Even with all the memorable antagonists in the “Indiana Jones” films, it’s hard to top René Emile Belloq from “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Beyond his keen sense of fashion and suave manner, the thing that makes Indy’s French treasure-hunting rival stand out is the way he was able to see into the heart of his opponent. When Indy threatens to blow up the Ark of the Covenant with a bazooka if Belloq and his Nazi pals refuse to let Marion Ravenwood go, it’s Belloq who swiftly calls his bluff. “You want to see it open as well as I,” he calmly tells his counterpart. Sure enough, Indy lowers his weapon.
What Baylan Skoll (Ray Stevenson) — one of the many fallen Jedi in, well, “Fallen Jedi” — lacks for Belloq’s dry cunning and knowledge of fine wines, he makes up for by tapping into the Force and using Sabine Wren’s (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) innermost desires against her. When Sabine threatens to shoot the star map leading to Grand Admiral Thrawn in the episode, Baylan knows better. If she does that, then she’ll also destroy her only chance at bringing her long-lost found-brother, Ezra Bridger, safely home, he reminds her. Curse you, Baylan, and your Force-amplified empathy!