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Okay you made a few good points, but did you notice Anakin called her Snips? You should clap.

Thrawn EU: Playing 5D chess Canon Book Thrawn: Regular chess Rebels Thrawn: Checkers Ahsoka Thrawn: Tic-Tac-Toe played incorrectly.

*Ezra essentially sacrifices himself by trapping him and thrawn in another galaxy Sabine: nah I'm gonna undo all that and doom to galaxy to thrawn Because i miss him Ezra: how'd you find me Sabine: i dunno Ezra: ok

Andor made Mon Mothma a full fledged, Three Dimensional character for Ahsoka to return her back to numb skull window dressing. Thanks, Dave Filoni

8 long episodes of Filoni playing with his barbie dolls

If there's one positive about Ahsoka, it's that it showed Dave Filoni isn't the "savior" of Star Wars, nor is he as good of a writer as people made him out to be. Defenders of him often point out that he worked on the Clone Wars, but they also failed to realize it wasn't him solely working on the show, and some of the ideas they like actually came from Lucas rather than Filoni.

"Live... or die" is truly a lesson of all time

Can you imagine being Moff Gideon? Doing a whole silly gambit only to find out you could have just got good and learned to use the force.

The butchering of thrawn is horrible. Never let anyone but Timathy Zahn write this character.

Asoka’s plot armor is so strong that you could literally leave her in another galaxy and not worry

Can we atleast appreciate the actor for Ezra probably having a great time, he always seems to be having a lot of fun acting for Ezra

Filoni: **writes a show so vague it defies any logical explanation** The fans: "Reesies' Puffs, Reesies' Puffs, Eat 'em up eat 'em up eat 'em up eat 'em up!"

That drove me nuts when they had that scene with Luke and Ahsoka. They'd have so much to talk about and connect over, and could help each other get through some pretty heavy emotions and trauma. Instead, we were shown a scene with them making small talk like two strangers waiting for the bus.

I just find it really funny how a portion of the people who said Andor was “too boring and was just people talking, bricks and screws, etc” went on to act like this show didn’t just have extremely monotonous pacing in some scenes for no good reason

Ahsoka is basically Dave Filoni’s waifu His obsession with her and the way he makes all of us watch as he plays with his doll/body pillow is beyond creepy

Filoni had no problem having Hera take the kid along because he knows nothing will happen to them. Plot armor is basically just a given at this point

There seems to be a sort of underlying narcissism in Dave Filoni’s work. Everything he makes must be central to the core narrative of Star Wars. His work has a parasitic relationship to the main saga; he never makes anything truly original, only ever working in the shadow of another movie or novel made by far more talented writers (Heir to the Empire, OT, PT, etc.); but always, he tries to recontextualize those stories to place his characters at the narrative forefront. All of his OCs are kept alive inexplicably throughout the whole arc of the Skywalker story; often times long after their arcs have reached a natural and satisfactory ending point. Stylistically he relies far too heavily upon callbacks and cameos to keep his stories engaging. He constantly talks about George’s mentorship over him to give people the impression that he is a sort of inheritor to the Star Wars legacy, which legitimizes his fan-fiction. When he wants to be taken more seriously, he parrots the aesthetics of greater respected works like Blade Runner or Akira Kurosawa’s filmography, but always misses what made those films truly special. This became clearer than ever to me with Tales of the Jedi, a darker, self-serious series which attempted to paint itself as mature political and moral commentary (According to Filoni, long, drawn out scenes with no dialogue means his work is deep. He continues this gimmick in Ahsoka). However Ahsoka was released in the shadow of Andor, and when you directly compare how these two works approach the same themes, the surface-level nature of his writing becomes incredibly apparent. Let us also not forget how completely hypocritical Filoni is when it comes to the treatment of writers' original characters. He's against anyone else writing for his own OC's (Ahsoka novel) and demonstrates this in his Tales of the Jedi retcons, yet he'll gladly take another writer's OC (Thrawn) and butcher their character beyond recognition. Filoni has a knack for taking once beloved characters and making them into shells of their former selves to bolster his preferred characters (what he did to Barriss to make Ahsoka look better is a prime example of this). But that's what you have to do when you don't have talent.

Filoni didn’t explain what Ahsoka was doing during the OT because he doesn’t know that himself.

The Nightsisters really bug me In the original "Courtship of Princess Leia", the Nightsisters just had telekinesis and lightning. They could use it incredibly well, and incredibly powerfully, but the counter was that they needed rituals to focus enough to do it, and it took a massive toll on the body, causing constant bruising and broken limbs (the term nightsister coming from the black blotches of bruising) That worked because it was a natural extension of the preexisting powers The Nightsisters here are just doing whatever. And there's nothing that kills stakes quicker than pulling abilities out of nowhere

“Why is Zeb not here?” If I had to guess the reason… VFX Budget cuts.

