To best summarize the Ahsoka series is a quote from Baylan “I miss… the idea of it. But not the truth, the weakness.“

Sabine: "I allowed one of the most dangerous people in our galaxy return so I could see you again, more than likely starting another civil war in the process. Are you mad?" Ezra: "Lol nah you good fam, things happen."

This is what happens when your main cast consists of fan favorites who never in a million years would be killed off. You get a finale with zero stakes because there’s exactly a 0% chance of anything bad happening to them at all.

The star destroyer not being able to hit some Jedi on horses from a few hundred feet away is the silliest thing since the trenchcoat scene in Kenobi (For reference, the same star destroyer was able to accurately hit the relatively small rebel base from out of orbit in rebels)

Is Thrawn the biggest conman in the galaxy? He managed to get a really high position in the empire solely through spinning his defeats into victories 😂

I felt bad for Thrawn. Raining hellfire on the heroes was honestly the best move he could have done. Yet these turbolasers that destroyed a building didn't even leave holes in the dirt. They should have incinerated the 3 Jedi. With the show so rigged against Thrawn, I don't even think less of him as victory is impossible.

I'm really impressed Sabine isn't mad about leaving her jetpack by this point

The absolute ridiculousness of the fact that Thrawn wasn’t able to take out Ezra for nearly ten years is just beyond me. What is this??

I’m afraid that Dave Filoni has so sense for timing. Since episode 1 I had an issue that there was never a feeling of urgency during the whole series. Both heroes and villains are way too cool to ever rush or haste. They built up, that Admiral Thrawn is eager to leave this galaxy and will do so after loading the cargo. In the last episode 1:55 min Elsbeth says: „The cargo transfer is complete.“ Do they leave? No. Do they take off to connect with the Hyperspace Ring in the orbit? No! They hail the ring to get to the Star Destroyer … Wouldn‘t you do that earlier if you want to get away as soon as possible? Wasn’t Thrawn able to foresee when the cargo transfer would be complete, as a genius? More so if he knows, that his enemy has only the possibilities for a ground assault why stay at the ground? Even if connecting with the ring would only possible in atmosphere near the surface of the planet (which is stupid) why not choose a dinstant point too far away to arrive in time riding a horsewolf? Admiral Thrawn feels no need to hurry up or defend wisely. He just stays and wastes troopers and Elsbeth „to buy time“. Thrawns order for take off comes in 26:15 min. The episode has 43 min without end credits. 24:25 min between „cargo complete“ and „take off“ is more than half of this episode‘s runtime! It feels like he says „I must go now.“ and takes a nap. And do the rebels better? No. They seem to know that there is enough time for them to arrive in time so they can build light sabers, take walks after destroying the only mean to arrive the Star Destroyer in space. They discuss 30 seconds (I looked at the timer) if they should jump over a growing (!) abyss while watching the Star Destroyer leave and the distance growing. Maybe it would help to smoke weed before watching this show to get into the right mood?

I think the writers and Dave are so laser focused on getting all the pieces in place that they aren't stopping to realize how contrived the whole story is becoming. They have their sights set on the end product so much that they are too blind to see the lack of motive in characters decision making. Things feel like they are happening because the story needs them to happen.

The fact that they skipped over Sabine telling Ezra exactly how she got to this galaxy was baffling. I really wanted to see Ezra’s reaction how Sabine got there. Also while I was expecting it, Sabine should not have been able to use the force

These shows need to be fleshed out more with 12 episodes like Andor. I would have loved an episode where Sabine and Ezra caught up more, with Ezra explaining what happened to him and Thrawn when they arrived in the new Galaxy.

My biggest gripe is how none lethal lightsabers still are 😔, like there’s no way it didn’t occur to anyone to not start slicing storm troopers after death. Second is the entire Ezra escape being offscreen and he just took a ship without thrawn noticing 😭

It felt like the story was held hostage by Sabine's need to or journey to finding her force abilities.

The plot armor is so thick that they clank when they waddle along. Thrawn is no Grand Admiral, he is more Inspector Blueseau. Absolutely none of his plans were ever successful, none.

I think it’s time for the Filoni live action experiment to be over. He works well in animation when he’s surrounded by a team of people who he basically just oversees and makes sure are on the right path. Don’t have to fire the guy, just move him to making something like a yearly tales of the Jedi, or an animated show centered around Luke, Leia and Han. Or, maybe we could explore the time between episode 5 and 6 in a limited animated series.

I'm just left with an empty feeling. Why now did Ahsokas ship suddenly get damaged? Why did those TIE pilots not move when Sabine flew at them? Why did Thrawn only send two TIE fighters to attack them? How did none of the storm troopers see Sabine before she helped Ahsoka? Why did Thrawn not booby trap the entrance to the fortress? How did Ezra stay undetected on Thrawn's star destroyer the entire way back? How did Ezra steal a ship off of Thrawn's star destroyer undetected?

This felt like bad fan fiction. The suspension of disbelief was getting ridiculous. The empire was more competent in Rebels lmao, thrawn was a moron this episode. Sabine getting Jedi master level force powers despite her a) not being able to even use the force 5 minutes earlier and b) Huyangs admission she basically has next to zero force sensitivity was dumb. Less than a minute of shin and Baylan. I tried to give this show a chance, I really did, but I’m ready to confirm this show wasn’t good…

I rolled my eyes and facepalmed when Ahsoka tells Sabine..."You did a good job" Doing what exactly? Dooming the entire galaxy just to find Ezra. But in doing so, undid his sacrifice and letting Thrawn escape? Then that's the complete opposite of doing a good job. The reunion would've been alot more impactful if Hera and Ezra hugged each other, with Zeb along side. And Jacen finally meeting Ezra for the first time.

