Tales of the Empire 1x4 REACTION!! "Devoted"

[@WaveSquadron]

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[@KurganMacLeod]

Worth noting re: the Clones sparing Barriss and not Ahsoka - Jesse dismissed Rex's argument about Ahsoka no longer being a Jedi by pointing out that their orders came directly from Palpatine himself. In the same way that Anakin was exempt from the Order, I think Sidious was invested in making sure Anakin's padawan didn't survive it.

[@captaincoolbreeze9429]

This does beg the question of how the inhibitor chips are programmed. Does Palpatine have a hidden console or data pad that he can simple input the names of every target he wishes to eliminate with Order 66 while sparing Anakin and any other Jedi he deems useful? If he does and can do this, I'm sure Bariss was a target of Order 66 until her confession which revealed that she was disillusioned with the Jedi.

[@alexisborden3191]

@@captaincoolbreeze9429 I think it might have been pre programed to exempt Anakin, because Anakin was always targeted by Sidious for corrupting. If he doesn't get Anakin, then he can just say "Order 66, including Anakin btw"

[@collecter343]

I imagine Sidious left room for him to give unique orders depending on the situation.

[@ztheepic13]

@@alexisborden3191for what it’s worth, if Anakin wasn’t the target for corrupting, Dooku would still be alive and it would still be at step 1

[@jacobramos3473]

Well that and the order is designed to kill those who also HELP the jedi or side with them. In that matter Ahsoka is tagged along with the jedi

[@supremefankai5480]

Vader wanted to distance himself from Anakin so much even something as traumatic as Bariss had to be ignored. Anakin may have hated her but Vader doesn't.

[@lukealexander1696]

Vader would literally have approved of her bombing the Temple

[@CRITTER_FROG]

It's funny but Vader has no choice but to retroactively agree with her.

[@shadowcat1606]

Vader killed Fox for the slightest mistake in the most casual, non-chalant way possible in the comics. Vader VERY MUCH still held Anakin's grudges.

[@supremefankai5480]

@@shadowcat1606 yeah, but the guy wasn't killed before he made the mistake, all Vader needs is the flimsiest excuses to execute people because he's constantly seething with barely disguised anger and rage.

[@Depth217]

I really felt my heart sink when the clone guards bragged that the Jedi wouldn’t exist tomorrow. The Coruscant guards like Fox were always the most tightly wound of the clones and it’s sobering to hear them actually reveling in the slaughter of the Jedi.

[@henrybelman7424]

It should be noted that Fox knew about order 66 ahead of time

[@Depth217]

Dante was surprisingly scary. He looks really creepy and it’s scary how he started timid and weak but embraced the darkness so gleefully. Fitting for the literal hell of Nur.

[@realzeno4493]

Blud scared of Dante 😂😂

[@aadil1998]

Fits perfectly though, the dark side is guided by insecurity and fear after all

[@TheBabyCaleb]

He was ugly as hell in my opinion

[@rhaenatargaryen8061]

I do love how the fans expectation of barriss to be an inquisitor is essentially this first episode. and even here, she still isnt acting like cartoon villainy. I feel as a character barriss could easily carry a story of greater length but even here you can see they took care to imply more depth than we can explicitly state in this format

[@collecter343]

It’s really nice to see nuance in someone turning bad instead of it just flipping a switch and “I’m evil now”

[@Depth217]

Vader’s new model combined with the lighting looked like live action at times. Hopefully like Grievous’s new model, this one indicates more will be done with him soon.

[@Abi-chanFictionFan]

4:40 that wasn't his kyber, but the gem he had incrusted on his chin 😬

[@bemasaberwyn55]

So goddamn brutal

[@Abi-chanFictionFan]

@@bemasaberwyn55 Yeah, you can even see some blood on it when it hits the floor Yikes...

[@OrionInSpace]

I have to say that opening shot in this episode is one of the most haunting and chilling executions of a scene that I think I’ve ever seen in Star Wars. Great shot of Jedi temple, use of sound design and music.🙏🏻

[@ANGELOFDOOM66]

It was the same Actress, Rya Kihlstedt from Obi Wan, who voice Lyn, the Fourth Sister. 😁

[@YodatheHobbit]

While we didn't get much with her in Kenobi, she did a really good job voice acting wise in these 3 episodes I thought.

