Star Wars Is Setting Up Something REALLY DARK - AHSOKA Episode 7 "Dreams and Madness" REACTION
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Guys, that pause of Thrawn’s when he realized who trained Ashoka. They nailed it.
Right?? Because Thrawn always knew who Vader was... it was such a great moment to see it.
Thrawn was shook😅
Also he met him as Anakin as well.
@@jcoutlaw420He was like oh her master was Anakin Skywalker……
WAIT WHAT?!
he may not know that vader is dead yet and he knows vader conquers planets alone
Ahsoka not only feeling lighter and more jovial but also fighting with more confidence and assurance after her experience with Anakin is wonderful. Rosario Dawson is absolutely killing it.
That's what I thought too. Some of the old Ahsoka.
Her portrayal of grief, guilt, fear, and then recovery is masterful (and this is coming from a licensed mental health counselor who's often critical of actors clearly "acting" during this process, lol).@@cj7810
I also love that change in post near death experience Ahsoka but I don't really like Ahsoka's portrayal. Snips was always very energetic, emotional, verbal. Rosario's version is too stoic and without much emotion.
Snips' fighting style depended upon speed and agility. Rosario's version of Ahsoka is slow, not very athletic (so far) and seems to rely a little more on power. She's not a bad character, just not the one we knew in Clone Wars.
Ahsoka has trauma and loss and was a child of war what more do you want from her? now that she is much older wiser calmer found her CHI I think Rosario is killing it ... this is small screen imagine what they will do once she's on the big screen true Ahsoka lightsaber battles will be more intense and gymnastics
@@denningfamily2145my brother in Christ, she got fucking old. It is the way of things. The clone wars wasn't yesterday in terms of timeline and she's seen and been through a lot since then.
I wasn't sure about the Ezra portrayal last week. But now, I'm 100% on board with this actor. 10/10 for me now.... yup, he's Ezra.
the actor is good but the fight was pretty bad. Ezra and Sabine together vs shin and they couldn't take her down, he gets forced pushed by Shin. idk he seems really nerfed
disappointed. tbh
ezra asking to be a prisoner is what really got me 👏🏼🤣🤣🤣
to be fair they were holding back I think@@iruleandyoudont9 she was losing when the trooper showed up
@@iruleandyoudont9 tbf he's pretty rusty he was living with ninja turtles in peace without violence for 10 or more years
I legit cried when I saw C-3PO. He's been there for so many people and to see Anthony Daniel's most iconic character in Live Action again was such a treat.
I do believe you think I’m some sort of god!
Omg get real lol
....memberberries
Crying for Luke? Ight but crying for C-3PO? lmao nah
I legit rolled my eyes
I think Baylan realizes that he misjudged Ahsoka when she distracts him with the flares and runs for Sabine instead of trying to go for the kill; in their previous fight, he assumed she would be like Anakin and always go for the quick easy way, and that was part of the reason he told her that it didn't have to be this way. I think Baylan is realizing that Ahsoka learned very different lessons from her time in the Clone Wars with Anakin than Anakin did.
Yep, with things you have more of a trio of interconnected focus with Obiwan, Anakin, and Ahsoka during the Clone Wars where they each seemed to slot right into a position to cover each others weaknesses.
Ahsoka doesn’t mind killing inquisitors and sith (excluding Vader) She can probably tell that Baylan isn’t necessarily evil or completely engulfed in the dark side
Baylan really is conflicted. When Ahsoka asked him if he was disappointed he said "no", and it wasn't because he was spoiling for another fight. I'm a bit surprised that Ahsoka hasn't picked up on Baylan being up to something yet. Anyone else think that Ezra was a bit weaker than expected for having survived out there for so long?
@@sdtrailrider8070 yeah I was expecting Ezra to have them flying far with the force push, force choking, or moving faster than a normal human but I guess stuff like that will only happen in games / animation
Yes, as it should be. The next generation will always find ways to be better also anakin is more flawed than Ashoka
The positivity of the reviews here is a nice breath of fresh air. Watching other channels and streams is just exhausting.
And yet there will always be haters which is sad, their own opinions get in the way of their enjoyment
seeing ezra and his humor really was the best thing I’ve seen in awhile in Star Wars live action 😂🔥👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
He said nah keep it the force is my Allie what a wise man reminds me of Kenobi with that beard !