Ahsoka is what happens when writers write an IP rather than a story.

You know what would’ve been infinitely more interesting? Sabine knowing that she HAS to doom Ezra to being lost forever, in order to keep Thrawn away… but she fights to stop Thrawn anyway. In order to protect the galaxy, she has to sacrifice her friend. It weighs on her heavily. She fails. Morgan gets to Thrawn. Sabine meets Ezra. Now she has to admit to him that the only reason they’re meeting is because she failed her mission to keep him in exile. And then you know what could happen? Ezra could tell her she made the right choice to sacrifice him to stop Thrawn. There. Sabine is still a hero and Ezra is as well. Ezra still gets to come home, Sabine still has regret, but her character isn’t damaged.

I know it's needless to say at this point, but Dave's obsession over Ahsoka is honestly pretty scary at this point. Ahsoka's arc came to its natural conclusion during Rebels S2. I know she didn't technically die there (as Sheev says you can clearly see here in the ending and the stupid World Between Worlds), but still. Dave literally invented time travel just to save her and now she's just literally wandering around the galaxy doing who knows what. She should've just been killed then and there as there was nothing more for her character. Look, I get it. Dave is very proud of Ahsoka. They essentially entered the Star Wars Universe "together" and that's what forms his connection to her. But there comes a point where pride turns into toxic obsession. And Dave has far beyond crossed that point. In the past, Dave was held back from unleashing the worst side of his writing because he had George and others keeping him in check. But now, he's been given far too much power and he's revealed himself as the hack writer, member berries dependent he is. So much for the saviour of Star Wars. 11 years of crap from Disney is the best we've got.

Thanks Sheev. Sorry your dude threw you down the reactor shaft. Glad to see you recovered.

The single most egregious plot point in this series for me is Thrawn "not knowing" that Ahsoka was Anakin's padawan. Like there is no possible way Thrawn never came across that when he knew Vader was Anakin and also would have done his research on Ahsoka during the Rebels series. It's such a minor detail for most people but it assassinates his character so thoroughly it cannot be overlooked.

The best way to describe episode 5 is just, "DID YOU KNOW THAT MANANAKIN IS VADUR????!!!" And all the shills clapped.

It's almost as if having a single person coming up with ideas with no resistance or people telling you no is always a bad idea.

Not damaging your characters is an amateur mistake in fiction writing, and I've seen overly precious or protected characters be trashed in so many writing workshops over the years (while getting my Masters in Fiction Writing). I keep wondering why someone like Filoni has so much power. Did he just know the right people? I know so many writers who struggle to even get paid at all for their work, and their talent is leagues beyond the Filonis of the world, who just seem to know the right people.

If Thrawn had just shot Sabine, he literally would've won with zero losses. And maintained every advantage. Just putting that out there. You know, if he were an actual genius strategist. And that's what I hated the most.

48:22 Man, blocking the lightsaber with the Force has to be the most over-used Disney lightsaber trope. After surviving being stabbed by one, that is.

My 6 year old lego toy lore be like:

I think it's pretty telling just how bad a show is when it's best character (in this case it's Baylan) feels like a generic bad guy half of the time and pretty much exclusively has dialogue that is vague for the sake of it. The only reason he's really the best character imo is because conceptually he is good and Ray Stevenson's acting added a great presence to the show. Rest in Peace Ray...

The retcons are so stupid. Characters are reset, with Sabine being the worst example. The entire Rebels S4 ending is also recontextualized. And the worst part is parts are completely backwards. Hera participated in the Battle of Lothal and its liberation and saw Thrawn & Ezra disappear. Ahsoka was absent from that. Why is Ahsoka the one believing Thrawn is alive, but Hera believes Thrawn died in the battle? Why?

Why did Moff Gideon need to clone himself to force sensitive users if he could just learn it and "the force resides in all living things"?

I feel like there was a great story for Sabine right under the surface: She is so driven by revenge over the actions of the Empire that the idea of them being beaten is slowly eating at her because she has nowhere to direct her anger. She could deal with the internal conflict of using finding Ezra as an excuse to find and kill one more Imperial regiment. Ashoka could then understandably see the parallels between Sabine and Anakin's personalities and struggle to direct Sabine when she's making decisions that only serve her finding an outlet for revenge. But nah... They did nothing.

Thrawn looks like a blue Elon Musk 😂

Filloni didnt have the balls to kill ashoka and make a great tragic ending to the character. Instead he chose this...

