My wife and I watch the AHSOKA Season 1 Finale!
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- My wife and I are watching the final episode of season 1 of Ahsoka!
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We’ve seen the zombies before, in Clone Wars, when the Nightsisters resurrect their fallen sisters to battle Grevious and the separatist army.
Also in jedi fallen order! Dathomir was a tough ass planet man
Using the exact same chant, no less. "Eagle-eyed" viewers may have caught on to that. ;)
You forgot fallen order
Also the sword and the ritual for becoming a nightsister were featured in Clone Wars.
@@Darth_MornabinI often can’t understand why some of us can keep track of all these things but it’s hard for others.
You gotta recast him. Honor his legacy by continuing to honor the amazing Character he helped to build
You think KK is going to make something good
She hasn’t for 12 years
Love how Thrawn goes from private chat to game chat just to be like "get rekt scrub, long live the empire."
I definitely need a recast for ray, his story was too good. RIP but the show must go on, couldve said the same thing about dumbledore in Harry Potter.
Hopefully they find the right actor to replace him. There are a lot of talented actors out there. They can't settle when it comes to recast. My first choice would be Russel Crowe but maybe there is even someone better out there I can't think of.
@@Fairburne69 mine would be the guy who played the hound in game of thrones.
@@ghostmkc4045 Another really good option. Great Actor. He's big enough and old enough.
@@Fairburne69 On Twitter I saw someone mention Liave Schreiber and I think he could be a really good choice.
@@keithfranklin214 Agreed. They need to get all these people in and put them to the test!
It shouldn't be too much of a surprise Baylan wasn't present at the final fight. He did say a couple or few times that he is on a different journey searching for an old power.
Seriously
I don't get why people gripe or are confused that his story isn't fulfilled yet. Like, are they even watching the same show at all? It's very confusing when I see people complain about the lack of those two characters in AHSOKA's season 1 (1!) finale.
So, most people are theorising Baylan was being called by Abeloth. The 'Mother'.
We met as you remembered and saw the statues of, The Father, The Son and The Daughter (whose statue was destroyed).
Abeloth I believe wanted to achieve immortality and drunk / bathed in the pool of knowledge? Which ultimately drove her to insanity and corrupted her etc... The statue of the father possibly was pointing to where they banished her to if true?
Shame Ray passed away. He was perfect in this role. Wonder who will continue playing him.
Seems odd to build statues pointing toward where they imprison someone. Think its more like another entrance into their realm.
The actor who Plays Luffy grandfather The Admiral in ONE PC would be perfect same look and imposing figure.@@JordanJMyers
@@JordanJMyers I think Russell Crowe or Gerard Butler would be good choices.
That pool of knowledge she bathed in and font of power she drank from were also located inside a volcano. And there is a beam of light at the peak of one of the "mountains" in the distance
The unanswered questions yall have, and frankly everyone has, ARE the cliffhangers. It's not that they underutilized Baylan and Shin, it's just that they are setting up future plots, which personally doesn't bother me but obviously will bother others. Franchises such as Marvel have been doing this since the beginning. For me, this episode stuck the landing. It's revealed that Baylan is seeking out the Mortis Gods, for what purpose, we don't know yet. I would rather them setup future plots with cliffhangers rather than just rush everything to get a "satisfied ending" where everything is all tied up in a bow. They need to do it right.
While a season 2 hasnt officially been announced, I would imagine they will make a season 2 and/or have the Filoni movie continue the story.
Biggest problem with Mandalorian Season 3 was rushing to tie it all up in a bow. Ahsoka did just what I wanted it got us to a cliffhanger for Season 2 and reestablished Thrawn in the main galaxy. They couldnt just have everyone go to Periodia grab Thrawn and Ezra and head back. So much more Peridia story to tell in Season 2 with Ahsoka/Balone/Sabine/Shin. Just so unfortunate Ray Stevenson passed away, they couldnt have planned for that and will have to recast.
Thank You for saying his @JamesWiseMagic too many people want it now and don't want to wait. Sadly we live in a society that wants instant gratification. I've seen people complain when a series isn't all released at once. God forbid we get one episode per week.
Spot on!
