I thought the council scene in this week's episode was community theater level acting, particularly Senator Xiono. He was awful.

I liked the rest of the episode though.

C-ThroughtheplotarmorThreepio showing up with the ultimate UNO Reverse card with orders from Leia was ham fisted, even if it really was cool to see Threepio out of the blue.

Objection lol

Eight, yeah. And we still don’t have a clue why he’s doing what he’s doing.

The deep cut SW nerds are going nuts with the thought of the power he's looking for is

Predictions for the final episode?

Man this is a tough room. People bitching about minor stuff instead of just relaxing and enjoying the show.

There's nothing wrong with that. We've seen it in canon before. Vader did it to the Inquisitor. Palpatine barely used a lightsaber all.

He was fighting what amounts to a poorly trained Padawan. He has massive experience.

I'm not so sure. I felt like any of them could have died in the last episode. Especially punk rock darkside. ROFL

How dare anybody be critical!

I agree with the New Republic Council scene being Community Theater.

I don't know quite how they've managed to cock it up, but the scenes in Return of the Jedi on Home One, during the briefing with Mon Mothma...they just cannot recapture that magic.

Something about the feel of the way they're shooting the New Republic scenes is just "off." I still like the scenes, but they could do better.

Andor seems to capture that feel better.

It might be because Filoni is going for more of a cartoonish style given the source material here.

I can't believe ANYONE doesn't like the Nightsisters. They were ALWAYS wonky even in the cartoons. I think the live action version is completely tolerable and believable. I love their little death stars. ROFL

They feel like a very natural evolution of Thrawn using C'baoth for his own purposes.

I'm all about it. It hit its stride and I'm invested.

But fight choreography is irking me for whatever reason. I mean other than some of the aspects being rubbish.

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Lots to button up. I would assume it ends with everyone arriving back in the "original" galaxy and is left on a cliffhanger for the 2nd season. They also have to address their plans for Baylan Skoll since the actor that played him died recently.

Yeah, the pacing slowed to a crawl over the last couple episodes so you knew this wasn't setting up for any sort of resolution. And since there's supposed to be a movie in 3-4 years, it was all the more obvious.

I kinda feel like it's gonna be pretty unsatisfying. There's just way too left unsettled and the show about Ahsoka that's really just turned into live action Rebels (Disney sidelines the eponymous character again...) has really demonstrated maybe one critical beat as to Ahsoka so it might be nice if they put a LITTLE effort into her character in this episode...

I got more from/about Ahsoka in The Mandalorian then I have in what was ostensibly her show before it turned into the "Sabine ****s Up Again Happy Funtime Hour"

No one can say it's not a damn good looking show at least.

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Boring. Like Boba Fett boring. Too bad.

The Dark Side witches used the echo created by the Ahsoka/Sabine mental Force connection to find them.

I don't think that's particularly wonky or overpowered. Pretty in line with normal activity in the universe, really. This planet is also pretty tied to the Dark Side, based on what they've said, which I'm sure they're tapping into.

I LOVED Ahsoka reaching out to Shin to offer to help her.

I agree about Ahsoka reaching out to Shin. That was really nicely in character, and that really fit what Dawson can do well. And Shin is really good at portraying the conflict and self doubt subtly (*cough* Hayden Christensen *cough cough*).

Anyone else having issues keeping the finale stream alive?

That was.....






















Disappointing

*sigh…..I don’t know if I’ve ever been so underwhelmed with a show finale. That being said, I’m still definitely looking forward to season 2…if there is one.

Great. I guess I’ll watch this at some point when I have absolutely nothing better to do. It’s already been underwhelming enough.

Yes, that was certainly one way to end it.

Sigh.

There were a few really good moments.



But yet, they left so much potential on the table.

This series reminds me of those MCU Disney+ shows that feel like placeholders on the way to telling a bigger narrative and not something with much of a story to tell in itself (a stark contrast to say, Andor). After strong early seasons, the Mandalorian has trended that way too because of the need to build their SW Universe.

They also somehow went an entire season without revealing Baylan’s motives, so I can only assume the writers haven’t gotten that far yet (and now maybe they never will given Stevenson’s passing).

I can't believe they really resolved nothing and ended it going in five different directions.

Welcome to Disney.

I don't feel that way. I think most of the series I have watched watched on Disney have ended decently. They could move forward with the next season or stop right there and still be OK. This one literally resolved not one thing. This ended as if they have three more seasons planned. I suppose you can say they found Ezra but that's it. Just really let down on that finale.

