Anakin's Lesson From Ahsoka Episode 5 EXPLAINED!
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
- Star Wars fans, Ahsoka Episode 5 gave us one of the coolest sequences in modern Star Wars! Anakin Skywalker was perfect in this episode, but the scenes did cause some controversy. In this video, I'm breaking down the meaning behind Anakin's lesson to Ahsoka and why she's now Ahsoka the White!
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I love that Anakin Skywalker finally is able to save the ones he loves from dying.
Bro…you just blew my mind 😮
Awesome observation man.
He fought Padme in the interim between life and death, and she lost. 🤣
That he did.
Love this!
After she says "I choose to live", Hayden gives the best piece of facial acting I've seen from him. That aknowledgement that turns into his loopsided approving smile. He truly became a master at this point. I can't get enough of it!
Yeah, that was far from faster, more intense.
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George Lucas was able to get some the best actors to give their worst performances in the prequels. All of them, including Hayden, have given great performances in other movies and television shows.
@@BuddyHoyt right, even though in my opinion Hayden still was great in ROTS. It's just that now he combined that performance with Matt's approach from Clone Wars. It's the best of both versions. He truly brought balance to Anakin. How meta 😆
He was like "mission accomplished" lol
Ahsoka tossing away the lightsaber just as Luke did, you can see the pride in Anakins face, it says it all in that final smile he gives.
I disagree, to a degree. I feel the look was more of, "finally...you have accepted the fact that like me, there's a darkness in you, but unlike me, you will not allow it consume you".
Im just surprised how msny people thought Anakin and Ashoka were actually fighting. And Anakin actually got beat in a duel. It wasn't a fight. It was a lesson, between Master and Apprentice. Anakin was teaching Ashoka to live on, and not dwell in the past about stuff she can't control.
After Anakin knocks away Ahsoka’s sabers, his swings are unnecessarily large and slow if he wanted to kill her. He basically wanted her to take the saber away.
@@crammothy exactly.
@@jasonvoorhees310 This Anakin especially that Vader seems to be much stronger than before but obviously holding back. Vader could have easily killed Ahsoka in this episode. It was just a test for Ahsoka
Phew! When he rolled his shoulders & charged at her with vaders voice “you lack conviction” I thought he’d kill her😳
@@Fuzzmo147 nope. A perfect example is their last duel in rebels in the world between worlds. Vader was Indeed trying to kill Ashoka. He would have if not for Ezra. If Anakin wanted to kill Ashoka this time around the battle would have ended up like the last one were she did almost die. This was a lesson from the chosen one himself. Hence why he was able to control himself going from light to dark back to light. He has transcended into the chosen one. His power is akin to the Mortus gods now. He could gave easily killed Ashoka there but didn't cause it's a test.
This is the best explanation I’ve heard on this whole episode, well done bro.
Its shocking. Like the show
Came here to say the same thing
I disagree completely lol. Every video ive seen on this episode says the same exact thing. Others even explained it better. I was beyond underwhelmed, especially after watching so many videos and waitingnfor someone to say something different and profound. 😒
I totally agree. He’s telling her to keep fighting, fight and move forward or die. “I choose life” she says to end the lesson after previously she had answered wrongly. Anakin says “incorrect” when she refused to choose life or death and he tapped into the dark side to cause her to directly confront this darkness she so feared and felt guilt for. All of this additionally with the objective of getting her to literally fight for her life as she was in the water in reality
Also she needed to work through and grapple with her identity as a Jedi and realize that what it has meant to be a Jedi has continuously evolved and change as the galaxy has evolved and changed. From peace keeper to Warrior to whatever, and understand that she too is more than just that.
Additionally when Anakin asked “is that what this is about?” he’s dismissing a little tantrum from her. Anakin is above the past now. He is in no path of atonement or lament. He is fulfilling his potential by embracing his role. He said this in order to redirect Ahsoka back to why she was there. It isn’t about him anymore, it’s about her. She needed to stop looking at HIS past and start looking toward HER future.
Ep. 5 was Ahsoka's Jedi trial. As in the trials that Obi-Wan mentions to Qui-Gon in TPM; the trial Anakin endured in the 2nd part of Tartakovsky's Clone Wars miniseries; the trials Luke faced in the cave on Dagobah, as well as in his actual confrontations with Vader.
