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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's unclear if the cavern system is normal and Lyn's clouded judgement causes her to get lost, or if it's deeply connected to the Force (just like the caves on Dagobah and Illum) and deliberately traps Lyn in response to her fears.

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's unclear if the cavern system is normal and Lyn's clouded judgement causes her to get lost, or if it's deeply connected to the Force (just like the caves on Dagobah Dagobah, Ahch-To, and Illum) and deliberately traps Lyn in response to her fears.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Interesting example with the Fourth Sister. When she's trapped in the cave with no way out, she slashes at the walls. Specifically, she's slashing at the reflections of ''herself''. Is this a sign that she hates what she did for the Empire? Is she frustrated with her failure to do the Empire's bidding? Is she just afraid of this person she has become? Whatever the case, when she has stabbed Bariss and has no one to call for help, Lyn decides she's going to help Bariss and carries her out of the cave.
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* DoNotCallMePaul: The Fourth Sister tells Barriss not to call her "Lyn".
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* BadassPacifist: Barriss completely undoes the Fourth Sister without ever laying a hand on her or drawing a weapon, simply dodging her attacks, then using words and the Fourth Sister's own vulnerabilities to drive her into a breakdown and forsake the Inquisitorius.

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* BadassPacifist: Barriss completely undoes the Fourth Sister without ever laying a hand on her or drawing a weapon, simply dodging her attacks, then using words and the Fourth Sister's own vulnerabilities to drive her into a breakdown breaking down and forsake forsaking the Inquisitorius.
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* ContinuityNod: The mother of the family informs Barriss that Imperials have been taking blood samples from their planet's children, no doubt to see if they have a high enough M-count to be useful to Palpatine's [[Series/TheMandalorian Project]] [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch Necromancer.]]
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* EasilyForgiven: Barriss immediately forgives Fourth Sister after she stabs her by accident.

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* EasilyForgiven: Barriss immediately forgives the Fourth Sister after she stabs her by accident.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's unclear if the cavern system is normal and Lyn's clouded judgement causes her to get lost, or if it's deeply connected to the Force (just like the caves on Dagobah and Illum) and deliberately traps Lyn in response to her fears.

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* BadassPacifist: Barriss completely undoes the Fourth Sister without ever laying a hand on her or drawing a weapon, simply dodging her attacks, then using words and Fourth Sister's own vulnerabilities to drive her into a breakdown and forsake the Inquisitorius.
* BreakThemByTalking: With the Fourth Sister lost in the cave and losing her mind in frustration and fear of failure, Barriss verbally breaks her down, insisting on using the Inquisitor's birth name and deconstructing her boast that "fear is [her] ally", trying to compel her to abandon the dark side. Barriss is ultimately successful, though Lyn stabs her in a blind rage before coming to her senses.

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* BadassPacifist: Barriss completely undoes the Fourth Sister without ever laying a hand on her or drawing a weapon, simply dodging her attacks, then using words and the Fourth Sister's own vulnerabilities to drive her into a breakdown and forsake the Inquisitorius.
* BreakThemByTalking: With the Fourth Sister lost in the cave and [[VillainousBreakdown losing her mind in frustration and fear of failure, failure]], Barriss verbally breaks her down, insisting on using the Inquisitor's birth name and deconstructing her boast that "fear is [her] ally", trying to compel her to abandon the dark side. Barriss is ultimately successful, though Lyn stabs her in a blind rage before coming to her senses.



* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Fourth Sister accidentally impales Barriss with her lightsaber while recklessly swinging it around trying to escape the caves. The episode ends before we find out if Barriss died from it or not.

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* EldritchLocation: Like the caves on [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Dagobah]] and [[Film/TheLastJedi Ahch-To]], the cave Lyn chases the family through is just as unnatural as Barriss warned it would be. While the family safely navigates through it to reach their ship, an increasingly frustrated Lyn finds herself [[UnnaturallyLoopingLocation repeatedly going in circles]] well after her quarry makes the jump to hyperspace.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Barriss sports a much shorter hairstyle than in any of her previous appearances, giving her a noticeably gentle appearance befitting her new lease on life as a sagely healer.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The Fourth Sister accidentally impales Barriss with her lightsaber while recklessly swinging it around trying to escape the caves. The episode ends before we find out if Barriss died from it or not.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Fourth Sister is horrified when she accidentally stabs Barriss with her lightsaber.
* NonchalantDodge: In another demonstration of just how weak Fourth Sister is compared to Barriss, Barriss effortlessly avoids all of her swings and lunges with her lightsaber and uses The Force to casually block a swing and push her away.
* TheSoulSaver: Having achieved redemption for herself, Barriss takes the opportunity to push Lyn onto the same path when her former friend comes to call. After some effort and a potentially fatal stab wound, Barriss manages to get through to Lyn, who is last seen doing all that she can to save Barriss' life.
* TemptingFate: When Barriss warns her of how easy it is to get lost in the cave, Fourth Sister arrogantly replies that fear is ''her'' ally, not Barriss'. She ends up getting hopelessly lost, and her fear of her masters' wrath is used against her by Barriss.
* TimeSkip: Barriss' visible aging makes it clear that it's been many years since she left the Inquisitors, and Fourth Sister admits that the Inquisitorius almost gave her up for dead after a long period with no sign of her.
* UncertainDoom: Barriss accidentally gets skewered by Fourth Sister near the end and the episode ends without revealing whether or not Barriss managed to survive.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The Fourth Sister is horrified when she accidentally stabs Barriss with her lightsaber.
* NonchalantDodge: In another demonstration of just how weak the Fourth Sister is compared to Barriss, Barriss effortlessly avoids all of her swings and lunges with her lightsaber and uses The the Force to casually block a swing and push her away.
* TheSoulSaver: Having achieved redemption for herself, Barriss takes the opportunity to push Lyn onto the same path when her former friend comes to call. After some effort and a potentially fatal stab wound, Barriss manages to get through to Lyn, who is who's last seen doing all that she can to save Barriss' life.
* TemptingFate: When Barriss warns her of how easy it is to get lost in the cave, the Fourth Sister arrogantly replies that fear is ''her'' ally, not Barriss'. She ends up getting hopelessly lost, and her fear of her masters' wrath is used against her by Barriss.
* TimeSkip: Barriss' visible aging makes it clear that it's been many years since she left the Inquisitors, and the Fourth Sister admits that the Inquisitorius almost gave her up for dead after a long period with no sign of her.
* UncertainDoom: Barriss accidentally gets skewered by the Fourth Sister near the end and the episode ends without revealing whether or not Barriss managed to survive.