[@ANGELOFDOOM66]

@@YodatheHobbit yeah same. Really good.

[@shugaroony]

@@YodatheHobbit She looked a badass in Kenobi too. Shame she was underused in it.

[@connorlanham4459]

Great reaction guys! Just a reminder of how many brother and sister inquisitors there are, here’s a list of the known ones: Grand Inquisitor Second Sister (Trilla) Third Sister (Reva) Fourth Sister (Lyn) Fifth Brother Sixth Brother (Bil) Seventh Sister Eighth Brother Ninth Sister (Masana) Tenth Brother (Prosset) Thirteenth Sister (Iskat)

[@thetexanjedi95]

There is also Tualon Yaluna (the black Twi'lek inquisitor (his number is unknown) who was killed with the the 13th sister), Marrok, the one Ahsoka killed in Tales of the Jedi, and Jerserra's unknown master.

[@connorlanham4459]

@@thetexanjedi95 Yes, you are correct, but I was only listing the ones that had confirmed number titles. Also, you forgot one other Inquisitor who was briefly mentioned in the Crimson Climb book and yes, that one is considered to be canon. The Third Brother though is beyond me however.

[@Depth217]

I’ve started calling the Tales of the Jedi Inquisitor "Clancy".

[@collecter343]

Cool to see the inner workings of the Inquisitorius and just how ruthless they were in recruiting. Can’t imagine the amount of Jedi/Force Users they went through during these “try outs”.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

RIGHT

[@HylianSith920]

Makes you wonder how they selected which ones to torture and bring out their dark tendencies. What happened to Inquisitors like Trilla must have happened to dozens of Jedi that the Inquisitors didn't kill on sight.

[@heze2819]

I like the parallels they do of Ahsoka and Barriss. They both grew up together, friends as Padawans, then lost faith in the Jedi order in the same arc but went about it 2 completely different ways. Now you see little tiny references in these episodes like them both not technically being Jedi during order 66 and Ahsoka’s training in a circle in a safe Jedi dojo from TOTJ ep 5 versus Barriss’s training in a circle near a pit of death in this episode.

[@connorlanham4459]

Regarding if Marrok, Barriss, Fourth Sister and Birdman are the first Inquisitors, no they’re not actually. The first Inquisitors introduced to Vader are the Grand Inquisitor of course, Fifth Brother, Sixth Brother, Seventh Sister, Eighth Brother, Ninth Sister, Tenth Brother and the Thirteenth Sister, along with Tualon Yaluna, who doesn’t have a confirmed number yet.

[@mimic1984]

Since March 2nd, 2013, some thought her to be dead, others speculated she was the Seventh Sister ever since season 2 episode 5 of Rebels aired, now several years later, we will finally get a definitive answer to the question "What ever happened to Barriss Offee?" 💜

[@EricAero]

6:45 The last trial is the exact opposite than the Jedi we've seen in tales of the Jedi where Ahsoka was tested. Anakin told her it was a lame test. Looks like he improved it 😉😉😉

[@bemasaberwyn55]

😂😂😂😂 Anakin you damn Drama king

[@EricAero]

@@bemasaberwyn55 🤣🤣🤣

[@DarkxSonxOfxDathomir]

Damn I didn’t catch that😂😂

[@Depth217]

6:30 pretty sure Inquisitors just want the most desperate and malicious to survive. Like the Joker giving Gambol’s men one stick to fight it out when he was taking over the whole organization anyway. Just the Joker and the Inquisitorius being sick fucks.

[@BasicWizard]

I imagine the "special orders" regarding Tano cited by Jesse during the effects of Victory and Death were less about her association with the jedi, and more about her personal connection with Anakin. Darth Vader wasn't supposed to be in a suit, so Ahsoka would have recognized him if she were to join the Inquisitorius. I can't imagine Sidious would want such an unpredictable variable in his empire.