Due to her premature departure, Ahsoka never faced this final test of Jedi training.
...Until now.
I'm so glad I found this video all these months later. I have felt like I was crazy because everyone I know thought this episode was so ambiguous to the point of saying nothing, but I have been saying the point of the scene is Ahsoka learning to let go of her guilt and move forward. I feel better knowing I'm not the only person who not only saw meaning in this episode, but also that you came to the same conclusion about what it meant that I did. I feel better knowing I wasn't the only person who had this interpretation.
I agree with some of what you said, but I reached a different conclusion. My interpretation is that Ahsoka doesn’t feel like a Jedi. Because she was trained during the Clone Wars, she feels more like a soldier. Anakin tells Ahsoka that she’s more than that, but it’s not until she throws away the saber that she actually believes it. In that moment, Ahsoka realises that she isn’t just a fighter or a warrior. She’s a true Jedi.
I agree. We also see it in one of the episodes when she denies being a Jedi but the civilian says she acts like one, or at least how they imagined Jedi were supposed to be.
Although not of the Jedi order, a Jedi in essence.
You’re bang on
This is pure star wars. The fact that we need to make up our own minds about a scene, I LOVE IT. #filoni
Confusing your audience is not good writing.
Totally agree. I think people succumbed to the shock without really tuning into the dialogue. It was fantastic.
Yup. Letting go of guilt, fear, self-hate, doubt. Characteristics that can lead one down the path of the dark side. Anakin knows this better than anyone. Ahsoka got a taste of both sides and chose the side that allows her to live a life of freedom
WOW you explained that perfectly! very well said. its so true because Anakin really knows that better then anyone. he truly is a master of Knowledge & wisdom now.
EXACTLY 💯💯💯
Btw look at her legacy line
Yoda, Dooku, Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi Wan, Anakin, Ahsoka
Insane …
I want more, and I know I shouldn’t…
Actually in this case...you should.
@@LetsGetitBoah indeed bro
Perfect.
Kylo Ren: MORE....MORE...
@@canadianrage5224 LMFAO
I didn't miss it. Ahsoka is so badass!!! I think I've watched it like 7 times now. All the episodes that is.
So we can blame you
This breakdown was the best one so far on RUclips!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Is Anakin not the one who pulled her into the world between worlds? Does that not mean he’s finally achieved his goal of saving people from death? He’s the one who sends her back when he realizes she’s ready.
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Bringing the heat today, great stuff Josh! Much obliged as always
ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT BREAKDOWN. Filoni deliberately told us a great story that delivers across multiple levels here - one storyline that on its surface resonates with causal fans with good action and callbacks while simultaneously taking the deepest of dives to deliver a story with the detail that the core fan can find engaging once again.
Many of the shows we’ve seen try and aren’t able to do this.
No one’s talking about Anakin’s new ability or his arc’s new ending either…
Anakin now has the ability to control the dark side, and it perfectly wraps up his arc with a bigger bow than ever before...
Not only did he fulfill the prophecy by defeating Palpetine, not only does he get to exist amongst the other Jedi within the force for turning good, but is now able to turn the dark side on and off. This also teaches Ahsoka that the bad reputation of their legacy is wrong. The Master she represents has achieved perfect balance, freeing her from her guilt and completing her training. It is straight poetry.
People are too caught up in the De-aging, the clone wars, and the “fight” to understand the genius within this love letter to Anakin fans. #InFiloniWeTrust
Bingo, that was my interpretation all along. It was about Ahsoka shedding the burden on her legacy with Darth Vader. Her guilt, her fear that she, like him, may lose control and turn to the darkside. "You lost a fight." How did she lose the fight? Baylan Skoll pushed the right button for her to lose focus. At the end of the vision, she could have struck Vader, a very dark side move. Instead she backed away, "I choose life," meaning she chooses to life content knowing that she was Vader's apprentice but she had evolved, or moved past her fear & guilt. The whole ordeal was about getting her head straight. Baylon Skoll managed to pick apart both Ahsoka and Sabine with his words, not his lightsaber. What a great villain. I love this show.
