To some this may sound stupid, but I've just never been convinced of the answer to this: was Henri Ducard the real Rah's Al Ghul all along, or did Rah's, after being killed in Tibet, assume Ducard's body?
Honestly, I don't think I'll really be convinced unless I see a source with a quote from Nolan, one of the writers, etc., since this seems like such an unclear issue. Most seem to believe the Rah's in Tibet was just a decoy all along. Still, I'm pretty sure that in the credits at the end of the movie, Neeson is still listed just as Ducard, and Watanabe as Rah's.
The lines in the scene at Bruce's birthday party only confuse me further.
Bruce Wayne (to a fake Rah's): You're not Ra's Al Ghul. I watched him die.
Henri Ducard: But is Ra's Al Ghul immortal? Are his methods supernatural?
Bruce Wayne: ...Or cheap parlor tricks to conceal your true identity, "Rah's"?
Henri Ducard: Surely, a man who spends his nights scrambling over the rooftops of Gotham wouldn't begrudge me dual identities?
Bruce Wayne: I saved your life.
Henri Ducard: I warned you about compassion, Bruce.
"Immortal" and "supernatural" made me think maybe Rah's now lives on in Ducard. Batman counters this as we see, but is he comparing Ducard to the Rah's in Tibet, or the one he just saw at the party?
Henri Ducard: Justice is balance. You burned my house and left me for dead. Consider us even.
This line really makes me wonder. In the previous part I cited, Ducard seems to acknowledge Batman rescued him, yet here he says he left him for dead, when he didn't (as we know, he left him in the care of one of the villagers. If he had "left him for dead", he wouldn't have rescued him).
So, do we even know for certain if Ducard was originally the real Rah's? We get some backstory on Ducard earlier in the film, and one could easily assume that Ducard, who was emotionally vulnerable and had submitted himself to Rah's leadership and organization, would be an ideal suitor should something happen to Rah's himself. Considering Rah's "supernatural" tendencies, it wouldn't seem unbelievable that Rah's would have prepared a way to keep himself alive in another body should something happen to his current one.
Honestly, I don't think I'll really be convinced unless I see a source with a quote from Nolan, one of the writers, etc., since this seems like such an unclear issue. Most seem to believe the Rah's in Tibet was just a decoy all along. Still, I'm pretty sure that in the credits at the end of the movie, Neeson is still listed just as Ducard, and Watanabe as Rah's.
The lines in the scene at Bruce's birthday party only confuse me further.
Bruce Wayne (to a fake Rah's): You're not Ra's Al Ghul. I watched him die.
Henri Ducard: But is Ra's Al Ghul immortal? Are his methods supernatural?
Bruce Wayne: ...Or cheap parlor tricks to conceal your true identity, "Rah's"?
Henri Ducard: Surely, a man who spends his nights scrambling over the rooftops of Gotham wouldn't begrudge me dual identities?
Bruce Wayne: I saved your life.
Henri Ducard: I warned you about compassion, Bruce.
"Immortal" and "supernatural" made me think maybe Rah's now lives on in Ducard. Batman counters this as we see, but is he comparing Ducard to the Rah's in Tibet, or the one he just saw at the party?
Henri Ducard: Justice is balance. You burned my house and left me for dead. Consider us even.
This line really makes me wonder. In the previous part I cited, Ducard seems to acknowledge Batman rescued him, yet here he says he left him for dead, when he didn't (as we know, he left him in the care of one of the villagers. If he had "left him for dead", he wouldn't have rescued him).
So, do we even know for certain if Ducard was originally the real Rah's? We get some backstory on Ducard earlier in the film, and one could easily assume that Ducard, who was emotionally vulnerable and had submitted himself to Rah's leadership and organization, would be an ideal suitor should something happen to Rah's himself. Considering Rah's "supernatural" tendencies, it wouldn't seem unbelievable that Rah's would have prepared a way to keep himself alive in another body should something happen to his current one.
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