As Tales of the Empire digs through the Story by Barriss Offee– and her quest to survive the rise of the Empire at all costs – comes a moment that culminates a decade-plus wait for fans who wanted to see what happened to the former Jedi padawan after her shocking end history in Clone Wars. This moment took a long time to create and was also crucial for the actress behind her.
This moment reaches the climax of the second of Barriss’ three episodes Tales of the Empire, “Realization.” Having already accepted the offer to join the new Imperial Inquisitorius after the fall of the Republic and surviving while on a mission to hunt down a Jedi hiding alongside the Fourth Sister (Rya Kihlstedt), Barriss is horrified by the violence of the Inquistors and decides to commit apostasy herself by throwing the Fourth Sister off a cliff with a blast of power and throwing her own helmet into the depths with her.
In the next episode, “The Way Out,” we meet Barriss, having never seen her before. An unknown number of years later, she had the chance to live and grow older. She got her hair cut and became a spiritual healer on a distant, icy world, a wise woman who heals and advises those who seek her in need. It’s a great moment, not only to see Barriss blossom and prosper, but also to see her commit herself to the Jedi ideal – the ideal she believed so strongly in that the Order fell away by participating in the Clone War be – and become someone who knows when to fight and when to offer an open hand. She is far from a young woman so shocked and horrified by the Order’s development that her only response to its involvement in interstellar war might be violence in kind. And for Meredith Salenger – who has reflected on the decisions Barriss made Clone Wars As long as the fans exist – it was a powerful moment to be a part of.
“I mean, I think it’s like in life – when you go through life as a teenager, you have the energy to fight, to become combative, and I think for Barriss, she’s always been like that… She’s methodical and conservative in her education and wants to do the right thing and abide by everything,” Salenger recently told io9 about watching Barriss grow and become the wise woman we meet in “The Way Out.” “I think as you grow and learn and as you get older, Barriss makes mistakes – he wants to do things the way they’re done – but all of that can only change if there’s underlying love for everyone and desire is to change people’s love perspectives for more caring and more healing. Instead of doing this with violence, we should change people’s hearts and minds and show compassion. Portion.”
It’s a change of perspective that gives Barriss the opportunity to delve deeper into the story war of stars‘ Future. Mirroring the climax of “Realization,” when the Fourth Sister finally tracks down Barriss for her betrayal, their encounter culminates in the former managing to accidentally stab the latter – and in the process realizing Barriss’ pleas for her to change , and see that a new path would be possible. Tales of the Empire ends with the Fourth Sister regaining her former identity as Lyn Rakish and carrying a wounded – but apparently still alive – Barriss to help. It took a long time, but finally, war of stars Fans got to see what became of the headstrong Padawan… and how she became a Jedi far beyond anything the Order had to offer She became disillusioned I could imagine it.
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