AHSOKA Episode 3 Breakdown | Ending Explained, Star Wars Rebels Easter Eggs, Theories & Review

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[@deborahjanes3706]

I once read that George Lucas had made a trip to Wudang mountain in China, famous for kung-fu, swordmanship, creating taoism... and not only Japanese martial arts..

[@MNToThat]

Wudang ain't nuthin the f**k with

[@ceejeezyCGZ]

Isn't Disney Plus viewership down across the board?

[@MNToThat]

​@mikegammon1yeah it's either that or most people already have netflix and amazon and don't want to pay for another streaming service. But keep fighting the good fight..!!

[@Matisaro]

It is possible that the Sabine Ahsoka scene from episode 2 is the same scene from rebels reimagined with slight changes nitpick.

[@TimeBucks]

I absolutely loved this episode

[@saleemsardar4488]

Nice

[@ChiBaby-pr3qz]

Very good

[@SubhamKumar-yx4it]

This up

[@dollyshukla-tk7wz]

👍

[@HarendraRathour-j7j]

Good

[@jiszmo6668]

If Merrok was Ezra, wouldn't Ahsoka have sensed it? The whole training session of Sabine was about sensing.

[@gregordrizzlewing7339]

Like the whole Jedi council not knowing sidious was palp.

[@jiszmo6668]

@@gregordrizzlewing7339 Good point. Or even not knowing about Count Dooku too.

[@gregordrizzlewing7339]

@@jiszmo6668 I just find Jedi’s arrogant & snobby for the most part 😂😂

[@jiszmo6668]

@@gregordrizzlewing7339 Yeah. Me too. That's why I like Ahsoka, as she walked away from the order. Same for Baylon and Shin. Even Darth Maul walked away from the Sith order, and I always liked him alot too.

[@craigmilton9892]

Skilled force users can hide within the force. We have seen this often before.

[@JustinFrei]

I think the “Let’s go again” line is more of a reference to one of anakins lines to Ashoka in one of the tales of the Jedi episodes.

[@HicSvntDracones]

When Ahsoka is training by fending off all of the clones at once, repeatedly until she succeeds

[@megapepe76]

I agree

[@Clairejart]

Yes, brought me back to their (pre order 66) training with the clone troop.

[@prew_gaming]

or its just a phrase used to repeat something... all Jedi go through this type of training. lol

[@calebblack1420]

@rustyshield I think Anakin trained her to fight against clones to make sure she could defend herself against anything. Not all padawans trained that aggressively. Anakin was a warrior and was in battle very often. His padawan would have to be able to handle herself. And Ahsoka is very powerful and in tune with the force. Most Jedi acted as negotiators or escorts for important political figures.

[@dragonemissary5276]

Ezra already battled his inner Dark Side in Series 3 and 4 of Rebels. The letting go of Kanan and the chance of being reunited with his parents and sacrificing himself for his planet places him firmly in the Light. The only way Ezra would be alligned with the Dark Side would be through brainwashing and torture.

[@austinduff6493]

Or logic, if he saw something with thrawn he knew the rebellion could never beat but thrawn and the remaining empire could, he’d join him without being evil or dark side, similar to thrawn

[@KevinWebb]

It's the brainwashing. The argument M. Elsbeth is inspired by LaFey and Marrok being a knight of the round turned to a wolf is compelling. I thought the Ezra theory was too obvious, but I have doubts now.

[@jg4902]

Let's be honest, merek will be Ezra for the "drama". f**k the lore, we tell the story we want.

[@melinaathena]

We don’t know the full backstory of Ezra’s parents and it just seems to me that the series is hinting Baylon to be maybe Ezra’s father and Sabrine is Ezra’s brother.

[@samuraijedi1669]

*Somehow General Grevious has RETURNED!!*

[@revansvfx17]

??

[@Remington934]

Wouldn’t mind honestly, he was kinda cool

[@chefdean7257]

Hello There !

