Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat:
When I was watching her performance, I thought she wasn't just acting like she was just playing Ahsoka. She was playing Rosario Dawson playing Ahsoka which was incredible. The way she spoke and the sound of her voice sounded so similar, just in the voice and the body of a teenager. I was really impressed.
Yes. Exactly how I felt.
There might be some potential here for a live-action Clone Wars spinoff. The de-aging tech is working REALLY well now.
Anakin parts makes me wish they could re-shoot the prequels. :-)
Sabine was absolutely right in not destroying the orb. Notice after Ahsoka used the Force to see what happened to Sabine and Baylan. She showed zero disappointment in Sabine’s decision to not destroy the orb. No sigh. No head shake. Just a calm and satisfied look.
I think one lesson Ahsoka learned in the WBW from Anakin is you don’t achieve victory by sacrificing the ones you love. You achieve victory by saving the ones you love.
Ahsoka saw all the lives sacrificed in the clone wars. It was all in vain. What if the Jedi didn’t become soldiers and generals? But instead protectors of the peace? The Jedi sacrificed their friends to protect the republic that didn’t deserve saving. They should have allowed the separatist systems to break off and leave the republic. It was a decision based on fear not love.
Ahsoka was so afraid of Thrawn that she was willing to sacrifice Ezra. She forgot what was really important. You try to save your friends and then trust the Force.
That is exactly what Ahsoka did at the end. She trusted the Force and hitched a ride with the Purgil. She will do everything she can to save Ezra and Sabine.
Luke risked the fate of the galaxy to save Leia and Han in ESB. Luke risked the fate of the galaxy to save his father. Ahsoka will do the same.
Sabine was absolutely right not to sacrifice Ezra. With the Force there is always another way to victory
Also pretty sure "get close to one of the big ones" was an ESB reference? :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
Ariana Greenblatt. She played Young Gemorah in Infinity War/Endgame. She was excellent
That's awesome. Thought she looked familiar but couldn't pinpoint it. She was awesome as Ahsoka. She was also in 65 which is where I recognized her from. [Reply]
It was a great episode, make live action stories or series with Hayden Christensen and that young actress that played Ahsoka more often imo. Seems like the future of Star Wars goes through the Clone Wars story arcs so as long as they don't selfishly milk every ounce out of it and cheapen the overall narrative, I say Ahsoka is your torch bearer for the forseeable future. Mandalorian hit it's peak in Season 2 so we'll see how long this can go on for. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
That's how you do an episode.
She was excellent.
Even the fight with Rosario and Anakin was a lot better. Still suffers a lot of technical failures, but at least they were moving and managing distance.
Hopefully it's building momentum and not blowing it's load.
They made Anakin look a LOT more fierce than Ahsoka has looked throughout this series.
That savagery I've been mentioning clearly existed with Anakin. The strikes had intent behind them and there was speed to burn with everything he did.
Yeah, it was the best fight thus far, but I do think it made me suspend disbelief a little - she still looked noticeably overmatched when you just look at the respective abilities and it just took her being defensive the entire time to make it look even semi even.
Not sure how they made Anakin look that dynamic but I still think they do Ahsoka a disservice in how they're mapping out her fights. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
They made Anakin look a LOT more fierce than Ahsoka has looked throughout this series.
That savagery I've been mentioning clearly existed with Anakin. The strikes had intent behind them and there was speed to burn with everything he did.
Yeah, it was the best fight thus far, but I do think it made me suspend disbelief a little - she still looked noticeably overmatched when you just look at the respective abilities and it just took her being defensive the entire time to make it look even semi even.
Not sure how they made Anakin look that dynamic but I still think they do Ahsoka a disservice in how they're mapping out her fights.
I need to rewatch the fight, but I think, especially early on it was purposeful. Remember she said "I won't fight you." So it makes sense she was defensive. It wasn't until after the flashback, after he disarmed her, that she got mad. And I will say when she yoinked his lightsaber and held it at his neck, I was like GODDAMN.
So I think there is an argument to be made that she was just blocking his attacks and it wasn't until she lost her weapons and he was going to kill her that she entered the fight in earnest.
And I probably wasn't clear, I really appreciate the story arc. Her needing to accept her place in life rather than trying to compartmentalize Anakin away, as well as the relationship to and responsibility for the padawans. I won't lie, I was pretty eye-rolly with her scenes with Sabine, but I appreciate it much more now, and I'm excited to get them back together. It needed patience, but as of today, I'm happy. [Reply]