This show was a perfect finale. The heroes teleported within minutes to get to the tower. At the end of battle the ship was ready to pull off. The team gets a long rest and now the ship is ready to lift off. The team moves across a great distance and the ship is ready to take off. The team makes it to the tower and the ship is ready to take off. The team is almost to the top of tower and ship is now taking off. The fight scene with the storm troopers was clunky and slow. The scene with the night sister fighting was like watching to novices fight. The ship turbo lasers can harm two horselike things with three riders as they saturate an entire area. An entire episode of slow moving empty plot scenes. Just like the rest of the series

How the f did Ezra slip away from Thrawn's cruiser unnoticed?! they just had to cram that reunion with Hera in this episode and sacrificed logic in the process. 🤡

This far, this Thrawn we've seen just seems to pretend to be good and clever but in fact is as ineffective as his stormtroopers. I really dislike this finale. So many scenes felt like bad Rebels, i.e. everyone makes dumb decision just because. This only interesting bit was, as always in this show, Baylan and what he's up to. This show is better than most other Star Wars show but it's still not great.

I remember explaining to people a while ago that in my eyes, this show couldn't be compared with Andor but that it was my second favourite because it hit a lot of notes right or something along those lines. Perhaps I was blinded by nostalgia, blinded by how great it was for me to see the Rebels characters back after nine years. The season is over and while I'm still somewhat excited to see where it goes, I notice that I'm mostly filled with a feeling of "Meh". It mostly has to do with the following things. There are more things, but due to not wanting to make the comment too big (I apologise if it is), I'll keep it to my three main complaints: - Making a big deal about going to a new/different galaxy, only for the planet in said galaxy to be a standard Star Wars planet template. For example, why did the bandits/nomads use blasters? Such a missed creative opportunity to come up with something new, or at the very least try something different instead of the thing we see everywhere. - Some things shouldn't have been in the show and some things should have been in the show. Examples: Why is it only mentioned that Sabine told Ezra about everything that he missed? I'd have loved to see that conversation! Instead of the infamous "The Emperor has died?" "So they say." New Republic corruption/politics shouldn't have been in this show. I don't know how much of this ended up on the cutting room floor, but the way it was included in the show was too little to have any meaning but too much to the point that it took screentime which should have perhaps invested in something else. - I loved Sabine during the first episode, I understood her pain and her loneliness. I could relate to it. I loved the moment where Sabine's and Ahsoka's teamwork didn't work until Ahsoka listened to Sabine. But what happened after? I have so many questions, to the point that it starts to feel as if this isn't the Sabine from Rebels. All with all, I have the silent hope this is a wake up call, but I severely doubt it is. Please don't give Dave Filoni the keys, don't let him become THE creator for Star Wars content going forward. I'm alright with him being one of the creators, but there have to be other people running projects as well. While I respect him and enjoyed things he has produced, even parts of this show, I think my overall analysis is that he missed more things than he hit and I don't want Star Wars to continue on just this path.

I love listening to Thor explaining this in utter confusion. That’s how I have felt for the entire sequel trilogy. I’m just glad someone else feels my confusion.

I realized in the end why I didn’t love this show, it’s an animated show filmed in live action, it just doesn’t work. It’s also, on a respecting your audience’s intelligence level, written for 8 year olds, because they I think are MAYBE the only ones who can watch this stuff and not question the ridiculousness of it all at the end. Disney clearly thinks their audience are little kids, the old fans like me do not matter.

I have a strong sense of disappointment with the ending of this show and the show as a whole. Sure there was some amazing star wars like episode 5 and it certainly isnt bad.. However I also feel like this show had much more potential than what we actually got, and for a lot of people, this was their last shot with Disney Star Wars. I feel like this show had to be alot better than what it was.

I feel like we somehow ended the season with more questions than we had at the beginning of the season. A lot that should have been explained was just glossed over.

The whole plot of this episode sounds like something some 8 years olds would have come up with on the fly playing with toy lightsabers in the back yard. I also think that Sabine's use of that level force ability on command felt unearned.

In the end sequence fights... I kept thinking.... They are on the top of a tall tower... Why not Force-push Morgan or the Death troopers off the edge? (same for Ezra, he could have force pushed the super-charged storm troopers off)

After this episode I think my Star Wars apathy is really started to kick in like this episode had all the “Star Wars” stuff in it like lightsabers, force powers (even from people who shouldn’t even half it) big action but action without substance is just nothing and this script, dialogue, stakes are just non existent. Andor really opened up my eyes to what Star Wars can be with competent writing and now I can’t be tricked by all the flashy stuff anymore.

I love how the entire series is about finding Ezra, only to basically swap places with him. How is that even remotely an interesting set up for the movie? Now Ezra has to find them?

The stakes just weren’t there for me and I’m not really onboard with everyone letting Sabine off the hook so easily for her pretty big mistakes. You can still forgive people while also holding them accountable for their actions and getting them to face the CONSEQUENCES of those actions. The show was fine as Rebels S5, but for those who never watched Rebels, the reunion between Hera and Ezra at the end felt like a waste of time-like how do these people know each other again and why is it so emotional for them to meet? If I’d never watched Rebels, I wouldn’t care less about that scene and instead feel frustrated they didn’t spend that time developing Baylan’s story a little more. I feel like this show really needed an editor to come in and cut the fat/wasted time and show the audience the risks of Sabine’s choices. Like how has Thrawn threatened the galaxy in the past? What specific plans does he have for oppressing its people? (Not that I want his motivations to be that simple-it’d be great if he were manipulating the Empire to achieve a higher goal like others have said). All in all, this was another example of a show underperforming to what we know it was capable of. The best thing to come out of this season is that I want a Clone Wars live action series with Ewan, Hayden, and young Ahsoka, but I worry they’ll wreck the writing on that too. Disney, you have so much potential-why do you insist on squandering it?

