The title of episode 4, Fallen Jedi, confirms the status of a new Star Wars villain. But its meaning can also refer to other characters.
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You have to pay attention to the episode titles. Always. They are likely to provide information on history or provide clarifications – sometimes at the cost of some additional explanations. Remember the titles of episodes 4 and 6 of rings of power, The Great Wave And Udun. It’s the same thing this time with the series Ahsoka.
Episode 4, available on Disney+ since September 6, is titled “Fallen Jedi” (Fallen Jedi).
Today he validates the theories that were current about the two new villains of the series — Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati. A confirmation also supported by dialogues which take place during certain scenes, in particular with Ahsoka Tano. But, more symbolically, the title can also refer to other characters that we see in the episode.
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Baylan Skoll is the most obvious Fallen Jedi
The first and most obvious answer is to say that it is Baylan Skoll. The color of his lightsaber (the shade of the blade always has meaning in Star Wars), his outfit and some of his lines left little doubt about his personality: he is a former Jedi master who somehow survived Order 66 and who went bad.
Baylan Skoll had already had lines of dialogue in previous episodes that showed his former affiliation with the Jedi order. It’s even more striking with this episode, when he exchanges with Ahsoka Tano: “ Anakin was full of praise for you. […] Everyone in the order knew Anakin Skywalker. Few survived to see what became of him. »
Baylan Skoll’s activities clearly show that he is straying from the Jedi Order’s line of conduct. He engages in mercenarism, he fights for his own interests, and he has proven that he can leave a trail of corpses behind him. He is clearly a fallen Jedi – other qualifiers have circulated, such as renegade Jedi, or even Dark Jedi.
It is interesting to note that, in the French version of the title, Jedi is given in the singular. This would suggest that there is only one fallen Jedi featured here. His disciple, Shin Hati, would therefore not be a fallen Jedi. It is, after all, logical: she looks young enough not to have experienced the Jedi order and the purge that followed. This dates back three decades.
We can assume that Shin Hati’s potential with the Force was detected – we do not know how – and that her path ended up crossing that of Baylan Skoll, who made her his apprentice. Perhaps she was forcibly conscripted and conscripted. We know that several Force-sensitive individuals have met this fate, becoming inquisitors against their will.
A title that refers to other characters?
But taking into account what happens in episode 4, we can theorize about a title which also refers to other characters.
Is Sabine Wren straying from the right path?
First possibility: Sabine Wren. The young woman is a Mandalorian who for a time followed Jedi training provided by Ahsoka Tano. She has skills with a lightsaber, the blade of which is green (associated with the Jedi), she strives to master the Force. This teaching, however, followed a less than academic path, because the Jedi order is no more.
In episode 4, Sabine Wren makes a controversial choice: instead of destroying an object as Ahsoka Tano, her master, had asked her to do, she ends up giving it to Baylan Skoll in exchange for the promise of being able to find Ezra Bridger. In doing so, she failed to live up to the expectations that Ahsoka Tano had placed on her.
Anakin Skywalker is the ultimate fallen Jedi
As for the second possibility, undoubtedly more credible than the first, it arises at the very end of episode 4: Anakin Skywalker! Ahsoka’s former master appears in the World Between Worlds, an ethereal plane beyond time and space. And Anakin Skywalker is the fallen Jedi par excellence, but he is also a Jedi who found redemption.
Formerly a slave, Anakin Skywalker first experienced a meteoric rise within the Jedi order, under the leadership of Obi-Wan Kenobi. A true prodigy, he ended up being perverted by the dark side of the Force and Palpatine. After his fall, he rose again as Darth Vader. It was only at the very end of his life that he finally found his way back to the light side, and the good.
And Ahsoka Tano, then?
Could it also be Ahsoka Tano? This is the least plausible avenue, unless we consider that “Fallen Jedi” could be translated into “Jedi Tombée”. After all, it’s not false: Ahsoka Tano does fall off a cliff after her lost fight against Baylan Skoll. But the French translation of the title rules out the other meaning of the verb fall in English.
It is true, however, that Ahsoka Tano is a Jedi who has not formally completed her training. She had to leave the Jedi order when she was still only a padawan, following accusations that turned out to be false, and her master was unable to finish his teaching (he became Darth Vader, remember -YOU). She, in fact, “failed” on this path.
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