@@Fairburne69 What would these people do in a world where no streaming service exist, and you would need to watch the next episode on a set day and time that you cant miss. The past seems like a scary place for those weak ones. ^^
@@Fairburne69 Exactly what made Game of Thrones so good until the final season was it was taking its time. Then the show runners got tired of working on it and waiting for George RR Martin that they rushed the ending. Really feel Dave Filoni knows the story he wants to tell and we shouldnt demand a rush job. Season 1 got where he wanted to story to end for season 1. Looks like Season 2 will have 2 main threads. What is on Peridia with Baylon/Ahsoka/Shin/Sabine with Baylon and Shin relationship rocky and Ahsoka/Sabine relationship mended while at the same time Thrawn needs to consolidate the remaining Imperial forces and Hera/Ezra convincing the New Republic of the threat. Off to the side is what do the Nightsisters really want.
Balon and Shin story is much larger then an extra 15 minutes or so or even couple episodes would handle. Season 2 will have big focus on Balon/Ahsoka/Shin/Sabine experiences on Peridia while at the same time Thrawn and Hera building up forces while Nightsister make there separate plans. Balon and Mortis Gods is big cliffhanger. Unfortunately they have to recast Balon. They couldnt plan the season thinking Ray Stevenson would pass away.
Thank you, I really don't understand why people think everything should be wrapped up with a bow in Season 1. It's very strange to see how people perceive story lines and characters. Do these people not understand that that something bigger is going on? It's so obvious..
I wonder if they would use Gerard Butler to be the recast Baylon.
@@forceinfinity I’ve heard lots of suggestions, but I do like this one the best I think
@@kalen1702not everything but basically nothing is wrapped up, this s1 is not telling us a story its just a prequel prequel of the Mandoverse movie.
I expected a more full storyline for this season with 1-2 cliffhangerd or opened doors for s2
Shin Hati gives me hard Azaaj Ventress vibes! I'm hyped for her character in the future!
The set up for S2 is there and its huge. The Mortis gods heavily feeds the Aberoth theory and that's going to be crazy. Baylon's story wasnt supposed to be the main focus for S1. They gave us exactly what we needed for S1 and set the path for S2 which looks to be more interesting than this season.
Abaloth would be a good and creepy villain. Takes a lot to defeat it.
I think if they recast Baylan, it could possibly be done with Liev Schreiber
I feel like this is the only Disney+ show between Star Wars and Marvel that I actually felt satisfied week to week. It didn’t feel like 8 parts of a long movie, the episodes felt like they had enough to stand on their own while still moving the overall story along.
I am sad that the story kind of just stops in the middle of the larger story, but when you think about where Sabine and Ahsoka were in the first episode verses the last, there really was a lot of growth. This spot makes sense for a stopping point.
I don’t have a problem with where the story ends for now, but I do have a problem with how long it takes to produce the seasons or shows. The next installment might not even happen for 2+ years, and I think that’s more detrimental than anything that actually happens in the episodes.
Funny... I enjoyed the series and there were some cool scenes and some lore and fanservice for sure.......
but I thought there was very little meat on the bones... 8 episodes and all we got was an exchange: Ezra for Ashoka, Sabine and Huyang...
Baylan and Shin were interesting yet totally unnecessary for the story and we never really found out anything about them... so It seemed like a big tease without any point or payout....
Thrawn has been eagerly awaited yet we didn't really get anything from him or even saw how brilliant a strategist he is.
Honestly I feel like they could have crammed all 8 episodes into one episode without missing anything important....
Feels like we got 8 trailers for an Ashoka movie that is not even made yet...
And yeah. They say it is all about the journey and not about the destination.... But this was a long journey and we didn't even get close to our destination it seems....
I agree with you. This is the best live action Star Wars since the original trilogy in my opinion. One could argue Andor is better. However, I like my Star Wars most when it is Sci-fi Fantasy and Andor was a lot more grounded.
@@katv1195 Yes, I’ve been thinking this about Marvel- like god stories, street level, political, magical, Wakandan, cosmic, multiverse. Market the films and shows in different group so audience members know which films to follow for a certain story or to know when we can expect a continuation of that specific story.
Huyang most likely had spare crystals or Ezra found one on peridea in his exile
If anyone is going to have spare kyber crystals rattling around in a drawer, it’s Huyang.
