@@ked49I was just about to comment because this is exactly what happened! I was eating and so I only had one eye on the screen, and suddenly Ashoka was glowly! I had to back up a few seconds to rewatch!
When I watched his technique I loved it. Very broad shoulders, blade brought up to his shoulder. Very medieval knight which fits him perfectly because of his size.
Yeah. Same with Huyang suggesting they stick together. You knew that meant they would split up and that was a big factor in Ahsoka losing the duel with Baylan.
Ok, I legit teared up hearing Hayden call Ahsoka Snips. It's a continuity thing that I love and having the live action and the cartoons feeling more connected than ever.
It just feels cheap to me, especially since it was barely audible. I wish I could have your child-like wonderment, but alas, I am devoid of emotion and life
Having watched Clone Wars and Rebels, seeing Hayden Christensen’s Anakin and Rosario Dawson’s Ahsoka reuniting in live-action is a wholesome payoff years in the making. Thank you, Filoni 🙏😭🙏
When Balín destroys the key with his lightsaber it took a couple of seconds. That tells me the Sabin’a threat to shoot it would not have done hardly anything to it. This series is soooo good
It was a weird effect... The moment he ignited the saber it went clean through, which would suggest the center of it disintigrated instantly, leaving only the metal shell.
To me, Huyang asking Sabine and Ashoka to stay together was so poignant given that they end up being split apart and it leads to the bad stuff happening.
He was already dead. He’s being revived by night sister magic like Mauls brother and probably will continue to be until we see who he was when he was alive which is probably important.
My family and I enjoyed Ahsoka. This episode is one of the best Star Wars we have seen. Seeing Hayden made me and my daughter jumped with excitement. We are happy that Filoni is making magic with Star Wars.
Nitpick: it wasn't that Ezra couldn't change history by saving Kanan, quite the opposite, Ahsoka points out that if he removes Kanan from that moment, Ezra, Sabine and Hera (and Jacen) will all die.
But they would die in that explosion scene, meaning ezra couldn't then enter the world between worlds to save him, which would be a paradox. It literally couldn't be done.
I like the idea of the world between worlds being the place where jedi go when they die it would make sense how they know when / where to appear to living jedi to offer advice or assistance.
Ray Stevenson is absolutely owning this role and it's such a disappointment we won't be getting more of his character in the future. One of my favorite aspects to his saber form is that he is so efficient with blaster deflection - he seems to have an unnatural vision of where the blaster shots will go and he moves there with the smallest and most precise moves possible. They do so much character development just in the way he moves.
Something I noticed is when Ahsoka fought Morrok, she waited for him to make the first move. And he was inpatient so he went for it. But with Baylan, his patience won and she fought first. I still don’t think Baylan is a sith. He doesn’t have raw anger like others we’ve seen. He’s very calm and collected and he hasn’t used overt dark side powers like Shin does. She’s quick to anger but he’s more collected. I feel like he’s closer to being a dark jedi and she’s closer to being a sith. Thoughts?
dark jedi is just a general term for a dark side force user... sith is a specific dark side group. neither of them are sith since they have no link to the group (unless revealed later on which is possible but very unlikely), both are dark jedi.
*I rewatched episode 4. And Baylan's quote, "One must destroy in order to create" speaks volumes in a huge way. Such great dialog between Ahsoka & Baylan here. I truly can't wait for episode 5 next Tuesday.*
@@ked49it's awesome to think about him doing his thing with the mean govt trying to adopt as many kids as possible to rebuild what the Jedi stood for but with his ideals so they're considered Sith but they aren't as bad as the old regime. Please let the evil daddy empower misfits he's so wholesome
The over the head stance Asoka takes is Jodan in Kendo. Throughout this episode we see Chudan, Jodan, Hassō, and waki-gamae. As someone that practices Kendo, it was cool to see.
Seeing Baylon close his eyes & take those deep breaths before letting Ahsoka know about Anakin, & before he told Sabine about Ezra, leads me to believe he used the force to read their minds somehow. Nothing has indicated how he would know that sensitive info about the both of them.
I have so much respect for you Eric! I’ve been studying music theory for all of my life and I have always loved your ability to include the music and tonality changes going on throughout each and every breakdown you’ve ever done. i.e the Matrix recap, interstellar recap, and so on. Keep up the amazing work!!
I like how Marrok is someone who died but is reanimated by Night sister magic like Mauls brother. He may have been cut down but I don’t think that’s the last we have seen of him.
15:33 if you look closely, you can also see that his arms shrink as the mist escapes, similar to how Savage lost his buffy look after being killed by Sidios
15:16 if you didn’t know, Maul’s brother Savage Opress in the clone wars bled green smoke like this when he lost one of his limbs, given that he was buffed and turned by the night sisters.
I noticed that too. Ironically you can find that stance in most cultures that didn't even meet. Japan and China did, but not often. And that stance was well used by the Medieval period, especially during the Crusades by both the Christians and the Muslim armies. Some things are just universal.
I think another reference to the Mortis Arc from Clone Wars might've been when Huyang tells Ahsoka and Sabine to stay together, it reminded me of when Obi-Wan said something along the lines of "As long as we stay together, we'll be alright"
Well no shit it's the same, I mean most Jedi learn the same Saber fighting styles lmfao Its just a matter of how much they really wanna learn to become powerful Sith or Jedi
@@DatBoiChris420 that’s not true at all. some learn many style sure. But almost only focus on a form that they are good at. Or maybe a couple depending on the situation.. like in Rebels when Kenobi starts his fight with maul in His mastered form but switched to qui gon’s to best maul. the switching of the forms in Star Wars is very symbolic.
