Hey there! Just a few thoughts on Ahsoka. Curious to see how many share views similar to mine on this (This is for episodes 1,2 & 3).
Here’s what I liked about the show:
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Ahsoka herself: At this point of time in the story, Ahsoka is a middle aged, powerful force user who has gone through a lot, and seen a lot. She is a war veteran who faced betrayal by people she considered her own. Hence, her portrayal in live action was very believable (at least for me). She is stoic, calm and appears to be wise. She gives of a lot of “Jedi Master” energy, which I was definitely expecting.
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Hera’s portrayal: I was kinda worried as to how Hera would be portrayed in live action. Thankfully, she was portrayed very well in my opinion. She gives off a very “sweet, capable mum with huge responsibilities” energy. Which is again, what I would expect from the character. The chemistry between her and Ahsoka is definitely something that I loved quite a lot.
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The dark Jedi, Chopper and Jason: Yea, they’re all quite cool too!
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The mystery of Ezra and the new galaxy: I can feel the suspense for the entire thing, which has definitely got me quite excited!
Here’s what the show could’ve done better in my opinion:
- Sabine’s acting: In the first two episodes, Sabine’s acting was kinda flat. I dunno, she somehow didn’t feel like the Sabine that I knew from Rebels. Her solo scenes felt a lot like they were shot in a studio somewhere, rather than her little home at Lothal. However, I have observed her acting get better when she is around other characters. Perhaps the short hair (like in Rebels) is helping in this aspect too. Also, I kinda felt some nice chemistry between her and Ahsoka too!
About the Sabine being a force user thing: Honestly, I buy the “anyone can technically be a force user argument”. I kinda find it comparable to the “very good at math autistic kids” phenomenon that we see on earth. Technically, anyone can learn and practice math. However, these kids innately have an advantage in this regard. If I am an institution that wants to create the world’s best mathematicians (while not caring about the ramifications of separating kids from their families), then I would prefer to “kidnap” such individuals rather than some random kid. While I hope the writers don’t make Sabine capable of using the force effectively (cuz I don’t want literally everyone being a Jedi), I like the new possibilities that this concept can open up. Maybe Thrawn (the most disciplined and focused dude out there) is working on an Ezra Bridger hosted, force sensitive clone army? Maybe this was what the experiments on Grogu were all about? Maybe he’s trying to be force sensitive? Or maybe, we would be seeing an adversary (like the Nightsisters) who utilize the force in ways completely different than the Jedi or the Sith? I dunno… All I’m saying is that this brings a lot of fresh stuff and mystery in the entire SW universe.
Anyways, m definitely quite excited for episode 4!
My only problem with the series is the format of small movies per episode, some episodes inevitability will be less important and interesting. I fear that the next episode will be a let down compare to others, like what happened with Kenobi and Boba Fett.
For me the way Andor was made with arcs with 3 episodes solves these problems.
Oh, I totally agree with you here! Less number of episodes, but longer, individual episodes would’ve been preferable. Gives a lot of breathing room for each episode.
As for the three episode arcs that you’re referencing from Andor, they really are tried and tested ways to create Star Wars seasons. This technique has been used in the Clone wars and the Bad Batch too!
No definitely but in Clone Wars/Rebels/Bad Batch still have some episodes that are more open and mundane and do not advance the narrative, but it works in a large season with multiples episodes, for Disney series with few episodes these episodes take too much time for the plot of the season, I really like the idea of the episodic adventure but sometimes doesn’t works the way they wanted to work.