Glad I decided to drop it after the first episode. Disney has had such a glut of mediocrity on their platform. I think only Andor, Wandavision, and I guess Mandalorian Season 1 are worth a watch.

I just learned about Mortis! I'm getting some nerd capital built up!!

I did kinda wonder if Sabine and Ahsoka being out there wasn't some effort at explaining the 'hey - where WERE these guys in the sequel trilogy?' question.

But are they really gonna leave them stranded there for 20 years? That seems unlikely. And it wouldn't explain where Thrawn/Ezra are in the sequel trilogy (though it seems a foregone conclusion that he's instrumental in the creation of The First Order, doesn't it?)

Which again makes me hope they find a way to retcon...y'know...all of it. Just do away with the entire trilogy somehow. I'm even fine with a time travel dues ex machina. Let's just pretend that never happened and start fresh, m'kay?

Not looking for resolution now as you say. But not resolving even one thing is frustrating. Then literally sending it in five different directions? They can literally create four new series off of that ending. That's not what anyone wants to see.

I thought I heard They resumed shooting season 2 when the writers strike is over. What’s this talk about no season 2? What did I miss?

No. They can’t resume. The actors are still on strike

I heard they are doing another season of the Mandolrian, Asoka and Andor. Then wind them all up with a movie or trilogy?

Fully expected it.

Think about it. With Heir to the empire about Thraen coming out. And a potential season 2

Of Course it’s going to be a cliffhanger

Yeah potentisl for Heir to the empire and season 2

:mad:

You are not going to protect your jobs from A.I.

No one can stop it. No matter how long you stay on strike. A.I. will be doing the majority of acting before most of us die.

It had poor ratings because most casual viewers haven't seen the animated series l

No it was a good episode. Nothing disappointing

That's the most depressing thing I've ever read.

It was a good episode but not enough for a finale. They shouldve done episodes/length like Andor though. I enjoyed it still...but wanted to see more. They needed more episodes. I'm sure it's all setup though.

Did I miss how Ezra ended up with a ship in the main galaxy. Perhaps I missed something when Thrawn arrived at the planet (I didn’t catch the name of it).

Shop was Baylor Skolls. He yoinked it.

Planet was Dathomir, a planet those crazy **** witches inhabited.

I really had to watch dork videos for all this shit. The New Rockstars flavor of dork videos were best IMO

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Sweet thanks

Reality is 8 episodes are simply not enough to properly fill out a season.

Yeah essentially Baylan Skoll and his apprentice are useless for the last two episodes, given so little screen time that it feels like a crime, Baylan in particular, you spend the first four episodes building up his character, then his character is the most intriguing of the series, it just felt like the biggest disservice.

I thought the lightsaber combat in this one was much better, too. I know that's been a complaint.

Ahsoka is probably as hard to port to live-action as Yoda would be. You watch her lightsaber combat in the Rebels or Clone Wars cartoons, and it's a whole other level beyond what they're able to show in live action.

If you watch the lightsaber combat between Ashoka and Anakin in the Clone Wars temple fight, especially, and you see her doing things athletically that you just can't make a real person do without a Matrix-style approach to combat, and that is costly in time and money.

So then Liev Schreiber for Season 2, yes?

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Liam Hemsworth is going to pull double-duty replacements.

Been working my way through Clone Wars and man, these guys LOVE leaving stuff unresolved, don't they?

I suspect they fill in a lot of gaps in comics, etc... but even from one episode to the next, you have to listen to the 'recap' at the beginning because about half the time they seem to have moved forward months.

So if I'm gonna really nerd out at all, I'm gonna have to get reading aren't I?

I didn't. And I think I'm to the point that I won't. I enjoyed Clone Wars and Rebels well enough, but I just am not in a position to commit the time to it.

The dork videos I watch will have to suffice for filling in the gaps.

As far as the episode, I thought it was pretty strong.

I've been fairly critical of the lightsaber battles, and this one was the best by a wide margin. Powered up Morgan Elzbeth was a nice foil and damn if that wasn't a good fight scene - really did a nice job with space, no dumbass moves getting inside the defense radius and not spilling their guts, Motion was with intent and force, good stuff. I'm here for that.

I appreciated the ending with Sabine staying with her Master. As well as Ahsoka coming to terms with her being an adequate master, and ultimately conquering her fear of Sabine going dark. That was a nice touch. I don't know if it was worth how miserable it was watching Sabine be awful.