I think the 8 is a StarGate Easter Egg, as the gate normally uses 7 "chevrons" for to tunnel from place to place, but an 8th is added to jump to another galaxy.
VOSS! In my best Witwer impersonation. I'm not sure if it wasn't noticed or cut for time, but when Baylen is deflecting the blast from Sabine with his saber, he starts off reacting to her shots before predicting them at the end of the fight. Could be an editing error, but towards the end of the fight you can see how he moves his saber into postion before she adjust and shoots. I had to rewatch this several times, to make sure I wasn't crazy. Baylen is a well studied and very tactically gifted person. His stance switches/adjustments during the feeling out phase with Ahsoka were tops.
I have two theories for the ending scene. First one is that this Anakin is a guide for Ahsoka in the World between Worlds, just like the Morai Owl was a guide to help Ezra. He could guide Ahsoka to a portal where maybe she sees a vision of Ezra or maybe even Kanan. My second one is the reason the World between Worlds looks morr blue-ish and ghostly than in Rebels is because this could be the realm where Force Ghost reside. So this could be the classic situation of " You can stay here with me or go back to the real world to save your friends". Then, for example,Ahsoka could choose to go back to the real world but, to tie in the evil theme in the closing moments of the episode, Anakin could turn on her and be like " that's too bad because your staying here", Anakin reverting back into Darth Vader or the Son and Ahsoka has to duel him for her freedom. I have a few more ideas but, to the anyone that actually sees this, they're pretty far fetched.
Do I want it to be Anakin? Absolutely I do. Do I think it is Anakin? No Will I keep clinging on to my delusions and assuming we're going to get a nice wholesome moment between Anakin and Ahsoka without any dark side twists? Hell yes But I have really high hopes for next episode, especially considering it was just announced that this episode will be played in theaters in addition to streaming, and it is directed by Dave Filoni. I think this episode will be a "journey through the past" where we get the appearance by Temuera Morrison as Rex during a Clone Wars Flashback, along with the young Ahsoka, and maybe some other key scenes. Who knows maybe Ewan McGregor might appear as an unknown cameo in a flashback scene?
That transition was looking a bit like Thanos/Hawkeye waking up in the water after acquiring the Soul Stone. Just a cool visual detail. It's definitely made to look like something is up with Anakin in this episode, obviously it's not actually him either way but I think him being the brother is what its going to be. Excited to see.
Huyang does mention in Clone Wars that he had manned the ship carrying younglings to craft their lightsabers for a thousand years and never lost a fight. He might have been tested against many jedi and jedi in training, so knows a wide variety of lightsaber forms with the occational fight with pirates.
8:00 I feel like Chopper is actually saying "Yeah, what's up with that?" Because Chopper questioning why he also has to follow orders is just so on brand
@@NewRockstars when ahsoka grabbed the “map” orb or whatever we’re calling it, we see the flame under the orb ignite a couple times during the episode. So instead of the magic burning her hand, I think it was the flame that was heating the orb that damaged her
I do wonder if Baylon actually walked away from the order voluntarily, like Ahsoka, and thus survived order 66 because he wasn't in the war when it happened
Since he looks like a highly attuned Jedi, who is very spiritual it is likely he is one of those who foresaw order 66, but was still corrupted by the shroud of the dark side of the clone wars/galactic empires era.
There were a few videos where people went back and thought they heard a force echo of Maul when Ahsoka was retrieving the map while she was examining the pillars. Later, it was revealed it wasn't a line from Maul but the Son. It would make sense that fake Anakin is actually the Son. That means he might have been working to set all of this up from the first episode.
Loved this episode! That’s just Anakin’s ep3 lightsaber though, the chrome just isn’t reflecting much. You can see the silver knurled section in the middle of the hilt where the control box is. It isn’t chrome on the original prop, that’s why it isn’t dark like the rest of the hilt. You can also see the shape of the round orange colored button just below the emitter of the hilt.
I love the Heavy Battle Style and Stance Baylan uses. It’s been a while in canon since we’ve seen someone use such a brutally strength based fighting style in star wars, and that i love of him.
Jacen's line "Mom? Why do I have to do what I am told, but you don't" Reminds me of Anakin and Ashoka's interraction during the space battle of Ryloth. Where they talk about when Anakin dont follow orders it's ok, but when Ashoka does it, it isnt
I would also point out that I do believe that Marrok was probably a nightbrother's corpse or at least, one who was frail and weak looking like Savage was during his trial to prove himself to Ventress. As the green smoke explodes out of the opening, if you look closely, you can see that whatever lifeforce the power of the nightsisters gave Marrok left him as his body shrivelled up before collapsing on the ground.
