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Let’s put this into perspective here: The veterans of the 501st served alongside Ahsoka and Anakin for years. She was 14 when she first became Anakin’s Padawan and was 17 by this moment. Those clone troopers that she had to bury were her actual family. They were saddened upon hearing about her ousting of the Jedi Order and were happy that she was returning. They willingly painted their helmets in honor of her. They were family, and in the end, her entire family died. Her master became something sinister, the clone troopers that were part of the 332nd Company were all killed in the crash (besides Rex), and she was still a child that entire time. Ik it’s a fictional universe and an animated show, but the directors truly made Ahsoka a fan-favorite character and ended this show in a fantastic and depressing way We knew the Clone Wars could never have a happy ending, but this takes the cake. The lightsaber, the helmets, the wrecked Venator, all symbols of the heroes who fought so hard for something that amounted to naught. The end of the Republic and the rise of the Empire is so........... so quiet. I like the touch they added of having Vader hold onto Ahsoka's lightsaber. No matter how hard he tries to pretend that Anakin Skywalker is dead, there's always that little part of him that can't let go. This particular scene is enough to put me in tears, They are just CGI and not real; but if you grew up watching this show from when it all began you grow to love the clone troopers. This show demonstrates that they were not just blind loyal troopers but rather human beings who shared emotions like all of us, and in my opinion, that's what makes clone troopers my favorite sci-fi fighting force. What an amazing show. We all knew Order 66 was coming but suspense and tension were still high Vader had no intention of visiting that wreck. Picking up the lightsaber, igniting it, to then look up and gaze. But Anakin, oh Anakin did. The clones didn’t die for the republic. They died with it Again the proof that sometimes no dialogue is the best dialogue. The silence of Vader's thoughts, the hidden face, and no expression, intentional or not, really leaves a great impression on the viewer that they can imagine how Vader must feel inside, however, they wish to imagine it - whether he is in hidden turmoil if he is really absorbed by the dark side and hatred, or if he has just become emotionless. This was Ahsoka saying a final goodbye to her comrades, Anakin saying goodbye to Ahsoka, Vader saying goodbye to Anakin and us saying goodbye to the Clone Wars. This is a true ending for all. A farewell to the fallen. It's been 2 years since the release of the last episode of the Clone Wars season 7, yet the ending still haunts me to this day. Thank you The Clone Wars for the memory. Seeing Vader hold Ashoka’s blue saber is so chilling. It feels like a combination of knowing he failed her, just like he failed himself. And that blue represents a past part of him that won’t be seen for years to come. In all honesty, The Clone Wars' final season makes Revenge of the Sith even more emotional to sit through. I used to think Vader at the end of Rogue One was the best scene in Star Wars, but this ending really won't leave my mind after I saw it. How we knew so much of the story built up to this over years of watching the prequel stories unfold, and how far the Master and the Padawan had come along in their journeys and character development - this was literally the perfect ending to the best execution of Star Wars content I've ever seen. Jesse's helmet here illustrates the end of an era. His helmet carries the republic symbol, and now it marks a grave. This is where the republic ends. The three final scenes of the Clone Wars that will stick with me: Ahsoka walks away from the Jedi Temple as Anakin watches on. Yoda leaves the darkness of Korriban behind and returns home to ponder on the future. A clone helmet, stuck in the snow, with the visor showing the reflected visage of Darth Vader wandering away into the fog. I feel that the ending arc of Season Five all the way to the finale of Season Seven shows the true end of the Clone Wars. Season Five portrays the beginning of the Jedi's fall as true evil begins to emerge. Season Six shows the heroes seeing the shadow of the phantom menace loom over them. And in Season Seven, the Dark Times finally arrive. Everyone’s gone… Padme, mace windu, dooku, grievous, plo koon, all of them. All of those beloved characters fleshed out in the series are gone in a matter of days…The heaviness Ahsoka has to carry within herself must be overwhelming, she lost her home with the Jedi, she lost the clones who would've given their lives for her, and with the flick of a switch not rest until she was dead, and did even though it's not her fault, feels she is the cause of all their deaths, she lost her master and brother and only later discover by just how much. If it wasn't for her training I'm pretty sure she would've been 200% emotionally crippled by the end of all this I love this scene because you can tell everything that’s going on without a single line being spoken. You would think that Rex would be the last one standing over the clones' bodies but it’s Ashoka. She feels responsible for their lives being taken just like the first time she led a space battle and got half of her squad killed. The only difference is this time it isn’t her fault but she feels that it is, enough to dig through the wreckage to give them proper burials. The last scene represented the series so well, a Clonetrooper helmet with Ahsoka decoration and Anakin, now Vader in the visor reflection. The main 3 components of this series are all together for a final shot.
I'm still amazed at how well Chopper turned out in live action, the movements of his arms and head, and retaining all his charisma and desire for destruction, he is one crazy droid that no one can hate.
@@fuzzyotterpaws4395 Yeah I mean its basically just dave filoni holding his hand over his mouth and speaking, and then they make it sound robot-esque lol
@@maul_360it's difficult to do while making it still look real AND translating it's movements from animation. My guess is you don't have much experience in this regard.
@@billystokes3917 yeah, i looked up how many he has killed and well just look at it 19 confirmed and direct kills; 49,997 estimated indirect kills using sabotage; and 20 estimated kills using explosives. A true monster lol
I understood most of what he said in that scene "Shoot it down!" "We can't shoot it down, it's right over the port city." "And that's bad?" "Did you go through my stuff?" "No, I did not go through your stuff." "Yes you did!" "Did you check under the backup battery?" "What? Oh..."
I'm sorry but nothing beats BT-1 and 0-0-0 from Darth Vader comic. These guys are true war criminals. Triple zero literally has built in blood-draining mechanisms lmaooo
What I love is that for the moment we basically have almost everything shown in trailers or promotional videos and the rest will probably be seen in the next episode meaning that we still have 5 episodes without any look of it.
@@yotuel9064 next one or the one after. We know that Ahsoka and Sabine are on their way to Seatos where the Eye of Sion and the bad guys are so we definitely gonna have the scenes where Ahsoka and Sabine fight Marrok, Shin and Baylan from the trailer. For Thrawn we could have a glimpse of him of what situation is in.
The "Eye of Sion" has 9x the hyperspace capabilities of a Super Star Destroyer... what the hell! I had just told everyone around me that "it isn't that hard to go to another galaxy, we just didn't have a path". Then this monstrosity came on screen and I had to amend my statement... maybe it _is_ that hard to travel to another galaxy.
@@Brainth_1780 This is what is leading me to think that its not a hyperspace ring, its going to be a hyperspace gate thats going to open the path between the two points, and this is just the sheer power needed to open said gate
@@Brainth_1780 I don't think it's necessarily about it being hard to perform the jump. Hyperspace rings are always used for craft with either no hyperdrive or for ones with smaller, less capable drives. I think there are that many hyperdrives on Morgan's ring so they can get to the other galaxy *more quickly* and to also bring something big back with it. Hyperspace travel is not instantaneous. Long distance jumps (such as from the Core to the Outer Rim) could potentially still take days, even with a powerful hyperdrive. Especially when the ship is very large. I think Morgan wants to get to the galaxy quickly and have the capability to bring back a certain Star Destroyer along with Thrawn.
actually Darth Sion always appeared to me as an animated Statue that was knocked over, shattered into a thousand pieces, and reassembled with rage and anger and never found that one eye😂
I love how Ahsoka series is not afraid of being pretty much season 5 of Rebels. Hearing Sabine's theme was great. And so were seeing Hera and Chopper arguing about exploding a hyperdrive in the middle of a city. xD Interesting that they are going with the idea of Sabine being Force sensitive indeed but way below average according to Hyeung. Also i can't believed how much a missed seeing a series where we are bound to have lightsaber action every episode. ♥
I think they are having Sabine be force sensitive the same way they had Chirrut Îmwe from rouge one be force sensitive or at least be something similar.
