She is learning maybe the heartbreak, for the first time, of being left alone because Baylan is her family and working for him and working with him, getting to know his world, is the only admiration and love she's ever known. There's a lot of turmoil ... and we see her break down more and more. —I think what captures the character ... is the very end. Her being on the hill and raising her lightsaber captures her essence in many ways. —Ivanna Sakhno, LACC 2023
Obsessed with the fact that the Ahsoka show is setting up both Jedi and Sith parallels for Baylan and Shin. Their first scene is an inverted version of Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan's first scene in TPM. The scene where Shin sends out a probe droid mirrors Maul's probe droid scene on Tatooine. Shin has a padawan braid, one of the most visible physical symbols of a Jedi. Their blades are a odd red-orange that don't quite look like traditional Sith blades but certainly don't look like Jedi blades. Baylan used to be a Jedi, and still remembers old Jedi codes. It's such a fascinating mix of signals, and I'm so excited to see where they go with it.