Idk if anyone has pointed this out but Baylan is pretty boss with the mind tricks too. A classic jedi move but adding the sith flair of hitting where it hurts. First with Ahsoka with the mention of Anakin then with Sabine using Ezra. Not sure how he knew of Ezra, either mind reading or he did his research, but nonetheless he's good
He’s badass asf and fairly beat Ashoka since Ashoka damaged herself by grabbing the night sister infected map. He might’ve been a former temple guard or something higher to know about Anakin so well
With Marrok being the name of a knight from Arthurian legend and the Western armor and clothing motif of Skol, Hati, and Marrok (as opposed to the traditional samurai/Buddhist monk look of regular Jedi), I realized in this episode that Morgan is probably named after Morgan LeFey, the witch in Arthuian legends.
Yesterday I almost I cried when Anakin said to Ahsoka "Hello Snips" it gave me goosebumps, big nostalgia and I been waiting for it since I finished watching the whole Clone Wars series long ago.
Awesome Video Erik!!! OMG OMG OMG THIS EPISODE WAS EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED!!!!!! THIS IS STAR WARS!!!!!! The Lightsaber Fights were Perfect, The Acting was Perfect, Everything was just Perfect! It was already My Favorite Episode of The Show but then THAT ENDING. OMG THAT'S HOW YOU DO AN ENDING! It made Me Cry because I've been waiting to see Anakin and Ahsoka in a Scene Together in Live Action for so long and to see it finally happen is just Amazing!!! As a Huge Star Wars Fan, I'm So Happy right now! This is some of The Best Star Wars I've ever seen! 10/10!!!!!! THANK YOU DAVE FILONI!!!!!!!
I read a younger actress will play Ahsoka in a flashback scene. I'm guessing it's during the Clone Wars when Ahsoka was only 14 and being trained by Ani. I also predict we will see a recreation scene of the Vader vs. Ahsoka from Rebels S2 as a flashback that happens around 3 BBY when Ahsoka damages his mask.
At the end 28:15 I was watching with subtitles and it says "Vader Theme Plays" and I was like woah woah woah what?? Is this telling me that's not redeemed Anakin, but evil Vader???? I'm SO excited for the next episode!
This might be a stretch but if Ahsoka's chance to go to Peridia is by purgle. And since you have to establish a connection to them like ezra did before summoning them in the finale of rebels. May be Ahsoka needs to do the same thing but... We all know a certain little green force user that has a natural knack in establishing connections with animals. It's probably not the case but i could see it happening tbh.
At first I thought you were talking about Jacen (do you think he’s a force sensitive?) but now I realize you’re talking about grogu and I’m literally in shambles 😭😭
I think marrok was just an inquisitor that we just haven’t seen before that was hurt / dead and Morgan used nightsister magic to reanimate him for their use
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What if Marrok was an inquisitor that came after Baylan during the reign of the empire and was killed and brought back to life as a thrall by nightsister magic. I think that makes more sense than a night brother
I think we can safely say Ahsoka is now the best Star Wars series to come from Disney + since Andor. Maybe even the best Star Wars content since the original trilogy... Thanks Newrockstars for diligently researching every Easter Egg and references for all us nerds out there 🤣
The unexplored writings on the wall from Rebels would be a perfect story for the next Tales of The Jedi installment, IMO. Either way, do hope we get that on something at some point 🤞
@@jeremy3747it's because duel wield is better for taking on multiple targets whereas single wield is more effective for 1v1. If you've played jedi survivor you'll know this
The daughter was voiced by Adrienne Wilkinson who played the reincarnated version of Xena's daughter Livia having Calisto's savage personality. Now the daughter is reincarnated living through Ahsoka.
On top of the "Heir to the Empire" name drop, Baylan tells Sabine he will serve "the greater good" when he's persuading her to give him the map. Greater Good is the name of the second Thrawn: Ascendancy novel
I think it’s redeemed Anakin, post the events of ROTJ. Maybe some balanced version where he’s in control of his dark side past, sort of like how Ahsoka is a grey jedi. It wouldn’t make sense for what was supposed to be the most powerful and important character in all of Star Wars to not be himself, especially since we’ve seen his redemption arc. If anything, to see Anakin return evil would be to undo his redemption.
This was an excellent episode, but Ray Stevenson was absolutely fantastic, the highlight of the episode. Baylan is such an interesting character, really eager to see more of him. Also intrigued by Shin and a bit by Marrok (I'd just like a quick line or two explaining if he was an empowered character, a single sole brought from the dead, or many souls in one form), though - oddly - not that interested in Elsbeth yet, maybe later.
I called it! I knew he was a nightbrother. Somewhere there is a comment of mine from 2 weeks ago!! After hearing all the theories I decided none of them were right and connected Marrok to the nightsister and now the mystery is what is Shin's connection to him that warrants such an emotional response.
Marrok was the Eigth Brother, who was killed on Malachor in Rebels, and then likely resurrected by Morgan Elsbeth using night sister magic. Seriously, look at both of them side-by-side and there's no doubt!
The planet Odyn automatically made me think of the Imperial Capital in the classic anime Legend of Galactic heroes. In it there is a genius Naval commander trying to seize power over the empire and then eventually the galaxy. Kind of like Thrawn, heir to the empire. Theres probably no connection but I find it interesting especially if Filoni saw this piece of art. Hes an accomplished creator of abimated works so it is possible hes seen it. As far as space operas go, its one of the best.
Just a reminder about the “feeling Thrawn calling through time and space” no matter what, if you are traveling to a different galaxy, there is a time involved. You can’t travel in space without a travel in time
Do you think Anakin is a Force Ghost version of himself, or... AnaSKIN worn by The Son?