Every being in the sw universe has the force flowing through them/it. It's just the amount of midiclorians that allow some to sense it and wield it more than others. I'm sure Sabine's midiclorian count is very low. Higher than most average beings, but lower than any Jedi. But, through training and discipline, she can learn to wield it somewhat. Not on the level of a Jedi, but enough to feel the movements of a lightsaber and be proficient with one and possibly have slight intuitions to feel things before they happen(think of it like a Spidey-sense).
@@jameslars7391 I was thinking something like that. Chirrut could sense when Andor was going to kill someone, could avoid blaster fire, hit a tie fighter in flight and even his biggest sequence when he made the stormtroopers aim drop to below zero. 😁 I expect Sabine to be able to utilize the more subtle Force abilities but don't expect to see her doing huge telekinetics feats.
@@GattsBerserkArmor Its also pretty interesting that we have another character that is going to be a bridge between Mandalorian and Jedi culture. Though this time its being reversed with Sabine trying to be more like a Jedi when Grogu was becoming more like a Mandalorian.
I can’t express enough how much I love the Loth cats in this show. They’re so freaking cute! I was freaking out every time they showed one lol. Also Huyang’s “Because you’re a hologram” line cracked me up so much! 🤣
Not gonna lie, seeing the final scene of Ahsoka and Sabine reuniting and flying off took me back to when Rebels ended and how much of a mess I was from that emotionally powerful ending. And I love how during the end credits song Kevin Kiner actually mixes both Ahsoka’s theme and Sabine’s theme from when she was training with the Darksaber.
i presume there's some big event tied to the Purrgil that happens near the planet the path starts at. It's named Seatos, which i assumed before i went back and checked the subtitles was spelled Cetos, as in cetaceans aka Whales. and there was a ring of Purrgil around the galaxy they're heading to when the map was activated.
Man, they did Chooper so well in this. His model, his personality, his demeanor... He's great. And it's so much fun that although it's just beeps and warbling, you can understand EXACTLY what he says and in what tone. Love it. Same as Huyang, btw. The two droids in this show display so much personality.
After this series is finished, I want the Filoniverse movie to feature Ahsoka, Rex, the Rebels crew, Din Djarin, Grogu, Boba Fett, Fennec Shand, the Bad Batch to team up to take on Thrawn's remnant, Avengers Endgame style.
Everything about this show is hitting the right notes. Dave Filoni doesn't miss. Two episodes in and already better than BOBF and Mandalorian S3. Also Baylan is giving me massive Qui-Gon vibes but on the dark side. The best scene to me was Hera and Sabine just talking to each other. You get that warm feeling that you feel while watching Rebels. Like a warm hug. Hera is such a motherly character and I love her.
You forgot Kenobi. Kenobi was flat out horrendous, and the most disappointing out of them all considering the hype, potential and long wait after Revenge of the Sith. The show looked like a low budget fan film. Book of Boba and Mando Season 3 were very mid. This is definitely the best live-action content since Mando Season 2 imo. Andor was fine as well, but I still have no care in the Galaxy for those characters. Either way, Dave Filoni should be put in charge going forward, and he should do Seasons 2 of Kenobi and Book of Boba Fett. Those characters deserve so much better.
@@ihaveafettfetish9348 Andor was like the only good Series. xD Dave made a MCU out of Star Wars, fan service over fan service. And everytime the same old way how he made series. Like you can bring every episode in every other series and you dont now what series it is. I think dave loves Star Wars to much, so he cant made good Series. Its everytime the same.
@@Golfballtauchen sucks for you then, the rest of us will enjoy Filoni's contributions. Majority of the good star wars we have gotten in the past 2 decades have Filoni all over them.
@@mcdotterson4103 I know i am one of the few, but its cool, that most of the people have fun with it, we all Star Wars fans, so everybody has different things there like and dont like. :)
This show has been fantastic so far. I feel like Dave is going to explore what it means to be a Jedi and maybe even the more mystical side if the force. I’m excited to see the new galaxy I’m also excited for all the arcs set up here.
31:56 In the Rebels finale, Sabine says it's time to bring Ezra back, and they didn't have the map before. There are multiple differences in the Ahsoka scene, but it has to be the same.
The Rebels finale (Sabine's scenes) is basically split here. The initial part with Ahsoka arriving (with the x-wings) and Sabine watching in the first episode and the second part, Sabine watching the mural and Ahsoka appearing behind in this one. Only with minor differences like Sabine with long hair in the first part (then they are the same of rebels) and Ahsoka grey robes instead of the white one we see in rebels
Ahsoka also doesn't have the spear she did in the Rebels finale. It definitely felt like it was meant to be the same moments but i didn't really like it for that reason so I prefer to think of it as an homage to it. The characters choosing to meet again in the same way they did when they first started their adventure together. makes more sense in my head than the unnecessary differences being inconsistencies!
@@Wolfer1OOO for me it is for sure the same moment, at the time filoni probably put everything he wanted in that scene without knowing if he could continue the story later, but i think we'll see the trasformation of ahsoka from the Grey to Ahsoka the White in the series. I mean i prefer this mini retcon or trasformation of that final scene to what they done to the kanan comic or the ahsoka novel with tbb and tales of the jedi
Seeing chopper in live action is honestly the big thing that had me excited for this show cuz he’s easily one of my favorite characters up with Ashoka and Anakin
The parallel between Sabine and Kanan goes even further than just the haircut/getting back to their true selves. It was at that moment for Kanan that he knew he was willing to die for Hera and her Rebellion. I think that the parallel applies to Sabine as well. As a Mandalorian who is stubborn as hell and not ready to commit to anything, I think she's willing to die to bring Ezra home.
Did Chopper get even easier to understand? I swear I understood EVERYTHING he said to Hera during the tracker scenes. Also Ahsoka having Psychometry is new right? I only knew about Quinlan, Cal, and Rey having that ability.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is helping bring this shows animated character into live action AND bringing her character from Scott Pilgram vs. The World from live action into an animated adaptation.
I feel like in episode 3 we need a quick throwaway line that explains why Ashoka isn’t calling Luke for help. Every time something goes wrong the audience is going to be asking “why not call the strongest Jedi in the galaxy? I’m sure he would be interested in stopping another war!” I mean this is kind of big stakes to not have Luke be involved. I don’t even think Luke should be in this season, he can be saved for later seasons and the films that will show the climax of the Thrawn story, however just a quick “he’s busy” or “I’m in contact with him but he is on the other side of the galaxy currently” would dispel Luke’s noticeable a sense from these important events.
I don't think we're there in the timeline yet. Like, we're now pre-Book of Boba Fett (or at the same time but before episode 6) and then we'll eventually get to that and season 3 of Mandalorian. Ahsoka in this show is more similar to how she was in episode 5 of the second season of Mandalorian. In Book of Boba Fett when we see her with Luke she seems more happy, more optimistic. Like she's taken a burden off her shoulders. She mentions Anakin to Luke complimenting him for being like him ("So much like your father") with a smile on her face. Here, when she mentions Anakin in the first episode while talking to Hera she's demeanor is completely different. There is still guilt and pain.
@@theunknownuser9609 I would have to disagree with this, we see Ashoka in season 2 of Mando hunting Morgan and mentioning Thrawn, we know she tells Mando to have Grogu reach out to find a teacher and in season 2s finale Luke answers that call. When then get an unknown amount of time passing where Grogu is with Luke, months I guess, and Ashoka is with Luke. At the start of this show Morgan is in jail so her encounter with Ashoka has already happened as has Luke and Ashoka being together watching Grogu train. This show is clearly taking place after the Bobba Fett show. I seriously doubt the entire Thrawn arc that this show and the planned films is depicting took place between Ashoka capturing Morgan and Ashoka being at Luke’s future school.
