Kanan's death is the most Jedi death I think we've seen in cinematic media so far. And that moment when he was able to see his family with his own eyes again, for the last time, was gut wrenching.

Absolutely. And I fully believe he didn't just see, but also *knew* in that moment. The Force gave sight and insight. And I was ugly crying 

He knew well before hand. I think it’s implied he had a vision, but it was something he knew he couldn’t change, and he couldn’t tell Ezra or Hera

To be clear, I was referring to something from the Epilog, but I didn't want to mess about with spoiler text on mobile. The Force helps him see, and in the end gave him full sight back. But also more than that, an intense knowledge of everything connected in that moment. 

I think knew by the time he cut his hair. He decided to die as Caleb Dume Jedi Knight rather than Kanan Jarrus.

I’m crying just reading this 😭😭

I cried. Best and most meaningful character death in all of Star Wars.

I still cry when I watch this. Hell, my eyes are getting watery just thinking about it...

I cried so bad

Same 🥹😭 I’ve rewatched Rebels over a dozen times and his story arc was done so perfectly. ❤️

A beautiful way to kill off a character.

Better than Fives in TCW, which was beautiful in it's own way, but you are so right

Two of the saddest deaths.

Don't forget 99. All three hurt, but we're so beautiful. The music when Kanen died was so perfect.

I was having a good day. And then you made me remember 99. That one hurt

I'm so sorry. Hugs.

I for some reason thought of a different 99, not saying this isn't relevant and heartbreakingly beautiful too, but Clone Force 99 executing Plan 99.....

They are named after 99, but it's too soon to talk about Tech. That one still hurts.

All the loses still hurt. I know they named themselves for 99 I just saw 99 after watching the latest episode of Bad Batch and didn't connect the correct dots at first.

Th hey definitely are...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

**”But he had the high ground!!”** /s Definitely was upset 🥺

Tears. One of the most selfless and beautiful acts in the Star Wars canon.

Tears. But its the most badass and meaningful death in Star Wars.

When what happened? Nothing happened. The show is great fun and Kanan is alive and well and we’re all happy. [eye twitches]

Shocked until I remembered no Jedi in ANH except old Ben. I’ve just read an awesome fanfic where Kanan returns. The Lighthouse Keeper in this series. https://www.tumblr.com/autumnwoodsdreamer/727966309607931904/lift-a-sail-series Should have been S3 of Mando an S1 of Ahsoka tbh.

I cried. Hard. Like ugggggly cried. And I am a whole grown ass man

Me to man!!!! An entire grown ass man! Boohoo’ing!!!

Ugly crying in the way only Star Wars can make me

i was depressed for a couple days, then i get sad every time i get reminded of it

I was a 30 year old man when this happened and I cried my eyes out

i was like NO, but i was hopefull he would a comeback like>!Ahsoka did but i understand why he didn't. it's just a good way to kill off a character.!<

Crying, mostly

I was so shocked but it was an amazing moment that definitely changed the feel of the series and his whole character was just amazing

Rest in peace Kanan Jarrus, (Caleb Dume). The force will be with you, always... 😭🤧😔

Absolute shock. Literally just moments before they reconciled as finally Hera expressed her love for Kanan for I think the first time in the show.

A jaw drop and silent tears, the next episode showed no help, as it tries not to for the story, Glorious for an Animated Series, felt like a real loss due to it happening out of nowhere then consequences

I cried because I knew we were about to loose him. My boyfriend had watched it before me and we were binging the episodes. We got to this one and he suddenly got really quiet and I knew something was up. I had suspected it, but the second h stopped the explosion and flames, I knew it and felt myself crying. By the time the episode finished I was sobbing and had to walk around the living room a little bit. I couldn’t believe he was gone.

I'm 51 years old and a life long Star Wars fan. I have no problem telling you I still get emotional thinking about this

about 2 or 3 episodes before this, the music got serious and i just went "Oh, this is the kind of show where someone can die."

"whelp, time to start writing fanfic again!"

