#but can't sense sabine 😭

[twinsunstars]

Ezra: *steps one foot onto Lothal's lands after returning*

Every single loth-cat on the planet: *awakened*

[oh-three]

Bad Batch S3E9:

Beautiful opening shots and music

Guysss, Cross as updated his armor a bit….I miss the antenna pauldron 😭

Not Batcher chasing the moon-yos reminding me of Jurassic Park II's opening scene

Who the fuck landed in that cave.

VENTRESS!!

Okay, I should've realized it when the description said "mysterious stranger".

Damn, she knows exactly who they are.

AYYY. SHE WAS FENNEC'S CONTACT.

The way they phrased the dialogue to say "more capable of wielding the Force". Dave Filoni watching out to make sure that another Sabine situation makes sense.

"I need to know what I am." 😭

Ventress putting Omega through basic Jedi tests >>>>

THE MUSIC.

Damn, they figured out who she was fast.

….Is riding Batcher cheating?

Ventress fist fighting the Bad Batch isn't something I thought I needed, but this is actually kind of entertaining.

BAD BATCH THEME. Like, not the full theme, but maybe as close as we'll ever get to it, with the pitching changes to the score over the seasons.

Shitttt, the "I wasn't planning on killing you, but you're making it very tempting" quote was directed at the team.

"We were pawns in the same war. And we all lost. "The Empire is more dangerous than you could possibly fathom. I'm many things, but I am not your enemy." Honestly, I don't think she came here to do harm. They just pushed a little too hard- can't entirely blame them, though, with her record, but still.

"Okay, but if she's as bad as you say, then why didn't she kill you when she had the chance?" Glad to see she's thinking about this rationally.

Omega making decisions for TBB (and them going along with it) >>>>>

Wait. Using Batcher wasn't cheating? Must've been an improvisation test, then.

Okay, but seeing Ventress casually sitting on that boat, more curious about Omega than anything, is very satisfying for her journey after seeing how violent she had been at the start of TCW and how far she's come since Dooku.

Not Ventress turning to glare directly into the binocs 🤣

THIS SCENE IS BEAUTIFUL 😭

Ventress, you accidentally summoned something that wants to eat you, good job.

Oh, it has kraken tentacles!

The animation of Ventress's hair when it's wet is so fucking good.

Wait, I saw a Tumblr post about the Marauder getting blown up in the Teth episodes- I don't think that actually happened, because that's definitely it.

I half thought they were gonna leave Ventress there, I'm surprised Crosshair was the one to let her aboard.

Test 1: Patience/Mediation/Balance. Test 2: Improvisation. Test 3: Connecting with animals through the Force.

So, Omega does have a high M-count 👀

"You're not as safe as you think you are." Well, that's ominous as fuck.

That ship has an extra-long wing like the Twilight, neat.

Are we all in agreement that next week is the invasion of Pabu?

[spacelizzbian]

Ahsoka s1 ep6

Love how they reminded us of the fact that there are "former imperials working at every level in the new republic" ain't no way they're getting back to the normal galaxy this episode? like bro, dw I didn't forget the New Republic kinda sucks 😂

Deadass thought Ahsoka was gonna spill on her world between worlds experience 💀

Hm, Ahsoka seeing Sabine giving the enemy the map as a fault of her own shortcomings as a teacher when it shows that she really was Anakin's padawan.

Urging Sabine to do what's right and putting feelings aside, while being unable to do that herself and fearing what could happen because of it..... this coming after the episode where Anakin's legacy and Ahsoka's unease with it was explored is 😭😭

Though it is throwing me off that she's still saying the same stuff as before her epithany last episode?

I understand it would be too easy if those fears caused by Anakin's betrayal would be healed after one episode and they probably wanna save that moment for a more exciting scene than her and Huyang sitting in the mouth of a space whale. But it'd have been better if Ahsoka showed that she has progressed in this regard?

I cannot believe they did the cheesiest thing and actually had Huyang say the thing.

This show so corny I love it

Pour one out for the Wolfren people, there was a prison on board lmao

God I hope he keeps his promise, he's a more interesting dark sider if he does

Something about them being so far from civilisation is actually creeping me out....

They were in hyperspace for all of the events of last episode, probably longer, that distance between galaxies is incomprehensible.

If anyone gets stranded or hurt they'd be so far away from help, the typical "fleet arrives to the rescue" at the last second can't happen now.

I don't think it's ever sunk in for me how hopeless Ezra must've felt being stranded here

A signal?!? Really??? That was fast lol

You know, for a literal different galaxy, I'd have expected this planet to look funkier.

Even Dathomir looked more mythical than this

I guess I take back all that dreadful pondering about being stranded far from home in a deserted galaxy cause apparantly there are fucking people living here

ok sure

Poor Sabine, not Jedi enough for Huyang, too Jedi for them witches 😔

I swear to god if they show us another iteration of order 66

I don't think I've ever commented on Shin and Baylan's designs but I love how they almost have a game of thrones fantasy knight vibe about them. Makes sense as this convo suggests they seek glory from the past.

Props to Kevin Kiner, the music is stealing Thrawn's intro scene

Wild guess Im throwing out there, Enoch is Ezra but like ... brainwashed as Savage was

Either that or he is deep undercover as one of those stormtroopers, that def sounds like something he'd do

Bro why there so much familiar kind of typical star wars life on this DIFFERENT galaxy?? 💀

OH HE JUST A BIG LIL PUPPER 🥺🥺

Damn, last episode really felt like clone wars in style and this one really feels like rebels lmao

Shin self identifying as a trained Jedi? Interesting.

Her doubting what Baylan is saying?

Oh?

I cannot wait for Baylan "destroy the past" Skoll to face off against Ahsoka "recently started healing from the wounds of the past" Tano again. I can practically feel the emotional culmination of this show and Ahsoka's character concluding

Oh these creatures are gonna get fridged so bad aren't they?

Ah shucks my wild angsty guess disproven so quickly

Tho Ezra just chilling with a bunch of lil creatures is also very him

They can sense Ahsoka approaching in the whale?¿?¿? That sure is convenient for them

Lmaoooooo Morgan is so angry she's like "sOMEONE FUCKIN KILL THIS DAMN WOMAN ALREADY IVE HAD IT

👏 UP 👏 TO 👏 HERE 👏

WITH HER IMMORTAL BS"

Thrawn upon learning Ahsoka's master was Anakin: "oh, psssht, I know what buttons to push, easy"

[loonyrose]

thoughts on Ahsoka ep8

Spoilers!!! You've been warned!!!

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Morgan being given "the gift of shadows" by the night sisters was so cool. And then her getting mother talzin's blade thing!!

Kanan reference!! A more in depth one this time!! I was already crying by this part 😭

And Ahsoka talks about Anakin so much in this show I'm not well. Ahsoka and Ezra holding up the ship with the force was epic btw.

"For Dathomir". Chills.

I love how thrawn is so scared of anakin and anyone trained by him in this show it's an awesome reference.