Thrawn taking another L : "An acceptable outcome" Star Wars fandom taking another L : "An acceptable outcome"

I feel like I'm on crazy pills. This is not good star wars. It's JJ Abraham's mystery box bs with no answers. Sabine using the force to the extent that she did might unironically break power scaling in star wars. Thrawn is basically failing bit by bit and calling them success (he might be an idiot). Interesting characters are ignored in favor of... I don't even know. Sabine never faces any consequences for essentially dooming millions of lives. She abandons Ezra on a ship full of imperials to fight a person there designed to stall you but becuase of attachments you stay... This is bad. The jedi are selfless and so your priority should be to defeat thrawn not save your master. The jedi are selfless and so when Sabine acts this way, force powers aside, it makes me think she is not worthy of being a jedi. Also Ezra literally building a lightsaber after saying the force is my ally makes me think they didn't watch their own show. Poor plot holes that I haven't even mentioned, lame action sequences that make Rosario Dawson look like a 46 year old woman playing with a stick and actively bad characters that are written as if they belong in a cartoon. For anyone who says this Is peak star wars please re watch empire strikes back because you deserve better than this.

This is Kenobi all over again, member berries excitement at first but in the end even the most die-hard fans realize what a pointless and horribly written excuse for a show it is

I felt okay with Sabine grabbing the lightsaber in her do or die fight, if it was gonna happen there needed to be stakes. But I was sucked out of the show entirely when she was able to force lift Ezra onto a moving target. Like that's not something that I'm sure Luke would've been able to do early in his training, and I'm not sure I would've believed it anyways. Why?! That was the one thing that leaves a bitter taste for me, everything else was passable or not gonna worry too much about.

I wanted to like this show, I really really did, but the longer it went on the worse it kept getting. Thrawn is by far the most incompetent Imperial commander in live action, and if he can't manage to take out 3 people on the ground with Tie Fighters and Gun Ships at his disposal, how is he supposed to pose any real threat to the New Republic Fleet? I've seen B1 Battle Droids more threatening than the Night Troopers. The level of plot armor for Sabine, Ezra, and Ahsoka was insane. Ezra, not only escaping Thrawn's ship off screen, but how in the world did he know where to find the New Republic fleet? Why was he still wearing the Stormtrooper helmet? So much stuff just didn't make sense and everything was so low stakes. For a show that had some promise at one point, it fell flat at the end and belongs in the trash compactor with the Kenobi series and Book of Boba Fett.

The last episode kind of made me mad, like the 1st one did. It was cool and all seeing the nightsisters' darkside creepy force magic again, and Ezra remaking his lightsaber and mentioning Kanen, and all that. But, then they went super speed through the pacing, literally railroaded where they needed to be for PLOT, so it felt off. I still refuse to believe that Sabine suddenly masters the force after one peptalk, that ain't gunna fly with me. Such acts of power have to be believably earned. No training, no struggle, no lesson learned like what Ahsoka went through. WTF happened here? It's Rey Notskywalker being Deux Ex Machina all over again, stop it. Sabine was my favorite charactor in Rebels, yet THIS Sabine felt nothing like her. Other than that, I fully expected Thrawn to win in the end and was not disappointed. I hope they build him up to be a huge villain and don't treat him like a joke. Lastly it would have been nice to have at least a teeny scene showing Ezra's escape from Thrawn's capital ship. So much felt missing & rushed in this episode.

If a season two gets made, I hope for better writing and direction moving forward

My daughter, 9 years old, laughed at the finale. And she's an optimist. She gives everything the benefit a doubt. Everytime she say the zombie storm troopers attack she literally "all of this means absolutely nothing." A 9 year old recognizing there are no stakes is telling.

I didn’t like this one at all, it had some good, but for me it was mostly bad. Pacing is bad, why on earth are they driving Ahsoka’s ship so slow with the crab people, because Ezra is building a saber? Thrawn is going to leave them stranded and they’re moving along like cattle farmers. Why do we spend so much time watching Morgan get powers when she dies a little later, like why did that take so long, because it looked cool? Also, so many of the action scenes are so clunky, any time stormtroopers are onscreen it looks bad, it looks silly, it’s Dave trying to bring a cartoon into live action and it doesn’t work. There’s like 20-30 stormtroopers shooting at them and we see like 2 or 3 blaster bolts coming at them being blocked every couple seconds, it doesn’t track. Sorry, they lost me with this one, the stakes felt so low, we knew nobody would die or anything. The biggest bummer is Ray Stevenson being gone though, his bit at the end to me was the most intriguing, interested to see what’s calling to him. And hey at least they finally showed Anakin as a force ghost, Disney has been way too scared or something to do it until now. I’m left disappointed though, don’t have much faith in the quality of a movie with Dave directing, he’s fine, but he’s not George, there’s just that liiiiittle extra something I can’t put my finger on missing, that one rung of quality he’s not reaching. I fear Star Wars will never be good again, people just can’t competently write it other than Andor, which is leading to a predetermined end. In the end all of this leads to the sequels, so who cares really? This isn’t Star Wars when it all boils down to it for me, it’s Disney Star Wars, for me it’s all non-canon.

Its been a long time since I actually yelled out at a tv show. But I couldn't help myself when Sabine "force pushed" Ezra onto Thrawn's ship. It made me question why I continue to watch Disney Star Wars.

This was the roughest episode of the series. Not only were there a lot of mental gimnastics and bad writing, the pacing was waaay off, but the Volume felt extremly constricting and was very noticable. This whole show should have been an animated series, not only would it get rid of the need to familiarize new viewers with the characters which took a lot of time, it would also allow for more interesting set-pieces and better looking fights, and the writing could have been on the level of, let's say, Bad Batch, where it's intended more for the childern, where Filoni is most comfortable, and not the in-between adult and children as we got here, where he was saying it plainly, a bit rubbish.