@@corvus2512 The crawl specifies Morgan is been translated to the New Republic for trial. She's not "in jail" That's the thing. I don't think is much time after the end of season 2.
@@theunknownuser9609 fine, she’s awaiting trial but that doesn’t alter anything, people can wait for trial for years and years before it goes to court in the real world. There is no evidence that this show is taking place before we see Ashoka and Luke. The show is about the return of Thrawn which is a HUGE event and will almost certainly mean a war, we would’ve heard about an Imperial Grand Admiral returning and starting a war during Mando season 3 if that was the case. Also even if for some reason those chose to do it that way, Luke is a known quantity in the New Republic, he was a General in Return of the Jedi, he defeated Vader, he’s famous so my point still stands…. Why wouldn’t Ahsoka, the New Republic, Hera or Mon Mothma call upon the strongest Jedi in the galaxy during the events of this show, whenever in the timeline it takes place. Every time a major event took place in an MCU film, the first question was always “why don’t we call the avengers?”…. This is the SW version of that
@@corvus2512 In the real world, you said it yourself. We may have no evidence this takes place before but we don't have evidence this takes place after either. This show might as well could cross with third season of The Mandalorian and then move past that. We're only two episodes in. A lot could happen. Timeskips could happen. Also canon Luke is much more interested in rebuilding the Jedi Order and finding old Jedi relics and visiting temples than whatever is going on in the galaxy. Leia is the one who cares about that. The last time he was remotely seen was when Ben was born and after that he just dissapeared in the eyes of the galaxy. He was more myth than person. That's exactly what's stated in novels and comics. And also in The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi
That was 100% the scene from Rebels, it being framed the exact same with Sabine tapping the mural the same way right before she turns. The only changes are all practical for live action. White robes don't seem practical for Ahsoka and the staff is a bit out of place even though it's cool.
The line, _"It's not loyalty, it's greed."_ for the arrested Corellians reminded me a lot of the themes in Canto Bight from *The Last Jedi* emphasizing motivations of war profiteering recreating conflict during times of peace.
about Skoll being a famous Norse wolf, he’s often paired with Hati, and in myth the two of them chased the sun and moon. Hati is also Shin’s last name, so I’m really interested to see what kind of connection they built there with Baylan and Shin
@@scotthewitt258 Maybe they're not humans, maybe they're loth-wolves taking on human forms for some nefarious agenda, them being former Jedi it's just a disguise. The search for Thrawn could be just a cover for them to get what they want. Star Wars has always been dual tracked with its conflicts, the secular political conflicts are stages for a spiritual cosmic conflicts.
And both Skoll & Hati usher in the Norse apocalyptic event, Ragnarok. What kind of Armageddon is Skoll & Hati ushering into the universe? Thrawn? Grysk? Vong? 🤔
Regarding Sabine’s “aptitude”… If Moff Gideon can give clones force sensitivity, it’s not beyond Filoni’s imagination for Sabine to have it “awakened” or gifted to her.
The first thing I thought of when I saw the hyperspace ring was when Thrawn found Anakin’s floating in space at the beginning of his banishment in Alliances. He was automatically fascinated with it.
These first 2 episodes were absolutely fantastic. Reminds me so much of the good times of mandalorian season 1 and 2 (Mainly 2 because this feels more like the 2nd season of the mandalorian, the vibes) So excited for more episodes because these first two were just so so good and made me so happy.
The shuttle that Balin and Shin use is the same Eta class from Clone Wars, including the one Anakin, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan flew to Mortis! Looks great in live action. 😍
Some of the imagery reminded me of Zeffo related stuff too, but doesn't Morgan specifically say that it was from a race/species from beyond the galaxy? Zeffo originated in the known galaxy before trying to venture outside (with unknown results).
6:49 With all the surprise cameos in the first episode, I was fully expecting the protocol droid here to be AP-5. But when the foreman guy gave the datapad to it(and it didn’t speak), I was sad that it wasn’t.
You know, I didn't think it would bring this much joy to me to watch people watch something that they love. But it does. Im also SO SO glad that everyone is loving Ahsoka!
I like how whenever an Old Republic "Jedi" or Clone War ship flies by the same sounds play. I don't know how I didn't notice the Purrgil. It was neat seeing the Nightsister magic after so long. When Ahsoka dodged the spinning lightsaber it looked so much like an Anakin move, especially when he was like "what are you doing down there?" to Obi-Wan in Season 7 of TCW. I don't know how I didn't notice that the scene where Ahsoka sees Sabine near the mural was the same scene as the end of Rebels, which meant that everything that happened up to that point in the show was during the time period of Rebels.
CHOP: Shoot it down! aka War Crime Hera: I can't just shoot it down, it would crash into the port city. CHOP: Is that bad? Hera: Just ready a tracking device. And don't miss this time! CHOP: YEAH YEAH YEAH. CHOP: No, no, no… what the? No. Nope, nope, nope! CHOP: MOM, did you go through my Stuff? Hera: No, I did not go through your stuff. CHOP: YES YOU DID. Hera: Did you look under the backup battery? CHOP: What? Oh….
Hello guys, happy to see your reaction to the show, Ahsoka is my all-time favorite Star Wars character, and I'm super happy of finally watching her live-action show. Question, guys: Where can I get Aaron's Ahsoka T-shirt???
I just realized something! The momorial ryder was presenting means that the scene in this episode is an overlap and the exact same scene as in rebels. Because we just watched ryder presenting it to the people of lothal so that means that it wasnt there before. So episode 1 and 2 is literally what happened right before that same scene in rebels...i dont know why alot of us was confused if it was the same scene or just something similar that happened after that. But like i said if we used our brain we could figure out that its the same scene because we literally watched the memorial gets revealed😂😂😂
I absolutely loved these first two episodes! I felt like everything about them were beyond amazing! I am already so gripped and interested in the story and really invested in the characters. I thought that the writing was fantastic, the acting was amazing, and the tone was perfect. And I feel like I can’t say enough just how incredible the music for these episodes were, I’m so glad that they brought Kevin Kiner back to do this shows score. I also thought that all the setting and different locations for both of these episodes looked amazing and really beautiful, especially Lothal, which was awesome to get to finally see in live action. It felt like everything in these two episodes were able to all perfectly came together to make this feel like such an impactful and engaging start to a story. They were truly able to make this feel like a live action sequel to Star Wars Rebels. Speaking of Rebels, it was so amazing to see characters like Sabine, Hera and Jai Kell make their live action debut from that show. And it was even cooler to see Ryder Azadi being played by Clancy Brown, who of course voiced him back in Rebels. And seeing Huyang come into live action after his first appearance all the way back from Clone Wars was also amazing. Especially since David Tennant came back to voice him again. And of course, it was great to get to see Chopper again, it felt like he was plucked right out of Rebels and I loved how they made it so we could vaguely make out what he was saying. And from just these first two episodes I am already super invested in Baylan. I think that his character as a former Jedi who has gone a little dark is a great parallel to Ahsoka. Especially since it seems that he still carries some of the ideals of a Jedi and that he genuinely doesn’t want to have to kill Ahsoka. I just think that he is already a very interesting character that I hope they get into more. And I feel like I just cannot say enough just how great all the performances were in these episode. Each actor was giving a fantastic performance and I felt like they were all doing an amazing job. I think that Rosario Dawson, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Ray Stevenson were all doing amazing jobs for these characters and have completely sold me on their performances for these characters. They all felt like they were fully dedicate and invested to their character and their role. I am very curious to see how the ending of this episode will lead into next week’s episode and how it will impact the future of this show and it’s continuing story. I think that from just these first two episodes alone, it has already shown what a great show this will turn out to be. And I am already loving everything about this show and I can’t wait to see where this story and all the characters involved will go next. I cannot wait for next week’s episode. Rest in Peace Ray Stevenson
A bit embaressed it took me a while to remember David Tennant name while hearing his voice, instantly recognized it, but name was gone for a while in my head xD
The hyperspace ring reminds me of the Outbound Flight Project and either at some point in the series more parts will be added to the ring or the ring itself could be the ship that will be used to travel to the other galaxy like the Outbound Flight in the novel of the same name.
