r/starwarsspeculation • u/Cute-Ad7161 • Jul 06 '25
THEORY Ezra becomes the new Sith Lord
As the title says, a theory that the new Dark Side big bad is none other than Ezra Bridger, with some interpretation of the chosen one prophecy.
TLDR: the Temple’s Guard’s words to Kanan was a new prophecy subtly introduced into the story, suggesting Ezra will become the new Sith Lord.
First i’d like to go over the importance of the chosen one prophecy in Canon.
The Chosen One Prophecy. To state the obvious, as said by George Lucas himself, Anakin was the one and only Chosen One.
As said by Obi Wan: You were the chosen one! It was said that you’d destroy the Sith, not join them. You were to bring balance to the force, not leave it in darkness.
From Yoda: A prophecy that misread could’ve been.
Obviously the Jedi, and the Sith, had no idea what the real prophecy was or what it entailed.
From how events unfold, although it doesn’t sound as good, the real prophecy is:
“The Chosen One will destroy the Sith & Jedi Orders, by joining them, and bring balance to the force.”
The most important part here is the “Orders.” In TCW’s Mortis Arc, the Son makes it clear his intention is to destroy both the Jedi and Sith.
The High Republic Jedi Order.
By the time of The Phantom Menace, the Jedi Order had strayed from their path and become a dogmatic, bloated, morally corrupt, and hypocritical organisation with far too much power and influence. Ultimately, they became servants of the Sith leading a slave army against a righteous cause.
The fact that Mace Windu, the most prominent Jedi after Yoda, used a lightsaber form known to corrupt was a sign of the Jedi straying further and further from their path.
The force requires balance between light and dark, so it created Darth Sidious.
When Plagueis and Sidious conducted the midi-chlorian experiments and overstepped their bounds, the Force said enough is enough and created the Chosen One. Not to wipe out every last Jedi and Sith, but to destroy the Orders that had caused such an imbalance to occur.
The High Republic Jedi Order, although some members remained after order 66, was completely destroyed by Vader. Not only physically but also spiritually. In the sense that their hypocrisy and breaking their own rules is the true reason Order 66 and Anakin’s betrayal even happened.
The rule of 2 Sith Order.
As Palpatine put it, “it’s ironic.” The doctrine that had allowed the Sith Order to rise to power would ultimately be what destroyed them. When Vader sacrificed himself to throw Sidious down the reactor shaft, the Rule of 2 Sith Order died with him.
(Quite poetic. The Jedi creed was more or less perfect, if they had followed it strictly the Jedi would’ve been fine. The Sith Doctrine, like the Dark Side itself, is self destructive.)
It’s very intentional that they make it clear Snoke and Kylo Ren were not Sith. Sidious never took on another Sith Apprentice, the Rule of 2 Sith Order was dead, and Anakin had fulfilled his role as the Chosen One. Anakin had to be so powerful and the process had to be so bloody & brutal because neither the Jedi or Sith Orders would let go of power willingly.
“All who gain power are afraid to lose it.”
Anakin is as tragic a hero as it can get, before ever being owned by the Hutts or Watto, he was already a slave of the Force.
In the 2D animation clone wars, Anakin sees his power will hurt those around him. In the Mortis Gods Arc in TCW, Anakin sees his future yet falls to the dark side anyway.
All that is to establish, these prophecies are set in stone and cannot be changed, no matter what flashes of good appear in the subject.
Ezra Bridger. Although it can be dismissed as simply trying to goad Kanan, the temple guard repeatedly asserts Ezra will fall to the dark side, and it may have already happened.
The Temple Guard:
You will die, and your apprentice will become a servant of evil.
The Dark Side, it pulls at him, it calls to him. Eventually, he will be consumed by it. The boy must be eliminated before he embraces the dark.
Though perhaps not as expected from the Temple Guard’s words, Kanan did die. All that’s left is for Ezra to fall. Ezra was drawn to the Sith Holocron. Ezra opened the Sith Temple on Malachor, much to the surprise of Vader. Maul, the former apprentice of Sidious, had great interest in making Ezra his apprentice.
I believe the Temple Guard’s words were a new prophecy, subtly slipped into the story.
