Ahsoka

[marble whale]

He’s some rando with a mask who’s going to get offed by Thrawn during the penultimate episode

To show he’s a threat and not to be messed with

[main ledge]

Eh it's not really in Thrawn's character to straight up execute someone

[valid blaze]

It's actually a Japanese thing called Kintsugi, where you repair broken objects with gold.
It was used for Kylo helmet in tros

[marble whale]

Talk them to death

[amber star]

Oh no kidding, that's really cool! That's... weirdly, surprisingly Jedi of them lol

[fervent skiff]

also jokes on us for this whole time assuming the Dathomiri were named after Dathomiir, turns out it was the other way around this entire time cause the Dathomiri migrated from a different galaxy

[main ledge]

His moment is probably his half broken ISD taking on those three New Republic ships from last episode

[fervent skiff]

also im sorry especially after showing actual nightsisters you cannot convince me morgan isnt just a human like

why does she look that way??

are they retconning it so that the markings are facepaint?? that makes no sense given Ventress and Merrin 😭

[main ledge]

Maybe she uses Magick to distort her face

[amber star]

Also first time we've ever seen a Stormtrooper do something helpful and not just be in a scene to be intimidating/cannon fodder?

Pog?

[mental osprey]

Thrawn’s entrance was fucking dope

With the organs

[fervent skiff]

or they retconned her into being a nightsister when it wasnt the original plan

[main ledge]

Ah yes them liftng cargo

[mental osprey]

Retcon works fine tbh

[amber star]

Truly the Good Guys of the galaxy

[fervent skiff]

wtf

thats not what i meant to do

okay fixed

that was weird

[fervent skiff]

i mean ig but it is kinda weird

that shes just standing next to three other nightsisters that look nothing like her

lmfaoo

they dont even like mention it

its kinda wack

[mental osprey]

Idk it doesn’t bother me

[valid blaze]

Morgan:

[mental osprey]

I’m sure there’s some dumb explanation

[fervent skiff]

yeah morgan has gotta be like 2 generations mixed with humans or something bro

[main ledge]

It'd be funny if this episode was them just making a pit stop to Mos Eisley to get parts from Peli Motto

[valid blaze]

As far as I'm concerned the nightsisters are still considered to be some variation of zabraks, which have human skin tones. So it's not that weird

[fervent skiff]

dave filoni look me in the eyes and tell me these are the same species

[main ledge]

Well also they are from the original planet

[marble whale]

Wasn’t expecting Thrawn to have a full ass assembly of new imperials but I shouldn’t be too shocked

[main ledge]

I wonder if the Nightroopers get dental

Do they recieve a 401k?

[marble whale]

Props to Thrawn’s dry cleaner though

[fervent skiff]

that what we calling them?

Nighttroopers?

thats kinda badass

[marble whale]

That uniform is still spotless

[fervent skiff]

he uses neverwet

[main ledge]

That's what the subtitles said

[marble whale]

No we are calling them Oompaloompas

[echo sapphire]

except his was red so it probably wasn’t gold

[echo sapphire]

i wonder how they did the face for that one helmet

[mental osprey]

As somebody in the Navy, I don’t understand how Thrawn kept his dress whites so spotless.

Dude has a good ass dry cleaner

[amber star]

Night Troopers ooooo

[mental osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-its-beautiful-gif-14598256

[main ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/the-darth-side-of-the-force-is-a-pathway-to-many-abilities-gif-21623328

[amber star]

I always kinda rolled my eyes a little bit, whenever I see videos talking about like the different kinds of Stormtrooper it's like

Standard rank and file Stormtrooper

The classic

Yes

Good

[fervent skiff]

also guys

[amber star]

Scout troopers, ok yes this is in fact another kind of Stormtrooper, good good

Sand trooper

This is a regular Stormtrooper but dirtier

[marble whale]

All of this is unimportant, what we need to know is do they sit in hot tubs in speedos?

[fervent skiff]

where is Pellaeon? Like wasnt he on the ship when they got BLASTED to the other galaxy in rebels? We see him on the shadow council in mando? Was he calling from this planet or did HE and only HE find a way back to the main galaxy?

[amber star]

Definitely a totally different guy

[mental osprey]

He definitely didn’t get banished

[main ledge]

He wasn't on Thrawn's ship

[fervent skiff]

was he not?

[marble whale]

Night Troopers are not qualified unless they have dedicated spa sessions

[mental osprey]

So two more episodes? What do y’all thinks gonna happen?

[amber star]

Your collection will be incomplete without the Sand Trooper helmet, which is just a regular stormtrooper but dirty

Night trooper, this one is a regular stormtrooper but broken and dirty, you must purchase the--

Like guys these are all

[valid blaze]

You hear him over the comms when the purrgil show up. He wasn't on the chimaera

[amber star]

The same guy

[grave chasm]

Thrawn's Kintsugi Troopers were on point.

[amber star]

They did look pretty cool

[grave chasm]

It's a very thrawn thing to have

[amber star]

It was awesome seeing them just kind of appear

Like hundreds of them chanting like they're some kind of crazy cult

[marble whale]

Gonna guess Sabine will reconcile with Ahsoka, prove herself as a force user, fight to escape back to their homes, Thrawn will not be entirely defeated has it is setting up the Mandoverse movie

[grave chasm]

Enoch is wild

[mental osprey]

Heir to the empire movie gonna go crazy

[grave chasm]

Was not expecting that face

[mental osprey]

I refuse to call it the Mandoverse but yeah 😭

[marble whale]

It’s stupid yes

[mental osprey]

It is incredibly stupid

Just call it the new republic era

[grave chasm]

My guess is that Ahsoka arrives but fails to stop thrawn from leaving. But she can stop Baylon from whatever he's planning

[mental osprey]

Yeah I’m guessing Baylan is gonna die

Also Ray Stevenson

[grave chasm]

Rip

[mental osprey]

Goat

https://tenor.com/view/top-gun-top-gun-maverick-salute-tom-cruise-military-gif-26899454

[grave chasm]

He was very good this episode

[mental osprey]

I need the track for Thrawn’s entrance

I need the soundtrack Kevin Kiner

I need it now

[marble whale]

Best we can do is 3 weeks

[grave chasm]

We need a second wave of lego ahsoka sets

[marble whale]

Honestly 8 episodes still doesn’t feel long enough

[grave chasm]

Maybe a Kintsugi trooper battlepack or a Chimera Star Destroyer

And I love how grand and epic thrawns return is. Ignoring his fantastic entrance in this episode, making the plot about his return from exile is genius

[turbid drum]

Descendant from an offshoot that hybridized with other humanoid species. We already have Jacen, another humanoid hybrid wouldn't be weird.

[marble whale]

I mean Zahn paved the path

Might aswell

[mental osprey]

I feel like Thrawn is going to majorly damage the New Republic and it’ll lead to them being so weakened in The Force Awakens

Maybe he’s why Leia breaks off and forms the Resistance

[marble whale]

Ezra will say “I have become Snoke destroyer of fanbases” and Snoke all over the place

[fervent skiff]

I mean i dont doubt thats a good explanation but was she like, trained as a nightsister? she seems on the older side she was likely born before the nightsisters were genocided during the clone wars

[mental osprey]

I know they already made books about this shit but it seems Dave and them are ignoring the books and comics so this is all going to be new

Dave ignored it with Ahsoka and the siege of mandalorian and with Kanan

[turbid drum]

I like that the first thing that Thrawn does when told a Jedi is coming is "yup, that's the Jedi that you said got killed"
Comprehension of mystical stuff might not be his strong suit but he gets that probably is better not to underestimate space wizards woo much.

[fervent skiff]

they havent made any books about thrawns return

all the books about thrawn are BEFORE he was taken

[mental osprey]

And tbh I think it’s fine because I don’t want some comics or books that not many people have read to dictate the direction of the live action shit

[mental osprey]

I mean about the resistance and forming of the first order

Because Thrawn’s return is obviously going to play a major part in that

[turbid drum]

Dathomir's group might not be the only one. Galaxy is big, smaller groups may have been around in more diverse parts of the galaxy and probably went mostly extinct.

[turbid drum]

Nah, it's pretty clear the Republic was weak because Mon Mothma was obsessive about decentralizing everything and not creating a strong enough executive power that would be able to repeat the ascent of Palpatine.

[mental osprey]

Do they say that in the movies and shows?

I’m saying I have a feeling they’re going to ignore large parts of the expanded media to do their own thing

[turbid drum]

There was a scene that was cut from TFA that hinted at the Republic being stuck in political squabbles because there was only the senate and no permanent executive power.

But Abrams is a moron so he cut it.