I knew the night sisters were reanimating some of the troopers with magic! I knew it!

No no guys don't split up please haven't you learned your lesson

Sabine using the force properly for the first time in the same way as Luke >>>

Didn't expect Sabine to stay behind and help Ahsoka, honestly. But now I see that it was the same choice she had to make earlier. First it was either leave behind Ezra, or risk releasing thrawn back into the galaxy, and this time it was help Ezra defeat thrawn, or save her master and friend. Sabine still can't let go of the people close to her, even when it has terrible consequences.

"one wonders, just how similar you might become" anyone else been picking up a bit of dark-side indulging Ahsoka vibe in this show? She definitely channeled the dark side during her fight with baylan on seatos, and she sith eyes for a moment in the world between worlds (which is more likely symbolizing the dark side in her of course).

Also thrawn calling Ahsoka a ronin!! Can we all just say ronin or Jedi ronin now instead of grey Jedi it's so much cooler.

Sabine and Ahsoka literally swapped places with Ezra omg 🥲 but now they're friends with snail turtles now yay ig

I really do feel bad for shin at this point tbh. Whatever path she's on now isn't good for her or anyone else, she needs her master back.

The statues of the mortis gods!!! I literally screamed when I saw them!!! I wonder if the fact that the sisters head fell off and it's the most damaged statue has to do with anything? And I think Baylan standing on the father statue really symbolizes that he isn't partial to the light or dark side, he's fairly balanced. Also I really have no idea where his character is going, he's too mysterious and the actings too good. RIP Ray Stevenson.

EZRA IS BACK! FOR REAL HE WAS ON HOME ONE! I love how chop immediately knew it was him. "Is it you? Is it you Ezra?" 😭 and also DAMNIT DAVE WHY'D YOU HAVE TO CUT THE SHOT THEY WERE ABOUT TO HUG

I can't wait for Ezra to find out about jacen! I really hope jacen doesn't go to Luke's academy that would not end well.

"thrawn got away"

"and thanks to you, Ezra got home"

NOBODY TALK TO ME IM HAVING A BREAKDOWN

Sabine sensing her force grandpa. Grandfather in training? What exactly are we calling this?

His smile. HIS SMILE. IM SO HAPPY.

UNFORTUNATELY no zeb Kallus or rex, but hey we still have season two perhaps?

[jessicas-pi]

i just got hit by an overwhelming Big Sad yesterday when I realized obitine wouldn't've been soulmates in your sabezra soulmark au 😭 (because sabine and ezra were the first mando/jedi soulmates ever recorded)

(this is nothing against you, btw. i love your fic and it's so good. just. ahahahrhh 😔)

i send this partly hoping you have an amazing explanation because your silly words always delight me!

OOOOOOH YES AS A MATTER OF FACT I DO HAVE AN EXPLANATION!!

Neither of them had soulmarks!

Obi-Wan and Satine both put their duty first, above all else. Not that having soulmarks means someone can't do that, but for them, it would always have been the default to put their people above their own selves, so in that sense, neither of them could really have a soulmate at all.

Of course, this doesn't mean they never had feelings for each other. They did! They just weren't soulmates.

I have a lot of extra soulmate lore to go along with this, both for Mandalorians and Jedi, but it's kinda rambling and not all figured out yet, so I won't go into that here lol

[mushstump]

Here all my thoughts while watching Ahsoka EP 7

- that senator is kinda sus but it may be me being salty

- FINALLY some mention about Mandalore, know it's Sabine's turn to say something about it

- Hera is my queen. And yes the Senate should be worried about Thrawn, at least Gideon is already out of game

- Anakin 🥰🥰😭 I will always have a soft spot for his story

- Ahsoka can stab me- I mean...uh...good technic...

- so...the purgill Ahsoka and Hyudan came will die? ;-;

- oh no it is worse it's a mine field. My poor whales ;-:

- Ahsoka you're really unlucky, it must be a thing from your lineage

- "her master was general Anakin Skywalker?"

"yes"

His face FHSJSJSKSHWJ

- Ezra and Bine talking and I can *feel* Sabine's anxiety bc I'm having too

- They kept his scar nice

- Sabine say something please. NOT THIS YOU'RE AVOIDING THE QUESTION

- "that's complicated?" Ezra is starting to see that something is not right

- oh hi cockroaches- I mean - siths (I think)

- the nightsisters are creepy I don't like then

- nicee Ahsoka and Sabine bond!

- I dont think Shin will kill them 👀

- Baylan, I like baylan. But what is he planning? I hope it is blowing up the spaceship

- where's the Wolfie? ;-;

- "she is like you but with less sense of humor"

"lightsaber?"

"yeah"

"great"

- where's the Wolfie yeey

- oh nice baylan and Ahsoka will fight?

- can they stop arguing? No they can't

- Ezra is in his kung fu era

- stormtroopers being useless as always

- Ahsoka offering to help shin, nice. Ofc she ran but it's ok it's a start

- Ahsoka smiled to Sabine and I'm okay now

- Sabine I can still see your guilt

- I hope we see the reunion Hera and Ezra and the meeting Ezra and Jacen at the next episode

Final thoughts: I think thrawn will get away bc it's only one(?) episode left. I already need next season. And I can't believe that we still don't have any mention of Mandalore coming out of Sabine's mouth.

My prediction to the next season? The ghost crew trying to keep Sabine away from prison

[ylojgtr]

for the record, i did enjoy the first 2 episodes of ahsoka, but i can't help but feel like there's an overwhelming sense of "disney" to the whole thing, just that feeling that some things are a little underbaked, not everything holds the weight or tension you expect it to or they seem to want, like some things don't feel entirely satisfying in the way they're paced and/or presented

for instance, i felt the scene where sabine is decoding the map at the tower to be so unsatisfying, like she literally just turned the sides of the sphere to match up, which is like, the exact same thing ahsoka did in the temple when she got the map in the first place? i was really hoping for a more enthralling discovery to pave the path forward, but instead we got another "eureka moment"

ive kinda noticed this in the mandalorian too, especially in s3, like with the one episode they spend following dr pershing on coruscant and you really hope for it to lead somewhere interesting with his character arc...but it just. barely comes up again. or how the darksaber is built up so much, like "ooh is it going to be used as a symbol to reunite mandalore" or smth, only for it to get broken in a kinda anticlimactic final battle...even if that was meant to be some sort of power symbolism of the empire taking over local cultures or something i just personally find it very by-the-books and like they're almost making it up as they go along, or overall just that the endings are anticlimactic. and that goes for obi wan too, such as revas entire arc

now i blame this on disney but i honestly have no idea whose fault it is, or if it's any single factors fault. there are many other common factors between the 3 shows here, but it does undeniably come in the age of disney, and ill take any chance to blame the big corporation for producing cheap shit (cause honestly, it probably is, and if it's not, im happy to cut the writers/directors/actors/crew/every other non-millionaire person some slack)

but i guess what i really want is to have some fun in the series and have it feel unique and not like another bland product. it's a show for people who love clone wars AND rebels, who enjoy the wildly different aspects of each of the shows for what they are. and i really hope ahsoka grows into a unique identity too, not just another mandalorian/bobf/obi-wan. (i should point out i do love the mandalorian too, especially its first season, specifically for feeling so unique and different from other star wars stories at the time. it sucks it's become a sort of template for other star wars media) and we know it is very possible to do so, even based off existing characters and character arcs, because andor exists and it is perfect in every way ❤️

also please let ahsoka have some joy in her life, i want to see her be fun again too and i get she's not really there at this point in her story but please let her have some peace not just another stoic jedi 😭