Definitely not himself
Bad de aging on Anakin in my opinion
I think it’s Anakin, but in some time we didn’t see on Mortis he goes to the world between worlds
I think it’s the son.
@@ravager3660they didn’t…
The transition from the water to the world between worlds is one of the best we've ever seen. Amazing.
If I hadn’t have been looking I would have thought it was still the water. But you can see it. The subtle shift
Just like episode 8 introduction...😜
@@ked49I was just about to comment because this is exactly what happened! I was eating and so I only had one eye on the screen, and suddenly Ashoka was glowly! I had to back up a few seconds to rewatch!
Thought it was a bit clunky tbh. Speeds were off
BEAUTIFUL 🤌🏼
I loved how Baylan has an actual consistant fight style - heavy blows with efficient minimal movements when dodging.
When I watched his technique I loved it. Very broad shoulders, blade brought up to his shoulder. Very medieval knight which fits him perfectly because of his size.
Isn’t seatos the planet you see in rise of Skywalker when Kylo is going after the Qfinder?
@@klaudiarose05 you mean the planet at the beginning? That was mustafar
I think thats form V
@@tennisjiujitsuspecifically the Djem So varient of it
As soon as Ahsoka asked Sabine “Can I count on you?” at the beginning of the episode, I knew something would go wrong.
Yeah. Same with Huyang suggesting they stick together. You knew that meant they would split up and that was a big factor in Ahsoka losing the duel with Baylan.
Yup. I think Ashoka did too
I know. This episode was terrible.
Classic Trope
Yeah. There was all kinds of foreshadowing in this episode. Maybe a little too much actually. Haha.
Ok, I legit teared up hearing Hayden call Ahsoka Snips. It's a continuity thing that I love and having the live action and the cartoons feeling more connected than ever.
It just feels cheap to me, especially since it was barely audible. I wish I could have your child-like wonderment, but alas, I am devoid of emotion and life
Having watched Clone Wars and Rebels, seeing Hayden Christensen’s Anakin and Rosario Dawson’s Ahsoka reuniting in live-action is a wholesome payoff years in the making. Thank you, Filoni 🙏😭🙏
Bro I almost cried
Not going to lie, I teared up a bit hearing Hayden say, “hello Snips”
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Hayden and Rosario isn't reuniting tho lmfap cause neither 1 voiced the animated characters
@@DatBoiChris420Anakin and Ashoka reuniting in live action is what he said, he just put the actors names before the character names.
When Balín destroys the key with his lightsaber it took a couple of seconds. That tells me the Sabin’a threat to shoot it would not have done hardly anything to it. This series is soooo good
Oh yea
It was a weird effect... The moment he ignited the saber it went clean through, which would suggest the center of it disintigrated instantly, leaving only the metal shell.
The fleet scenes of this episode were absolute EYE CANDY
They're doing such a good job picking ships!
The first shot of Home One felt so Star Wars.
@@NewRockstars Also the scene with Chopper on Home One, I think he said "Yea, What's up with that"
@@flashbarry6838that’s EXACTLY what i hear too lmaoo
They’re great with the ships, but not Anakin’s face
To me, Huyang asking Sabine and Ashoka to stay together was so poignant given that they end up being split apart and it leads to the bad stuff happening.
Obi-Wan said...As long as we stick together, we'll be fine. Mortis ark
It's like the Goku and Vegeta dynamic
I loved how people were theorizing who Marrok was and he like immediately died in this episode lol.
Thank GOD
He was already dead. He’s being revived by night sister magic like Mauls brother and probably will continue to be until we see who he was when he was alive which is probably important.
LOL
He got SMOKED!
Damn
My family and I enjoyed Ahsoka. This episode is one of the best Star Wars we have seen. Seeing Hayden made me and my daughter jumped with excitement. We are happy that Filoni is making magic with Star Wars.
Nitpick: it wasn't that Ezra couldn't change history by saving Kanan, quite the opposite, Ahsoka points out that if he removes Kanan from that moment, Ezra, Sabine and Hera (and Jacen) will all die.
Filoni literally said it’s not time travel
But they would die in that explosion scene, meaning ezra couldn't then enter the world between worlds to save him, which would be a paradox. It literally couldn't be done.
@@jackmcd29 He can say whatever he wants, but Ezra literally traveled back in time to pull Ahsoka forward in time.
I like the idea of the world between worlds being the place where jedi go when they die it would make sense how they know when / where to appear to living jedi to offer advice or assistance.
Oh shit i like this
Really good idea
Nah you gotta train to be a force ghost it’s not just a death thing
@@King-uh4xpobviously, but when someone trains perhaps *that’s* where they go? 🤔
Ray Stevenson is absolutely owning this role and it's such a disappointment we won't be getting more of his character in the future.
One of my favorite aspects to his saber form is that he is so efficient with blaster deflection - he seems to have an unnatural vision of where the blaster shots will go and he moves there with the smallest and most precise moves possible. They do so much character development just in the way he moves.
This is how all Jedi/Sith deflect blaster bolts. The Force allows them a small window of precognition.
He probably had a LOT of during order 66
@@ethanbird5399lmao tht shits funny
Same with Vader. It's hard to match David Prowse's gait when he wore the suit.
Should animate his backstory
Something I noticed is when Ahsoka fought Morrok, she waited for him to make the first move. And he was inpatient so he went for it. But with Baylan, his patience won and she fought first.