@@naszirboyd9950 Honestly ~8 years of just isolation without a weapon to practice the force? Without his lightsaber I'm sure he's really intune with it. He's done stuff with it only masters have - like repel a lightsaber - which shows he's got a REALLY high mastery with it. Give him time to clean off his rust from not having battled for nearly a decade and he's going to be a complete BEAST.
Big part is, Huyang's there, and we all know Huyang, more likely than not, has parts needed for Ezra to construct a new lightsaber.
Carrie Fisher's daughter playing Leia is the best possible choice they could've made. It keeps it close to Fisher for the purists, but doesn't do anything stupid like AI resurrection.
@EthanKironus8067 And what about Sebastian Stan as young Luke? They look alike in my opinion & I think he’s the true “Star Wars” fans top choice.
@@isaacbenoit5384 I don't really know.
@@EthanKironus8067 Alright then.
I think should get Millie Bobby Brown to play Princess Leia, she looks so much like Carrie Fisher and she's a very good actress. She would nail the part.
@@isaacbenoit5384Luke shouldn’t be recast as long as Mark Hamill wants to be involved.
I loved the interactions between ezra and sabine. There dynamic felt like it was straight out of rebels. Also loved the c3p0 cameo very unexpected for me. Very excited for next week.
I love how Ezra was in this episode, great casting and acting, phenomenal episode.
Phenomenal? Come on… it was pretty bad.
LOL. I wouldn't say oscar worthy, but his guy is doing a great job at portraying the character. And giving a much better performance than 80% of all SW roles. @@ItzD3fW1sH
@@ItzD3fW1sH ratio
Din Jarin would be disappointed with how often Sabine does not wear her Mandalorian helmet.
She would’ve died at least 15 times over without that beskar lmao
In her defense she did leave it on Seatos in ep.5, you can even see Huyang holding it after Morgan Elsbeth and co left for Peridia
@@overland1178 facts
this is the way
Thrawn's reaction to learning that Ashoka is Anakin's padawan is golden.
Throughout the whole series I've been speculating that shin will turn to the light side, but after this episode, I feel like she is going to take a different path where we see her trying to find her own porpuse in life or maybe not idk. Shin has become a character I look forward to see more in terms of character develop. God I love this show.
I agree.
She hesitated when Ashoka said she can help her. She considered it
@@jeremyscott6758 Agree, I belive her decisions from now on will depend on how her next interaction with Baylan turns out.
After Baylan kinda pushed shin onto her own path I think she would feel lost not understanding what her master trained her to become so maybe she could become Ashokas new padawan I think she’d fit perfectly while Ezra and Sabin will go off on their own and Baylans arc comes to an end next ep maybe finding what is calling to him as a cliff hanger or maybe they’ll have the character continue on as something even darker but unfortunately working around the fact that Rey unfortunately passed away
Or we could even see shin fight against her already corrupted master or she just confronts her master next ep
I have so many theories I love this show so so so much
i rewatched the scene where Asokah offers to help her over and over, Shin (and mad props to the actress) shows barely contained terror when asked to surrender her weapon. she almost breaks, but then her flight instinct hits. Its so well done and so well acted. Shin now knows she has absolutely no chance against Asokah, she learned the power of Sabine's master
the released breath, the slight stumble, the throat gasps. perfect acting
I didn't want it to end, but wow...Shin is about to go DARK MODE on Baylon. Ahsoka has plenty of lightsabers in the ship, so if Ezra really needs one, Ahsoka has it covered!
I suspect that Baylan is very gifted in foresight with the force and i think he knew already knew that Shin couldnt win that fight and he gave her a last advice before she went into it, with the hopes of she surviving and coming back to him less eager to fight and be a part of an rising empire.
If you pay attention, Baylan is never happy to draw out his saber, he only engages in a fight when he sees there's no other way. He didnt want to hurt sabine, he didnt want to fight Ahsoka (in both fights, more so on the 1st one), he didnt even wanted to hurt anyone when he went to extract morgan from prison. He is always like, it didnt had to come to this but you leave me no choice. Like, he has his goals and he wont let anyone get in the way but if you dont try to interfere he wont do anything to you. He's a great character!
