It was so trippy seeing Ahsoka as an actual child during the clone wars, sometimes it’s hard to remember just how young she is in the animated shows. Seeing an actual kid play her really puts it into perspective, she was literally just a child in the middle of a war, just imagine…this little Ahsoka had to face Darth Maul.

Hayden is the fucking GOAT at lightsaber combat

This felt like Ahsoka realizing that Anakin always was Darth Vader, that he was always intense, he was always most comfortable in war, he always was a warrior. And she couldn’t have done anything to save him. I think she’s gotten closure seeing him redeemed. It also seems that she’s acknowledged that if there’s darkness in her master, there’s darkness in her, but that it’s not who she is, it’s not all that he was.

Giving Haden a good script really shows that he’s actually a good actor and that he never deserved the hate from before and honestly I’m soo happy he’s finally getting the love he soo much deserved

Seeing Anakin embrace both his lives in order to give Ahsoka a final lesson is a damn beauty.

Seeing dark side Anakin fight with a red lightsaber was fantastic

DUDE! AHSOKA IS FORGIVING HERSELF FOR HER PART IN THE WAR! By the end of the episode she's smiling, not knowing where she's going and BEING HAPPY! We haven't seen adult Ahsoka be truly happy like she was in the cartoon up until now. THAT'S YOUR THROUGH LINE!

Having the youngling slayer after 18 years finally in red was so epic

Hayden Christensen nailed his role as Anakin well in this episode.

I love that Hayden Christianson is finally getting his due for his acting. He was always fantastic. So seeing him like this was a real treat. I hope we see him again.

I think the flashback sequence is actually mostly about Ahsoka's worries about herself. As Baylan said, her legacy is death and war. She was trained by Anakin during a literal war, and she worries that maybe she _did_ get everything from him, as he himself says here. This culminates in her beating him in the fight and then, with obvious effort on her part, _not_ killing him. Anakin is trying to prove to her that despite all of that, she can both be his apprentice and not make the same mistakes that he did.

The water represented her baptism and rebirth . There was a ton of symbolism in this episode

The deeper message was it was her trial. She was afraid of failing and becoming like anakin. She didnt trust herself or her training. She doesnt believe she was trained to be a true jedi just a soldier destined to follow in anakins footsteps. So how could she really train any padawan. At the end she doesnt kill anakin showing she is a jedi and can trust herself and her training

Dude, it’s really about her letting go of her guilt for leaving Anakin, and him becoming a most evil villain ever. She had to decide to want to live, instead of being depressed and grey. She was even on the edge of the dark side, the way she tossed Shin into the rocks. She let go of all that, and came back light. She’s even dressed in white, at peace, and smiling. That was her final lesson.

I feel like Anakin was trying to tell Ahsoka not to let the past be such a burden to her, by reminding her what that burden had done to him. She started to pick up on it, but doesn’t quite understand it yet… but you catch a glimpse of her becoming more… “alive” in her interactions with Huyang, Jacen and Hera after she recovers. But where you see this best is after she knocks on the cockpit window to get Huyang’s attention. Her smile is absolutely beaming! This is the Ahsoka we knew and loved before the Temple Bombing started her on an emotional downward spiral… and you hear it in her voice too. She had found something she had once lost within herself. I suspect Anakin will make further appearances later in the show to draw it further into the light.

I thought the fog was symbolic, but it's worth saying for ryloth the planet did get giant sand storms in legends

Temura Morrison couldn’t fit in the Phase 1 armor so they covered that clone’s whole face with a bandage lol

Anakin representing both sides of the Force was so incredibly peak, and his deaging looked fantastic, especially during the force visions

I thought the final conversation between them on Mandalore to be illuminating. Anakin was trying to get her to confront both halves of her legacy as his padawan, not just exiling herself because of the bad. In the end, she chose life aka living *with* the whole legacy instead of rejecting it.

I feel like the point of the visions was to remind ahsoka how they're relationship was before his turn. They joked, they fought, they learned from each other. In contrast when training Sabine she seems to be too serious. Immediately after her rebirth, she actually smiles and jokes for the first time in the show which I believe will be significant moving forward.

The ending segment with Ashoka and Hera going their separate ways was so sad and heartwarming. Haven’t heard “may the force be with you” used in such a great manner since the OG trilogy. All around, an incredible episode.