The reason why Ahsoka is in the World Between Worlds in Episode 5 is because Ezra saved her from Vader at that moment. Ahsoka feels that she was close to death, as in that moment with Vader, so she sees a World between worlds. When Anakin tells her "Live or Die" he means that Ahsoka shouldn't have given up because her master had turned evil. This was the reason why she could have died in that duel with Vader on Malachor. This was also the reason why Ahsoka lost to Baylan, because he made her remember her master's dark legacy. When Ahsoka and Dark Side Anakin are fighting it's literally continuation of Ahsoka vs Vader on Malachor. And Ahsoka can finally fight for her life without being ashamed of her legacy. That’s why Anakin approves her and leaves. He completed her training.
anakin is teaching her to balance the force, and not to see teh dark side is evil.
telling her to fight , is actually telling her to embrace the dark side in her.
THis episode has many attribute of many others. I see it like the test in Degobah.
Luke failed. I think one of the issue, is that Baylon gave her a choice, and she decided to attack. Look at several battlers. Luke told vader he wasnt going to fight him. Which is referenced in this episode. Obi stopped fighting Vader in the New Hope.
The dark side IS evil though
Bro you are so spot on with the Bhagavad Gita parallels. And while you're right that it is left up for interpretation, I have no doubts now that Dave intentionally structured it that way. Especially when you take into account how much Hinduism has inspired the Togruta. Not only with Ahsoka and Emperor Ashoka, and obviously with Shaak Ti, but In Tales of the Jedi this is made evident in Ahsoka's village. The village elders name is Gantika, a name of Indian origin. Ahsokas mothers name is Pav-Ti, likely a shortened version of the Hindu Goddess Parvati. Meanwhile they're all speaking with Indian accents. So to have direct parallels to the Bhagavad Gita as you brought up is very fitting. It's that Joseph Campbell shit that we KNOW Dave knows is important to the legacy of Star Wars, even if he hasnt read it all himself.
This is a beautiful and poetic lesson between the master and the apprentice. She is now at peace
It's definitely not a dream if lightsabers can be heard over the water.
Jacen was even able to detect it. It definitely wasn't just a dream.
Couldn’t Jacen have perceived it from Ahsoka’s mind?
@@sulufest Not if you believe in force ghosts... This was Anakin reaching out and guiding his Padawan. The fact it was the world between worlds just further pushes the idea that it was the force projecting into her mind. Anakin's force ghost... The fact that she carries around his burdens, his legacy and the guilt of possibly leaving him at a time that he might have needed her the most... She needed closure and he was there to give it. She needed that guidance to become the warrior he knows her to be.
@@sulufestWhat about Hera then?
Of all the star wars youtubers speculating on this episode I am legit surprised you were the one that got it. Honestly this is the kind of symbolism we've been lacking in star wars. The elements of Jung and all the spirituality you referenced is what resonated most for me and makes so much sense. Great job !! 👏🏽🎉
I’m so glad you mentioned the Baghavad Gita! I noticed the parallel when I was watching! Stepping into your dharma. 🕉️
I like that both times Ahsoka entered the WBW it was because of her fear of Vader (what Anakin become). The first time she was saved from Vader. the next time she had to confront Vader head on. Anyone that thinks this was meaningless Fanservice aren’t true Star Wars fans
Um...in Rebels she explicitly said to Vader: "I wont leave you again". She wasnt afraid or running at all. If it wasnt for Ezra, she would have died there.
I like your Jungian interpretation of the Ahsoka and Anakin duel. Seeing that scene as Ahsoka acknowledging and integrating her shadow makes a lot of sense to me.
Dude! Very insightful and interesting, and strongly agree. Epic vid Josh. Love watching your, and SWT vids. Massive love from NZ!
dude absolutely perfect breakdown. you nailed it in a way nobody else has. she learned that fighting doesn't have to = death. she fought anakin and won using all of her anger (dark side) and won using it, without needing to kill in the end. great job man
I wouldn’t say she uses any dark side to win, the only anger she even really shows during the entire fight is after she already bests him when she contemplates making contact with the saber to his neck
hey good point. i need to rewatch (yet again) and see if we can see here eyes before that moment. i think you're totally right though. god what a show...@@JoeyXB
Ahsoka = child soldier. I've never really noticed this fact until I saw young teenage Ahsoka in live-action. Animation kind of distanced me from this. I'm wondering if Baylan has a problem with Jedi because of this and other similar reasons. However, I also wonder when his apprentice Shin Hati began her training. Part 5 clarified for me that there are moral issues with the Jedi. Padawan are child soldiers no matter how anyone tries to spin it.
