Star Wars - Ahsoka

[Murfdogg21 4412]

The women just like to draw out their cat fights. Ahsoka can go one on one with Vader but this old Asian bag can keep her from boarding the ship to return to her own galaxy?

[MissingInAction 24810]

50 minutes ago, Murfdogg21 said:

The women just like to draw out their cat fights. Ahsoka can go one on one with Vader but this old Asian bag can keep her from boarding the ship to return to her own galaxy?

Forget it, Jake. It's live action Rebels.

[crash_davis 23083]

11 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

Half way through this episode.. haven't read previous posts.

This is sucks assholes

mofo, i will cut you.

[MissingInAction 24810]

I get it. 

I was a marvel comic nerd growing up, so I loved everything with a super hero costume Hollywood shat in our faces for 20 years.

This has been 8 eps of fan service IMO.

Get Thrawn his own series.

[Js1 85095]

12 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

And, as much as I love seeing live action, I do kind of wish they had done this in animation so that they could put out more content. eight episodes just leaves you wishing for more.

I do agree, but once Disney got their grubby hands on Star Wars and introduced a live action TV show via Mando, it was always going to be live action.  Sometimes it is good, sometimes it is not.  

Overall, this was a great series (season?) for me.  Pacing was kind of off during 3-5, but 6-8 was magnificent. 

Oh how I wish they could have had the foresight to scrap BoBF and pour all that money and time into making Ahsoka 10-12 episodes. 

Edited October 4, 2023 by Js1

[CooterBrown 17904]

Spoiler

When Ahsoka is squared up to face off with Morgan Elsbeth...
Why didn't Sabine just shoot her in the back of the head?

 

Why don’t the dozens of stormtroopers just shoot at the same time so not all blasts get blocked?

[CooterBrown 17904]

Liev Schreiber is being thrown around by nerds as a possible replacement. Solid actor that looks like Ray and he’s the same height (6’3”).

[crash_davis 23083]

I really liked the series. It ended like how all Filoni's previous Rebels seasons ended.

The highlight for me is how he treated post Return of the Jedi Anakin. All we knew of him was that he was a mean dude who killed children and Jedi. With this series, Anakin's character is still growing, but now as a force of the Lightside. 

I'm interested to see where Filoni takes Jedis and Jedi teaching going forward. He gets to tell the story of how Jedis will find their way after the disasters of losing their way.

Also very interested to see where Filoni takes the Mortis Gods story. 

The Thrawn story line is intriguing but I know he's going to die so ehhh. I'm more interested in how he's going to expand and grow the SW universe and the Jedi.

Edited October 4, 2023 by crash_davis

[Js1 85095]

4 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

Liev Schreiber is being thrown around by nerds as a possible replacement. Solid actor that looks like Ray and he’s the same height (6’3”).

Yes please. That would be awesome 

[mdmost 42843]

Agreed. Can Liev pull off an English accent?

I think the beauty of Filoni heading this thing up is he can retcon the galaxy and events leading up to the sequels to fit his story just like Lucas did with the prequels. I almost wonder if we'll see a retcon of the Battle of Jakku moving to the Thrawn era timeline now. That would be a great way to have an epic ending of the Imperial remnants. The only places you saw the battle play out was in books and a video game. All things that can be quickly tossed out. We know the circle that Gideon was speaking with were all waiting for Thrawn's return. Then maybe it makes more sense how the First Order was able to pop up undetected since the people in power thought everyone from the Empire days were gone. Then again, there's no real way to make the sequels not suck and unlazy.

Edited October 4, 2023 by mdmost

[mdleast 8259]

Why don’t the dozens of stormtroopers just shoot at the same time so not all blasts get blocked?

[Smax 3800]

Maybe I'm nitpicking here but the scene where the two tie fighters got within visual range of the Ahsokas ship was lazy witting. 