I still don’t think Baylan is a sith. He doesn’t have raw anger like others we’ve seen. He’s very calm and collected and he hasn’t used overt dark side powers like Shin does. She’s quick to anger but he’s more collected. I feel like he’s closer to being a dark jedi and she’s closer to being a sith.
Thoughts?
isn't it confirmed Baylan is a Dark Jedi?
dark jedi is just a general term for a dark side force user... sith is a specific dark side group. neither of them are sith since they have no link to the group (unless revealed later on which is possible but very unlikely), both are dark jedi.
@@ph-1012 ah ok thank you
You know baylan will team up with ahsoka to take on greater threat and the greater threat will end up killing baylan
Baylan has an orange lightsaber = he isn't Sith
*I rewatched episode 4. And Baylan's quote, "One must destroy in order to create" speaks volumes in a huge way. Such great dialog between Ahsoka & Baylan here. I truly can't wait for episode 5 next Tuesday.*
Okay calm down lol
It’s generic villain dialogue relax
@@firstlast9846actually not in Star Wars, siths don’t destroy to create they destroy to destroy. It isn’t natural
@@firstlast9846yes! I immediately thought of the quote from Zorg in The Fifth Element.
@@ked49it's awesome to think about him doing his thing with the mean govt trying to adopt as many kids as possible to rebuild what the Jedi stood for but with his ideals so they're considered Sith but they aren't as bad as the old regime. Please let the evil daddy empower misfits he's so wholesome
The over the head stance Asoka takes is Jodan in Kendo. Throughout this episode we see Chudan, Jodan, Hassō, and waki-gamae. As someone that practices Kendo, it was cool to see.
Seeing Baylon close his eyes & take those deep breaths before letting Ahsoka know about Anakin, & before he told Sabine about Ezra, leads me to believe he used the force to read their minds somehow.
Nothing has indicated how he would know that sensitive info about the both of them.
Similar to how Ahsoka and Cal can use the force to pick up on the history of objects and environments.
Obviously
Also similar to how Joruus C'baoth could nab the thoughts of others quite easily in the Thrawn Trilogy.@@dae316
He had to be a temple guard. His armor, the orange blade that was once yellow, his knowledge. Wish they’d delve into his background a bit more.
He used the force… He’s a former Jedi
I have so much respect for you Eric! I’ve been studying music theory for all of my life and I have always loved your ability to include the music and tonality changes going on throughout each and every breakdown you’ve ever done. i.e the Matrix recap, interstellar recap, and so on. Keep up the amazing work!!
I like how Marrok is someone who died but is reanimated by Night sister magic like Mauls brother. He may have been cut down but I don’t think that’s the last we have seen of him.
Interesting!
or Marrok was never a person at all
I also think Marrok will come back. They want us to Remember he died and then it wil be a "What the..." moment when he just shows right back up.
@@baron7755 I just figured they were a summoned Night Sister Zombie.
@@facelesshalo5174 I mean if we'd able to deduce it like that then probably not.
Words can't describe how incredible this episode was. Bring on Episode 5.
15:33 if you look closely, you can also see that his arms shrink as the mist escapes, similar to how Savage lost his buffy look after being killed by Sidios
15:16 if you didn’t know, Maul’s brother Savage Opress in the clone wars bled green smoke like this when he lost one of his limbs, given that he was buffed and turned by the night sisters.
I love how Baylen's lightsaber seems to require a 2 handed greatsword technique. He is a weilder of strength.
That Edard Stark moment 👌
Yeah. This leads me to believe that he is a practitioner of Form V lightsaber combat.
I noticed that too. Ironically you can find that stance in most cultures that didn't even meet. Japan and China did, but not often. And that stance was well used by the Medieval period, especially during the Crusades by both the Christians and the Muslim armies. Some things are just universal.
He’s a user of the crossguard stance 🤮
A Jedi Guardian, no doubt.
"If we can't make the journey to find Ezra, then no one should"
Sabine: Oh you're saying get captured, we do this all the time
No other actor could have played Baelon like Ray Stevenson..... RIP to Ray
He's so so good. The only silver lining is that his final role is becoming one for the ages.
@NewRockstars he has so many great roles. Blackbeard, the thor films, the punisher.
I think another reference to the Mortis Arc from Clone Wars might've been when Huyang tells Ahsoka and Sabine to stay together, it reminded me of when Obi-Wan said something along the lines of "As long as we stay together, we'll be alright"
So cool that ahsokas stance when attacking marrok is the same as Palpatines in ROTS
And Anakin in AOTC against Dooku
Form 1
That same move, Kill Bill and also the movie Predators.
Well no shit it's the same, I mean most Jedi learn the same Saber fighting styles lmfao
Its just a matter of how much they really wanna learn to become powerful Sith or Jedi
@@DatBoiChris420 that’s not true at all. some learn many style sure. But almost only focus on a form that they are good at. Or maybe a couple depending on the situation.. like in Rebels when Kenobi starts his fight with maul in His mastered form but switched to qui gon’s to best maul. the switching of the forms in Star Wars is very symbolic.
Erik, your dedication is unmatched. This is why you are the master and we are the apprentice
I think the 8 is a StarGate Easter Egg, as the gate normally uses 7 "chevrons" for to tunnel from place to place, but an 8th is added to jump to another galaxy.
