[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

Thoughts after second viewing...

Spoiler!

One of the down sides of watching these at 5 am is that I tend to be grumpy after I get up. My first viewing, everything felt off. Ahsoka felt wrong, the dialog felt stilted, I didn't get all the easter eggs. It was a good episode, but I felt let down somehow. It probably didn't help that I'd had the entire episode spoiled a couple days ago. Because I have no self control. You're all welcome for not posting the spoiler info here...

And then I watched it a second time after work. Complete 180.

Really loved Dawson as Ahsoka. She seemed like a genuine embodiment of the grown-up, experienced version of the character. I had a similar experience with Katee Sackhoff a couple of weeks ago, where during my first viewing she seemed off, but then upon review I thought she nailed it.

The lightsaber combat was pretty great. It was almost a horror vibe at the beginning, and she toyed with the guards the entire episode, basically. She was clearly on another level, but it wasn't a video game cutscene.

Morai! I completely missed her the first time. (That's the owl creature that follows Ahsoka Tano around, lot of clone wars history there).

HK droids! Meatbags!

I'd really like to get some additional information about Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth. Not the least of which being how she was so capable in combat against Ahsoka and why Thrawn was referred to as her "master".

Thrawn!

I have a bad feeling about both Sabine and Ezra. If Thrawn is alive and kicking I don't think it bodes well for Ezra, whether it's a dark side turn or death. And the lack of any mention of Sabine at this point is pretty glaring.

So much from Legends being pulled into canon. Tython?!? Holy shit.

I hated the name Grogu the first time I heard it a few days ago. It's grown on me.

I see people online still referring to him as an 'infant' or a 'child'. How accurate is that? Can he speak and has chosen not to? He likely trained for decades, and he's clearly very, very strong in the force. Is the child thing an act?

I get the hiding bit, though. We saw Maul and Ahsoka feel Order 66. Imagine the kid...

Just a lot to think about. I could see me watching this episode a couple more times.

Maybe the most important episode, if not the best, to date. They're really going into some unexpected territory.

I think this is what Favs was referring to when he mentioned the show making a major change about halfway through. I thought it was going to be in tone, getting darker, but no, I think it's the first opening of the window into a much larger universe.

Spoiler!

I'm with you on the staying up thing. Each time I've stayed up until midnight to watch an episode, I feel pretty "blah" about it afterwards.
It happened after the very first episode and it happened again early this morning.

When I go back and re-watch at a reasonable hour, I'm completely blown away and feel like a little kid this season. As much as I'm just dying to know to what happens, I just need to go to bed and watch it once I'm fully awake, have had breakfast, etc.

I also caught Morai's appearance immediately, which wasn't unexpected since this episode was Filoni's baby, but it was still super cool to see. The fight between Ahsoka and Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth was ****ing BADASS and for those that aren't familiar with the actress, she's a Stuntwoman and amazing Martial Artist whose father is a legend in Hollywood. Her Godfather is none other than Bruce Lee, and she bears his middle name: Diana Lee Inosanto.

It's kind of too bad she's dead because as an ally of Thrawn, her backstory is probably pretty freaking evil and awesome.