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vranir said:

smudger9 said:

vranir said:

While we’re on the topic, there any way that we can change Ashoka’s question to Elsbeth? She should know generally where Thrawn is, and Elsbeth doesn’t actually know anything more than she does about it. Instead, could we have an AI voice ask where the map/orb/it is? That (either chronologically or by inference if used as a flashback) is what leads Ahsoka to the ruin where she finds the artifact.

I don’t think the question needs to be changed does it? We don’t see the answer so it’s perfectly believable that Morgan would say that he’s in another galaxy and you need a map to locate it.

But why would she be asking Elsbeth and not someone easier to find who knows the same thing, like Hera or Sabine? It’s weird to go on a quest to hunt an enemy in order to ask a question that your friends already know the answer to.

Even slightly different wording would help: “Where was Thrawn taken?” This would imply that she knows more. “Where is Thrawn?” sounds like he’s hiding or coming, not trapped somewhere.

I don’t think it’s weird at all. As with most Star Wars movie openings, we have to assume many things have happened offscreen, and so, Ahsoka might have heard something that links Elsbeth to Thrawn. And Elsbeth DOES know more about the answer to that question than Hera or Sabine: Elsbeth (and Baylan) know about Peridea, know about the Nightsisters there, and know there is a map. As far as we know, Hera and Sabine have no idea where is Thrawn, and how to get there. Elsbeth does. So… the question makes perfect sense as it is. And the way is phrased (and acted), “Where is Grand Admiral Thrawn?” is quite a powerful way to end that scene and cut to the next one.

Hi! First time posting here. Since Ahsoka started, I’ve been thinking how could a TV-to-movie fanedit of this season work. I supposed some of the ‘usual suspects’ would end up doing it, so I searched and I found that, yes, none other than Smudger9 was already planning on it. So here I am.

In my opinion, the season is unfolding in a manner that will lend itself more to a two-movie edit: the first one comprising episodes 1 to 5, and the second one with 6 to 8. I agree with Smudger when he says that, because of how Filoni has structured the series, it is difficult to cut a lot (as opposed to The Mandalorian, Boba Fett or Obi-Wan). But I also think that, even if it seems that the first episodes do not advance the plot a whole lot, they tell a complete story (sort of) in emotional terms. And, also, the end of episode 5 marks a change of setting, and also an ellipsis, that structurally would make for a perfect ending for the first movie. That movie would tell, on one side, the story of the search for Thrawn. But it would also tell the story of how Ahsoka comes to terms with her heritage, and how she emerges changed, renewed and reborn in order to start the next stage of her journey. The confrontation with Anakin would be a perfect climax, with the second part of episode 5 serving as resolution and epilogue (like Rey travelling to Ach-To to find Luke). Then, hyperspace jump, end credits, cue John Williams fanfare!

Depending on how the last two episodes unfold, the second movie could be the return of Thrawn to the galaxy, and maybe the introduction of a new and previously unknown threat (or, knowing Filoni, it could be something completely different). In any case, I think this series could work perfectly as two movies with a minimal time skip between them, similar to the one between TFA and TLJ. Until now, this show has been, rythmically speaking, quite similar to the movies (or, at least, more similar to them than the rest of the TV shows), and the big emotional stakes would make it work perfectly as two parts. Also, it would simplify a lot the editing process! Anyway, those are my two cents about it.

(P.S.: I absolutely LOVED Ahsoka’s space walk! That was the one moment I could see our beloved padawan Tano through this older, seasoned and tired Ahsoka. And, because of that, I think that’s the first moment (maybe the second, after her jump through the glass in the Corellian shipyards) the audience thinks Ahsoka can really get to ‘loosen up’ and return to her former, lighter, more heroic and peaceful self. Which I think is what has finally happened after her encounter with Anakin. So I hope you don’t end cutting the moment altogether)