Things didn’t go well for anyone, but if you take Kanan, Ezra, and Ahsoka out of the picture, things could’ve been a lot worse. Instead, Yoda seemingly knew something was happening there and if some type of Jedi didn’t intervene somehow, the repercussions could be dangerous for the future of the Force. It’s unknown if he is in contact with any other Force-users/Jedi (besides Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon), and even if he was, he might not have trusted them enough to send them or the Force might not have been telling him to send the others there.
In my wrap up paragraph at the end of this review, I jokingly mock Yoda and his decision to send Kanan, Ezra, and Ahsoka to Malachor. Who knew doors could sound like anything, let alone evil? Kudos to the crew on this one, and all of the season, for bringing their A game and trying to one up it every time. And let’s not forget the crew working on the sound, as they did some interesting things with the Holocron’s voice (made me scream Kreia, as channeled by Nika Futterman*) and damn those doors Ezra and Maul open just sounded pure evil. The score brought up the tears quicker, raised the hair on the back of the neck faster, and contributed greatly to the tense and ominous feeling that never let go from the opening moment. On the music’s side: Kiner has been truly hitting his stride this season, but how he calls back to Ahsoka’s theme or implements Vader’s theme in the episode are both part of some his top work to date. On the visual’s side: From the opening shot/approach to the obelisks sticking out of Malachor’s stone-like crust, the hellish landscape of the ‘Great Scourge of Malachor’ battle between Sith and Jedi thousands of years before, Vader’s descent to the Temple (*fans self* phew!), and to the expert use of lighting on the Temple, lightsabers, and how characters were seen in the dark abyss, it made “Twilight” both scary, ominous, and somehow beautiful. All of it added to a very tense, dreadful feeling that pervaded the entire episode. Please note: Throughout the review, if a * or multiple *’s follow something I’ve written, it’s referring to an article or video which I’ve linked to (and included some extra details about) in the ‘Here are a few other things’ section.īefore I dive under the crusts of Malachor, I’ve got to hand it to the animators, Kevin Kiner on his music, and the sound crew (all the crew, actually!) as this contained some of their strongest work to date on the series.
It’s a grand statement to make and my review will do its best to prove it, all the while diving into some of the big cliffhangers facing the characters while we wait (rather impatiently now) for season 3.
The episode left myself (and many others) with utter shock, tears, confusion, and a small hint of happiness, while finding surprising answers and opening up even more surprising questions in what was not only the series’ best, but some of the top Star Wars material ever produced. What could go wrong? As Star Wars Rebels‘ season two finale, “Twilight of the Apprentice,” showed, everything, but not in a way many could’ve easily predicted.
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