Oh she is 100% a jedi youngling from the flashback. Likely she blames obi-wan for failing to stop order 66, maybe been drinking vaders cool aid about how he betrayed them
Hmm I wonder, actually, if she was taught a bunch of anti-Jedi propaganda. Since she would’ve been so young as a Jedi Youngling, it would be easy for the Sith to paint Obi-Wan and the rest of the Council as responsible for their own destruction, by teaching and living by a flawed philosophy
my opinion has always been that palpatine was the master manipulator, the jedis way of life was not necessarily the issue (but could still be flawed) but more they allowed themselves to become generals and politicians instead of peacekeepers and mediators.
Oh no I agree 100%. I’m just saying that’s how the Sith would spin it when indoctrinating its Inquisitors (Reva included)
Also can we talk about how funny it is that Reva captured Anakin Skywalker’s daughter and could’ve won his favor so easily by giving her to him…but instead (since she ofc doesn’t know that Leia is a Skywalker), she used him as bait for Obi-Wan
She’s gonna have met every member of Anakin’s family by the end and then he’ll be like “well I guess you’re part of the family too. Don’t worry I’ve tried to kill them on multiple occasions, youll fit right in”
Oh she is 100% a jedi youngling from the flashback. Likely she blames obi-wan for failing to stop order 66, maybe been drinking vaders cool aid about how he betrayed them
Hmm I wonder, actually, if she was taught a bunch of anti-Jedi propaganda. Since she would’ve been so young as a Jedi Youngling, it would be easy for the Sith to paint Obi-Wan and the rest of the Council as responsible for their own destruction, by teaching and living by a flawed philosophy
I know this is anachronistic, but I have an image of Kylo Ren and Inquisitor Reva listening to My Chemical Romance at Hoth Topic living rent-free in my head right now.
Consider who the three main characters of Obi-Wan Kenobiare.
Obi-Wan, Vader & Reva. What ties them all together?
They’re all trying really hard to NOT be Jedi… even though, deep down, that’s who they are.
Because as the Grand Inquisitor puts it: the Jedi Code is like an itch; they cannot help it.
Take Obi-Wan, for instance:
He’s saying: “I’m not a Jedi anymore. That guy died the same day Anakin did. I’m just Ben.”
But it kills him that he can’t help Nari, he can’t help that dude who can’t feed his family, he can’t help those settlers on Mapuzo who were getting bullied by stormtroopers.
His character arc is the most obvious one: he is coming to terms with the idea that, yes, he still is a Jedi.
Becausethat’s who Leia needs him to be right now.
And it’s who Luke will need in the future.
Vader:
We know Vader’s road arc won’t conclude in this series.
For years, Vader is always THIS close to going back to the Light, then always stomps his foot on the ground and doubles down, going “nu-uh, I’m evil deep down inside, I swear! Dark Side all the way! Look how I’m killing this guy! See what a monster I’ve become Obi-Wan?!”
He keeps rejecting the Light and rationalizes his actions by saying the Jedi betrayed him, but deep down, he’s rejecting the Light because he thinks he deserves the pain that the Dark gives him. He’s a monster and he is where he belongs: in Hell.
But we know that, eventually, he lets go of the guilt, the anger, the fear, and does become that Jedi again, which George Lucas once described as “ultimate father figures”.
Because that’s what Luke needed when the Emperor was killing him: his father, the Jedi.
Now take Reva:
She’s saying: “I’m not a Jedi. The Jedi abandoned me. I hate them and I’m gonna have my revenge!”
That whole speech she gives in Part I?
She’s not saying that to the Tatooine randos (who the Jedi never protected in the first place because they had no jurisdiction in the Outer Rim). She’s repeating that to herself.
Clearly, she was a youngling when Order 66 happened, she got taken in and made into a monster. But not really, right? ’Cause the other Inquisitors? Now those guys are full-on psychopaths. She’s cute compared to them. They tell her as much.
She’s not as broken inside as they are.
And deep down, she knows it too. Which is why she screams, she pouts, she’s overly arrogant, reckless, mean and insistent, she’s overdoing it, she’s overcompensating.
“Look at my flips! Look at how I parkour! Would a Jedi be so badass?!”
She’s doing exactly what Vader is doing.
Only she’s doing it louder, because the good in her isn’t buried as deeply as it is with him. She’s stomping her foot and doubling down and insisting that “no, I’m bad, I swear”.