The 501st Legion cosplayers must be having a blast in portraying as the Clone Troopers in this Clone Wars live action flashback.

This was Ahsoka's Dagobah cave. This was her self journey.

Ahsoka had heavy Qui-gon vibes upon her "rebirth" and I think that was intentional. Anakin speaks of a legacy of knowledge being passed down from master to master and in episode four Huyang says " You come from a long line of unconventional Jedi. " . Ahsoka's attitude very much echos Qui-gon's in " The Phantom Menace ", " Feel. Don't think. Use your instincts. ", this is precisely what Ahsoka did when she decided to trust the Purrgils.

She had to reconnect with her trauma. What made her hurt in the first place, and what made her decide to stay committed to the light side in the first place. It’s there, it’s just deep dive into psychological and emotional storytelling. I don’t think the execution suffered at all, it’s supposed to make you really sit on it for a minute and ask yourself what really caused her to become detached and aloof and why she needed to engage that trauma in this sequence to push her to that brush with the dark side in her duel with Anakin and still choose to stay balanced.

Darth Vader if he was in his prime and not crippled and burned by magma was terrifying.

We thought “Heir to the Empire” was referencing Thrawn when now it’s clearly a self-referential to Filoni 😂

This episode was Ahsoka finishing her "trials". This was her facing the mirror and emerging a Jedi Knight. Her robes going from gray to white showing this shift was a nice touch

For some reason in my head, I thought that there was no chance we would actually get Clone Wars flashbacks in this series, but we got them, and we got a live-action Siege of Mandalore flashback, and that hit me so hard (seeing a live-action Captain Rex, even if he never took his helmet off, meant everything). That entire Clone Wars-era flashback sequeneces gave me so much emotion that very few pieces of entertainment have ever been able to do, which is why at least for me after tonight, Ahsoka for me is the best Star Wars series they've done yet. There was also a little musical cue in-between the first Clone Wars flashback (which I am fairly confident is the Battle of Teth but not 100% sure), and the Siege of Mandalore, when younger Ahsoka (who looks great by the way) is checking on one of the clones. To me at least it sounded a little bit like the track Burying The Dead, from the final episode of Clone Wars Season 7, and I heard it and I was crying on the spot. Of course this was the other episode Dave Filoni directed for this series. It's a true love letter to The Clone Wars fans, but also serves as a first step for a newer audience who hasn't seen The Clone Wars to see the relationship between Anakin and Ahsoka first-hand that us Clone Wars fan got to see over seven incredible and legendary seasons of television. What a journey. What a ride. What an episode. I'm not sure they can do anything to top this one, but we'll see what happens the next three weeks.

I remember when Hayden made his big return at Celebration 2017 and got a massive standing ovation. You can really tell that that’s when Hayden was finally able to begin recovering from all the crap he got during the prequels, and this is the culmination of Hayden’s rebirth of Anakin.

Dude the Clone Wars flashbacks were so awesome. It was so great to see the phase 1 501st armor and the phase 2 501st and the 332nd armors in live action.

This episode was absolutely cinematic

“I know this is tough, but I want this to be difficult. This is about life and death. And as your master I’m responsible for you. The best way I can protect you is to teach you to protect yourself.” Anakin’s relationship with Ashoka always brought out the best in him.

No man! Life and Death! Its such a simple yet used in this manner a very deep message. Baylan got in her head, in addition to the legacy of Vader, she believes that all she's accomplished is death. But Anakin reinforces what he's taught her and what he's trying to teach you, you LIVE or you DIE. What was beautiful was that Ahsoka took this statement and has been taking this statement as destruction. All she has done is lived, all she has done because of that is fight. But she misunderstood the lesson and thats why Anakin was mad. At the end she learns that exact lesson, she wants to LIVE, but living doesn't mean you have to kill, living doesn't mean you have to choose darkness and destruction, it just means you want to LIVE and you can choose what you want to do with that life. Its honestly beautiful!!! As for the sets, it reminded me of the Dagobah scenes in the strange cave luke went into, like a jedi vision or temple put into motion around her.

Hayden did such a great job, the way he moved in the fight scenes were *chefs Kiss* he had a cockiness and a swagger only anakin could have

Not ashamed to say I shed many tears. Thank you Hayden. Beautiful, emotional and absolutely wonderful Star Wars. Wow

THIS. IS. STAR WARS. I felt like a kid again watching the prequels and the clone wars for the first time.