I firmly believe that he wasnt trying to kill Ahsoka in the 2nd fight either, he just wanted to keep her from meddling with Shin's fight as he most likely wanted to show her how the empire work and how you cant trust them. As soon as the troopers started to drop because Baylan did not partake in the fray just stood there up the hill watching the fight unfold, Thrawn ordered the troops to fall back leaving Shin alone against 3 "jedi". I think it was all a lesson to Shin, as she seems too hungry for power (empire like) and he has to keep saying to her that this kind of power is meaningless in the grand scheme of things, as he already said to her, it is a cycle of the rise and fall of the empire, she didnt understood that this military based power with 1 single circustance that flips the odds makes so it is changes who is on top. She had a platoon of troopers with her and it was certain of victory, all it took was Baylan to stay of it (and not run after Ahsoka).
They really nailed the visuals in this series. Wow
If only the writing was as good.
@@Rockoblocko Haha truth, but we have to be honest, the hokey dialogue and weird stuff is kind of a Star Wars trope at this point. 😂😂
@@Rockoblocko The writing's great!? Star Wars is sci-fi pulp inspired by 1930s Buck Rogers; and even then, Ray Stevenson as Lord Baylon says deeply prophetic and poetic lines
When Ashoka said “I can help you” to Shin you could see her hesitate for a while… Baylan abandoned her and you could see the confusion and hurt face he has sent her on a path where he will basically kill his own apprentice if she joins the new empire with Thrawn, and she knows IT, because she knows that Baylan wants to stop the cycle completely so she will either turn to be a Ashokas apprentice,perhaps? Or she will return to Thrawn and do his bidding & becoming a type of mercenary Vader figure…..
I really hate that we didn’t find out what Balin senses in this episode. Like I need to know so badly but I can’t wait until we do find out. They’re building the anticipation so well
Only 1 episode left, we need to kick it up a notch
Patience young padawan
He Is sensing Palpatine's clone...
@@drointhewind480yeah, I thought more would get resolved in this episode it looks like we are going to get left with a lot of clfiffhangers. It really sucks that Ray Stevenson won’t be there to resolve things next season.
Live action Bendu
When Ahsoka hides in the debris field, there is one short moment, when there are some small things, like really tiny larvae flying out there in the debris. I wonder whether the graveyard is also the Purgil birthplace. (Because if the Night Sister rode them to go anywhere, there must be Purgil leaving Peridia as much as returning to die.) Another matter: Baylan tells Shin that her ambition leads her one way, and his path leads in another direction. He does not dismiss her. She could choose to go with him and forsake her ambitions, (I think she knew this was coming, hence her constant asking what Baylan seeks in Peridia) and go with him, which she doesn't.
Baylan seemed sad in parts of that scene as if he was ordering her to death. He probably does fear what she could become. Their reunion will be interesting to see in the next episode
Space shrimp
Ezra was amazing. That's such a good characterization from animation brought to live action.
After the original actor of Dumbledore died, they recast him. I would love a recast or original trilogy characters fighting against Thrawn and all his forces.
Nah bro the original trilogy characters are way more beloved than Dumbledore lmao not even a comparison.
Carrie Fisher’s daughter did the Leia scene from TROS with Leia CGI face on and the Luke actor from Mandalorian and Book of Boba Fett looks very similar to Mark Hamill even before CGI so I’m really hoping they utilize the OG trilogy characters. They can even use the guy who played young Han from Solo and alter his look. People keep saying CGI and de-aging is expensive and hard but I feel like if random CZcamsrs can do it then there shouldn’t be an issue having the original trio in future projects
These stories will go on forever that is what Disney Does, so yeah I think that eventually many characters will be recasted.
I don't know. Maybe every now and then, but for the most part, I want new stories and characters. I love the legacy characters, don't get me wrong, but their stories are ultimately told so, again. Maybe they pop in from time to time but they should never be the focus or the game changer at this point.
He may not look exactly like thrawn but his facial expressions, his manerisms and just the presence he exudes is 100% Thrawn. This is my Thrawn
Hope Shin gets a redemption arc. She's clearly been used a a pawn this entire series and now is completely abandoned. Hope she gains some independence and is able to do her own thing for once without taking orders like someones attack dog. She would make a great apprentice to Ahsoka.
Part of me is wondering if Shin is going to, essentially, end up being the Disney/Mandoverse parallel to Mara Jade.
Though, with her looks reminding me of Gunn Yage...perhaps more of Morrigan Corde/Nyna Callixte from the Legacy comics
@@AzraelThanatos Shin also might be a Joruus Cbaoth version. Cbaoth, being a clone of the original Jedi Master was the lesser version of the real one, and in a way Shin is the less version of the team, with Baylan being the real one.