Because the alternative is accepting that - unlike Vader who made his own choices - deep within Reva lies the truth that what happened to her wasn’t her fault. She’s a victim of a galaxy-wide genocide. And it’s not her her fault. Sometimes, bad things happen to good people, and it’s unfair.
Which is why Haja takes her by surprise.
Why would this guy WILLINGLY say he’s a Jedi? Is he crazy? Doesn’t he realize what that comes with? The target it puts on your back?
Seeing him do that clearly hits her where it hurts.
Now, I don’t know if she eventually arcs and manages to become that Jedi once again… or if she’ll die trying… or if she does like Vader and rejects it for good.
There’s a reason Reva and Moses Ingram are positioned in the middle in all promotional pictures featuring the trio:
My guess is that it’s because while Kenobi is coming around to following the Way of the Jedi, and Vader is just blazing trails in the opposite direction… Reva’s fate is unclear.
I saw someone complaining about how Reva seems to be able to discover things so quickly and navigate situations easily so she’s always on Obi-Wan’s trail.
Fandom has this thing when a character they dislike is winning by ‘cheating,’ even when the entire freaking world-building points to an easier answer.
She is strong in the Force. It’s kind of the Jedi/Sith thing. Like shooting a photon torpedo down an exhaust port.
There was a whole scene in the prequels where Qui-Gon scolds Obi-Wan for not trusting the 'living Force,’ i.e. trusting the force to guide you to your goal.
Like how Reva’s doing. How many scenes have there been in this show already where Jedi and Sith employ intuition?
There must be some reason that they can look at a black female character fulfilling the definition of a powerful threat and call it “bad writing.” (and I was really hoping I wouldn’t have to use this sarcastic phrase in another fandom, but here we are.)
I really thought that we wouldn’t start seeing backlash against Inquisitor Reva, the Third Sister, and her actress, Moses Ingram, until closer to the end of the show.
I’m a fool.
It was barely 24 hours. TWENTY FOUR HOURS!
I’ve seen complaints about diversity hires! (This is a fandom that stans characters who are robots.) I’ve seen complaints about her acting. I’ve seen complaints about that she’s too ruthless and impulsive. She serves the freaking SITH! I’ve heard complaints that she seems a Mary Sue. I’ve seen complaints that her parkour-like moves – which a tenth grader could tell you symbolizes that she’s using her rage and desire to channel the force – are stupid or clumsy.
Fandom may not like black female characters, but they’ll tolerate them as long as they are in minor roles that can be pushed aside. A black woman playing a primary antagonist let alone a villain?
To them, it’s unthinkable. They’ll pass judgment based on an incomplete story.
Fandom is nothing if not depressingly dependable.
I hate fandoms. Like I watched the episodes and went “well there’s clearly a backstory there. And yes she’s underwritten. But there have ONLY been two episodes. Out of what? 6 or 9 or whatever” Then moved on with my life.
But of course people have to be loathsome pieces of shit.
If she had been a white male character, there would have been meta speculation by now on what her motivations were and what her fate would be.
So allow me to correct that and make a prediction –
Obi-Wan is not Reva’s target. Anakin is.
If you suspect, as I do, that she’s the young Jedi trainee in the opening scene (otherwise, why have it?) then she knows who it was who lead the attack into the Jedi Temple. That’s why she knows who Darth Vader is – she would never forget him. What is she owed? Revenge.
But she’s been trained as an Inquisitor in the ways of the Sith, and she knows she can’t take Darth Freaking Vader down without an advantage. She has to distract the Dark Lord of the Sith, she has to make him forget that she’s in the room.
What better way to do that than give him Obi-Wan Kenobi?
That’s why she doesn’t give a damn about the chain of command. This is a do-or-die mission. It doesn’t matter if she angered the other Inquisitors. How angry will they be when she murders Vader? Why is she so reckless? There is no point in playing things safe if your ultimate goal is killing the Emperor’s right-hand cyborg.
There is no compromise in the path she’s taking, and the monomaniac fixation on that plan empowers her, as it would with any individual on the Path of the Sith.
I might be wrong, but I guarantee you that if Third Sister had been Third Brother and he had been played by Dylan O'Brien, there would have been reams and reams and reams of meta by now. There would be no complaints about ‘recklessness’ or 'insubordination’ or 'bad dialogue.’
The only thing we can do is not let people get away with it.