[mental osprey]

Yeah then I would guess they’re going to change some stuff from the books and comics with whatever was addressed in them

[turbid drum]

Also this is more than twenty years before TFA.

[mental osprey]

Yeah but imo there’s no way this event just leaves everything exactly as it was

It’s going to set up the first order

If it doesn’t I’m going to be very surprised

[turbid drum]

I don't think it will get big enough to influence the state of the Republic.

[marble whale]

I don’t think we are ever gonna get the build up to episode 7

[mental osprey]

I disagree this seems like a big ass conflict arising

[marble whale]

People thought the stuff with Moff Gideon cloning would lead to Snoke and the First Order too

[turbid drum]

We saw the birth of the FO in Mando.

[marble whale]

Kind of?

Shallowly

[wise maple]

new best Doggo in Star Wars.

[mental osprey]

Yeah and that stuff directly ties into this

[turbid drum]

it's pretty clear that Thrawn's faction is not the part of the empire that will originate the FO.

[grave chasm]

Gideon's clonning plotline was a big let down tbh

[marble whale]

I was disappointed that Moff’s cloning thing was about himself

[mental osprey]

The reason they want Thrawn back is to unite all the factions

[grave chasm]

Three seasons and nothing comes of it

[mental osprey]

So that would include whatever became the first order

[valid blaze]

You know, I really love how imposing the chimaera is despite being beat up to shit
Also helps that we haven't seen a star destroyer in this time period yet, at least in live action

[turbid drum]

You assume the FO is a union of the faction, I just think it's the only one that survived.

[mental osprey]

I’m saying I wouldn’t be surprised if they ignored expanded material and just changed how the First Order came to be

[turbid drum]

presumably Hux Senior's.

[mental osprey]

That’s all I’m saying

[marble whale]

Wouldn’t be the first time Star Wars has ignored material

[mental osprey]

Dave has done it before

[turbid drum]

Mostly because the FO is visibly very un-Thrawn-like.

Also most of the Empire hated Thrawn, the guy was an alien and competent enough that many thought he made them look bad.

[mental osprey]

Bro that’s from the books and shit I’m saying they might just ignore all that and do their own thing 😭

[marble whale]

In terms of the Resistance I felt that was just a very natural evolution given the Rebellion wasn’t really rebelling as much as they were helping mandate peace after the Battle of Endor

[mental osprey]

You’re missing my point

[grave chasm]

Can't wait to see people argue over who Enoch is

[mental osprey]

My shit I just dropped

[ashen pivot]

Baylan is kinda based fr fr fr

[marble epoch]

Enoch is Rukh

[valid blaze]

I assume its probably just gonna be that the imperial remnants have thrown all there eggs in the thrawn basket, it's all gonna fall apart and whatevers left becomes the first order

[marble whale]

Thrawn enlists Embo

[turbid drum]

There are hints of that in Rebels, he failed to stop the rebels escaping from Chopper base not just because of the Bendu but also because some of the officers wouldn't obey his order to stay in formation.

[mental osprey]

What I’m assuming

[marble epoch]

It was so weird hearing Thrawn's voice come out of Elon Musk's face

[mental osprey]

Would be cool if the final battle in the movie was the Battle of Jakku. I know that would be ignoring a lot of other stories but who cares it would be cool 🙃

[marble whale]

Elon Musk but he’s actually intelligent

[grave chasm]

Elon Musk when he's gone to mars

[mental osprey]

I’m sick of stories being hampered by comics and books that I have to read in order to understand shit. If it’s not in live action or animation, i personally don’t see it as canon given Dave Filoni just ignored that stuff

[mental osprey]

Yeah that threw me off at first

So weird hearing his voice

Coming from an actual person

[valid blaze]

Part of me wonders If we'll actually see the bendu. I doubt it, but I would like to see.
Also would be interesting if the bendu vision of thrawn defeat wasn't the rebels finale. But whatevers coming in dave movie

[mental osprey]

Idk why it was jarring

[mental osprey]

That sounds dope

[marble epoch]

Mena Massoud has nailed Ezra's voice btw

Eman

[grave chasm]

Books and expanded material is cool, but some of it's basically been discarded since the rise of skywalker

[marble epoch]

Omg I'm an idiot

[grave chasm]

Looking at you poe backstory

[marble epoch]

Eman Esfandi

[ashen pivot]

Mena has strong charisma

[grave chasm]

And then they wrote a book just to try and fix it

[valid blaze]

If they actually end up doing the battle of jakku though, we better fucking see inferno squad. Especially since iden already uses Janina Gavankar likeness

[grave chasm]

Oh no, Poe was only a spice runner because he was undercover and so his backstory actually works if you squint at it

[marble whale]

I’m very surprised Kanan has not been mentioned once yet

[marble epoch]

This ending with Battle of Jakku would mess up canon

[grave chasm]

I thought this was post battle of Jakku

[marble epoch]

He was mentioned last week

[valid blaze]

He was mentioned last episode 💀💀💀💀

[marble whale]

Was he?

[ashen pivot]

I bet it will come up next time hera and jacen appear

[marble whale]

Force Ghost Kanan

[marble epoch]

Yeah Huyang was telling Carson about Jacen's dad being Kanan and Carson said "okay"

[valid blaze]

Okay, but inferno squad

[turbid drum]

No.
One thing is telling stuff that happened in a book in a different way, another is completely fucking up the chronology.
Also the battle appears in games and the like, not just in books. One would think Thrawn would be mentioned.

[turbid drum]

This is close enough for them to appear anyway.

[valid blaze]

But yeah nah, the battle of jakku would have already happened. Which is why we haven't seen any star destroyers

They all gone

[marble epoch]

It would also screw up Lost Stars, which is not worth it

[grave chasm]

Also, tumblr says the planet's ring is made out of purgil bones

[valid blaze]

Yes

It is

[ashen pivot]

Yum

[grave chasm]

Wild

[marble whale]

What if a colony of socialist ants attacks Thrawn before he leaves

[mental osprey]

They should retcon it anyway because I think it would be cool 😄

[mental osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/bladerunner2049-ryan-gosling-gif-24048514

[marble whale]

Then we find out that’s just one version of Thrawn and not the actual Thrawn

There’s a whole Thrawn Colony

[valid blaze]

Ezra raised a community of based socialist rock aliens that will defeat thrawn

[mental osprey]

Gideon cloned him

Dark Empire but with Thrawn

[marble whale]

Thrawn will return in Mandoverse: Secret Wars

[grave chasm]

200,000 Thrawns are ready with a million more on the way

[marble whale]

What are we some kind of Thrawn Dynasty?

[marble epoch]

Ezra is always raising an army of random ass alien creatures lol

[ashen pivot]

Thrawn of the planet of the thrawns

[ashen pivot]

He’s good with animals

[marble whale]

He controls the spice

[valid blaze]

I honestly lost how in character ezra vibing with these rock fuckers for 20 years is

[marble epoch]

I guess he couldn't get blue hair dye on Peridea

[valid blaze]

Okay but his hair was naturally blue

[marble whale]

Give him a break he just got back from the Last Supper

[marble epoch]

Only been ten, but yes

[ashen pivot]

A very very dark blue

[marble whale]

His eyes are more blue than Thrawn is

[valid blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/saber-fate-gif-24035285

[torpid stag]

https://tenor.com/view/dave-filoni-writing-fire-mandoverse-ahsoka-gif-8260863667267756397

[marble epoch]

Fake fan, doesn't know the timeline

[torpid stag]

what an episode

Think it's been cemented that Ahsoka is my favourite live action show so far. Recency bias perhaps, will see how I feel in a month's time

but jeesh

its good stuff

[valid blaze]

The ages in rebels is honestly kinda weird though. Like I'm supposed to believe that by the end of rebels ezra is 19 and sabine is 21, when their actual model sizes haven't changed since season 1

[marble epoch]

Ezra is taller in season 3 and 4 than he is in season 1 and 2

[valid blaze]

Okay but they still basically have the same head models start to finish

[torpid stag]

i love the drastic difference between thrawn's appearance and ezra. Thrawn has this monumental buildup with a gigantic army behind him and the most omnious music playing.

And ezra just fuckin appears behind a caravan looking homeless.

[marble whale]

I’m sorry but I can’t enjoy this I don’t know who Ezra’s parents are? Is he a Palpatine or a Skywalker?