She might also become the living vessel for Aboleth - a nightmare leader of a new dark Jedi order or something worse, essentially claiming the power Baylon is drawn to and destroying her master in the process, sith-style. She seems like an empty vessel waiting to be filled, ambition without purpose. Thrawn is a great threat but he isn’t a dark side threat. The dark sisters may be helping Thrawn at Aboleth’s behest and Shin may be teh real prize for the dark side.
@@Valandhirbro you need a ruler for that stretch
@@Chris.Smith420 I know, but I love having crazy ideas.
From what I took away from the interaction between Baylan and Shin when he dismissed her, I think he was testing her to see if she would seek fleeting power by going to Thrawn or if she would help Baylan with finding the power he seeks. You can see Baylan hang his head in disappointment when she gives Thrawn Ezra and Sabine’s location.
I may be wrong but that’s what I took away from that interaction. I believe Baylan cares about her but like you said she may become dangerous if she betrayed him.
I can’t wait to find out what power Baylan senses.
The fanged god of Dathomir, Son, who will make Baylan his avatar in the same way Daughter did with Ahsoka, Baylan is getting a bat companion instead of Ahsoka’s convor
Leia is absolutely going to appear in the last episode. It's going to be Disney's screen test to see how audiences react. Our collective reaction will likely be the determining factor in whether or not they bring the deaged characters back to life for the big screen.
one of my personal favorite details within the episode is how Ezra sort of uses a kind of "Drunken" form of hand to hand combat. his mix of flow and slight embellishment of force abilities truly just fits the character. love how he chooses not to use a weapon as well
Baylan is such a good character, love seeing someone who isnt a jedi or sith. I hope we learn more about him and that shin learns from him and follows his teach8ngs. Wish star wars had more characters like him.
Shaolin monk Ezra... It's such a cool concept! I'd love to see him continue down this path and become some sort of untouchable, impenetrable wall of force, casually disarming his opponents. The Jedi who doesn't need a lightsaber.
Dude, thank you so much for these videos! I can't imagine how much you have to bust your ass in order to get videos like these out so quick, and with so much substance. Again, thank you.
Thank you for watching!
Ezra passing up the lightsaber makes sense, after all he's not had or used one in about a decade so him leaving it to Sabine who has been training is on point.
He's trained without a lightsaber than he did with a lightsaber. So yeah, makes total sense.
Eh, wielding his lightsaber is a lot like using the force I think it would just be muscle memory if he used it, wouldn’t take him that long to re adjust.
I really didn't like it honestly. He almost got his ass kicked. Could have at least taken a blaster
@@hidude9919 he did use a blaster after the night troopers came. were you even watching the episode?
@@DarthMalaks_Missing_Lower_Jaw yeah but that was after he almost got his ass kicked by shin
Ezra passing up on a free lightsaber= Jedi Master
If the title of this episode isn't a reference to Abeloth then I don't know what is. She literally drove Jedi to madness through dreams.
It's a reference to Baylan calling Peredia "a place of dreams and madness" but that in istelf is hopefully a reference to Abeloth
This episode made me more confident that Abeloth is calling to Baylan and not some alien species. We even see Baylan become corrupted as he gets close, abandoning Shin and aggressively fighting Ahsoka. It is the only thing that makes sense other than something completely new.
@jandocarrillo2731 When Baylan said that line, I was thinking... coincidence? Now with an episode with that title? It will be bizarre if it's not her
@@mjjfilms4597No not at all. It 100% has nothing to do with Abeloth.
Grand Admiral Thrawn has a highly militaristic mind set. He could be one of the toughest enemies to ever defeat. I hope he stays around for a long time. I'm loving that character.
Seeking the Moon and Sun is one way to read the translation for Haiti and Skōll but to devour is another and that could play into the series as well.
Shin didn't deserve to be abandoned like that.
ikr 😭😭
Agreed it seems to me baylan sees shin as a tool a means to an end to create his perfect balance I just hope ahsoka can show her compassion and help her
Thats what TERRIBLE writing gets you
Yes I can’t believe he abandoned her to the empire!
She for the streets!!
It’s so exciting!! Can’t wait to see how they will end the series next week
Great video and I gotta say, your narrating abilities have really become…stupendous!
Hands down the best show about Ashoka. Everyone just goes through the show and says what happen giving easter eggs.
