"A Jedi or a Pirate" is the second part of the first episode of the second season the animated series Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. It was released on Disney+ on August 14, 2024.[1]
Official description[]
Kai helps a youngling.
Plot summary[]
The new younglings[]
Kai Brightstar, Nubs and Lys Solay supervise the new younglings including Linh who are playing a game of bull's eye at Hap's Sap Tap. The older Jedi Initiates had received permission from Jedi Master Zia Zaldor Zanna to bring the new younglings to the restaurant. Lys Solay says that the younglings arrived two days ago but seem to adjusting well to their new home. Sensing that the younglings are homesick for Coruscant, Hap has prepared several Coruscant treats.
Brightstar notices that a male youngling named Bren is homesick and peering at the ascending starships. He invites Bren to try out a green pastry but Bren declines. Bren tells Brightstar that he misses his old friends on Coruscant. Brightstar invites Bren to socialize with his new friends but Bren is not interested. He asks Brightstar if any of the new starships are heading towards Coruscant. Brightstar tries to reassure Bren that he will overcome his loneliness and offers him a snack if he wants to join them. Bren is not interested and Brightstar rejoins the group.
Solay ushers the new younglings back to the Tenoo Jedi Temple but Brightstar realizes that Bren is missing. Discussing the matter with Nubs and Solay, Bren decides to search the local spaceport for Bren. At the spaceport, Brightstar encounters a four-armed humanoid alien, who recalls encountering a human boy with brown hair asking him about a ship leaving for Coruscant. The alien recalls that the boy boarded a shuttle bound for Yarrum Tower. Brightstar is horrified since Yarrum Tower is a pirate haven. Brightstar contacts Nash Durango via hologram for a starship ride but Durango and RJ-83 are busy helping her parents. She allows Brightstar to borrow the Crimson Firehawk but warns him to be careful with her ship.
Searching for Bren[]
Brightstar flies the Firehawk to Yarrum Tower but the tower is busy. While searching for a place to land, Brightstar narrowly avoids colliding with an incoming starship. The Firehawk crash-lands on a dune, damaging the ship's gasket thrusters. With the Firehawk downed, Brightstar ventures into Yarrum Tower to seek help. Inside the Yarrum Tower marketplace, Brightstar witnesses a young Pantoran male using an electro-whip to steal a fruit from a Kyuzo vendor's stall. Brightstar witnesses the Pantoran giving the fruit to Bren.
When Bren asks what he is doing here, Brightstar says that he came looking for him. He tells Bren to talk to someone when he is feeling sad and not to run off. Bren introduces Brightstar to his new Pantoran friend Clave Rollek, saying that he has been looking out for him and that Rollek described him as an honorary pirate. Bren also tells Brightstar that Rollek also gave him a nice badge, which has a symbol with three ferns. Brightstar thanks Rollek for looking after Bren and motions for Bren to follow him. Bren tells Brightstar that Rollek says that pirates have no rules and that they can take what they want. Brightstar reminds Bren that they are Jedi not pirates and returns the fruit to the Kyuzo vendor.
Rollek is annoyed with Brightstar for returning the stolen fruit, saying that pirates don't have rules but have fun. When Brightstar insists that being a Jedi can be fun, Rollek retorts by asking how much fun it is to follow some "stuffy old rules." Brightstar says that the Jedi are not simply about rules but also about what is right. He leads Bren away but recalls that the Firehawk is broken. Bren says that Rollek can help and that he claims to be the best mechanic on Yarrum. Rollek offers to help and Brightstar reluctantly agrees.
The pirate[]
At the Firehawk's landing site, Rollek retrieves the ship's stabilizer coil and says that it is busted. When Brightstar asks where they will find spareparts, Rollek says that he has a scrapper friend named Hudi nearby who runs a shop nearby. Brightstar offers the services of the Firehawk's speeder bike. The three travel on the speeder bike to Hudi's Depot. The Twi'lek Hudi is reluctant to deal with Rollek but agrees to hear him out. When Rollek explains that they need a stabilizer coil, she offers to sell one for 200 credits.
Brightstar is unhappy with the price while Rollek attempts to bargain with Hudi. Hudi reminds Rollek that he still is indebted to her for the last ten parts that she gave him. She says no credits, no deal. Rollek says that they have to try something else and prepares to leave. Eyeing the stabilizer coil in the basket, he stages an accident by using his electro-whip to collapse a facade. While Brightstar uses the Force to break the fall of the face, Bren and Hudi stabilize the structure. While everyone is distracted, Rollek steals the stabilizer coil. After leaving Hudi's Depot, Rollek tells the Jedi younglings that he has obtained the stabilizer coil "pirate style."
Brightstar disagrees with stealing and tells Rollek to return it. Rollek argues that he is helping Brightstar to repair his ship. Brightstar disagrees with the idea of stealing. Hudi realizes that Rollek has stolen her stabilizer coil and chases after him with an electrostaff. Brightstar uses his lightsaber to restrain Hudi's staff. Rollek convinces a reluctant Bren to leave Kai and return to the Firehawk on the speeder bike.
Brightstar is surprised at Rollek's betrayal and is left to deal with Hudi. He tells Hudi that Rollek tricked him and Bren is going to steal his ship as well. Brightstar convinces Hudi to let him go after Rollek and promises to return the stabilizer coil. Hudi reluctantly agrees to hear Brightstar out and extends a hand. She says that her droid DV will take him to the Firehawk in her speeder.
Confronting Clave Rollek[]
Back at the Firehawk, Rollek finishes repairing the damaged gasket thruster and prepares to leave. Bren is reluctant but Rollek tries to convince him to follow the pirate way of stealing. Brightstar returns with DV and demands that he return the stolen stabilizer coil. Rollek refuses and says that he has always wanted his own ship. Brightstar disagrees and tells Rollek that stealing isn't right. Rollek attempts to get Bren on his side but Bren rejects the idea of stealing and says that he doesn't want to be a pirate. He throws back the pirate badge and runs to Brightstar.
Rollek is still determined to take the Firehawk and attempts to climb into the ship's hull. Brightstar pushes him with the Force, prompting the pirate to fight back with his electro-whip. Brightstar draws his lightsaber but Rollek uses his electro-whip to snatch it away. Brightstar uses the Force to retrieve his weapon while Bren enters the fight with his lightsaber. Rollek fights against the two Jedi with his electro-whip. Though he initially has the upper hand, Rollek slips and falls over the hull of the starship, damaging the gauntlet storing his electro-whip. A defeated Rollek leaves and vows to find help from someone else.
Brightstar and Bren return the stabilizer coil to Hudi, who is pleased to be reunited with her stolen merchandise. Brightstar says that stealing is wrong and that he and Bren will find another way to repair their starship. Out of gratitude to the Jedi for recovering the stolen stabilizer coil, Hudi lets the Jedi keep it as payment. Before leaving, Bren tells Brightstar that he is anxious about returning to Tenoo because he is wary of making new friends after his experience with Rollek. Brightstar says that Bren figured out that Rollek was a bad friend and reassures him that things will be alright on Tenoo.
Aftermath[]
At the Tenoo Jedi Temple cafeteria, Brightstar and his friends watch as Bren befriending several younglings including Linh, Zotti, a blue Twi'lek, a green alien, a blonde girl and a grey Mon Calamari. Bren recounts his adventure on Yarrum to them.
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Returns for Season 2 on StarWars.com (backup link)
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4.11.23 SW Celeb Tues Wrap Up Press Blast by The Walt Disney Studios on Getty Images (April 11, 2023) (backup link) places Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures 200 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, which corresponds to 232 BBY according to Star Wars: Timelines.