I wonder if the "zombies" is a reference to the "Death trooper" novel, no matter big fan right here!
it was absolutely inspired by that novel, for sure.
I love that we finally have a show on Disney+ that actually felt like a show....don't have to answer everything in 1 season. Keeps us wanting. Keeps up looking forward to future seasons/movies. We want answers so fast now. I'm totally enjoying the ride.
Comes down to who produces, who directs and who writes it.
For ashoka filoni mostly filled out those three spots with some eps is different directors but he maintains producing influence and his writing. So creative control in this show overall was locked down to him vs mandalorian got a whole slew of directors and writers which got sloppy on scenes played out and characters acted. Same for book of boba considering it got shafted a bit for being pretty much part mandalorian too.
Andor is was mostly contained too on scene direction and how characters acted. Despite its attention not that big it is well received among fans that want a more serious tone.
Upcoming acolyte and skeleton crew shows gotta look into who are producing/directing/writing them.
My thoughts exactly. Answering everything within the very same season closes some doors to what may come later and it also makes it feel like every season is disconnected from the previous one, like the last season of the mandalorian (if it wasn't for the characters being the same we could have follow any mandalorian's journey along bo katan)
Ahsoka staying behind and Sabine making the choice to stay, fully forced up, is the twist. It’s what this whole season has been building towards. The master and the apprentice, mirroring Ahsoka and Anakin. This is only part one of more story. Wanting it all at once to feel like a pure end being the main critic is faulty.
Baylon/Shin definitely going into S2, but I also think there was more Ray Stevenson moments filmed that were held back from the last few episodes so that they could be used in S2. But we shall see!
His quest seems too important to just be dropped.
They could always make new scenes using Ray's face n voice n deepfake it over....and write a scene where Baylan dies or switches body with one of the Mortis gods...the father or the son...anything is possible.
They'll pull a Doctor Who, then explain that Baylon "regenerated" into a completely different actor :)
They'll pull a Doctor Who, then explain that Baylon "regenerated" into a completely different actor :)
Id rather they just recast.@@jlo1195
Since David Tennant was in this, you should add at least one Doctor Who experience to your lineup, given we're in the 60th anniversary. I highly recommend the episode "Blink", which is largely a stand-alone and one of the best episodes ever.
Asking where Huyang got--or even why he might actually just have--an extra crystal or 2 is almost like asking Olivander why he might have an extra phoenix feather locked away somewhere...
I guess Huyang (Julian in Latin America) have quite more than a couple of spare crystals in it´s store...
been instructing people how to build lightsabers for 25000 years "WHERE DID THEY GET THE KYBER CRYSTAL!?!" lol dude was the supply for every padawans first lightsaber for ever, I wouldn't doubt he had collected a few spare crystals over the years.
Sabine showing up “Not alone” reminded me of the battle of wakanda in infinity war when Natasha shows up to help Okoye. “She’s not alone”
Lord of the rings when handoff shows up with the riders of Rohan
Every time I hear someone say "he's/she's not alone" I think of Captain Stacy in Amazing Spider-man
I wonder if how you were feeling about the end of this season is how people felt about Empire Strikes Back? That movie ends with more questions than answers on a defeat too, but with the context of it being in a trilogy it's not as much of a problem
Althougj Ahsoka is the better Jedi compared to Ezra, it's about sacrificing yourself for the ones you love. That's what differentiated Jedi from Sith. Force isn't all about wielding weapon, as Ahsoka the White now realizes imparting that wisdom to Sabine.
Sorry but Manny love Ezra, including me. Sabine made a huge change,, and so did Ahsoka. They might have chose to save some footage for Baylan for next season. The boxes are most likely Night Sister corpses.
I like that the title of the episode "The Jedi, The Witch and The Warlord" seems to be a reference to "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe"
It was more important for Ezra to go back than anyone. His being back is proves Thrawn is back because everybody knew he sacrificed himself to banish Thrawn. Baylan and Shin need more time to tell their story because we just were given their motives an episode before. They should recast Baylan because it would be a disservice to Ray’s memory to just remove a character who has become a fan favorite because of his work.