You really break things down
Basic rule of command, you do not give your enemies problems you give them dilemmas. The enemy can overcome problems but to solve dilemmas the enemy must choose to sacrifice something. I loved how Thrawn gave Ahsoka the dilemma of choosing her friends or stopping him.
Things will change when Ezra finds out about Thrawn
He brought Thrawn here
yeah it's a little annoying that they haven't clarified their relationship yet, like it's been all these years, has Thrawn really not been able to find Ezra yet? he was like a short ride away from his base and they have night sister magic "find this person" abilities... Did they just go their separate ways?
It's been years since I read the trilogy but I thought Thrawn blockaded the capital with a few cloaked asteriods but by "dry firing" the tractor beams made it appear as though many were deployed therefore making the New Republic chase ghost asteroids.
That's exactly what he did in The Last Command.
I have only been into Star Wars in the last 6 months or so….. I LOVE IT!!!!!!! I don’t care if they bring in things that the new fans might not know! The beauty of Sci-Fi!
So I thought Thrawn Soldier are dead but no smoke came out during the fight
yea its kind of disappointing they seem to be basic stormtroopers that cant hit a target again and again and again. The spirit troopers was a way better idea but as usual fan theories are sometimes better than the actual shows
I’m so happy that they might not be dead.
Please keep doing these instant reactions
I absolutely loved that Ezra refused the lightsaber to rely completely on the force to fight
Great take on the episode! I definitely agree with your final review statement
Seeing the ramshakle way the stormtroopers fought in this episode I came to appreciate Ramsay Bolton (Game of Thrones) a lot more. HIS troops knew how to fight.
And Thrawn used cloaked asteroids in coruscant, not mines.
If they do recast Leia, Im glad its Billie. She almost has to be the first in a full recast. She's already done the Cameos so going with someone else would give me a very bad feeling about the franchise future.
Best episode yet! Can’t wait to see the big reveal. Super Excited
Thank god for this positive comment section. Came over from SWTheories channel and it was absolutely toxic😞 Loved this episode and the series as a whole so far!
Bruh, imagine being this sensitive
@@mikes.4855 I just don’t understand where the hate was coming from on that episode
Ezra is hiding something. Way more powerful than he let on.
You think he's way more powerful and let some Grey Jedi padowan force push/toss him & knock him out?
Unless the power is somehow dormant I'm not sure that can be the case.
While he obviously very adept at facing the grunts (never once did he got hurt fighting dem troopers and nomads), he did seem to have never fully tested his mettle against another force users in close combat after such a long years in Peridea. Hence the slip up I suppose.
He's undoubtedly very strong in the Force though. Just look at him performing Force deflection/Tutaminis on Shin's lightsaber blow, so much so that it bends the blade slightly.
Plus, Shin could be utilizing the Dark Side, and we all know it considerably augments one's ability.
Also was surprised he turned down his lightsaber from Sabine. I think this is a key detail…perhaps this eludes to him having grown much stronger in the force. My recollection is a little hazy but I can only think of Palps not using one because he was so OP in the force he didn’t feel like he needed to. Any other theories about this anyone can think of?
It's great to see Thrawn being afraid of Ahsoka😁 It's nice to see duel of Baykan and Ahsoka again. Shame Baykan and Shin are distancing from each other. Maybe he's right. But it's no nice to treat his daughter that way. It's great to see Thrawn analyzing his opponents,getting to know them,their motives,desires. This is true analyzing. May the Force be with you too😊
Baykan and Eggs
He’s not afraid of Ahsoka he just knows she’s very capable of ruining his plans
... Episode 7 felt like a rollercoaster 🎢😎👍 after hyperspace trip with Ahsoka & just was..😬😬😬🙀
Again, purrfect & lovin' 😻 every second of it.
they jumped the shark with the force martial arts for Ezra.
Man, you got this out SO FAST! Well done! I'm so sad the finale is next week, but SO EXCITED for it.
shin is gonna get possessed by abeloth
If only the writing was that good.
Baylon Skoll is going to be The One that sabotages The Scion and temporarily keeps them all in Peridea
perhaps he aleady has.
I'm thrilled about what this could means for the future of Star Wars including before and beyond the sequel trilogy.
yes! very excited for episodes 10, 11, 12 !!
Really enjoyed this episode. I thought the pacing was pretty good! I do wish Ezra used his light saber 😢 my only complaint
i was a little like "aww" at that too, but it made sense to me, made me think about how he's had a lot of time to contemplate his own history with violence
Yeah that makes perfect sense. Especially since he’s been living with a peaceful crew.
