ezra and maul

the-jedi:

“MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU” MEME [11/20] – a jedi + padawan or sith + apprentice partnership: EZRA BRIDGER & KANAN JARRUS // EZRA BRIDGER & MAUL

– You think I came here to fight? I came here to speak… with my apprentice.
– He’s not your apprentice.
– Yet.

srahwars:

can i count on you?

maul dragged me all the way to tatooine and all i got was this sweet mandalorian spaceship

ezra just barely holding back tears is breaking my heart

LEAVE HIM ALONE MAUL I WILL LITERALLY MURDER YOU MYSELF WITH MY BARE HANDS!!!!!

maul got pretty seriously poetic with this appeal to ezra.

i love how maul says he and ezra could be like brothers. maul only mentioned him outright once, but its so clear that maul has savage on his mind the entire time. the void that losing him to sidious left has eaten at maul for years.

look at ezra’s face. couldn’t be any clearer he wants no part in this. maul’s seriously foolish if he thinks begging will change that

THIS IS BAD THIS IS BAD THIS IS REALLY REALLY BAD

i guess maul was actually BETTING ON ezra’s friends following them, and their getting possessed was maul’s plan all along? this way, he gets rid of two of ezra’s family and most importantly HIS MASTER without ever lifting a finger against them. so sad this happened to them!! if only they’d trusted maul like ezra trusted him, they would still be fine! now who can possibly train ezra in the ways of the force now???

ezra’s seen enough holovids to know you HAVE TO make your enemy drink the dangerous possibly poisoned potion first. but if he’s REALLY smart he’s gotta make maul switch goblets before drinking!!

kanan’s spot on. just goes to show how well they know each other.

ezra’s willing to go to ridiculous lengths if it means he can protect his friends AND learn how to stop the sith. he doesn’t trust maul, but he knows he can count on the fact that maul wants HIM alive. as long as maul sees him as his best and only chance for an apprentice, and genuinely believes he can turn ezra to the dark side, ezra is “safe.” it’s no guarantee, but when the only other option is letting maul expose all of his friends to the wrath of the empire, it will have to be enough.

for kanan’s part, he doesn’t follow them because he doesn’t trust ezra to take care of himself and be cautious around maul. he follows ezra because maul’s would-be apprentice or not you just DO NOT face that guy without back up. every time they’ve dealt with maul before he put ezra in extremely dangerous situations and damn near killed all his friends. and bottom line is, maul defeated a very powerful jedi master. he took down one of mandalore’s finest warriors. if maul DOES decide ezra’s expendible, ezra probably doesn’t stand a chance against him alone.