‘Star Wars: Tales of the Empire’: What Occurred to [Spoiler]?

[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Star Wars: Tales of The Empire Episodes 4, 5 and 6.]

The topic of Barriss Offee’s (voiced by Meredith Salenger) whereabouts after the autumn of the Republic has lengthy been a debated topic amongst Star Wars followers. Some thought she’d managed to flee jail and saved Grogu… which turned out to not be the case. Some thought she’d present up in Ahsoka as an antagonist for her former good friend to battle… which turned out to not be the case. Others, nonetheless, hypothesized that the disgraced former Jedi would possibly’ve turn out to be an Inquisitor… they usually had been proper. However Tales of the Empire proved that turning to the Darkish Aspect was solely a part of Barriss’ story.

As of the top of the ultimate episode, we’re left conflicted about Barriss—and, once more, we’re unsure whether or not she survived. Let’s break it down.

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Did Barriss Offee Die?

That’s the query most Star Wars followers will definitely be left questioning after they’ve completed Tales of The Empire’s six quick episodes. After we go away Barriss, she’s being carried from a sequence of maze-like caves on a frozen planet within the arms of Lyn (voiced by Rya Kihlstedt), the previous Fourth Sister who labored with Barriss throughout her temporary tenure within the Inquisitorius. Earlier than you get too sentimental about Lyn following Barriss’ instance in renouncing the Darkish Aspect and abandoning her double-bladed lightsaber, bear in mind she stabbed Barriss within the intestine. Actually, carrying her out of the caves was the least Lyn might do.

To Lyn’s credit score, she appears to remorse hurting Barriss the second the blade pierces by way of her. She guarantees a dying Barriss that she’s going to get her out of there, and he or she does—moments after white puffs of breath cease showing beneath Barriss’ nostrils. It appears a rife setup for an emotional burial scene, however for no matter cause, Tales of The Empire chooses to depart the 2 former Inquisitors within the snow, their fates unknown. There’s no post-credits scene to offer indication of Barriss’ or Lyn’s fates. Even the comics are obscure about Lyn’s survival standing; whereas a Insurgent Alliance Commander seems along with her armor at one level, there’s no point out of whether or not or not she’d killed Lyn to acquire it.

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Might Barriss Have Survived?

In Star Wars, characters have come again from worse than a lightsaber stab to the intestine (simply ask Darth Maul). Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), actually, survived an especially related wound after Rey (Daisy Ridley) used the Pressure to heal him. Additionally price noting is that Barriss was dwelling in exile as a healer, so she would possibly’ve had supplies in her dwelling for Lyn to make use of to avoid wasting her life.

If the creatives at Disney needed to revive Barriss and even carry her to live-action in a hypothetical second season of Ahsoka, the door has been left suspiciously extensive open. Nevertheless, even when Barriss did die, Lyn survived—and he or she’s appeared in live-action earlier than, too, in Obi-Wan Kenobi. Both, or each, of the previous Inquisitors would possibly seem on-screen once more. Even when they don’t, theirs was a transferring story about redemption and forgiveness that rings true to the central themes of Star Wars.

Star Wars: Tales of The Empire, Streaming Now, Disney+