Star Wars: Ahsoka

Ahsoka was a highly anticipated Star Wars television show. It would provide some explanation doe what Ahsoka was up to between the end of Star Wars: Rebels and The Mandalorian. Personally, I loved this show but I do recognize that there were some negatives to the show as well.

The Negatives:

No Zeb. Zeb was a key member of the Rebels team and someone we’ve actually seen in live action already. He made a cameo appearance in The Mandalorian and was voiced by Steve Blum, who voiced him in Rebels. For such a crucial mission involving everyone else from the Ghost crew, it was strange to not see him included. 

No live-action flashback to Kanan. This was more of a hope, but after seeing flashbacks to the Clone Wars and Anakin training Ahsoka, this would have been the icing on the cake.

The New Republic. Star Wars has painted itself into a corner with this period since the First Order rose and now they have to explain how a new government was ignorant of that rise. Unfortunately, this creates some frustrating scenes where characters obviously either ignore facts or cover for the first order. The saving grace for this is that characters acknowledge this sometimes but it does not feel often enough. 

The Positives:

More live-action Anakin Skywalker. The Clone Wars animated series did a great job adding layers to Anakin so it has been great to see Hayden Christensen come back to play him again. The praise for him from the fans now is drastically different than the negativity he received when the prequels were first released. 

C1-10P aka Chopper! Chopper is the 1A of my favorite droids. R2-D2 is the greatest droid in Star Wars but Chopper is amazing. He’s got an absolute lack of empathy for him and he delivers so many funny moments.

Baylan Skoll. This performance by the late Ray Stevenson was perfect. Baylan was a former Jedi turned bounty hunter with his apprentice, Shin Hati.  Baylan felt a calling and was neither good nor evil. This was reflected in his lightsaber which was more of an orange than the dark side red we have become accustomed to seeing. 

Overall: 

Ahsoka was a great addition to the Star Wars lore. It helped to fill in more information between the original trilogy and the sequel trilogy. It managed to introduce Thrawn to the live action audience and it gave some much needed attention to the Rebels animated show. 

Make sure to check out Ahsoka if you are interested to see the direction Star Wars is heading.