I kept trying to figure out why I felt the finale was so unfulfilling and I think I understand now. It’s because it felt so forced. Like it was an act instead of a living universe. I can’t recall the last time I watched a modern day series where it felt like all the principal characters’ sole purposes were to drive the plot forward. Usually there’s always the one or two but in this case it really seemed like they all lacked any agency unless it directly related to getting to the convenient cliffhanger of an ending.

I don’t want to use the word “hate” because it is such a strong expression but I really really really did not like the finale and in fact am very much disappointed with the show. I’ve see CW and Rebels and liked the fan service but which normie viewer gets the point of why Thrawn is such a threat or why should we care about Ezra? I mean, I watched rebels and even I don’t care that much about him… There was no hook at the beginning of the show to draw people in, no tension at all! It was dull! Filoni forgot that this is an 8 episode live action show and not a 24 episodes animated series, where you can afford to have filler episodes. As much as I love CW, here he did NOT deliver. Makes me fear for the movie. And plot holes as far as the eye can see… oh my, I go now into my corner to cry, so much potential again wasted.

The amount of times you said “but, let’s not worry about that” is an indication of how good the finale was 😂

Ahsoka and Sabines conversation felt stupid, implying that they won by just reversing Ezra's sacrifice. Also unsure if this means baylon will be the father instead of anakin? Could see it coming from a mile away but it was nice to see Anakin's force ghost again, just wish he was helping Luke (looking at you ST)

I think the biggest thing bothering me after the finale is the way Thrawn is portrayed. As a huge fan of the original EU Thrawn books and the new canon Thrawn trilogy, the way he was portrayed in this series just felt off. I think they really need to bring in Timothy Zahn to write this character. Also really wondering what they're going to do with Baylan's character from here as it was one of the most intriguing parts of the series. Would love to see his story continue, but I'm not sure who would be able to have a similar presence to Ray Stevenson. Overall I would say the series as a whole was better than Obi-Wan and Book of Boba Fett, but not as good as season 1 and 2 of the Mandalorian and Andor.

Did Huyang keep a spare kyber crystal on his ship just in case someone needed to build an extra lightsaber? Didn't the Padawans need to go to a special place and pass some tests in order to get them?

I just noticed on that picture of Ezra standing in front of the shuttle if you look carefully at the floor you can see where the physical set ends and the screen begins.

My problem is everyone seemed to be taking their time and yet acting as if time was of the essence. The good guys were just slowly flying along with the turtle people instead of racing to the ship. The bad guys were slowly packing their ship, something they should have had ready to go ages ago.

It was like I had two voices in my head watching this episode. One moment, I'd be going "that's cool" and the next I'd be going "wait a minute, that doesn't make sense." Much of the action was pretty good but the tactics were so often flawed. First, we see Ezra apparently does not care that Sabine made it possible for Thrawn to return to the SW galaxy. Then none of them seem to have thought that maybe they should just get on the spaceship and quickly fly to where the SD is. Nonetheless they somehow get there before Thrawn can actually leave. Apparently, none of these people with a lightsaber know it can cut off limbs until near the end of all this. Nonetheless, it still looks like Thrawn will get away and leave all his enemies stranded but no, Sabine suddenly exhibits quasi-Rey like abilities and can not only pull her lightsaber to her but minutes later actually force-levitates Ezra when he's about to fall (at that moment I was seriously hoping she would fail and Ezra would go splat). I guess you just never know who might actually be capable of being a force user at any age. The Jedi should have been running ads that said "Looking for a new career? Come to the Jedi Temple for testing; maybe you too can be a padawan!" The best parts of the episode were the final scenes with Shin and with Baylan. This was not surprising but it was disappointing that we didn't get more out of the bulk of the episode. It was like eating a bunch of snacks; you enjoy it while you are eating but soon realize you are still hungry.

I don't think I really care if there will be a season 2.

This finale was disappointing to say the least.

A lot of people say "not everything should be Andor." But I think this is misunderstood. Everything in Star Wars should be like Andor. Not in terms of tone or grit, but just the quality of writing. Depth, great dialogue, consistent characterization, introspection. Is that really such a big ask? It's a shame that great monologues like from Luthen, Maarva, and Kino Loy are seen as oddities in Star Wars. Don't we deserve better?

Giving Sabine the force was dumb in my opinion. I thought the message was “you don’t need the force be everything the Jedi represents” but no they just gave her the force because why not.

This finale has done what I thought wasnt possible, but I'm gonna say I'm done with Disney Star Wars. Too many consecutive let downs with more potential let downs in the future. The only thing I've liked is Mando season 1&2 and the Jedi games. I was in denial and believed Faloni was the one to bring me off the ledge but I was wrong. I now mourn my beloved childhood franchise and must abandon it and leave it to the fans who like this version of Star Wars. Ironically I must walk away like Ahsoka did in the Clone Wars.

My man with the 3am upload!

Ive been saying this show was just a cartoon masquerading as some primetime adult series, but this episode just proved it further. The Zombie Troopers were played out exactly like that Zombie episode from Clone Wars and all the action is structured just like the animated shows which in live action looks ridiculous. Sabine having the force should be the death blow for this franchise.

I’m glad to see Thor’s rose-colored glasses have finally come off about this show. I can’t believe I was yesterday years old when Zombie Stormtroopers became a thing in Star Wars. This is peak Disney.

Ugh. Thor, I hate to say this. But despite being a Star Wars fan myself. This series, seems to me at least, to have been nothing but an exercise of treading water. A waste of time, if, one wanted to actually get anywhere. I love your video, as always. I just think Star Wars, whatever it is anymore, needs to rest, and have a good think about what stories it actually wants to tell. Sigh. If I could, I’d so buy you a beer. For what it means anymore, may the force, actually, be with you.