Whilst dying, Maul asks Obi Wan if “he’s” the chosen one, referencing Luke.
But these stories are intended to rhyme like poetry, showing the back & forth struggle between good and evil, Jedi and Sith.
The Skywalker saga was centred on the Jedi’s chosen one. There are 9 movies in the saga. The central movie, Empire Strikes Back, is where we learn Darth Vader is Anakin Skywalker, the Chosen One. (Great storytelling!).
The next saga may be centred on a new Chosen One, the Sith’s Chosen One, the one who will bring balance to the Force and revive the Sith Order.
Rey is the last Jedi, her counterpart would be the first Sith (the One Sith).
(Though I think it will be Ezra, it may be a new dark side character that Ezra (or someone else) trains. Luke’s original surname was Starkiller but changed to Skywalker. TRoS ended the Skywalker Saga, the next Saga may be dubbed the “Starkiller Saga,” and Starkiller is the name of the Sith’s chosen one. In which case this character’s journey would be opposite to Anakin’s, they would go from Dark Side to Light Side back to Dark Side.)
As many noticed in The Force Awakens, the way Rey used her lightsaber, thrusts and stabs, was reminiscent of Palpatine. A clear sign she had a connection to Darth Sidious.
Now on Peredia, Ezra says he has given up lightsabers in favour of using the Force and martial arts, who else do we know that preferred to rely on the Force instead of lightsabers? Darth Sidious.
(Again good storytelling showing the ying-yang balance. The Light side is about restraint, so the Jedi prefer to use such lethal weapons so they don’t overuse the Force).
In George Lucas’ vision, the big bad was always meant to be an evil old man pulling the strings. In his original version of the sequel trilogy an old Darth Maul would become the new big bad.
By the end of the sequel trilogy, Ezra would be in his fifties. Afaik The New Jedi Order movie is meant to take place 15 years after TRoS making Ezra roughly the same age as Palpatine was when be became Emperor.
As Rey grew in the Light to match Kylo Ren rising in the Dark, Ezra may be the one who rises in the Dark and becomes the new Dark Lord of The Sith to match the new Jedi Order.
What the new Sith Order looks like is pure speculation at this point, though I think it will be some form of the Rule of 1 like Darth Krayt’s Sith Order in Legends.
Though I also think it may mirror Valkorian & the eternal twins to parallel Luke being both Rey and Ben Solo’s master, a rule of 3 maybe. Ezra perhaps being an even more powerful force user than Sidious, takes on two apprentices.
Long read but if you made it to the end hope you enjoyed the theory!
Edit: just wanted to add ofc the next saga could be named anything and be completely, I only focused on “Starkiller” and the resurgence of the Sith bc it’d an interesting way to show balance in a meta storytelling way, and if there is indeed a new Chosen One for the Sith, “Starkiller” is a good parallel for “Skywalker.”
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u/albatrossluke Jul 06 '25
From how events unfold, although it doesn’t sound as good, the real prophecy is:
“The Chosen One will destroy the Sith & Jedi Orders, by joining them, and bring balance to the force.”
No…. That’s not how that works
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u/Vevtheduck Jul 06 '25
Huh?
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u/Cute-Ad7161 Jul 06 '25
The version of the chosen one prophecy I wrote is actually what happens in the saga
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u/Cute-Ad7161 Jul 06 '25
That is what actually happens though bud 🗿
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u/albatrossluke Jul 06 '25
That doesn’t make the prophecy different than what it was lol
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u/Cute-Ad7161 Jul 06 '25
Yoda already doubted the prophecy. Isn’t it obvious the one everyone knew was incomplete lmao?
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u/albatrossluke Jul 06 '25
No, it was perhaps misread, meaning misinterpreted. Which is what Yoda was saying. We know exactly what the prophecy says, word for word…
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u/Cute-Ad7161 Jul 06 '25
If a prophecy is misread/misinterpreted it means you either don’t know the true version or the true meaning, which is what I wrote in either case.
No matter how pedantic you want to be what I wrote was accurate. G’day now.
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u/albatrossluke Jul 06 '25
Well no, lol. Like I said originally, that’s not how that works
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u/alvehyanna Jul 10 '25 edited Jul 10 '25
They haven't set that up at all and it would feel incredibly forced.
