^^goes to show anyone successfully baited into being mad is just a loser
RogueLeader said:
It’s possible this whole assassination plot is going against the wishes of the Master Sith, who I’m assuming we actually haven’t seen yet. But, I wonder if the Sith are manipulating Mae to kill these Jedi in order to begin chipping away at the facade of the Jedi Order. I think the ‘dream’ speaks to the way the galaxy views the Jedi, and how the Jedi view themselves. I think it will be revealed that the Jedi hold some responsibility for what happened on the twins’ home planet, and if the public finds out about it it would be a scandal. I think the Sith may be trying to slowly sour public sentiment of the Jedi. And on the other side of things, perhaps they know this scandal will lead the Jedi to become more dogmatic like we see them in prequels, and even more tied with Coruscant and the Senate.I also get a sense that this philosophy has involved into an actual tradition that Sith have for their acolytes. We’ve seen Mae/evil twin reach for her target’s lightsaber during their fights, and her targets have commented on her fighting them without a weapon. It seems like Mae having to resort to her blades or poison is something she’s reluctant to do. She told Qimir she is going to kill a Jedi without a weapon to please the Master, but I wonder if in order for an acolyte to earn their lightsaber (and/or officially become a Sith apprentice), they have to kill a Jedi with their own weapon. And that weapon becomes their red lightsaber.
It is a little confusing where Mae’s orders and her own vendetta begin and end, but I think this is right-on - if not close - to what’s going on. Qimir and Mae’s conversations alluding to her killing at least one of the four masters without a weapon (and the poison counts), could just be them misunderstanding the aphorism. But clarity on it is probably going to come in hand with the revelations of what happened on Brendok - if it’s bad enough Torbin literally kills himself over the guilt.
Does feel a little like the broad strokes of the payoffs are already telegraphed, especially when the inevitable endpoint is that this all gets buried (or just doesn’t ever resolve in a meaningful way) - which makes me hopeful there is more to it than just scandal. These episodes are scattered with 5 minute mysteries (the twin, the poison, etc) that ultimately don’t matter, it’s hard to tell if that’s just weird writing or by design. I think we’ll get a better feel for what it is as we go along, but because it’s so early in the show there’s room for it to be the latter. Actually interested to see how these checks pay off.
I theorize they’re doing an earnest try at a Darth Jar Jar thing with Qimir, but that’s neither here nor there to the core mystery