[worfianism]

Ahsoka Ep 7

Spoilers ahead

- oooo sassy hera

- always so funny when star wars characters are like this sounds like a fairy tale and im like yes buddy you are indeed in a fairy tale

- C3P0!!!! On behalf of LEIA 😭😭😭😭😭

- Senator Organa is Senatoring

- see I get it. Senator Xiono being wary because Hera does read like a military woman stuck in a war but he's very reticent which along with the fact they pointed out that there is ex-empire at all levels in the new Republic make me distrust him

- 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 ANAKIN

- at least he's self aware 😂

- SKYGUY STILL TEACHING SNIPS 😭😭😭😭😭

- Awh buddy. You know what I think Good Master is pushing it but I get it. I really do think he tried his best when it came to Ahsoka especially since they were at war but he still let his selfishness get in the way of being a truly good master.

- Huyang I LOVE YOU. David Tennant I LOVE YOU.

- sometimes I forget that Ahsoka was apprenticed to arguably the best pilot in the galaxy

- did he not know this? Or is that he knew that Anakin was Vader but not that Ahsoka was apprenticed to Anakin?

- YOU KNOW WHY JEDI HAVE HAD TO HIDE FOR YEARS?????? (Order 66 mention im sensitive about that)

- I do get why people enjoy Thrawn as a villain

- I love that we go from space battle to idyllic little ride with ezra and sabine

- Zeb mention!!!

- OMG HE DOESNT KNOW ABOUT JACEN!! DAVE YOU BETTER GIVE ME THAT REUNION!!!

- Ezra 😂😂😂 "Really? You???"

- Oh Sabine. You know you messed up. But you can't admit it and you can't fix it.

- ARE THEY CANONISING FORCE TRAINING BONDS????? I thought they were entirely headcanon? (I mean I know Rey and Kylo ren had a force bond but I thought master-padawan bonds were something the Internet made up) also sabine is basically force-null so could she have a training bond anyway?

- UH OH

- damn Baylon Skoll essentially gives like evil Obi-Wan Kenobi vibes but anyway I wonder what he's up to

- COME ON DAVE GIVE ME EZRA WITH A LIGHTSABER, GIVE MY LITTLE JEDI BACK

- omg the little guys trying with a slingshot

- Ezra's ability to care about literally anyone I love him

- COME ON GIVE THE BOY A LIGHTSABER SABINE I KNOW YOU HAVE HIS

- Sabine saying she's like you but lacks your sense of humour about Shin I can't 😂

- omg they just dropped the soft Ahsoka theme very randomly

- I wonder who did the music for the show

- EZRA TAKE THE LIGHTSABER BABY PLEASE

- THE FORCE IS MY ALLY THAT IS ALL I NEED

- EZRA USING THE FORCE 😭😭😭😭😭

- the little guy just threw a pan I love it

- AHHH LEAVE HIM ALONE !!!!! HIM AND HIS LOVELY HAIR

- oh ezra how do you not know that you can't say stuff like that it's basically asking to jinxing it

- HUYANG TO THE RESCUE!

- Oh god for a moment I forgot that troopers were now clone troopers not stormtroopers so for a second I was like yay they're being rescued!!

- EZRA LIGHTSABER PLEASE

- hes so ezra

- Huyang you have to outlive literally everyone

- I'll give that to Thrawn, they are kind of like Jedi of old

- uh ohhhh

- Ahsoka 🥺 offering to help a darksider back to the light

- EZRA AHSOKA REUNION HUG IM IN SHAMBLES 😭😭😭😭 AHSOKA'S LITTLE LAUGH

- OH EZRA MY HEART IS BURSTING WITH LOVE FOR YOU

[qvnthesia]

AHSOKA Ep4: "Fallen Jedi" thoughts

(considering how i'm already losing my mind it's only by the Will of the Force™ that i'm able to type this with whatever that's left of my sanity)

the way seatos' aesthetic always slays >>>>

(god how i wanna live my shadow phase there)

THE WAY HUYANG JUST BITCHSLAPPED THAT DROID FROM AN EXTENSION BEHIND HIS HEAD LMFAO??!

love it every time when ahsoka ignites her sabers, especially when huyang powered down that ship.

shin's subtle cloak drop 👀

lightsaber duels were FERAL this episode

lmao marrok disintegrating into dust and just obliterating all other fan theories about his identity. though, the dust was green in shade, similar to the nightsisters one 👀

"anakin spoke highly of you." "funny, he never mentioned you." dead.

GODDAMN BAYLAN BOI YOU COLDBLOODED AS FUCK

the way the dialogues continue to slay >>>

CARSON TEVA YAY!

okay hera sweetie I love you but bringing a 10-year-old to a potential warzone isn't such a good idea—

CLAN WREN IS DEAD??? WEREN'T THEY ALIVE IN REBELS?? WTF HAPPENED

i'm mad at sabine for giving up the map but i understand her decision so i got mixed feelings about the outcome lol — though it goes to show how much layered she is, which is what I've always loved about her

my writer mind wants more information about peridea and the hyperspace coordinates

am i sensing something between shin and sabine? yes. am i interested? VERY MUCH 👀

here's reaction to when the hyperspace ring leaves 😭 she's just so fuckjng devastated

"i've got a bad feeling about this" 😭😭😭

and seatos, which has an ENTRANCE TO THE WORLD BETWEEN WORLDS??

live action world between worlds is beautiful 😭😭

"hello snips" WHAT THE—

"anakin" THE DEAGING LMFAO hayden's always looked like a 30-year-old anakin to me, it's, like technology, a bit off. let's see how it looks in the next ep though.

*VADER'S THEME PLAYS* FILONI I CAN'T WAIT FOR ANOTHER WEEK MY LIFE IS SHIT GODDAMMIT THAT CLIFFHANGER IS EATING AT MY SOUL JSSHHSGSHAKAVXHEBSJABDHEJSNXUEKAOWOQOQOSOEHDEVHSJANWISNWKABZBEJAJSIWJWJSNWJAHZHAAJAJA

all-rounding questions to the ahsoka show (questions are also related to the sequels; respectfully asking, this ain't a place to bash them because I love the characters but also displeased with the writing and the way disney betrayed them):

jacen is a jedi and obviously luke and hera know each other, so he's going to train, right? or does hera decide something else for him considering kylo went on to destroy the temple?

are there any more details we can get about seatos considering it was settled by an extragalactic species and that it has an entrance to the world between worlds?

i hope we get to see bits of peridea; not much, but enough.

where's leia in all this? and luke? ik appearance isn't possible but a mention would be great.

would travel to peridea possibly create a rift in the galactic barrier of the known galaxy? there was some SERIOUS void-like cronau radiation trailing behind when the ship jumped to hyperspace 👀

how did clan wren d-word? and why didn't ahsoka trust sabine? was it with regards to physical or mutual support?