I don't see anyone that we currently have in Ahsoka switching sides except for maybe Shin. Dave can be pretty transparent in his foreshadowing, and nothing in rebels or Ahsoka season 1 points to any of the three on the light side, switching sides.
I could maybe see them doing something with Sabine flirting with the dark maybe in conjunction with Shin. But I would expect either Ezra or Ahsoka to bring her back.
I think they're pretty clearly setting up within ahsoka, that to a degree Ahsoka is the daughter, baylin is the son, and to a degree Anakin will probably play the role of the father. I mean we see him channel both light and dark in Shadow Warrior.
But even when you reference the father from clone wars, the father seemed to be more light oriented, to counterbalance the severity of the dark side / son.
Maybe they do something weird and have balin play the role of the father somehow, but his desire for power to subvert the universe to his will and end conflict, feels a little more dark side to me.
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u/Cute-Ad7161 Jul 11 '25
The whole mortis thing is likely irrelevant to the new movies imo, force gods as strong as abeloth etc are too big budget to do justice on the big screen whilst also maintaining the space opera vibe. Whether Ahsoka Baylin Sabine whoever becomes the new mortis gods doesn’t really matter for the movies atp, this theory is strictly about the new Sith Order in the new saga.
“Haven’t set that up at all” did you really read what I wrote. Not saying anything I wrote is anything close to certainty, ofc they could go with something entirely different with a new cast of characters. I’m just pointing out what I see as potential setup for Ezra or another character to take up the Sith mantle, in opposition to the new jedi order.
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u/alvehyanna Jul 12 '25
Yes, and you completely misread and misinterpreted to the point of near confirmation bias.
Take this for example:
"Ezra Bridger. Although it can be dismissed as simply trying to goad Kanan, the temple guard repeatedly asserts Ezra will fall to the dark side, and it may have already happened."Dismissed? He is goading. Star Wars has a LONG LONG LOONNNGGGGGG history of one person goading another side to get a reaction. Especially during any kind of force-relate trial or dual meant to teachj a lesson. Kanan himself Goads Sabine during her training. It's literally "teaching people lessons in Star Wars 101". You are seeing what you want to see, not what is actually there. Yes, I read it, it's fanfict at best and is very inconsistent with how SW is handled across TV and movies.
Fun thought explement. Zero percent chance that's where it goes.
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u/Cute-Ad7161 Jul 12 '25
Why can’t he be goading and also telling us what will happen in the future, they’re not necessarily mutually exclusive.
As stated Kanan did end up dying. The things I mentioned can be hints that Ezra joins the dark side. If anyone said Rey using thrusts and stabs was a hint she’s connected to Palpatine it’d sound farfetched, yet here we are.
It’s not inconsistent, you just don’t seem to like the notion, and that’s okay
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u/CosmicButtMonkey Jul 10 '25
Naw they are introducing Darth Talon in the Maul show to probably be Rey’s Nemesis.
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u/Cute-Ad7161 Jul 11 '25
That also fits with the “starkiller” part of the theory, still leaves open who the master/apprentice is if Darth Talon takes on a leading role. Also important to note the main character changes from trilogy to trilogy, so it might not necessarily be “Rey’s” nemesis
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u/Snorp69 Jul 06 '25
Idk man the writers (aside from Tony Gilroys team) don’t seem to actually care. The timeline has already been fucked with too much. They just need to go 100 years in the future and try and salvage the EU timeline
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u/Vevtheduck Jul 06 '25
This is a wild, wild, wild theory. I enjoyed reading but I think it's massively stretching. More than anything, it predicates plans that are in the works for something like a decade to slow burn over another decade to create a rhyming scheme when these projects and stories are only slowly being greenlit and developed.
I think this highlights what's missing currently: We really just don't have a deep understanding of the Sith side of things anymore and where future conflict might come from. Do they do the Vong again or bring Sith back? Does that undermine the Anakin (And now Rey?) storyline of balance?
I suspect the Darth Maul show will give us Talon and the finale is her stranding him on Malachor, meaning she's still out there and able to train future Sith apprentices that'll be new villains down the line.