Great commentary Josh. Well done!
Great video Josh, love it when you dig into the lore. I sometimes can’t watch your stuff because of spoilers/leaks but when you focus on lore, you’re very good and articulate and can reference many outside things to make your point better
This is by far the best explanation this episode I’ve seen out there. Thanks and bravo. Keep up the good work
I'm clapping over here. Well done. Well presented. I think you are spot on. It all makes sense. Sometimes people want to be spoon fed information, but the best art is one that leaves the viewer thinking.
I love that Dave Filoni is pushing the boundaries a little bit and not just dumbing everything down. This episode was a game changer.
That saber removal at the end of the fight was a kenobi move
It’s also the same move Anakin used as he removed Dooku’s saber (and hands) in the Invisible Hand in ROTS.
Both of Anakin's legacies, Ahsoka and also Luke, exhibit the very best of Anakin himself. Even Leia how she never gave up on Ben. That's what I love. He should be so proud of them all.
The end of ep4, no lie...my eyes misted up so much!!!! Finally...the piece that had been missing, the circle being complete, the bridge we all wanted to see (pardon the pun). Ep 5 did NOT disappoint, anyone who watched Clone Wars, saw it, the way Anakin and Ashoka interacted picked right back up where it left off, I rewatched it 3 times, each time getting a new perception until it all sank in. "That's what this is about?" THAT LINE....the unsaid thing that Ashoka was never able to come to grips with, she felt (IMO) partially responsible for "the fall" of her master by "abandoning him" when she left the Jedi Order. His fall from everything good and rise to everything he taught and trained her to fight. Vader. TL;DR... Anakin: Ashoka..if you follow in the footsteps I took, and just stop, give in...you too will "die", everyone knows it was Vader's personification that always claimed "Anakin Skywalker was WEAK, I killed him", because Anakin stopped fighting due to all he had been thru (the separation and death of his mother, the fact the Jedi Order had been reduced to nothing more than the will of the Senate (aka Palatine/Sidious), his own ego, having to hide his and Padme's love/marriage. So many factors slowly ate away at Anikan to the point he just gave up "and died". She finally understood and embraced as you said, everything about her legacy, the highs and the lows... I feel sorry for Baylan the next time he confronts Ashoka, he's about to face the true Padawan of Anakin Skywalker.
Easily the best breakdown of this episode. Well done brother 👌
I agree with this disposition. I would also add that when confronted with giving into the dark side, Luke and ahsoka both did the opposite of anakin. They didn't kill anakin where anakin killed dooku
But vader didn’t kill luke either and he wasn’t going to kill ahsoka here.. but he was in rebels
@@Cts_99 idk why you thought I was refuting that? I wasn't.
probably the best interpretation of this sequence that I've heard, I hadnt though of how she was actually showing him how right he was in being part of the legacy by showing shes fully capable of utilizing the dark at will. Building on that perhaps it wasn't just the guilt that was holding her back but the fear of falling to the dark side as Anakin did if she was push beyond her limit of light.
Good breakdown brother.
I haven't heard anyone say this yet so I will. Anakin told her he was there to complete her training. Since Ashoka left the order before her trials, she never advanced to Jedi Knight. She always tells everyone she is no Jedi. Remember that Luke needed to be a Jedi Knight to save his father and stop Palpatine. The fight against Vader on the second Death Star was Luke's trial. His declaration to Palpatine, I am a Jedi, like my father before me. This was all Ashokas Jedi Trial, in a galaxy where there is no Jedi Order. She faced the darkness, her fear, and she let it go. Look at her actions after when she was in white! She has become as her blades!
Very well said! Ive seen the episode few times allready but this makes wanna watch it again.
I didn't understand it at all until I saw her eyes change to Sith eyes right as the battle was ending. Once I noticed that I think the lesson is pretty easy to interpret. Anakin just wanted Ahsoka to rid herself of the fear she had of becoming like Darth Vader herself. To do that she had to embrace the dark side and control it, rather than fear and reject it. This is how she becomes "Ahsoka the white" by learning to use both sides of the force instead of only the light side.
