Spoilers AHSOKA series [Spoiler Discussion]

[Jedi Marso]

Could Ahsoka and season three of the Mandalorian be concurrent?

If so, this also begs the question of when, exactly Ahsoka visited Luke when Din showed up to see Grogu. Wasn't there supposed to be a two-year break between Mando S2 and S3?

Could the events we've seen so far in Ahsoka all be happening before her meeting with Luke? Could this entire show be happening before that?

 

[Gaith]

^ That's true, it very well could.

Which I guess should remind us all that we've yet to learn when/how Ahsoka and Luke first met. Maybe that'll happen this season.

 

[thribs]

That is a very good question.

Maybe they know that Thrawn’s disappearance and the key’s purpose are related. They know that it will lead them to the same place he went.

 

[Reverend]

Just rewatched and the only Star Destroyer you see taken away is Thrawn's. Yeah, Pallaeon probably escaped.

By that same token though, you never see any of the others actually hit the ground either. The angle remains fairly tight on what's going on with the Chimaera. You don't see what happens to the other Destroyers after the initial hits. Also worth remembering that those things were destroyers. One of those going down over a populated area would have caused a massive amount of collateral damage.

Also, the reports from orbit is that the fleet was just "gone". Not destroyed or crippled, but "gone". Even if they ships were wrecked, the wreckage would still be very much detectable.

If so, this also begs the question of when, exactly Ahsoka visited Luke when Din showed up to see Grogu. Wasn't there supposed to be a two-year break between Mando S2 and S3?

Could the events we've seen so far in Ahsoka all be happening before her meeting with Luke? Could this entire show be happening before that?

That's pretty much what I've been positing. Between Pellaeon's presence on the council and claims of Thrawn's return, Ahsoka's visit to Ossus, and exactly how long the NR had Morgan in custody before moving her to stand trial, there's certainly a plausible argument to make that all of this is happening before or concurrent with the events of the previous seasons of Mando & Boba.

Also consider this: after going to all the trouble to get Morgan Elsbeth to spill her guts, exactly how long do we suppose Ahsoka twiddled her thumbs, playing pazaak solitaire before remembering to actually go to Arcana and actually get the map? For that matter, how long do we suppose Baylan waited around before busting his boss out of space clink?

Taking that into account, it's possible this is all going down while Dyn & Grogu are still on Tython. If nothing else it would neatly answer the honestly rather pointless "why doesn't she call Luke" questions if they haven't even met yet.

 

[Crewman6]

That's pretty much what I've been positing. Between Pellaeon's presence on the council and claims of Thrawn's return, Ahsoka's visit to Ossus, and exactly how long the NR had Morgan in custody before moving her to stand trial, there's certainly a plausible argument to make that all of this is happening before or concurrent with the events of the previous seasons of Mando & Boba.

There's literally no way it is. That would be deeply confusing and unnecessary.

 

[Tuskin38]

Dave's wolf love is showing hard.

Baylan and Shin's last names, Skoll and Hati, are names of Norse mythological wolves. Marrok is the name of a knight in a King Arthur tale who was turned into a wolf by one of Morgan le Fay's followers.

 

[Gaith]

Taking that into account, it's possible this is all going down while Dyn & Grogu are still on Tython. If nothing else it would neatly answer the honestly rather pointless "why doesn't she call Luke" questions if they haven't even met yet.

Hardly. Even it they haven't personally met yet, she must have heard of him by several years after Endor. If so, what is she waiting for? (She did send Mando on a quest to call "a Jedi," after all.)

 

[Set Harth]

My favorite 'period' of Star Wars is from 1977 to about the end of 1980, the first six months or so after ESB. We had two movies, the comics, the toys, and Splinter of the Mind's Eye. And that was IT.

We also had the Han Solo books.
And these things.
And this thing.
(And one other thing we shouldn't talk about. )

 

[Saul]

What i'm curious about is why people think Thrawn is alive a decade on. He must have sent a message or had some contact since then.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I agree that the pacing issues are a valid criticism, and I agree that Hera might have been miscast, but it also could simply be the makeup that's creating a distraction. There are other issues, but I don't have time right now to elaborate.