I’m surprised the fact that the map pointed to another “galaxy” didn’t get a bigger reaction. Speaking for myself, as someone who has only a passive knowledge of the books and comics, the word “galaxy” really took me for a ride, haha.
Ezra did mention that he sensed the purrgil were on a very long journey home, so yes, I think it's already been established that though they travel around the Star Wars galaxy, they are not from there.
i'd say it's more like a catapult, using SSD hyperdrives to catapult something smaller "savely" at way more speed across farther distances, kinda like voyager and the "caretaker" also that giant ring looks almost exactly like an X4 Jumpgate (X4 the space sandbox game btw)
Everyone was worried they were gonna make Sabine force sensitive but we al should have had faith in Filoni. She never was force sensitive just really skilled in combat as a Mandalorian. But also in canon all living things are connected to the force, it just depends on how much connected. Jedi have a higher connection than others but all beings can use the force with training.
This was a remake of the epilogue. We see the dedication of that moment in episode 1v which would indicates they just moved it there from the cave. Not in both you can see it was cut out of the cave. As for Ahsoka's cloak that is almost certainly meant to tie to Gandalf which filoni has referenced Ahsoka's journey to be like his. So at this point she is currently ahsoka the grey who will grow from her adventure to become Ahsoka the white
As a first-timer to anything Rebels, this was a nice start. I'm enjoying the look of the characters, I like seeing Ahsoka in action, I like the tone of the show and I'm digging the music. The story is going to be an intriguing one, for sure. I'm really interested in seeing how this series, possibly, sets up the Dave Filoni Mandoverse movie. Also, Godspeed, Ray Stevenson. May the Force be with him and his family.
Double bladed lightsabers sure look cool but, like Lord Kas'im said in the book "Darth Bane - Path of Destruction", they are dangerous because they are exotic, but the wielder can still only attack with one blade at a time and while one blade attacks, the other is out of the way.
Double bladed sabers are mainly good for when being attacked by multiple enemies surrounding you, you can attack and defend against enemies behind you a lot quicker.
The same applies double for the Inquisitors’ spinning sabers. They were designed to overwhelm and intimidate less skilled survivors of Order 66. This made them effective but flawed as any Jedi with honed skill could exploit their weaknesses, Kanan and Cal are great examples. That being said any skilled Jedi probably weren’t hunted just by Inquisitors, Vader was there to clean house
I really hope when we inevitably get to Peridea, that that whole other galaxy is weird. Like, everything seems wrong because its so far removed from what we know. And the discussion of space-borne creatures reminded me about Starweirds and now I really want to see them in live action
I feel like I'm the only person in this comment section who has said this, but I recognize that guy at 6:48. I was not expecting the guy who played Taub from House M.D. to be in this show~ Its a welcomed surprise though!~
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Let’s put this into perspective here: The veterans of the 501st served alongside Ahsoka and Anakin for years. She was 14 when she first became Anakin’s Padawan and was 17 by this moment. Those clone troopers that she had to bury were her actual family. They were saddened upon hearing about her ousting of the Jedi Order and were happy that she was returning. They willingly painted their helmets in honor of her. They were family, and in the end, her entire family died. Her master became something sinister, the clone troopers that were part of the 332nd Company were all killed in the crash (besides Rex), and she was still a child that entire time. Ik it’s a fictional universe and an animated show, but the directors truly made Ahsoka a fan-favorite character and ended this show in a fantastic and depressing way We knew the Clone Wars could never have a happy ending, but this takes the cake. The lightsaber, the helmets, the wrecked Venator, all symbols of the heroes who fought so hard for something that amounted to naught. The end of the Republic and the rise of the Empire is so........... so quiet. I like the touch they added of having Vader hold onto Ahsoka's lightsaber. No matter how hard he tries to pretend that Anakin Skywalker is dead, there's always that little part of him that can't let go.
This particular scene is enough to put me in tears, They are just CGI and not real; but if you grew up watching this show from when it all began you grow to love the clone troopers. This show demonstrates that they were not just blind loyal troopers but rather human beings who shared emotions like all of us, and in my opinion, that's what makes clone troopers my favorite sci-fi fighting force. What an amazing show. We all knew Order 66 was coming but suspense and tension were still high Vader had no intention of visiting that wreck. Picking up the lightsaber, igniting it, to then look up and gaze. But Anakin, oh Anakin did. The clones didn’t die for the republic. They died with it Again the proof that sometimes no dialogue is the best dialogue. The silence of Vader's thoughts, the hidden face, and no expression, intentional or not, really leaves a great impression on the viewer that they can imagine how Vader must feel inside, however, they wish to imagine it - whether he is in hidden turmoil if he is really absorbed by the dark side and hatred, or if he has just become emotionless.
This was Ahsoka saying a final goodbye to her comrades, Anakin saying goodbye to Ahsoka, Vader saying goodbye to Anakin and us saying goodbye to the Clone Wars. This is a true ending for all. A farewell to the fallen. It's been 2 years since the release of the last episode of the Clone Wars season 7, yet the ending still haunts me to this day. Thank you The Clone Wars for the memory. Seeing Vader hold Ashoka’s blue saber is so chilling. It feels like a combination of knowing he failed her, just like he failed himself. And that blue represents a past part of him that won’t be seen for years to come. In all honesty, The Clone Wars' final season makes Revenge of the Sith even more emotional to sit through. I used to think Vader at the end of Rogue One was the best scene in Star Wars, but this ending really won't leave my mind after I saw it. How we knew so much of the story built up to this over years of watching the prequel stories unfold, and how far the Master and the Padawan had come along in their journeys and character development - this was literally the perfect ending to the best execution of Star Wars content I've ever seen. Jesse's helmet here illustrates the end of an era. His helmet carries the republic symbol, and now it marks a grave. This is where the republic ends. The three final scenes of the Clone Wars that will stick with me: Ahsoka walks away from the Jedi Temple as Anakin watches on. Yoda leaves the darkness of Korriban behind and returns home to ponder on the future. A clone helmet, stuck in the snow, with the visor showing the reflected visage of Darth Vader wandering away into the fog. I feel that the ending arc of Season Five all the way to the finale of Season Seven shows the true end of the Clone Wars. Season Five portrays the beginning of the Jedi's fall as true evil begins to emerge. Season Six shows the heroes seeing the shadow of the phantom menace loom over them. And in Season Seven, the Dark Times finally arrive. Everyone’s gone… Padme, mace windu, dooku, grievous, plo koon, all of them. All of those beloved characters fleshed out in the series are gone in a matter of days…The heaviness Ahsoka has to carry within herself must be overwhelming, she lost her home with the Jedi, she lost the clones who would've given their lives for her, and with the flick of a switch not rest until she was dead, and did even though it's not her fault, feels she is the cause of all their deaths, she lost her master and brother and only later discover by just how much. If it wasn't for her training I'm pretty sure she would've been 200% emotionally crippled by the end of all this I love this scene because you can tell everything that’s going on without a single line being spoken. You would think that Rex would be the last one standing over the clones' bodies but it’s Ashoka. She feels responsible for their lives being taken just like the first time she led a space battle and got half of her squad killed. The only difference is this time it isn’t her fault but she feels that it is, enough to dig through the wreckage to give them proper burials. The last scene represented the series so well, a Clonetrooper helmet with Ahsoka decoration and Anakin, now Vader in the visor reflection. The main 3 components of this series are all together for a final shot.