Dave resurrected Ashoka three damn times.Time travel,Mordis god life transfer, and what ever this is.

Ezra and Hera's "heartfelt reunion" was one of the most eggregious moments for me, this is the boy she took under her wing, convinced Kanan to train, fought alongside him for years and believed him dead and gone like Kanan. WHY DID SHE JUST STAND THERE?!?!

I knew there were robots in star wars. I just didnt expect every character to be one. Why are they all so freaking stoic.

Cal Kestis and Cassian Andor are carrying Star Wars on their backs right now.

Thank you for addressing the fact that Rosario Dawson was wasted in this. I don't understand how Disney keeps taking these talented actors and just directs them so badly you'd think they were first year drama students. Who is making these choices!?!?!?

Among SO VERY MANY other truly awful things about this terrible, terrible, excruciatingly boring show full of character assassination, the fact that Cassian Andor and Brasso had a more heartfelt reunion after not seeing each other for roughly TWO MONTHS than Ezra and Sabine did made me literally gape with horrified incredulity. Unbelievable.

When talking about that Sabine/Thrawn scene where he "wouldn't understand," ironically the backstory of Thrawn is that he sacrificed being a part of Chiss society in order to protect them from the burgeoning external threats of the Empire and potential Extragalactic invaders. Thrawn knows all about sacrifice in order to protect what you love. Edit: This is covered in the video around 39:00

Sabine Wren was a trained Mandalorian versed in basic Mando combat, an explosives expert, an expert marksman, a super talented engineer that no one could copy, a talented repair technician that is able to repair anything like ship engines and weapons, is able to defeat Clone Wars veteran Mandalorian soldiers like Gar Saxon in 1v1 combat, attended in the Imperial Academy, was a fantastic Tie fighter pilot, designed a super weapon (without any help) that baffles other Imperial/Rebel/Mandalorian Engineers, was a famous Bounty Hunter throughout the Galaxy and had other Bounty Hunters owe her favors, is able to wield a lightsaber without the force and fight Jedi 1v1, comes from a famous Mandalorian family (which is basically Royalty) and was a well known Galactic Artist because of her famous art......all before the age of 14 years old! And now she's a Jedi and Force sensitive. Even surviving getting stabbed by a Lightsaber. 😂

I actually really liked the fact that sabine betrayed everyone. I thought it was a great subversion with real potential for character tension and a potential fall of sabine to darkness. Aaaaand then they just ignored everything and said 'oopsie daisy'. God damn this show.

I swear some of the newer star wars stuff just sounds like things I would have come up with playing with legos years ago

This show should have been animated. Change my mind.

My favorite thing about this show is how the fans put their media literacy on hold for a few weeks to theorize who Marrok is, when he's literally named after a zombie from Arthurian legend, foreshadowing his ending. The fanbase in the early 2010s would have caught that detail.

I'm getting a little tired of this pattern where a new Star Wars show comes out and then it tells an underwhelming story but has an episode somewhere in the middle of the season where some unrelated characters and events pop up that are supposed to set up another show, and then the "promise" of the future makes people overlook how completely lackluster the show itself was. Mando teased Ahsoka and Boba Fett, Boba Fett teased Mando and Luke, Ahsoka teased Anakin and the Clone Wars. They keep breadcrumbing the audience and they keep eating up the same shit every time.

that was the funniest thing to me. Thrawn was there for 10 years and couldn't find Ezra, but Sabine found him in like 20 minutes LOL..

This entire series could’ve been fixed had Ahsoka simply said “Me personally, I wouldn’t let that slide.”

Dave Filoni has proven that he doesn't care about continuity as long as he gets to tell his story and will throw as many distracting nostalgic bait onto the screen to hide the fact he is willfully and gleefully shredding Star Wars all so he can get his Ahsoka fetish. He is truly Rian 2.0.

The point you make about Filoni's writing at around the 8:30 mark is telling to me. Filoni is supposed to be the inheritor of all things Lucas when Filoni, amongst his other problems, does something Lucas almost never engaged in: write ambiguous dialogue. Lucas was always clear in his writing and his characters always spoke about things in unambiguous ways (with the possible exception of Obi-Wan talking about Anakin/Vader at times). Filoni's character dialogue is nothing but ambiguity and unnecessary secret-keeping for the sake of creating false tension. It's incredibly aggravating.

It was painful to watch her dual wield light sabers. It is so slow and cluncky like she is trying to remember ahe got 2 of them so she wouldnt slice herself in half by accident

Regarding Marek, the director of the episode was interviewed, made reference to Kurosawa films as inspiration and mentioned the blood spatter seen in said samurai encounters. But of course since Disney Wars is PG, blood was off the menu. So the director and Feloni then decided 'hey! since we can't do blood, why not use smoke!' and so the green fart death was born. All those theories people had about Marek... way more effort went into it than Feloni and co made. Marek was just another mystery box 'rule of cool' character with no thought beyond the spectacle level applied to it.

