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Ahsoka 1x06 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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Ryan

Of course, the main event here is Lars Mikkelson following in the footsteps of Katee Sackhoff and Clancy Brown in reprising his animated Star Wars role in live action (I leave out David Tennant since he's still just doing a voice). And as it turns out, his facial structure combined with the makeup causes him to bear a distinct and extremely distracting resemblance to Data, but it's hard to care when he's slipping back into the role like it was yesterday, projecting every bit of that smug confidence and not letting his years-long imprisonment change him a bit. He still hasn't quite broken through internationally like his brother did, but every time he does pop up it's a joy. Though it's also interesting that the writing allows him to be flat-out wrong when he presumes Baylan just didn't care enough to make sure Ahsoka was dead, when we know it was only an unforeseeable trip to the World Between Worlds that saved her. A bit harder to spot is Farscape's Claudia Black as one of the Night Sisters, and suddenly I want a whole show about this character. We get plenty more depth about Baylan and his goals, with many fans noting his comments on the cycle of violence perpetuated by the Jedi sounds a lot like the fans' decades-long complaints about the franchise, and he's visibly displeased by Thrawn going back on the spirit of his agreement with Sabine even if he doesn't quite have the guts to stand up against it. And finally, Ezra. We already got a taste of how perfectly Eman Esfandi captured the character in his message to Sabine, and he fully lives up to that in the flesh. I especially love the attention to detail that he wouldn't actually know if his plan worked all this time, which would have driven me nuts but he seems pretty well-together, must be that Jedi mental balance.

Thomas Corp

It continues to be one of the loveliest things, Jess, seeing how much you are having fun with this show. Start by briefly talking about the Ahsoka scene. Love the small joke about the stories of the History of the Galaxy part one being the best. Though it begs the question: Is that in chronological order or release order? Love that you loved the discussion Ahsoka and Huyang had about the choice Sabine made; how Huyang says that it was Sabine’s destiny to make that choice. It is not dissimilar to Ahsoka’s decision to leave the Order. Was it the right choice? Perhaps. Perhaps not. Was it, for Ahsoka the only choice, yes. Sabine’s lack of patience got to me some, especially when she demands to see Ezra as soon as they landed, I’m saying, “Sabine, you just got there! Give it a fucking minute!” Then there was her getting snippy with the lupine creature which her snippiness to the innocent creature tested me some. Clearly, she was not brought up a Cubs fan given her glaringly apparent lack of patience. You clocked that we would see Nightsisters faster than I. It was a shock and a half to see them, specifically, the Great Mothers, Aktropaw, Klothow, Lakesis. Consequently, your lovely reaction to seeing them was somewhat more subdued than mine, though no less wonderful. My brother, less familiar with the Dathomirians though he is than you and me, had the opinion that “the Witches were dope as FUCK!” to which I dryly replied, “Well... YEAH.” I quite love hearing you say Baylan continues to be most intriguing. Ray’s scenes as Baylan make me sob over how much it hurts that past this series, we will never have the opportunity to see Ray play Baylan ever again. His enigmatic espousing of his goals hints an endgame of he and Shin becoming essentially the next Darth Bane and Darth Zannah, though some of what he says sounds reminiscent of knowledge and erudition of a wise old woman from centuries past. I love his comments on history being the cycle and its inevitability. Recalls the quote, “When you have lived centuries, you see that everything is a pattern that grows out of itself. Sometimes you can no longer see the trees, only the roots. It is the smallest part of the price of immortality.” I also agree with his stating that he misses the idea of the Jedi rather than the Jedi themselves. Rather curious looking creatures, the hermit crab looking Gorignak type species. Now to the part of the episode that it seems everyone but me held as the highest priority. Or I should say this was the highest priority for those, at least those that were the loudest about it on the internet, who are fans of Rebels, those below a certain age, and/or those who have not been initiated with the expanded universe of old, and that is the triumphant return of our dear Ezra. Eman Esfandi is really perfectly cast as Ezra. A sweet touch how Kevin Kiner’s motif for Ezra plays during the scene. I love how his appearance looks like Moses meets Cassim, Aladdin’s father. A major complaint with certain fans was their whining about how “underwhelming” Ezra and Sabine’s reunion was. To be fair, I assume the louder complaints were from the Ezra/Sabine shippers, morons. As it is, their reunion, it was not underwhelming. Having recently gone through an experience of seeing dear beloved friends again after not having seen them for a longer time than Ezra and Sabine’s separation, the feeling is perfectly captured. It’s a quiet intimacy that gives way to the dynamic instantly returning as if no time had passed, and Eman and Natasha played it so well. In any event, I so adored, Jess, your perfect reaction to their reunion.