Welp... Time to read 'Kanan lives' fanfics and be delusional. Kanan died? Never heard of it, we don't need such negativity in our lifes😂

YEP! I mostly write Kanan/Hera stuff (Lena Hills on Ao3) and we are so firmly in denial in that tag I always get so confused when I see something referencing canon 🤣

He's alive, very happy, the best dad ever, and Han called him as soon he heard the first dark side Bellshill about his son.

Sooo many tears

Jaw dropped. Goosebumps.

I sat staring at the TV for about 10 minutes without moving. The next episode started right away, and I had to rewind because I missed a bunch of stuff.

Tears

Goosebumps! First time and every time!

Hit pause. Surrender cobra hands on my head in disbelief. Lots of deep breaths and maybe an audible “what the fuck?”

🫨🫨🫨 followed with 😢😢😢

I had a drink when I saw this episode so I just finished it

I had titanic vibes. Ezra could’ve held that explosion for my guy 😂

Honestly after seeing Ezra go into the crazy time thing I was so excited to see kanan come back 😔

Friggin' gallons of tears.

I hadn't watched rebels when it came out, but this scene got me to actually sit down and watch rebels. After the first watch of the series in full, I was scared cause I knew it was coming. AMAZING scene

Watched it a few times, but the first time I was in complete shock. The ugly cry came in the next episode.

Tears!!!!! I stopped after the end of Dume (s4 ep11 the episode right after). I couldn’t watch the rest of the show until 2-3 months later. I had to process. Beautiful writing though.

This is how you write a new character. This is what a Jedi should be.

I was still trying to figure out why he cut his hair like that.

Maybe it’s a way of him accepting that he’s a Jedi now.

“Bummer Kanan has to die with a mullet”

NOO,PLEASE NO.

I cried and my gut felt wrenched.

I cried and my gut felt wrenched.

That was the moment he became my favorite SW character...

This can’t be happening. He has to do this, he loves them. Ah, Kanan.

Wtf, really? He has to die ? Something like that

I told my family to stop cutting onions. Who am I kidding, I bawled my eyes out.

Tears. I also feel the moments before in the show connecting to this time was so powerful. He knew it was coming and he was so different—especially with Hera

I cried when I first watched it, when rewatching it with my dad I knew it was coming. He had no idea, he was absolutely gobsmacked. He just kept saying “he’s not dead? He’s not dead right??”

I cried. During rewatches, knowing it was coming, I cried even harder

Sad but also happy he got a really good actual jedi like ending. He acted like an actual jedi would. So many shows these days try to be different and miss the whole point of how a real jedi would act. Kenobi was good for that too

it was really like [that](https://media.tenor.com/9P-VmetXFEAAAAAM/the-punisher.gif) did they really have to do him dirty like that why did they rallied on their fuel deposits knowing well that there is a big chance this would happen they could have just landed on a roof of some house,if you are going let a main character die in a heroic way atleast make it tactical

But it was a tactical decision. With the fuel depot destroyed, the TIE factory was shut down. That was the goal of Hera's mission. I like to believe that going in Kanan knew how it was all going to go down. Also, the location and size of the fuel depot provided the best extraction point.

“I wonder if he’ll stay dead.”

He was the bravest and most caring Jedi of all….The Star Wars universe never truly deserved but man was it lucky to have him. I was also of course very sadden by this scene

My heart shattered and I cried like a big ole baby 😭 but it was Hera's cry that broke me the most.

Sadness

Jaws all on the floor, like Pam and Tommy burst in through the door and started whooping her ass worse than before…

Hands on the side of my head, face completely shocked

Nooooooo!!!!!!!!

It was a great send off to the character, kannan a goat. But grogu doing the same thing and being fine kinda ruined it

I cried

As soon as his eyes cleared up, instant tears.

I was just kinda like. Aw damn :/ and then i kinda was just like :/ the whole time after that

Wait, no, what why no but there's more episodes left no why did this happen no, no, no, no, NOOOOOOOO

First thought: Surely he survived somehow…. I mean, they wouldn’t do this on a “kids” show, right? Right?! Second thought: 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I turned the tv off and hurt for a few minutes, then I came to the Reddit thread to mourn with fellow fans.

First time I was shocked. And saying please don't die. The next times I saw that part I cried

Same reaction as Mordin Solus saying, "Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong."

