Realization

"Realization" is the eleventh episode of the Disney+ Star Wars series Tales of the Empire. It premiered on May 4, 2024, and is the fifth episode of the second season.
==Synopsis==
On a mission to hunt a fugitive, complications change Barriss forever.
==Plot==
Having become an official Imperial Inquisitor with new armor and her own revolving double-bladed red lightsaber, Barriss Offee joins the Fourth Sister on a mission to investigate a reported Jedi sighting. Conflicted by the pain and struggles experienced by citizens of the Empire, Barriss soon realizes what the Empire's "order" truly looks like. To that end, the eventual discovery of this Jedi survivor results in a critical pivot for Barriss Offee regarding her own dark side path.
==Cast==
* Meredith Salenger as Barriss Offee
* Keith Ferguson as Governor
* Rya Kihlstedt as Lyn Rakish/Fourth Sister
* Ry Chase as The Jedi
* Jordyn Curet as Young Girl
==Trivia==
*A Jedi uses the Force to defend, never to attack. After Barriss says Lyn has one Jedi left to deal with, she waits, allowing Lyn to attack before she repels her with the Force, proving herself a Jedi.
*The Jedi in this episode is identified by "they/them" pronouns, the first human Jedi to have done so in Star Wars animation.
*Both Fourth Sister and Barriss have traditional Inquisitor lightsabers with spinning blades. These sabers can be canonically used as miniature helicopters. While that particular move has not been seen on-screen since Star Wars Rebels, it may explain how Fourth Sister survived her confrontation with Barriss by the episode's end.
*Fourth Sister is one of the few Inquisitors who do not wear masks on field missions, which generally seems to denote either rank or a level of trust from the Grand Inquisitor/Darth Vader.
==Gallery==
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==External links==
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Category:Tales episodes