Thanks to Disney (and especially Dave Filoni), Ahsoka has more relevance to the Star Wars universe than Luke Skywalker. I mean, even his dad chose to abandon him to watch over Ahsoka instead.

Honestly they should've let ahsoka die in her fight against Vader to save Ezra. That would've left her on a high note and not fuck with the lore.

“Don’t you have a son!?” Yes but I’m Dave’s head Ashoka was always Anikins favorite child

Not only is Sabine a Jedi, she’s more powerful than Ezra

Forget the fact that the show is telling us that Thrawn is a threat to the galaxy... in the moment where Sabine strikes a deal with Baylan, she just watched Ahsoka get knocked off a cliff. Baylan likely just killed Ahsoka for all Sabine knew. The fact that she would strike a deal with the man who just murdered her mentor and friend is sociopathic. The only way any of Sabine's actions make sense is if she is canonically an actual psychopath.

Don't you love how Star Destroyer blasts barely do any damage, and people can stand right next to the explosion impact with no problems?

I should note that the concept of not all Jedi carrying lightsabers actually goes back to Legends, where the Jedi named Fay was known for never carrying a lightsaber. Though it's not explained why she doesn't carry a lightsaber, I think it's implied that she's so good at using the force (the Force is known for extending lifespans MASSIVELY, and she's said to be hundreds of years old despite looking like she's in her 20s; on top of that, she survives being impaled in the heart for a little bit) that she doesn't really need it.

I'm not the only one who is worried that Ahsoka can't die, right? And by can't die, I mean because she had her life restored by the Daughter of the force, Filoni might decide this means she literally CAN'T die. Or she can, but the force is working to prevent it and will keep her alive for as long as the force wants her to be alive. She's also hugely inspired by Gandalf, who is extremely difficult to kill in Middle Earth due to reasons I'm not going to pretend to fully understand because I am not versed in LotR lore. I think we shouldn't be surprised if further down the timeline, Ahsoka is comically somehow still alive. Maybe Rey will meet her in the new movies and Ahsoka just shrugs, crosses arms, smirks, and gives a little "The Force works in mysterious ways." and that's that.

Funny how people praise Dave and defend his works like Clone Wars, but he only supervised Clone wars while actual talent brought him scripts and ideas and all he had to do was say yes or no to it. Now we see a Show where Dave really is at the top, making everything bend to his image and god is it one ugly image. This is real Dave Filoni talent, he is good at making childrens stories, not full live action shows about war :/

52:30, Sabine broke EVERY SINGLE rule on firearm safety. She had her finger on the trigger when she wasn't ready to fire, and she pointed it directly at Ezra, even hitting his arm with the barrel. I know it's minor but holy gods I cannot unsee that. I don't even own a gun but I've had those rules burned into me by watching videos from people who do. Yet more terrible quality character from the supposedly highly trained soldier.

The most frustrating thing for me about Ahsoka is that it took the hope that I had nurtured over the last 4 years - that Filoni could successfully make the transition from animation to live action and then vault Star Wars to a new level of excitement by bringing Thrawn back - and dashing it upon the rocks of mediocrity and stupidity. This series was such a wasted opportunity.

15:10 "Can you imagine introducing the concept that Anakin, from beyond the grave, can just reach into the physical world..." - Well, yes, I can. Ever since that concept was introduced by genius Rian Johnson in "The Last Jedi". Remember Yoda? Remember how he set a tree on fire, being a force ghost? Causing physical damage in the real world from beyond the grave? When I saw this, the immediate question that popped into my head was "If Yoda can do this, why doesn't he just go and kill off Palpatine himself? And any other bad guy? He can't be harmed, as he's already a ghost..." This is Star Wars writing of today, absolutely zero thoughts given whatsoever to anything that is happening.