(more questions will be added later on)

hands down, ep4 is a gazillion out of 10 from me. as i've indicated, I am clearly very much dead, and will be back alive next week to scream more.

live reaction to seeing anakin:

[nimata-beroya]

MY THOUGHTS ON AHSOKA - Part 1 "Master and Apprentice" & Part 2 "Toil and Trouble"

(ok let's do this again, bc I posted the previous post before I was finished by mistake, and the power went out right at that moment which means I had no Wi-Fi to fix it 😣😣)

The first thing I can say is that I liked this premiere a lot, but it didn't blow my mind to smithereens. It was a pretty decent start and I can see the potential, I'm invested. But I'd rather remain cautious for the moment. I don't want to hype myself too much, fearing a big disappointment down the road.

There were surprises (very good surprises), some confirmations of things I suspected or have seen others speculating about, and a thing or 2 that I'm iffy about. and also I liked the pace. It's not too slow, nor too fast. It seems deliberated, and I think that's a good thing.

Let's dive into the details…

Part 1 - Master and apprentice

Watching a New Republic transport losing yet again a prisoner, makes me think the NR needs to work on this problem. Because so far, there've been 4 different prisoner breakouts that we know of (2 of those were the same guy!!)

Ahsoka in the ancient temple looking for the map was cool. I love the video game treasure hunt/solve the puzzle kind of feel about it (it made think about Jedi fallen order/survivor). And Huyang roasting Ahsoka for not having a padawan with her was the best.

I loved the subtle hint that Ahsoka made about Morgan Esbelth hiring mercenaries in the past (AKA: Din. I wonder if he could have a small cameo)

My first reaction to Hera believing that Ezra is dead was shock, especially since in the Rebels finale seemed that she knew he was just lost not dead, but after thinking about it, it does make sense. First, because she never had the confirmation that he was actually alive. There's no trace of him or Thrawn in the galaxy (we learned why later), and second, and maybe more importantly, it's much easier to continue living on with a loved one's death than a disappearance. The not-knowing, the constant yearning can be exhausting. With death come pain, but eventually with healthy grieving you should accept it and move on.

Omg! I can't believe Ryder Azadi and Jai Kell were there!! And the mural’s dedication to Ezra 😭😭😭😭 I love that everyone still have him so present even after all this time 💕💕

Sabine is commander, huh? Nice! But the fact that she wasn't in the ceremony doesn't surprise me at all.

Her Loth cat is the most adorable thing ever. I want one!!!

That Morgan Elsbeth being a Nightsister wasn't the biggest surprise for me, bc I had seen people speculating about. In fact, I like the idea of another surviving Nightsister. My only nickpicking about this is that her skin is too pink for a Witch of Dathomir. I guess she's either half-human/half-zabrak, or she's using some cloaking spell on herself.

Ezra's message just for Sabine 😭😭😭

(I have to make a pause here to confess something. When I watched Rebels for the first time, I was happy that Ezra and Sabine didn't end up being a thing. That doesn't mean I didn't see the signs that they could be more than friends/siblings, because there were signs, but I feel that media loves to put first love as if it should be the love of the characters' life always, when in real life it's much less common. It happens, but usually you don't marry your first love. And I thought it was ok to leave the romantic plot out of it. I mean, they were kids fighting a war, they had enough on their plate.

But now, as adults who have grown and gotten vastly different experiences in life and all that? I won't be mad if, when they find Ezra, they declare romantic love for each other. And regarding the message when Ezra says he sees her as a sister, I have the strong feeling that he said that because that was what he thought she wanted to hear. He accepted he was in the "friend zone" and respected that, not knowing Sabine was pinning for him, you know, like idiots in love.

It could be just as he said, they love each other platonically as siblings, and I'm ok with that too. But my heart goes out to all the Sabezra shippers. I know your pain, and as Kalluzeb shipper we might share the same boat soon. I'm fearing that they'll put even harder the "Only friends" sticker on Kallus and Zeb. But just like you, I'll ignore it. So, ship away, my dears. Who's going to stop you? Not me!)

Ahsoka should've known that Sabine would take the map! That was a very Sabine (and a very padawan) thing to do. She should know. How many times she disobeyed Anakin?

And Sabine should've known something like that would happen. When something goes as planned?

The fight between Shin and Sabine was great, but it was painful how rusty Sabine has become. Come on, girl!! and OUCH!!! I didn't expect she was going to be impaled. And thank goodness episode 2 was next because I would've hated that cliffhanger.

Part 2 - Toil and Trouble

Ahsoka's reaction about Sabine losing the map, altho understandable, got on my nerves. Really Ahsoka? have you never done something wrong? I know, I know!! her reaction stems off her trauma and all that, but idk, I didn't like it.

On the other hand, Mom daughter moment with Hera and Sabine was so precious 😭 That really took me back to Rebels. I always love when Hera is the best mom in the galaxy, showing Sabine unconditional support. Despite the physical aspect of the character that it's taking me a bit to get used to it, I think Mary Elizabeth Winstead is doing a pretty good job embodying Hera personality.

For one glorious second, I thought we were going to see live-action Kallus, I swear. I mean, who could've been better to accompany them to Corellia to found out if there were Imperial spies, hmm? I didn't even need him to be in the whole thing, just 5 seconds of screen time, giving them intel on the shipyard or something. Is that too much to ask?!!

OH!! So Ezra and Thrawn are in another galaxy! That explains why nobody found a trace of them. So I guess Peridea is a thing now. And what if Mortis is in that galaxy --or in another-- and Anakin , Obi-Wan and Ahsoka traveled in one of those paths back in TCW? Ok, this is getting interesting.

Thrawn calling Morgan?! Sounds unlikely. But if it's not thrawn, then who? Oh! OH! 😳 I just remembered, The Grysk can manipulate other people's minds!!! I thought we weren't going to touch on the Grysk on this show, like ever, but what if?!!! (i'm sure I'm wrong, but if I'm right? OH MYYY GOOOOSSSHH!!! This show could be soooo so good)

Chopper!!! There he is!!! My beloved war criminal!! I missed him so much!

Yes, yes!! that's general Syndulla I know. Taking shit from nobody!

Thank you, Huyang for easing my mind! Thank the force that Sabine is NOT force sensitive. Like this, I can get behind of the whole idea of Ahsoka being her Master. It's not my favorite thing, but I can tolerate it like this.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Chopper in the chase in the phantom was absolutely great!!