[valid blaze]

Ezra had the eternal baby face, and sabine height still barely changed compared to Ezra

[torpid stag]

duh he's obviously a kenobi

look at the beard

[marble whale]

Beard = Kenobi

True

[marble epoch]

Ezra is Obi-Wan and Satines kid

[marble whale]

Ah okay

[torpid stag]

chopper is also R2's son

[fervent skiff]

@torpid stag you'll be pleased to hear i mostly liked this episode

[valid blaze]

No, clearly he's the child of kenobi and that one guy he thought about kissing in the one book nobody read and got angry about

[fervent skiff]

glad we finally are gettin motivation for baylan and shin

[marble whale]

Honestly though the beard kind of fits him

[fervent skiff]

the episode re-introduced thrawn and ezra very smoothly and kept the plot moving along at a pretty good pace

[torpid stag]

baylan and shin black series when

[marble epoch]

Can we agree Ezra knows Sabine is full of shit?

[torpid stag]

definitely

lol

[fervent skiff]

like i feel like the last episode stalled the story alot to show us the "HEY!! Remember this?" moments but this episode still had those moments without bringing the story to a screeching hault.

[torpid stag]

last episode was peak and this episode is peak

this show is peak

[fervent skiff]

also can I say the Ezra casting is on point

[torpid stag]

hairy ezra is great

really like him already

[marble whale]

Hairy Ezra

My favorite Ezra variant

[valid blaze]

I really hope we get a black series of ezra/sabine lightsaber. I know there's a galaxy edge version. But the sizes and price for those are fucking stupid

[marble epoch]

He nailed Ezra's voice

I would believe that was Taylor Gray's voice

[fervent skiff]

honestly fr

[marble epoch]

Also the guy they got to play Thrawn nailed that voice as well

[fervent skiff]

he was like ezra but not insufferable! :D

i kid i kid

[torpid stag]

man thinking what if ezra has a new lightsaber already but the only crystals available on the witch planet were red ones.
Give sabine a heart attack.

[fervent skiff]

... mostly i kid

[marble epoch]

I hope he just knows how to kick ass with the force

[tired vector]

Best episode so far. Loved the visuals. The castle, Thrawn's army, the Glup Shitto tribe. This is good soup

[marble epoch]

No lightsaber

[torpid stag]

i need a figure of that gold face trooper

what a sick ass design

[marble epoch]

Anyways I sleep, night

[turbid drum]

Nah, if so the saber would be white unless the guy went bad.

White crystals in sabers are always red crystals purified by good force users and I doubt Ezra would keep it red.

[marble whale]

Goofy aah Ezra

Chad Himbo Ezra

[tired vector]

It's so interesting seeing unique-looking stormtroopers. I'm so used to lore reasons and the empire always using standardized designs

[turbid drum]

Besides, in theory one could stumble on a random kyber anywhere but they are just incredibly rare outside places like Ilum.

[marble epoch]

Captions called them Night Troopers

[torpid stag]

i may be a little gay for hairy ezra

god i need figures of everyone from this show seriously

i need a figure of the little crab people

[grave chasm]

Second wave lego, pls

[torpid stag]

and sabine's dog

[torpid stag]

a gold-trim star destroyer would be so raw

[grave chasm]

Imagine an eye of sion set that combines with a chimera set

[torpid stag]

lego crab-village playset

[grave chasm]

We could also get baylon's shuttle

[viscid sage]

seeing ezra: ok👍
hearing ezra’s theme:

anyways good episode

[marble whale]

0/10

Not annoying enough

Ezra didn't whine once

[tepid shore]

That episode was tight as fuck

That roman looking trooper

Best design I’ve ever seen in Star Wars

The Akira Kurosawa inspiration hits hard this episode

Love it

[lunar knoll]

New ahsoka was, alright

[wary needle]

Someone summarize what I’ve missed in this thread for me

New Ahsoka episode barely had any Ahsoka, so it’s bad 😤

[marble whale]

Needed more Din Djarin

[wary needle]

Tbh this might be my favorite episode

Baylan was based af when he said he misses the idea of the Order but not its truth and weakness

Reminded me of my departure from faith

[viscid sage]

baylan continuing to carry this show on his massive ass shoulders

[fervent skiff]

I still stand by this was the best episode so far

still have my issues but i enjoyed it

i like new stuff

learning all this new shit about the nightsisters and ancient history

im really curious where this is going

[wary needle]

There was a feeling I was having in this episode though

When it showed that creature she rode and those little aliens

I kept wondering

“Am I supposed to recognize these from something?”

And I’m kind of annoyed that I have that feeling with current SW stuff

[marble whale]

Time to play Do you know this Gulp Shitto

But I getcha

Kinda starved for new fresh ideas instead of banking on old ones

[fervent skiff]

thats why i liked a decent amount of this episode cause new planet

new shit

[wary needle]

Right like these are probably new but they look so familiar

[fervent skiff]

well new galaxy

sucks we may only see this world

[wary needle]

I think the aliens reminded me of Meebur Gaskon (sp?)

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/theclonewiki/images/9/9c/Colonel-meebur-gascon_detail.png/revision/latest?cb=20121202180421

The trooper designs were fuckin amazing

I didn’t expect them to go as hard as they did. Was just expecting the same old same old armor

[amber star]

In the Rise of Skywalker with Palpatine trying to bring back the Sith Empire, and there being Sith Troopers in the story, I was hoping maybe there might be a moment where we would see like a Sith Trooper you know?

[wary needle]

Also the whole “I’m glad Ahsoka is Ahsoka the white and like Gandalf now” sentiment is kinda weird to me. It’s like saying, “I’m glad Aang is like Percy Jackson now” or something

[amber star]

Speak for yourself but I'm glad Buzz Lightyear is Edward Scussorhands now

[wary needle]

Honestly I’m just looking at it as there are multiple remnants, and in the end Palpatine wants to make it look like it was all his grand plan. Just like Lucasfilm having multiple threads and saying it all ties together

[amber star]

Remember when we were getting an Old Republic who that would re-canonize the Republic vs the Sith Empire?

[wary needle]

Not sure I know much about that

[amber star]

Lol it was a rumor a good few years ago now

There were talks going on... God, it might've even before the Disney acquisition

[wary needle]

That’s more than a few years then lolmao

[amber star]

Can I ask actually

[wary needle]

No

[amber star]

Because they included an Old Rep--

No yeah ok fair

[wary needle]

Lmao

[amber star]

Lol

They included an Old Republic era Sith Trooper in like... a mobile game that Disney licensed?

And now I'm wondering if that's like

Canon confirmed, quick we need to go update Wookiepedia

[wary needle]

Idk Even with the new Old Republic content and expansions that came out post Disney buyout, they still considered it Legends. There are Easter eggs though like Malachor in Rebels and I think a legion named after Revan in TROS. But I think we’re supposed to assume a version of the stuff in that era happened in canon, but maybe not quite exactly as it was told in Legends. Yet to be confirmed until we see how it plays out in new canonical content.

[amber star]

Yeah, the Old Republic MMO is still going strong but it's in a weird place of like

[wary needle]

It’s the only Legends thing still ongoing

[amber star]

Yeah something like this happened? Probably? But this game isn't canon

[wary needle]

Old Marvel stuff had a one-shot continuation a few years ago

When it comes to Old Republic era, I’m mainly familiar with the KOTOR comic series, and then I watched playthroughs of the KOTOR games so I could have context for the Revan novel

I had the games on Steam but over the last several years its been tough to be motivated to play through those types of games

[amber star]

One of my big questions about the Republic and the Sith Empire is how the Empire looked like this

But they got defeated

And then the Republic grew to look like this

And rebranded itself as "The Empire"

[fervent skiff]

and then fell apart

yea

[wary needle]

Think about people irl today

Short term memory and stupid

[amber star]

And nobody was like wait hang on... something's up

[wary needle]

Hell people forgot much about the Jedi by the OT apprently

[amber star]

True, 30 years later they're like

Jed? Eye?

[wary needle]

Even less than that lol

Maybe they erased stuff from the archives

Remember when Kamino was erased from the Jedi archives, and Obi-Wan couldn’t just go to some other database on Coruscant to see if its on a map? Wack

[amber star]

It's wild that this is a universe where some people live for hundreds or even thousands of years? And yet

Good question tho, for full accuracy do I need to add an Old Republic era helmet to my lineup?

[grand thunder]

Just finished the episode, man they nailed Thrawn's introduction and I love the design of his troopers. Nice to see some motivations get described by Baylan finally and the reintroduction scene of Ezra was perfect, Eman sounds so much like the character and looks a lot like him too, pretty great casting, look forward to seeing more of him in these next two episodes

[amber star]

100% agree

Is it really only 2 episodes left this season?

[grand thunder]

Yep

[amber star]

Man

Time flies

[grand thunder]

Indeed

[amber star]

Well hey, at least we've got--

...all the old movies to go back and rewatch?