Why didn't their scanners pick them up, why didn't Ezra or Ahsoka not "sense" danger and we've seen that ship take hits from tie fighters over the multiple series and never sustain that kind of damage before. Just seemed odd as did the fight with Morgan

The series was really good overall and I'm curious to see where Filoni takes it but Rosario is really showing Ahsokas age in light saber fights

[oSuJeff97 3435]

42 minutes ago, Smax said:

Maybe I'm nitpicking here but the scene where the two tie fighters got within visual range of the Ahsokas ship was lazy witting. 

Why didn't their scanners pick them up, why didn't Ezra or Ahsoka not "sense" danger and we've seen that ship take hits from tie fighters over the multiple series and never sustain that kind of damage before. Just seemed odd as did the fight with Morgan

The series was really good overall and I'm curious to see where Filoni takes it but Rosario is really showing Ahsokas age in light saber fights

It’s a loooooooong Star Wars tradition that Force powers are used as the plot dictates.

Best just to understand that and go with it.

[Js1 85095]

2 hours ago, Smax said:

Why didn't their scanners pick them up, why didn't Ezra or Ahsoka not "sense" danger and we've seen that ship take hits from tie fighters over the multiple series and never sustain that kind of damage before. Just seemed odd as did the fight with Morgan

 

That ship was getting the shit beat out of it inside the Purrgill graveyard, finally makes it down to the planet while being pursued by fighters, and probably did not have enough time to repair anything extensively before they got attacked again by the tie fighters.

[Speedtrucker 2063]

It’s power was down to begin with, it’s been getting hammered by eye of scion gun ships, the space mines, etc, now as the ties made their straggling runs Huyang says they don’t have enough power for what she’s diverting. Which in reality was just to pull a Holdo maneuver.

[T’Boo Ted Marshall 2724]

Night Troopers picked up speed a few minutes after being revived.  

[Js1 85095]

[atomheartbevo 89408]

21 hours ago, Viper said:

I think I'm here too. Ray killed it but he's not some untouchable legend in an iconic role. 

20 hours ago, Levi said:

Each episode has been a tiny bit depressing each time Baylan is on screen. Just knowing he won’t be around for season 2 sucks. And now that the season is over and we end with him going on a journey, more than likely alone, makes me even more sad. We’ll see where the character goes in season 2 but it won’t ever be the same. 

Yep.  Very sad.  For kids it'll be like Dumbledore being replaced, but fuck, Ray is just a perfect Star Wars villain, and so much better than Kylo.

[Michael Knight 12888]

 

[atomheartbevo 89408]

"Possibly the most valuable relic in all of existance. He is now responsible for ship maintenance."

[MissingInAction 24810]

This is the last I will pick at it.

Watch the first episode of Mando.

Then watch any episode of Ahsoka.

 

[NorthLoop 14083]

What was the light on the mountaintop that Baylon was looking at? 

[BabaYaga 15208]

21 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Why don’t the dozens of stormtroopers just shoot at the same time so not all blasts get blocked?

I always wondered why they didn't give them all shotguns, but hey....maybe proximity detonating grenades ala Elysium, etc.  

Edited October 5, 2023 by BabaYaga

[BabaYaga 15208]

5 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

What was the light on the mountaintop that Baylon was looking at? 

Dat ass...

[Js1 85095]

Hera twerking at Club Peridea. Hottest nightclub in that galaxy 

[mdmost 42843]

28 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

What was the light on the mountaintop that Baylon was looking at? 

Saw on Reddit someone saying that mirrors what happens when Anakin finds the Altar of Mortis.

[mdmost 42843]

10 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

This is the last I will pick at it.

Watch the first episode of Mando.

Then watch any episode of Ahsoka.

 

Okay. Well one is a space western and the other is the typical space opera that's been the bulk of the Star Wars franchise so.....

[oSuJeff97 3435]

11 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

This is the last I will pick at it.

Watch the first episode of Mando.

Then watch any episode of Ahsoka.

 

This is a preference thing.

