Great episode as ever; did not disappoint! Good balance of the fighty-fighty and the talky-talky. We got more insight into Sabine's motivations, and shed some light on Ahsoka's ongoing struggle with being a warrior above all else. I sense a hoopey staff and a new cloak in her immediate future.
Yes, Ahsoka the White may be inbound now. I also think we've gotten a look at Sabine's inner mind- she's more interested in finding Ezra than becoming a Forceless Jedi.
Random thoughts and notes: -
- Droids getting into a fist fight? How novel . . . and uncivilized.
- I know he'd probably refuse on general principle (and programming) but Huyang really ought to have a sabre of his own if this kind of thing keeps happening.
He seems more the noncombatant type, but I expected a little more from him in the way of empty-handed martial arts.
Marrok may just be the best swordsman the Inquisitorius ever produced, just to have survived this long at all. But in in true Inquisitor fashion; not good enough, and how he's dead. Classic Samurai showdown though. Kurosawa would approve!
Very Twin Suns moment there. Heh.
Uh ladies; Huyang specifically said to stay together! Maybe listen to the droid that's survived for 20 millennia around force wielding maniacs and stop trying to advance the plot all the time!
As soon as Sabine tells Ahsoka to go, I was hollering:
"Don't split the party!" Christ, didn't they ever play DnD?
Also curious why Ahsoka is leaving the shoto on her belt for the most part this episode. That's not like her.
For Marrok, I figured she decided one blade was enough to cope with that punk. She'd already beaten him once. For Baylan, maybe holding it in reserve as a switch-up if he turned out to be better than he with a single blade. Also, a free hand for grabbing the map.
OK, so we all know about the Gandalf thing right? So now that we're at that part of it when she falls and is about to get a wardrobe change, does that make Baylan the balrog of this scenario?
Not quite, as she failed to 'smote his ruin.'
I don't think for a second that they're going with the asinine "Anakin's force ghosts is disfigured and half-evil" idea they batted around for TFA. This is a Filloni show, and he actually understands and respects the mythology. I suspect it's more of a "your focus determines your reality" thing, and what Ahsoka sees may just be what she wants to see rather than what's actually there.
It would make sense that a Force ghost of Anakin would appear to Ahsoka as she remembers him- young, as he was in the CW.
That may not actually be Anakin's actual presence at all. I'm pretty sure he's wearing Vader's weapon. I think it's the first time I think any force ghost is seen with a weapon (what would they even need one for?) Also, there's his hand . . .
- I think it's her trial of spirit. Facing the mirror. Which makes sense; we've never really seen Ahsoka tested like this before, and it is a rather important one for Jedi. Well, unless you count that time she fell to the dark side on Mortis and died, which I'm fairly certain counts as a failure.
- So, who what's to bet Ahsoka is about to take a voidspace shortcut to Peridia? That said, I didn't see any gateways along those paths like when Ezra came through there . . .
If she does, what about the Ghost? Does Hera just wait for them all to come back?
If they're going to tell Barris's story, I'd rather they actually tell Barris's story, not just blow it on some cheap shock cameo only 5% of the viewership would even understand.
Ditto.
Much easier to just use the world between worlds to go straight there, no? But for the trip back on the other hand, that may indeed require hitching a ride with some space whales. Though you'd think if that was an option, Ezra would have done it already.
Again, what about the Ghost?