I'm sure that Huyang has everything to make Lightsabers including kyber crystals.
For fans of the legends stories there was a big reveal and cliffhanger at the end. The statues of The Ones with the father pointing at the end looks to be leading towards someone who is a much bigger problem than Thrawn
Well Baylon and Shin aren’t apart of the empire they are working for Morgan so they can get what they want which is to get to Peridea and find what has been calling baylon so once they helped Morgan they went on their own. In Norse mythology Skoll and Hati chase the sun and moon so if we get a season two we’ll probably see what they are chasing.
They did give "BIG" cliffhanger with Baylan searching out the mortis gods. That was super hype! Leaving it open for way more cool stuff.
Anyway glad yall liked it over all.
This is now my favorite live action star wars show. So good and gave me more Anikan Skywalker! Let's go!
This was about stopping Thrawn and to cut away from that with Shin and Baylon doing nothing urgent would have undercut the race against the clock predicament.
I enjoyed the series. Side note: Thrawn looks like Michael Myers mixed with Elon Musk lol
You guys should definitely add the last samurai to your watch MWW list
Came to say this!
Please, please!
I had my expectations low but I was still disappointed with this series. Andor has spoiled me.
I'm surprised you did not comment on the episode title being a reference to the chronicles of narnia
it would've been funny if....when Sabine force will her lightsaber into her hand....turns out, it was actually Ezra that force push her lightsaber to her hand....that would've got me!
Would have been better lmao she has no reason to be force sensitive when she’s almost 30 and the most minuscule hints of it being so
I really hate these short seasons. They don't leave a lot of room for character development. They also give them just enough time to spin up plot lines then they either have a bunch of cliff-hangers because they don't have time to resolve all the different plots or they end up rushing so fast to wrap them up in the final episodes that they feel shallow in the end.
I really hope they have a 2nd season planned for this show. If they try to wrap all of this plus Mando up in the final movie it's going to be a hot mess.
thrawn will be in the movie for sure its setting up for heir of the empire hes the next big villain
The whole show was about them finding Ezra and Thrawn.
Were getting abeloth if holden know who she is
I would think that Huyang would have spare crystals lying around for jedi's that need to replace their light sabers.
"Standard Jedi Protocol"
SO STOKED Dianne lee inosanto got her flowers this episode. She is SO badass and I wish we got more fight scenes from her this season.
The choreography of her dual with Ahsoka was so fluid and dynamic that I had to go back a couple times to see it all again.
Also, many people have pointed out as you had that it didn’t feel like a finally. I agree but at the same time I think there will be a Season 2 and it definitely is leading into something big. I think of the Clone Wars, Season in between seasons there are so many loose ends because there is another season coming. I feel the same here.
I saw an interesting suggestion by reel rejects on the recasting of Baylin. Gerard Butler.....I think that works....yes??no?? Very similar actors, very similar look and tone.
No big reveals/happenings?
1. Thrawn wins / is back to the main galaxy, it was plotted that all remnants will support him in s3 of mando
2. They are going to dathomir to ressurect all the nightsisters from those coffins
3. Baylon found The Ones...
For me I'm okay with this series being a set up for future content. Most ppl don't like all this unanswered questions. But this is the same for the MCU in a way, each movie set up the next then boom end game. So I don't understand what's with all the hate for this. It sets up for something bigger and more lore.
I'm excited though for what's next in the Filoni verse. The moment Morai showed up, I knew it was gonna have to do with mortis gods.
Overall 8/10. Still not on par as Andor.
I am almost positive Abeloth is guiding Baylan to her.
I think some of the complaints you guys made are valid. But to me, it was very clear that this was all to set up whatever comes next. I think Shin and Baylons stories were set up to continue in most likely season 2. So yeah it definitely doesn't have a firm ending and that's kind of the issue with having shows that are essentially used to set up "the next thing". And that's exactly how it feels. Ahsoka and all of them on this planet, and then Hera/Ezra/Thrawn stuff continuing in the main universe. We KNOW it's all leading to the big Filoni crossover movie. We'll see what happens.
22:43 The comparison between Ahsoka, Dexter and Game of thrones doesn‘t really work in my opinion:
Dexter and Games of thrones are completed … The story set-up in Ahsoka has just begun. (And Game of thrones often had more cliffhangers in a season than Ahsoka now.)