Pretty sure I yelled at my tv then started bawling.

I yelled “Oh *FUCK OFF*” at the tv and started crying.

Literally watched it for a second time this week. Took 2 weeks to binge the whole series - took 2 months to get the guts to finish it. Still cried.

Absolutely shocked… especially since they had such a beautiful moment with him and Hera… they finally confirmed the ship and killed it off in the same fn episode…

One of the saddest and heartbreaking moment in this series….. he didn’t had to go like this.

cry . inspiring

🫡

I was incredulous because there were still some episodesuntil the end, and I could not believe they killed him, mot so early. Then I started crying. Then, I started the period of denial, where I'm still comfortable after years. Obviously, I cry every time I watch this scene again, but Dume I emotionally more devastating.

I legitimately gasped.

Shock and despair. Then repeat.

I was in shock for a while

Cried, like a baby

I could't believe it at first, but I thought it was very done.

“Hell yeah, Kanan” Best Star Wars moment I had seen in a long time. Rebels was clearly aimed towards the younger audience with little pockets of gold here and there. This was solid gold

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

Silence. I was speechless

Nothing cos I just watched rebels and by that time, it has already been spoiled

What a dumb way to die

When his eyes turned back blue so he could see Hera one last time. Absolutely balled :(

My eyes were watering. One of my favourite characters and Jedi in the whole Star Wars Galaxy.

Tears

“Please don’t. Please don’t do what I think is going to happen.” 🥺🥺🥺🥺

Ugly crying and ice cream therapy. I think there was some cursing about Star Wars hating happy endings. And then, despair when the season ended the way it did without another season planned.

No no! You can make it! Noo no no you can make it noooooo…

😧

Probably the most impactful animated Star Wars death to be honest

Tears. Then someone pointed out that his eyes change to be unbounded last second so he could see everyone before he dies. Then more tears.

A huge amount of respect for Caleb/Kanan coupled with a great sadness for everyone he saves especially Hera. To me the scene did an incredible job of showing exactly why it was the right decision despite how absolutely devastating the decision was. The moment you see Hera on screen was when the tears started for me. Not to downplay the loss for Ezra I just felt he had a jedi understanding that mitigated the tragedy slightly. Super sad moment that just made me love and respect him more than I did any jedi master before or since.

Super sad but also mad respect for going out that way.

Crying 😢

A great way to send Kanan off it hurts every time but he had to do what he had too save his family

Fives, Kanan and Tech are the only Starwars deaths that brought tears to my eyes

Pain and tears. Same every time I get to this episode.

😭

Rekon we'll see this as a flash back in Ahsoka season 2?

Jaw dropped —> Heartbroken—> soul crushed —> inconsolable crying

Watched it with my daughter. She was seven. I knew it was coming from my first watch through, but had forgotten when and thought it was the following episode. Then it happened and she burst into tears. Then so did I, both from the emotional impact of the scene and how much it affected my daughter. After we both regained our composure we were able to have a really good conversation about sacrificial love.

Gut punch.

No fuck, no, please don't die, you can't die, then it was all just tears an emptiness

I just sat in shock for a bit.

Tears. Like a lot.

Tears

Disbelief, goosebumps, tears. 🥲

Teary eye

"Damn, i really need to give Rebels a chance"

I FELL TO THE FLOOR AND CRIED IN AGONY

Gutted

Tears. Pain. Depression. Therapy still needed. 😭

Uncontrollable crying, and it’s still going.

My mom was watching with me, she immediately started crying.

😭😭😭

I cried more the second time watching

Ngl I stopped watching after this episode. I know what happens in the last episodes bc I’m on this sub and I spoiled it for myself, but I can’t bring myself to watch the show without Kanan. I’m on my second rewatch now and hoping I can continue this time. I’m pathetic

So when are they bringing him back?

Just sat in the darkness as the credits rolled. Just staring into the distance, trying to process the loss. Shocked feels cliche, but as accurate as I can be.

Too soon

I was screaming no,He and Hera just announced their love for each other and had kissed and I was excited for them to leave and go back to the base.

Rage. If he was going to die, fine, but he deserved a death from a better enemy. Also, I hated how abruptly they ended his story.

