- Jossed.
- Jossed.
- Padmé would be seen in the Vader flashbacks back when he was Anakin. Alternatively, she could be seen in present time if Vader is haunted by guilt.
- Semi-confirmed. In episode 1, she appears via archival footage during Obi-Wan's nightmare.
- Jossed.
- The bounty hunters can't be too happy about Inquisitors robbing them of a source of income by hunting rich targets.
- Sister Reva makes use of bounty hunters to force Obi-Wan into the open in the second episode, but she has no feud with them. Her fellow Inquisitors, on the other hand, do not approve of her plan or the bounty hunters' interference, and it's implied that they tortured or possibly killed at least one of them.
Almost all Jossed. Quinlan Vos gets mentioned, A new character named Nari gets a Sacrificial Lamb treatment, and at one point we see the corpse of Tera Sinube as a trophy in the Fortress Inquisitorius.
- Oppo Rancsiss and/or Colman Kcaj might allow for a good Worf Effect scene or carry some gravitas due to their roles as surviving councilors.
- Bariss Offee would be pretty recognizable, although she could also appear as a surprise Inquisitor.
- Jay making a cameo, hopefully Beneath Notice, could be a Star Wars: Visions nod, and he has been on Tatooine.
- It doesn’t seem that Jay and Star Waver have been to Tatooine yet in the timeframe the series takes place in. Obi-Wan is shown living in a cave rather than his hut, which appears in Tatooine Rhapsody. Not to mention Star Waver would want to be as far away from Jabba’s territory as possible considering the bounty on Gee’s head.
- Quinlan Vos has also visited Tatooine in the Legends world, and he may have some recognition status.
- Confirmed. While he doesn't appear in the flesh, he is explicitly referenced in Part III by Obi-Wan and Tala.
- Some fans think Cal Kestis was set up in his video game for a live-action debut.
- Master Uvell showing up could tie in interestingly with the sequel trilogy.
- There are lots of Star Wars Legends Order 66 survivors who haven't even been confirmed to exist in this continuity who could be re-canonized, maybe in a Sacrificial Lamb way and maybe for something better, to throw a bone to Legends fans. Master Zao, Kai Hudorra, Kazdan Paratus, A'Sharad Hett, Roan Shyrne, Olee Starstone, Beyghor Sahdett, Larath Tarak, Obi-Wan's old friend Garen Muln, T'ra Saa, Ikrit, the Dark Woman, K'Kruhk, Dass Jennir, Jax Pavan, Zonder, Ephaan Kenzon, Halagad Ventor, Tsui Choi, Maris Brood, Scout, Ma'kiss'shaalas, Rahm Kota, Hylon, Cho'na Bene, Fy-Tor-Ana, Drake Lo'gaan, Ry-Gaul, Bardan Jusik, Ekria, Aqinos, Kina Ha, Empatojayos Brand, Glovan Thule, Sha Koon, Joc Sah, Djin Altis, Thracia Cho Leem, Arligan Zey, Siadem Forte, Nam Poorf, Vergere, Ferus Olin, Tsui Choi, Roblio Darté, Iwo Kulka, Jambe Lu, Deran Nulal, Sia-Lan Wezz, Koffi Arana, Antaria Wellos, Shadday Potkin, Klossi Anno, Beldorion the Hutt, Ylenic It'kla, Kento and Mallie Marek, Chase Piru, the Soaring Hawkbat Clan, Bon, Nia, Dorin Se'ol, the warden of the Ghost Prism, Echuu Shen-Jon, Jerec, Celeste Morne, Lora Nadad, Dray, Bre'ano Umakk, Fable Astin's mother, Elaiza, Jimbo Kinnison, Tao, Pann, and Jastus Farr are all interesting and unique Jedi who could be good for this story under certain circumstances.
- The names Zonder, Ekria, Djinn Altis, and Rahm Kota appear on the wall of the Path's safe house (written in Aurebesh), as do several other Legends Jedi not mentioned above, although their statuses as Order 66 survivors are not yet confirmed.
- The four Jedi from Star Wars: Uprising. Obi-Wan could be ret-conned into seeing the last of them get killed.
- Rael Aveross and/or Lene Kostana (who are both currently unaccounted for after Order 66) could show up and have some interesting interactions with Obi-Wan or Vader due to their history with Dooku and Qui-Gon respectively.