But overall I am pleased so far. A couple of random points, not necessarily of overall high significance: the degree to which Dawson embodies the extrapolation of an adult Ahsoka is phenomenal, and the entire sequence on Corellia was outstanding. The Stonehenge and ley line allusions are fun.

I also want to say that Ray Stevenson is exceptional, and it's a shame that his performances as Baylan Skoll are numbered. Ivanna Sakhno is also bringing it.

 

[Reverend]

There's literally no way it is. That would be deeply confusing and unnecessary.

Because if there's one thing Star Wars is renowned for, it's telling stories strictly in chronological order!

Hardly. Even it they haven't personally met yet, she must have heard of him by several years after Endor. If so, what is she waiting for? (She did send Mando on a quest to call "a Jedi," after all.)

To work up the nerve? She obviously has a lot of "Skywalker issues" left over. She may have assumed he wouldn't want to talk to the person she considers partly responsible for creating Vader, irrational though it may be.

But yeah, she probably knew him prior (Hera almost certainly), though we have no way of knowing for sure yet. Only assumptions. Not for nothing, but they certainly didn't exactly seem like old acquaintances in BoBF. For all we know it was meeting Grogu and all the feelings that stirred up that made her decide to go see him at last.

 

[Ithekro]

If nothing else, she was glad to see R2 again.

 

[UssGlenn]

What i'm curious about is why people think Thrawn is alive a decade on. He must have sent a message or had some contact since then.

Morgan has been having force visions about him.

 

[Set Harth]

Getting really tired of the Volume though.

Just turn it up.

 

[Jedi Marso]

We also had the Han Solo books.
And these things.
And this thing.
(And one other thing we shouldn't talk about. )

Totally forgot the Daley novels for a moment, there. I've got all three in first run paperback and Star's End in a first run hardcover as well.

 

[Set Harth]

Totally forgot the Daley novels for a moment, there. I've got all three in first run paperback and Star's End in a first run hardcover as well.

All I have is the 3-in-1 paperback I picked up in college. I didn't even know there was a hardcover.

 

[Jedman67]

Just wondering why the NR is taking apart the ISD's and building new ships, instead of just retrofitting them like they do in the EU novels?
Of course, one significant answer is that building new ships from scratch, even reusing imperial parts means that Imperial loyalists no longer have access to the _intimidating_ hardware of the Empire, can't secretly sabotage/steal ships using insider knowledge, as well as the symbol of the NR military being less aggressive than the Empire.

 

[Jedi Marso]

All I have is the 3-in-1 paperback I picked up in college. I didn't even know there was a hardcover.

There were. Ordered through the school book club thing we did a couple times per school year back in grade school, IIRC.

 

[Turtletrekker]

Morgan has been having force visions about him.

And Sabine has been dreaming about Ezra. Coincidence?

 

[Reverend]

Just wondering why the NR is taking apart the ISD's and building new ships, instead of just retrofitting them like they do in the EU novels?
Of course, one significant answer is that building new ships from scratch, even reusing imperial parts means that Imperial loyalists no longer have access to the _intimidating_ hardware of the Empire, can't secretly sabotage/steal ships using insider knowledge, as well as the symbol of the NR military being less aggressive than the Empire.

Two reasons really.

1. Demilitarization. The Empire had a LOT of warships. The New Republic doesn't want, need, or is able to operate a fleet anywhere near that size, so the more of them taken out of circulation the better, and that parts stripped from their decommissioning can be used to build things other than just more warships, or even ships at all.
2. Optics. Those things were a symbol of oppression across a million worlds for a generation. Slapping a starbird on the side of one and promising people "we're nothing like those other guys" just won't cut it.

And Sabine has been dreaming about Ezra. Coincidence?

Well I think we all know what Admiral Ackbar would say about this . . .