I'm convinced the small fighters Shin and Marrok were flying were only armed with heavy blasters while TIE fighters have full-on laser cannons. For comparison, Snowspeeders (heavy blasters) can't defeat the armor on an AT-AT, while an X-Wing (laser cannons) will put a big smoking hole in one.

One of my pet peeves with the episode besides all what you mentioned, we all knew Sabine would use the force at some point and I wish she used the force to save Ezra instead of saving herself, it would have felt more urgent and meaningful, plus there could have been a shot where Ezra and Sabine look at each other shocked and surprised.

My favorite part was after Thrawn asked if the troopers were aware of their choice, Morgan was dismissive about their sacrifice and ten minutes later he basically condemned her as well. It just felt fitting and showed Thrawn does care for his soldiers, even if sacrifices are needed. He also commended the fallen tie fighter captain.

I've deliberately not watched Ahsoka so far, because of... "mixed"... feedback I've been getting on it. I figured if, by the end, Filoni pulled it off and drew everything together to make the nonsense so far suddenly part of the master plan, give us *Thrawn* rather than _frawn_ and deliver a win, then it'd be good to sit and binge it - that it would be worth the time investment. Considering this review is from someone who's been almost cheerleading this show, and by Thor standards is almost Drinker-level criticism, I think it'll sit forever in the "meh. CBA." pile instead.

Hey Thor, The Ahsoka finale just left me feeling a bit empty. I think my overall feeling of the show can be summed up with the 😐 emoji. Another way of looking at it is like kids cereal. All sugar, no nutrients.

Don't think I've ever heard Thor so jaded with a epiosde.

Probably mentioned already but Morgan didnt stay behind for Thrawn. She said something like "For Dathomir" after Thrawn walked away. Her motivations were saving the night sisters. That may have changed after her "transformation" but that was clear in the end.

Okay, I’ve tried to defend Ahsoka & be optimistic, but I’m sorry, I was quite disappointed with the finale. Complaints: 1.) Why in the world was Ahsoka’s starship poking around at 20 mph with the Noti, waiting for Ezra to craft a lightsaber (which made sense, but did Huyang have Kyber crystals?) when they needed to stop Thrawn? Sense of Urgency? Hah! Thrawn sends out 2 TIEs (finally) and they knock out the engines of Ahsoka’s ship. Then, and only then do Ahsoka, Sabine and Ezra decide they need to get to Thrawn. The ironic thing is, if Thrawn had NOT sent out the TIE fighters, they could have got away free and clear, since as slow as the Noti were moving, Thrawn would have been back in the SW universe and probably gone to war before the Noti reached the Nightsister tower. 2.) Military and strategic genius? Hah! Thrawn looked halfway scared to death that they wouldn’t get away in time. Four Nightsisters, a bunch of stormtroopers, at least a half dozen TIE Fighters, and yet great and powerful Thrawn as clearly nervous! Then we hear him say ‘Long live the Empire!’. So any hope of seeing Zahn’s Thrawn is totally gone. 3.) Where did the two Howlers that Ahsoka, Sabine and Ezra ride come from? Ahsoka rode up on Baylan’s at the end of the last episode, but somehow I doubt Sabine’s would have hung around during the ground assault by the stormtroopers. 4.) If Nightsister magic could create undead Stormtroopers when they die, why didn’t master strategist Thrawn have that magic cast on them before he sent the stormtroopers out to intercept Ezra and Sabine the first time? 5.) So Sabine’s training stopped because Ahsoka was afraid that Sabine’s pain over the loss of Mandalore would turn her to the dark side? Wasn’t the destruction of Mandalore before Ahsoka began training Sabine, during the actual civil war with the rebellion? 6.) I guess Ezra knew about Sabine’s method of getting there and was okay with that, as was Ahsoka. At least her words about Anakin always being there for her, so she was going to be there for Sabine made sense. But not very dramatic. 7.) Frontal assault on the Nightsister tower, military genius Thrawn has the turbo lasers open up on them as they come riding up on their Howlers and they can’t hit a thing. 8.) Morgan Elisbeth was indoctrinated as a Nightsister…wasn’t she already a magic using Nightsister? Then she gets the ‘Blade of Talzin’. How did these Nightsisters know about Mother Talzin? Was it her sword, simply one any Nightsister can conjure up, or what? Her fight with Ahsoka was well-done, but it seemed just too dramatic to have her sacrifice herself just to slow Ahsoka’s band down. Brilliant strategy, Thrawn! 9.) So Sabine finally connects to the Force and summons her lightsaber. Okay, I accept that, but suddenly she is full-fledged Force sensitive. She can Force push Ezra onto the Star Destroyer hangar deck. It was like Sabine was Force-constipated and once her blockage passes, she flows easily. 10.) Not unexpectedly, Thrawn gets away, after sending a message to Ahsoka as if his masterful use of strategy had been the only reason he’d won. If Ahsoka’s ship had caught the Eye of Sion, then what would they have done? Board the Star Destroyer and fight their way up to the bridge only to realize the they need to be on the Eye of Sion bridge, not the Star Destroyer bridge? 11.) Ezra conceals himself in Stormtrooper armor - that is logical, except he had a beard and I’ve not seen any Stormtroopers with beards; would the helmet fit? Apparently so. So he lays low on the Star Destroyer posing as a Stormtrooper until they get back to the SW galaxy and then how exactly does he manage to steal a shuttle and take off to find Hera? I know Thrawn was on the bridge of the Eye of Sion, but they didn’t wonder why one of their shuttles took off and never returned? 12.) Wouldn’t Ezra have identified himself before coming into the New Republic cruiser? Why would he still be wearing his stormtrooper armor and helmet when coming down the ramp? You’d think with a beard, he’d want that off quickly. 13.) So Sabine, Ahsoka, Shin and Baylan are all stranded. Shin is hooking up with the bandits, Baylan looks like he made it to Middle Earth, but still we didn’t have any new clues to what he was doing or what he sensed. Now with Ray dead, what will they do with the character? Recast it? 14.) Sabine, Ahsoka and Huyang are just going to live with the Noti? All sense of urgency to stop Thrawn is gone and there is no attempt to contact any Purrgil that appear in the upper atmosphere to see if they can get a ride back to the SW galaxy? 15.) Anakin is going to be a Force Ghost? Maybe to help Ahsoka train Sabine better? 16.) Finally, couldn’t Ezra contact the Purrgil in the SW galaxy and get one to take him back to rescue Ahsoka and Sabine? Maybe the journey is strictly a one way path, but if that is the case, where did the Purrgil go when those drones started attacking them when they arrived with Ahsoka and Sabine? I feel a bit let down with the series; I feel there should have been at least three more episodes to flesh things out. It is frustrating that it will probably be two or three years before we get a season 2, if at all. I’d hoped they’d all make it back, now we just have the end of Rebels in reverse. Thrawn was not as brilliant as he was even in Rebels, the Nightsisters and their magic wasn’t really that impressive, we didn’t get any answers about Baylan and there were plenty of rather bone headed moves in the past three episodes that spoiled any sense of urgency about stopping Thrawn. I’m left feeling frustrated and wondering if Skeleton Crew or The Acolyte will improve things or just continue the luke-warm trend.