😭 Sabine cutting her hair just like Kanan did. Stop it with feels, dammit!!

Ok now we have caught up with the epilogue, and I'm excited for what's to come.

[monk-of-figaro]

Major thanks to @wsancho, who wrote up such a detailed and thoughtful post after I shamelessly begged them to do so. I think they always have really interesting and well-constructed insights into the Figaro twins.

I'd like to add some additional thoughts and follow-ups, if I may.

1. Which fanfic is this?

…The deal was that there’s an entire council at Figaro that would prevent Sabin from leaving, so he has to escape, and the royal guards are chasing after him. In these circumstances it makes sense that the bros wouldn’t stay in touch, since it would endanger Sabin’s freedom.

Okay, first I need to know which fanfic this is. I've read a LOT of Sabin fanfic, but this doesn't ring any bells for me at all. It sounds really interesting, though! Sabin having to literally escape his royal obligations like a prisoner on the run seems like a unique angle.

2. Edgar: Masks, Mommy, and Missives

Second, starting with Edgar, I love these kinds of insights into what his mentality and motivations may be.

… But his lips are sealed when it comes to what troubles him on a personal level, what he fears, how he’s feeling, cough his mommy issues cough.

Yup, I think it seems very Edgarish to keep most of his extroverted persona somewhat superficial. The wit, the charm, the womanizing… all these may be parts of him, but he perhaps amplifies them as a means of deflection or distraction. I mean, it's something he has to be good at in order to deceive the Empire for so long.

I'm sure almost everyone can empathize with how difficult it is to wear a "mask" for so long. Poor Edgar must be exhausted.

I never thought of him having "mommy issues", though. If his flirting and womanizing isn't actually a mask but a coping mechanism instead, then I guess that makes sense.

I'd be interested to know why you may think he has mommy issues. How are children affected - mentally, emotionally, psychologically - when their mother dies during birth? I genuinely don't know!

Sabin is not a person Edgar does casual small talk with. They can be fun and lighthearted, but when they talk, it’s real. […] I can imagine it would be exhausting for him to even attempt to write to Sabin. Either be shallow and sully the one real relationship you have, or be real and put him in the position you tried so hard to protect him from.

Hmm… I dunno. I can understand that there would be difficulty maintaining that kind of twin intimacy while they're apart, and fear that attempting to do so might in a weird way tarnish that intimacy.

And of course, the things Edgar would really want to talk honestly about are things that could compromise the entire kingdom should the message be intercepted. I don't imagine that the most secure way to send state secrets across vast distances is through carrier pigeons.

Assuming they truly maintained no contact, I could see Edgar (and Sabin!) instead writing each day to his twin in a private journal - a book of the correspondences he wished he could have sent, kept somewhere extremely private and secure.

There's an EXCELLENT fanfic by @rynling (who I can't believe I forgot to tag in my earlier Last Line Challenge! 😭) called "The Road to Mobliz", in which Sabin chronicles the journey that Celes and he make from Tzen to Mobliz in the World of Ruin. I'd never thought of Sabin as much of a writer, but after reading it I think I've changed my mind. Maybe his somewhat brash extroversion is somewhat of a mask like Edgar, or maybe he has trouble being verbally eloquent and finds writing to be easier to convey his honesty. Or maybe both.

3. Sabin's asceticism

Sabin’s ascetic training would require him to be secluded and undistracted.

I've often wondered about Sabin's "ascetic" training, and even his qualifications as a "monk". To me, being a "monk" connotes mental and spiritual discipline moreso than being a good martial artist or warrior.

(I love you Sabin no matter what!)

In-game, there's not much that Sabin does that exemplifies any of those monk-ish qualities. He's actually pretty impulsive, emotionally reactive, and kind of a glutton.

(Sabin, you are beautiful and perfect in every way! Never change a thing!)

You never actually see him meditate, or practice his forms, or abstain from… anything, really. The only time you see him abstaining from an indulgence is with the woman who was hitting on Cyan. He says he's not tempted by her because of his "ascetic training" - something he didn't seem to bother with while devouring everything in the Phantom Train's dining room.

If anything, explaining away his disinterest as "asceticism" feels more like a way to deflect scrutiny and avoid potentially uncomfortable follow-up questions.

(Sabin, you are a glimmering angel, and I think you should eat as much as you want and keep whatever company you want!)

All of the above is based solely off his in-game portrayal. Luckily, we have an abundance of excellent fanfics that add in layers of complexity, rebalancing his in-game character with the expectations of what being a "monk" would be. Without those layers, he'd probably be more accurately described as a "brawler" or "pugilist".

He needs to clear his mind from the family tragedy and from everything that’s going on in the world. And in Figaro. And how is Edgar managing? Could he be in danger just like his father? In his mental state is extremely easy to get lost in dark thoughts.

This… hmm… I'm not sure. Again, I feel like in the game, he doesn't portray the mental and emotional fortitude (I love you Sabin!) of one who can isolate himself so completely from his connection to Figaro.

As you say, he expresses knowledge about the current situation with the Empire a few times. In the original SNES version, he says that he's been keeping an eye on the state of things.

I'm unclear whether he says that part in the Japanese version, but in all versions he already knows about the Returner's hideout being in the Sabre Mountains.

Also in all versions, he expresses concern about Figaro becoming a puppet state (or, in the Japanese version, a "dog to the Empire").

So like you said, I don't think he's completely isolated from the outside world. Whether he's "watching the world from afar" or not, he seems up-to-date on the Returners and their current location, and seems to have a general knowledge of Figaro's current political situation.

His reaction to seeing Edgar is also somewhat nonchalant. Had they been truly isolated from each other for the past 10 years, I'd have expected a much more emotional reaction from Sabin. Hell, I would have expected an emotional reaction after being isolated for a single month!

But instead, he's just kind of like, "Oh, hey. What are you doing here?"

By contrast, he actually cries after finding Duncan in the World of Ruin.

This is why I think that Sabin and Edgar somehow kept in touch over the years. Had they truly not seen or heard from each other the entire time, I think Sabin would have had an emotional meltdown upon seeing Edgar again - especially considering that he thought Duncan had died shortly before Edgar had arrived.

But he’s determined to become the warrior he needs to be, and that requires detachment.

See, I think it's the opposite. I think maintaining contact is how Sabin keeps himself motivated to train harder. He and Edgar both know that Figaro cannot hold off the Empire forever, and by keeping in touch with his brother - who maybe does update him on some of the harrowing details - Sabin finds the energy and willpower to keep going. He's a person who has a lot of anger, and hearing from Edgar refuels his fire, allowing him to focus his anger into his training.

5. Champions

In one of his podcasts, Joe Rogan mentioned that the martial artist who becomes champion is the one that does everything right. They don’t skip training even if they’re sore or if there was a party and they stayed up late. They don’t party, they train and stick to their nutrition regime, no cheat days. If they were to slip, they would lose the fight, and even risk losing their lives or get handicapped. You’re not allowed to take one day off while your enemy is out there grinding and getting better and stronger. Sabin surely is aware of this.