We could always play battlefro--

No they stopped support for that, hold on

Uh

The PixelJoker movie cut of Obi-Wa--

[grand thunder]

We can read all the new books and catch up on the older ones if we haven't read some! (I am aware this is a very niche thing but hey Star Wars content is Star Wars content

[amber star]

No no he took a break from that

[viscid sage]

crab

[fervent skiff]

@amber star psst

read the high republic

its slept on

audible free trial, light of the jedi

doooooo itttt

the audiobooks have full soundtracks and SFX

[grave chasm]

What would you say to someone to help sell the idea of the high republic?

[fervent skiff]

depends, what aspect of star wars are you into

cause the high republic has got it all, good character arcs, cool powers, badass villians, unique storylines, literally just all of the characters

i wouldnt even know where to begin

i'll dm u

[latent crag]

Holy shit, that Stormtrooper with the gold face plate is cool as fuck.

He kind of reminded me of the Legate from Fallout: New Vegas.

[grand thunder]

New reaction dropped

[crystal pebble]

Filoni once again giving us animated accurate eye colours, yet refusing to give Bo green eyes 💀

[rose vapor]

The Twink death of Ezra Bridger goes down in history alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp

[torpid stag]

the twink to himbo pipeline is inescapable

[solid pewter]

Ezra went from someone who would have problems asking for the ketchup packet at a McDonald's to "your daughter calls me master now"

[rose vapor]

"Yes sir I'll bring her home by 8:30"
"She calls me daddy too"

[torpid stag]

"I'll bring her home but she came here to bring me home actually."

[valid blaze]

So, they're like moving nightsister corpses onto the chimaera right? Thrawn about to have an undead army

But with thrawn learning of ahsoka past, I really hope they don't ignore the fact he's worked with both vader and anakin. If they do I will hunt dave down

[amber star]

Woah

Sabine you're Percy Jackson now

[hushed oak]

just finished watching SW:Ahsoka Episode 6.This episode can be regarded as the "momentum" that is about to begin. I really like the storyline, plot, and subplots.Thrawn's character, played by Mikkelsen, is very good and looks rather fierce and violent. I feel there is a difference between Thrawn in SW:Rebels and SW:Ahsoka, although there are slight similarities.Finally, the long wait was treated with the meeting between Wren and Bridger after the last episode of SW:Rebels season 4.

[torpid stag]

why does this actually kinda work

[latent crag]

I know right?

[viscid sage]

beard

[hushed oak]

Are you sure that he was Jedi BOB?

[solid pewter]

I thought you were referring to Ezra with the beard

and honestly

my man slays with it

[hushed oak]

I just love Ezra right now, and he was so different when he was in SW:Rebels.

[amber star]

Is he different? I thought he was right on the ball

It's like the animated character came to life

[hushed oak]

@amber star yeah, I know that. He was from the animated character, but since I saw Ezra from this episode,there's much more difference that I found. For example, he looks calm and not stubborn, just like when I saw him in SW:Rebels.

[amber star]

I guess we'll have to wait and see!

[hushed oak]

Ok My friend.

[main ledge]

https://x.com/xdarththunderx/status/1704268998932644151?s=46&t=nK2RzESKnrKCyg9YOGR8jQ

Darth Thunder ⚡ (@XDarthThunderX)

Just let me cook for a second. What if Obi-Wan's brother is Baylan Skoll? I know in past lore it was Owen Lars, but it did change ✨ #StarWars #Ahsoka

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Twitter · Sep 19, 2023, 10:59 PM

[tired vector]

[valid blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/bocchi-the-rock-bocchi-hitori-gif-27014251

[turbid drum]

I think I remember cases of Jedi being aware they had some other relative in the order, mostly siblings. I don't think it's probable.

[wary needle]

Also he has a different surname 🌞

It would be very poopoo if he were like “My name wasn’t originally Baylan Skoll. It was…Baylan Kenobi.”

But I’m sure some viewers would be like “OMG Amazeballs! Garbage down my throat, please!”

Some can be so damn goofy

[main ledge]

Never let bro cook again

[wary needle]

Also never trust a Sith

Darth Thunder 🚩🚩🚩

[wary needle]

Thrawn gonna rebrand the Empire as X

[main ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/frozone-never-heard-that-one-before-gif-11561148

[wary needle]

Never gets old

Bazinga

[wary needle]

I hate TBBT so I refuse to watch Young Sheldon even tho people have told me it’s better

[torpid stag]

i've seen a bunch of clips on youtube just randomly

and it does look like a competently made show

but something about the BBT association makes me wanna avoid it

[latent crag]

This is the stupidest thing I've read today.

[torpid stag]

if we ever learn who obi's brother is that would defeat the entire thematic point of the jedi order's blindness to the harm they cause.

jfc

the fact he doesn't know means we shouldn't know

[solid pewter]

What 0 media literacy does to a mf

[main ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/marvel-avengers-finally-someone-who-speaks-english-captain-america-tony-stark-gif-17147260

[wary needle]

Obi’s brother is probably just some dude doing normal shit and having a boring Everyman life

[main ledge]

No guys it's obvious that Obi's brother is Snoke

[hoary tiger]

Obi from HG brother is Snoke? Wild

[wary needle]

Can’t wait for this show to explain Ezra gets cloned and that clone becomes Snoke

This show really does feel like Prelude to Heir to the Empire, in hindsight

I think I was kind of expecting it to get into that sooner

Mainly because of the title drop in the trailer

And the introduction of Mount Tantiss in The Bad Batch

These shows really do feel more like a comic book franchise

[main ledge]

Also I guess the Nightsister might act as this version of Rook

Like they'll probably kill him like how Rook did in legends

[wary needle]

Shoutout to the guy trying to fit Rebels into Legends by saying “oh We didn’t SEE Rukh die”

I honestly think Thrawn will have a going down with his ship exploding type of fate, saying “It was so artistically done” as he walks through the bridge of the Chimera with chunks of the ship flying past him as he’s shown in slow motion

Like Pirates of the Caribbean

[main ledge]

He'll probably get defeated by the force again

[wary needle]

The force of the explosions

Or imagine if he’s just killed by Boba Fett, this guy who has no beef with him and is just hired to do the job lmao

[valid blaze]

I mean, if we go off that the bendu said and assume its no longer referring to the ending of rebels. Thrawn should be defeated surrounded by arms in a cold embrace

[wary needle]

Bor Gullet confirmed

Dexter Jettster confirmed

[valid blaze]

Which could work here if he's resurrecting a army of dead nightsister

Also it would be cool if the power baylan seeking and what the nightsisters are running from is the bendu

[wary needle]

Ok. So how much we betting Filoni will shoe-horn Ventress in somehow

[valid blaze]

Isn't she dead though

[wary needle]

Yeah but could be cloned or resurrected

Something stupid

Think they were even considering having her on Resistance somehow

[valid blaze]

Okay, but she died in the home galaxy. Not on Peridea

[wary needle]

I know but

Filoni

Again I don’t want it to happen

But I wouldn’t be surprised if it did

[main ledge]

Usually what shitpost Filoni does is within reason

Like afterall Marrok turned out to be a nobody

[wary needle]

I honestly never expected Marrok to be anybody lol

[rose vapor]

Maybe Ahsoka or Sabine, hell even Ezra holding him like how Obi-Wan held Maul in his final moments

[valid blaze]

probably not, since the bendu wording was specifically "many arms"

[marble epoch]

When Ezra and Sabine gave each other the hug and Ezra's theme blasted

https://tenor.com/view/chefs-kiss-french-chef-perfect-dish-excellent-food-perfection-gif-20341505

[wary needle]

What if “arms” actually means firearms?