I was just praying that shin will survive the whole episode. She made it so far lmfao
Haven't you see her face at the end? her heart didn't survive 😢
Good to see ezra take action
Baylen and Shin are about to flip to team Ahsoka
I'm wondering what Baylan is up to??
I'm going to need more episodes 😩
Wow another great episode
Carrie Fisher will always be our Leia. But if there was to be a replacement. Billie Lourd would be the most likely choice for most fans that know the connection between the two I believe.
Cmon man, a 31 year old woman with 2 kids. Lets get a young hot up and comer, like Carrie was when she was casted in a new hope
I guess we're recasting baylen too then huh. Recasting OG characters is not the way. Just simply leave those characters in peace and let them be remembered for the Original trilogy and not any of this Disney garbage. After this season of Ahsoka ends it'll go right back to being shit Disney star wars.
The species that build the statues and Tempels in peridea and also the first episodes has to be the Zeffo. The Signs behind thrawn in episode 6 were written in zeffo. And in the concept art of the temple in episode 1 there are zeffo statues. The technology morgen uses to get to peridea is also zeffo (the weird holograms for example and the lines when entering hyperspace). In fallen order Eno Cordova said that the zeffo turned to the dark side and he lost them outside of their galaxy. That means that they went to peridea and maybe founded the dathomiri.
Also it would make sense that we see cal cestis in the Mando-verse soon.
The zeffo also wrote words in Sith on their temples in peridea which could mean that they invented sith alchemy for example.
Baylan is my favorite character in the show, It’s sad that Ray Stevenson passed away so it’s unlikely we will get to see his story fleshed out. Unless is comes to a close this season
I'm ticked that he passed away! That's awful. He seems familiar but can't place him... from the start I've been impressed with his acting as well as the character. It's by far the best in this series so far. We'll definitely miss him.
His lightsaber scenes were amazing !!! Rest easy Ray 🫡
I really hope that eventually after all this completed they Begin some movies and tv shows on the old republic era. Revan / Malgus era.
Ventress was name dropped and that’s all I care about
Shin Hati swinging and missing at unarmed Ezra like he’s Mike Tyson took out all of the immersion
4:37 Now that Ezra's name-dropped Zeb, I *REALLY* hope they have Zeb appear near the end of the final episode for a Ghost Crew reunion between Ezra, Sabine, Zeb, Hera, and Chopper to finally get the family back together.
My only real problem with the episode is Thrawn never deployed his perfectly functioning Tie fighters and the junk fighters instead of just using the Junk Fighters.
Makes perfect sense, thrown is very calculated. Why use the best of your resources when you’re goal isn’t winning but distracting your enemy. His main focus is leaving and enter the galaxy with a decent force knowing he will be fighting the new republic when he returns while getting the split empire together. Makes no sense to use perfectly functioning tie fighters knowing they’re not just returning to the galaxy but inevitably fighting another galactic war.
It's a crying shame that Ray Stevenson passed away. He was an amazing actor in this role and I can only imagine how he would have continued to add to the Star Wars franchise.
What makes Thrawn so dangerous is that he understands it's not important which side wins the fight or the battle. All that matters is who's left standing at the end of the day.
Filoni is crushing it! Some of the best Star Wars. A really good episode and overall a good series.
how many drugs you have to take to think like that? cmon, Ahsoka is bullshit. Srsly. Nothing makes sense in that series. And nobody.
I also enjoyed Assajj Ventress being mentioned in live action for the first time
I missed that!
So they built a hyperspace ring for Thrawns Star Destroyer
Not to mention dreams and madness as a Ep title is a direct aboloth reference if I remember right
Shin’s shoulder armor is like the Jedi order crest!
This episode was a great showcase of Thrawn's cunning. He sent the least amount of troops necessary to pose an obstacle to his opponents which they wouldn't be able to overcome on their own, thereby buying himself time for his escape while not risking _anything_ . The best possible outcome would have been his troops overpowering his enemies, resolving the problem right away, while in the worst case scenario, the number of troops lost would still be inconsequential compared to the fact that his escape is secured. The only way in which Ahsoka could have stopped him would've resulted in her friends dying, with Thrawn being fully aware of her unwillingness to allow it.
