VERY interesting thoughts! Thanks for sharing!
I especially like this part:
Kanan essentially engineered Ezra saving Ahsoka in the world between worlds because he felt that what happened on Malachor was as result of him not trusting himself and his own instincts about Maul .
Because, in essence, that hints at Kanan knowing things beyond this mortal plane. Things that only The Force could have known/foreseen. And that, added to this part here:
How many Jedi Masters does it take to pick up a Force-sensitive child from an Outer Rim world (if indeed that is what the painting depicts)? Whatever is going on in that cave painting, that person or child must be of some importance .
I had been highlighting this, like forever!
Baby Caleb Dume was so frikking important the Jedi Order had to sent three of their most senior Masters to pick him up.
Take the two parts together, and add this part from your essay:
Gandalf was one of the Istari, not a man. The Istari were sent to Middle Earth by the Valar to assist in the fight against Sauron:
Kanan was not 100% a human. He was another personification of The Force, but unlike other personifications who embraced their deity status (The Bendu, The Father, The Son, The Daughter), Caleb Dume embraced his human status instead. So he can experience fully what being a human was. And the Force let Caleb “lost his way” for awhile, yet never leaving him, to explore -- and experience -- what hopelessness, fear, anger, all felt like. And to be within the people of the Galaxy as “one of them”, instead of “an exalted one”.
(This started a branching thought about “The Chosen One” for me, but I’ll revisit that some other time.)
This hypothesis of mine is edified by The Bendu’s own words. I forgot exactly but it goes like: Your inner turmoil is like a powerful storm upon this planet, I got awakened.
Heck, there was Ezra, an admittedly powerful Force User, also having his own inner turmoil. The Galaxy was in turmoil. The “Chosen One” was running rampant together with Darth Sidious. How come the inner turmoil of one Jedi Knight -- that didn’t even finish his official training -- became “a powerful storm” that can awaken a god from his slumber?
Because that turmoil was not simply a turmoil of a man; it was the turmoil of the Force itself.
Finally, I keep recalling one of Freddie Prinze Jr.’s interviews, in which he said that “Kanan’s Force ability is growing so fast he’s second to none.” This was IIRC between Season 2 & Season 3. As a Star Wars afficionado -- and a very good friend to Dave Filoni -- FPJr likely had some inkling as to the full extent of the Caleb Dume/Kanan Jarrus character.
Which means that the reason FPJr gently exhorted Filoni to kill Kanan was not because FPJr hated Kanan or wanted Kanan to be taken out permanently. It’s the opposite. He wanted send Kanan on the next step, just like Gandalf, on being improved. To realize Kanan’s full potential. To make Kanan/Caleb join the pantheon of Force Beings, taking his rightful place.
Gandalf the Grey became Gandalf the White.
Kanan the Grey (Jedi) will become Kanan the White (of The Force).
Again, thank you for sharing your profound thoughts, @specseven !
