Baylan JUST REVEALED His Secret and IT'S PURE GENIUS!

I completely agree with you on this. Baylan and Shin quickly became my favorite characters in this series. I don't believe Baylon intends on killing Ahsoka or betraying his word to Sabine. He's using Thrawn as a way to get to his objective and won't think twice about betraying them. Since they left he's kept his right hand on the hilt of his lightsaber whenever he's around Morgan, Thrawn or the Night Mothers. He definitely has his own agenda and I can't wait to see what that is.

I noticed this connection the moment Baylan talked about ending the cycle of war too. In addition to Baylan having very similar motivations to Kreia and the hyperspace ring being called Eye of Sion, I thought Thrawn's damaged ship has a lot of visual similarity to Nihilus' ship with the battle damage. I think Ahsoka is definitely taking heavy inspiration from KOTOR 2.

Kreia didn’t want to kill the Sith and Jedi, she wanted to destroy the force. She wanted to end this force that led others to fall and made others slaves to its will, including herself. She wanted to end the Force’s influence over the galaxy.

He's got this anti hero essence. I love it so much, I feel blessed getting this kind of villain in Star Wars.

I think he has the feel of a disillusioned crusader. His dress and fighting style are western Crusader. He reminds me of Balian of Ibelin and his backstory is similar. He’d be someone who saw Jerusalem fall, he’s someone who would have admired the spirit of the crusaders but lamented their personal failings. He saw the cycle of wars between the faiths leading to a cycle of rising and falling kingdoms and empires. Also, I’m thinking the big twist is Ezra being insane. Thrawn hints at something about Ezra. There’s also an insane Jedi also in the original Thrawn books. He’s stranded for years on a wasteland somehow surviving both Thrawn and the witches, yet is conversation has a strange feel to it when we finally see him. Like a guy stranded on the desert island who seems normal at first but who has lost his connection to sanity. There’s something of a treasure island quality to this story with everyone seeking one thing but with a Balin doing a Long John Silver thing. There’s an insane person in that story too.

I didn't know the actor had passed. This guy was the best part of Asokha, I have no idea how they will replace him. Such a great acting job, you could read his script just by looking at his microexpressions.

He's the first interesting villain Star Wars has had since Dooku. Hopefully they recast the role if his story needs to keep going. Someone like the Hound from Thrones could do a good job.

Kreia is my all time favourite Star Wars character, and her philosophy has been a cornerstone to how I have come to view the Light and Dark Side in Star Wars, and the nature of how the force seems to keep repeating itself. I would love to see the canon tackle some of her philosophy, but unless its Kreia herself down in that planet, I don't imagine Disney would care enough to give it the time.

How are they going to move forward without the great Ray Stevenson? Such a sad loss!

Did you notice how the Night (Grand) Mothers immediately clocked Sabine as dangerous and "smelling of Jedi" or something like that, but just ignored Baylan. Ouch

It's heart-braking that Ray Stevenson passed away. RIP, you were one of the greatest Star Wars actors we've ever had.

I norse mythology there are two wolves that devour the sun and moon, named Skoll and Hati... and here we have Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati. I think what you've said has some traction.

I rewatched this episode tonite and especially when baylon went into his whole tirade about powers that they may fear yet it calls to him...I suddenly thought about abeloth

If you think about it.. with all of these mortis references.. what if Abeloth (the mother) is why the great mothers want to leave so fast? And why everything is dead? Edit- looks like I might have called it👀

"Know that there was once a Darth Traya. And that she cast aside that role, was exiled, and found a new purpose. But there must always be a Darth Traya, one that holds the knowledge of betrayal. Who has been betrayed in their heart, and will betray in turn." Baylan is the new Traya archetype reborn anew

Exactly! The moment i heard Baylan send end the cycle I thought of Kreia and her "love" and fanaticism for Meetra's unique existence. True power against the force. The problem is Kreia was unable to attain that power, it was only the unique being that Meetra was that made that dream possible. We may have a similar tone with Baylan, true power but untouchable and unreachable by him.

Palpatine also sensed something that was out of his reach, that is what I think Baylan has found here.

it really sucks that the actor for Baylan died IRL. such a badass character.

Do you think the thing that’s making thrawn and the great mothers want to leave as fast as possible could be the yuuzhan vong if I remember correct they are from a different galaxy

What's so great about this story is how much it's diving into the Legends lore to guide it, but not be beholden to that either. I think that it's telling the Great Mothers immediately recognize the Jedi teachings in Sabine despite being apart from the original Galaxy for thousands of years at a minimum. Something about the origins of the Jedi, like the Dathomiri, must come from this galaxy. My guess is the Tho Yor and original philosophy of the Je'daii are what Baylan is pursuing, the "beginning" of the cycle before light and dark separated into different factions and threw the force out of balance forever onward