Mando leans heavily into the "Western" influence of Star Wars (John Ford movies,etc.), while Ashoka leans heavily into the "fantasy" references/elements (Lord of the Rings, Dune, etc.) of Star Wars.

It's fine if you prefer the former, but it doesn't mean the latter is "bad" for those of us who enjoy that aspect of the show.

For a "bad" example of the latter, see the Obi-wan show. For that matter, for a "bad" version of the former, see Book of Boba Fett.

In fact, I think it's pretty awesome that we can get three distinct types of Star Wars, and they all kick fucking ass when done well:

• Western / samurai adventure stuff (Faverau)
• Fantasy / Space Wizard stuff (Filoni)
• Gritty / real / political stuff (Gilroy)

Edited October 5, 2023 by oSuJeff97

[MissingInAction 24810]

And that's fair.

[crash_davis 23083]

Most of you have prob already watched this but in case you haven't...Good breakdown and easter eggs

He didn't touch on the Night Sisters being shocked that Thrawn destroyed the temple which is probably setting up tension for drama later on.

[crash_davis 23083]

Mando started off great but the last season was, as a whole, pretty meh. As a SWs fan, I'll take Filoni led Ahsoka over a Favreau led Mando. Regardless, I think all of the series are culminating to Filoni's vision of how they are going to play out in Thrawn's war.

[Js1 85095]

54 minutes ago, oSuJeff97 said:

In fact, I think it's pretty awesome that we can get three distinct types of Star Wars, and they all kick fucking ass when done well:

This. I really hate when a franchise has multiple shows with different themes, influences and styles and fans compare and contrast them and trash the ones they don’t like bc it’s not “as good” as the one they prefer. (SW and Star Trek, mostly)

There’s something for everyone and it’s never been a better time to be a fan of either with the amount of content we are getting. 

[Murfdogg21 4412]

They still haven’t answered where Ahsoka was during Eps. 4-6 when old Luke could’ve used some help from a Jedi master. I thought we might get a backstory to justify her absence. 
 

I’m intrigued what was in Thrawn’s cargo and the plan on Dathomir. Most of you know that’s where the Night Sister’s resurrected Maul. Maybe this is Filoni explaining the “somehow” that Palpatine returned?

[Buzzrock 14870]

We talk about filler episodes, this was a filler series. The only thing that really happened was they brought Thrawn and Ezra back to the story and now they can continue.

Cool new villain with different motives! What’s he up to? Don’t know.

Hey they keep showing all this cargo being loaded up on Thrawn’s ship, what is it? Not gonna tell you.

I wonder how they are going to get Ahsoka et al back from that other galaxy. It was a weird choice to strand them there, it now feels like all those characters don’t matter. It took ten years to get Thrawn back.

[Viper 12025]

38 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

We talk about filler episodes, this was a filler series. The only thing that really happened was they brought Thrawn and Ezra back to the story and now they can continue.

Cool new villain with different motives! What’s he up to? Don’t know.

Hey they keep showing all this cargo being loaded up on Thrawn’s ship, what is it? Not gonna tell you.

I wonder how they are going to get Ahsoka et al back from that other galaxy. It was a weird choice to strand them there, it now feels like all those characters don’t matter. It took ten years to get Thrawn back.

I'm not sure we have the same definition of what "filler" is 

[Buzzrock 14870]

42 minutes ago, Viper said:

I'm not sure we have the same definition of what "filler" is 

Probably not. And that’s fine. 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4968]

Empire Strikes Back was a filler movie. Nothing really important happened. 

[MissingInAction 24810]

More of a slump buster. 

[Murfdogg21 4412]

4 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

I wonder how they are going to get Ahsoka et al back from that other galaxy. It was a weird choice to strand them there, it now feels like all those characters don’t matter. It took ten years to get Thrawn back.

