Ahsoka "Fallen Jedi" Liveblog
Let's go let's go let's go let's go let's goooooooooooooo!
Oh I'm so excited for this I already know there are Developments.
Hype hype hype hype.
Oh we're starting off with complete silence are we? Okay.
Sabine trying to raise Hera. :(
Ahhhh yes it's the "Ahsoka and Sabine butting heads about saving Ezra versus stopping Thrawn" convo Sabezra fandom predicted.
"Can I count on you?" Low blow Ahsoka, recalling Ezra's own words.
"I know how much Ezra means to you." *falls into this line, dies*
Oh don't let Huyang get shot, come on now, you already had him get blasted once.
Buncha trailer shots in this episode I'm guessing.
"Stay together. You always did better that way, in my opinion." Ha ha ha this would be a sweet line if we had ever actually SEEN Ahsoka and Sabine working together. *grumbles*
Hera going off by herself to go help Sabine and Ahsoka lolol. That little face she makes when she says, "Watch me."
Baby Jacen is still super precious.
The GHOOOOOOOOOOSSST!
This sequence would have been the perfect spot to drop Zeb in, you know. Just saying.
Go girls go, go, go, you need to get on that ship before it leaves!
And it's my favorite new villain couple.
If Shin could have a bit more personality she'd be more interesting but "feral" is wearing thin.
OH AND NOW WE HAVE A TICKING CLOCK DEVICE.
There were people complaining that this moment where Ahsoka wipes Marrok was lifted from "Twin Suns" but in context... no it's just Dave's usual thing for cool samurai finishers.
Oh wow Shin looks extremely unnerved at Marrok dissipating into green Nightsister mist.
Did... Morgan take all the guards and droids with her? Just leaving Baylan there by himself to handle Ahsoka huh? What a bitch.
"One must destroy in order to create." Nooooooooo they really don't Baylan, that's grade A horseshit.
And stinks of Empire and Sith apologism.
The map is gorgeous. Wish they'd turn the saturation and contrast up just a smidge more so the colors could POP.
Oh this music cue is great!
YES! LET BAYLAN CUT LOOSE. Man is a beast.
Ahsoka's trying to disengage long enough to get the map. :((((
Ha ha, nice. Mandalorian trick.
Ooooof the map burned Ahsoka's hand?
Ahsoka where's your shoto blade?
Right, like Sabine's dinky little blaster is gonna do anything to that map, sure Ahsoka. You just burned your hand on how super overheated it was and all it was doing was generating hyperspace coordinates for a cross-galactic jump, you think a shot from a small firearm is gonna pierce it?
Oooooh that angle-back closed-eye look from Baylan... he's telepathically reading her like a book isn't he?
"Your family died on Mandalore because your Master didn't trust you." WELL I'M JUST GOING TO PATENTLY IGNORE THAT BECAUSE NO FILONI, YOU CANNOT JUST DROP THAT IN LIKE THAT.
Getting real tired of character motivations being reveals and not outright stated from the start.
ALSO WHAT EVEN THE HELL IS HE TALKING ABOUT???!???
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY NICE TO ACTUALLY SEE, OR YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT BEFORE THIS MOMENT.
Anyway as I said, excising this bit entirely from my personal canon, Clan Wren is fine, they're just in hiding like all the other Mandalorian clans.
"And I... to serve a greater good." Ohhhhhhhhhhh I see what you did there, nice paralleling Baylan to Thrawn.
SABINE CHOOSES EZRA.
(I mean I knew it was coming because I was spoiled but still.)
Sabine, Sabine, my poor heartbroken babygirl, this is such a human choice, it's not the choice a Jedi should make but then Sabine isn't a Jedi, I maintain that this is all still playacting and cope that Ahsoka is indulging.
Sabine is falling into the classic Attachment trap but also there are no good choices here. She could try to destroy the map, but I seriously don't think it would work, and then Baylan would just kill her and take the map back anyway.
Maybe she could run but with their ship damaged she wouldn't make it far, she'd have to hide in the woods and avoid Shin and Baylan and whoever else she's stranded and fight them all off by herself for who knows how long until maybe Hera gets there. And she has no way of knowing if Hera's coming.
Oh ouch, I thought Sabine was having a "What have I done?" reaction to handing Baylan the map, but no, Shin is just choking her.
HERA MADE IT.
See it takes Baylan deliberate sustained direct contact with his lightsaber blade to destroy the map, no way was Sabine's blaster gonna do shit to it.
SABINE DID NOTHING WRONG, I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL.
Again, guys, this would have been the perfect sequence to have Zeb in.
Uhhhhhhhhh I would move away from the ring if I were y'all.
HO JEEZ.
OH BOY.
WELP.
Chopper sounds really unnerved.
THE WORLD BETWEEN WORLDS. THE STAR VOID.
Unless it's a weird-ass Force vision lol. Which is still possible.
Yeeeeeeeah I'm going with Force vision, Anakin should be blue and glowing, shouldn't he? Unless things work differently in here.
The Imperial March is not reassuring.
Okay well... that was a thing.
I'm starting to wish Deborah Chow had been showrunner for this, Filoni is doing... okay-ish (not really) but I really think this story needs and deserves a director willing to go all-in on the emotional resonance and beats of the story.
Which isn't to say the Kenobi show didn't have its problems (ho ho boy could I list the nitpicks and writing issues I had with it) but Ahsoka isn't quite reaching the highs it needs. Everything is way more subdued that I think it should be. I don't know how much of this is the writing, how much is the short mini-series format, how much is the cinematography or the directing.
THAT BEING SAID I AM HERE FOR SABINE MISSING EZRA SO MUCH SHE SACRIFICES HERSELF AND THE MAP FOR THE CHANCE TO FIND HIM.
See everything about her motivations makes so more sense if she's in love with him, sorry Filoni, the ship is still sailing.
Baylan got a bit more characterization here and got marginally more interesting, while Shin just... continues to be wet paper. RIP Marrok we hardly knew ye. Hope they explain the green mist shit soon.
Natasha's shoulders must be sore from carrying this show lol. Someone please let Sabine hug Ezra, she will feel so much better.
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To Father
We sit, it is warm and calm,
and you fold your hands,
as if praying—useless.
With new eyes I can see
it was a fist, doubled.
For what comes out of your mouth
is not grace or an appeal,
but a harsh grating, grinding.
I can hear the echo still,
reverberating in my skull.
Alone we sit, eyes untouching,
and the air is serene, and yet
those noises, like razors shredding.
Stuck in me, these fragments of hate,
without understanding or care.
Whittling me down, sharpening me—
although I was serrated—
til I cut anything that came near.
I thought I was worthless, subhuman,
undeserving of what could've been.
I can't remember how it ended,
but I remember the tears later,
wet with salt, sometimes red.
Those words are still in my head,
with all the things you've said.
© original author @palerosepoetry
(Reblogs welcome.)
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