Star Wars Rebels\u2019<\/em> new episodes<\/a> together into a major, 90-minute event. The revelation at the end of \u201cThe Holocrons of Fate\u201d (more on that in a moment) feels like a season-shaping event.<\/p>\nStill, Darth Maul\u2019s return made for a strong story. Seeing Maul use the same dark side interrogation technique Kylo Ren uses against Rey in The Force Awakens<\/em> intrigued me – as did the fact that, I believe, the scene marks the first on-screen use of Kanan\u2019s real name.<\/p>\nI knew the name \u201cCaleb Dume\u201d from John Jackson Miller\u2019s novel A New Dawn<\/em> and from Marvel Comics\u2019 Kanan<\/em> series, but for some reason I\u2019d pronounced Caleb\u2019s last name as though it were French (\u201cdoo-MAY\u201d). To hear Maul speak it as a homonym of \u201cdoom\u201d? I\u2019ve got a bad feeling about that\u2026<\/p>\n\u201cThe Holocrons of Fate\u201d leaves me with these three questions:<\/p>\n
1) Have Ezra and Kanan really reconciled?<\/strong><\/p>\nI think they have. Truthfully, I\u2019m a little disappointed. I don\u2019t want their master-apprentice relationship, let alone their friendship, to end in failure; but lingering conflict over Ezra\u2019s actions during Kanan\u2019s absence could have continued to be a rich source of plot and characterization. The potential for continuing friction exists – the Bendu twice uses the word \u201cperhaps\u201d regarding Kanan and Ezra\u2019s restored \u201cbalance\u201d – but for now it seems the two are a strong team.\u00a0 And the fact that they embrace in such an archetypally rich sequence – the classic descent into the underworld, undertaken to return with a gift – makes me think we\u2019re supposed to accept their reconciliation as the journey\u2019s true goal. Nevertheless, both holocrons remain aboard the Ghost<\/em>, meaning Ezra might wrestle with the temptation to use that power, jeopardizing his relationship with Kanan again.<\/p>\n