That's immediately what I thought of!
I was just looking to see if someone caught this too! I completely agree
And the galaxy they needed 8 for was... to visit Thor (more Norse mythology)
That's basically Stargate
@@aostara oh, damn, I didn't even remember that bit.
VOSS! In my best Witwer impersonation. I'm not sure if it wasn't noticed or cut for time, but when Baylen is deflecting the blast from Sabine with his saber, he starts off reacting to her shots before predicting them at the end of the fight. Could be an editing error, but towards the end of the fight you can see how he moves his saber into postion before she adjust and shoots.
I had to rewatch this several times, to make sure I wasn't crazy. Baylen is a well studied and very tactically gifted person.
His stance switches/adjustments during the feeling out phase with Ahsoka were tops.
Baylan Skoll has the Force ability to read memories. How knew it was Anakin, he's just not giving away how he knows. Keeps Ashoka guessing.
and how he knows so much about Sabine, looks like he can read more than just sense
I have two theories for the ending scene. First one is that this Anakin is a guide for Ahsoka in the World between Worlds, just like the Morai Owl was a guide to help Ezra. He could guide Ahsoka to a portal where maybe she sees a vision of Ezra or maybe even Kanan.
My second one is the reason the World between Worlds looks morr blue-ish and ghostly than in Rebels is because this could be the realm where Force Ghost reside. So this could be the classic situation of " You can stay here with me or go back to the real world to save your friends". Then, for example,Ahsoka could choose to go back to the real world but, to tie in the evil theme in the closing moments of the episode, Anakin could turn on her and be like " that's too bad because your staying here", Anakin reverting back into Darth Vader or the Son and Ahsoka has to duel him for her freedom.
I have a few more ideas but, to the anyone that actually sees this, they're pretty far fetched.
Do I want it to be Anakin? Absolutely I do.
Do I think it is Anakin? No
Will I keep clinging on to my delusions and assuming we're going to get a nice wholesome moment between Anakin and Ahsoka without any dark side twists? Hell yes
But I have really high hopes for next episode, especially considering it was just announced that this episode will be played in theaters in addition to streaming, and it is directed by Dave Filoni. I think this episode will be a "journey through the past" where we get the appearance by Temuera Morrison as Rex during a Clone Wars Flashback, along with the young Ahsoka, and maybe some other key scenes. Who knows maybe Ewan McGregor might appear as an unknown cameo in a flashback scene?
Here me out Samuel l jackson cameo if it is a flashbacks episode
Well
That transition was looking a bit like Thanos/Hawkeye waking up in the water after acquiring the Soul Stone. Just a cool visual detail.
It's definitely made to look like something is up with Anakin in this episode, obviously it's not actually him either way but I think him being the brother is what its going to be. Excited to see.
Huyang does mention in Clone Wars that he had manned the ship carrying younglings to craft their lightsabers for a thousand years and never lost a fight. He might have been tested against many jedi and jedi in training, so knows a wide variety of lightsaber forms with the occational fight with pirates.
8:00 I feel like Chopper is actually saying "Yeah, what's up with that?" Because Chopper questioning why he also has to follow orders is just so on brand
I believe the Anakin that we saw was the version of him that died that night on Mustafar and somehow it was preseved in the world between worlds
He was already Darth Vader on Mustafar. He changes to Vader right after he kills Mace Windu.
That's definitely the era of Anakin they're going for, visually
@@NewRockstars when ahsoka grabbed the “map” orb or whatever we’re calling it, we see the flame under the orb ignite a couple times during the episode. So instead of the magic burning her hand, I think it was the flame that was heating the orb that damaged her
@@NewRockstars Just with more limbs than we remember.
Yeah like this could be the live-action version of him that gave Ahsoka her lightsabers to fight Maul in the final season of the Clone wars.
Really like the map burned on Ahsoka's hand idea. Excited to see how they catch up to Sabine and the others.
You worked 8 hours through the night for this, you deserve some well needed rest
I'm scared to tell my wife what time I came to bed lol
Lol
Erik will get some rest and wake in a cold sweat thinking about I Am Groot Season 2.
@@NewRockstars do y’all use premiere pro to make your videos? And what type of camera?
Lmfao no he didn't, the NRS team did
You went above and beyond with this episode and I am SO here for all of it. I offer Deep Gratitude.
I do wonder if Baylon actually walked away from the order voluntarily, like Ahsoka, and thus survived order 66 because he wasn't in the war when it happened
Maybe he had a vision
Since he looks like a highly attuned Jedi, who is very spiritual it is likely he is one of those who foresaw order 66, but was still corrupted by the shroud of the dark side of the clone wars/galactic empires era.
I have a feeling he will be like what Qui Gon would have been if he survived. He knew something was coming and the order was not where it should be.
There were a few videos where people went back and thought they heard a force echo of Maul when Ahsoka was retrieving the map while she was examining the pillars. Later, it was revealed it wasn't a line from Maul but the Son. It would make sense that fake Anakin is actually the Son. That means he might have been working to set all of this up from the first episode.
Loved this episode! That’s just Anakin’s ep3 lightsaber though, the chrome just isn’t reflecting much. You can see the silver knurled section in the middle of the hilt where the control box is. It isn’t chrome on the original prop, that’s why it isn’t dark like the rest of the hilt. You can also see the shape of the round orange colored button just below the emitter of the hilt.