Blasting holes into Thrawn and turning him into Chiss cheese

[fervent skiff]

Filoni didn't do mando s2

Idk why since ahsoka I've seen everyone start saying all the mando s1&s2 was filoni cause that stuff was John Favreau

[torpid stag]

It's all making sense now

This feels way more in line with filoni than later mando ever did

https://twitter.com/lenaskzorel/status/1704346922423607497?t=jj0Gvt0Yq7TwHyH5NZs3Xw&s=19

sara ○ in love with shin hati (@lenaskzorel)

i may be reading way too much into it but there was literally no straight reason for this moment
#wolfwren #shinhati #sabinewren #ahsoka

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Twitter · Sep 20, 2023, 4:09 AM

[crystal pebble]

Filoni manages the whole TV side
He's written, directed, and produced for the show
He's the sole reason Ahsoka even appeared in the show at all

It's Favreau's baby, but Filoni is heavily involved

[fervent skiff]

yeah but thats the only episode in season 2 he directed, and he only wrote for afew episodes in season 2

and 1 episode in season 1

he wasnt HEAVILY involved till BOBF and season 3, id say

after the really positive reception to ahsoka in s2

i mean he WAS involved yea

but the episode where bo-katan shows up filoni wasnt super involved in, im sure hed get her to do the contacts if he was like directing s2 more is my point

https://twitter.com/The_GM_is_God/status/1704517306477392233

Ben (SAWtember) 🏳️‍🌈🩸🎬 (@The_GM_is_God)

Star Wars fans be like: “okay but imagine this in LIVE ACTION though 😩😩😩”

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Twitter · Sep 20, 2023, 3:26 PM

[crystal pebble]

The point I was making is he had the power to give Bo green eyes if he wanted, but he chose not to
Nothing to do with who wrote and directed what

[fervent skiff]

did he have the power to give green contacts to a character that starred in an episode he didnt direct tho?

like thats what im saying is he may have not been on set to make that decition before they'd already filmed some scenes with her without contacts

so even if he wanted to it would be too late

or he just didnt care about the contacts back then, assuming he WAS on set making decisions for that episode

[wary needle]

And don’t get me started on Saw Gerrera’s changing eye colours 😤

Literally ruined my immersion and retroactively all of Star Wars

[main ledge]

https://x.com/blurayangel/status/1704359163579806148?s=46&t=nK2RzESKnrKCyg9YOGR8jQ

BLURAYANGEL 🦇 (@blurayangel)

Ezra when Sabine tells him she betrayed #Ahsoka and helped Thrawn to get him back:

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Twitter · Sep 20, 2023, 4:57 AM

[rose vapor]

I'm gonna use that from now on, Chiss Cheese is genius

[fervent skiff]

https://x.com/StupendousWave/status/1704381135139066333?s=20

The Stupendous Wave (@StupendousWave)

I know it’s VERY VERY unlikely, but I have to SAY IT! WHAT IF THE THING CALLING TO BAYLAN IS ABELOTH!!!!

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Twitter · Sep 20, 2023, 6:25 AM

SHUT THE FUCK UP

SHUT UP

[ashen pivot]

Is that another blue cheese?

[viscid sage]

if anything i think she would’ve fulfilled marrok’s role

[rose vapor]

Abeloth is basically one of the Mortis gods right?

[viscid sage]

if this happens im walking into filoni’s office and blowing my brains out to change the trajectory of his life

[wary needle]

Yeah she’s The Mother and the main villain of the Fate of the Jedi novels

Weird how those novels don’t mention Ahsoka at all

I actually thought Abeloth was an interesting villain, ngl

[rose vapor]

Was it before Ahsoka was created?

[wary needle]

After

The Mortis episodes had already come out

[rose vapor]

Weird

If it was like 2007-2009 it would make more sense since Ahsoka wasn't that liked

[wary needle]

Kinda felt like novels at the time outside of the Clone Wars period didn’t know what to do with her in terms of looking back

I mean if it was 2007-2009, Abeloth wouldn’t be the Mother 🌞

Obi-Wan Kenobi show feels like it was made in 2007, what with the lack of Ahsoka mention

And just the quality in general lol

[rose vapor]

That and Cody

HOW CAN U NOT MENTION CODY IN AN OBI-WAN SHOW??? THAT'S LIKE NEVER MENTIONING REX IN AN ANAKIN OR AHSOKA PROJECT

[wary needle]

He was almost part of the show

I’m thinking maybe they wanted to confine him to TBB

[turbid drum]

Frankly Obi Wan feels like something spat out to get the producers and the fans to shut up about bringing back Ewan McGregor as Obi Wan.

[wary needle]

What a bunch of wieners

[rose vapor]

Real

[turbid drum]

And they used it as an excuse to experiment with some different choices in directing, photography, soundtrack, etc.

At times footage from Obi Wan appears more overtly digital than in other SW series and that I think was intentional.

[wary needle]

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again

Obi-Wan Kenobi should’ve been a film, and Solo should’ve been a TV series

[rose vapor]

Like Daiyu was a very visually interesting planet

[wary needle]

Was that the one people thought was Coruscant?

[rose vapor]

Yes

[wary needle]

Kenobi with a blaster in the underworld kinda has Daniel Radcliffe looking crazy holding guns energy lol

And I mean that in a good way

[rose vapor]

https://tenor.com/view/guns-akimbo-daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter-daniel-harry-gif-21335247

[wary needle]

Why is it so hard to find the concept art of the duel at the end of Obi-Wan Kenobi where instead of a planet with weird rock things they’re dueling by a giant dragon skeleton?

[amber star]

Hey, is Thrawn the first Chiss we've ever actually seen in canon?

Live action canon anyway, right?

[main ledge]

https://x.com/blurayangel/status/1704401333804306907?s=46&t=nK2RzESKnrKCyg9YOGR8jQ

BLURAYANGEL 🦇 (@blurayangel)

Ezra: #Ahsoka just told me you willingly helped Thrawn return

Sabine:

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Twitter · Sep 20, 2023, 7:45 AM

[rose vapor]

Yeah

[amber star]

Really! That's pretty neat!

You're sure there was never one like in the background of some cantina scene?

I forgot we saw a few Duros in the background one time, and once I remembered I was like "WAIT THEN WHY DID CAD BANE LOOK SO GOOFY??"

I'm gonna say something controversial, Duros are just Chiss but like 68% more alien

[rose vapor]

Cad Bane was missing the big ass forehead

[fervent skiff]

his eyes where also super lower

looks like his entire head got scaled down or some shit

but his mouth and eyes stayed normal size

[rose vapor]

What being old does to a Duro

[viscid sage]

“anakin project”

[rose vapor]

You know what I mean

[viscid sage]

klaus when he realizes captain rex does not appear in the prequel trilogy despite his prominence in TCW: 😿😿😿😿

[wary needle]

You think all blue aliens with red eyes are the same? SMH

Toxic fan

[rose vapor]

You remind me of a roach

[main ledge]

https://x.com/blurayangel/status/1704460005397962914?s=46&t=nK2RzESKnrKCyg9YOGR8jQ

BLURAYANGEL 🦇 (@blurayangel)

#Ahsoka

Ezra Bridger returning to the main galaxy after chilling with turtles for a decade

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Twitter · Sep 20, 2023, 11:38 AM

[turbid drum]

It's the hat, the center is wide enough to let him cover the forehead.

It was the same in Clone Wars, but with a much wider brim as well.

[fervent skiff]

yes im extremely racist twords aliens, long live the empire & all that

[fervent skiff]

yea but damn he must just have a smaller forehead than you're average duros lol, i figured that his head was REALLY crammed into that had lmaoo

and i can excuse the weird face shape by saying yeah ig he just old af

[turbid drum]

The weird face shape it's just because they either used mocap or prosthetics in live action and the normal Duros face was difficult to match.
Frankly I didn't even notice the difference until people pointed it out, unlike with the Grand Inquisitor and that other one in Obi Wan.

I'm not sure we have seen Duros move their mouth in live action before. 🤔

[grand thunder]

Fifth brother

[turbid drum]

You mean that other one?

[grand thunder]

Yeah

[turbid drum]

I'm still calling him that other one. 😛

He wasn't that relevant in Rebels either.

[grand thunder]

I mean hey I'm sure most people don't know his name who haven't watched Rebels lol

Idk if this is a hot take but I almost kinda hate Fifth Brother's look more in Kenobi than Grand Inquisitor

Both are bad translations though

[viscid sage]

lowkey he already looked like shit in rebels

the one in kenobi was a bad adaptation but i didnt rly care as much

[rose vapor]

His eyes are so blue, it looks like he's been huffing spice on Arrakis

[torpid stag]

hottake but i like how unnaturally blue his eyes are

it lends credence to my theory of him being 1/4 twilek

[turbid drum]

Hence why I think his family was meant to have alien blood otherwise they would have let him keep his normal eye color like they did with Katee Sachoff.

[torpid stag]

^^^

Like you look at Hera, her eyes are brightgreen. And her half-human son has green hair.

Ezra had black-blue hair and super bright blue eyes in the animated series. And his eyes are still the same kind of brightness as Hera in live action.

So my headcanon is that Ezra has blue twilek blood in him.

[turbid drum]

Probably not Twi'lek though

[rose vapor]

What??

[torpid stag]

I believe Ezra is 1/4 blue twilek

[fervent skiff]

I just think you guys might be reading too much into it but hey cheers to you if you're right 🍻

[torpid stag]

it's a headcanon lol

[fervent skiff]

based

[torpid stag]

cant confirm or deny it but thats my theory

[fervent skiff]

fair

[torpid stag]

Jacen kinda opened the door for the idea of humans with natural technicolour hair

so i see Ezra with his blue hair in season 1 and its like..