how did they fix the ship after she launched it into two tie fighters and into the ground lol wth

I really enjoyed the entire series to various degrees until this final episode and it really let me down. The ship going at the pace of the crab people was mindboggling and immersion breaking. More than that, i just feel like it was all so by the numbers. In the Book of Boba Fett people were expecting something larger or unexpected such as Crimson Dawn. In Mando Season 3 finale, lots of people were wondering about the allegance of The Armouror. But once again, everything was exactly as it appeared at face value. And now, with Ahsoka, with the exception of the Mortis statues, we once again habe a by the numbers finale. Am I just expecting too much? I dont think so.

Why would they being the Eye of Sion down to the planet? Why not fly the Destroyer up? Just leave? And no, they weren't still loading. No scene on the tower leading up to Ezra/Ahsoka/Sabine's arrival showed them still loading.

Imagine Ezra gets shot the moment he leaves the ship in his stupid storm trooper armour 😂😂😂

And the fly continues to bang against the window......maybe this time... maybe THIS time....

I felt the episode was okay, but your points are definitely valid. I also felt like the resolution (if you want to call it that) of Baylon’s story arc was not enough. I think this episode should have been 3 episodes to really do things in a way that would have made more sense. I wonder how Baylon’s story will be affected by Ray Steven’s death.

I think thrawn did say something about his coming back would be for the benefit of the Galaxy. But I would have liked it if he added something like "they don't know what they've done by trapping me here. I've been gone too long already. They're coming." That would at least hint more strongly he's concerned about the Grysks.

I'm so sick and tired of everything StarWars being so mediocre and weak for years now..... that I'm glad I've been watching all these shows NOT on Disney+. I just can't bring myself to support them any longer.

Yes, thank you for saying that about bringing in Timothy Zahn to write for Thrawn. There is so much more I want to be getting from the character.

A problem I have had with the show has been how it looks with its use of the StageCraft set screens. It's blatantly obvious that it's being used, and the directors can't seem to figure out how to make it feel more immersive. Scenes without it, such as the ship battle through the purrgil, are gorgeous. Yes, the show has a smaller budget, but something on a similar production level like House of the Dragon manages to use the same tech with significantly better results. Ahsoka has a very fan-filmy appearance, especially in action set pieces.

I really haven’t stopped thinking about that finale since last night. It’s the first episode I didn’t wait to watch the following Wednesday but man do I wish I had. I think the most telling thing for me personally was the fact I felt the need to wash down the finale with an episode of Andor. I went back and watched Rix Road to compare the two season finales and man it’s not even close. Now I’m going to go into a lot of detail, but it’ll all ring true regarding the previous statement. Sorry for the following novel. This episode was putting lipstick on a pig. There’s no two ways around it. I’m going to use the MauLer format for the first five minutes of this episode. Enoch being set up in any meaningful way despite doing the same job as the droid on the bridge of the Eye of Sauron or whatever the hyperspace ring was called is JUST SILLY. Thrawn sending TWO tie fighters despite having a full squadron and opportunity to gain more once back from far far away is JUST SILLY. Between Ezra, Sabine, Ahsoka, and Huyang, not ONE of them seeing the fighters coming and being able to pull off the ship because the plot demands it is JUST SILLY. Talzin being referenced but not showing up or being explained despite a clear need to explain the nightsisters for the series to avoid being tackled by angry fans for being (accurately) “member berries” is JUST SILLY. Ezra not caring about his lightsaber was interesting but him just up and turning around to make another one with what I’m ASSUMING is Kanan’s Crystal (its never addressed smh) is JUST SILLY. Sabine opting to crash the ship (their ONE chance of catching up with Thrawn) is JUST SILLY. The crew having to babysit crabs in order for Huyang to have a reason to be out of the fight is JUST SILLY. But most of all, the crew having no sense of urgency is JUST SILLY. I can’t believe that they don’t learn their lesson. Andor, while the least watched, has the highest rating out of any of their half assed lazily written, “shows”. That show made fans INFINITELY happier than Kenobi, than Boba Fett, than Mando Season 3, and when the dust has settled, it’s going to be better than Ahsoka. I could go into the rest of what’s wrong with the episode, but I feel like Thor hit the nail on the head. It just sucks that the best part of the show and most impressive storyline since the Narkina 5 jailbreak died with Ray Stevenson. You sir, had one scene in this episode and the least screentime of any antagonist not including Marrok and Enoch in the whole show and still managed to be the best part of the gathering heap of garbage that Ahsoka now rests on the top of.

