History Recap / StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E15Overlords

* ShoutOut: Mortis' levitating rocks make it look suspiciously similar to [[Film/{{Avatar}} Pandora]].

* DeadpanSnarker: The Father is completely unfazed with Anakin holding a lightsaber to his face.

* AbsoluteCleavage: The Daughter's outfit is cut in the middle right down to her stomach.

* PocketDimension: Mortis.

* HolyBacklight: While Anakin tames the Son and the Daughter, the sky of Mortis is darkened and symbols decorating the temple all started glowing. Anakin stands in the center of the glow and the Yin-Yang symbol.

** The Son responds to Obi-Wan accusing him of being Sith by saying "yes... and no".

* ShoutOut: Mortis' levitating rocks make it suspiciously similar to [[Film/{{Avatar}} Pandora]].

* ToxicFriendInfluence: Ahsoka's vision of her older self implies that Anakin may be inadvertantly passing along some of his darker qualities to his apprentice.

* PowerTrio: Two of them, the Force wielders and the usual [[KnightKnaveAndSquire Obi-Wan-Anakin-Ahsoka]] team.

* BareHandedBladeBlock: The Father uses it on Anakin's lightsaber.

* CallBack: Anakin speaks about the Tusken massacre that he committed back in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''.

* CurbStompBattle: Anakin vs the Daughter ''and'' the Son simultaneously.

* EldritchLocation: Mortis, as an intersection of the Force, is a very strange planet, with the plants dying every night and renewing themselves every morning, the hovering rocks, and the implication that it's only accessible to Force-users.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Ahsoka's vision of a future version of herself has this warning for her:
-->"Be warned! You will never see your future if you remain his student!"

* OhCrap: Anakin is visibly shocked, when the Father casually grabs the blade of his lightsaber.

* SadisticChoice: The Father orders his children to kill Obi-Wan and Ahsoka and tells Anakin to choose which of them to save. However, the entire point of the test is to see if Anakin has what it takes to TakeAThirdOption.

* AbsoluteCleavage:
** The Daughter's outfit.
** The future vision of Ahsoka also shows her quite "grown-up" as well.

* CallBack: Anakin speaks about the Tusken massacre he committed back in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''.

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: The Son.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Son.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Daughter and the Son.

* CallBack: Anakin talks about the Tusken massacre he committed back in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''.

* DistressCall: The Force-wielders send one using a Jedi code over 2,000 years old to get Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka out to their location.

* AllThereInTheManual: Mortis is never referred to by name by any of the characters. However, it is named by the narrator in the following episodes.

* HolyBacklight: While Anakin tames the Son and the Daughter, the sky of Mortis is darkened and symbols decorating the temple all started glowing. Anakin stands in the centre of the glow and the Yin-Yang symbol.

* ObviouslyEvil: BaldOfEvil, GlowingEyesOfDoom, RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver, transforms into a gargoyle. Yeah, Brother/Son is ''totes'' trustworthy.

* PhysicalGod: The Force-wielders. It is implied that Anakin could become one if he stays on Mortis.

* VoiceOfTheLegion: The Force-wielders and Anakin while taming the Son and the Daughter.

* PowerTrio: Two of them, the Force-wielders and the usual [[KnightKnaveAndSquire Obi-Wan-Anakin-Ahsoka]] team.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Anakin turns down the Father's request to stay on Mortis and keep the Daughter and the Son in balance. This comes back to bite Anakin in the next two episodes.

* HolyBacklight: While Anakin tames the Son and the Daughter, the sky of Mortis is darkened, and symbols decorating the temple all started glowing. Anakin stands in the centre of the glow and the Yin-Yang symbol.

A mysterious force draws Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka to a distant planet and its inhabitants — a family of exceptionally powerful Force-wielders — in an attempt to determine whether Anakin is truly the Chosen One. The patriarch of this family, known only as the Father, has spent ages maintaining the balance between his Daughter, who is strong with the Light Side of the Force, and his Son, who aligns with the Dark Side. The Father reveals his days are numbered and he seeks Anakin to take his place as the fulcrum of this balance. A series of tests proves that Anakin is capable of controlling both offspring, as the Father does, but he refuses to take the Father's place.

** The Father served the role as this for the Balance of the Force.

* CallForward: When the Son appears in the guise of Anakin's mother and gets him to confess his secret guilt.
-->'''Anakin:''' The only love I feel in my heart is haunted by [[ItWasHisSled what would happen]], [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith should I let go]]?

A mysterious force draws Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Ahsoka to a distant planet and its inhabitants -- a family of exceptionally powerful Force-wielders -- in an attempt to determine whether Anakin is truly the Chosen One. The patriarch of this family, known only as the Father, has spent ages maintaining the balance between his Daughter, who is strong with the Light Side of the Force, and his Son, who aligns with the Dark Side. The Father reveals his days are numbered and he seeks Anakin to take his place as the fulcrum of this balance. A series of tests proves that Anakin is capable of controlling both offspring, as the Father does, but Skywalker refuses to take the Father's place.

* CallBack: Anakin talking about the Tusken massacre he committed back in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''.

* ShoutOut: Mortis's levitating rocks make it suspiciously similar to [[Film/{{Avatar}} Pandora.]]

* LooksLikeJesus: Qui-Gon's Force ghost.

* PosthumousCharacter: Qui-Gon Jinn appears as a Force Ghost to Obi-Wan, and the Son appears in the guise of Shmi Skywalker to Anakin. Both Creator/LiamNeeson and Pernilla August reprise their roles.

Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka are sent to investigate the origins of a mysterious message which contains a secret Jedi distress code that hasn't been used for over 2,000 years...

** The Daughter for the Light side of the Force.
** The Father for the Balance of the Force.
** The Son for the Dark side of the Force.

* BaldOfEvil: The Son.

* AllThereInTheManual: Mortis is never referred to by name by any of the characters. however it is by the narrator in the following episodes.

* BareHandedBladeBlock: Father uses it on Anakin's lightsaber.

* CallBack: Anakin talking about the Tusken massacre he committed in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Qui-Gon's appearance is accompanied by a slow rendition of music that debuted in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. Obi-Wan's subsequent discussion of Anakin's abilities and training is accompanied by the Force theme, made famous by the binary sunset in ''Film/ANewHope''.

* PosthumousCharacter: Qui-Gon Jinn appears as a Force-ghost to Obi-Wan, and the Son appears in the guise of Shmi Skywalker to Anakin. Both Creator/LiamNeeson and Pernilla August reprise their roles.

* SadisticChoice: The Father orders his children to kill Obi-Wan and Ahsoka, and tells Anakin to choose which of them to save. However, the entire point of the test is to see if Anakin has what it takes to TakeAThirdOption.

* SinisterGeometry: A giant octahedron that appears in front of Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ahsoka's shuttle and twists apart to reveal a blinding white light into which their shuttle is pulled.

* AllThereInTheManual: Mortis is never named on-screen either in this or the following episodes.

* WorldHealingWave[=/=]WorldWreckingWave: They come hand to hand, as part of the balance symbolism: when night falls all plants die and are reduced into ghastly glowing forms, and massive thunderstorms begin; when dawn approaches all plant life is renewed.