I think Dave makes his master George Lucas proud! This is what he wanted from Disney compelling stories.

Anakin I think is the Father now in the world between worlds as the Mortis God the Father wanted him to take his place relating to Ashoka whom died but was saved by Anakin the years later Ashoka was saved by Ezra from Anakin/Vader. Mori is Ashoka it's all a circle ⭕. Anakin will rid her of her guilt w leaving Anakin he will tell her he woulda turned no matter & woulda died. He will show her all the scenarios rid her mind then she will be a true Jedi Master of her own to teach Sabine & learn from the past of the dogmatic views of the Jedi. Baylen maybe involved wanting to help her & get Thrawn ugh my theories finally Dave saves Star Wars!

that was intentional.... think about all that Ashoka has been thru... and too see her master as anakin again... she lit up like a christmas tree

exactly. i love rosario and i don't mean to discredit the amazing work she's already done (my personal favorites being the mannerisms ahsoka does with her arms while thinking--literally taking the character animation and bringing that movement into live action--same with the way she Mugs when she fights 😭🫶🏻) but this really was that final stitch in the sweater for me

hasn't seen him in almost 30 years@@PopePlatinumBeats

Yeah same honestly, atleast physically, however facially still nowhere near in my opinion.

I think she had taken up the mantle already perfectly fine before that. She's much older and mature and so I don't think we are meant to see that young and energetic Ahsoka that we saw at the beginning of Clone Wars. Seeing Anakin is something to be lit up about for sure but what else that has happen would garner her being like the kid version of her from Clone Wars?

Really hope we learn more about him in expanded universe stuff (comics, novels etc.)

It's sad in way anytime he comes on screen, the more we see him the less time we have to enjoy his performance. RIP Stevenson

I think I understand his motivations. He said 'one must destroy in order to create.' I get the impression he was disgusted with the corruption and weakness of the republic and the Jedi order and how it allowed itself to be so utterly corrupted and weakened. He also saw the Sith and the Emperor as too extreme the other way. He believes Thrawn can make a better galaxy, one not 'evil' but also not weak and corrupt. He see's the current republic much like the old one, only a matter of time before it ends up just like it did before. It was pretty much the same motivation Dooku had. Doing 'the right thing' at least how he see's it. Anyway, that's my two cents.

I really love this character already even tho we only got 4 episodes with him. But I wouldnt really describe him like a real antagonist, I like referring to him to some kind of antihero because I somehow understand his motives and the way he just exists he just gives me some vibes that he isnt really that bad. Also of course I dont want him to be an antagonist because its easier to root for a protagonist lol

@@isaiah11726I feel the exact same 😭

He's just such a brilliant addition to this show, it genuinely wouldn't be half as good without him.

Exactly! 😂😂🤣

@fadedjem “half as good” is an exaggeration… this is a top 5 Star Wars show already n it isn’t even over

@@joseabreu-nn5cu Oh of course it was an exaggeration, this is peak Star Wars, but the use of Tennant/Huyang has been consistently amazing.

​​@@joseabreu-nn5cu well not the first two episodes make it a top five show, but the fourth and third yeah.

Rockem Sockem Huyang

Calling it now, he's going to wield a real lightsaber by the end of the series.

I feel like he has more technique against a stronger humandroid, but needs more space; HK got in close

WITH AN HK! 🤩🤩 He is quite the Marshall fighter

​@@hellfish2309but why the feuck did the HK droid even do that? Doesnt he have a weapon? Why he come in like that that was silly. Hes a droid purpose designed to assasinate people he shouldbt be this stupid.

Exactly! I saw someone say Baylan fought like he was holding a claymore. But then in this episode, when they’re posing up against each other, Baylan reaffirms his stance tucking it into his shoulder, while Ahsoka goes full Seven Samurai the way she holds it backwards pointing. Really great that its so visually identifiable and distinguishable

@@GuineaPigEveryday Baylon is built like a brick shithouse.

what a FANTASTIC way of putting it!

THATS what it is!

Whoever is putting all the samurai references/homages into this show, keep doing it

i mean were u expecting anything else am so tired at this point

ironic @@ryanlocke1117

​@@ryanlocke1117sorry that other people experiencing joy makes you tired.

@@ryanlocke1117then go to sleep

​@@ryanlocke1117sad and pathetic comment. I pity people like you.

Also if we think about it, it could still be someone, which magic is crazy so…

I never jumped into the Marrok theories because i knew all he would be was a new Inquisitor. Didn't expect him to be a reanimated corpse used to bring back with Nightsister magick though.

I just CAN'T believe it wasn't Ezra/Barriss/Maul/Snoke/Paploo/Mouse Droid!!