I'm not a huge Star Wars guy compared to some. I never watched the animated series, but I pulled the same thing from the scene that you did. Pretty easy to understand in my opinion.
wtf ? You can't use both sides of the force
Darth Revan says Hi.
close, but no. you can allow your dark side emotions to aid you, but you cant just be a jedi AND used things with pure hared such ss force lightning. thats what unbalanced the force as Geroge said Mace used the dark side too, but only to help a good situation.
there was a sith in Bane's order/line of sith?'who perfectly descrined sith'ari prophecy btw, but hundreds of years past Bane, a Sith master tried for years to somehow fully use the light and the dark (impossible), he went crazy and started destroying mass amnounts of artifacts, mostly sith. until his upprentince sensed it, arrived, and killed him, continuing the order of two, fully in the dark, bending the force to their willl, which is what unbalanced the force.
if you read all that, hope that was a bit of short form lore!
That is not correct either. Jedi is an Order, a Religion, not the force it self. How do you know, that the force has a dark or light side? Because they are saying so? Itś in the User of the force. Therefore I think, Zetgeist is totally correct.
Great job Josh! I loved how in the previously on, they showed Baylan has lost his faith. Ahsoka is in a crisis of faith. Baylan says no one will be following. His is right too. Ahsoka is trailblazing the path to the new galaxy just like the originals. Faith in the Force once more. Great Villians, Great Heroes. Cant wait for the next part.
I think the original leaks of her blaming herself and trying to stop Anakin from turning to the dark side, and learning that she can't, could've been a cooler lesson than this.
Just found your channel, great vid man, loved the detailed in-depth explanation...... oh yeah, and Obi-Wan is KING
One of the Mortis arc episodes begins with the quote "He who surrenders hope, surrenders life". Dave Filoni loves calling back to past Star Wars moments/content, especially those which he had a part in creating.
Anakin asks Ahsoka several times to choose whether to live or die, in the end she says 'I choose to live' and he responds with 'there is _hope_ for you yet'. Ahsoka had lost all hope for her own path, her own life going forward, with Sabine and a lot of other things which was holding her back. Her choosing to live is her choosing to rekindle her hope for herself, for Sabine and perhaps even the Jedi Order. She destroyed that part of herself and was reborn into Ahsoka the White....the scene where she is rescued from the water is a metaphor for that rebirth.
Wish i saw more jumps and flips in the lightsaber duel but i still loved the episode.
You earned new respect from me here for your pretty solid spiritualist awareness.
First time ive heard someone who isn't discussing those things specifically, bring them up at all, nevermind in such a seemless and fitting way.
Excellent stuff.
Anakin clearly let her disarm him to teach her this lesson. If she can’t best Anakin as Vader she could never dream to beat him with all his knowledge and body back.
Just a quick correction that Ashoka was not in the Bhavad Gita but was a real indian Mauryan Emperor who turned to Buddhism which is itself an offshoot of Hinduism and shares many of the same concepts such as dharma. The sequence you refer to is krishna speaking to Arjun the warrior about accepting his duty. I think your analogy here is spot on!
Damn, son! You went psychological on us. Bringing in Carl Jung was an amazing addition. Great video.
I like you insights on Baylan - and how it tied in to the Anakin/Vader scenes- brilliant!
Good take man, this was what I gathered of the “lesson” as well. Spark notes of the message from Anakin = “don’t be a pussy, COMMIT” lol
look Josh, I really love you and SW theory, but have you guys given a thought that Ashoka's eyes only turned that color because she was holding the red Vader saber near her face?? If you watch the scene again, the closer she brings the saber, the more her eyes change color and when she backs it away from her face her eyes return to normal. IMHO, it's just the lighting. Love your channel brother, keep up the awesome work!!
Well done explanation!
Yeah, this was a lesson she had needed to learn as far back as Book of Boba Fett. Recall that she was telling Din Djarin how attachments could cause Grogu to turn to the dark side, directly referencing Anakin’s attachments as his reason for doing the same.
To summarise, this was Ahsoka's Trial of the Spirit. Similar to the one that Luke Skywalker initially failed in the cave. It's facing one's most dangerous fear.. the darkness within themselves ..