While I stuck it out through the first season, I really doubt I'll be drawn back for season 2. The only thing of remote interest to me at this point is Baylan and Shin and that's not enough to sit through 75-80% of a show that is completely disinteresting otherwise. I can't stand Sabine and hate where they took her character, I don't really like this version of Ahsoka, Thrawn is being written horribly incompetent even if he got the "win" here, the choreography is a complete mixed bag, the writing is generally poor, the dialogue stilted, and man I could go on. Most of the visuals were outstanding and the design of the world and characters, as was the music. But that can only take a show so far for me. This really is Rebels season 5, and as someone who wasn't exactly a fan of it, it just didn't work at all for me. Especially with a finale that barely brings any closure to any threads, season 2 pending or not.

I do not think that I will ever become used to people describing Star Wars as bland and boring but tolerable something that to my ears is utterly indigestible and intolerable. EU novels such as Crystal Star and Children of the Jedi were not the best stories written, but they were far from the utter tripe that passes for Star Wars now, especially as 9/10 of it is the dessicated remnants of the EU. Disney is baiting EU fans with beloved characters only to force feed them the feted flesh in a cannabilistic orgy upon the corpse. There is no plan, no consistent story, and in the end, when the thrice digested putrid feast is at last concluded, there will not even be Star Wars.

Has Dave Falloni ever had an original thought in his life? He either steals things from the EU or does an "x but star wars" reference.

I think the biggest problem this show suffered from was the announcement of Filoni's movie at celebration back in April. It was something they did to hype the fans up given the lack of announcements they had and it hampered this series because we now basically know that movie has to be culmination of the Thrawn storyline, what else could it be? Therefore we went into this series with ZERO tension because we knew at the end Thrawn has to make it back to the main galaxy, it was just how we get there that was left open.

I can not help but make the comparison to ezra's escape from thrawn star destroyer to Talon Karrde's rescue from the dark force rising and how that actually was explained and had real tension Hashtag legends is true canon

Immediately after watching this finale, I went and watched the Andor finale. That made my decision on how I felt about it. This episode did "all the Star Wars Things" that all of us wanted to see, but I felt absolutely nothing. It was good spectacle; undead stormtroopers were cool, for the first time ever Death Troopers actually felt like an obstacle (plus the gnawing mouth was a nice touch), we finally *almost* saw a decapitation or limb removal for the first time since Mando Season 2.5, and there were some beautiful shots sprinkled throughout. But despite all that, it fell emotionally flat. I just simply didn't care about these characters despite the fact I nearly cried at both "Jedi Night" and "Family Reunion and Farewell" from Rebels. I did not buy Sabine going from not being able to move a cup, to being able to throw Ezra with the force, nor did I feel anything when she pulled the lightsaber to herself. The explanation for Ahsoka not wanting to train her was passable, but after making such a big deal about it in previous episodes, it felt very glossed over. And can we PLEASE talk about how there was NO CONVERSATION between Ezra and Sabine about how she got there (or barely any conversation between the characters at all). All-in-all, the season has some cool moments, but fell completely flat when I had zero emotional reaction whatsoever to anything that happened. Compared to Andor where you could feel the weight of everything happening on Ferix weighing you down like one of their bricks. Or Mando season 2 with genuine excitement. Or any of Rebels Season 3 or 4 finales. Or Clone Wars season 5, 6, or 7. I just didn't care about these characters, their relationships, or anything that happened to them. A lot of stuff happened in this show, but stuff happening doesn't matter if you don't care about the people it's happening to. Honestly, I think Star Wars TV should go back to its roots in animation; it had its flops there too, but I think it's a better medium for the majority of stories involving Jedi.

Unless I’m missing something, it seems to me the largest plot hole was bring the hyperspace ring to the Star destroyer and not the other way around. It was actually baffling. Imagine packing your things before driving your car into your house to pick up your bags and not bringing your bags to the car. This series exhibit potato levels of writing quality.

I don't think you can have lots of dismemberment - even of zombies- on Disney +. However,I thought the same. They seriously needed to dismember the zombies.

Honestly, the mid-season episodes were superb, but these two final episodes were a great letdown, I'm supposed to believe this is the same Thrawn, from the Thrawn trilogy and The Imperial trilogy? Lars Mikkelsen plays him so well, the opening shot in the hangar bay, with the chanting, his voice so sublime.I thought finally they were on the right track. Unfortunately, he regressed yet again into rebels Thrawn, where everything goes wrong, but it is all going according to the plan, "Thrawn we've lost 75 % of all our forces, and it gained us practically nothing" hmm, yes, but you see it will further our quest somehow" Imagine a world where they didn't just consult with Timothy Zahn,but had him actually write it or at very least help out with the script extensively. Besides, I don't fully understand why Thrawn is so hellbent on rebuilding the empire, they were merely a means to an end to help with the grysk. "Long live the empire". He has to rebuild the empire, deal with the republic and the grysk at the same time. I presume, good luck with that. Baylan Skoll, man, does Ray Stevenson carry this character, bringing such gravitas, that you just want to know everything about him. Unfortunately, you get almost next to nothing. We can have slight inclinations as to why he feels this way, but that's that, I desperately wanted atleast some answers, not a lot leave some of his background open. That's perfectly fine, but come on give me something, what made him change his perspective on the world,this ouroboros that needs to end? Shin, she's the wildcard of the series, excited to see what happens to her next. Huyang is top notch Eman Esfandi as Ezra is insanely good casting. Loved the Anakin scenes, but by end the it felt they used him a bit too much, lessens the impact when he showed up earlier. Chopper is, funnily enough, the character most in line with his rebels counterpart. Didn't like that Sabine was able to finally control the force ,she was so awesome and stylish in rebels I totally expected they were gonna go with that she is fine as she is and that you don't need to be ultra special to do good in the world. Excited about the Mortis stuff.