Finally someone with balls to praise midi chlorians understanding nuance and also criticizing in a very constructive and entertaining way great video

I couldn't stop laughing when Sabine told Ezra that Ahsoka took her as her Padawan and he says why because he knows like everyone else she can't use the force

Andor made Mon Mothma a full-fledged, Three-dimensional character for Ahsoka to return her back to numb skull window dressing. Thanks, Dave Filoni That drove me nuts when they had that scene with Luke and Ahsoka. They'd have so much to talk about and connect over and could help each other get through some pretty heavy emotions and trauma. Instead, we were shown a scene with them making small talk like two strangers waiting for the bus. The Nightsisters really bug me In the original "Courtship of Princess Leia", the Nightsisters just had telekinesis and lightning. They could use it incredibly well, and incredibly powerfully, but the counter was that they needed rituals to focus enough to do it, and it took a massive toll on the body, causing constant bruising and broken limbs (the term nightsister coming from the black blotches of bruising) That worked because it was a natural extension of the preexisting powers The Nightsisters here are just doing whatever. And there's nothing that kills stakes quicker than pulling abilities out of nowhere I know it's needless to say at this point, but Dave's obsession over Ahsoka is honestly pretty scary at this point. Ahsoka's arc came to its natural conclusion during Rebels S2. I know she didn't technically die there (as Sheev says you can clearly see here in the ending and the stupid World Between Worlds), but still. Dave literally invented time travel just to save her and now she's just literally wandering around the galaxy doing who knows what. She should've just been killed then and there as there was nothing more for her character. Look, I get it. Dave is very proud of Ahsoka. They essentially entered the Star Wars Universe "together" and that's what forms his connection to her. But there comes a point where pride turns into a toxic obsession. And Dave has far beyond crossed that point. In the past, Dave was held back from unleashing the worst side of his writing because he had George and others keeping him in check. But now, he's been given far too much power and he's revealed himself as the hack writer, member berries dependent he is. So much for the savior of Star Wars. 11 years of crap from Disney is the best we've got. Asoka’s plot armor is so strong that you could literally leave her in another galaxy and not worry Thrawn EU: Playing 5D chess Canon Book Thrawn: Regular chess Rebels Thrawn: Checkers Ahsoka Thrawn: Tic-Tac-Toe played incorrectly. I feel like there was a great story for Sabine right under the surface: She is so driven by revenge over the actions of the Empire that the idea of them being beaten is slowly eating at her because she has nowhere to direct her anger. She could deal with the internal conflict of using finding Ezra as an excuse to find and kill one more Imperial regiment. Ashoka could then understandably see the parallels between Sabine and Anakin's personalities and struggle to direct Sabine when she's making decisions that only serve her to find an outlet for revenge. But nah... They did nothing. 29:20 This, combined with Ahsoka's (let's charitably call it "subdued") reaction, is what killed the series for me. You would think this would be a slam-dunk - not only the characters seeing one another after so long but the catharsis for the fans who wanted to know what happened to them after the show ended. It actually blows my mind that they chose this weirdly emotionally stilted tack. And you can't say it's in the style of the OT: Luke was so excited to see Leia after blowing up the Death Star that he called her by the wrong name. Even in the prequels, Obi-Wan hides his Father in the show I saw him there as an actor permitted to express strong emotions. Just the most baffling decision. I knew there were robots in Star Wars. I just didn't expect every character to be one. Why are they all so freaking stoic. The butchering of Thrawn is horrible. Never let anyone but Timothy Zahn write this character. When talking about that Sabine/Thrawn scene where he "wouldn't understand," ironically the backstory of Thrawn is that he sacrificed being a part of Chiss society to protect them from the burgeoning external threats of the Empire and potential Extragalactic invaders. Thrawn knows all about sacrifice to protect what you love. Edit: This is covered in the video around 39:00 that was the funniest thing to me. Thrawn was there for the top 10 years old and couldn't find Ezra, but Sabine found him in like 20 minutes LOL. Dave resurrected Ashoka three damn times. Time travel, Mordis god life transfer, and whatever this is. Cannot express how satisfying this entire video actually was. Every single point made is exactly how I felt about the showdown to tea. I just find it really funny how a portion of the people who said Andor was “too boring and was just people talking, bricks and screws, etc” went on to act like this show didn’t just have extremely monotonous pacing in some scenes for no good reason Ahsoka is basically Dave Filoni’s waifu His obsession with her and the way he makes all of us watch as he plays with his doll/body pillow is beyond creepy 1:12:39 You know what's funny is that he didn't even come up with the concept of Ahsoka, it was George Lucas, then Dave ran with her character and against George's wish, kept her alive past the Purge. GL knew that Ahsoka being alive during the OT wouldn't make any sense, that's why he wanted to have her killed off. I honestly don't know why Dave is so attached to this character. Simple “The 1 plot on the spot is left demands it” Not damaging your characters is an amateur mistake in fiction writing, and I've seen overly precious or protected characters be trashed in so many writing workshops over the years (while getting my Master's in Fiction Writing). I keep wondering why someone like Filoni has so much power. Did he just know the right people? I know so many writers who struggle to even get paid at all for their work, and their talent is leagues beyond the Filonis of the world, who just seem to know the right people. Star Wars has always been an allegory to real wars. It would’ve been very interesting if they took the concept of “Hell in the Pacific” movie where a Japanese Soldier and an American Soldier are the only two people stranded on an island. It is based on the importance of human contact and the bond that can form between enemies if lacking other contact. Ezra and Thrawn work together on this planet. Then when they are found, Thrawn and Ezra turn back to their old guy's ways. Ahsoka is what happens when writers write an IP rather than a story. there was more emotion displayed by how many days Ezra had been missing their Tumblr blog (and its followers) when he was found that there was from his own friends and family Among SO VERY MANY other truly awful things about this terrible, excruciatingly boring show full of character assassination, the fact that Cassian Andor and Brasso had a more heartfelt reunion after not seeing each other for roughly TWO MONTHS than Ezra and Sabine did make me literally gape with horrified incredulity. Unbelievable. 17:33 that bloody smirk. Why is she smiling at the camera? Why does she look so pleased with herself? Cause she did something "cool" or "badass"? Cause murder is fun. She looks like someone who just finished a dance routine at a talent show. This entire series could’ve been fixed had Ahsoka simply said “Me personally, I wouldn’t let that slide.” Genuine question: how does Ahsoka dress herself in garments that are really tight around the neck? Can she remove her head-tentacles or are they just flexible enough? (Or did the costume department slap those on later?) You know what would’ve been infinitely more interesting? Sabine knows that she HAS to doom Ezra to being lost forever, to keep Thrawn away… but she fights to stop Thrawn anyway. To protect the galaxy, she has to sacrifice her friend. It weighs on her heavily. She fails. Morgan gets to Thrawn. Sabine meets Ezra. Now she has to admit to him that the only reason they’re meeting is because she failed her mission to keep him in exile. And then you know what could happen? Ezra could tell her she made the right choice to sacrifice him to stop Thrawn. There. Sabine is still a hero and Ezra is as well. Ezra still gets to come home, and Sabine still has regrets, but her character isn’t damaged. Not only is Sabine a Jedi, but she’s more powerful than Ezra Filoni had no problem having Hera take the kid along because he knows nothing will happen to them. Plot armor is basically just a given at this point Thrawn looks like a blue Elon Musk 😂I should note that the concept of not all Jedi carrying lightsabers actually goes back to Legends, where the Jedi named Fay was known for never carrying a lightsaber. Though it's not explained why she doesn't carry a lightsaber, I think it's implied that she's so good at using the force (the Force is known for extending lifespans MASSIVELY, and she's said to be hundreds of years old despite looking like she's in her 20s; on top of that, she survives being impaled in the heart for a little bit) that she doesn't really need it.

