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#1387970
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<strong>Ahsoka</strong> (live action series) - general discussion thread
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StarkillerAG said:

Rodney-2187 said:

StarkillerAG said:

he seems intent on shoehorning Ahsoka into every project he works on.

She is not in every project he works on. She was not in Resistance. Also, I wouldn’t say being a supporting character in just a few episodes of Rebels would constitute shoehorning. Her popularity makes it seem like she’s everywhere because she is frequently mentioned, but shes mostly just in The Clone Wars.

I completely forgot about Resistance, actually (I think everyone has). And I guess she really isn’t in that much of Rebels, but the thing that set me over the edge of “This character is clearly the author’s favorite” is when Ezra traveled back in time in order to save her from Darth Vader. Like, she didn’t need to survive past that fight, it was a perfect end for her character. But Filoni contrived the situation so that he can break the rules of space and time in order to save his author’s pet.

StarkillerAG said:

making it so that she can never die causes her to overstay her welcome somewhat.

I’m sure she can die, but It would be hard for a character as popular as you’ve mentioned Ahsoka is to overstay her welcome.

I actually don’t know if she can die. Besides the aforementioned time travel, there’s also the moment in TROS where she spoke to Rey. It made it seem like she died, but then Filoni was like “No, she actually survives past TROS,” and Ahsoka’s dialogue was retconned in the subtitles to “Female Jedi #4.” That also made me wonder if Filoni will ever just let this character rest. And I do think it’s possible for a popular character to overstay their welcome, and that’s generally what’s happening with me for Ahsoka.

It’s not like Filoni wrote that she died fighting Vader then changed his mind and rescued her. We see her walking away after the fight. I think it was his idea to do something like that from the beginning.

I’d never heard of “Female Jedi #4” before. I turned on subtitles for TRoS on D+ and still see Ahsoka written, and in the credits under Voices of Jedi Past it still says Ashoka Tano - Ashley Eckstein.

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#1387947
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<strong>The Mandalorian</strong> - a general discussion thread - * <em><strong>SPOILERS</strong></em> *
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Didn’t Ewan McGregor do a “costume test” or something the other day at the volume? What if that was just a cover story? I wonder if he could appear as some sort of holocron recording from the Jedi archives or something?

I don’t think everything has to be connected, or should be, and I get that people liked how the first season was mostly separate from the rest of Star Wars, but it’s inevitable that we’re going to bump into some connections along the way. I don’t think they will take over the story though. We are still following our main characters. Cameos are just enriching the experience.

In 9 ABY, we’re not that far off from The First Order forming. I don’t know how many jars of Snoke fails they went through before they got a functional one, and I thought all that would have been done on Exegol, but I wouldn’t think it too strange to find a Snoke in a jar in the back of an Imperial base years after the fall of the Empire, knowing what we know now. Just because we see a hint of something from another story, doesn’t mean it has to be anything more than that. I doubt Gideon’s plan has anything to do with the Sith on Exegol and everything to do with those troopers on the walls.

I’m absolutely loving all this Star Wars talk. Everyone has so many ideas and none of us know anything. Brings back memories of how sure I was that Vader was lying about being Luke’s father. I mean, there’s no way Obi-Wan would mislead Luke, right?

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#1387927
Topic
<strong>Ahsoka</strong> (live action series) - general discussion thread
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StarkillerAG said:

he seems intent on shoehorning Ahsoka into every project he works on.

She is not in every project he works on. She was not in Resistance. Also, I wouldn’t say being a supporting character in just a few episodes of Rebels would constitute shoehorning. Her popularity makes it seem like she’s everywhere because she is frequently mentioned, but shes mostly just in The Clone Wars.

StarkillerAG said:

making it so that she can never die causes her to overstay her welcome somewhat.

I’m sure she can die, but It would be hard for a character as popular as you’ve mentioned Ahsoka is to overstay her welcome.

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#1387849
Topic
<strong>The Mandalorian</strong> - a general discussion thread - * <em><strong>SPOILERS</strong></em> *
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I’m thinking what we see in that tank is definitely meant to be a reference to Snoke. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are more references to the sequels, but I feel like Gideon maybe has his own plan. I think he’d rather become the new Emperor than revive the old one so maybe he wants The Child to transfer Force abilities to himself with a transfusion somehow. He doesn’t seem like a Sith cultist and I don’t think he reports to Exegol. He may just be using whatever cloning tech the Empire left behind, but he seems to be making his own power play. Those troops on the wall look like his own project.

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#1387457
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<strong>The Mandalorian</strong> - a general discussion thread - * <em><strong>SPOILERS</strong></em> *
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I just get the feeling we’re in for a serious tragedy at some point. Something that challenges the characters more than they have been. If the first season is like Star Wars, then maybe the second ends on something darker, along the lines of The Empire Strike Back. Maybe Ahsoka sacrifices herself to save The Child. Maybe Gideon actually obtains The Child and gets away and we’re left wondering his fate as a season ending cliffhanger.

There are only 4 episodes left and I think we’ve seen everything from the trailer at this point.

I wonder if the search for Ezra will be animated or live-action? Maybe those plans hinge on how well received a live-action Ahsoka is.

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#1387409
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<strong>The Mandalorian</strong> - a general discussion thread - * <em><strong>SPOILERS</strong></em> *
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I wonder how long after RotJ does Sabine go with Ahsoka to search fro Ezra. Was it before or after 9 ABY, the time period of this series.

There isn’t a new Jedi order yet, so The Chid can’t be turned over to them. Would Ahsoka want to take him? Would she know about Yoda’s species? Would she know how to find out? I think the Jedi archives are gone. So is the temple on Jeddah.

We know Snoke and Palpatine both have Force abilities, so they were successful in their experiment. This doesn’t sound very good for the fate of either The Child or Ahsoka. I feel a great disturbance in the Force.

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#1387187
Topic
<strong>The Mandalorian</strong> - a general discussion thread - * <em><strong>SPOILERS</strong></em> *
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ZkinandBonez said:

The last scene of this episode s certainly going to spark a lot of debate among the fans. The whole shot of the mystery troopers gave me a shadowtroopers from Jedi Outcast vibe.

Sounds like one heck of a battle is coming our way. Can’t wait!

idir_hh said:

If they start veering down the Snoke/Palpatine/Exogol thread. I’m out.

I’ve thought that’s what they want The Child for since the third episode of the first season.

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#1387055
Topic
Sequel Trilogy Opinions
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I enjoyed all three and continue to do so. I’ve seen them all multiple times. They’re not perfect, but nothing is. I loved seeing the original cast return to portray their classic characters one last time. I think the passing of Carrie Fisher impacted the last movie more than anything else, but they managed everything beautifully in my opinion. These movies and this franchise will outlive us all, and I like that.