Had good old Sheev possessed only half of Thrawn's smarts, the empire would still be kicking 500 ABY. But no, let's _intentionally_ leak the unfinished DS II project and *provoke them into attacking our superweapon construction site*
Dude was Hella conflicted during the fight. You can tell his heart wasn't in it at all. And when she got away, you can see he felt a little bit of relief he didn't kill her
Awesome!
Little thing I noticed that I haven't seen anyone talk about.
There has been a little talk about just when in the time line it is. We already know that it is after Mando season 2. and now with the mention of the encounter on mandalore it happens after season 3.
It wasn’t mines that Thrawn used in the blockade of Courscant. It was cloaked asteroids/ comets.
Ezra and Ashoka easily taking on Shin without a lightsabre was awesome. In general great episode. The Samurai vibes are strong with this one. And Baylan is such an interesting villain, that long shot of him just pondering about what he's gonna do next (at least thats how I interpreted it), what a brilliant actor. But Baylan likely sees Shin as akin to Anakin, he doesnt know about Mustaphar, but 'Impatience for victory will guarantee defeat', sounds a lot like 'If they have the high ground, dont jump into their lightsabre'.
Ezra got bodied in the 2 on 1 and Ashoka definitely used a lightsaber though...I wouldn't say Ezra did it easily but Ashoka definitely did, which is to be expected when it's a "Master" level former Jedi.
Edit: I was mistaken, Ashoka doesn't use her lightsaber when first coming into the fight.
@@Thena_the_GreyShin handled herself pretty well between Ezra and Sabine honestly. She also killed Sabine again 😂
@@Thena_the_GreyIdk I think Ezra did pretty good considering he presumably hasn’t fought another force user in years. Not to mention he repelled Shin’s lightsaber using just the force which on its own is really impressive
Haven't seen Ashoka's Mortis Owl.. U think it will show next episode? Maybe Ashoka, Ezra, and Sabine catch Baylin going into world between worlds, follow him and fight in there - then somehow get thrown into the old republic era via a force push from Baylin or something.... would be crazy.
I'm sorry man, I gotta do it to you. Ahsoka*
@@aidanhogan-thomas1797 agreed I was typing fast 😂
@@aidanhogan-thomas1797 maybe she's just a Pokémon fan and slipped up
I enjoyed it Deeply 🔥
If Baylan is looking for the Bendu , I think Thrawn will pull that " oh oh" face one.more.time. 😅
It was 🔥
3:00He gaged 😂😂😂
Also I like how they talked about the galaxy but nothing about Ezra yet. Curious about a reveal about him. Something’s still feels unresolved there. Flash back incoming to kick off last episode.
When Thrawn and Morgan were watching the 3d map of the fight and Morgan deemed it as a loss because Ashoka and friends were still alive, but Thrawn pointed out why it was a win was such a great example of what makes him so dangerous. Thrawn is always thinking about the long game unlike everyone else. His brain is almost as strong of a weapon as the the force. I can’t wait for the pay off in episode 8.
Baylen! Shin doesn't want to be a part in the empire! Come on man! Wasn't it said by him in early episodes that they were going after whatever he's looking for together? And going to partake in it together? Don't do her like that lol
Asteroids fitted with cloak tech so they republic didn’t know how many was around Coruscant is what Thrawn used in the legends, FYI. Not mines.
No green smoke from the night troopers. I wish there was a hint about what Baylan was looking for. The last episode better be longer.
Im bummed out its almost over
I would not be shocked if Ezra was Abeloth because of his refusal to use a lightsaber.
I am glad that you agree that the dark side is not evil, and that balance is what needed to be achieved. maybe Filoni is diving deeper in taoism, and realize, there is no purity of the light and dark side, but there is always a little dark in the light, and vice versa. I think Ashoka is failing because she keeps trying to fight Baylan, and need to understand him .
The dark side itself may not be pure evil, but I do think it is pure aggression and despotism and that it's practitioners can become pure evil.
Hera's rank insignia looks like cold medicine.
The empires own looks like a pack of gum or chicklets haha 😂
I cant believe so many people missed the Hati Skal connection. I noticed it immediately since i am a mytholgy fan.
Skoll chased the sun which embodies the cycle of day and night and ultimately the cycle of history which he wishes to destroy perhaps a device or being that can alter fate is what he seeks. Shin hati chaes the moon which also represents cycles of change. However much like the moon changes phases I think her allegiance will change as the ground work has already been laid with Ahsoka offering her a new path