What really got me was that Ahsoka's "rebirth" was a direct parallel to Gandalf's metamorphosis from Gandalf the Grey to Gandalf the White. The costumers knew what they were doing there

The sets in the flashbacks are dreamy and ethereal, which i think is what they were going for. It made it feel like she was in a dream basically.

It’s been more than half a decade in the making since we started asking “when will Ezra get back?” And now we finally have an answer

I found the fog during the clone wars memories to be very effective. The focus wasn't on the spectacle of large scale battles. The focus was the lesson being passed down from master to apprentice.

LET DAVE COOK.

I thought the Fog of War was used perfectly. It really expressed the chaos and confusion Ahsoka felt on the battlefield during the clone wars and added to the thematics of this being a vision/dream-like state. Visually I thought this was a perfect episode.

What confused me was that Hera said they had no proof, when I feel like their ships would have _some_ sort of camera on them. Even if they didn’t, they could’ve used Huyang’s memory.

This episode doesn’t seem real. It’s like a fever dream. I loved it!

So Ariana Greenblatt has now played young Gamora and young Ahsoka.

I loved this episode just like the last one. Filoni is the man. People were asking how I felt about Ashoka after the first few episodes, and I told them Filoni always starts out slow but then come through strong just like TCW animated series, Rebels. And boy has he pulled through in a big way! Can’t wait for next week!

Best episode yet, seeing Anakin and Ashoka speak with other, Dark Side red Light saber Anakin was surreal.

That was done soooooo well, especially the flashbacks and the proof that Ahsoka will never fall to the dark side, perfect introduction for Ahsoka the white

This episode is amazing, I've already watched it once and I'm going to watch it a lot more tonight

I hadn't even noticed the Jonah reference, I agree it's a pretty neat way of showing that Ahsoka is now on board with her true purpose in the story. I just hope she doesn't go whiny child mode at the end like Jonah 😂

The theme was literally thrown in our faces, but some people just don't get it. They even went as far as to change Ahsoka's whole wardrobe to explicitly show you her change, but still some people do not get it...

I got goosebumps so many times this episode. If your complaining about this there is nothing lucasfilm, filoni, or Disney can do to make you happy. Jason hearing the lightsabers in the water Anakin in the clone wars flashback Ashoka choosing to live Talking to the purgill The purgill going to hyperspace at the end It was a great episode. So many good moments

I may have a bias for prequel era material, but the way they portrayed the characters from the clone wars was spot on I hope we get to see more of the old school prequel choreographed lightsaber fights in the future

Hayden: How long am I needed to continue playing Anakin again? Fans: Yes Dave: You heard em

This is literally going to make me cry. We need more flashbacks. And this little actress did an amazing job. We need a scene where Anakin hugs Ahsoka, like in the clone wars when he was afraid she was gonna die. He's tough on her, but this is big brother love.

Did Ashoka’s eyes flash sith yellow just before her decision to throw away her saber and spare anakin?

I thought it was great, Hayden really nailed it, and the actress playing young Ahsoka did a fantastic job. Finally somebody acting like the Ahsoka we know of old...I was worried that Rosario Dawson wasn't bringing that vigour to the role, but clearly it's been a directorial decision. Dawson's lightness and smile at the end of the episode was such a relief, like sun after a long gloomy day.

“I won’t fight you.” “I’ve heard that before…” Chills man, chills

here's my thoughts on what anakin is trying to teach her on the surface, it's that she has to fight to live the only other option is death but remember the moment he triggers her he's telling her this and little girl ahsoka turns to him after he tells her she has all of him in her and she says yes, but you're more powerful and dangerous than any of us knew and he says "is that what's bothering you." and then he becomes darth vader and attacks her she is fixated on what happened to anakin to such a degree that she's frozen in life, she's afraid to live because she's so guilt ridden. remember she was afraid to train grogu because of anakin, she's having similar issues staying commited to sabine as well what's going on is anakin is saying she has to let go of her fear of failing again, and of her fear of her apprentice turning out like anakin, and she has to let go of her guilt over anakin's choices in otherwords, she has to move on and LIVE and like any good force vision, like luke in the cave seeing himself in the vader mask, and his ultimate choice to either kill vader and become him, i believe ahsoka will be faced with a choice that this vision (or whatever it was) was trying to teach her, about not being paralyzed by what anakin became

Her guilt, leading the clones, Victory and Death. That theme song played through most of the Clone Wars scenes. Accept life or continue to live with her guilt. Degobah-esk vibes where you face your fears in the cave

The music in this episode was unreal

Ashoka’s “I choose to live” is her choice to have a life after the clone wars that’s beyond just being a warrior. I thought that was really cool.

