I am not sure that many people left the season 1 finale of Ahsoka all that satisfied given that (spoilers):
A) Thrawn escaped so most of the season was pointless (but of course he was going to).
B) Ahsoka and Sabine are now stuck in the wrong galaxy.
C) Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati are also stuck and got about 18 seconds of screen time between them, despite being instant fan-favorites this season. And this was the last time we’ll ever see Ray Stevenson as Baylan, given that he sadly passed away after the season was filmed.
But it’s that final Baylan moment that may have looked like it was pointless to the Filoni-untrained eye, but as Clone Wars viewers know, the figures in the statues are indeed extremely important, and a fan theory was proven true as to the “power” Baylan sought on the planet and in the strange galaxy.
These are The Ones, also known as the Mortis gods. Mortis is a planet that supposedly existed within the force, and outside of any star system or galaxy. Now, it appears they may…have an actual planet, one that’s just very far away. Or at least a society that worshipped them directly.
There are three Mortis gods, two of which we can see in the statues, The Father and Son, and there’s a Daughter who I don’t believe we can see, unless I missed her. Baylan is standing on the hand of The Father, as you can absolutely tell its him given that I mean, just look at his Clone Wars appearance.
They were a family of powerful force users where the Son was aligned with the dark side of the force, the Daughter, the light side. The Father was a balance between the two, the sort of “breaking of the cycle” that Baylan said he was seeking.
Now, given that Filoni’s Clone Wars is canon, what the Mortis gods actually did in Clone Wars is also canon, namely the storyline where the Father tested Anakin on Mortis given the whole, chosen one to bring balance to the force thing, but whoops, the dark side Son did bad things and got himself and his whole family killed.
So, these gods should be dead. Because they’re not really gods, Anakin killed the Son with his lightsaber after the Father killed himself with the dagger of Mortis so his children would lose their immortality. I’m wondering if the dagger of Mortis is still around somewhere and maybe some “power” artifact Baylan is seeking.
Again, it’s a little hard to know what Filoni is doing here in a way that won’t retcon Clone Wars, and now it’s even harder to know with Baylan potentially not fulfilling his quest, unless Stevenson is recast. That’s possible, however unfortunate.
I was never the biggest fan of the whole “ancient force gods” concept in the first place, but I know many were excited to see the statue. Clearly there’s more lore and secrets to squeeze out of the Mortis gods, but I do feel like most people probably watched that ending and had no clue why the big statues were a big deal. So here you go.
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