Thomas Corp

Now to my highest priority with this episode. It recalls when Disney first bought the franchise, and my brother and I speculating that Thrawn could appear, and with it, the hype of “Who the FUCK is going to be Thrawn if they go down that path!?” Benedict Cumberbatch was a popular fancast across the internet, which, though my brother and I didn’t hate the idea, it seemed too easy; somewhat lazy. I heard Jeremy Irons get mentioned, that sounded good. My brother and I had as our fancast for a while Peter Capaldi. In any event, Rebels happened. And we got Lars Mikkelsen so PERFECTLY cast as Thrawn to the point that if you reread the books, his voice is in your head, big as day. I was SO EXCITED when we saw the Chimaera again, now resembling the Flying Dutchman. Then there was Kevin providing those old familiar pipes of the organ. And it culminated in the fulfillment of the long-held dream of getting to see Grand Admiral Thrawn in a live action Star Wars property. Twas beautiful. As you saw, Lars now physically embodies the role, which according to Filoni, was always the plan, animation just happened to come first. Seeing our dear Thrawn, he looked like he just stepped off the cover of Timothy Zahn’s books, which led to sobbing galore. I was yelling, “He’s a BEAUT, Filoni, he’s a BEAUT!!!” Lars has not missed a beat, and his portrayal of Thrawn continues to be everything I wanted it to be, and then some. Your own reaction, Jess, though of course FAR more subdued than my own, was most lovely. It’s amusing how some fans were worried about Sabine being Thrawn’s prisoner, though they needn’t have worried. To fight a tiger in a cage is not a fair fight. A man such as Thrawn knows this. As it is, as shown, Baylan gave his word that she would reunite with Ezra, and Thrawn commits to keeping that promise. What was one of the best moments of Thrawn and Sabine’s reunion was his observing that she may well have doomed the galaxy for merely the chance to see Ezra again. The best part being that when Sabine asserts that he could never understand, Thrawn concedes she is probably accurate in that belief. Predictably, fans yelled at Thrawn, accusing him of being a double-cross artist, to which I defended our dear Grand Admiral from those that dared impugn his honor, saying, “First, Baylan gave his word that the reunion would happen! Thrawn agrees to this, but it was Sabine who failed to specify the length of said reunion! Second, Sabine’s or Ezra’s survival past the reunion was not part of the negotiations, nor any agreement, so no word would be broken! And thirdly, before anyone says, “Mandalorian code of honor”, you must be a Mandalorian for such a code of honor to apply, and Thrawn is not!” It is most effective when Thrawn is informed that Ahsoka will be arriving. I love he chides Morgan for her certainty that Ahsoka had to have been dead, considering how Jedi and Sith make somehow returning a most prominent predilection. This is in conjunction with the Chiss being told tales in childhood about Jedi and Sith alike, which Thrawn’s own beliefs after being raised on such stories is that the Sith are quite cunning and capable warriors. He’s prepared to work, these next two episodes. Once again, a most lovely Ahsoka reaction, Jess, I enjoyed it tremendously. Thank you so much.

Thomas Corp
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Also Sam Witwer providing the voice to Ray Park physically reprising the role of Darth Maul. I think the more apt comparison would be to Lore, rather than Data. Though like you said, hard to care when Lars continues to be perfectly cast as Thrawn, now in live action. Like Ken Brannagh said, “If you have a chance to have a great actor in the part, everything else is irrelevant.” Mads being Thrawn was a thought, particularly when he was announced that he would be in Rogue One before it was known who he was playing. Again, Lars is perfect in the role, so it’s great how it all worked out. Thrawn being wrong in his presumption is actually great as given the information he possesses, his not knowing Ahsoka having the connection between the World Between Worlds, and his being out of the game for a decade, his conclusions he drew would be reasonable under the circumstances. Baylan’s commenting on the endless cycle greatly pleased me as it is most reminiscent of Knights of the Old Republic. I love the show confirms my surmise of Baylan being essentially the age Ray Stevenson was at the time of filming, given his comments on his being only a little older than Shin when Order 66 happened, Ray being fifty-seven to fifty eight when filming, presumably, and Order 66 was thirty years prior. His talking about the inevitability of history recalls times I’ve spoken about 9/11 to co-workers, and or friends or family who weren’t born then and/or are too young to remember it. I foresee it will feel the same when discussing the pandemic thirty years after it started when I will be around the age Baylan is in this show. I think one way Ezra stayed sane, in addition to that Jedi mental balance, was that he kept telling himself that it all worked. Like in Midnight Mass when the characters ponder the two characters survival, the line, “They did. I’m choosing to believe that they did.” I concur though that the uncertainty would drive me up a wall as my brain can get very loud, especially as my brain contains that Sith mental balance, which really isn’t balance at all.

Ryan
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And we’d already had Ezra saying in his message that Sabine’s like a sister to him. Followed by thousands of shippers crying out in terror and suddenly silenced.

Ryan
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The one role I’d seen Mikkelson in before this was Not Putin in House of Cards, which sadly no one is probably ever going to see again due to issues he had nothing to do with. He was amazing in the role and you instantly bought him as someone who could intimidate the show’s leading Magnificent Bastard Frank Underwood, so I was very excited to hear about his casting as Thrawn. And I’d love to see him in a room with Spacey now.