Name: Trials of the Darksaber
Released: 2019-03-23

1) vastness

like the spiders and the Bendu play a little bit of a vastness role
2) reenactment

So you're seeing here almost a small reenactment
3) archetype

I wanted this kind of archetype of the warrior, Fenn Rau,
4) remorse

It's not a weakness to feel remorse, to cry.
5) choreography

Brilliant choreography by him.
6) portrayal

And how to attack these portrayal
7) reluctance

that Hera would be supportive of her and her reluctance to do this.
8) saber

Kanan holding onto the saber there with Sabine,
9) setback

I think little setback and injuries are a part of the learning process.
10) foreground

It's also very like all these characters, all these men in the foreground,
11) gesture

And here, in a very symbolic gesture,
12) disadvantage

but now he's at a clear disadvantage
13) kindness

But I thought the animation really sells that, the kindness in that moment.
14) motif

They're just very old motif, to be honest,
15) apprentice

a master and apprentice in training.
16) stance

So this is kind of a classic Star Wars stance with a lightsaber,
17) surroundings

But I think Bendu's always curious of his surroundings
18) regret

Your anger is often followed by tremendous regret and remorse.

1) overstep

She overstep, and Kanan gets rather aggressive,
2) induct

who was the first Mandalorian that was ever induct
3) empathize

She empathize with Sabine,
4) frustrate

That's what that little damage there. It also frustrate her.
5) unleash

There's a real risk here for him that if she unleash this anger,
6) animate

that would later be animate by Justin Ridge.
7) envision

original lightsaber combat as he envision it in A New Hope.
8) undermine

it also undermine her in Kanan's eyes.
9) absorb

as she just gets absorb into this emotional state
10) apologize

and kind of apologize and say, "Let's start over."
11) inspire

Something that inspire me for that shadow play would probably be
12) render

It fuels the render,
13) integrate

the environments very believable and integrate, the ground plain,
14) overcome

He's overcome a lot of things himself,
15) tap

You'd think like, "If you tap into your anger..."
16) admit

I think it was very important that both characters admit
17) burn

You gotta get burn a little bit, this isn't a perfect thing.
18) throw

And I just threw a little Bendu in here, I think, as just the observer again.

1) acrobatically

and could move them all around acrobatically,
2) dangerously

But what Kanan's doing here, unfortunately for him dangerously,
3) technologically

They're also technologically savvy and advanced.
4) inward

because he's actually inward about himself and his own concerns,
5) emotionally

But he's reacting emotionally
6) barely

He could barely, in some ways, teach Ezra in the long run,
7) ultimately

are one of the more difficult props to make because, ultimately,
8) basically

and mocking her basically because she's a girl.
9) unfortunately

But what Kanan's doing here, unfortunately for him dangerously,
10) properly

and starting properly and with more formality.
11) truly

and learns about what's truly troubling her, what's blocking her.
12) earlier

a couple months earlier about this episode,
13) sometimes

sometimes you know it, sometimes you don't.
14) forward

which will become a bigger theme as we go forward in the episode.
15) especially

especially towards Sabine.
16) late

I added really late in the stages of the story
17) almost

this almost inquisition.
18) actually

while I was actually visiting the set of Episode VIII.

1) overprotective

and the danger of it, he's being overprotective of her.
2) prideful

Mandalorians are prideful, brilliant warriors in their own right.
3) gruff

a good character, but he's often gruff on the outside.
4) episodic

Steward Lee, the episodic director on this episode,
5) believable

and believable and based on some reality.
6) diligent

He just thinks he's being a diligent master
7) adept

And I know he's very adept at sword play and martial arts,
8) reflective

but also it's reflective of his actual reluctance to let her train,
9) inspirational

and that was really inspirational for me.
10) supportive

that Hera would be supportive of her and her reluctance to do this.
11) surprising

surprising Jedi with technology and then cutting them down,
12) tremendous

Your anger is often followed by tremendous regret and remorse.
13) aggressive

She oversteps, and Kanan gets rather aggressive,
14) curious

But I think Bendu's always curious of his surroundings
15) bare

but she's also cutting through to the bare facts of the thing.
16) surprised

So she's a bit surprised
17) brilliant

Mandalorians are prideful, brilliant warriors in their own right.
18) careful

I was very careful about how Hera would react in this scene.

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