JupiterBrains

Ok, so I just finished watching The New Padawan, and it’s a decent start to the series. I think my one major issue with it though, is that you cut so much material. I understand that you used the traitor clone subplot from Hidden Enemy for an anthology episode later, but personally, I wish you’d put it here. Yes, it pushes Ahsoka’s arrival to later in the episode, but it also gives the situation on Christophsis a bigger sense of urgency, as Slick blows up the weapons depo, leaving the republic army drastically underprepared for the separatists’ energy shield. It also explains the importance of Anakin and Obi-Wan’s request for supplies, and also gives Ahsoka more hype, as instead of sending supplies, the council sent Anakin and Obi-Wan a 15 year-old girl. This also justifies the pushing of Ahsoka’s arrival to later in the episode, as she ends up being the resolution to the conflict, helping Anakin and Obi-Wan defeat the battle droids and disable the shield. Also, if you really wanted to You could also intersperse Anakin’s fight with the soda can droids (I don’t remember their proper names) with Pav-ti protecting baby Ahsoka in Life and Death, and use Ahsoka taming the beast to parallel Ahsoka crushing the droids around Anakin, to show Ahsoka’s natural gift for the force. To make the Life and Death stuff seem more natural, you could also add Ahsoka’s birth to the very beginning of the episode, but then there might be too much space between Ahsoka’s birth, and Ahsoka landing on Christophsis if you do add the Hidden Enemy stuff. Overall though, I like what you did with this episode, it took a rough start to the series and made it watchable, which is no small feat. Good job, and I look forward to seeing the rest of your take on this series.