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- They nicely and unobtrusively filled in the 5 year gap during which Ahsoka trained Sabine as a Jedi, and I'm glad they found their way back to that at the end of the second ep.
- I need the backstory on how Ahsoka came across, and befriended Huyang....he's an IMPORTANT droid to have on her side.
- Hera was solid, but I feel like Mary Elizabeth Winstead isn't QUITE capturing the gravitas that Vanessa Marshall brought to the voice role...still I'll give her time. She definitely still has that "mama of there group" vibe.
- Also speaking of Hera, WHERE IS JACEN SYNDULLA?! I need me some KananHera Jedi offspring please!
- Natasha Liu Bordizzo's portrayal as Sabine on the other hand was EXQUISITE. Note fucking perfect. Man, she's a great character to enjoy. Her running from the security runners and escaping them to the begrudging nod of respect from the one pilot? Chefs kiss.
- Chopper showing up and being his typical psychopathic self was awesome. "Why can't we just down the ship?" "Because the port is full of innocent people"....."So?"...NEVER CHANGE CHOPPER!
- Baylan and Shin were both really well done and I like the fact that Baylan is a Jedi who went into hiding after the Clone Wars and ended up bad, and gained an apprentice along the way.
- Did we know in that one episode of the Mandalorian where Ahsoka fought Morgan that Morgan was a Nightsister? That's....hella cool. It also explains why her people would be the ones with a map out of this galaxy and into a foreign and unexplored one. That nicely dovetails with what we know since the Nightsister society is so ancient.
- Seeing the end of the 2nd episode be the live action version of the "5 years later" ending scene of REBELS? Brother, is that tears in my eyes?!
- The first episode having a crawl (NOICE!), and then an establishing shot of a ship going by in space, and then the arrival of two (former) Jedi aboard that ship, echoing the opening of The Phantom Menace? Filoni you dawg!
- Ahsoka intro also had some decidedly Indiana Jones affectations about it with her searching and ancient Dathomiri Witch temple for a map. Very cool.
- The fight between Shin and Sabine was a nice way to convey that Sabine is no slouch and that at the very least she was taught the swordsmanship well enough to hold her own against another force user.
- The fight Ahsoka has with the (Inquisitor? Or just someone with an Inquisitor blade?) was nice because she made it look super effortless and in the end they had to run to get away from her....and we have to wonder who that is. The mask is intentional I think to hide the face. There's a part of me that REALLY REALLY wants it to be Barris Offee...canon believes she was killed in Order 66 on Felucia...but there's no proof and Filoni said he has plans for her...so yeah, I could eASILY see that helmeted person being Barris. Working with other dissident Jedi? Yeah that fits. It also makes Ahsoka's "I run from things, I ran from Anakin and the Jedi, and then I ran from Sabine" arc that she's starting up have a real antagonist to challenge her....as the event surrounding Barris were the catalyst for why she ran from the Jedi and Anakin. It would work.
- Excited to see Thawn and Ezra!
- I want a Freddie Prinze Jr. Kanan force ghost! YES I'M ASKING FOR THINGS, DON'T BOTHER ME!
- We know Hayden is in this as Anakin....do we think that will be in a flashback, or as a force ghost finally appearing to Ahsoka. Im admit I want the latter...I NEED a scene where Ahsoka and Anakin meet again as friends. I need her to see he made it. I need him to call her Snips one more time.
-and the whole first ep being dedicated to Ray was nice. I wonder what happens to Baylan this season to explain his absence going forward.