[@gackleballsg2034]

Would be crazy if he was in that suit.

[@Justice4Skye]

How else will he complete his lightsaber collection??

[@danielhughes5932]

The ezra theory Also sounds ridiculous when you comsider Palpatine himself couldn't turn ezra himself in the world between worlds with the chance of saving his parents from another place in time. If the strongest sith himself couldn't do it during ezras weakest time thrawn sure tf isn't

[@TwixCaravan]

Those are good questions. I’m not fully convinced that Marrok is entirely on the villains side. I don’t think we’ve seen anything from that character yet the definitively shows they are on the dark side.

[@Revan-eb1wb]

why ridiculous? Palpetine returned in episode 9. Everything is possible with disney lol

[@f4irb4nks57]

@@Revan-eb1wbthats not the point he is making. He is saying that if palpatine was not able to manipulate Ezra, then Thrawn would not be able to either

[@ElectricIguana]

But maybe a dark sister witch could. If only there were any in the show...

[@EckerKyle]

​@@TwixCaravan what if he is a future Ezra who used the world between worlds to go back in time and pretends to have heel turned in order to set up events that lead to him being rescued by Ahsoka and Sabine?

[@feistyentertainment4883]

Some people don’t like waiting each week and wait for all the episodes to drop but so far I’m loving it

[@Flichter]

Those people can easily just not start watching Ahsoka until the entire 1st season is released lol

[@ICU1337]

@@Flichterthats literally what he's stating they do... My brother is one of them and frankly, with the pacing that these shows take, I'm about to join them. Waiting 7 days to watch a 29 min episode with 12 of that being a "space fight", in a 8 episode season, is lackluster at best.

[@fsociety.dat101]

​@@ICU1337I agree. Nothing noteworthy is happening. The series and the episodes themselves are far too short.

[@trealosgaming3345]

Agreed. My boss is waiting for the pile up

[@TheHonorableWolf191]

​@@ICU1337I feel like the big reason for that is dave is used to writing for clone wars and rebels which were 23 minute episodes. So from going to animation to live action, is a little hard to due if your new too it. This also could be why mandorian episodes were short as well. But just a thought

[@sebastiannerling6042]

This may be a long stretch of an argument but : Since we are on our way to see Thrawn and possibly the Empire of the Hand, could it be that Marek is actually Marek Steele? For those who do not know who i am talking about, Steele is the player - character of the old TIE Fighter Games. He is found to be able to handle the force and is later recruited by the secret order of the emperor and becomes one of the emperor`s hands. After Endor he joins Soontir Fel and with him the Empire of the Hand. This would also cononize the Hands and therefore give us a greater Option for the return of Mara Jade :D . What do you think?

[@model101t800]

I think he is Luuke, the Luke Skywalker clone

[@pancakesflipflopsandstarwa409]

@@model101t800bru these theories are on point!

[@dreadelectric7745]

Ahsoka was mimicking Anakin with that, 'Let's go again' line. Anakin would say, 'Again.' The lesson that Ahsoka gave Sabine is named after the Blind samurai Zatoichi from Japanese films. I am hoping that Marrok turns out to be Mara Jade.

[@kadegetslaid634]

Marrok being Mara jade would be so dumb, but I guess marrok is kind of a Mara jade stand in

[@giraffenuzZ]

​@kadegetslaid634 why would it be dumb? Because it's not the way she was introduced in novels decades ago? Because to me, that's pretty dumb too.

[@DragonHunter-oq3zi]

The biggest misdirect is that it's ezra, but I think it's going to be kanan, dey bringing Freddie Prinze back!

[@MNToThat]

​@@giraffenuzZFor starters, Marrok is being played by a male stunt man. Feloni called Hera's son Jacen because they have no intention of ever using Mara Jade.

[@RomanAbstinent161]

Please no more Skywalkers

[@douglasyoung3654]

Sabine is the key BECAUSE she’s untrained. The enemy is ex Jedi and the phrase “Jedi way” is thrown around. She will be key cause she will think differently.

