Until now, her motivations have been murky \u2013 does she really just want to be the Grand Inquisitor herself? \u2013 but in Obi-Wan Kenobi\u2019s penultimate episode, her true motivations were revealed.<\/p>\n
Warning: spoilers from the latest episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi follow.<\/p>
In Chapter Five, while Obi-Wan stalls for time to help some refugees escape, Ewan McGregor\u2019s Jedi comes to a realisation. Many fans had been confused as to how Reva knew Anakin Skywalker was Vader, and it clearly puzzled Obi-Wan as well. Vader would keep that a secret, and she was too young to have known him before\u2026 unless she\u2019d met him at the end.<\/p>\n
Because, as many fans had predicted, flashbacks revealed that Reva was one of the younglings at the Jedi Temple from Obi-Wan Kenobi\u2019s first episode. When Anakin cut down her friends, Reva played dead, later joining the Inquisitors with a plan for revenge.<\/p>\n
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All this time, Reva was hunting Kenobi to get close enough to Vader to strike \u2013 and considering she blamed Kenobi for letting Anakin go off the rails, she wasn\u2019t too bothered about Obi-Wan serving as collateral damage.<\/p>\n
Wisely, Obi-Wan ends up using this conflict to his advantage, getting Vader alone with Reva while he\u2019s so focused on his former Master he wouldn\u2019t notice her treachery. At least, that was the theory.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>(L-R): Grand Inquisitor (Rupert Friend) and a Stormtrooper in a scene from Lucasfilm\u2019s OBI-WAN KENOBI, exclusively on Disney+.<\/span><\/figcaption> Lucasfilm Ltd.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n In practice, Vader easily held off Reva\u2019s attacks, revealing that he\u2019d known about her origins all along. In fact, he\u2019d only allowed her to reach the level of Grand Inquisitor to help with his hunt for Obi-Wan, with the original Grand Inquisitor she\u2019d \u201cmurdered\u201d in episode two alive, recovered and waiting in the wings to take over again.<\/p>\n
Tough day for Reva \u2013 left mortally wounded in the refugee base, she only has one more card to play. On the ground she finds information about Darth Vader\u2019s other child, Luke, and exactly where he is. Maybe she\u2019ll get one more chance to strike after all..<\/p>\n
Overall, this latest episode filled in a lot of gaps for fans, and rewrote at a stroke some issues audience members had with the series as a whole. Reva knowing Vader\u2019s true identity? An intentional clue, not a slip-up. Her shallow motivations? All a cover for something much deeper. Even the surprise early death of the Grand Inquisitor (Rupert Friend) \u2013 who\u2019s still alive at a later date in the animated Star Wars Rebels series \u2013 was part of the plan.<\/p>\n
Now, with one episode left to go things are looking good for Obi-Wan Kenobi to end on a high. If they can avoid having another emotional clash in a dark quarry, we\u2019ll be happy.<\/p>\n
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