[@Sully2001]

Or another reason to lose Anakin after turning him to the dark side. Turning him against Obi-Wan and eliminating Ahsoka left only Padme to take care of, which Anakin inevitably did himself. Ingenious tbh

[@deadsaige]

The Inquisitors works like the members of Slipknot. They all have their chosen numbers and one leaves after the other 😂

[@SGz_Eliminated]

Berris was expelled from the Jedi Order, Ahsoka just quit of her own accord, she was basically on sabbatical lol. Otherwise they'd try to kill Anakin too lol

[@seanpatrickcain2]

Long live the Empire

[@DeathStalker]

I wish the entire show was like this episode, this and ep 1 was a solid 10/10

[@mauriceharris1527]

This was my favorite. Vader knows where her loyalties live. He may not like what she did to Ahsoka but in the end she did it to bring down the Jedi.

[@Depth217]

4:28 you see why each new recruit (besides Barriss) was selected. Ahmand was selfish and impulsive. Dante was weak and ultimately the most malicious.

[@Sully2001]

As soon as they released the soundtrack for this show I downloaded 2 songs, the “Invasion of Dathomir” and “Barriss Released,” from this episode in particular. It was so eerie and was beautifully executed to give that vibe that the Temple is falling, and so is the Republic.

[@jinxie712]

“Where do I know Lyn from?” Me: Call of Duty

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Fun detail that at one point or another, Ahsoka merced half of those inquisitors in Barriss'.....class. Can we talk about the......brutality of the Empire? Like the GI RIPPED that kid's crystal out

[@muhammadhabibieamiro3639]

I have been looking forward for this

[@LXV-e9d]

So happy to see more Bariss finally! I’ve wanted a continuation of her story for years. I still feel like it was a missed opportunity to not have her and Ahsoka working together as much in Clone Wars. They were only together for one arc. I thought she was going to be Ahsoka’s best friend like Obi Wan is to Anakin. And it would’ve made her betrayal hurt more.

[@dragonhunter1315]

Looking at all of the rest of the unfinished The Clone Wars arcs and given that Dave said he had plans for Barriss, i get the feeling that Barriss was meant to return in one of them. The one i'm leaning most towards is the Return to the Jedi Temple arc, where Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka discover an ancient Sith Shrine in the deeper parts of Coruscant, right underneath the Jedi Temple.

[@JessAnderson1988]

Man that Vader model is so good looking. I hope that we see it again in some future Star Wars project!

[@LXV-e9d]

5:51 Yeah we don’t. It’s funny how even when people get stabbed with a non lightsaber weapon in clone wars there’s zero blood. 😂

[@DarkxSonxOfxDathomir]

And blasters cause burns that are mostly internal so no blood there😂

[@G1Transformed]

@WaveSquadron, 10:00 Aaron, at this point in the story what's the difference between Ahsoka and Barriss? Barriss was labeled a war criminal. At her hearing, she rebuked the war and blamed the Jedi Council for leading the Jedi astray. Ahsoka, at the moment this story picks up, was fighting for her life. The troops who once served her were gunning for her because she was doing Jedi business! Jedi officially or not didn't matter. Ahsoka was on a Republic ship commanding Clone Troopers, conferring with the Jedi Council, and brandishing a lightsaber. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, well, it's a duck! Barriss was in solitary confinement accepting her punishment. From what we've seen, she wasn't doing anything Jedi related, not even meditation. That said, the episode starts off by telling us that she's still very much connected to her brothers and sisters as we see that their screams woke her from her sleep. Lyn and the other Inquisitors erred. They assumed Barriss was one of them since she accepted the punishments for her crimes. They, like Palpatine, could not sense her true feelings on the matter. It would appear that she's good at hiding her true feelings or that the Dark Side of the Force is really bad a sensing things like attachment and love. BTW, that wasn't a kyber crystal the Grand Inquisitor flicked towards Barriss and the others. That was crystal embedded in that former Jedi's chin! Did you see the blood on it? Was it ripped out or cut out? I guess it doesn't matter, as either way would have been equally painful. Yikes!

