re: Ahsoka Season 1 Episode 5 Discussion Thread

Wish we got battle droids and Anakin doing some damage

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Also, noticed the change in her garments after, she is fully rested in the light side now.

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Yeah, I felt like there was something to this, as well. We know she still feels (or felt) guilt over Anakin’s fall and it seems like she feared that if she was everything Anakin was, she also had the bad parts of him. He showed her that she could let the bad go. At least, that’s what I’m guessing he was trying to teach her.

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Hayden has done nothing but kill it since they’ve brought him back. The flashes of him being Vader in this was tactful and well done. Still not sure what his message to Ahsoka was

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"I've taught you everything I know, as Kenobi taught me"...

but he hadn't YET. She left him before he became Darth Vader (who she knew of and faced), and he hadn't taught her why. And he hadn't given her the knowledge he learned at the end, when he took Palpatine out and saved Luke.

In this, he finished her teaching. Made her witness what he became, and how he came out the other side. Forced her to do the Luke thing, of both facing him and refusing to strike him down.

In short- Anakin became a soldier; the soldier became Vader. Vader became Anakin again when he stopped being a soldier. Jedi are not soldiers, even for good. He even told her on the battlefield- we're Jedi, we are meant to lead.
When he stopped leading, he became Vader.

Ahsoka had to stop being a soldier, and become a Jedi again.

IGN review:

Too much Anakin. Cheesy dialogue revisiting places we’ve already been

6/10

Which is their bitch asses to the highest degree

And he deserves it. Great episode.

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- Anakin, in general
- Seeing Anakin in his Clone Wars Armor
- Seeing Clone Wars Ahsoka
- Seeing and hearing Rex
- Finally getting a mention of Kanaan

I wish we could see Ahsoka and Anakin just talk more. I would like to hear Anakin discuss Vader, his fall, his redemption, etc. Ahsoka still seems to carry guilt over his fall, so it would be cool to see them hash that out some.

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I liked him looking around and saying he doesn't recognize this one, and she says the siege of Mandalore... and he says yeah, good work

That little exchange actually tells a lot- Anakin isn't omniscient now, he's still Anakin (at whatever level he's at); and he's not just an imagined mentor, as he's just now commending her on this... if he was just a little voice in her head, he'd have already done that long ago.

Ok, so what was Anakin in this? Actually in the WBW, force ghost, hallucination? I’m confused.

Live action Rebels AND Clone Wars all in one!

The flashes between Anakin and Vader were incredibly well done. It was so awesome to finally see Hayden playing TCW Anakin - armor, snarkiness, and all - in live action. His redemption has to be one of my favorite things as a Star Wars fan.

Something that really rang true here with the child actor that never quite did even in TCW is that Ahsoka was truly just a child soldier during that time. Such a harrowing life she’s led. And still she’s become Ahsoka the White. Such an amazing character arc.