The BRUTAL Jedi Master Darth Vader Considered an “Equal” (The FINAL Jedi Survivor) Purple Lightsaber

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Composer: Whitesand (Martynas Lau)
Year: 2017
Title: Eternity

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[killiancraftofcraftyworks]

Force ghosting to your opponent immediately after being killed is definitely a flex that should be canon.

[artiemedley]

See? This is what happens when you wait 20+ and 30+ years to fulfill a story arc. Vader hunting down Jedi would've made a far better trilogy than the sequels we got. This was the first time I had heard of her, and I find her fascinating. I love your obscure character breakdowns.

[darylsdesigns]

I noticed certain similarities between the Dark Woman and Cere Junda. When they both fought Darth Vader, the women were able to put valiant efforts, even managing to momentarily get the upper hand on the Dark Lord to different degrees before being killed.

[asherbones]

FINALLY Someone talked about The Dark Woman! Wooo!

[Sunstar]

What an interesting character. I’d love to see a live action version of Anya Kuro while training Aurra Sing and subsequently their later encounter. Also including Anya’s secret missions and unique force abilities.

[MetaSynForYourSoul]

The fact that Vader saw a person become a force ghost before Obi-Wan never sat right with me. Cuz Vader acted like he didn't know wtf happened when he cut down Obi-Wan.

[brokenbridge]

Mad Respect to Anya Curo. She was a good one. But I wonder what would've happened if she had been less zealously devoted to the Jedi Code.

[venkelos]

One of my favorite aspects of this program is that it still looks at the old stuff, whether because it was better, or more interesting than now, or just because it is interesting to know that, years ago, things were different.😊

Back around 2007, I think, I was first getting into the tabletop RPG aspect of Star Wars, and while even I sometimes lamented how much those Jedi really embraced the term "wizards", being more akin to the D&D mages I played, then a character we'd seen in a film, I was stoked. One of the middle books of that RPG set (Saga Edition) included the phasing power, and that was when I made what, at least for me, was my own iconic SW character; Endymion Farstrider. I learned things about the Dark Woman today that I did not know then, but I still knew enough to know that she was the Clone Wars era Master that Ender would have; in part because she was the one who knew phasing, but also because her education would be what allowed him to survive, as a child, in the Jedi Purge era, where so many others didn't. She ranks among several of my own favorite Legends characters, even if I must confess that my typical nerd-diligence wasn't up to snuff, as I learned several things today.😊

Thank you for the good video, and another fun trek through what I like to think of as MY Star Wars!

[thalmoragent]

Ya know... this is a cool character. Star Wars EU/Legends has some baller individuals that many fans just won't ever get to see with the current Canon.

[darkroninmarvel]

*Anakin becomes a force ghost*
Anya Kuro: I told

[shrapnelbmg]

Always considered that comic story of her fight with Vader as one of my favorite short stories.

[projectinlinesix]

Love these obscure character breakdowns! Excellent content! Thank you!

[okamireader]

Jedi Master Anya Kuro, aka The Dark Woman, is among my most favorite figures in SW Legends. She is unique yet evidently flawed, her character design, both physically and personally, make her stand out from her peers, and even she was a victim of the Jedi Order's hubris in their arrogance, self-righteousness, their rigid and obsolete beliefs in what the Jedi are supposed to be about and even their relationship with the Force.

Anya however was able to delve deeper into the mysteries of the Force and master powers that were rare and uncommon, presumably because she approached the Force in a different way than most Jedi or even the Sith and Dark Jedi. Which in and of itself, I feel, is a shame. However she approached or viewed the Force, it proved she was capable of thinking outside the box, to look at things from another perspective in order to gain greater enlightenment, and yet she was unable to escape the dogma that led to the Jedi Order's undoing.

Her zealotry made her even worse in how she treated "problem padawans" and while she had successes with Ki-Adi Mundi and A'Sharrad Hett, she ruined the life of Aurra Sing and her cruelty and negligence resulted in the creation of a prolific and vicious jedi hunting bounty hunter, not to mention Hett went on to become one of the darkest Sith ever to live many years later.

I acknowledge her moniker was a humbling one, but it wasn't nearly as constructive as she might have thought. She took her beliefs too far, farther than even Yoda or Mace Windu, and had she been more flexible and open-minded, I feel she would have been a kinder and much better Jedi for it. Yoda and Windu did not discard their identities in service to the Order or even the Force and they were still great Jedi Masters in spite of their own flaws.

I really wish we'd gotten to see Anya Kuro in the Star Wars Canon or at least confirm that she is canon at all. I'd like to think, if she was canonized, she'd be among the exceedingly few Jedi that are still confirmed to have survived the Jedi Purge, like Quinlan Vos was in the "Obi-wan" series. While her story ended in the Legends continuity, it was a bittersweet ending in how she went out on her own terms rather than Vader's, that she'd accepted her fate but didn't go down w/o a fight, and got the last word in on remind the conflicted Sith of his true identity and leaving him cheated of a true victory while she ascended to a higher plane of existence.

[marshalllatta]

I want to see the dark woman in the future of star wars

[rageofinfinity]

What if The Dark Woman trained Anakin?

[brianclausen]

That's so cool. I've never heard of her before. And I've always read so many books. And she was never in any of the books. I like it when you pull out the jedi that we've never heard of

[Kris-ymzr]

This is awesome. Casual fan just finding out about her, incredible. Thanks for this video

[MBSill]

THIS is a Jedi I'd LOVE to see in live action! Outstanding video, I had never heard of her before this. I'm a 50 yr old OG Stat Wars fan, but unfortunately, I never took much interest in legends material until recently. Your channel is a big part of thereason I've become so interested in it. You cover a lot of great Star Wars topics, and you do it well. Thanx for all your hard work! Love your channel!

[juliusjammer]

AMAZING! Keep these videos coming! Thanks!

[lawrencewelshman]

💙Absolutely loves this one.
Never heard of 💜The Dark Woman.
Amazing character & coverage! 💛