Ahsoka Season 1 Episode 4 - Discussion
Ahsoka Season 1 Episode 4 - Discussion
Obviously spoilers ahead
What was everyone's thoughts on this week's episode. For me it was the best one yet and has me hooked now. Very much looking forward to the rest.
Only 4 more episodes to go!
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Until this episode I thought the show was ok. I’m definitely more interested now. The lightsaber action was some of the best in live action Star Wars. I’m optimistic we will get some nice space combat too. Baylan is an interesting antagonist as well.
I think my enjoyment of the show will ultimately hinge on how well they adapt Thrawn and other elements from Zahn’s trilogy of novels. The show isn’t hitting Andor levels of quality for me yet but has touched Mandalorian levels.
I have this feeling like we’ll get just a hint of Thrawn by the end, and that’ll set up for whatever is the next show and then whatever will be in the movies later on. I can totally see Ahsoka teaming up with Mando and Co to fight Thrawn in a movie.
I wouldn’t mind that premise. It would be great if the Thrawn trilogy could be adapted in some way to feature films or a multi-season show. I’d take some more Jedi master Luke scenes as well.
If they do that they need to bite the bullet and recast Luke. We all love Mark, but the CGI face swapping tech is just not there yet, and arguably shouldnt be used anyway.
I don’t disagree.
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We have Sebastian Stan over here looking like Luke already. Just cast the dude. Although he’s already in his 40s so maybe that’s not the best choice.
Thrawn is 100% being setup as the “Thanos” of this universe. Mando S4 will almost certainly cross over with what we see at the end of Ashoka.
I’m guessing we don’t see Thrawn or Ezra until the end of the last episode to get people to watch S2 later on.
That’s been my guess with Ezra and Thrawn, too.
Ahsoka has to deal with Shin, Sabine, Baylon, and the witch in the next four episodes. That’s a lot. And she has the next episode to figure out how to even follow them.
And Chopper hasn’t even murdered anyone in cold blood.
There’s a lot to do!
Chopper definitely needs to commit some war crimes. So far he’s been really tame (with limited screen time)
There’s still a lot to cover, and I honestly think that’s the worst part of the 8 episode season that Disney has pushed. They’re too short to really show an extended narrative. You have time for 1 story, and anything aside from that feels like it’s wasting time.
Go watch TPM again and tell me this is some of the best fight choreography in the history of the franchise. Better than the OT maybe.
‘Better’ will always be subjective. What I meant to refer to is clearly the amount of thought that went into both the forms and how they were presented and shot. In terms of speed, choreography and athleticism, yes TPM takes the cake.
Choreography for the PT was better, but the overall duels are better here. There’s more than just pure athleticism to be interested in, and that’s why I feel they’re overall better.
The way they face off, trading strikes feels very much like a traditional sword fight. The forms are very clear and the style of the individual shows through. Ashoka with the single lightsaber in this episode was a stand out for me.
The contrast between the master/apprentice is also very interesting to watch. The way Sabine fights the Dark Apprentice (forgetting her name) is more unrefined, while Ashoka fighting the other 2 is a much calmer, methodical fighting style, showing maturity.
PT had the athleticism AND the character work. It’s better than the OT but still feels like a regression to me.
Imo the character work really wasn’t great in the PT. The acting was terrible and the fighting was simply just as fast as they could be. There’s nothing wrong with that, it’s just that it gets boring. It was impressive to watch, but it had less of a samurai vibe