- Legends Jedi who don't survive Order 66 (or even the Clone Wars or earlier conflicts) will show up with a Spared by the Adaptation treatment. It already happened to Oppo Rancisis, after all. Etain Tur-Mukan, Knol Ven'nari, Xian Ameersu, Ronhar Kim, Sharad Hett, Foul Moudama, B'dard Tone, Serra Keto, Fay, Siri Tachi, Darra Thel-Tanis, Tru Veld, Jon Antilles, Nico and Tae Diath, Zule Xiss, Glaive, Elora Sund, Kass Tod, Vaabesh, Aubrie Wyn, Wendo Nend, Sian Jiesel, Tyvokka, Rhad Tarn, Micah Giett, Mak Lotor, Bhat Jul, Mira, Obs Kaj, Perce, J'Mikel, Rii'ke En, Shon Kon Ray, Leska, and Tohno are all possibilities, albeit slim ones.
- One of the main Jedi from Star Wars: The High Republic, given how Jedi tend to be Long-Lived.
- Semi-confirmed. Tera Sinube, who was created for The Clone Wars but appears in The High Republic is seen as a frozen corpse in the Fortress Inquisitorius.
- A character from that book does show up in From a Certain Point of View, so it may still be canon.
- Not super likely, considering that Rebels implied Obi-Wan and Maul hadn't seen each other in a long time.
- Jossed.
- Possible as Morrison has shown up in the second episode as a clone trooper beggar.
- While that guy's a 501st Trooper, it's still possible that Cody could show up somehow.
- Jossed, he will be back for the second season of The Bad Batch Season Two however.
- Jossed.
- Confirmed. There's even big time elaboration on Leia's childhood.
- Jossed.
- C-3PO is seen as a cameo in the first episode.
- Barris Offee would be excellent in that role, having fallen to the Dark Side before the end of the war and become a Defector from Decadence, claiming the Jedi have betrayed their principles.
- Jossed.
- Not quite confirmed, somewhat Jossed. Obi-Wan and Owen both thought Anakin was dead, and Obi-Wan learns in the second episode that he's alive.
- Several Legends Jedi from video games or roleplaying games could fill that role, and watching such efforts fail can make Obi-Wan contemplative about whether he'll ever train Luke.
- This is a strong candidate; the prologue of the first episode shows some Younglings running from Order 66 and the second episode gives us Haja Estree, who smuggles a child (implied to be force sensitive) and his mother to safety and tells Obi-Wan "There are those who can help you" when he smuggles him to safety. It's been ten years, so Haja could be working with those Younglings, now old enough to be Padawan learners, albeit without knights or masters to guide them.
- This is partly confirmed in Episode 2, partly Jossed in Episode 5. Haja is working with The Path, who smuggle force sensitives to safety with the help of at least one Jedi, Quinlon Vos. However, Episode 5 reveals the younglings we saw in the first episode did not escape the Temple, but ran straight into Lord Vader, who promptly killed them, except for Reva, who survived and played dead.
- Not a major theme thus far, but in the third episode Obi Wan and Leia do meet a character who is supportive of the Empire, citing "order" as the main reason.
- Beyond that, no, the rest of the series focuses on the effort to rescue Leia, Obi-Wan's conflict with Vader, and Reva's search for revenge.
- Obi-Wan himself does this, at least initially until he's forced back into action to save a 10 year old Leia.
- There could be a great Bait-and-Switch moment with a Togruta Jedi who initially looks like Ahsoka Tano but turns out to be Shaak Ti.
- Jossed: The end of the second episode showed his disfigured form in a bacta tank.
Dave Filoni wanted to include him in the second season of Star Wars Rebels but couldn’t find a place for him in the story. He may be teased as being more valued by Vader than the other Inquisitors, echoing his role in Legends.
Jossed
- Adalric Brandl, his son, Ladinnare Torbin and other Legends characters could show up this way. Maybe even with Emperor's Hands like Mara Jade, Shira Brie, and Sai Cuis thrown in.
- This may be how Naare gets involved in Imperial service.
- This is confirmed in the second episode. The Grand Inquisitor despises Reva/Third Sister for her origin "from the gutters". She has a role in the Inquisitors due to her strength in the Force, but will never be allowed to advance because of her background.
- That doesn't confirm it as Reva could have been one of the younglings that escaped from the temple and lived on the streets for a time before joining the Inquisitors.
- Turns out it's a bit of both. in Episode 5, Reva reveals that she was a youngling that barely survived being stabbed by Vader, faked her death, and lived on the streets for a time before being recruited as an Inquisitor due to her strength. But then subverted, because Vader knew she was a former youngling out for revenge.
- One of the kids is played by an African American with braided hair. Which is kind of sad, her speech on Tatooine about how jedi wouldn't help any of the people there and yet a jedi died protecting her.
