...
“He lives!”
Even
if Obi-Wan and Satine are never mentioned in
this episode...
This
alone is enough. More than enough. I thought that moment of He
Lives couldn't be trumped this
season, even by Thrawn, who is absolutely spectacular.
I'm
afraid this moment outdoes even He Lives.
Go ahead, tell me
I'm crazy.
I'll just be here,
kneeling at the weird shrine to Satine's death, and glorying in the
fact that Maul learned Mando'a.
Someday...
I hope Obi-Wan sees
this place. Not this episode. But someday.