[rose vapor]

Fair, I could see that

Like we know Twi'lek/Human hybrids are more human than Twi'lek

[torpid stag]

yeah

[rose vapor]

Also that'd just be cool, two Twi'lek descendents related to Kanan Jarrus

[torpid stag]

yeah lol. It's just a nice thing to consider given all we know

doesn't affect the lore at all

another contributing factor thats probably a stretch is how adamant Hera was at recruiting Ezra early on. Some instinctual affection.

Hera was very secretive in the prequel novel and tried not to stay around too many people. But she takes an immediate liking to ezra

https://fxtwitter.com/TheStarWarsAcad/status/1704457394950897698

[wary needle]

Ezra is obviously Thrawn’s son

Hence both having blue hair in animation

Thrawn did the Chiss kiss and more and then bottle bong bottle boom! Boss baby Bridger

[ashen pivot]

Are you high?

[crystal pebble]

https://tenor.com/view/kronk-point-debate-argument-angel-gif-17274775

Can we get bald Thrawn?

That'd be funny af

[ashen pivot]

Bawn

[crystal pebble]

I feel bad for Lars Mikkelsen in getting cast as a muscular guy with hair, as he's the opposite
On the one hand, it would be nice if bulked up, but on the other he's old and should be allowed to look however he wants

On a similar note, it's nice seeing a series of shows with stars over 50 - Temuera Morrison, Ming Na Wen, Lars Mikkelsen
They're actually acknowledging old people exist, lol

[viscid sage]

it would be funny if thrawn just stopped working out when he was banished lol

[crystal pebble]

True, star whales caused his mid-life crisis

[wary needle]

Nah I don’t get high

[ashen pivot]

https://tenor.com/view/the-simpsons-homer-simpson-nerd-yelling-insult-gif-7884166

[wary needle]

I don’t really think of Thrawn as being muscular

Maybe when the Empire found him but that’s it

That was like a couple decades or so before this

[rose vapor]

Ezra got hot goddamn

[grand thunder]

https://x.com/rafe_tano/status/1704480476130394610?s=46&t=7ZDjHsMnb3SfMtGoOn4cWQ

RaFe 🍂 (@RaFe_Tano)

Ezra Bridger looks exactly like his father 🥹
#Ahsoka #Ezra #EzraBridger

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Twitter · Sep 20, 2023, 12:59 PM

[rose vapor]

Wait is it spelt Baylon or Baylan

[viscid sage]

the latter

[rose vapor]

Thank you

[torpid stag]

hasbro please give me phase 1 rex

🙏

i need figs

[ashen pivot]

I’m not gay, but $20 is $20.
That $20:

[latent crag]

Who hurt him?

[crystal pebble]

https://vxtwitter.com/rafe_tano/status/1704657389255831899

[marble epoch]

Filoni and Favreau are partners

[wary needle]

They’re like the two headed announcer at the podrace

[rose vapor]

They fucking?

[wary needle]

They roleplay as Paz and Chopper

[main ledge]

https://x.com/starwars/status/1704888240266694710?s=46&t=nK2RzESKnrKCyg9YOGR8jQ

Star Wars (@starwars)

See #Thrawn in @AhsokaOfficial, a Star Wars Original series, now streaming on @DisneyPlus.

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Twitter · Sep 21, 2023, 4:00 PM

https://x.com/starwars/status/1704888247166304574?s=46&t=nK2RzESKnrKCyg9YOGR8jQ

Star Wars (@starwars)

See Ezra in @AhsokaOfficial, a Star Wars Original series, now streaming on @DisneyPlus.

Twitter · Sep 21, 2023, 4:00 PM

[amber star]

I can't believe they brought back Commander Meluron

[amber star]

Hasbro please give me phase 1 clone

God Ezra was so perfectly cast

[wary needle]

https://tenor.com/view/goofy-perfectcast-gif-24076672

The perfect cast

[torpid stag]

they already did that lol

but they do need to make more

have an excuse to make a phase 1 501st now

[amber star]

They did a phase 2, with one recolor so far

I fully expect them to just go nuts and make recolors for like literally every battalion and regiment and everything

I mean if you've already got the mould, right?

But I'm keeping my eye out for that Phase 1

I'm hopeful, now that Ahsoka gave us some live action clones

[torpid stag]

[amber star]

Oh well yeah sorry, that one's a figure, but you're right haha

I was talking about the helmets sorry I shoulda clarified

[wary needle]

People will say Star Wars needs to be taken seriously and take itself seriously and then buy a fuckton of Star Wars toys

[ashen pivot]

You can do both

[viscid sage]

blud just discovered star wars

[wary needle]

You know what? Fuck Star Wars. By telling more stories about wars going on forever we’re just perpetuating the idea that wars need to happen 😤

[ashen pivot]

Ahsoka is the idiots who think having wars in your movie means you want to start wars

[solid pewter]

I need to keep reminding myself that the average Star Wars fan is like actually braindead

[viscid sage]

this server is ground zero for braindead star wars fans

but we’re braindead in a different way i suppose

[wary needle]

Braindead? I kinda prefer Dead Alive

[grand thunder]

Anyone else think of Minas Tirith?

[wise maple]

Instantly. Good to know I'm not the only one

[turbid drum]

He is also like, ten years older and he was already either pushing 40 or 50 last time we've seen him. Old age comes for everyone.

[valid blaze]

why do the nightsisters look like the witches from hocus pocus

[grand thunder]

😭

Now I ain't gonna be able to unsee it

[fervent skiff]

lmfaoooooo

[viscid sage]

forgot after i watched but it was my immediate thought lol

[viscid sage]

theyre ab to drop a crazy album

also enoch looks so peak

[main ledge]

https://x.com/bryaneward/status/1704936313902800965?s=46&t=nK2RzESKnrKCyg9YOGR8jQ

Bryan Ward (@bryaneward)

This may be one of the dumbest things I have ever made...

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Twitter · Sep 21, 2023, 7:11 PM

[ashen pivot]

Made with a real chiss oil

[rose vapor]

Space Moses

[crystal pebble]

Thrawn doing the classic dickhead move of allowing you to stew on the stupidity of your question, while savouring his response

[viscid sage]

his expression is so funny

on only a mildly related note

am i the only one who thinks morgan elsbeth’s acting is kind of ass 💀

[crystal pebble]

No, she's pretty bland

[rose vapor]

Yeah

[viscid sage]

she has the fucking fortnite accent sometimes

at some point shes like “nothing will pwevent ouw jouwney” 😭

[fervent skiff]

am i the only one that thinks most of the acting is kind of ass 💀

and i dont think its the actors fault

filoni is used to voice direction not physical direction

its really just inexperience in the medium.

and limitations with the TV show budget and tech

not for the acting but visually, anyway

mando s1 was wrote with the limits of the volume in mind, that and being directed by john Favreau who was heavily involved in the development of the volume so he was extremely familiar with the technology

but the volume was so well received they started letting anyone use it, and thats how we got visuals like kenobi 😬

[viscid sage]

a lot of it is kinda wooden yeah but at least most of it feels passable

morgan feels like a middle school play performance lmao

[fervent skiff]

lmaoo shes just like a little goblin all the time

like "heHEHEhehE"

smirking

like thats it

[viscid sage]

mid ass villain

[fervent skiff]

lmfaoo

[viscid sage]

baylan carries

[fervent skiff]

Baylan and Shin mvp

also only reason im watching im gonna be deadass with you

[viscid sage]

valid

you know

[fervent skiff]

that and my baby blue 💙

[viscid sage]

i wonder what’ll happen to thrawn after this show

[fervent skiff]

https://tenor.com/view/thrawn-lars-mikkelsen-ahsoka-live-action-face-gif-12646047598288173850

[viscid sage]

imagine he just fucking dies after two eps of reappearing lmfao

[fervent skiff]

lmfaooo

wouldnt phase me

[viscid sage]

baby blue… breaking bad reference

https://tenor.com/view/walt-walter-walter-white-death-walter-death-gif-19309595

[fervent skiff]

lmaooo

on god

[viscid sage]

lol just realized u can straight up see enoch in the background of that shot

ig i noticed Some Guy there the whole time but its funny in hindsight

[fervent skiff]

mans vibing lmaoo

yeah lmaoo

[viscid sage]

https://tenor.com/view/over-the-garden-wall-otgw-gif-10881051

[plain iris]

Watched 6. And there were things I liked and things I was underwhelmed.
Bayland so far is the best character and the scenery and art direction of the location are solid but I can't help but feel it's undercooked. It's...incurious. Like the characters aren't treating this as amazingly as it should be. They just travelled to another galaxy and the reaction is like they stubbled on some old ruins in a slightly remote place. Baylan comments on how there are stories about the place but tells none. We see Thrawn looking at a galactic map, possibly getting updated on the geopolitics but no lines about that, he doesn't even interrogate Sabine. There's stormtroopers but no isd staff, officers or low rank personal. It's like the retake of mandalore all over again, just a BBEG and his goon army, not a living, breathing organisation and location.
We may very well get the backstory of all of this in the next episode but it's weird there's next to nothing about it. It's just "Ah yes, you've come to rescue me, wonderful, now chop chop I have tea on Saturday". And this comes from both Thrawn and Ezra, the latter treats getting rescued after nearly a decade in another galaxy, living among crab hobbits as if he was gone for a couple of years in the system over.