Also its way better for the story, he wasn't just nobody, he wasn't some insane theory-person, but him being resurrected as a Nightsisters ghost shows you what sort of powers she has, and they're going to come into play, probably regarding Thrawn

Huyang, Hera and possibly Ahsoka are still on Seatos - as much as I'd like Marrok to simply be left there as nothing but smoke and magic bound up in a suit of Inquisitor armor, I suspect Huyang will next week be telling us which former Jedi/Sith/Other has been zombified/reanimated by nightsister magic and bound into that armor - his movements WERE human, he never looked robotic or mindless to me. I haven't been a Marrok theorist - I was sure that Marrok was Marrok and am still very happy with that, though a voice in the back of my mind is very insistently saying it's Ventress, though realistically if Filoni brought her back they'd do more with her than that.

Let's hope Disney doesn't fuck it up.

​@@Q69573fr y'all got the ball in your hand plz don't drop it 🤞

@@Q69573From the rumours sounds like the next episode will break the internet

​@@lilbubblegumleaks8104Sure, because Haydens return in Obi-Wan definitely broke the internet lol. Use your head

@@Billyregin Or maybe because we’re exploring the world between worlds a lot of ppls complaints with Star Wars could be fixed lmfao

I mean hes being hyped up so much because he died. If he didn't die fans wouldn't be talking about him so much

​@Billyregin nah, it don't have nothing to do with his death. His character and his portrayal SO FAR is outstanding.

​​@@Billyreginbullshit. Stevenson's performance doesnt change because of his death. You are just trying to act edgy but instead looking quite pathetic.

@@Billyregin Hard disagree. The dude crushed every role he played.

⁠@@Billyreginno way, his character is legit fascinating and very well acted.

Palpatine charisma*

She may be a general, but she is Phoenix leader

And that glorious sound of the Ghost entering and exiting hyperspace. One of Star Wars best sounds.

Spectre 2!

More small galaxy syndrome, but why wouldn't that random pilot be there I guess?

And it feels like he isn't a dark Jedi for egoistical reason, but rather feels that Thrawn is the only one who could protect the galaxy against a so far unknown threat. He is convinced that he serves the greater good, which makes him both compelling and dangerous.

Really feeling the Darth Bane series where it goes into the factions of the Sith and how some were almost neutral but rolled Choatic Good characters.

More of a dark qui-gon jin with his aginst the grain veiws and similar lightsaber style.

Dark Obi

I think The Daughter brought her there.

I think it's in her subconscious & she's knocked out somewhere. I think it's too much explaining to do if it ISN'T tbh.

lol like at this point they sound like the worst mushroom trips ever, "oh not again..."

It's like the whale and the bowl of petunias in hitchhiker's guide. "Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of (the bowl of petunias) / (Ahsoka) as it fell (into the WBW) was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why (the bowl of petunias) / (Ahsoka) had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now"

She had her memory when she found herself in the void with Ezra

he repeated a popular saying? madness

Let him cook

I did as well! To see them together again affected me so much more than I expected it to.

​@@thechad4485you should cry at how much abuse Hayden had to take for years on end. Along with young Ani, jar jar, and Rose. Youre lucky any actors dont spit on star wars fans for being the most ungrateful brats alive

@@Billyreginyou’re a weirdo

i felt a great disturbance in the force...as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in joy at seeing hayden in his pre-vader look...and were suddenly silenced because it was another short disney plus show.

​@Billyregin Exactly what I've been thinking watching the flip-flopping of fans. "The episode that saved star wars!!!" is what I've seen this be called basically just because they got Anakin back and I'm like that's such an exaggeration and you're the same fans that absolutely HATED Lucas, Hayden, young Anakin actor, and drove Ahmed Best almost to end himself just because you disliked something he didn't even control. I honestly feel as entitled as they feel they don't deserve what they demand.

My man, you are doing tricks on it😂

Coupled with his ferocious Djem-So - man is a unit.

@@praedonius9693 you know there was a description in the episode 3 novel by Matthew Stover in which he was saying that Dooku was having to utilize the force in order to reinforce his bones otherwise Anakin's strikes would have driven right through him. I wasn't sure what that look like until this episode

Great observation!@@bemasaberwyn55

Was Ahsoka using Form 3 and 5? Also Baylan looked like he was using Dookus style mixed with Forms 3 and 5. 😮

@@Mike19737 they seemed to both be using they’re own versions of form 5 , mixing in other forms for better results & advantages.

