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The Ahsoka series is coming.
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This is absolutely a live action follow up to Rebels
Not enough Chopper.
Yeah, they'd better have a really good explanation for why he isn't there - "bad luck, he's currently busy quietly busting a spice smuggling ring, and there was no way for Ahsoka to get in touch with him, so she had to do it all herself, LOL!" isn't going to cut it. (It will probably be exactly that, though, won't it.)
And I guess the fact that they're teasing a second season, and Filoni is doing a movie in this timeline, means it's pretty much certain that if Ahsoka and Luke ever do team up and do a mission(s) together, and not just chat about Grogu for a few minutes, it won't be in this season.
Overall: meh.
The first half of the season is going to be pre her appearance in the Mandalorian and might include meeting Luke before the Mandalorian or Book of Boba Fett appearance. The second half is the hunt for Ezra. From what I understand, all of her appearances in live action have been before the Rebels epilogue.
Exactly. We don't know.
This show is going to be a huge test of how much Filoni thinks the average Star Wars viewer bothered to watch his cartoons. Just from personal experience, my Dad and Brother watch and enjoy the Star wars films, Mandalorian, and Book of Boba Fett, but they have never and will never watch TCW or Rebels, so I'm really curious if Ashoka can manage to be understandable to viewers like them, which will probably be the average viewer experience. If Ashoka can manage to be completely viewable for people who have just seen The Mandalorian, I think it will do well, but I don't know if Filoni realizes that most people watching the live action stuff don't care about the cartoons, whether thats a fair opinion or not.
As for myself, I liked the trailer well enough. I am intrigued by the evil Jedi (are they left over Inquisitors, or something else?), and by seeing Thrawn in live action, but I don't care about any Rebels characters, so the show basically being about finding Ezra isn't particularly compelling. Hopefully they focus more on Thrawn and his return then they do on Ezra or the Rebels cast, that's the only route where I can see the show succeeding in general, especially with the average non-cartoon watching fans.
As for myself, I liked the trailer well enough. I am intrigued by the evil Jedi (are they left over Inquisitors, or something else?), and by seeing Thrawn in live action, but I don't care about any Rebels characters, so the show basically being about finding Ezra isn't particularly compelling. Hopefully they focus more on Thrawn and his return then they do on Ezra or the Rebels cast, that's the only route where I can see the show succeeding in general, especially with the average non-cartoon watching fans.
No we don't, but while this corner of the BBS may be full of Rebels fans, the general public doesn't know who Ahsoka and the Ghost crew are. So Lucasfilm is taking a bit of a gamble on being able to get said general public excited about a Jedi in the post-RotJ period without publicly mentioning that other Jedi person, the one that people already know and like.
I haven't seen Rebels, but am aware enough of the lore surrounding it and surrounding Ahsoka to be fairly confident that this live-action show is filling in the gaps before - and following up on - its Epilogue, especially after Dave Filoni publicly floated the possibility of Ahsoka's part in The Mandalorian taking place prior to said Epilogue.
With regards to the trailer not showing Ahsoka looking like Gandalf the White or giving any indication of Zeb, Jacen Syndulla, or Luke, I would point out that "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence".
With regards to the trailer not showing Ahsoka looking like Gandalf the White or giving any indication of Zeb, Jacen Syndulla, or Luke, I would point out that "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence".
Plenty of tubers will make a "Rebels cliff notes" videos for those who haven't watched rebels or tcw. Who is Ashoka .. Who is Hera etc.
Plus, there seems to be enough people that have watched it that the Disney bean counters gave to okay for live action.
Plus, there seems to be enough people that have watched it that the Disney bean counters gave to okay for live action.
Great trailer. Who are those other dudes with sabers?
Guess he could do it in that movie of his.
Star Wars has always intentionally been made accessible for everyone, regardless of how familiar one may or may not be with any particular part of it, so although it's fairly easy to tell for those who have seen or are otherwise aware of Rebels and its ending that this show is continuing on from said ending, it's almost a given that the show itself will provide enough information and context clues that anyone unfamiliar with Rebels will still have no trouble following along.
I like the idea of Thrawn finding a ancient breakaway sect (Jedi, Sith, or otherwise) and brings them to this area of the galaxy for whatever consequences.
Yes! I thought the same thing. The logo for the show further hints that a revisit to the Worlds Between Worlds plays a major part of the show. I'm very much looking forward to that aspect of the show because that storyline was one of my favorites from Rebels.
I always love the idea of the hunters becoming the hunted, especially when it turns against the villains. Even though I just rewatched the show, I can't remember if there were any remaining living Inquisitors that we got to know or if any of them simply faded away to make room for Thrawn. I can't even remember if the one that only appeared on Malachor actually died or if it was left open-ended. Gods, I hate my shitty memory.
And hopefully voiced by David Tennant!
One thing you forgot to mention and one that didn't sink into my brain properly until the fifth or so viewing: LOTHCAT!!!!
I didn't think of that. Maybe, maybe not considering the focus of that film is supposedly the conclusion of the post-Return of the Jedi-era shows and Luke is only tangentially connected to them and I wouldn't expect a flashback just to show that.
I'm more inclined he'll do the Luke/Ahsoka first meeting as its own project. Might even only be prose.
It is David voicing.
Incidentally; I had another look at the trailer and that is 100% Corellia. You can see the "pills" in the background of the shot of Chopper. That means the Inquisitor fight, and the Phantom II chase are all part of the same sequence and whatever is being stolen is probably some old Imperial tech.
What I did note though is that this appears to be Sabine's pet lothcat, and true to form, she's drawn little doodles of it all over her walls (along with a familiar looking wolf head.)
Jedi and the force has always been a blindspot for Thrawn. It's something he doesn't quite understand and so struggles to plan for. So it would make sense that rather than ignore a proven strategic weakness, he'd seek out some way to counter it. Of course we don't even know that these guys have anything to do with him, but a major plot point for 'Heir to the Empire' did involve him recruiting an extremist force user type, so there's good precedent.
The Inquisitors basically disappear from the show after season 2. All of the ones introduced were killed off and no new ones showed up. The implication from what Filloni has said is that he needed them all off the board by the time ANH happens, so it's reasonable to assume that they're basically all dead . . . except for maybe this last one and a few other stragglers.
That was 100% his voice.
I guess it didn't register as notable since Tookas have already shown up in live action a few times.
What I did note though is that this appears to be Sabine's pet lothcat, and true to form, she's drawn little doodles of it all over her walls (along with a familiar looking wolf head.)
