This series showed promise. But it’s now jumped the shark.
An over reliance on monsters where we know the heroes will always pull through.
Filoni and his insistence on child characters that are always smarter than the trained soldiers etc.
all this leads to somehow Palpatine returning.
Lol… filler?
Can we drop that term please? This show is one of the most consistently written and fun Star Wars shows ever produced.
Season 2 was about 60% filler, jus sayin
Link to updated books please!
Wow you’ve updated this a lot since I last checked in, it seems you’re channeling your inner George Lucas!
I’d like a link to your latest version if I may!
I get that. We’re here for when you get back mate
Are you still doing the edit?
Yes and no. The project will be developed when (or if) I get back into Star Wars. Not feeling it as of late.
How far into episode 2 have you gotten?
Just watched this edit after disliking the sequels for the longest time, and I must say that I like what you’ve done.
Brilliant work all around!
Sounds good. The early seasons definitely suffer a lot from this.
thanks 😃
If the first film is ready then may I have a link?
Act 2 is where a lot of fat needs to be trimmed and I’ll work on that this week after the premiere. I desperately want to keep the Clone Wars flashbacks but they may have to go 😦
That’s probably the only thing I truly liked about the show, Hayden’s return as Anakin. Unfortunately it doesn’t really do anything to push the story forward so it should be cut.
When you think about it, not a lot has happened over the course of 7 episodes. It’s basically just “Star Wars: The Return of Thrawn”. Seeing Hayden as Anakin again was nice more satisfying than in Kenobi), and I really like the the actor who plays Ezra, but over all, the show has not covered a lot of ground.
Totally agree. Plot wise it fits a 3 act movie perfectly.
Act 1: Character introduction & getting the map to Seatos.
Act 2: Confrontation on Seatos & Journey to Peridea.
Act 3: Thrawn reveal & FinaleHowever, it’s been edited and structured in a way that makes it difficult to cut the fat.
Much work to do! Hopefully all will become clearer after the finale.Perhaps they saw how popular that Kenobi fanedit was and decided to make this in such a way as to make an edit very difficult 😉
Wouldn’t surprise me. I also wonder if fan editing is one of the reasons we don’t seem to get deleted scenes anymore.
Do you think fanediting would have that much of an impact?
I would have thought it was Disney not wanting to show anything except their original product. For example there was a book written by J.W Rinzlet about the making of TFA, he did the other 6 films, but they subsequently cancelled it.
Can I have a link to these please?
Can I have a link please
When you think about it, not a lot has happened over the course of 7 episodes. It’s basically just “Star Wars: The Return of Thrawn”. Seeing Hayden as Anakin again was nice more satisfying than in Kenobi), and I really like the the actor who plays Ezra, but over all, the show has not covered a lot of ground.
Totally agree. Plot wise it fits a 3 act movie perfectly.
Act 1: Character introduction & getting the map to Seatos.
Act 2: Confrontation on Seatos & Journey to Peridea.
Act 3: Thrawn reveal & FinaleHowever, it’s been edited and structured in a way that makes it difficult to cut the fat.
Much work to do! Hopefully all will become clearer after the finale.
Perhaps they saw how popular that Kenobi fanedit was and decided to make this in such a way as to make an edit very difficult 😉
Show just continues to be boring. Stupid republic plot is resolved. Seems it was just a filoni excuse to include his oc.
All the action has no stakes. Silly Ezra and the dolly pollies. Thrawn just standing around stroking his moustache.
He has no screen presence whatsoever, none of the characters do, except Balan.
I watched all of Rebels, and the Ahsoka show is still a disappointment.
The casting choices for all of the Rebels characters are a disappointment compared to the animated voice which was much more emotive. Perhaps this is due to different factors; experience, direction and writing.
Sabine was a much more likeable character in rebels, yes she was a bit OP for her age, but in this new show she and a very unlikeable personality and every scene she’s in is grating and I want to skip it.
Hera seems to be just there because Filoni created her. She also doesn’t act very much like a general and should be demoted for her irresponsible behaviour.
Other have said Ahsoka is as bland as a block of wood, and I would agree. The animated version was much more interesting and had more depth.
As a rebels fan, the two dark Jedi are more interesting than anything in this show.
Also Thrawn looks more like Elon and not I high ranking imperial.
I would like to see your first version if I may
As soon as Ezra was on screen for ten seconds, it was the least annoying ten seconds I’ve ever had with him.
Sabine on the other hand is as insufferable as Ezra was in the series
I’ve realized that the biggest issue I have with this show is the lack of reason to fear Thrawn. I know him from the books. Some fans know him a bit from Rebels. But in this show we have been given no information or evidence of his clout beyond his rank. Even from Rebels we know that he has with him one Imperial class Star Destroyer - what difference does that make? I’m sure there were plenty after Endor that had to be dealt with.
I’m loving the prospect of seeing a new region of space in Star Wars, and I want to see Thrawn in live action, but the threat just isn’t something I feel.
I agree, I want to see him in action in the remaining episodes, to see him be this feared, impressive tactician and leader, and not simply be told about it. Unless that is what the “wrap-up film” from Filoni is going to be, and this is just laying the groundwork for that? That will will be underwhelming if it does.
Yeah I do agree that’s an issue. It’s the problem with making Ahsoka a direct sequel to Rebels because if you haven’t seen that show Hera and Sabine are completely new, and while the show does an admirable job of trying to introduce them to new viewers it doesn’t quite work. Also because it’s a sequel to Rebels it doesn’t feel the need to show why Thrawn coming back is such a big deal because it assumes you’ve watched Rebels and therefore know why Thrawn is so intimidating. If you haven’t seen Rebels he’s pretty much the main villain of the later half of that show. I haven’t read his original trilogy, but from what I saw of him in Rebels he was a fantastic villain. He doesn’t get defeated due to anything he does wrong, it’s other characters in the Empire who screw up his well-laid plans.
Thrawn is terribly inconsistent in Disney canon. In the Zahn novels he’s barely even villainous and his primary goal is to protect the chiss. In rebels he’s just another villain of the week.
May is have a link to all your edits please
Also the holograms on this show are more colour than blue. This seems like a big overlooked change
@goob, are you going to be trimming a lot of someone moments and exposition heavy conversations? I’d say a lot should be cut but it also seems difficult to do so
No it wasn’t a thing in the previous animated shows, I think it was just for Jedi Fallen Order since in a game you have to sense places/objects to gain xp and exposition.
Technically retconned so Rey has it as well meaning it debuted with her, to explain her vision as she touched the lightsaber in The Force Awakens.
How many retcons now in Disney Star Wars? It just seems like a pathetic excuse now for lazy writing.
I am finding this show very hard to like. The characters seem to talk too much but not actually say anything except the plainly obvious by telling the audience exactly what is going on. It’s just very very dull, and knowing that it ultimately leads to the first order etc doesn’t make me any more interested only less