Ahsoka - SPOILERS

[Hussar]

I do like how Baylan and apprentice aren’t actually sith. They are “something else”. Kinda like how Ahsoka herself isn’t a Jedi. Even Ezra is not a “Jedi” specifically. I forget what Baylan called him. A “Jedi trained in the wild” sort of thing.

Neat idea.

 

[Rabulias]

I don't know about that, as they are suspiciously human-sized. Bringing their own zombie army with them, maybe?

Did everyone miss the line about emptying the "catacombs?" Definitely getting some zombie/undead vibe here.

 

[Rabulias]

Even Ezra is not a “Jedi” specifically. I forget what Baylan called him. A “Jedi trained in the wild” sort of thing.

The subtitles read "bokken Jedi." I am unfamiliar with it. Has this term appeared in Star Wars before? The only thing I can think of is a bokken as a wooden training sword, implying that the person has not advanced beyond basic Jedi training?

 

[Zardnaar]

Did everyone miss the line about emptying the "catacombs?" Definitely getting some zombie/undead vibe here.

Heard the line hadn't connected it to what they were loading. I was thinking the troops were more like Gideons.

To a lot of people catacombs kinda means dungeon vs graveyard as well.

But yes can totally see most if not all of those stormtroopers being undead basically.

 

[Zardnaar]

The subtitles read "bokken Jedi." I am unfamiliar with it. Has this term appeared in Star Wars before? The only thing I can think of is a bokken as a wooden training sword, implying that the person has not advanced beyond basic Jedi training?

That term not so much afaik.

In the old EU some Jedi went rogue independent from the Jedi council, formed shadow conclaves or founded new force traditions.

Ezra, Ahsoka, maybe Sabine are all jedi regardless of their protestations. They use Jedi techniques, jedi traditions, lightsabers etc. There's no Jedi council to tell them otherwise.

Baylans ex Jedi probably Dark Jedi, Shin isn't.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

The subtitles read "bokken Jedi." I am unfamiliar with it. Has this term appeared in Star Wars before? The only thing I can think of is a bokken as a wooden training sword, implying that the person has not advanced beyond basic Jedi training?

New term, coined by Filoni most likely, to refer to all Jedi trained after Order 66.

 

[RangerWickett]

I was down on the previous episode having a dream vision that amounted to nothing. But I dug this episode. I found the opening in the whale charming, and when we hopped onto Elsbeth's ship, grounding the action in Sabine's POV and her frustration finally felt like the showrunners were putting character emotion in focus, rather than just plot.

Then we got a planetary ring of frikkin space whale bones. That was awesome. A sci-fi concept I don't think I've ever seen before. Bravo.

I still think we could have done a smidge more tightening in editing, but here it was a few moments, whereas previous episodes I felt like could have been trimmed by several minutes each. And Sabine's fight was well-choreographed. The hobbit turtles were sweet. Thrawn's arrival was majestic. And his soundtrack was great. I love the organ music.

That said, I was amused by the accuracy of a comment I saw on io9, that apparently the greatest threat the galaxy has ever faced is . . . a competent regional manager. He’s polite to contractors! His troops trust him! He must be stopped! His projects come in on-time and under-budget, and he addresses his invoices in a timely fashion. He’s a f***ing monster.

 

[Zardnaar]

I was down on the previous episode having a dream vision that amounted to nothing. But I dug this episode. I found the opening in the whale charming, and when we hopped onto Elsbeth's ship, grounding the action in Sabine's POV and her frustration finally felt like the showrunners were putting character emotion in focus, rather than just plot.

Then we got a planetary ring of frikkin space whale bones. That was awesome. A sci-fi concept I don't think I've ever seen before. Bravo.

I still think we could have done a smidge more tightening in editing, but here it was a few moments, whereas previous episodes I felt like could have been trimmed by several minutes each. And Sabine's fight was well-choreographed. The hobbit turtles were sweet. Thrawn's arrival was majestic. And his soundtrack was great. I love the organ music.

That said, I was amused by the accuracy of a comment I saw on io9, that apparently the greatest threat the galaxy has ever faced is . . . a competent regional manager. He’s polite to contractors! His troops trust him! He must be stopped! His projects come in on-time and under-budget, and he addresses his invoices in a timely fashion. He’s a f***ing monster.

Relative to the comical Empire and New Republic depictions...... and First Order.

At least on screen. Vaders a badass everyone else now so much.

Liking this more than Andor anyway (those first 3 episodes were slow). And I like Andor a lot.

It's also what makes Thrawn an intriguing villian. He's somewhere between LE and LN and has been written as protagonist, antagonist, anti hero, villain etc.

Emperor just cackles a lot.

 

[Rabulias]

That said, I was amused by the accuracy of a comment I saw on io9, that apparently the greatest threat the galaxy has ever faced is . . . a competent regional manager. He’s polite to contractors! His troops trust him! He must be stopped! His projects come in on-time and under-budget, and he addresses his invoices in a timely fashion. He’s a f***ing monster.

"And he will probably want us to build railings on all our high walkways!"

 

[Zardnaar]

Seems it's well received online anyway.