I think the vision was all about the failings of the Jedi and how they are no longer guardians but instead soldiers. She gets to take the Jedi into the light in contrast what Luke will end up doing with his academy. Also ties into what they are talking about in the High Republic series on what a pinnacle of the Jedi order would look like.

I think they were trying to go for a "accept the Dark Side and die or chose the Light as a Jedi and live" thing. Because, when you see her holding Anakin's red saber to his throat, you see a brief flash of 'Dark Side Eyes' in Ahsoka. But she threw away the saber, she chose the Light, after which Anakin's eyes returned to their normal color.

In regards to Anakins lesson for Ahsoka, it’s wild how lost some people are when things are not spelled out to them.

The episode was the best so far but, to Hell with everything else, the live action scene with Capt. Rex almost made me cry.

I just hope we actually get to Thrawn and Ezra with enough time that it’s not too rushed. That’s really what I’m here for, and I bet most people are ultimately waiting for that as well. I guess we’ve already waited 30 years for live action Thrawn, but I’m sure having a hard time waiting.

I believe the point with Anakin's lesson is about her baggage with him. She's been living with nithing but trauma and baggage since she was 14, so Anakin forcing to live or die while experiencing these flashbacks with him, and the knowledge that he becomes Vader, is supposed to urge to live witout it. When he says that all he taught is with her now, I believe he is telling to live with her love of what Anakin was with her, nit the guikt of what she couldn't stop him from becoming. Idk if this made full sense, but I just tried to convey what I think it was.

Absolutely epic duel, the change between Vader and anakin before he changed was amazing!! the scene was really dope, loved the episode from start to finish.

Mothma also mentioning the Imperial Remnant to Hera was a massive surprise. Amazing

I think this was a test by The Sister. Remember, she's been watching over Ahsoka for a while, and this is the first time she's been in the world between worlds for 20+ years. She had to make sure she was still who she was before, by bringing Anakin to challenge her to choose between life and death. She faced down her own responsibilities for her own actions, previously masked behind what was later done to her by the Jedi order, that both were directly related, keeping her conflicted for much of her life, faced with their own contradictions. The ending, without providing too many spoilers, was pretty much obvious. Let's just say there was an 80s song from the Flaming Sensations that'll give you a hint.

this was THE best live action starwars. recreating clone wars animation into live action blew my mind. and gives you an idea of how young she was at the time of Anikin's fall.

I was losing my mind and have no one to talk to about it. My friend who's favorite character is Ahsoka can't watch it without her dad and she's in school so watching this I was hyped to watch your video and get your ideas on it seeing as I have no one else to vent to. I am so hyped for the next 3 episodes!

Just in terms on choreography i thought the lightsaber fights between Ahsoka and Anakin was amazing. It felt like the really captured the heavy and powerful yet graceful combat of Anakin, his style here reminded me of him fighting Count Dooku in Ep.3

Cant wait to see Hera getting grilled by senators. This definitely harkens back to Legends Thrawn books when Feylya and company took Ackbar under house arrest at one moment. On the other hand, I hope Ahsoka after her experiences will be more prepared for inevitable meeting Thrawn himself, and Baylan again with possible rematch,

Ashoka is a product of the Clone War and the age of Jedi warriors. It is force Ghost Anakin who can show her the truth that she doesn't need to follow in his footsteps; instead, take what he has passed down and learn from the mistakes that resulted in the creation of Darth Vader. Ashoka realizes this, and we can even see that she does not try to forcefully find a way to get to Sebine, but instead, she takes a second to meditate and take in the surroundings, which results in her finding the best solution to the way to get to Erza and Sebine.

I don't know the rest but i got the goosebumps with the Purgills when they leave the planet

Hayden channeling Matt Lanter’s delivery/characterization is the ultimate Anakin experience. Perfect.

Hayden is a good actor now? This is awesome!