Maybe I'm being too harsh on this show but a part of me says it was slightly rushed. Like there are some concepts that look good on a brainstorming board but never got the time to be fleshed out before filming began.
I know it can feel like I'm bitching and moaning about not getting all the answers right away but it really feels like there should be a more incremental display of information about the lore of this place rather than a set up and explain it later approach.
All the references and art direction are nice treats but they feels like just that, treats.

I wouldn't call the episode straight up bad or horrible but I do feel disappointed to some extent.

Also as a side note. I still don't feel we needed to come all the way to another galaxy so far

[civic hatch]

Ayo this fr?

[tired vector]

Yes

[ashen pivot]

Well yeah

[civic hatch]

I don't even know if I wanna know if this is a flashback or if somehow they're alive with thrawn and ezra

[ashen pivot]

You haven’t been watching?

[civic hatch]

I watched the first five

[ashen pivot]

Then get out and watch the next one!

[civic hatch]

See but I stopped cause I decided I wasn't enjoying it after already giving it a second shot after giving up after episode three 😭

I just saw this and couldn't help but ask

I know I know, I have a problem

[valid blaze]

Well, do you want to know or not

[turbid drum]

I think it's not the same Nightsisters from CW and Rebels, those are dead and these live in another galaxy.

Still Nightsisters though.

[civic hatch]

That's...something I guess

Okay I decided I do want to know

[raven sentinel]

They’re from another galaxy

[valid blaze]

Well it was revealed the nightsisters are originally from peridea and were the first to ride the purrgil. Some were left in the original galaxy, which are the 3 we see in the show and they're vibing with thrawn

[civic hatch]

...oh

https://tenor.com/view/arrested-development-jason-bateman-michael-bluth-do-not-open-dead-dove-gif-3567411

Already I'll stop being a dumbass, farewell

[valid blaze]

https://tenor.com/view/be-back-will-you-moe-gif-13624942

Also some of the glyphs in the episode are the same as the ones from fallen order

Which I think might have been a mistake? Since I'm 90% the glyphs in fallen order are supposed to be zeffo, not nightsister

[viscid sage]

are those not different glyphs

[valid blaze]

They're not 100% 1:1. But they're way too similar to the zeffo glyphs to be a coincidence

Also zeffo architecture was used in concept art, which honestly could have just been a place holder and this accidentally ended up saying, somebody forgetting to replace it in the final drafts

actually nvm they also show up in the thrawn poster and a few other scenes. Somebody would really have to fuck up If it was just a placeholder and ended up showing up in multiple different shots and promo stuff

It would be interesting if the zeffo are present in some way though, especially considering we know dave likes to stop people from using characters and plot threads if he has plans for them, and it was kinda weird how jedi survivor just completely dropped and handwaved the zeffo

[fervent skiff]

i didnt like any of the previous episodes, i'll say tho this one was my favorite

still wasnt perfect but its by far the best episode imo

watch it if you want

if not you can wait till its all out and gauge if you wanna finish it

[rose vapor]

My name is Grand Admiral Mitth'raw'nuruodo or Thrawn and this is Jackass, today we are driving drunk while in my Imperial-class Star Destroyer alongside this Lothal twink and some Purrgil, let's try not to go to another galaxy

[civic hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/just-when-i-thought-i-was-out-they-pull-me-back-in-michael-corleone-al-pacino-the-godfather-gif-19249100

[torpid stag]

nah ill watch it all cause it's based

[civic hatch]

Literally, pinged me into the thread

Also Ezra has never been a twink the hell you talking about

[fervent skiff]

i wasnt talking to you 😭

[civic hatch]

Oh shit he has a beard now

[torpid stag]

i was

[fervent skiff]

inplodes

[torpid stag]

https://tenor.com/view/ezra-ahsoka-show-eman-esfandi-ezra-return-gif-10402907084150975541

me when

[civic hatch]

I don't know why...but for some reason in this picture he reminds me of Ben Stiller

[fervent skiff]

i do think the contacts are a bit much

perfect casting

but the contacts on most of these characters take away from the actors performances sometimes (havent seen enough of ezra yet)

they're just like

stealing my soul 😭

they're so bright

https://tenor.com/view/reaction-my-eyes-cant-unsee-burn-gif-7225082

honestly with all the animation to live action translation errors i dont think people would even give a shit if their eyes are the wrong colors

[solid pewter]

Bro was hanging out with Paul from Dune for a bit

[civic hatch]

I'll be honest I assumed it was the poster

[fervent skiff]

man has been living with the TMNT for like a decade

[civic hatch]

I was more talking about his eyebrows and general face shape

But yeah they do look strange

[wary needle]

His hair should be dark blue 😤

Star Trek got it right with Boimler

https://tenor.com/view/smiling-brad-boimler-star-trek-lower-decks-happy-grin-gif-21800780

https://tenor.com/view/surprise-ensign-boimler-ensign-mariner-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-surprise-appearance-gif-17579809197076686607

[fervent skiff]

yeah wait why is ezras hair like a bluish

like in animation

i'd say @torpid stag was right about the twi'lek theory but in live action its just brown so

[wary needle]

To indicate that Thrawn is secretly his father

[fervent skiff]

it was just blue in animation for some reason?

lmaoo

[wary needle]

Maybe it’s a homage to how comic books used to not be able to use the color black because it wouldn’t print well, so they used blue instead

[civic hatch]

I believe they called his short haircut the "blueberry" look on the star wars show back in the day

[fervent skiff]

yeah that makes sense

but does that mean all the dark blue hair in the show is black

😭

[wary needle]

“This week on…The STAAAAR Wars Show!”

[civic hatch]

Ah the good ole days

[fervent skiff]

ARE THESE BLACK ROOTS

I NEED ANSWERS

[wary needle]

Thrawn’s hair is now black too I think

[fervent skiff]

my god

[civic hatch]

I wonder if coloring her hair that often is causing it to get damaged

[wary needle]

Yeah maybe she has a disease now

[fervent skiff]

if ezras hair is dark brown/black, sabines has to be that too right

[civic hatch]

Maybe there's like a special kinda hair dye in star wars that keeps it from getting damaged

[fervent skiff]

wait but

wait

[civic hatch]

[wary needle]

The more I look at Rebels, the more I kinda wish it was claymation

[solid pewter]

I need extensive lore on Star Wars hair dye

[fervent skiff]

should've been 2d if they were going for the concept art look

[wary needle]

https://tenor.com/view/reboot-intro-gif-3486153

[civic hatch]

That'd be neat

[wary needle]

Also always thought maybe ReBoot influenced Rebels a bit

[fervent skiff]

lmaoo

[civic hatch]

The animation never grew on me

[wary needle]

I got used to it

The storytelling is stellar

[fervent skiff]

that show is so well written to bad the animation is an eyesore

agreed

[wary needle]

Enzo’s journey feels similar to Ezra in places

[civic hatch]

I guess technically none of it grew on me lol

[fervent skiff]

was he dying it before?

he must have been

[wary needle]

He certainly was dying inside

Little emo shit

[fervent skiff]

screaming, crying, throwing up

[wary needle]

It’s like, we get it, you lost your parents, become Batman or get over it

[fervent skiff]

lmfaooo

me @ every hero with dead parents

[rose vapor]

He's a fucking twink to himbo

[civic hatch]

Klaus that's called a child growing up

[rose vapor]

Lothal Twink to Peridia Himbo

Pipeline go crazy frfr

[civic hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-kanan-jarrus-you-know-what-kid-you-worry-me-sometimes-you-scare-me-sometimes-gif-25357198

[rose vapor]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-jyn-erso-i-appreciate-the-support-support-appreciate-the-support-gif-21976134

[torpid stag]

this is gonna be the new "my grandma put up this picture of jesus but it's obi-wan"

[solid pewter]

Even more accurate now because Jesus was also brown

[solid pewter]

Klaus is down like 6 different pipelines and idk which one he will come out of first

[amber star]

I was waiting for them to go "Double double toil and trouble, fire burn and caldron bubble"

[amber star]

Rian Johnson moment

[wary needle]

Goddammit lol

[amber star]

"Haha bet u diddent expect that!"