Loved the explanation! Great video!
We’re on the same page, Papa Josh! Well said & done!
The levels of head canon that has to be done to make since of star wars is amazing
PERFECT analysis. Nothing more to add.
I kind of am obsessed with how nuanced this lesson is. Filoni is unreal!
Well done, a lot of deep spiritual Hidden meanings & messages all throughout Star Wars.
Anakin is best at using light sabber in the fight it comes so natural to hayden. So he the chosen one it's ment to be
I also think she still had guilt about leaving anakin and the Jedi order and that maybe if she had stayed he wouldn’t become darth vader. The scene where he flashed from anakin to Vader then back again was showing her that he was already headed down that path and there was nothing she could have done.
ALSO, the first ever canonical story of Ashoka in tales of the Jedi is called (Life and Death) when she was saved by using the force to choose life when the animal almost killed her.
So most likely Anakin was trying to call back on the first ever major lesson she learned, but that she lost because of the destruction of the clone wars
he looked into the abyss.... he blinked...... she looked into the abyss and she did not .....there go the lesson, embrace my legacy and my master and my master's master..... when you are faced with the decision
*Ahsoka did indeed have a "Dark Rendezvous" moment that featured both Yoda & Count Dooku. I do agree that Ahsoka seems to be able to tap into all areas of the Force after episode 5. I personally believe that we may see Anakin come back at the end of the show in episode 8. It's just something that I'm assuming will happen.*
I want a dialogue between them that isn't Jedi read between the lines speak. I want him to, in his own way, apologize to Ahsoka for what happened. Possibly explain a bit to her WHY he did it. And above all else, we need an explanation of the purpose of the Chosen One. I feel the ST muddies this topic and having the Chosen One himself explain the Prophecy to her would be a great opportunity to help bridge the gap between the GL SW and the Disney SW
We still don't have the lines he says to Ahsoka in the " Force" promotional clip and no they aren't the line he told in TOTJ.
It’s cool you’re bringing in the Bhagavad Gita into this
Brilliant Josh, sheer Brilliance 🔥🔥🔥
Fantastic video, Josh! Love it!
This version is probably the best of all the versions I've seen online. Could have been a Kate and Leopold portal thingy. Bridge/Cliff same difference.
To me your analysis was very coherent and convincing. Especially the parallel names. How does the Bhagavadgita prince‘s name spell?
This is the best breakdown of this scene. Amazing
I think there will come a moment when Ahsoka disarms Baylon similar to how she disarmed Anakin & chooses not to take his life though tempted by the darkside.
I think that is how the first (and perhaps only ) season of Ahsoka ends. Ahsoka beats Baylon but doesn't kill him.
@@plumbingscam2667Shin will end up killing Baylan. She’ll be upset that Ahsoka changed his mind that she’ll try to attack her, and he intervenes. Taking Shins saber in his heart.
The Dooku moment.
Great info. I loved what you said about mythology from India. Well done.
Well put. I think you nailed it!
Anakin never aged into a wise old Jedi like Quigon, Obi Wan or Yoda, so this is a nice moment for him. And whatever Ahsoka's feelings about leaving the Jedi and Anakin's fall, there were probably many times since then that she would have benefited from the guidance and support of a more experienced Master. As powerful and capable as Ahsoka is, she flopped catastrophically with Sabine.
This analysis is brilliant!
I'm not sure the confusion on this. It is the world between worlds, and it is Anakin. Anakin is the dark and the light. He is both. The balance he learns is the lesson. She can't assume she's able to shun the dark, no one can, it's a part of us. But Ashoka needs to keep fighting to overcome that dark. You don't get to stop fighting it, ever. If we except our dark and our light and fight to always be our best, we have true balance. That was the lesson.
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It's about Choice. She feared that her legacy will be the same as Anakin's. His lesson was, just because All he is is within her, doesn't mean she can't CHOSE to follow her own path. Anakin taught her but that does not make her Anakin. She is and always will be Ahsoka, she just couldn't see her self after the massive shadow Anakin cast across the entire galaxy.