[@lou135]

I just hope she busts out Mando tech when they fight...some flame thrower or other goodies in he bracers. She used them against Ezra in the dark saber training stuff in rebels iirc.

[@davidh3823]

Apple?

[@lalaland23lalaland]

Nope sabine is/ will be key because she’s a female plain and simple. This is Disney for crying out, where women have no flaws and can’t do no wrong.

[@lalaland23lalaland]

Nope sabine is/ will be key because she’s a female plain and simple. This is Disney for crying out, where women have no flaws and can’t do no wrong.

[@melinaathena]

Sabrine might be Ezra’s brother.

[@garyfrombrooklyn]

I absolutely loved this episode. You could see the Japanese influence during the training scene at the beginning. The Purgill scene was amazing. The New Republic leadership is doomed to fail

[@Me-qp8vz]

A you for real? She Sabine looks like she has never trained in her life. A mando trained in sword fighting would look totally different. She has stick insect limbs with no muscle texture. Not the body of a warrior.

[@kamotegamer69]

tbh i had an anime origin story vibes from that scene dunno

[@cloudnein8114]

Nanking never forget

[@elusiveyt1610]

Just has some imperial loyalists in it.

[@adamlane2490]

“Let’s go again” I thought was a call back to Tales of the Jedi where Anakin trains Ahsoka mercilessly saying let’s go again like 12 times. It gave me the feels thinking it was a bit of Anakin coming thru Ahsoka

[@CaeRoberts]

With Baylan, I reckon he was in the same padawan class as Anakin. As far as the show goes it's quite a niche audience within the Star Wars fan base. Nobody really knows Ahsoka outside of the clone wars / Rebels story arcs, so I can see why it hasn't had the amazing numbers everyone has been expecting.

[@HicSvntDracones]

Was Anakin in an actual class, don't think we ever saw that or any classmates, I thought he was personally trained by Kenobi

[@burna2650]

​@@HicSvntDraconesPadawans did have classes and other trainings not held by their masters.

[@HicSvntDracones]

@@burna2650 Right, I just meant I thought Anakin had a lot more private training, due to being the chosen one and stuff

[@ICU1337]

@@HicSvntDracones that and he was fighting on the frontlines of the Clone Wars, same as Ahsoka. Her class studies ended up being practical hands on lessons on the battlefront. Also Star Wars is Star Wars and Ahsoka was soft introduced through Mando. So while that is a semi-valid excuse for low viewer numbers, it still doesnt equate for all of it.

[@joe_lwrnc]

I don’t think Maroc could be Ezra as when we first see the pirgill Maroc looks around like he dosnt know what they are or is confused but Ezra would know about them

[@j.ogalesco]

Or more like he’s traumatised 🤔

[@justinnbucano5443]

It's Kyle Kestus lol

[@ICU1337]

@@j.ogalescowhy would he be traumatised by the Purrgil 🤨

[@marcharbin]

@@ICU1337 tentacles

[@ICU1337]

@@marcharbin pretty sure that sounds like a good time🤔💭🐙🤷🏽‍♂

[@Flichter]

The space battle was surprisingly EXCELLENT. I love how it really did feel like a WW1/WW2 dogfight, even with the design of the enemy fighters. I really hope it continues, because so far, Ahsoka has been absolutely wonderful. Aside from Andor, this is some of the best Star Wars content we've gotten in YEARS.

[@danteyoda]

Reminded me of Clone Wars.

[@Meastroooo]

Best thing since Mando S1 and 2 fr

[@insertrandomnamehere764]

It's the best we've had but I wouldn't call it good. It's passable.