- Confirmed. Not only was she one of those younglings, they didn't escape the Temple. Vader left her for dead and she barely survived, escaping to the streets and seeking revenge.
- Possible reason? Obi Wan had promised that he would take her as his Padawan learner when the war was ended and hates him for not fulfilling his promise, leaving her to be tortured by the Empire.
- It appears she's doing it for ambition; she wants to hand him over to Vader in order to advance in the Inqutisitorius, where she's despised for her lower-class background.
- Turned out she did hate him because Anakin was his padawan, but she hates Anakin more.
Hell, he may have been telling the truth. That kid did have force powers and Haja was sending him to people who could help, maybe even the younglings we saw running from Order 66 at the beginning of the first episode. He certainly appears to be a huge fan of the Jedi and risked his life facing an Inquisitor on Obi-Wan's behalf.
- Confirmed in the third episode.
- Confirmed and Jossed. Chapter V confirms that Reva was one of the younglings, and she played dead to avoid being killed by Vader. The rest are dead.
- Jossed: Her plan the entire time was to kill Vader.
- We also don't know if Vader at this point is the same Vader that killed Kenobi. He could have still been adjusting to his cybernatics, so he may not be in such a great condition as well and thus possible to be beaten even if Kenobi remains rusty, and if his former master is back at full strength, then the fight may even be a Curb Stomp Cushion as Kenobi beats Vader rather decisively because he is fit and leaves him raging and motivated into developing his skills for their last rematch that ends in Vader winning.
- A rematch between Kenobi and Vader would almost certainly have Kenobi getting the best of the match, but we know both survive for the final match in A New Hope. Intensity wise, it's going to be somewhere in-between their two previous fights (the epic battle in Revenge of the Sith and careful defensive duel in A New Hope). Kenobi seems to have cut himself off from the force while on Tatooine (though he reconnected to save Leia), while Vader is still the learner... of the dark side.
- Confirmed. Although he doesn't fight the Inquisitors at all, he still loses to Vader in their first fight but afterwards, finally actively wielding his lightsaber allowed him to indeed return to his full shape after he single-handedly infiltrates Fortress Inquisitorius, killing many Stormtroopers, and defends the Patch, culminating in a decisive win against Vader in their second duel but leaves him behind after seeing just how far Anakin has fallen.
- Confirmed!
- Sort of, in the third episode he appears as a hooded Anakin, but as a hallucination seen by Obi Wan rather than a flashback. The shot is too distant to see whether Hayden has been digitally de-aged.
- Confirmed in the fifth episode, in which we get a full sparring session flashback between Obi Wan and an Attack of the Clones era Anakin. However, they didn't bother de-aging either of them, instead cleaning up their appearances somewhat with makeup.
- Confirmed.
- Jossed.
- Confirmed. He tries to reach him, but Vader despite appearing briefly vulnerable ultimately rejects him, explaining why he believed Vader was unredeemable.
- Jossed
- Confirmed, as the Third Sister uses Lola as a tracking device.
- Jossed
- Jossed
- Jossed
- Jossed
- Jossed
- Confirmed! Owen and he reconcile, as Obi-Wan recognizes Luke needs Owen more than himself at this moment, and Owen finally lets them meet. Obi-Wan even gets to give Luke his toy directly!
- Confirmed.
- Confirmed, he chokes Reva in Episode 4.
- Alternatively, he was alive but died when Reva stabbed him...when Reva inevitably fails to bring in Obi-Wan and dies for her failure, Vader will clone and revive the Grand Inquisitor and reinstate him to his post. Thus setting him up as the Canon equivalent of Bevel Lemelisk from Legends, doomed to be repeatedly killed, cloned, and RE-killed in service of Vader. His death in Rebels was the last straw for a very frustrated Vader— rather than giving him a new body, he instead bound his spirit to the Jedi Temple on Tempes for all eternity.
Jossed: He survived his injury.
- Only Reva can possibly be one of them among the Inquisitors as those younglings were all human and she is currently the only human among the current Inquisitors. The only other known human Inquisitor was Trilla, who was a padawan before being captured and turned and she was killed five years prior to this series.
- It appears this isn't the case, at least not for Reva, as the Grand Inquisitor scorns her gutter origins and says she'll never advance in the Inquisitorius as a result.
- Unless she escaped from the temple and lived on the streets for a time.
- Confirmed: She was one of the younglings, barely surviving a blow from Vader and escaping to live on the streets before joining the Inquisitors.
- Unless she escaped from the temple and lived on the streets for a time.