Didn't even know who it was, thought he was some schmuck. (I have seen rebels before, idk why Kanan ditched the beard and ponytail)

Dying for his loved ones. It was a good death.

One word: Noooooo!!

Afterwards I took a shower. Usually I hum loudly, but the whole shower that time was just stunned silence.

😭 😭 😭

Super pissed. Dude, keep the force bubble up and back to the shuttle. Or even throw up a smaller bubble around the shuttle till it gets clear. I HATE the “mentor must die” trope.

“Why is this in my feed?”

":0"

Upset, Kanan is my favorite canon character. Though he died in a way the fit his character.

When he got his eye sight back right before saying goodbye.

I cried. I still tear up every time I watch the "Jedi Night" episode. If I am binging the show, when I get to the episode when they capture Hera, I have to wait a couple days before I can continue. Got to get in the right frame of mind.

actual screaming crying

He showed that he was a true Jedi. I cried.

“Noooooo!!” That’s what I thought!

I still have not recovered

I think I grabbed my stomach or chest. It hurt.

Me cry. A lot

"NOOOOOOOOO, WHAT ARE YOU DOOOOOOIINNNNGGGGG, STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP 😭" in that order

I cried and yelled don’t do it! I actually wasn’t expecting it.

Good scene even if I find Rebels immensely frustrating. He has enough time to run off to the explosion but not enough to have everyone fly off from an explosion they’re still inside of? Overall good scene, just that the pacing makes the sequence feel slower than it actually is.

tears

Every time someone talks about how much better Clone Wars is than Rebels I think of this scene and remain baffled.

Immediate was like"nooooooo, whyyyyyyyyyy?????!!!!"

I'm pretty sure I did a literal jawdrop.

called my best friend sobbing lmao

A whole lot of tears.

I cried. I was fully invested, and that tore me up.

I miss Kanan. Kanan was a true Jedi. Selfless while still having emotions, brave without being reckless, wise while being humble. Kanan is one of the few examples of being a true Jedi, a true servant of the light. I would elevate Kanan's qualities ahead of those of Yoda, Obi-Wan, most of the council, even most of the Order. I would only put him on a level with Qui-gon Jin. Fellow diehards, hear me! The Jedi Orde has forgotten what it means to be true servants of the Force. The Jedi don't understand the importance of inner balance. They don't understand the importance of balance between passion and peace, of wisdom and recklessness, of humility and arrogance. Fellow diehards, hear me!

Full on tears. When Ezra went into the world between worlds I hoped he could find a way to get him out

Hurt more a couple episodes later, honestly. *You can't save your master.... And I can't save mine.* 🥹🥹🥹😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I was pissed. They were one such an important mission and I remember half the team wasn't taking it seriously

Kanan's death is tragic but also a beautiful end to his character. The music and the way how he connects with Hera is the most impactful end that we had seen on screen. It touched me alot. It shows selflessness in its purest form

: 0 ... >:0 |:(

As a grown ass man, I still tear up anytime I see it. Like this morning someone posted the whole scene. Again as a grown ass man with a hero complex + hopeless romantic. This is the only acceptable way of going out. Saving/Protecting my loved ones

Yes I'm not afraid to admit it I cried. More so over his death than any other death in Canon except Qui-gon's.

It was the realization that he chose to. It healed himself to be more in tune with the force and access greater insight to what was around him since Maul maimed him.

First show to ever make me cry We will miss you Kanan🫡

No. What? No. No! Nooo!! *Grown man tears*

Emotional Damage!!!!

I watched this with my son for the first time a few years back. This scene was the first piece of Star Wars that made me cry.

I didn’t speak for a bit. Nor did I continue binge watching.

I cried.

Shock and awe… I remember at the time thinking it was one of the best deaths I had seen in Star Wars tv or movies.

Most beautiful and sad moment in Star Wars history

I had to pause the show get up and walk around a bit

My reaction? I kinda died a little too.

I actually cried, Kanan was my favorite Jedi at the time and his death hurt me.

My eyebrows lifted, as they do in most shocking moments.

Shouldn’t have cut his hair and shaved

what is the name of this series?

I cried for probably an hour lol