This show puts to the rest the idea that Dave Filoni is or could be the “savior” of Star Wars. If this is the best he can do when given free reign, I don’t want him making any more live action Star Wars. What a waste of a TV series

This show just proves that Filoni (like Lucas) should just plot Star Wars, not write it, or have a co-writer in the room.

So, this finale was mixed for me So, stuff I enjoyed: - Action was fun to watch, I know some of it stretches believability a bit but I still had fun seeing three lightsaber wielding individuals battle hordes of enemies again. - The ceremony with Morgan and the great mothers was cool and I like how it references Ventress' becoming a true Nightsister in the Clone Wars series. Seriously, the incantation was the same word for word! - Undead Night Troopers! I was waiting for this and when I saw them rising up I was happy to see that! - Not really a "good" thing just an observation. I thought it was interesting that Thrawn called Ahsoka a ronin. I mean it's not completely out of nowhere because Star Wars takes a lot of influence from Japanese culture, history and media (you can see a lot of that in this very show), but it's funny hearing that word used in Star Wars. As for stuff I didn't enjoy: - Ezra creating a new lightsaber I was kind of mixed on. The scene itself was funny due to his interactions with Huyang and I like that the show gave another reference to Kanan so his presence is still felt in the show. While I thought it was cool that Ezra created a new lightsaber, I also found it weird he didn't ask for his old one back. I mean he's probably not used to using a lightsaber after not wielding one for ten years. I mean I don't doubt head probably want to wield one in the climax because assaulting a fortress is different than fending off a few squads of attackers in the wild but I'm getting off topic with this point. - This might just be a me thing but I feel like the scene would have been more emotional if instead of just staring in shock, Hera ran over to hug Ezra with tears in her eyes. Idk, I wish we got to see more of Hera's motherly loving side in which this show hasn't really delivered on that much which sucks because Hera was my favorite character in Rebels. - Wish we could have gotten a clearer answer for what Baylon was looking for, I mean the show gave us a hint in the finale but we didn't even get a piece of dialogue. And since Ray Stevenson is no more, we might not learn more in the future unless he's recast. - Like a lot of people I feel like Thrawn could have been written better or at least have better plans. And I agree they should probably include Timothy Zahn to help iron out the kinks in his character. All in all I enjoyed this series and there are some episodes I might rewatch but I don't feel the same drive to revisit it as I do with some of the other shows. Also, as for this show serving as a "season 5 to Rebels" I feel it slightly underperformed in that regard. I mean in some places and scenes it felt like a successor to Rebels but a lot of times it didn't.

They really really need to know how to pace these shows, the random cuts, the jumps between scenes, the tactics from night troopers, all of this is pretty garbage. I feel like there's so much fat they cut out for no reason at all, tired of these random episode lengths. Every episode should be an hour to flesh out more stuff instead of rushing everything.

Ezra having to be saved by Sabine in every situation was really annoying. Having him make a Kanan Jr Saber was cool though! I really wish he had stayed behind and I really wish he had been pissed at Sabine. Like why does she get off Scott free for dooming the galaxy? Overall very let down after being a huge rebels fan. This story should have been animated to fully flesh it out and to pay better respect to the animated legacy of Star Wars.

I really looked forward to Ahsoka; I'm glad it's done because we got Ahslowka, with fan service instead of plot, Dawson being wooden and fighting like she's 90 and arthritic, glacial pacing and almost nothing making sense, Ezra an unrecognizable subservient tool, Sabine nearly destroying everything yet paying no price, and everyone being profoundly stupid, most of all Thrawn, who Filoni transformed from the smartest person ever into the embodiment of the Dunning-Kruger effect. There's a saying that a character is only as smart as the writer; what does it say about Filoni?

I take no satisfaction saying that, I told you so, but I told you so. Filoni is a worm, that lucked into George Lucas' radar for his work on Avatar the Last Airbender and was given free reign to insert all his little personal-isms into the Clone Wars series. He's now inserted every kind of wolf theme possible and himself into cannon along with cluncky nods to every childhood and filmmaking influence he's ever had. The signs have always been there, but everybody was too busy drinking the Filoni Kool-aid to see them. The Star Wars Community gave Filoni savior status because of his ties to GL and because of his obvious passion and because the sequels sucked so much. But we should be able to recognize strengths and weaknesses, Timothy Zahn or some other writer with talent should have written this series but because Ashoka is Filoni's baby and is apparently Kathleen Kennedy's side piece, we get the crap. Y'all say things like the Mando/Filoni-verse and have elevated this dude way past his talent and now like Pandora's box, it may be too late to save my beloved Star Wars from another era of the Dark Times. So take a bow Fanboys and girls, you gave away the keys to the kingdom to a Fanboy with a wolf fetish and somehow expect quality storytelling instead of a hodgepodge of themes, long meaningless stares and gratuitous lightsaber fights. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽

Not a surprise to be sure and an unwelcome one

Andor is a diamond in the rough, mando seasons 1 and 2 were good to great, the rest of these shows are just plain bad. I’m done watching new Star Wars stuff outside of andor and tales of the Jedi

most realistic breakdown without trying to pander to people that want blind positive talk! Thanks for this, I also appreciate the insight to the CS Lewis world between worlds reference, i didnt even think of that. I really just thought it was classic disney just using another random reference to a well known title

I can't say I wasn't disappointed. It felt like a rebels episode but rushed and with to many unanswered questions. I really enjoy Lars Mikkelsens performance as Thrawn but they need to up their writing if they want him to be the menace he deserves to be. Not sure how I feel about Sabine using the force. I know they have built up to it the entire season but it still feels wrong. On the positive side I loved that we finally got some zombie troopers and I really liked Ezra this episode.