I thought the interactions with Ezra and Sabine were good - finally. For whatever reason, the fights with the troopers felt like it had stakes. I was impressed.

Sabine's progress with her training in a couple days was a little on the nose, but whatever.

As far as not wrapping it up, I'm fine IF they do S2. But Disney is bleeding cash, Iger is under fire, and the management is frankly FUBAR. And they're chopping shit like mexicans in a cane field. It's risky - especially if it underperforms.

I'm in for S2. I thought it wasn't great to start, but really hit it's stride and sucked me in.

I guess I did end up getting my Death Troopers, lol.

On another side note, did you know Captain Enoch was played by Wes Chatham who played Amos in The Expanse?

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I feel like I'm late to this news, so you likely already knew. Lol

He’d be fantastic in the role. He knows how to play a dangerous guy without all the theatrics.

Wow. Big fat Star Wars tears.

I love you, Filoni.

Dathomir being in official live action Canon is some exciting shit.

We better get some Luke Skywalker soon.

Baylon Skoll’s future is intriguing. He says he wants to achieve a power that will allow him to get rid of war. Obviously from his final appearance it has something to do with the Mortis Gods which are supposedly all dead IIRC. I know the last “essence” of the daughter was transferred to Ahsoka to revive her. They definitely went out of their way to show Morai (the owl that follows Ahsoka around) at the end of the episode for a reason (possibly the way they get back to the OG galaxy since it can obviously move between galaxies and the world between worlds). While I still feel this wasn’t a very good “season finale” episode; it did set up a bunch of future storylines….Ezra Bridger meeting Luke? Or possibly Din and Grogu?

Are they gonna do the Clone Wars thing and try to tie some of this stuff off in comic books? Spinoff animated series?

Though it does seem like they are keeping the live action stories fairly self-contained...

The plan, at least as I understand it, is for the Filoni/Favreau Disney+ shows to culminate in a movie.

so why does thrawn have gold repairs on his Star Destroyer?

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Witches.

It's the same gold shit on that hyperspace ring.

intredasting

i wonder if he got "upgrades"

Good choice. Better than the first name that came to mind.

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LMAO no one cares, it was a completely badass show setting up a live-action realization of the greatest unfilmed Star Wars story in existence.

The Sabine power up was bullshit and Dawson slept through her roll, but the Thrawn rips are nitpicking Lars Mikkelsen made that show worth watching.

There was no Sabine "power up."

She had a character arc and earned her force abilities.

It was a power up, you even said she would be weak but suddenly she was wielding the force like she's a full fledged Jedi force pushing Ezra onto the Chimera. If it was earned it would've been a 3 season arc

Her arc was longer than Luke's in Star Wars. ROFL

Luke had the hype of 6 years till ROTJ and if you want to cut it shorter 3 years till Empire. Thrawn was the draw for me, because they gave Sabine a ceiling but because of KK Filoni ditched that narrative.

wtf are you talking about

he spend a day and a half with obi wan and used the force to hit an impossible shot

sabine has actually been training for years and had eight episodes to figure out how to connect with the force to do one minor pull and one giant push

that's perfectly fine

Luke was also the Chosen Son, who had talent. I'd compare the OT characters as to mythological figures that everyone wishes that they could be hence why it was revered.

How do we know she was training for years? Ahsoka tried being a her master but it didn't work out until now.

I didn't see the Sabine moments as being out of nowhere. We spent several episodes watching her try and fail to summon things with the Force. Her summoning the lightsaber isn't unlike Luke summoning it in the cave on Hoth. We saw her try and struggle with it.

Then, in a do-or-die moment, with the pressure on, she breaks through.

Hence why his deeds were comparatively MUCH GREATER.

Did you even watch the series? LMAO

You just like to bitch about things.

Did you? I said I loved Thrawn, but KK always fumble how to fundamentally flesh out training and the mental and physical pitfalls with steady progress instead we get an instant power up of a weak force user who suddenly becomes an expert. This why it should've taken 3 seasons instead if 1 season, because it diminishes the difficulty what it takes to be great unless you include that character could be a legend if they learn it going through the rigors of said training like Grogu possibly being The Chosen One of the distant future and Grogu is still paying his dues being so physically young.

IT WASN'T AN INSTANT POWER UP YOU DILDO LMAO

NOR WAS SHE AN EXPERT - Ahsoka even told her to switch to blasters because her saber skills sucked ass.