[@3brianssolS]

Yep, it’s the other guy who just said to her Destiny is always Destiny and that’s why her sister sister like to kill him and now she’s upset she changed her body

[@FireQueenMyra]

Really great seeing Baris again after so long

[@picktrees4206]

honestly a real missed opportunity not having other inquisitors show up at the end, from Jedi fallen order, just would've been much cooler seeing more of them all together

[@15blackshirt]

Fourth Sister is voiced by the same actress who portrayed her in the Kenobi series, while Bariss and The Grand Inquisitor are voiced by their original actors

[@mmontes1082]

I personally think they really missed out on a Vader - bariss interaction. Like it made so much sense for there to be a little moment between the two.

[@firecat4529]

Vader didn't want that others know he was Anakin and Barriss probably couldn't sense that he was since it took a lot for even Ahsoka to do that. Vader probably also knew most of the Inquisitors before they were turned so Barriss kind of blends in. Besides that it would be interesting to see more of them interacting.

[@Depth217]

I would’ve liked at least just a double take from Vader, or him particularly focusing on her.

[@lucasdolding6924]

Nah it was absolutely the right move not to do that tbh

[@lukealexander1696]

you know Vader is trolling her in this scene right, the Inquisitor helmet she is given is literally the same as Ventress' Bounty Hunter helmet that Bariss wore to impersonate Ventress so she could frame Ahsoka for the Temple Hangar bombing

[@shugaroony]

@@lucasdolding6924 Exactly. Less is more.

[@jGusss]

the fact that we've yet to hear Vader talk in clone wars animation has me believing a Vader TCW ani show is coming in the future

[@LXV-e9d]

The fact that the GI was able to beat Bariss so easily is kinda crazy considering she gave Anakin some trouble. I know Anakin wasn’t trying to kill her but still.

[@pearsegallagher9832]

eh id argue its a combanation of things, barris hasnt fought or used the force in some time and as we see with the force push she isnt going all in at the start

[@MarcusFrederiksen]

@@pearsegallagher9832 Also it's a whole new training method. The Jedi never taught like that.

[@Vurawn410]

Always bugged me that she gave Anakin trouble.

[@LXV-e9d]

@@Vurawn410 Why? It’s boring if he just one shot everyone.

[@shugaroony]

@@LXV-e9d Exactly. She fought in the war as much as he did and knows how to handle a lightsabre.

[@johannesbowers7467]

When the job interview ends with a deathmatch you may have submitted the wrong resume... 🤔

[@ShizuruNakatsu]

So, if Barriss' speech at the trial is what made the Grand Inquisitor question the Jedi, and ultimately turn to the dari side... How much later is this? How quickly did he go from Jedi Temple Guard to Grand Inquisitor?

[@jfrance649]

Aaron talking about the Grand Inquisitor, making wish they read Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith comic series one day. They go over this a bit in the comic about his origins. There is some great stuff in that series. The guys will love that series.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks to Eric, Calvin and Aaron! 📜

[@kineuhansen8629]

i may be the only one but i loved to have seen something between barris and vader like vader killing her

[@lukealexander1696]

why Anakin was the one that had a problem with Bariss. Vader couldn't care less, she probably doesnt even register to him, at that point in time he believes Ahsoka is dead and gone, and he hates her anyway for abandoning him, so Vader wouldn't care about anything she did to Anakin's padawan. He would probably be quite supportive of Bariss bombing the Temple

[@Depth217]

Dude that would’ve been some shit. Grand: Long live the Emp- Vader: *chokes Barriss to death* Grand: …-ire 😳 Marrok, Clancy, and Fourth: *quickly scoots away*

[@abthedragon4921]

Was cool to see the beginnings of the Inquisitors but I feel like the roster is kinda slim here. We see the Grand Inquisitor, Fourth Sister (who we now know used to be known as Lyn), Marrok and that Inquisitor Ahsoka later defeats who doesn't seem to have a name yet. But where are all the others? Where are Second and Ninth Sister from the Jedi games? Where are Fifth Brother, Seventh Sister and Eighth Brother from Rebels? Or Third Sister (Reva) or maybe any of the comic/book exclusive Inquisitors. I hear some people say they might not have been recruited yet but then how come the Grand Inquisitor says, "we only have room for one in our ranks" and they make this important gathering where all the Inquisitors meet Vader. I feel like you'd want the full squad there if you were making a declaration like that. But hey whatever, I'm not the one creating this episode.