My favorite part was when Michonne, Carl, and Carol all fought the Walkers.
I’m sorry, but I just get tired of all the “Why didn’t they do more with Thrawn? Why didn’t they do more with Shin? Why didn’t they do more with Baylen?” This was a show about Ahsoka and her apprentice. If they spend all the time in each episode fully fleshing out the entire past, present and future of every side character then you’ll left saying “Why didn’t they do more with the title character Ahsoka?”
I really would have loved to see you guys focus more on what we did get instead of what you didn’t. Analyze what we saw and the implications of that.
I mean Holden… did you not recognize the homage in the title of the episode? I’ve gotten the impression you’re a big Christianity guy even though you generally keep that out of this channel (which I do appreciate). I’d have thought you’d be interested in talking a little bit about what we can draw from the Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe reference and what implication that might have the characters and the story.
I guess just as you guys were left a little underwhelmed by the finale of this series… I was left a little disappointed and underwhelmed by your reaction to it.
All the best to you both though and I’ll still tune in next time.
They didn't make the season based around Ray Stevenson dying..... Ahsoka is where she needs to be because Baylon is going after something far more important than the empire returning. Baylon is on track to his goal, seemed like Shin is truly going rogue. She didn't go back to Thrawn to return to the home galaxy like Baylon told her, seems she might have felt abandoned and didn't want to hang out with Ahsoka. Still available for a redemption arc as they probably get harassed by them and then allies once Shin gets flipped. They introduced new characters, don't be upset that they didn't close out their stories right away. This felt like empire strikes back.
I have to say I really disagree with disney's reluctance to recast characters. The passing of Ray was tragic and its such a shame he never got to recieve any of the love for his expression of Baylan.
However, having to abandon or alter plots due to the passing of actors neither helps the plot or in my opinion, takes anything away from their legacy.
I personally don't believe these actors would want their characters to die with them but maybe I'm wrong. Whether the right or wrong decision, how they handled episode 9's Leia unfortunately was a detriment to its plot and I'd hate to see something similar happen with Baylan.
Rip Ray and Carrie, forever in our hearts and the force will be with you always ❤
Yeah, as some one else mentioned a few days ago is that alot of people were expecting a Series Finale when all they should have Expected was a Season Finale.
I loved this episode it was great I loved that Thrawn got away that he was so calculated with his moves when he learned that Ashoka was Anakins apprentice because he knew Anakin during the clone wars and he knew Vader during the empire and he put the 2 together that Vader was Anakin. You guys should listen to the Thrawn books there great. Now with Baylon standing on the hand of the father looking into the distance following/searching what he was feeling in the force I lost my shit because my first thought was it’s the mother he’s searching for and what’s calling to him, look into Aboloth The mother it’s such a crazy character in Star Wars legends hopefully they can bring her into this version of Star Wars correctly. With Shin I felt a little disappointed that she was just going to join the bandits and not having a more rounded ending but they could do something interesting with her later on. Hopefully we get another season before Dave Filonis movie to give us more with these characters anyways I loved it I can’t wait to get more with these characters and I hope the recast Baylon so we can get more sad that Ray isn’t with us to see his character come to be loved and to see his story finished but he’s one with force now and the force is with him.
Filoni clearly has a plan and had open doors for Baylan and Shin....it is so unfortunate that Ray Stevenson died and couldnt see all the happiness and joy he brought with his character and who knows how Filoni will handle it now...there clearly is story with him but it might change unless he is recast, which is something noone wants but also noone wants Baylan story to end too :(
Overall a very good start for Season 1...as we know with Filoni, the first season usually sets things up so that next season can deliver on that even more, I hope we will get even more than we already have...who could have thought that one day we would have live action Thrawn
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The complaints about Balon/Shin and the ending overall are very shortsighted. The show runners are clearly setting up a massive arc for season 2. You can’t have everything in one season. This is some of the best Star Wars we have gotten in decades and you’re shitting on it because you’re impatient. Not to mention Ray Stevenson is dead so that would have made things incredibly difficult for the show runners, the ending we got was probably the cleanest way of leaving things for now given the situation. There is another season and a movie on the way to continue the stories started in this series. It served its purpose by setting up those stories.
