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Post #1467892

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EddieDean
Parent topic
The Clone Wars: Refocused [COMPLETE]
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Date created
20-Jan-2022, 3:54 AM

Yes! Spot on. I had thought about that - how Talzin does return from her ‘elective intangiblity’ soon - but that it’d definitely be preferable to at least leave her without physical form in this episode. But I hadn’t thought to use her lovely ethereal voice independently of her body. Your suggestion is exactly the right answer, so I’ll implement that for sure. And the fact that he even calls her out by name is a real bonus that helps sell it. Thanks so much, this is a great solution.

I was thinking a little more about the fate of Talzin - she goes intangible in Massacre (retreating into the force?) then she’s back by the return of Maul (where she sacrifices even more of her physical form), then she’s offscreen for a while (trying to eat a force alignment??) but eventually ‘properly killed’ by Mace and Jar Jar (ugh) in the Bardotta episode I won’t be including in my edit, but then she’s back again in Son of Dathomir (starting off weakened but regaining full strength in that story). I’ll be including Son of Dathomir - in the form of the audio comic from Youtube, which is great - in my edit, because it’s an important episode. But what I like most about Son of Dathomir is that it explains that the reason Sidious captured Maul was specifically to lead to the set of circumstances where he can finish off Talzin properly. And it’s implied in the comics that their confrontation provides her final death - with Palpatine’s presence helping to kill her spiritually rather than just physically. And that’s a really nice thing to include, because it’s yet another thing that helps explain how Palpatine returned and why the intervention of force spirits was necessary in the conflict against him.