[@Depth217]

I read that it was just a group of new recruits being introduced to Vader, not the whole group.

[@frostdragon7135]

I've had a thought that maybe the titles given to inquisitors are reusable. This seems to still be fairly early on. So these might be all the current inquisitors. We never got the titles of Marrok and the unnamed inquisitor that found Ahsoka, so it's possible that they are called Second Brother and Third Brother. Lyn being Fourth Sister, and Barris now perhaps becoming Fifth Sister. And then those numbered titles get replaced by the other inquisitors we know once these ones are no longer active. I haven't read comics so there might be information I'm missing, but that's my theory anyways. As for the Grand Inquisitor saying "we only have room for one" I don't think he means that literally like they don't have the room. I think he means more that only one of them can be good enough to take a spot. And their duel is to prove which of them that is.

[@collecter343]

Figured the “only room for one” was just an arbitrary statement by the GI to foster resentment and ruthlessness in the ranks, and to just be as evil as possible.

[@nicopalermo1972]

Lynn is voice actress is in the new cod modern warfare reboot series

[@YodatheHobbit]

Dante is the same race as the guy with similar hair like that, but white in Battlefront II as a resistance solider.

[@Sully2001]

Caphex Spy?

[@justinporter7818]

Just gonna say it, I feel like dragging these out week to week killed the vibe of it ,

[@katieee1203]

I mean the guys are enjoying it? So that vibe is still strong.

[@ketchup016]

I agree, but I realized they did it to reward their Patreon supporters. KZbin gets everything for free eventually, but we have to wait.

[@mandalor1810]

@@katieee1203 they don't watch it week to week, they watched it in one sitting.

[@spelworldstream]

i wonder if vader remebers anything about barris after the battle of mustafar?

[@samcorcoran470]

I prefer my Offee Black.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Jfc Sam 😂😂😂

[@atlas94450]

Any one else's ''Like'' button on the video just not there?

[@dragonicus2614]

I love the inquisitors, every time I see them I just start thinking of every metal song I've heard, Especially the Clansy Brown Inquisitor I love his design he's my favorite, what a waste of character.

[@shugaroony]

Why is it a waste, they are tools afraid of their own shadows, there isn't a lot of development needed with that outside of some we have focussed on .

[@shadowcat1606]

Knowing how this arc continued, i've changed my mind in the end, but i still think it would have been great if Vader had just killed Barriss on sight for what she did to Ahsoka. Because we all know that despite everything, Vader very much still held on to parts of Anakin in his innermost self, even though he didn't want to. And Anakin's grudges are still there, first and foremost.

[@fulcrumagent]

Why is barriss apparently friends with literally everyone?

[@TheUnstableThinker]

Saying "Lucifer's mom" instead of "EDE from Mass Effect" is just nuts to me.

[@markdemariassy8685]

For me personally, while it had some good moments, tote was not a patch on totj. Morgan just wasn't as interesting or compelling a character, while the Barriss arc felt like a missed opportunity. In reality she was much further gone in clone wars when she framed Ahsoka, but they dialled it back, and unlike with Duku, didn't show how she got to where she was willing to betray Ahsoka at all. Also would have made sense to show Ahsoka directly involved in her redemption, but didn't show that either. Shame really, could have been great....

[@shugaroony]

I disagree. I've watched this a few times and it improves on each viewing. Each to their own though.

[@nicopalermo1972]

So if she wasn’t considered a Jedi, why wasn’t Ashoka then was turned on by the clones, if she wasn’t Jedi. She could have used the clones would have been cool. If she had her own clone army

[@skyraider1718]

Half of this episode was front/back shots of characters walking and doors opening/closing. A little disappointed with how much time was spent on that when the episode is already so short

[@pearsegallagher9832]

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[@Undertaker606]

First.

[@Hellscream420]

still don't understand why these weren't put out all at once, you trying to milk it til the next show?