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I'm still amazed at how well Chopper turned out in live action, the movements of his arms and head, and retaining all his charisma and desire for destruction, he is one crazy droid that no one can hate.
I'm starting to understand Chopper! I actually fully heard him say "found it!" Woah!
@@fuzzyotterpaws4395 Yeah I mean its basically just dave filoni holding his hand over his mouth and speaking, and then they make it sound robot-esque lol
@@fuzzyotterpaws4395Right, you can hear him say "Shoot it down" as well 😁
I mean it isn't hard to do a droid live action. Probably the easiest thing they did on the show
@@maul_360it's difficult to do while making it still look real AND translating it's movements from animation.
My guess is you don't have much experience in this regard.
Rick: “Does the Phantom have weapons?”
Eric: “It has Chopper.”
The greatest weapon of all.
@@billystokes3917 yeah, i looked up how many he has killed and well just look at it
19 confirmed and direct kills; 49,997 estimated indirect kills using sabotage; and 20 estimated kills using explosives.
A true monster lol
@@__Sauron_ And that's not even including anything he did outside of Rebels. How many died at his hands during the Battle of Endor, I wonder.
@@__Sauron_Chopper makes HAL 9000 look like a total amateur at ending people...
as someone else once said Chop has the biggest body count if you dont include blowing up a death star
"The same thing Kanan did"
"Blind herself."
You guys are the best LOL
hahah. That was funny
Can someone timestamp that please?
They are lol
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@@mrpatmichele I love how you can see precisely when Rick thinks of the joke and closes his mouth
I'm starting to understand Chopper! I actually fully heard him say "found it!" Woah!
I understood most of what he said in that scene
"Shoot it down!"
"We can't shoot it down, it's right over the port city."
"And that's bad?"
"Did you go through my stuff?"
"No, I did not go through your stuff."
"Yes you did!"
"Did you check under the backup battery?"
"What? Oh..."
@@c.lvr2602I also heard Chopper say “I cannot promise that” when Hera told him not to miss.
I definitely heard "Did you go through my stuff?!"
I thought it was just me. I could never tell what he was saying in Rebels and last night I was wear my headphones so I thought that might be why.
@@northwind2538 And also his sassy "Oh yes you did!"
Ahsoka not giving a damn about the Inquisitor’s lightsaber flying up from behind her is so darn cool
Shifting JUST ENOUGH to let it harmlessly fly by, with no reaction.
Bad-ass good lady!
She could’ve cut it instead, but cool nonetheless
Subtle flex to say “if I ever see you again, you’re dead”
I mean, she's fought and/or killed who knows how many of them by this point. It's basically a "bitch please" situation.
@@scotthewitt258 "Scottthewitt would be good at CinemaWins"
When it comes to mass murdering robots, Chopper is for sure my favorite. That lil war criminal rascal!
“If R2 is the family dog, Chopper is the cat” -Dave Filoni
Chopper is everyone's favorite sociopathic robot. Glad he is back 👍
While I still love HK-47 more, Chopper's certainly no slouch.
I'm sorry but nothing beats BT-1 and 0-0-0 from Darth Vader comic. These guys are true war criminals. Triple zero literally has built in blood-draining mechanisms lmaooo
@@H34rtofFire HK-47 and Chopper would make a great duo team. Would give C-3PO and R2-D2 a run for their money.
What I love is that for the moment we basically have almost everything shown in trailers or promotional videos and the rest will probably be seen in the next episode meaning that we still have 5 episodes without any look of it.
Do you think Thrawn is gonna be next episode? Seems a little to early for my taste.
@@yotuel9064tf u mean , we need thrawn asap , if they bring Ezra and thrawn in any later than episode 4 it’s ridiculous
@@yotuel9064 next one or the one after. We know that Ahsoka and Sabine are on their way to Seatos where the Eye of Sion and the bad guys are so we definitely gonna have the scenes where Ahsoka and Sabine fight Marrok, Shin and Baylan from the trailer. For Thrawn we could have a glimpse of him of what situation is in.
Next episode Ahsoka and Baylan will meet on Seatos inside the holomap thingy.
@@yourmomsaccount69I was thinking maybe it will be that duel in the dark forest and then maybe the Babylon Skoll fight after the next episode.
Ahsoka just moved to the left to avoid the Inquisitor’s saber was dope and yo that is the biggest hyperspace ring we’ve ever seen
The "Eye of Sion" has 9x the hyperspace capabilities of a Super Star Destroyer... what the hell!
I had just told everyone around me that "it isn't that hard to go to another galaxy, we just didn't have a path". Then this monstrosity came on screen and I had to amend my statement... maybe it _is_ that hard to travel to another galaxy.
@@Brainth_1780 This is what is leading me to think that its not a hyperspace ring, its going to be a hyperspace gate thats going to open the path between the two points, and this is just the sheer power needed to open said gate
@@Brainth_1780 I don't think it's necessarily about it being hard to perform the jump. Hyperspace rings are always used for craft with either no hyperdrive or for ones with smaller, less capable drives. I think there are that many hyperdrives on Morgan's ring so they can get to the other galaxy *more quickly* and to also bring something big back with it. Hyperspace travel is not instantaneous. Long distance jumps (such as from the Core to the Outer Rim) could potentially still take days, even with a powerful hyperdrive. Especially when the ship is very large. I think Morgan wants to get to the galaxy quickly and have the capability to bring back a certain Star Destroyer along with Thrawn.
@@Brainth_1780 - The sheer vastness of empty space between galaxies is mind-bending, just by itself.
@@AlasdairGR - Maybe something infinitely big... 🤔
24:45 For years I've been describing Darth Sion as "a pile of hamburger meat held together by rage".
I love that "literally too angry to die" is an established dark side power, and a pretty common one too.
actually Darth Sion always appeared to me as an animated Statue that was knocked over, shattered into a thousand pieces, and reassembled with rage and anger and never found that one eye😂
They have a golden opportunity to open a future episode with "In a galaxy not quite as far away at the main one".
I love how Ahsoka series is not afraid of being pretty much season 5 of Rebels.
Hearing Sabine's theme was great. And so were seeing Hera and Chopper arguing about exploding a hyperdrive in the middle of a city. xD
Interesting that they are going with the idea of Sabine being Force sensitive indeed but way below average according to Hyeung.
Also i can't believed how much a missed seeing a series where we are bound to have lightsaber action every episode. ♥
I think they are having Sabine be force sensitive the same way they had Chirrut Îmwe from rouge one be force sensitive or at least be something similar.
Every being in the sw universe has the force flowing through them/it. It's just the amount of midiclorians that allow some to sense it and wield it more than others. I'm sure Sabine's midiclorian count is very low. Higher than most average beings, but lower than any Jedi. But, through training and discipline, she can learn to wield it somewhat. Not on the level of a Jedi, but enough to feel the movements of a lightsaber and be proficient with one and possibly have slight intuitions to feel things before they happen(think of it like a Spidey-sense).
@@jameslars7391 I was thinking something like that.
Chirrut could sense when Andor was going to kill someone, could avoid blaster fire, hit a tie fighter in flight and even his biggest sequence when he made the stormtroopers aim drop to below zero. 😁
I expect Sabine to be able to utilize the more subtle Force abilities but don't expect to see her doing huge telekinetics feats.
@@GattsBerserkArmor Its also pretty interesting that we have another character that is going to be a bridge between Mandalorian and Jedi culture. Though this time its being reversed with Sabine trying to be more like a Jedi when Grogu was becoming more like a Mandalorian.
Well she did weild the darksaber....not great, so should some force sensitivity
I love that no matter who is reacting to this someone is always screaming "CHOPPER" once he is in a scene ^^ such an MVP our favourite mass murderer
I can’t express enough how much I love the Loth cats in this show. They’re so freaking cute! I was freaking out every time they showed one lol. Also Huyang’s “Because you’re a hologram” line cracked me up so much! 🤣
That got a good laugh out of me as well.