It worked great as a setup-season.. but theres (at least) 2 more seasons of untangling needed before it branches off into a movie - or whatever it is Filoni wants to do.
As a stand-alone .. it doesnt work, on almost every level.
The ending with Balen is a rip off of The Argonauth the giant statues of Isiuldur & Anarion in LOTR. It also looks like Mount Doom as he is looking in the distance.
Loved this first season loved your reactions and honesty when it comes too character discussions,can’t wait for loki season 2 ! will you guys be watching ?
Wish we got more of baylon and Shinn, but it was nice to see my and others theories about the mortus gods being true. Baylon standing on the fathers statue and the Son next to him was cool. And the sister was on the other side if the father but she was missing her head. Symbolism for something I'm sure. Probably eluding to her death. But that said, the one calling baylon is either the Son or Abeloth I think. One or the other. It's got to be.
Ray was so good in this role. Any idea who will play Baylen going forward?? I was thinking maybe Gerald Butler.
I'm sure Huyang has some spare crystals laying around, building lightsabers is kind of his whole deal.
Everyone asks where the crystal is from it's the same one from his first lightsaber. The blaster saber was destroyed on Malacore but the crystal was probably still good Ezra must have retrieved it not that hard to believe
I loved Ray Stevenson, but lets not repeat the mistake of Black Panther and throw away a great character because you are afraid of a recast.
I think Baylan Skoll will be recast, I hope with Todd Sedgwick.
My guess is the boxes Thrawn is transporting are caskets containing dead troopers waiting to be revived...
Y'all didn't notice Morai?? When Morai appeared Ashoka knew for sure that her and Sabine were meant to be there
Shin and Baylan's arc for this season ended last episode. The scenes at the end set up what's coming later. We are more than certainly getting a second season
Those crates of stuff are coffins with dead soldiers. He’s preparing to re animate an army. Thats my guess
Everyone always expects a nice neat bow but there's more to come!
FYI, from other Reactors' channels, there is a "Thrawn" movie planned. It is believed that Mandalorian S4 and Ahsoka S2 will lead in to the "Thrawn" movie.
With all the rumors about Pedro stepping away from the role of Mando and how they concluded Din and Grogu's journey in S3, I didn't realize a fourth season was going to happen. Is Mando S4 going to follow Bo-Katan on Mandalore instead?
captaincoolbreeze9429 Season 4 has been confirmed for a while now. Pretty sure Favreau even said that the events of Ahsoka would impact Mando S4 a while back, which definitely tells me that Thrawn plays a role in S4. They set up Din in a way to where he can help the New Republic take down isolated imperial remnants. But I believe as the season unfolds it’ll become apparent they’re not isolated, but that they’re very much so connected and it’s because Thrawn has returned and reunited the remnants under his leadership
Except there isn't. Nothing is set. Not even Season 2.
@@randomfools808read "it is believed" they have discussed plans to go into Filoni Movies and obviously more content is planned. It's absurd to think they would not continue.
@randomfools808 It’s LITERALLY confirmed Filoni is doing a movie that’ll culminate the events of the Mando era shows. And it’s pretty obviously gonna involve Thrawn being the antagonist. Their adaptation of Heir to the Empire
Now its the bad batch
Probably a few crystals on the ship Holden.
16:47 The transport was in the catacombs. So my guess: There are dead nightsisters in them.
Baylan is definitely gonna have to be recast. Looks like his arc is pretty important. I think whatever he is doing will need Ashoka more where she is instead of dealing with Thrawn. The Cliffhanger is the Mortis Gods and Thrawn invasion..
Since Ray passed before the show aired, they may have had to restructure the episodes and withhold footage of him to carry him into the next season. Also, by ending the season where and how they did gives them some breathing room for figuring out how to deal with the loss of Ray and continuing the story/character. CGI? Recast? Unseen character death? There are always people out there that will find fault with whatever they decide.. unfortunately.
Everyone wants finality for some reason. Why did it have to answer every question?
Sabine saying "Shadows in the starlight" is reference to a new comic miniseries "Star Wars: The High Republic: Shadow of Starlight" released on the same day this episode aired.
