I suspect that the Thrawn mention will come into play next season. Wouldn’t surprise me if we don’t see Ahsoka again until then.
Upon reflection, I was really impressed how this episode felt like every kind of Star Wars coming together in a unified whole and not feeling disjointed. PT (Clone Wars, Corouscant), OT (Yoda, explaining the Force, McQuarrie-ism), ST (the village, the guards), cartoons (Ahsoka, Thrawn), and EU (Thrawn, imperial remnants, Tython): it all felt like it belonged together.
Will be interesting to see how and when they get to Tython, and how that affects the show. It’s a Core World iirc, and this show has been very based in one corner of the Outer Rim. If we assume that S2 will conclude with dark troopers & Gideon, possibly with a kidnapping Grogu cliffhanger, then S3 is set up for traveling to Tython.
How did the village and the guards remind you of the ST exactly? Just outta curiosity.
Fair question. Although we saw some on Tatooine in TPM & AOTC, I feel like average street scenes with townspeople and vendors make me think of the ST. The guards voices reminded me of Kylo Ren’s mask voice, and the way that their uniforms represented a sort of Empire-reimagined (similar insignia & weapons, but localized and altered) gave me ST vibes.