He is DEFINITELY a sassy bitch in this show
@@jameslars7391 I had to try so hard to attention to what was being said after that I was laughing so hard!
Grogu - The Jedi who became a Mandalorian
Sabine - The Mandalorian who became a Jedi
It’s like poetry, it rhymes.
Not gonna lie, seeing the final scene of Ahsoka and Sabine reuniting and flying off took me back to when Rebels ended and how much of a mess I was from that emotionally powerful ending.
And I love how during the end credits song Kevin Kiner actually mixes both Ahsoka’s theme and Sabine’s theme from when she was training with the Darksaber.
"You fought Darth Maul in our White House?" - Eric
That's one of the greatest things I've ever heard 😂 Well done, well done
i presume there's some big event tied to the Purrgil that happens near the planet the path starts at. It's named Seatos, which i assumed before i went back and checked the subtitles was spelled Cetos, as in cetaceans aka Whales. and there was a ring of Purrgil around the galaxy they're heading to when the map was activated.
The end credit art also depicts purrgils traveling to what I suppose is another galaxy.
Man, they did Chooper so well in this. His model, his personality, his demeanor... He's great. And it's so much fun that although it's just beeps and warbling, you can understand EXACTLY what he says and in what tone. Love it.
Same as Huyang, btw. The two droids in this show display so much personality.
32:13 I vividly remember the Rebels finale and was able to mimic Sabine’s stroke and tap on the mural exactly, think it goes beyond a bookend
“For some war, for others a new beginning”
“And for us”?
“Power, such as you’ve never dreamed”
Solid ass first two episodes, I'm so ready for the rest. and I LOVE Kevin Kiner's score so far! I need it on Spotify.
Kevin Kiner should recieve an Emmy for the music he conducted for this show
Its the most Star Wars sounding of the live action show scores in my opinion
My Rebels heart is getting SO FULLL.
Rebels is the best.
@@shugaroony
Dave Filoni is the GOAT! Better than Kathleen Kennedy.
After this series is finished, I want the Filoniverse movie to feature Ahsoka, Rex, the Rebels crew, Din Djarin, Grogu, Boba Fett, Fennec Shand, the Bad Batch to team up to take on Thrawn's remnant, Avengers Endgame style.
Pretty sure Luke will join as well, but it's gonna be a different actor.
Bad Batch? Aint no way. They'd all be dead.
I'm still pissed off about what they did to Boba's character.
I think they said that's the plan
Trash writing.
7:04 "Parent/Teacher conference" Got a good chuckle out of me 😅
Everything about this show is hitting the right notes. Dave Filoni doesn't miss. Two episodes in and already better than BOBF and Mandalorian S3.
Also Baylan is giving me massive Qui-Gon vibes but on the dark side.
The best scene to me was Hera and Sabine just talking to each other. You get that warm feeling that you feel while watching Rebels. Like a warm hug. Hera is such a motherly character and I love her.
You forgot Kenobi. Kenobi was flat out horrendous, and the most disappointing out of them all considering the hype, potential and long wait after Revenge of the Sith. The show looked like a low budget fan film. Book of Boba and Mando Season 3 were very mid. This is definitely the best live-action content since Mando Season 2 imo. Andor was fine as well, but I still have no care in the Galaxy for those characters. Either way, Dave Filoni should be put in charge going forward, and he should do Seasons 2 of Kenobi and Book of Boba Fett. Those characters deserve so much better.
@@ihaveafettfetish9348 Andor was like the only good Series. xD Dave made a MCU out of Star Wars, fan service over fan service. And everytime the same old way how he made series. Like you can bring every episode in every other series and you dont now what series it is. I think dave loves Star Wars to much, so he cant made good Series. Its everytime the same.
@@Golfballtauchen L
@@Golfballtauchen sucks for you then, the rest of us will enjoy Filoni's contributions. Majority of the good star wars we have gotten in the past 2 decades have Filoni all over them.
@@mcdotterson4103 I know i am one of the few, but its cool, that most of the people have fun with it, we all Star Wars fans, so everybody has different things there like and dont like. :)
Eric calls out the Kuat shipyards while looking at Corellia. The Kuat shipyards are over the planet Kuat.
This show has been fantastic so far. I feel like Dave is going to explore what it means to be a Jedi and maybe even the more mystical side if the force. I’m excited to see the new galaxy I’m also excited for all the arcs set up here.
I hope this show keeps getting better episode by episode and not turn out like Obi wan, Bobba Fett, or the latter episodes of The Mandalorian
31:56 In the Rebels finale, Sabine says it's time to bring Ezra back, and they didn't have the map before. There are multiple differences in the Ahsoka scene, but it has to be the same.
I really like it being called the eye of sion as in Darth Sion
The Rebels finale (Sabine's scenes) is basically split here. The initial part with Ahsoka arriving (with the x-wings) and Sabine watching in the first episode and the second part, Sabine watching the mural and Ahsoka appearing behind in this one. Only with minor differences like Sabine with long hair in the first part (then they are the same of rebels) and Ahsoka grey robes instead of the white one we see in rebels
Splitted isn’t a word
Ahsoka also doesn't have the spear she did in the Rebels finale. It definitely felt like it was meant to be the same moments but i didn't really like it for that reason so I prefer to think of it as an homage to it. The characters choosing to meet again in the same way they did when they first started their adventure together. makes more sense in my head than the unnecessary differences being inconsistencies!
@@Wolfer1OOO for me it is for sure the same moment, at the time filoni probably put everything he wanted in that scene without knowing if he could continue the story later, but i think we'll see the trasformation of ahsoka from the Grey to Ahsoka the White in the series. I mean i prefer this mini retcon or trasformation of that final scene to what they done to the kanan comic or the ahsoka novel with tbb and tales of the jedi
I hope they make a mini movie about Chopper. I like that robot so much, he is so funny.
Everytime I see him, I got a big smile.
That star map reminds me of Treasure Planet, and now I cant unsee it
Yeah exactly!
Given how Ryder addresses the mural Asif introducing it for the first time, I think that was the epilogue at the end and not a homage or a bookend.
Chopper rummaging for the tracker was the best part of the episode, loved it!"
Seeing chopper in live action is honestly the big thing that had me excited for this show cuz he’s easily one of my favorite characters up with Ashoka and Anakin
Love Sabine cutting her hair. Her holding the knife in between both of her hands like Kannan was a great touch
They're literally talking about a galaxy far far away now🤣
The parallel between Sabine and Kanan goes even further than just the haircut/getting back to their true selves. It was at that moment for Kanan that he knew he was willing to die for Hera and her Rebellion. I think that the parallel applies to Sabine as well. As a Mandalorian who is stubborn as hell and not ready to commit to anything, I think she's willing to die to bring Ezra home.
I love how you can actually understand chopped in this
I just can't stop seeing Taub when I see Peter Jacobson
Did Chopper get even easier to understand? I swear I understood EVERYTHING he said to Hera during the tracker scenes.
Also Ahsoka having Psychometry is new right? I only knew about Quinlan, Cal, and Rey having that ability.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is helping bring this shows animated character into live action
AND
bringing her character from Scott Pilgram vs. The World from live action into an animated adaptation.
I feel like in episode 3 we need a quick throwaway line that explains why Ashoka isn’t calling Luke for help. Every time something goes wrong the audience is going to be asking “why not call the strongest Jedi in the galaxy? I’m sure he would be interested in stopping another war!” I mean this is kind of big stakes to not have Luke be involved. I don’t even think Luke should be in this season, he can be saved for later seasons and the films that will show the climax of the Thrawn story, however just a quick “he’s busy” or “I’m in contact with him but he is on the other side of the galaxy currently” would dispel Luke’s noticeable a sense from these important events.