Funny enough, in that comic Huyang was name dropped.
To answer why Baylan and Shin were not in the episode: In my opinion they were set up for season 2. As you said with Ray Stevenson having passed who knows what they will do. I would prefer maybe Tales of the Jedi over recast. But that’s just me. Also I think the intention was to leave you wanting more but also satisfied at the same time. Filoni is building towards something (the movie)
4:50 Is that an obvious reference to one of the books of the Chronicles of Narnia?
This is why I like you guys. You aren't afraid to be critical of something.
I tried to be positive of this series and thought the middle had some great moments. But this finale was not good and tainted all of it. It really reminded me structurally of The Walking Dead. I stayed with that show until Rick left and no matter how bad the season finales got and ended up being setup or letdowns, I stuck with it like a bad relationship hoping it would eventually pay off and it never did.
This was all setup. There were so many character choices that made no sense. It also used The Walking Deads tell not show a lot. Things like why Ahsoka wouldn't train Ahsoka were given a few lines of dialogue. So was what Ezra had been doing for the past 10 years and why he never tried attacking Thrawn.
Thrawn looked stupid. He had every chance to lift up to prevent a ground assault when he knew it was coming and didn't do it. There was no urgency from anyone. Ahsoka and crew are supposed to be rushing to Thrawn before he takes off and they are sitting over the crab people making for a really easy target just slowly moving.
Why was Hera in this series? She really didn't contribute anything. Baylan and Shins stories went nowhere and were left ambiguous. It wasn't satisfying after all that setup that really was interesting.
If I didn't know who Thrawn was, I don't know why I was supposed to be intimidated by him. His ship couldn't even take out three people on wolf creatures who were right below his Star Destroyer. I thought this would end in a huge ship battle that involved Hera and the new Republic that showed why Thrawn was a threat. That would have made the time wasted with Hera and the X Wing fighters pay off. Instead he gets off the planet and that's it. If he returned and immediately destroyed that starfleet, that would have been way more fulfilling.
It didn't go anywhere and I left it incredibly underwhelmed after it got my hopes up. Ahsoka is stranded and is acting like nothings wrong when they allowed that threat to escape.
It had so much potential and nose dove at the end.
100% agree, though I would say the entire show was like this to varying degrees each episode. It wasn’t bad, but I wouldn’t say it was good either.
Well, since they're planning more projects about what was set here, then Ahsoka and Sabine are absolutely where they need to be, hopefully to stop whatever Baylan is planning to do with that "higher power" he is seeking, it being related with the Mortis gods means high stakes as it is, but if it introduces Abeloth into canon as some are speculating, then Ahsoka is not only where she needs to be, she is where *everyone* needs her to be, if Abeloth is what Baylan is looking for and lets her loose, everything is pretty much lost.
Anyways, zombie troopers, back on Legends' they appeared on the novel "Death Troopers" even though they weren't related to magicks, however now in canon "Death Trooper" is the desination now given to those elite black-armored troopers (ironically giving us Death "Death Troopers"), but aside from that fun fact, you have seen magicks used to raise the dead before, when Grievous invaded Dathomir, that's how the Nightsisters tried to protect themselves, also in Jedi: Fallen Order, that's how Merrin attacks Cal when she suspects his intentions in Dathomir are... Violent.
RE: Where Ezra got his Kyber Crystal; When Ahsoka tells Huyang he's "kept that ship in the sky longer than she's been alive", pretty much implies that it is Huyang's ship so, him being the teacher of building Lightsabers to the younglings makes me assume he's got a few extra crystals lying around. He's got every other part for building a lightsaber in there.
18:33 Well … rather a recast than deepfake face for the role of Baylan Skoll.
I would assume the reason Baylan & Shinn weren’t utilized more this episode was cause the show is called Ahsoka, and they were a seed to flourish later either in a season 2 or another project.
Baylan mentioned a few times over the earlier episodes that he was on a different path now, he's searching for the power he feels (and is probably baited by like... Abeloth). You can cleary see how they had big plans for the character (and Shin) and that makes it a bit sad Ray wont be there for season 2 and we now need a recast. I trust in Dave being able to find a fit replacement tho, someone who respect what Ray built and can continue the journey.
