STAR WARS REBELS Clip Changes What We Know About The Force

It feels like I just wrote up the news that Frank Oz would be reprising the role of Yoda on Star Wars Rebels. Today, we have a clip of Kanan (Freddie Prinze Jr.) in what I believe to be the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Kanan is meditating and then hears the voice of Yoda. This is not a completely new thing to Star Wars with Obi-Wan Kenobi telling Luke Skywalker to "use The Force." But this is the first time that a living Jedi was able to speak in the mind of another through The Force. The clip does reveal that Kanan being in the temple is what has allowed this to happen. But this could have larger implications in future Star Wars films. Imagine Luke Skywalker being able to speak to all Force wielders just by meditating. This single clip changes what we know about The Force.

Source: IGN

Kanan is shocked to hear the voice of the Jedi Master Yoda (voiced by the returning Frank Oz) in the next episode of Rebels, "Path of the Jedi."

UPDATE:

A few readers in the comments have pointed out that Luke reaches out to Leia through the Force at the end of Empire Strikes Back. I've rewatched it and stand by my earlier statement. My interpretation of that scene is that she feels him and is very clearly not having a full on conversation like in the Rebels clip. Luke and Vader do speak through the Force but it seems only by close proximity. Dagobah is on the outer rim of the galaxy and Coruscant is closer to center.

The (EPIC!!!!) battle that changed it all. Luke's friends had been captured by the empire (their escape was taken out due to time restraints), and young Skywalker springs the trap set for him by the galactic empire. In one of the ultimate battles of good and evil of the entire series, Luke discovers why Darth Vader is so intent on capturing Luke.