- The evidence is mounting as of "Part III", with the name of Corran Horn's Legends father being seen in Aurebesh on the walls of the Path's hideout.
- Jossed
- Kerin is another Jedi fanboy who has some skills and pretends to be a Jedi during the Empire's reign in Legends. If he doesn't appear, maybe Haja is an Expy of him.
- For that matter, maybe Baze and Chirrut will show up in that way, as they're also non-Jedi protectors of Jedi traditions.
Jossed
Jossed. He neither tells him nor decides not to. They just have a heart to heart about Luke.
- Jossed
- Jossed.
- Jossed.
- Jossed.
- Jossed.
- Jossed.
- Jossed
- This seems very unlikely as Tala kept Vader from capturing Kenobi. Then there is Reva having to look for the secret doors and killing the pilot. If this was a front none of that would be necessary. More likely is that they were active just never seen or the Empire found them and dismantled their operation.
Jossed
- Confirmed for the most part, except for her dying heroically as of the fifth episode.
- Jossed. It's ambiguous, but she probably doesn't know any of that by the end of the series, and would only have been able to find out through the message Bail left on Obi-Wan's damaged communicator.
- Jossed. He leaves her alive to suffer.
This leads to two possibilities: 1 - it was "the will of the Force" that Kenobi's niece would fall in love with Palpatine's escaped clone-son, or 2 - Palpatine actively sought out Kenobi's relatives, arranging the union of his niece with Palpatine's clone, breeding them like cattle to try to make a powerful vessel for his spirit to transfer into.
- Jossed.
- The Padawan pack (Zule, Tae, Vaabesh etc.), the Jabiim Nationalists and Loyalists, Obi-Wan being MIA before Anakin's knighthood (meaning before the events of Star Wars: The Clone Wars) and Anakin abandoning local soldiers to save clones could all be interesting worldbuilding.
Jossed
- This would be a convenient way to make Tarkin's claim that Vader is "all that's left of their religion" accurate while also letting plenty of Jedi still be alive outside of the Empire's domain. This could also set up a large, organized remans of the Jedi to appear in the upcoming Ashoka spinoff, given implications that show will feature her looking for Thrawn and Ezra in uncharted space.
- The idea of Leia having an adoptive cousin with a Jedi parent has a lot of potential (Duke Kayo not being Niano's biological father could make his "Well Done, Son" Guy feelings a clever bit of Foreshadowing). More importantly, though, watching Vivien Lyra Blair's Leia naming her aunt's cuddly new pet All-Terrain Attack Vehicle has the potential for great hilarity and cuteness.
Jossed. We don't meet any more relatives after she gets kidnapped.
- While the Grand Inquisitor's eyes were digitally editted post-production, the Fifth Brother's appear perfectly in contact in contrast to his cataracts in Rebels. While Fifth's survival is Foregone Conclusion in his rivalry with Reva, nothing says she can't do any permanent damage to him.
Jossed.
Towards the end of the series, Obi-wan will finally make contact with Qui-Gon Jinn's force ghost, and part of this will involve a vision of the fated duel. This means Obi-Wan will be going into this fight knowing the outcome, hence why he is so confident battling Vader for the last time.
- Jossed. They fight again and Obi-Wan leaves him to die. (and once again it doesn't happen)
- The series seems to be clearly setting her up for a duel with Obi-Wan or a You Have Failed Me execution, so subverting those expectations could be quite clever.
- She and Obi-Wan part on, apparently, good terms at the end of Part VI after she finds herself unable to kill Luke. Obi-Wan reassures her that You Are Better Than You Think You Are and that by not following in Vader's footsteps, she has brought her fellow younglings to peace. It would be a shame to see her not complete her Redemption Arc, but not entirely unsurprising to see her return to the Dark Side.
- Having failed to kill Vader she will now see the only way to get revenge on him is to kill his son.
- She doesn't necessarily know Luke is Vader's son, she just heard about "the children", "the boy", and "Owen", so might just assume he's a force sensitive child and will hunt him for revenge on Obi-Wan now that she knows she's wildly outclassed by Vader.
- Confirmed.
- Vader will show up early in the last episode, Obi-Wan will defeat him and escape (showing he's returned to tranquility), and allowing a nice bookend with their first duels, the one in A New Hope and the one in Part III. He gets away only to get a message from Reva demanding he face her on Tatooine and he'll have to race there. Now that she knows she can't go against Vader, she'll settle for the man who failed as his teacher.
50/50. The action is divided between Kenobi dueling Vader on some rocky planet and Reva fighting Beru and Owen in her hunt for Luke.