Since in Star Wars, the narrative is confusing and never linear (the first trilogy was half the story), if you haven’t seen Star Wars Rebels or any channel that explains everything on YouTube, you are certainly still lost. In theory, the goal of the series is simple: Ahsoka (Rosario Dawson), a former Jedi apprentice (who had Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) as a master) who is concerned and committed to preventing the return of Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen). He is in an unknown galaxy when in the past Sabine Wren’s (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) rebellious friend Ezra Bridge (Eman Esfandi) isolated him (becoming trapped with him).

Since Sabine has a close relationship with Ezra, this is her main motivation for helping, a potential conflict that Ahsoka addresses early on. The master tells the apprentice that they will have to make a decision: to prevent the antagonists from reaching their destination before, since they already have the advantage, they will have to destroy the map and thus eliminate any chance of saving Ezra. Sabine thinks she’ll be able to make the right decision, but that’s because she’s never been on Game of Thrones. Yes, Love is the death of Duty. She can not. And so, an episode full of silent (and slow!)

Well, we find Ahsoka and Sabine hiding in Seato and trying to prepare to face Baylan Skoll (Ray Stevenson) again. They are alone because the New Republic has refused Hera Syndulla’s (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) request for help in investigating Thrawn. Shin Hati (Ivanna Sakhno) and Marrok are defeated by the duo, but it is harder for Ahsoka to overcome Baylan. She knows that Anakin is Darth Vader today and doesn’t fall for the conversation about Lados, she just doesn’t have the strength in the duel, falling off the cliff and leaving Sabine in charge to destroy the map. However, she hesitates, creating an opportunity for Baylan to use the speech that didn’t work with Ahsoka on her.

Conflicted that there will be no way to save Ezra if she does what she has to do, Sabine is convinced to hand over the map and be taken prisoner on the journey to find Thrawn, who, for her, will reunite her with her friend Ezra Bridge. So, like Anakin before her, it’s love that makes the Force vulnerable. She is not on the dark side, but she certainly put the entire Galaxy at risk of a new war.

Guys, we know that even if he gets killed later on, there will be a New Empire and the good guys will be at risk. There is no happy ending on the horizon! We are just following the trajectories of the heroes who stayed along the way.

And Ahsoka, apparently dead? Not exactly. She wakes up in the World Between Worlds, something Rebels fans are already familiar with. It is a mystical plane within the Force, with multiple doors and pathways between time and space, connecting all moments in time. In the animation, she is pulled into this plan by Ezra, who saves her from death (facing precisely Darth Vader). Only this time she doesn’t have a friend, she finds none other than Anakin Skywalker. Yes, we meet the young Jedi again.

Anakin calls her by her nickname – Snips – and says, “Didn’t expect to see you so soon”, smiling. The credits go up after we hear the theme of Darth Vader and the question of where she is, Did Anakin meet again in the afterlife or a more sinister force? And which way will Sabine lean when they reach their destination? Is Ezra alive?

We’re halfway through the season with more questions, but excited about the quality of the production and the simple, effective storytelling. Ahsoka, alongside Andor, is surpassing even The Mandalorian (I’ll listen to complaints, but I think it’s my opinion). The fight scenes seemed exaggeratedly slow to me (like the actors moving in slow motion), but they are beautiful.

Fans of the franchise are mourning the death of Ray Stevenson because Baylan had greater antagonist potential, but unfortunately, it won’t go very far. And while there was much speculation about Marrok’s identity, it turned out not to be what they wanted. All good. There’s still a lot to come!

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