I don't understand why No one seems to have picked up on the fact that this entire lesson was a sort of mirror to the Final Battle between Luke and Vader. Luke was supposed to strike him down (Personally. I believe Vader let him so that Luke would take on the power of the dark side and defeat Palpatine, where Palp wanted him to do it to be his apprentice.) and Anakin did the same to Ahsoka and she made the same choice as Luke that lead to him becoming a Jedi Master.
@@RELAXcowboyI think it’s some of that but mainly, she was literally dying physically so Anakin pulled her in there to make her fight for her life. “I choose life” “live or die” she was so depressed the first few episodes that it felt like she was content with staying dead
You accept the dark but you embrace the light. That was the prequel Jedi’s problem. They denied the dark side was in them, which only gave it power.
Nice catch on how Ahsoka throws away her light saber. I thought of Luke as soon as I saw that. I was a clear visual marker of him choosing a side and showing he was willing to die for that decision. Haven't seen anybody else mention it.
Hits deep when you realise the message and how he was only trying to help her. Took me a while to understand
Absolutely nailed it. You put all the points together on what Ahsoka needed to learn in the lesson. The spiritual internal struggle also seems similar to the ideas of the "old Adam" and the "new man" in christian teachings. I think there is still some legitimate debate on exactly what Anakin was, but that's another topic.
You got the Gita a little mixed up here. You got it right that it is about a warrior prince learning the responsibility of fulfilling his role as a member of the Kshatriya caste, but his name is Arjuna not Ashoka.
King Ashoka is the one who devoted his life to Buddhadharma (Buddhism) and non-violence after a brutal war for the throne in 260 BCE. Ahsoka's namesake is a man who chose to cease bloodshed after a war.
Going back to Buddhism, I think the World Between Worlds can also be a metaphor for the Bardo state in Buddhism. When a person dies, there is a period of 100 days where the mind has to shed its attachments from the previous life in order to reincarnate. The minds who hold onto their past selves will instead be reborn into a lower realm as a hungry ghost (a spirit that can never eat or drink without it turning to dust). Ahsoka's sense of guilt would have brought her there.
im glad you made this. all this flew right over star wars fan's heads lol
Good catch on the Gita influence. I think that's right on the money. The season seems centered on Ahsoka's path from Ahsoka the Grey to Ahsoka the White. Ahsoka the Grey was unsure and riddled with guilt. Ahsoka the White is now at peace with the consequences and can do what is needed. It's a transcendence arc. In addition, if we think about it. The Force is not just light side or dark. It is both. To embrace and bring balance to the force, one has to combine the two as one.
The lesson was not being afraid to be what the force needs her to be. Canan had to learn the same lesson at the jedi temple in training Ezra.
Anakin: Stop f*cking around, fight to win, and then in victory you can be merciful.
A part of her probably felt that she was part of the Darth Vadar legacy, and that gave her doubt. But she's moved beyond that now, and that guilt and trauma was holding her back. She is her own warrior.
Wow you should start like a podcast with Star Wars Theory.
Maybe call it nerd theory or something
They really should've talked more about Anakin's past, having him apologizing to ahsoka would've made it so much better
I truly don’t know how people don’t like this show. It is LEAPS AND BOUNDS better than anything we’ve gotten since Disney’s takeover (except for Rogue One and Mando). The ending of episode 5 had me so emotional - and hopeful about Star Wars for the first time in years.
Great explanation!
This was great!
There is good and there is bad and everyone here or in the movies/series has both! You can yourself make a choice which one of both you want to follow but choosing one or the other allways leads to problems/trouble! In the "good one" mostly for yourself and in the "bad one" for others! The art is in accepting both, keeping a balance because you need both not one. Once you accept both it becomes managable (at least for most people, there are exceptions as always)...! I think that was what was displayed here, her final lesson, accepting both so she could manage it better and doesn't have to live with all the consequences of the turmoil in her head! She handled it perfectly as seen the result, turning from Ahsoka the gray (depicting all of the turmoil) into Ahsoka the white (depicting she finally accepted both and let the good control the bad)! Anakin never had that possibility and that's why he turned completely to the dark side under the strong influence of Palpatine until his last hours when he also accepted both which drives him to his last lesson for his padawan making her see that living with both is the only way...
Well said
Best explanation so far
Anakin has become the most powerful being in Star Wars. And I’d have it no other way.