5:03 I love this line because it comes straight from the Rebels show criticism of how the sabers looked super thin. Filoni with the memes, heck yeah
So happy it was canceled:)
Huyang has a bunch of crystals on the ship.
Holden is using his dark side outfit.
Diana Lee Inosanto, who plays Morgan Elsbeth, is the daughter of Dan Inosanto, a student of Bruce Lee. In fact, Bruce Lee was her godfather. She's got fighting in style in her blood.
Yeah! we can see Bruce Lee's cocky attitude in her acting as Morgan Elsbeth.....Diana is Bruce Lee's Goddaughter.....that's why she carry the "Lee" family name in her middle name...she was about 6-7 years old when Bruce passed away.
My biggest gripe about the Ahsoka series is that it apparently tries hard to match Andor in terms of slow storytelling, with a mix of Mandalorian callbacks to familiar names and territory for fans to take hold of. But it falls short in a lot of places for me. By far the biggest 2 standouts is Baylon Skull, who is just the right amount of sympathetic bad guy, and Thrawns cold malice that matches his animated counterpart exactly. Makes me more sad we won't get to see more of Baylon.. just terrible tbh.
Ahsoka, Sabine, Ezra and Hera are all too flat for me. Too often they are just reading lines, not acting their character. Sabine especially just doesn't work for me, probably because she gets a lot of screentime, when her most appealing aspect from the animation was her Mandalorian link. Without that she feels very meh. Her best moment in this episode is when she matches jedi and mando skills. That's something that really make her unique. Ahsoka gets better, but is still pretty bland. And her and Hera's lekku are still a crime on physical props. Too stiff and artifical looking.
Morgan Elsbeth had potential, but she was clearly more an elder/wizard character than swordfighter.. They teased us with a magical upgrade for her, only to "nope, sorry. our magical mcguffin of choice is yet another sword with a important-sounding name, and we'll have you waste ur final moments in a swordfight you have never shown aptitude for, after giving you powers not at all related to physical fighting."
Ezra I'm.. torn about. I wanna like him, cuz the actor is cool. But I agree with Holden that anytime I'm looking at him I'm either thinking persian prince or Aladdin. Maybe once he cleans up a little he'll feel more like the animation.
Morgen Elsbeths character fulfilled her purpose: freeing Thrawn. Neither the storyline nor us the viewers need her anymore. If she survived she would be a character with no real ending that probably would be waste screentime in a future season bc shes no longer important.
@@tud21 I assumed she would be the audiences main link to the Nightsisters, over the odd trio that appeared out of nowhere. At least Morgan had some personality to her.
If they put every single thing in season 1 what would be left for season 2!!! I love how it ended and the unanswered questions because now I'm excited to know what will happen next. JMO. lol
I think Ezra's return is better than Ahsoka or Sabine's because now they have proof that Thrawn is back. The Senate still wouldn't believe Ahsoka or Sabine other wise.
It's a solid series, nothing spectacular. I noticed a problem with all of these SW series: they are too slow, which makes them unnatural. All of George Lucas SW, movies or shows, were very energetic. His primary directorial advice to the actors while shooting was "Faster, more intense", and while it has become a meme and it is funny, I find it very crucial to SW and movies in general. The D+ shows are very slow, with little emotion, wooden and they do not build enough tension.
Ahsoka was better than the others but it still has that drained feeling to it.
Ahsoka's character is too stoic, she doesn't have the warmth that she had in Rebels.
Sabine's actress was good, she brought some emotion and energy to many of her earlier scenes. She kind of fell of by the end but she still had good parts.
Lars Mikkelsen as Thrawn was the best part of the series alongside Hayden's return who once again crushed it.
Slow 😅😂🤣
Hayden after being in retirement for 20 years is still the most capable lightsaber fighter they have had💀 all these actors are pretty bad at choreography
Sabine helping with the door is like the kid who doesn't do any work on the project but gets credit.
Yes 😂
I appreciate the diplomacy you apply while explaining your reactions. Well done.
You guys are such feel good RUclips
Shin, Baylon stories are in Season 2 ...... movie 2026
Baylan! yes love to see more of them!!