Salty brine ahoy! Dave Filoni has a notorious soft spot for Plo Koon. Due to this, he made Master Plo a father figure for Ahsoka Tano. For those who aren’t aware, Plo was a background character in the prequel films and was given depth during The Clone Wars series and served as a reoccurring character during the show’s run. That brings us to the reason we’re here. Since the Obi-Wan Kenobi series is dropping next week, we will be talking about someone Kenobi served with during his time as a Jedi; Kit Fisto.
We’ve always had a strong affection for Master Fisto. We thought he was the coolest when he showed up during the First Battle of Geonosis and pushed over C-3PO’s battle droid body. Especially with that megawatt grin. It was pretty devastating when he got cut down by Palpatine in Revenge of the Sith.
As sad as that was for us, we were glad he was given time to shine in The Clone Wars, where he had a couple of episodes dedicated to him. One that stands out is ‘Lair of Grievous’, where we see him with his former Padawan, Nahdar Vebb. Here we see him as a master dealing with a Jedi Knight who is not ready for the battlefield.
Throughout the adventure, Fisto constantly tells Nahdar not to rush into fighting Grevious. But unfortunately, his advice goes unheard, and the cyborg kills Vebb.
Fisto is one of those Jedi who can let their apprentice go, but to have Grevious kill Nahdar, shows even a Jedi can be shocked. We love Fisto because he has some resemblance to one of our favourite teachers from school. Kit has the same type of attitude and is chill while not taking himself seriously. The likeness is uncanny and scary.