They will spend the first 4 episodes of the next season getting them home instead of wrapping it up here and moving on to more interesting storylines with Thrawn, formation of First Order, etc. i.e. more filler, less FUCK YEAH!

[Murfdogg21 4412]

They should start the movie or Season 2 with “Somehow, Ahsoka and Sabine returned to their home galaxy…oh and Baylan Skoll touched the Mortis statue and that’s why he looks different….”

[mdmost 42843]

Or they should see what Baylon is searching for as that's probably the vehicle for sending Sabine and Ahsoka back home which is why Filoni left it unresolved. Fairly obvious he wants to explore the Mortis and World Beyond Worlds more. 

[NorthLoop 14083]

first half of next season will be Hera and Ezra vs Thrawn and Sabine and Ahsoka vs Baylon. 

[Js1 85095]

1 hour ago, Murfdogg21 said:

They will spend the first 4 episodes of the next season getting them home instead of wrapping it up here and moving on to more interesting storylines with Thrawn, formation of First Order, etc. i.e. more filler, less FUCK YEAH!

Yeah, they can't possibly do 2 storylines at once.  That would be impossible and so unlike anything any show has ever done. 

[oSuJeff97 3435]

11 hours ago, Murfdogg21 said:

They still haven’t answered where Ahsoka was during Eps. 4-6 when old Luke could’ve used some help from a Jedi master. I thought we might get a backstory to justify her absence. 
 

I’m intrigued what was in Thrawn’s cargo and the plan on Dathomir. Most of you know that’s where the Night Sister’s resurrected Maul. Maybe this is Filoni explaining the “somehow” that Palpatine returned?

On the first point, it seems pretty clear to me - Ashoka was traumatized by finding out that Anakin had become Vader ... so much so that she didn't trust herself to either train Sabine or get involved in the Galactic Civil War for fear of losing either her apprentice (or herself) to the Dark Side. That's pretty much was her character arc was about in first half of this series prior to her spiritual awakening in her World Between Words meeting with Force ghost/Force memory Anakin when she became "Ashoka the White."

The Palpatine returning stuff may or may not be related to Nightsister magic but the cargo is almost certainly corpses of dead Stormtroopers that will be re-animated by the Nightsisters on Dathomir.

[BabaYaga 15208]

28 minutes ago, oSuJeff97 said:

The Palpatine returning stuff may or may not be related to Nightsister magic but the cargo is almost certainly corpses of dead Stormtroopers that will be re-animated by the Nightsisters on Dathomir.

How did I miss this.  Good catch

[Michael Knight 12888]

47 minutes ago, oSuJeff97 said:

 

The Palpatine returning stuff may or may not be related to Nightsister magic but the cargo is almost certainly corpses of dead Dathomiri that will be re-animated by the Nightsisters on Dathomir.

Also Ezra knows where Sabine and Hera are, he'll just ask a purrgil to take him there

[Macklemore 2871]

43 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

Also Ezra knows where Sabine and Hera are, he'll just ask a purrgil to take him there

Purrgil only travel one way to Peridea to die. There is no return trip possible unless I’m mistaken.

[Viper 12025]

2 hours ago, oSuJeff97 said:

The Palpatine returning stuff may or may not be related to Nightsister magic but the cargo is almost certainly corpses of dead Stormtroopers that will be re-animated by the Nightsisters on Dathomir.

I think they're actually hibernating night sisters who stayed behind while the rest went to dathomir. 

[Trey3216 15325]

12 minutes ago, Viper said:

I think they're actually hibernating night sisters who stayed behind while the rest went to dathomir. 

That's a lot of damn Nightsisters.  

[UT_OB1 2200]

1 hour ago, Macklemore said:

Purrgil only travel one way to Peridea to die. There is no return trip possible unless I’m mistaken.

You are mistaken. How do you think they night sisters got to the main SW galaxy in the first place thousands of years ago?  Did you not see all the Purgil jump away from Peridea when the mines started blowing up?

Edited October 6, 2023 by UT_OB1