Someone needs to sneak into StarWars' hospital room, and unplug the life support...

The thing with midichlorians is also that the movies never implied that they are what give you force powers directly, just that by some mechanism someone with a greater connection to the force, you will also attract a larger amount of these force-sensitive microbes. There can be a symbiotic relationship in play, maybe force sense is actually derived from how these microbes react to changes in the force, but a lot of people ran with the rather simpleminded idea that midichlorians are the force which I don't believe Lucas ever intended for them.

Mark my words people, Filoni's prepping Thrawn to be force-sensitive.

there was more emotion displayed by the how many days has ezra been missing tumblr blog (and its followers) when he was found than there was from his own friends and family

Up until Ahsoka came out, I had never watched Rebels. I watched all of ahsoka, and thought it was really quite bad. But then I got curious. I binge watched all 4 seasons of rebels in about a week. And the more and more I started to love it, and the characters and how they became like family to eachother, the more and more I hated Ahsoka for just ruining them...

I think the "anyone can use the force" idea can work, but you need to add an asterisk. Anyone can use the force, but only "force sensitive" people can use it like a Jedi/Sith does. In other words, if you're a devout follower of the force and treat it as a borderline religion, you can use it as an almost sixth sense, almost magically walking through battlefields unharmed, etc. but the *_specific_* force abilities we see Jedi/Sith use that directly physically alter the world are midichlorian specific. In other words, any car can drive, but only cars with a turbocharger can go turbo. Other cars may be able to use nitro, have a sick sound system, etc. but if you want turbo you *_need_* to have a turbocharger. The force may reside within everyone, but if you want telekinesis you *_need_* midichlorians. At least as a general rule, I'm not *_entirely_* against the idea of different "schools" of Force aptitude being developed, for instance "those with midichlorians can move objects without concern for their physical size, but with very specific training and mental preperation others can also learn to move items of close personal relevance and/or sentimental value" or something similar. In other words, if you want "the force to reside within everyone" you need to give some reason why it's not used. If you make it so that the Jedi/Sith dichotomy made everyone believe in a restrictive midichlorian-dependent version of the force that, after all of the political upheaval, people are begining to question, that would work. You'd explain why midichlorians/force-sensitivity matter, you'd re-mystify the force as something still unknown and explorable, and you'd still have a solid explanation for why it's rare for someone to have/use the force since the 'easiest' method of accessing it is extremely rare and using it in another way requires a lot of self-reflection, refinement, etc. To use another analogy, if the Jedi order is MMA, the Sith are street-brawlers that fight dirty, then anyone else *_can_* fight, but they need to develop their own martial art to do it. It's *_possible_* to make your own martial art, but it's a big bloody ask that the vast vast VAST majority of people won't be able to do or be willing to. The issue is they did *_none_* of this and just said anyone who believes hard enough can be Mike Tyson.