I love the Heavy Battle Style and Stance Baylan uses. It’s been a while in canon since we’ve seen someone use such a brutally strength based fighting style in star wars, and that i love of him.
Chopper says “Yeah, what’s up with that?” It’s totally within his personality.
Jacen's line "Mom? Why do I have to do what I am told, but you don't" Reminds me of Anakin and Ashoka's interraction during the space battle of Ryloth. Where they talk about when Anakin dont follow orders it's ok, but when Ashoka does it, it isnt
Thank god I’ve been waiting all day for this to come out!!!
Thank you for your patience!
I would also point out that I do believe that Marrok was probably a nightbrother's corpse or at least, one who was frail and weak looking like Savage was during his trial to prove himself to Ventress. As the green smoke explodes out of the opening, if you look closely, you can see that whatever lifeforce the power of the nightsisters gave Marrok left him as his body shrivelled up before collapsing on the ground.
Idk if anyone has pointed this out but Baylan is pretty boss with the mind tricks too. A classic jedi move but adding the sith flair of hitting where it hurts. First with Ahsoka with the mention of Anakin then with Sabine using Ezra. Not sure how he knew of Ezra, either mind reading or he did his research, but nonetheless he's good
He’s badass asf and fairly beat Ashoka since Ashoka damaged herself by grabbing the night sister infected map. He might’ve been a former temple guard or something higher to know about Anakin so well
His use of all the tricks of the trade, a formidable foe.
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That ending is amazing, never did I think this would happen, at most just a clone wars flashback or maybe force gohst anakin
I dreamed of this moment, never thought it would happen!
With Marrok being the name of a knight from Arthurian legend and the Western armor and clothing motif of Skol, Hati, and Marrok (as opposed to the traditional samurai/Buddhist monk look of regular Jedi), I realized in this episode that Morgan is probably named after Morgan LeFey, the witch in Arthuian legends.
Excellent series so far. ... Love the places that they're taking things, 💯
Agreed!
6:02 the fact that huyang can fight is awesome.
Ahsoka is legendary status… seeing live action world between worlds is next level!!!
Yesterday I almost I cried when Anakin said to Ahsoka "Hello Snips" it gave me goosebumps, big nostalgia and I been waiting for it since I finished watching the whole Clone Wars series long ago.
Best episode with great visuals, action and character moments. Ray is crushing it RIP. Can't wait for next episode and hope to get Mace And Kenobi.
From what ive heard we don't get Mace or kenobi but one can dream
Awesome Video Erik!!!
OMG OMG OMG THIS EPISODE WAS EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED!!!!!!
THIS IS STAR WARS!!!!!! The Lightsaber Fights were Perfect, The Acting was Perfect,
Everything was just Perfect! It was already My Favorite Episode of The Show but then
THAT ENDING. OMG THAT'S HOW YOU DO AN ENDING! It made Me Cry because
I've been waiting to see Anakin and Ahsoka in a Scene Together in Live Action
for so long and to see it finally happen is just Amazing!!!
As a Huge Star Wars Fan, I'm So Happy right now!
This is some of The Best Star Wars I've ever seen! 10/10!!!!!!
THANK YOU DAVE FILONI!!!!!!!
I read a younger actress will play Ahsoka in a flashback scene. I'm guessing it's during the Clone Wars when Ahsoka was only 14 and being trained by Ani. I also predict we will see a recreation scene of the Vader vs. Ahsoka from Rebels S2 as a flashback that happens around 3 BBY when Ahsoka damages his mask.
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@@margiemiguel8878it's the young actress from house of the dragon, the one that tries it on with Damon
At the end 28:15 I was watching with subtitles and it says "Vader Theme Plays" and I was like woah woah woah what?? Is this telling me that's not redeemed Anakin, but evil Vader???? I'm SO excited for the next episode!
I really hope it's 'the son'. Also, it would be cool if Morai leads Ahsoka to a portal where Ezra is, mirroring the events of Rebels...
Ashoka’s finishing slash on Marrok was straight out of every Zatoichi film!
absolutely, all those duels were so samurai movie.. awesome.
This episode, Balin was more Jedi than anyone else. Like as if he was the ideal dark Jedi instead of a Sith.
If you look into the smoke after marrok is killed, you can actually see 3 heads leaving him, I’d like to think he was being possessed by them
This might be a stretch but if Ahsoka's chance to go to Peridia is by purgle. And since you have to establish a connection to them like ezra did before summoning them in the finale of rebels. May be Ahsoka needs to do the same thing but... We all know a certain little green force user that has a natural knack in establishing connections with animals. It's probably not the case but i could see it happening tbh.
At first I thought you were talking about Jacen (do you think he’s a force sensitive?) but now I realize you’re talking about grogu and I’m literally in shambles 😭😭
i can see this to be fair. would be nuts
yes please!!!!
Ahsoka may be able to get to Peridia simply via the World Between Worlds
@sausagerace123 I thought Yoda at first and was like he's dead by this point but then was like oh they mean Grogu 😅
I'm loving this Japanese film vibe in the stand offs
The rando droids in ep1
Marrok in ep2
The camera angels multiple times in ep4
It's just great
I think marrok was just an inquisitor that we just haven’t seen before that was hurt / dead and Morgan used nightsister magic to reanimate him for their use
Like The Mountain in late-season GoT
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Ahsoka v Marrok duel reminded me of Akira Kurasawa 1962's Sanjuro. Sanjuro vs Hanbei. Marrok gas spewing out was like the blood spewing out of Hanbei
The world between worlds scene was a great surprise man this series has been amazing so far.