I smiled so much at that xD

I'm a huge star wars fan, but if that's true, then that's just extremely embarrassing dude😂😂

@@finger3306people can’t be excited? We practically all grew up watching Clone Wars and we’re seeing it come full circle in live action

@@finger3306Bro took time outta his day to be a hater

​@@finger3306Another toxic person for absolutely no reason. I guess someone can't be excited about something.

Don't get me wrong. It was exciting, I was happy, but to react by jumping, screaming and crying? It's quite an over the top exaggeration 😂

Damn that Moff Gideon!

I forgot her mother was still alive in rebels

I assume next week will be a sort of bridge of the group in mid-hyper-space travel discussing things, and Ahsoka exploring the world between worlds, i hope its good but it feels like its gonna be an Andor Episode 11 sort of a connector-filler

@@GuineaPigEveryday you really think that the only episode remained that is directed by Filoni, with Anakin, is going to be an Andor episode 11 connector filler???!!!

Yes, this felt like Star Wars at its best. Filoni did it again!

Yeah its similar to Vader when he casually bats the blaster bolts away. The difference is in Vader’s arrogance and Baylon’s nonchalance and no nonsense approach. He’s more of a “terminator” type. No emotion. I love it!

He is like Dooku experienced super intimidating, but calm vibe mixed with Vaders imposing figure and style of combat. I absolutely love it

I agree with you, I wouldn’t be surprised if this is just “the force” using Anakin to deliver a vision or message to Ahsoka about overcoming one’s past etc. But the tin foil hat on my head makes me think that Anakin has become The Father now and become a more powerful figure in the Force, and Ahsoka is basically a living avatar for the Daughter. Whoever the Sun is, I think it may be Baylen. We know the Sun can give visions of the future, maybe he’s been guiding Baylen to the W.B.W. To take his place. “A greater good” as Baylen says

She's been through all that. I'm with Eric, she needs closure and I think this will be it for her to become Ahsoka The White.

To an extent, that's what we got.

well, she now have the map on her hand

Ahsoka might use the World Between Worlds to reach Ezra after accepting she can’t change the past, but she can change the present. Quite poetic is executed well.

@@colorfulbleeding Holy shit I didn't even think about that, like Indiana Jones, that would be fucking awesome.

@@colorfulbleedingapology accepted, Captain Needa.

Yeah, it seemed like there was a little something there.

Force Cough? Force Sneeze?

I thought it was her special anti Jedi mandalorian bracelets

Baby Force push. 🤣

@@katomamundara8106 A Force Fart

I genuinely don't think he was manipulating her. He thinks that Ahsoka is a blind fool like the Jedi of old, I suspect he recognises that the New Republic is an empty vessel on a hiding to nothing, that there is no force in the galaxy that can push back against the inevitable return of the Sith. He sees Sabine as a young and competent person following a stubborn old fool, I doubt he has any animus against Ezra - he didn't want to fight Ahsoka and openly regretted the possibility of having to kill Jedi - in fact he may well see bringing back a young and talented Jedi as one of the goals of this journey.. This could go any direction at all, but I suspect he genuinely believes that he, Thrawn, Ezra and Sabine can all return from Peridea, perhaps even that the two may come to see things his way.

@@fadedjemI was just talking about how he just seems trustworthy somehow

Ray Stevenson. Yes, he was amazing. He's sorely missed.

ty Stevenson didn't notice I misspelled it lol @@carlossaraiva8213

ahsoka met luke in Book of Boba Fett, and its kinda implied shes been guiding him on what to do next

@@AT32556 I should have specified that she had met Luke before this series, my mistake lol

I'm sure she knows, but she met and fought Vader and only heard Luke's story about his redemption. Easy to still feel fear when she sees Anakin.

@@AT32556 Personally I wonder if this series is set _before_ we see her with Luke in TBoBF (but after Mando S2 obviously) - to me, Ahsoka feels unmistakably _lighter_ in TBoBF compared to Mando 2x5 _and_ here, like she knows something by then that buoys her up. Previously we'd all assumed Luke told her what ultimately happened to Anakin but given this episode, it seems at least possible she hears it straight from the source first. (totally agree with OP about Rosario Dawson's performance BTW - she portrays Ahsoka _now_ - emotionally battered and withdrawn behind a self-protective shell - so well _then_ switches gears to pull off that actor's magic trick of just instantly revealing the vulnerable joy and hope underneath)

true

the starmap also instantly disappeared as soon as the lightsaber was turned on so clearly the damage was done. She could have inflicted minor damage and it would still render it useless seeing as "even one data point off will see us stranded in the void"

Fans are lucky Hayden returned to the same fans who abused him. Thats what star wars fans are best at. Ruining the experience for the actors. Jar jar, young Ani, Anakin, Rose...its just despicable

those 'fans' have long since moved on from the franchise @@Billyregin

@@mandalor1810 It was a majority of star wars fans, and all they did was do the same thing to actors in the sequels.