1:12:39 You know what's funny is that he didn't even come up with the concept of Ahsoka, it was George Lucas, then Dave ran with her character and against George's wish, kept her alive past the Purge. GL knew that Ahsoka being alive during the OT wouldn't make any sense, that's why he wanted to have her killed off. I honestly don't know why Dave is so attached to this character.

The prequels even at their worst still have a lot of great action and spectacle and can be rewatched on that level. Even detractors that love to tear apart every microsecond of them will still say something like Duel of the Fates was awesome. What is it is about this current era of content that doesn't even have that going for it? Because I wanted to really like this show. Truly. I've never saw Filoni as the saviour of Star Wars but he has produced decent enough content, and I figured this was his passion project, so I was willingly to give the benefit the doubt. In the end I didn't love it or really hate it. But I'm so distraught with this franchise at this point I'm about ready to tap out.

Cannot express how satisfying this entire video actually was. Every single point made is exactly how I felt about the show down to a tea.

29:20 This, combined with Ahsoka's (let's charitably call it "subdued") reaction, is what killed the series for me. You would think this would be a slam-dunk - not only the characters seeing one another after so long, but the catharsis for the fans who wanted to know what happened to them 5 years after the show ended. It actually blows my mind that they chose this weirdly emotionally stilted tack. And you can't say it's in the style of the OT: Luke was so excited to see Leia after blowing up the Death Star he called her by the wrong name. Even in the prequels Anakin, Padme, & Obi-Wan were permitted to express strong emotions. Just the most baffling decision.

Anyone else notice how Filoni seemed to shift the blame for Jedi's genocide from the ones who actually did it (Palpatine and Anakin) to blaming the jedi themselves? As if fighting in a war where you can't be neutral is somehow their fault? Also, Ahsoka forgiving Anakin so easily despite numerous atrocities (including nearly killing her) is kinda weird. Oh, and the show not acknowledging that Sabine is a mando. I feel she would've fit the Darksaber plot in mando s3 better than Bo-Katan. This show feels like several shows in a trenchcoat and none of them are fully formed.

Best part for me was expecting Thrawn and seeing Space Elon Musk walking into my screen instead. Dunno why I found that hilarious.

Yeah, something far more interesting would have been if there was some sort of grave new threat in this other galaxy. And during all this time Thrawn and Ezra had been fighting it together to survive, allies by circumstance. And in bringing the hyperspace ring they brought a path for this new threat into the galaxy. And it turns out that Thrawn does not give a fuck about restoring the Empire nor did he really want to be saved as he knew what a risk all this would be. But now they need to deal with this new state of affairs. But nope, it is Rebels vs Empire yet AGAIN.

This video is infinitely more entertaining and well thought out than all of Ahsoka. Sweet Jebus.

Thank-you! People made up their own head cannon in order to explain/like episode 5. There wasn't actually any kind of arc. But you can't say that or they will tell you that you're a "fake fan" or aren't paying attention. No I just wanted Ahsoka and Anakin's reunion to make sense and be character driven. I wanted to feel a transformation; I wanted to see emotions on screen.

I miss when the characters act like actual living people.

Chopper was the only rebels character not fumbled in some way.