I don't think we're there in the timeline yet. Like, we're now pre-Book of Boba Fett (or at the same time but before episode 6) and then we'll eventually get to that and season 3 of Mandalorian. Ahsoka in this show is more similar to how she was in episode 5 of the second season of Mandalorian. In Book of Boba Fett when we see her with Luke she seems more happy, more optimistic. Like she's taken a burden off her shoulders. She mentions Anakin to Luke complimenting him for being like him ("So much like your father") with a smile on her face. Here, when she mentions Anakin in the first episode while talking to Hera she's demeanor is completely different. There is still guilt and pain.
@@theunknownuser9609 I would have to disagree with this, we see Ashoka in season 2 of Mando hunting Morgan and mentioning Thrawn, we know she tells Mando to have Grogu reach out to find a teacher and in season 2s finale Luke answers that call. When then get an unknown amount of time passing where Grogu is with Luke, months I guess, and Ashoka is with Luke. At the start of this show Morgan is in jail so her encounter with Ashoka has already happened as has Luke and Ashoka being together watching Grogu train. This show is clearly taking place after the Bobba Fett show. I seriously doubt the entire Thrawn arc that this show and the planned films is depicting took place between Ashoka capturing Morgan and Ashoka being at Luke’s future school.
@@corvus2512 The crawl specifies Morgan is been translated to the New Republic for trial. She's not "in jail" That's the thing. I don't think is much time after the end of season 2.
@@theunknownuser9609 fine, she’s awaiting trial but that doesn’t alter anything, people can wait for trial for years and years before it goes to court in the real world. There is no evidence that this show is taking place before we see Ashoka and Luke. The show is about the return of Thrawn which is a HUGE event and will almost certainly mean a war, we would’ve heard about an Imperial Grand Admiral returning and starting a war during Mando season 3 if that was the case. Also even if for some reason those chose to do it that way, Luke is a known quantity in the New Republic, he was a General in Return of the Jedi, he defeated Vader, he’s famous so my point still stands…. Why wouldn’t Ahsoka, the New Republic, Hera or Mon Mothma call upon the strongest Jedi in the galaxy during the events of this show, whenever in the timeline it takes place. Every time a major event took place in an MCU film, the first question was always “why don’t we call the avengers?”…. This is the SW version of that
@@corvus2512
In the real world, you said it yourself.
We may have no evidence this takes place before but we don't have evidence this takes place after either. This show might as well could cross with third season of The Mandalorian and then move past that. We're only two episodes in. A lot could happen. Timeskips could happen.
Also canon Luke is much more interested in rebuilding the Jedi Order and finding old Jedi relics and visiting temples than whatever is going on in the galaxy. Leia is the one who cares about that. The last time he was remotely seen was when Ben was born and after that he just dissapeared in the eyes of the galaxy. He was more myth than person. That's exactly what's stated in novels and comics. And also in The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi
Loved Ahsoka dodging the returning lightsaber. Total Yoda move.
That was 100% the scene from Rebels, it being framed the exact same with Sabine tapping the mural the same way right before she turns. The only changes are all practical for live action. White robes don't seem practical for Ahsoka and the staff is a bit out of place even though it's cool.
The line, _"It's not loyalty, it's greed."_ for the arrested Corellians reminded me a lot of the themes in Canto Bight from *The Last Jedi* emphasizing motivations of war profiteering recreating conflict during times of peace.
about Skoll being a famous Norse wolf, he’s often paired with Hati, and in myth the two of them chased the sun and moon. Hati is also Shin’s last name, so I’m really interested to see what kind of connection they built there with Baylan and Shin
Obviously something is intended. The mural they dedicated on Lothal also has the Light and Dark Loth-Wolves on it.....
Good Old Dave's really like his wolves!
Even Marrok is based off a character that turned into a wolf.
@@scotthewitt258 Maybe they're not humans, maybe they're loth-wolves taking on human forms for some nefarious agenda, them being former Jedi it's just a disguise. The search for Thrawn could be just a cover for them to get what they want. Star Wars has always been dual tracked with its conflicts, the secular political conflicts are stages for a spiritual cosmic conflicts.
And both Skoll & Hati usher in the Norse apocalyptic event, Ragnarok. What kind of Armageddon is Skoll & Hati ushering into the universe? Thrawn? Grysk? Vong? 🤔
Regarding Sabine’s “aptitude”… If Moff Gideon can give clones force sensitivity, it’s not beyond Filoni’s imagination for Sabine to have it “awakened” or gifted to her.
The first thing I thought of when I saw the hyperspace ring was when Thrawn found Anakin’s floating in space at the beginning of his banishment in Alliances. He was automatically fascinated with it.
Ahsoka Tano wins the award for coldest dodge in the Star Wars franchise
That awkward moment when you forget most Droids don't lie.....
"I saw one of those five cycles ago!"
.. whatever DID happen to B-4D4.
These first 2 episodes were absolutely fantastic. Reminds me so much of the good times of mandalorian season 1 and 2 (Mainly 2 because this feels more like the 2nd season of the mandalorian, the vibes) So excited for more episodes because these first two were just so so good and made me so happy.
10:56 I really do think Chop is saying "and that's bad?" 🤣🧡
Another creature in space was the giant creature inside the nebula/cloud round Kessel
Shin's surname is Hati, which is the other wolf from Norse myth alongside Skoll. They are wolves who chase the Sun and Moon.
Baylan strikes me as not being totally Dark, just a Jedi who turned more self-centred after Order 66, because he had to survive.
The shuttle that Balin and Shin use is the same Eta class from Clone Wars, including the one Anakin, Ahsoka, and Obi-Wan flew to Mortis! Looks great in live action. 😍
The decryption device that Sabine was using on the droid reminded me of those old hand held football video games that was just red lights
CHOPPER WOOOOOOOOO
He hasn´t changed a bit but I think I can understand him better now
I hope the ancient civilization from another galaxy ends up being the first live action appearance of the Zeffo
With them taking interest in Dathomir and Morgan being a night sister… it could be.
Or the builder race from kotor cuz star maps
Some of the imagery reminded me of Zeffo related stuff too, but doesn't Morgan specifically say that it was from a race/species from beyond the galaxy? Zeffo originated in the known galaxy before trying to venture outside (with unknown results).
Yuuzhan Vong anyone?
tis what i thought of@@vordt4139
6:49 With all the surprise cameos in the first episode, I was fully expecting the protocol droid here to be AP-5. But when the foreman guy gave the datapad to it(and it didn’t speak), I was sad that it wasn’t.
You know, I didn't think it would bring this much joy to me to watch people watch something that they love. But it does. Im also SO SO glad that everyone is loving Ahsoka!
Man, I can't get over how cool Rick looks! I mean, I'm sure he's not wearing those recreationally, but they do look sick.
Ahsoka is truly the connective tissue between Jedi and Mandalorians.
I love that tv show, i practically grew up with Ahsoka!
If that distant galaxy is the Milky Way, we riot.
Thrawn is hanging out on Earth 😀
That would be amazing. They could finally do an MCU - Star Wars crossover. ^_^
Baylan and Shin's ship is an Eta-class shuttle. Also refered to as a Jedi ambassador shuttle.
I like how whenever an Old Republic "Jedi" or Clone War ship flies by the same sounds play.
I don't know how I didn't notice the Purrgil.
It was neat seeing the Nightsister magic after so long.
When Ahsoka dodged the spinning lightsaber it looked so much like an Anakin move, especially when he was like "what are you doing down there?" to Obi-Wan in Season 7 of TCW.
I don't know how I didn't notice that the scene where Ahsoka sees Sabine near the mural was the same scene as the end of Rebels, which meant that everything that happened up to that point in the show was during the time period of Rebels.
I truly thought and hoped the inquisitor was going to fly away on his lightsaber. That needs to happen before this season is over.