you mistake the right wing grift machine that went after star wars for being 'woke' with actual fans of star wars @@Billyregin

Its been the worst kept secret for months Hayden would show up lmao. Bet you also were "shocked" Toby and Andrew were in No Way Home

@@Billyreginman you must be fun at parties. some of us dont live online and dont actively look for social media updates. had ZERO clue he was going to show up

I am expecting like you... until I rewatch the scene many times and... the robe, the saber, the theme music at the end... Can he be Vader after all ? (Anakin after he turns but before he fought Obiwan)

​@@theDeepGreenthe robe and saber are anakins. Not vader

@@Billyregin How the hell would you know about Toby and Andrew unless you actively looked for it?

Best react channel to nerd out with!

I am also very confused with the hierarchy. Baylan is very much higher in rank but Shin is not just his apprentice I think. She makes her own choices. And I am very interested in that dynamic.

Cinemas, you say… 👀

What if anakin fought thawn

Same this ep was all action so probably will

Probably, but I feel Aaron’s hand burn theory will pay off a little as it would be Dave nodding to “Raiders of the Lost Ark”

@@hellfish2309 Maybe but I hope it's nothing more than a fun nod because it's a nonsensical idea (the map isn't carved on the outside of the ball, if it were then they wouldn't need the temple. And that isn't my fan supposition, it's what the actual show has both shown and told us). (unlike in Raiders, where the object itself had the instructions carved on it)

Yes beautiful moment for all star wars fans who abused Hayden for years, good for them

More for those that watch the cartoons. As someone who is not one of those people, I’m just not seeing what’s so special about this series so far. Pretty underwhelming, IMHO. Hayden also appeared in the Kenobi Series.

uh oh, looks like someone feels a wee bit guilty @@Billyregin

sounds like a personal problem @@geronimojones

@@mandalor1810 what are you even talking about dude

I had this same thought. I suspect not, more likely he reviles the New Republic and the political class on Coruscant. I think he fears (rightly) that the Sith will return and the Republic will be able to do nothing to stop them - the obvious "why" for Thrawn is that he and any regime he established would be more humane than the Sith, more competent than the New Republic, and likely quite resistant to takeover by Jedi or Sith. But it's definitely possible he wants Thrawn's head. Actually travelling to Peridea just to prevent Thrawn's return does seem a bit extra, so if he is a double agent he's probably motivated by revenge - at the start he probably didn't know that Thrawn was as far away as another galaxy (none of us did), but he knows now and has had plenty of chances to kill Morgan and destroy the map which would almost certainly strand Thrawn forever if that was his only motivation, but I think it's very possible that Thrawn hurt somebody close to him and he's after vengeance.

Yeah i mean unless Ezra is dead, theres no way he doesn't help Sabine. And hes definitely strong enough to fight Baylan.

A chance reason why we won't see the new galaxy...Thrawn and Morgan will come back to this galaxy, JUST before our team figures out how to get there.

@@AT32556 Ahsoka, one of the last survivors of the Clone Wars wasn't strong enough to fight and win against Baylan I can't see Ezra being strong enough to beat him either

​@Arby6784 you did see that Ahsoka was injured when she grabbed the orb, so that made the fight more on Baylan's side. Plus she wasn't duel weilding only one Saber was used

@@Arby6784She was severely burned. It’s like when Finn could last a few seconds with Kylo because he was severely injured

He's a good egg is Calvin.

You don’t really have a choice.

That is the painful reality of shows. Either it gets released all at once and we get disappointed we watched it too fast, or it gets released periodically and we get disappointed that have to wait for another episode. Edit: It either takes too long, or isn't long enough.

This generation can't handle cliffhangers...🤣🤣🤣that's what drove tv and radio shows since the 1940's

gotta be honest Anakin at the end looked like he was 2D 😂😂 the de-aging evidently didnt make the budget

You had me in the first half there..

Also shin is pretty.

​@@dillydraws​-- She is quite stunning. Perhaps she could use that to her advantage (as a tactic to dispatch distracted foes).

oh wow i didnt even of it like that. i think Ahsoka guiding Shin to the light would feel like a sort of redemption to what her master eventually became

I mean let's face it. Sabine was always going to prioritize bringing Ezra home no matter the cost.

Yep, sounds entirely plausible. IF it's really Anakin then talking to him will allow Ahsoka to resolve _her_ inner conflict and fully connect, with a pure spirit, to the Purrgil. Similarly, Sabine may unlock some Force abilities when she resolves her own inner turmoil.