How does the New Republic even work? Why should the Chancellor hold a vote in the Senate to allow the general (!) to take a squadron if only one senator can approve this mission? Huyang throughout the series: gives logical and rational arguments for why Ahsoka's actions are idiotic. Ahsoka: no. Do as I say, I have plot armor and plot luck. Huyang: Okay. Minefield. Do you have any idea how many mines it takes to mine SPACE? And how long will it take? And why weren't any whales harmed by them? Naturally, flying straight through the wreckage, you won’t damage even the antenna on your boat... Sabin, you still haven’t told Ezra the situation, even though you don’t have time? What a stupid cow you are... How did Beilan and Shin negotiate with the red riders, who obviously do not know their language and who caught them over the corpses of their comrades? Naturally, Ahsoka and Sabine can connect mentally, despite the fact that Sabine is insensitive to the Force... and Ezra is sitting next to her, but Ahsoka does not feel him... Witches can not only sense Ahsoka, but also determine her position on the map with an accuracy of up to a meter? But they couldn't find Ezra for 10 years? Thrawn, if you don't care whether you defeat your enemies or not because you'll get off the planet, why don't you just shoot and bomb them from the air instead of sending a useless landing party? Actually, you don’t have many soldiers left, and you still have to fight the Republic... Ezra. You're a fucking Jedi. Take your fucking lightsaber and fight Shin! Sabin doesn't even use it! Ezra is so strong that he can forcefully stop Shin's blows, but Shin can knock him back and knock him out? The Ninja Turtles invented flying armored personnel carriers, but they shoot with fucking slingshots? By armored riders? How about just running them over? Ahsoka, why did you jump off to fight Baylan if your goal is to help Ezra and Ahsoka and he doesn’t threaten them? And your plan was to let Huyang burn you with flashes? Naturally, Ahsoka can simply drive into the frame through a crowd of stormtroopers, they can’t do anything at all... How about disarming and tying up Shin so you have a hostage and an extra lightsaber? No? In short, I've had enough. The series is shit, which will be licked because they showed us a hologram of Anakin and he said “Ventress.” Filoni is an arrogant hack, no better than Abrams or Johnson. Thanks everyone for reading.

When watching the whales... I told my friend: " why are their assholes hyperspacecapable engines ? "

The Ahsoka in your thumbnail is more expressive in face than in all of her scenes combined

You brought up what seems to be the most important part of the whole 'Sabine gains the force because reasons' that most do not. Its like training someone's hearing when they're deaf, it doesn't work. If everyone can access the force, that means there would be insanely large numbers of force users around and most of them would be darkside, since thats the quick and easy path, accessed by emotion. But they also are managing to quickly ruin how cool lightsabers are, so whatever.

Sheev comes up with some of the most creative titles I’ve ever seen

17:33 that bloody smirk. Why is she smiling at the camera? Why does she look so pleased with herself? Cause she did something "cool" or "badass"? Cause murder is fun. She looks like someone who just finished a dance routine at a talent show.

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Ahsoka has become so important to the narrative of Star Wars, it almost feels like she’s fulfilling the role of a Mary Sue. AND BEFORE ANYONE SAYS THIS, I’M NOT SAYING AHSOKA IS A MARY SUE, ONLY THAT SHE FILLS THE SPACE OF ONE!!! Her importance to the story is warping the narrative space around her. She has become so important to Vader’s story that she’s rivaling Obi-wan in relevance. If the OT didn’t exist, Ahsoka would’ve been the one to redeem Anakin Skywalker. But because those pesky movies exist, she isn’t allowed to overtake them, no matter how much it would make sense in the broader context. And even in the context of the OT, you’d think Ahsoka would’ve been interested to meet the Rebel who destroyed the Death Star the second she realized he was Luke SKYWALKER!!! The second she’d have heard his name, nothing would’ve been more important. Meeting the son of her former master would’ve been a game changer for her. And yet, she was nowhere to be found. She never met him, even when every fiber of her character should’ve been rushing to meet the Son of Anakin and Padme. But her biggest problem is that her story isn’t allowed to end because both the fans and writers love her too much to let her go. So instead of sailing into the West, like all good Paragons should, she lingers in this world, fading from relevance yet never removing herself from the spotlight. As much as it pains me to say it, I agree with Creamy Sheev. Ahsoka should’ve died in the Sith Temple fighting Vader.

“Why is any of this happening?” with the shot Saul throwing his briefcase at the wall is honestly a perfect summary of this show

Star Wars has always been an allegory to real wars. It would’ve been very interesting if they took the concept of “Hell in the Pacific” movie where a Japanese Soldier and an American Soldier are the only two people stranded on an island. It is based on the importance of human contact and the bond that can form between enemies if lacking other contact. Ezra and Thrawn working together on this planet. Then when they are found, Thrawn and Ezra turn back to their old ways.

It's a shame they didn't address the underwater breathing thing - I remember in one of the Knights of the Old Republic game (I know, non-canon), there was a force ability where a Jedi could basically isolate their body via meditation so they could last hours without breathing, it mentioned some High Republic jedi mastering the power and lasting for months without food etc. (which is a bit much, but still, an hour or two with no physical needs would be cool, and there's an easy drawback they could have added so it's not a plot hole for things like Clone Wars - it takes so much focus you literally can't do anything else). This would also mean the fall didn't kill her but, come on, this is Star Wars, no one dies from falling in Star Wars!