I think the point of the flashbacks is about trust and listening between master and padawan. She needs to listen to and trust sabine in a way that Anakin didnt listen to her. Anakin and the old jedi forced Ahsoka away, and now shes made the same mistake with sabine. Its about letting go of your doubts and trusting in people, friends and the force. And you get at the end in the visuals, that Ahsoka has let go of that dark mistrust and is letting the force finally guide her back to her padawan

Seeing Anakin live action in Clone wars armor say “no kidding it is” was PERFECT. Seeing Anakin being playful was so wholesome.

I love that this show is a true gift to dedicated Star Wars fans. I couldn’t imagine if someone who never saw the clone wars, or rebels can truly understand & appreciate the way this show is panning out.

Top notch vfx. De-age-ing was great looking. Good episode.

Star Wars Fanatic had a great take on the meaning of the lessons during the World between worlds scene..it’s about letting go of the past. Failures, loss, etc…Ahsoka isn’t responsible for Anakin’s fall or rather (as Anakin states to her) choosing the path that leads to death. She does however have the choice to ‘live’ and accept things happen that she can change and not carry the burdens of war…etc, etc.. his channel said it more eloquently

I really loved the whole, Jason being influenced by the will of the force motif. Subtle but well done! And seeing Hayden do his thing was just unreal !

If you think about what a memory is though, everything that you’re not immediately paying attention to kind of fades into the background, so I figured that the fog was evocative of how in the midst of battle, she was focused on her, Anakin, and the immediate surroundings

I was somewhat confused about the lesson too, but I think the point was that Ahsoka fell into hopelessness after learning of anakin's fall. She probably felt let down and afraid to trust. I think Anakin's point here was that they are more than their mistakes...

I think the critical point in the scene in the WBW was when she decided to not kill the dream version of Anakin, then you see his eyes lose the yellow dark-side corruption. Perhaps that was like her shedding her guilt over her perceived abandonment of him.

now Ahsoka has probably found meaning in fighting again, as she chose to "live" and went from a level of resentment to one of hope. And the purggirls scene at the end was a big step forward in finally bringing the viewer closer to Thrawn and Ezra. Not to mention Jacen's moments that put him in a great position to be explored in the future. The fan-service in just the right amount. Great episode!

I love your dog. I always watch the videos to the very end for that little pat on the head. 😂

I could go on about how much I loved Hayden in this. One thing I haven't seen discussed is the possibility that Ahsoka trains Jacen. He's wants to be a jedi, he's force sensitive, and lets be honest, I'm not sure being a jedi is the right thing for Sabine, it seems like she's mostly doing it because Ezra was a jedi and she wanted a connection to him. 10/10 episode for me. First episode of the series I've been in love with and I can't wait for more.

The General Skywalker/Vader transition on Ryloth was one of my favorite shots in all of Star Wars.

Finally got to see Anakin wielding the red saber!

Seeing this episode with hayden shining as anakim brought tears to my eyes. Growing up with ep 1-3, later 4-6 and watching the clone wars made this episode hit hard.

I loved the Empire Strikes Back nod to Han landing in the asteroid.

OMG!!! I just completed the episode and I can't even explain what I'm feeling rn!!!!! HOLY COW!!!!!I'm going crazy. Finally everything is back on track !!!!!!!!!!!🤯🤯🤯😭😭😭😭😭 happy tears..

I thought we were going to see maul and a flashback to him telling her about Anakin once I saw the siege flash back and see how if she listen she might have been able to prevent it. That’s would been pretty cool imo and dive in how her regret effected her ability to be a teacher and obtain he full potential as a force user.

There is a lot of meta level involved. Anakin says that she also inherited his traits. Through the fight she shows that she is not falling for the dark side, she briefly has yellow eyes, but by refusing to kill Anakin (like Luke) Anakin finds the light. Hence the hope. Balon said that Ahsoka only kills and destroys, this lesson made her change her mind. The dark robe is now gone as it now continues to represent the light, much like Anakin as a Force ghost. So she passed the test because she showed that she would not follow Anakin's path. She also realizes that she couldn't have stopped Vader because Vader was always inside Anakin (always those transition scenes). So she finally comes to terms with the fact that she couldn't have prevented anything and finds inner peace. Before, she always seemed to be somewhat driven and never smiled, now she does.

Just finished the episode myself and WOW.