The more jedi are added to the 'survived O66 list' the more clear it is that the the tragedy of the Jedi is absolutely about genocide, but it's no longer COMPLETELY about Obi-Wan and Yoda as the exiled survivors or Luke as the Hero that can Save Us. The tragedy isn't about BEING alone, its about FEELING alone.
Kanan and Cal, who almost certainly knew each other (to me), are circling the galaxy around each other. They both know Saw Gerrara. Gungi goes back to Kashyyyk. YODA IS STRAIGHT CHILLING. Ahsoka is running an intelligence agnecy. And like, that's what, 5 people? I know there's a handful of more, but even if there's a hundred? Instead of 10000? It's not much, its obviously about their decimation, but they're all, at least for awhile, under the impression that they are lone survivors. They all have to shed everything that identifies them as Jedi, they see their temple desecrated as the palace of a tyrant. They cut their braids and shed their robes, they hide their lightsabers. They find new families, new roles, all assuming the Jedi are extinct.
AND YET. They are all pulling in the same direction. They all remain true to the Jedi they are. Most are involved in the rebellion, some train students, all of them shine in the galaxy even though it's an offense punishable by death.
It never mattered to the Emperor to get every last Jedi ever. It was about destroying their culture, it was about scattering them, breaking their will, and making sure they FELT alone.
It works, for awhile. But as we are shown over and over, being a Jedi is not about any of that. Being a Jedi is about hope, about goodness, about the peace and light that you carry with you, that sustains you and supports you, it's about offering yourself up as a vessel for that peace and hope to manifest itself around you no matter the consequences.
So truthfully, the Emperor could never succeed. No matter how dark things get, the Jedi - whoever they are, wherever they come from, no matter how long its been since they swung a lightsaber, cannot be defeated. Only killed. They will all, always, no matter how few, pull in the direction of justice, and they will always succeed.
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