Chopper and Huyang are the best things in this show
CHOP: Shoot it down! aka War Crime
Hera: I can't just shoot it down, it would crash into the port city.
CHOP: Is that bad?
Hera: Just ready a tracking device. And don't miss this time!
CHOP: YEAH YEAH YEAH.
CHOP: No, no, no… what the? No. Nope, nope, nope!
CHOP: MOM, did you go through my Stuff?
Hera: No, I did not go through your stuff.
CHOP: YES YOU DID.
Hera: Did you look under the backup battery?
CHOP: What? Oh….
Chopper continues to delight me. Also, is no one going to mention how much the map gives Treasure Planet vibes?
I JUST finished the first episode reaction. What great timing! Let's go!
"The Eye of Sion"
Love the reference to the KOTOR 2!!
The "through time and space" could be the fact that time might work completely different since they are in a different galaxy
“She’s going to do the same thing Kanan did”
“Blind herself?”
there's a perfect gif for this. dammit, allow gifs!
34:02 Morgan Elspeth seems like the type who would make sure all the employees in her shipyard (or whatever) were loyal to the Empire.
Aaron, I thought something similar when I saw that other galaxy; "Are we going to Earth?"
Thanks, Eric! Thanks, Rick! Thanks, Calvin! Thanks, Aaron! 🌌 #StarWarsWaveSquadron #StarWars #Ahsoka
I got really happy when I saw Dr. Taub from House M.D.!!
Hello guys, happy to see your reaction to the show, Ahsoka is my all-time favorite Star Wars character, and I'm super happy of finally watching her live-action show. Question, guys: Where can I get Aaron's Ahsoka T-shirt???
I just realized something! The momorial ryder was presenting means that the scene in this episode is an overlap and the exact same scene as in rebels. Because we just watched ryder presenting it to the people of lothal so that means that it wasnt there before. So episode 1 and 2 is literally what happened right before that same scene in rebels...i dont know why alot of us was confused if it was the same scene or just something similar that happened after that. But like i said if we used our brain we could figure out that its the same scene because we literally watched the memorial gets revealed😂😂😂
The device Sabine was using on the droid head was an 80s handheld game called “Galaxy Invader”.
I absolutely loved these first two episodes! I felt like everything about them were beyond amazing! I am already so gripped and interested in the story and really invested in the characters. I thought that the writing was fantastic, the acting was amazing, and the tone was perfect. And I feel like I can’t say enough just how incredible the music for these episodes were, I’m so glad that they brought Kevin Kiner back to do this shows score. I also thought that all the setting and different locations for both of these episodes looked amazing and really beautiful, especially Lothal, which was awesome to get to finally see in live action. It felt like everything in these two episodes were able to all perfectly came together to make this feel like such an impactful and engaging start to a story. They were truly able to make this feel like a live action sequel to Star Wars Rebels. Speaking of Rebels, it was so amazing to see characters like Sabine, Hera and Jai Kell make their live action debut from that show. And it was even cooler to see Ryder Azadi being played by Clancy Brown, who of course voiced him back in Rebels. And seeing Huyang come into live action after his first appearance all the way back from Clone Wars was also amazing. Especially since David Tennant came back to voice him again. And of course, it was great to get to see Chopper again, it felt like he was plucked right out of Rebels and I loved how they made it so we could vaguely make out what he was saying. And from just these first two episodes I am already super invested in Baylan. I think that his character as a former Jedi who has gone a little dark is a great parallel to Ahsoka. Especially since it seems that he still carries some of the ideals of a Jedi and that he genuinely doesn’t want to have to kill Ahsoka. I just think that he is already a very interesting character that I hope they get into more. And I feel like I just cannot say enough just how great all the performances were in these episode. Each actor was giving a fantastic performance and I felt like they were all doing an amazing job. I think that Rosario Dawson, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Ray Stevenson were all doing amazing jobs for these characters and have completely sold me on their performances for these characters. They all felt like they were fully dedicate and invested to their character and their role. I am very curious to see how the ending of this episode will lead into next week’s episode and how it will impact the future of this show and it’s continuing story. I think that from just these first two episodes alone, it has already shown what a great show this will turn out to be. And I am already loving everything about this show and I can’t wait to see where this story and all the characters involved will go next. I cannot wait for next week’s episode.
Rest in Peace Ray Stevenson
A bit embaressed it took me a while to remember David Tennant name while hearing his voice, instantly recognized it, but name was gone for a while in my head xD
The hyperspace ring reminds me of the Outbound Flight Project and either at some point in the series more parts will be added to the ring or the ring itself could be the ship that will be used to travel to the other galaxy like the Outbound Flight in the novel of the same name.
I’m surprised the fact that the map pointed to another “galaxy” didn’t get a bigger reaction.
Speaking for myself, as someone who has only a passive knowledge of the books and comics, the word “galaxy” really took me for a ride, haha.
Every fan: "wHeRe iS tHe StAFf?!"
Ezra did mention that he sensed the purrgil were on a very long journey home, so yes, I think it's already been established that though they travel around the Star Wars galaxy, they are not from there.
They roam the wast ocean of space. :)
Ahsoka Ultra Instincting the Inquisitor's saber was dope.
I laughed so hard when one of your said green flame. Cuz i was automatically saying "green flame!". Right back
i'd say it's more like a catapult, using SSD hyperdrives to catapult something smaller "savely" at way more speed across farther distances, kinda like voyager and the "caretaker"
also that giant ring looks almost exactly like an X4 Jumpgate (X4 the space sandbox game btw)
Everyone was worried they were gonna make Sabine force sensitive but we al should have had faith in Filoni. She never was force sensitive just really skilled in combat as a Mandalorian. But also in canon all living things are connected to the force, it just depends on how much connected. Jedi have a higher connection than others but all beings can use the force with training.
"An Empire doesn't just become a Republic overnight"
Ironic considering it happened in reverse quite literally.
This was a remake of the epilogue. We see the dedication of that moment in episode 1v which would indicates they just moved it there from the cave. Not in both you can see it was cut out of the cave. As for Ahsoka's cloak that is almost certainly meant to tie to Gandalf which filoni has referenced Ahsoka's journey to be like his. So at this point she is currently ahsoka the grey who will grow from her adventure to become Ahsoka the white
I sang Scar Tissue to myself at the exact same moment lmao
Awesome reaction as always!
As a first-timer to anything Rebels, this was a nice start.
I'm enjoying the look of the characters, I like seeing Ahsoka in action, I like the tone of the show and I'm digging the music.
The story is going to be an intriguing one, for sure. I'm really interested in seeing how this series, possibly, sets up the Dave Filoni Mandoverse movie.
Also, Godspeed, Ray Stevenson. May the Force be with him and his family.
Double bladed lightsabers sure look cool but, like Lord Kas'im said in the book "Darth Bane - Path of Destruction", they are dangerous because they are exotic, but the wielder can still only attack with one blade at a time and while one blade attacks, the other is out of the way.
Double bladed sabers are mainly good for when being attacked by multiple enemies surrounding you, you can attack and defend against enemies behind you a lot quicker.
The same applies double for the Inquisitors’ spinning sabers. They were designed to overwhelm and intimidate less skilled survivors of Order 66. This made them effective but flawed as any Jedi with honed skill could exploit their weaknesses, Kanan and Cal are great examples. That being said any skilled Jedi probably weren’t hunted just by Inquisitors, Vader was there to clean house
I really hope when we inevitably get to Peridea, that that whole other galaxy is weird. Like, everything seems wrong because its so far removed from what we know. And the discussion of space-borne creatures reminded me about Starweirds and now I really want to see them in live action
I feel like I'm the only person in this comment section who has said this, but I recognize that guy at 6:48. I was not expecting the guy who played Taub from House M.D. to be in this show~ Its a welcomed surprise though!~