[@carlos00700]

This show like all the most recent ones ( with the exception of The Mandolorian) , have been a very slow burn

[@carlos00700]

@@insertrandomnamehere764it’s honestly TBD

[@maximuslenski1377]

Shin doesn’t blink during the entire episode which is such an interesting detail showing her focus in her actions well done filoni

[@thitran6105]

ok

[@snakey319]

Kept thinking it was a Scarlet Johanson's clone

[@rhodrage]

Ezra being Marrok would just be a huge kick on the teeth. Also the map isn't literally to Thrawn, but a map of the Purgill hyperspace lanes.

[@theslimreaper8043]

The theory that Marrok is Ezra makes no sense. If Ezra could get back to the main galaxy then Thrawn could and Morgan would have no reason to build the Eye of Sion. Clearly Baylan has never been to the new galaxy from the way he talks about the Path to Peridia like it's a fairy tale. It's far more likely Baylan, maybe even Shin from how they interact in this episode, came across Marrok either when the Empire was around or after Endor and convinced him to join them.

[@gregordrizzlewing7339]

It’s kanan bro 😂😂 Star Wars is mad out there so I can’t leave it. We never saw a body 😂😂

[@matthewbenger8355]

Yeah totally agree. Why would they bother with the hassle and not just ask Marrock "here mate how did you get back". Its such a stretch

[@TimeCruiserMike]

World between worlds. If they managed to find an access point in the other galaxy Ezra could have used that to travel anywhere he needed to go, leaving Thrawn behind because it's only accessible to force users.

[@crunked6674]

​@@gregordrizzlewing7339his death was confirmed tho. Plus, they never showed the bodies in rebels unless they were stormtroopers.

[@bivyb6249]

​@@TimeCruiserMike just to come back and be turned by Morgan? Very cheap if that is what they do.

[@coops074]

These few episodes make it feel like I’m watching an updated version of the OT Star Wars. The lightsaber scenes, the space fights, the characters. It’s been great

[@TimSedai]

This show is building to something cool in all the best ways. Nods to the past, eyes to the future

[@jiszmo6668]

I strongly hope they end up trapped in that other galaxy. That would leave the Star Wars world open to all new timelines and adventures, unencumbered by other stories.

[@Controle9165]

Well dont get your hopes up don't you remember the last episode of the Mandalorian how the whole season 3 built up so many things for them not to happen at all. 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@TimSedai]

@Controle9165 I dislike season 3 from the start. This has so much more potential

[@TimSedai]

@@jiszmo6668 agreed. Them and key members of the Mandalorian

[@ItsMeMario-nm7rk]

Putting faith in Disney 😂

[@FroggyNight]

I think Baylon is a fallen Jedi who recruited Shin. It would explain why her robes are light colored still as well as her padawan braid. She’s newly turned and I believe has more of a chance to turn good.

[@Obironnkenobi]

My theory is that Baylan is actually Shin's father. The two are trying to get to Thrawn because he was somehow to blame for his wife's death. They're playing Morgaine to draw out Thrawn and in the process of trying to get revenge Baylan dies so Shin can escape. She then joins up with Ahsoka and team.

[@MNToThat]

I believe the daughter part. It would tie in with why he suddenly disappeared from the jedi order after Clone Wars

[@ronhammond6770]

I also believe she may be his daughter. And I happen to believe Shin will test Morgan Elsbeth, as if she always carries distrust for the Night Sister.

[@matthewstewart317]

I said this last week to my friends. I agree that would be cool to see

[@austins88]

This is way too specific and reasonable. So I'm assuming it's been spoiled

[@JaYoeNation]

The dogfight was cool until they got to the scion. Then their floundering ship “dodged” the battle station and was lost on scopes by…… floating thru the center?!? Then… crippled…. Ashoka walks out into the wing and the fighters fly directly at her instead of targeting literally any other section of the ship and finishing them off. I don’t know…. Just lazy storytelling points in a lot of these. Just make up something. Give us reason to believe something is happening the way it is. I enjoy these shows, but these moments pull me out having me wonder “huh”?

[@JustinWillisDevil240Z]

With Marrok I prefer the Starkiller theory to the Ezra theory.