What if Marrok was an inquisitor that came after Baylan during the reign of the empire and was killed and brought back to life as a thrall by nightsister magic. I think that makes more sense than a night brother
Solid thinking
That was along the lines of my first thought as well
I think we can safely say Ahsoka is now the best Star Wars series to come from Disney + since Andor.
Maybe even the best Star Wars content since the original trilogy...
Thanks Newrockstars for diligently researching every Easter Egg and references for all us nerds out there 🤣
The unexplored writings on the wall from Rebels would be a perfect story for the next Tales of The Jedi installment, IMO.
Either way, do hope we get that on something at some point 🤞
I like the fact ahsoka was shifting from different lightsaber fighting stances. They both did as they were taught these as jedi
Anyone else wondering why ashoka only used a single blade in both of the duels this episode
I've been wondering about this too, and cannot believe that no one else is really talking about this.
@@jeremy3747it's because duel wield is better for taking on multiple targets whereas single wield is more effective for 1v1. If you've played jedi survivor you'll know this
@@joebond545relax…. Breath
I didn't know how much I needed to see Huhang go full 'real steel' mode until now 😂
The daughter was voiced by Adrienne Wilkinson who played the reincarnated version of Xena's daughter Livia having Calisto's savage personality. Now the daughter is reincarnated living through Ahsoka.
On top of the "Heir to the Empire" name drop, Baylan tells Sabine he will serve "the greater good" when he's persuading her to give him the map. Greater Good is the name of the second Thrawn: Ascendancy novel
I think it’s redeemed Anakin, post the events of ROTJ. Maybe some balanced version where he’s in control of his dark side past, sort of like how Ahsoka is a grey jedi. It wouldn’t make sense for what was supposed to be the most powerful and important character in all of Star Wars to not be himself, especially since we’ve seen his redemption arc. If anything, to see Anakin return evil would be to undo his redemption.
Post RotJ Anakin would be significantly older than what he appeared in this.
I think so as well.
You didn't see the force ghost at the end of the re-done ep6? He's super young.@@Klaital1
I'm happy with Stevens potrayal of the Dark Jedi. No screaming no angry EMO vibes. Just chill like Count Dooku.
Yep. He’s not a Sith, he’s a Jedi who lost his faith. I love how you can see the difference.
So, Shin Hati doesn't blink.. Like.. At all.
It's really cool.
Baylan is surprisingly skilled with the force. Like yeah he was a jedi but he’s showing skills i would think to see from a master
This was an excellent episode, but Ray Stevenson was absolutely fantastic, the highlight of the episode. Baylan is such an interesting character, really eager to see more of him. Also intrigued by Shin and a bit by Marrok (I'd just like a quick line or two explaining if he was an empowered character, a single sole brought from the dead, or many souls in one form), though - oddly - not that interested in Elsbeth yet, maybe later.
I called it! I knew he was a nightbrother. Somewhere there is a comment of mine from 2 weeks ago!! After hearing all the theories I decided none of them were right and connected Marrok to the nightsister and now the mystery is what is Shin's connection to him that warrants such an emotional response.
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Marrok was the Eigth Brother, who was killed on Malachor in Rebels, and then likely resurrected by Morgan Elsbeth using night sister magic. Seriously, look at both of them side-by-side and there's no doubt!
Yeah I thought they looked similar as well, and was wondering why no one was addressing this
The Eighth Brother was a Terellian Jango Jumper. Wrong body type.
@0LadyV0 Yeah, you're right. Helmets are sorta similar, but that's about it.
@@elsedavidson3458 And both Kanan and Ahsoka were taller than him.
If he's dead, then how is he a force user
The planet Odyn automatically made me think of the Imperial Capital in the classic anime Legend of Galactic heroes. In it there is a genius Naval commander trying to seize power over the empire and then eventually the galaxy. Kind of like Thrawn, heir to the empire. Theres probably no connection but I find it interesting especially if Filoni saw this piece of art. Hes an accomplished creator of abimated works so it is possible hes seen it. As far as space operas go, its one of the best.
The fact that the blade notes are fifths mean they’re both neither major or minor 👀
I am so glad I have a must-see Star Wars series to look forward to every week now.
Path to Peridia also might reference The Road to Perdition. Perdition implies a path to loss rather than to salvation.
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I think the reason Ahsoka was the exception to the rule of time travel is because she has that Mortis energy
Erik and team - totally knocking it out of the park with the analysis. ty.
Marrok was probably a real Inquisitor who went after Balon, got killed, and then got resurrected with Magic to help with this whole thing.
Seatos made me think about Yoda singing the seagulls song
I never ever thought they would bring the world between worlds into live action. Im all for it.
God robbed up of Ray. Baylen is an awesome character. He's like Qui Gon and Dooku combined
I’ve been waiting and waiting for more Nightsister content and this series is definitely making me very happy with what they have been referencing.
Just a reminder about the “feeling Thrawn calling through time and space” no matter what, if you are traveling to a different galaxy, there is a time involved. You can’t travel in space without a travel in time