[wary needle]

Still think it’s weird as hell that some of the people who speculated about Snoke’s origin turned around and said “oh yeah I never cared about him” after seeing his death

[amber star]

I mean I still care??

[wary needle]

Yeah I still kinda care, though it’s surely different from what was intended when TFA was being made

[amber star]

I hope that Filoni's able to kind of retroactively give us some much needed context to the sequels that helps us appreciate them more

Like this whole era eventually leads up to the creation of the First Order, right?

[wary needle]

I don’t think Filoni could vastly change my opinion of the sequels, but could perhaps make the threads of the franchise feel a bit more unified

Like, TCW improves the era, but not my experience of actually watching the prequel movies

[amber star]

Mmm I would say I feel the opposite, personally

[wary needle]

Like, TCW doesn’t change the acting

[amber star]

I think knowing what happens in the show (at least somewhat) improves my watching experience

[wary needle]

Or the convolutedness of the plan in AOTC

[amber star]

Like Order 66 on its own in the movie might seem kind of like... oh?? Were they just? Planning this all along? What, were all the clones just... faking it the whole time? Why are they doing this?

But taking the show into account it's like

This is actually... unbelievably sad what the--

[wary needle]

Yeah that’s fair

Some things get more context, but there are also certain things that just don’t change for me

Like, even devoting an episode to a Sifo Dyas investigation and then seeing a ghastly vision of him didn’t make him feel like a necessary background character to me

Hell he didn’t really feel like a character to me until Dooku: Jedi Lost. Which came out, what, 17 years after Attack of the Clones?

[amber star]

That's also fair tbh

[wary needle]

I think it’s mainly Revenge of the Sith that gets enhanced, come to think of it

The show retroactively makes Maul’s defeat in TPM not disappointing. Because the show ran with the ramifications of that, how it would affect him psychologically, and then made him a much deeper character than he is in the movie

[amber star]

Yeah Maul surviving was initially like

???

But they do some incredible stuff with it

[wary needle]

He acted like his brother was a subordinate, but the look on his face when Savage was killed said everything

And then later when he tells Ezra “we could have been brothers”

[wary needle]

lol Kanan dead

[amber star]

Meanwhile

[grand thunder]

Mfer forgot AP-5

[echo sapphire]

cosplay goals

[echo sapphire]

who’s that guy again?

[grand thunder]

https://tenor.com/view/ap5-star-wars-rebels-star-wars-musical-gif-23869369

[viscid sage]

pictured is the best scene in star wars

[tired vector]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/922856863681355807/1150307790879989901/images_29.jpg

[wary needle]

AP-5 erasure hurts my soul

I liked Mando s3 more than s2, but s3 should’ve been s4.

[crystal pebble]

Just waiting for Andor to be hated after s2

[solid pewter]

I don’t think it will

It highly depends on how Tony Gilroy and co stick the landing

[rose vapor]

Tysm

[torpid stag]

dude thats from my script

[rose vapor]

https://tenor.com/view/darth-melvin-knights-of-melvin-star-wars-theory-gif-23249616

[solid pewter]

Lucasfilm writers truly need to copy from the real artists here

[torpid stag]

https://twitter.com/TidyWire/status/1537184894148825092

TidyWire🍿 (@TidyWire)

@SWTheory66 @ATATChat @chadthedad7 Oh awesome; then I must ask since I have you, what is going on in this scene?

▶ Play video

Twitter · Jun 15, 2022, 9:26 PM

you're so right

carrie fisher said star wars is about family.
But nah its about this

[solid pewter]

Ever since I stopped even acknowledging the existence of SWT, his fans and YouTubers similar to him I started enjoying Star Wars even more

[torpid stag]

tbh same

SWT fell really hard into obscurity really fast and I love it

the best he gets now is just people memeing clips of him on twitter

[solid pewter]

That’s all I really see nowadays anyway

Memes people make of him

[valid blaze]

It's weird though, because YouTube still pushes the fuck out of him. Like I can be searching for any star wars content and it's just him and other scum of the earth

[wary needle]

Everyone’s gonna say it felt rushed because of its structure of 3-episode arcs each taking place in different years leading up to Rogue One

[turbid drum]

Boimler explicitly dyes his hair in the series, there's even a joke about him not wanting the other crew members to find out his real hair color.

[turbid drum]

It's not uncommon in animation to use blue or dark blye to render black hair, Eliza Maza in Gargoyles also had blue hair for example.

[latent crag]

What exactly did they fuck up with Thrawn?

[turbid drum]

They are pissed he can't cheat with the Ysalamiri.

[plain iris]

Speaking of Rebels specifically. He looks competent more so in comparison to the other imperial officers in that show rather on a level of his own. He has his moments of brilliance but most of his intelligence feats are just employing sensible strategies. Makes him underwhelming.
The one in Ahsoka hasn't done anything yet worthy of complaint but also seems to have been stuck in a time capsule.

[viscid sage]

some change wouldve been cool

[solid pewter]

Thrawn can't lose and he lost in Rebels a couple of times, therefore character ruined

All these goobers want is for Thrawn to be unbeatable, that would be boring as shit

[latent crag]

https://tenor.com/view/rick-and-morty-laughing-tiny-chuckle-school-gif-13284254

[valid blaze]

https://vxtwitter.com/StarWarsUK/status/1705235516273369103?s=20

https://tenor.com/view/rock-one-eyebrow-raised-rock-staring-the-rock-gif-22113367

[wary needle]

I know but just the lengths they went to keep that accurate lol

[wary needle]

Greg Weisman worked on both shows, funny enough

He created Gargoyles and worked on Rebels season 1 and wrote the Kanan comics

Dude is getting attacked on Twitter for being progressive in his Young Justice storytelling. People are being stupid and he’s laying down what’s always been true of his storytelling sensibilities

[turbid drum]

I remember one twitter from a guy that had a weird discussion with a conservative friend about Gargoyles, his friend basically said that Gargoyles if made today (as in: the exact same show) would be woke but since it was made in the 90s he was fine with it (EDIT: in the sense that since it wasn't made today it wasn't woke).

Like, I can't tell if that guy was being self aware or the exact opposite.

[main ledge]

When even Star Wars UK ships them

[fervent skiff]

yeah we brought this up, and whilst yes this is probably what it is, its funny that other characters in the show with black hair just have black hair

but yeah the dark blue probably meant black lmaoo

just funny they changed it in later seasons

once he gets the haircut it looks alot more black too 👀

still a tiny bit blue tho

[torpid stag]

maybe twilek human hybrids only have brightly coloured hair when they're younger and steadily grow out of it

why jacen's is green rn but might not be forever

[wary needle]

We really are overthinking this lmao

[torpid stag]

[fervent skiff]

its also a lighter green than when he was but a lad

[ashen pivot]

Don’t be witchist

[main ledge]

https://x.com/conchobar2003/status/1705273178023493638?s=46&t=nK2RzESKnrKCyg9YOGR8jQ

Conor Brannigan🌹supports WGA and SAG-AFTRA (@Conchobar2003)

found ezra

Twitter · Sep 22, 2023, 5:29 PM

[latent crag]

That's actually edited really well.

[verbal forge]

This fucking chat

I love it

[mental osprey]

I think I hate this scene more than I hate the prequels

[torpid stag]

i love how horrible it is and how it completey invalidates any credibility SWT may have previously had as a film critic.

but yes besides that i agree

[mental osprey]

Remember when he complained about the bricks and screws in Andor

[torpid stag]

😂 yep lmfao

mfw im yavin 4 from the very first star wars movie

[mental osprey]

If something doesn’t have anakin or lightsaber porn he hates it

[torpid stag]

repost to scare SWT

[mental osprey]

He made a video about the Lando movie and all it was about was “I want to see Darth Maul train Qira”

Like dude

[torpid stag]

[mental osprey]

For the love of god

Please no more force users

I’m so burnt out

[torpid stag]

i like ahsoka but on the whole i also agree with that. we need a show that has the capacity to hold off from showing off a lightsaber

[mental osprey]

I liked it in the originals when the force seemed mystical and seeing a Jedi was like seeing a myth come to life

Not this prequel shit they’ve brought into post-ROTJ

[viscid sage]

what is with this new(as in the past several years) obsession star wars fans have w adapting shit that has already been put out in books or comics

[torpid stag]

cause SW fans dont read

[viscid sage]

since when was star wars about adapting existing material