Joe Rogan is a person for whom I have no interest in what he considers to be qualities of a "champion". He's a coward and a basic schoolyard bully who is unapologetically slanderous and hostile towards the queer community (trans people in particular), and uses his vast platform to amplify voices that are similarly so, directly putting this extremely vulnerable social group into even more danger. And he thinks it's funny (or, at best, inconsequential) to do so.

He's a person who punches down, rather than punching up. As such, the people he considers to be "champions" are likely people who enable, encourage, or emulate this gutless mentality.

If he cannot recognize and respect people for whom the world actively vilifies and tries to either kill or suppress, and yet who manage to live and laugh and love and thrive anyway; people for whom simply walking out of their house can be a dangerous act of defiant bravery on a level that most of us are incapable of understanding; people who risk losing their lives, their jobs, their family, and their friends because they have the courage to step outside the box of expectations… if that fetid bag of ballsack sweat can't recognize those people as "champions", then his opinion is worth less than that of my toe knuckle hair.

Even aside from that, this mentality of "never stop grinding" sounds like a surefire way to injure yourself, or to burn yourself out, or to develop a crippling obsession with perfection, or paranoia, or all of the above. Humans aren't built to be machines, and I strongly think that people who try to aspire to that cannot maintain it indefinitely. It's just another facade to put on to seem tough in front of your bros. What are these people like when they're not "performing" for the public?

Phew, okay, rant over. Now I can refocus on what we were actually talking about, which may not have been my toe knuckle hair. checks notes Ah, yes. Sabin. That's who we're talking about.

6. Self-Improvement

Self improvement does elevate a person, particularly when improving on something as primal as one's physicality. Sabin is in a far better state when we encounter him: he’s sure about himself, but before learning about the broken alliance, he was still unsure about his own usefulness to the kingdom. Edgar would have reassured him if they had kept in touch 🥺

Yes, I think you're right about this. In whatever way he managed it, he certainly became much physically stronger than he had been, and definitely seems to have an abundance of confidence - at least in his ability to handle physical hardship, labor, or fighting.

Yet despite this, he still questions his usefulness for helping his brother. I think a part of him still feels like he should be better at the political and diplomatic aspects of defending the kingdom, something that I feel was hammered into him by his father that he hasn't been able to overcome. He still struggles with that sense of what "responsibility for country" looks like, because as royalty he was being primed to become a politician, not a soldier. By the end of the game though, I think he's finally been able to accept that he can still serve his kingdom by being its literal muscle.

To bring up another excellent fanfic (another @rynling one! One I already wrote a post about! I swear they're not paying me!), "Every King Needs His Guard" presents a post-game world in which Sabin is helping Edgar maintain peace and security within the kingdom in a way that he could not do had he re-embraced his royalty. He understands that this is how he can best serve his brother and his country; by doing the dark, unsanctioned deeds that are required for unity within the kingdom as everyone tries to move on and rebuild their lives. It's upsetting and powerful each time I read it.

The brothers are doing things that are not shameful in any way, but the nitty-gritty details are just not something they would want to expose to the other. Their silence is both an act of consideration and a necessary evil to keep their focus.

I could see a scenario in which they both try this for a while - they maintain correspondence but try keeping it somewhat vague, superficial, or flatly untrue in order to reassure their twin that everything is fine - but I think they'd both eventually see through their twin's facade, even over paper.

7. Conclusion(?)

Again, thanks so much @wsancho for writing up such interesting and thought-providing ideas! Even if I may not agree with everything (or maybe to put it more accurately, my head-canon differs in certain areas), it's very fun to read peoples' takes on the twins, their dynamic, and what may or may not have happened between them off-screen.

All of it - even things not in my head-canon - end up helping me expand my own vision of the world of FF6. 🥰

About those 10 years of Figaro separation

Coming from the exchange I had with @monk-of-figaro on this other post, I wanted to make a case for Edgar and Sabin having no contact during their 10 years of separation.

Fan theories can be made to come up with “practical reasons” for them to lose contact. In fact I wanted to reference a specific fanfiction, but I can’t find it anymore, and I don’t remember the title or the author 😵

...The deal was that there’s an entire council at Figaro that would prevent Sabin from leaving, so he has to escape, and the royal guards are chasing after him. In these circumstances it makes sense that the bros wouldn’t stay in touch, since it would endanger Sabin’s freedom.

That’s just one example that I thought was well justified, but my intent is not to come up with practical or strategic reasons. I’d rather ramble about what drives them emotionally, and I do think there’s enough emotional baggage to create an unspoken conviction on both brothers (individually) that would keep them from reaching out and directly checking on the other.

On Edgar’s side Edgar is very outspoken about the activities he’s known for: engineering, womanizing and kingly stuff; also he's quite vocal whenever he’s trying to guide and build people up. But his lips are sealed when it comes to what troubles him on a personal level, what he fears, how he’s feeling, *cough* his mommy issues *cough*. Basically the things that affect him on the deepest level are his own problem, and his alone. Makes sense for strategic reasons, but as it turns out, the only other people who could understand him are his dead father and his absent twin. Both of which are probably at the top of that list of “things” that trouble him.

He lost his father, longs for the mother he never knew, and there’s only one truly precious person left in his life. He has decided to protect Sabin at all cost from the danger of being a monarch of a kingdom under external threat, and from the psychological compromise that is required to become a cog in the machine of world politics.

In order to be what Figaro needed, Edgar relied on his ability to lie and manipulate, and he put on a face that was pleasant enough for the enemy. Edgar knows Sabin passionately despises all of this. Even Edgar himself despises this approach, but he’ll do what needs to be done. It’s hard to find oneself in the desperate need to become so fake (and drag an entire nation with that decision), but even harder when constantly reminded of what authenticity is.

Edgar holds Sabin in the highest of regards, particularly his morals. He even wanted (needed) Sabin’s opinion (comfort) about the validity of all these decisions.

Sabin is not a person Edgar does casual small talk with. They can be fun and lighthearted, but when they talk, it’s real. Edgar wouldn’t want to lie to Sabin about all that’s been going on at Figaro, but he wouldn’t want to be shallow about it either.

Here's a very enlightening quote about twin intimacy:

Additionally, twins are not used to superficial relationships and small talk. Unknowingly twins may want closeness and attention immediately and with practically everyone they meet. The new friend may feel as if their twin friend wants too much closeness and attention. The twin may feel a sense of emptiness in new relationships and long for their twin, who can understand them immediately, depending on the closeness that they shared in childhood and adolescence. Taken from here

I can imagine it would be exhausting for him to even attempt to write to Sabin. Either be shallow and sully the one real relationship you have, or be real and put him in the position you tried so hard to protect him from. Best to just let things play out on their own accord 😞

On Sabin’s side Sabin left Figaro and brought with him a lot of baggage. A great deal of what he needs to fix within are feelings of inadequacy and powerlessness, and he's fully committed to the path he's chosen.