* YouHaveFailedMe: Alluded to; lost in the cave and offered a chance at redemption by Barriss, Fourth Sister initially refuses, asking if Barriss knows what "they" (presumably Vader and the Grand Inquisitor) will do to her for failing her mission.

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* YouHaveFailedMe: Alluded to; lost in the cave and offered a chance at redemption by Barriss, the Fourth Sister initially refuses, asking if Barriss knows what "they" (presumably Vader and the Grand Inquisitor) will do to her for failing her mission.
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* {{Irony}}: An in-universe case. The Inquisitors had long given up looking for Barriss, when the Fourth Sister finds her entirely by chance.

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* AmbiguousSituation: Sending her acolytes and the family away, Barriss tells them that the coordinates in her ship's computer will take them to "an old friend" and that "she" will help them; who this friend is and how she can help isn't spelled out, though it's implied that Barriss is sending them to meet Ahsoka Tano.
* TheAtoner: Since leaving the Inquisitorius, Barriss has set herself up as a healer to undo harm rather than inflict it as she once did.
* BadassPacifist: Barriss completely undoes the Fourth Sister without ever laying a hand on her or drawing a weapon, simply dodging her attacks, then using words and Fourth Sister's own vulnerabilities to drive her into a breakdown and forsake the Inquisitorius.
* BreakThemByTalking: With the Fourth Sister lost in the cave and losing her mind in frustration and fear of failure, Barriss verbally breaks her down, insisting on using the Inquisitor's birth name and deconstructing her boast that "fear is [her] ally", trying to compel her to abandon the dark side. Barriss is ultimately successful, though Lyn stabs her in a blind rage before coming to her senses.



* MotivatedByFear: Although the Fourth Sister boasts that "fear is [her] ally", her response to Barriss' offers of redemption makes it clear that she's very much afraid of incurring the wrath of her superiors; as Barriss notes, rather than her ally, fear is Lyn's ''master''.



* UncertainDoom: Barriss accidentally gets skewered by Fourth Sister near the end and the episode ends without revealing whether or not Barriss managed to survive.

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* TheSoulSaver: Having achieved redemption for herself, Barriss takes the opportunity to push Lyn onto the same path when her former friend comes to call. After some effort and a potentially fatal stab wound, Barriss manages to get through to Lyn, who is last seen doing all that she can to save Barriss' life.
* TemptingFate: When Barriss warns her of how easy it is to get lost in the cave, Fourth Sister arrogantly replies that fear is ''her'' ally, not Barriss'. She ends up getting hopelessly lost, and her fear of her masters' wrath is used against her by Barriss.
* TimeSkip: Barriss' visible aging makes it clear that it's been many years since she left the Inquisitors, and Fourth Sister admits that the Inquisitorius almost gave her up for dead after a long period with no sign of her.
* UncertainDoom: Barriss accidentally gets skewered by Fourth Sister near the end and the episode ends without revealing whether or not Barriss managed to survive.survive.
* VillainousBreakdown: Trapped in the cave and driven over the edge by frustration and fear of her masters' punishment, the Fourth Sister starts angrily slashing at the walls around her in a blind fury, only coming to her senses when she [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone accidentally stabs Barriss]].
* WouldHurtAChild: The episode opens with a family seeking Barriss out for help after the Empire identified their baby as Force-sensitive. Sure enough, they're being pursued by the Fourth Sister, whose intentions for the child are clearly not good.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Alluded to; lost in the cave and offered a chance at redemption by Barriss, Fourth Sister initially refuses, asking if Barriss knows what "they" (presumably Vader and the Grand Inquisitor) will do to her for failing her mission.
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* EasilyForgiven: Barriss immediately forgives Fourth Sister after she stabs her by accident.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Fourth Sister accidentally impales Barriss with her lightsaber while recklessly swinging it around trying to escape the caves. The episode ends before we find out if Barriss died from it or not.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Fourth Sister is horrified when she accidentally stabs Barriss with her lightsaber.
* NonchalantDodge: In another demonstration of just how weak Fourth Sister is compared to Barriss, Barriss effortlessly avoids all of her swings and lunges with her lightsaber and uses The Force to casually block a swing and push her away.
* UncertainDoom: Barriss accidentally gets skewered by Fourth Sister near the end and the episode ends without revealing whether or not Barriss managed to survive.

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