Sabin’s ascetic training would require him to be secluded and undistracted. He needs to clear his mind from the family tragedy and from everything that’s going on in the world. And in Figaro. And how is Edgar managing? Could he be in danger just like his father? In his mental state is extremely easy to get lost in dark thoughts. But he’s determined to become the warrior he needs to be, and that requires detachment.

He has to be able to set aside all of his concerns and all of his demons. Monks can be pretty strict about seclusion, but regardless of that, it’s a type of training that is designed to break (and eventually strengthen) body, mind and soul. It would be heartbreaking for Sabin to disenfranchise from his family, because they are what fuels him to do this. Ironically, a heart has to break to become stronger, and this is what will define him as either a warrior or a quitter.

In one of his podcasts, Joe Rogan mentioned that the martial artist who becomes champion is the one that does everything right. They don’t skip training even if they’re sore or if there was a party and they stayed up late. They don’t party, they train and stick to their nutrition regime, no cheat days. If they were to slip, they would lose the fight, and even risk losing their lives or get handicapped. You’re not allowed to take one day off while your enemy is out there grinding and getting better and stronger. Sabin surely is aware of this.

I don’t assume Sabin took it to that extreme for the whole 10 years, because when we encounter him, he does admit to be aware of Figaro’s situation.

But what good would it do to write home? The whole twin intimacy thing is valid for him too, but Sabin does have the ability to be more carefree (partly because he's not good at understanding his own emotions). But would he want to tell Edgar about his injuries, or the harsh conditions he’s been enduring? Edgar already has a lot on his plate, and Sabin would never bring to him anything that could make him worry.

Sure he would love to tell Edgar about all that he has learned, how hard he’s been training and just what a life-changing experience it is to build himself up to become his best possible self, and how committed he is to do what needs to be done when the time is right... And then it would hit him: can he really talk in such a light tone about his own situation knowing that Edgar stayed behind managing a situation that Sabin desperately tried to escape? That’s no longer the case, Sabin is ride or die. But he’s a warrior, not a diplomat, and for the time being Figaro is not going to war.

Can he write saying “I’m doing all these things to be of help. But wait, the help I can provide is nothing you’d want to use” 😞

Self improvement does elevate a person, particularly when improving on something as primal as one's physicality. Sabin is in a far better state when we encounter him: he’s sure about himself, but before learning about the broken alliance, he was still unsure about his own usefulness to the kingdom. Edgar would have reassured him if they had kept in touch 🥺

I also want to bring up a bit of an anecdote from Jocko Willink that I think makes sense for both brothers. Jocko’s is a more extreme situation though:

He had been deployed to a war zone, and his wife asked him to send photos of his little space within the camp. He went and took a photo of his very sterile and crappy looking bed space. And he knew that he didn’t want his wife and kids to see that. So he took a few personal items and placed them around the bed, hung a few photos of his family on the wall (he basically made it look like in the movies). Took the photo, sent it and then put all the personal stuff away, because he cannot go to war and do the things a soldier does with the image of his family inside his head.

The brothers are doing things that are not shameful in any way, but the nitty-gritty details are just not something they would want to expose to the other. Their silence is both an act of consideration and a necessary evil to keep their focus. Neither brother really knows if they'll see each other again, or if the "right time" will come to seek justice or if they'll get to live in peaceful times again. So they keep working for when that opportunity comes. If it ever does ✊🏼😞

[oh-three]

Ahsoka Ep5:

Okay, the camera shots for the opening were perfect.

Omg, I forgot they left Huyang. That poor droid. "I told them to stay together. But they never listen." 😭

HIS FOOTSTEPS ARE ECHOING. TELL ME HE'S NOT VADER.

"One is never too old to learn, Snips." Yeah, you'd know.

Hey, that is Anakin's lightsaber after all.

"I won't fight you." "I've heard that before." 😭

Seeing Anakin in his ROTS era again, dueling someone, it's like time didn't go by at all. The nostalgiaaaaaa.

HE IS FORCE-SENSITIVE.

CHOPPER can't use the Force, Hera.

Does Jacen know he's Force sensitive?? Holy shit, he can hear them fighting

KANAN MENTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe it took them five episodes to mention him.

OKAY, ANAKIN. CHILL.

CLONE WARS FLASHBACK!!!!!!!!!

HE HAS THE ARMOR.

LIVE-ACTION REX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, that's totally Ryloth omg.

"Do you even want a Padawan?" Says Anakin, who'd claimed not to want one but had taken Ahsoka anyway.

There's something very significant here about Anakin walking away with his lightsaber in the same position as the one he'd had walking toward the Jedi Temple during Knightfall.

Huyang's description of Anakin as "intense" is so right lol.

SIEGE OF MANDALOREEEEEE

REX DIALOGUE.

Aww, Anakin praising Ahsoka over how Mandalore went.

OH. OH, THAT LIGHTSABER IS RED NOW.

BACK OFF, VADERKIN.

This scene is fucking awesome.

The musiccccccc.

The rising water, the peaceful gradualness of it, reminds me of the Living Waters of Mandalore from Mando S3.

Also, the sunlight coming into the Ghost- it reminds me of that one scene of Andor.

remembers that no one knows what Sabine's done yet

HEY, SHE'S WEARING WHITE. Talk about rebirth. (the whole Gandalf thing)

Ahsoka standing there and sensing what happened between Sabine and Baylan.

"It's the fleet. They're on their way....I don't think they're coming to help." Yeahhh, we knew this was coming.

I see you up there, purrgil. Her plan is definitely to use the purrgil to help them follow Morgan.

They're literally just gonna use the purrgil to gtfo of there and deal with the New Republic when they get back Lmaooooo. Once a rebel, always a rebel.

Oh god, this scene is painfully peaceful. LOOK AT ALL THOSE PURRGIL. Now I'm sad all over again with the tragedies of Rebels S4.

Yep, that's a fleet, alright.

Carson being an MVP. The "oh boy" look on his face 😂

Man, the New Republic sucks.

Oh, so Hera did tell Jacen about Ezra and the purrgil.

Damnnnn, Disaster Lineage is at its finest right here. Flying into the purrgil's mouth for transportation between galaxies.

"It could go anywhere." That's half the fun, friend.

And they're offfffffffffff!!

Ahsoka is definitely living up to Rebels' legacy right now.

[spacelizzbian]

S1ep3

"You told her that?"

Poor Sabine, getting dissed left and right

Uh oh, my force sense are telling me Ahsoka is about to do an Anakin training session

Nevermind, she did an Obi-Wan or Terra Sinube like training. Neat

In EVERY level if the new republic?? So also governing? That doesn't entirely sound like a good idea

Between this and the mandalorian s3, the new republic is looking like a bunch of shortsighted chumps

Granted in the mandalaorian they at least looked like they were trying but here they're like

"aaah what's the worst that can happen, he's probably dead anyway"

"We have evidence that he isn't"

" YOU ARE MAKING THIS PERSONAL >:c "

Uuuuh yes it would? Ahsoka you're talking as if you participating in a "dire situation" didn't accelerate your training at all

NON TRADITIONAL LINE OF JEDI HAH

Disaster lineage cnfrmd canonically disasters

Her sneer and jab at the cup 😭

Very rebels humor

Ah THERE is the Anakin training, turning a life threatening situation into an exercise 🤙

"What do you need?"

Now that? That is Ahsoka training

I love the familiarity they both have with these moves. It actually FEELS like they trained together and came up with these.

Sabine's excitement at getting one aww

"Pweaaaaasse UwU" Huyang is sucha little shit I love him

Why did Ahsoka look and sound so much like a mom when she said "we can't help him if we're both dead"

The fucking epic flute theme set to Ahsoka walking out on the ship in the silliest space suit 😂😭💀

Ahsoka on the ship looks so silly but it's exactly what she would do cause she has done so many ridiculous things and it's so so clone wars and I love it

(Obligatory it would've looked better in animation but that applies to the whole show and I don't wanna say that 254 times)

Ahsoka, floating in space, completely deadpan: "did you fix the ship yet?"

11/10, so stupid but exactly my type of stupid

Ok, the Purrgil setting for the chase is suprisingly claustrophobic and disorienting? Good, that is how that would feel

"Standard jedi protocol"

Lol. Lmao even.

Manifesting an infiltration of the big ring next episode, that'd be fun af

This guy showing up to say one thing at the end of the ep to remind us he is also here

[spacelizzbian]

S1ep2

Shoutout to that one time in tcw when someone saw a shadow of a Tooka cat and thought it was Ahsoka approaching

Love that the one most concerned about not blowing up is the droid

Ahsoka be like: "Im already dead inside, just do it"

Hm, I am curious about these dark jedi though. Like the girl still has the padawan braid so they actually do follow some of the teachings beyond the lightsaber techniques I imagine. What better narrative foils to Ahsoka than jedi who have also renounced the order but actually turned to the dark. Can't wait for that parallel to get brought up

This whole sequence in Correlia with the shipyard officer feels so much like clone wars. Like idk what exact episode, but a scenario where the heroes are being toured by double crossers definitely happened

Hera just doesn't sound like Hera to me? I feel like Vanessa would deliver these lines differently. Like it's defenitely similar and I could see myself warming up to it, but my inner Hera voice is not lining up with this Hera

Suprisingly, not having that problem much with Ahsoka. I feel like Rosario Dawson is a good fit for adult Ahsoka though I miss Ahsoka's sassy energy. But that has been mostly lost since rebels which makes sense in that she is older and hardened now but it does make me a lil sad.

"These people dont care about politics, just who is paying them" now that is a sentiment I'd love to see explored more since that is not the impression I got from most civilians under the empire who weren't uber rich and powerful but I guess we have Andor for that

Oh Sabine is the one who is not ready eh? 🤔

The more they tell us about Sabine and Ahsoka's dynamic the more I'm vibing to it??

Yes please give me two disasters desperately trying to cope with the loss they've endured by being disasters together.

Huyang really said "yeah your force abilities suck but could be worth a shot eh?" 😂😭

Hera and Huyang seeing these two absolute disasters and trying to get them to reconnect so they hopefully become less of a disaster is so funny to me? They're the real homies

Protocol droids being clueless to nuances going on around them has to be one of my fav plot progression bunnies in star wars

Ahsoka who has bodied inquisitors brutally before: "oh no a double bladed saber oh nooo"

Them shooting at that inquisitor that Ahsoka follows step by step is so silly

If you didn't care that you hit your own dude, just shoot some more at them so you actually hit them or don't at all

Hot take, but I'm gonna miss Sabine's long hair. The reddish orange and purple looked real good

Wish I made a bingo for this show cause "rebels epilogue shot gets remade" would've def been on there lmao

"It's more me" 🥺

I just realised the real threat to Ahsoka in this show is not any force user or Thrawn or whatever.

It's that she's taken on the role of mentor, a dangerous profession to have in any media but especially star wars

"Her determination is vivid" NO WAIT ANAKIN SAID THAT TOO IN TCW S3 FINALE. I LOVE THAT MOMENT 😭

[worfianism]

Ahsoka Ep 5

Spoilers ahead

Jacen is so freaking cute

Huyang holding Sabine's helmet 😭 saying that he told them to stay together

Oh gosh 😭😭😭 huyang feeling like he lost more of the little family he has left of the culture that he belongs to

Anakin!!! You look old!!!

Trust me you lost!

Always the teacher, still a menace

One is never too old to learn snips!! What's the lesson master!!!!

Live or die!!!!!! I won't fight you!!! I've heard that before!

Leia mention!

The THEME!!!! THE LIGHTSABRES AND THE WAVES

KANAN MENTION!!!!!

Ahsoka makes snippy remarks at anakin as they fight and then anakin smirking and cutting the ground out from under her

Also omg watching Hayden fight is soooooo

Baby Ahsoka!!! Baby Anakin!!! Clone wars!!!!!

No dont please Anakin's little smile as he says no kidding

Baby Ahsoka's actor is great!!

Oh no please Ahsoka sitting with Clone troopers as they die but also Adult Ahsoka's o66 trauma 😭😭😭😭

Also baby anakin hair swoop my beloved

Anakin comforting Ahsoka, actually offering wisdom being the Anakin that people actually end up adoring on clone wars

Ughhh God the problem is anakin is so not clear cut, he turns into a genocidal maniac but the beauty of the character is that you can't help but see what he could have been if he had pressed into his good qualities and actually attempted to be a good jedi and god I love him so much but also I hate him for making the bad choices

Ahsoka asking if she has anything to offer her padawan that isn't war and blaming herself for things

Anakin joking around to keep spirits up and them arguing 😭😭😭😭😭

The FLICK FROM ANAKIN TO VADER!!!!!!!!

What was he (anakin) like? Intense 💀💀💀💀

Oooo they're on mandalore!!! She's really got the mannerisms down between pre and post the wrong jedi ahsoka

REX!!!!!!

Anakin giving his verdict on Mandalore 😭

Anakin!!!! Being all annoyed that someone would dare bring up his 20 year rampage across the galaxy!! Just as Ahsoka has to face her past I think anakin has to face his!

VADER

Ahsoka with the golden eyes for just a moment and then saying she chooses to live 😭😭😭😭

There's hope for you yet 😭😭😭😭😭

Oh Anakin 😭😭

Also the world between worlds looks gorgeous

Oh Ahsoka without her head covering looks kinda weird

There's something about Ahsoka and Jacen hugging that makes me soooo 😭😭😭

Since when did Ahsoka have Force Psychometry????? Why can she sense object memories????

Wish me luck! It's like she's got a bit of her cocky youth back again now that she's faced Anakin

The purrgils <33333