[@HicSvntDracones]

Paul Darnell plays Marrok, ep 3 credits made sure to clarify that

[@КонстантинПаршуков-о6б]

​@@HicSvntDraconeswell, here goes the theory. Then I'd prefer Marrok to be a character of his own. Some villains don't need a backstory. Marrok clearly doesn't.

[@HicSvntDracones]

@@КонстантинПаршуков-о6б MY exact view. I don;t see why Marrok can't just be Marrok. The whole secret masked character that gets exposed as some other character doesn't really fit Filoni at all. As far as I know, that has only been done once in the history of Star Wars, Vader.

[@koncise0363]

But Marrok just can’t be Marrok, I don’t think Shin really likes the idea of him being a tag along similar to Vader not liking the inquisitors. Baylon has a purpose for Marrok which Shin doesn’t know of. The power Baylon speaks of may be something he essentially sacrifices himself for to make Shin The one and Marrok the 2

[@HicSvntDracones]

@@koncise0363 I honestly took "power" to mean the power they will have when Thrawn takes over the empire and recaptures the republic, as in Political, Monetary, etc

[@marcgoldstein2957]

If you have seen Rebels, you know where you are and you're here for it, if you haven't...you have a lot of catching up to do before getting up to Purrgil speed. Many online articles complaining about "too much lore".

[@Vromano7204]

Something just hit me about Baylan. He clearly still feels some form of loyalty to the Jedi after saying it would be a shame to kill Ahsoka and he says if they find Thrawn they’ll find ultimate power. What if he wants to access the door to the World Between Worlds that was on Thrawn’s Star Destroyer so he can go back and try to change what happened to the Jedi and Anakin. He clearly uses the dark side but in such a way as a means to an end not so much like a Sith. So I wonder if his whole mission is to try and prevent the destruction of the Jedi

[@snakey319]

that clearly made shin wonder about him, like she didnt like the lust for power he showed.

[@BlyatBlaster]

Love the callback to Luke with Sabine’s line “I can’t see, how am I supposed to fight?” From Luke’s line “wha- with the blast shield down I can’t see a thing. How am I supposed to fight?”

[@Justin.002]

The Theory Time intro/outro never fails to make me laugh. I love seeing how silly the voice gets. It's great dude.

[@captcorajus]

You're sooooo wrong about this being Ezra. They are doing the Thrawn Trillogy.... First book in the series was "Heir to the Empire" and they've already mentioned it. The second book was 'Dark Force Rising' and there, there was a clone of Luke Skywalker made from Luke's Dismembered hand. Its Luuke! LOVED this episode.

[@jiszmo6668]

It's funny, everyone complained about Sabine Wren becoming a Jedi, calling her a Mary Sue. She has not displayed any Jedi abilities at all so far, let alone Mary Sue like abilities. Well, I guess she did survive a light-saber stab. 😄😄 I'm very interested to see if she develops any Jedi powers. We had long enjoyed her mechanical and Mandalorian type powers.

[@jiszmo6668]

@tylerbarse2866 She was also stabbed with an orange lightsaber. If I remember correctly those were made from a different inferior type of crystal and were actually weaker than regular lightsabers.

[@Hazardouslazarus]

I believe the reason people aren't flocking to the show is due to a multitude of reasons. 1. It isn't because the quality isn't there. It is. The production quality and writing so far is quite good. The problem is that Ashoka is predicated on 2 cartoon series that if you haven't seen them (& both are relatively large time investments), you have very little understanding of who Ashoka is or why you care. I know plenty of Star Wars fans that actually have seen Rebels or Clone Wars and think shoehorning in Ashoka as Anakins apprentice without any live action canon reference to this fact in RoTS, really makes them turn their noses up to it. (I loved Rebels but I must admit I had to force feed myself the first few episodes and tune out the animation style as it was not my favorite thing and Clone Wars was difficult for me to watch for similar reasons.) 2. Disney has been consistent in gassing up new properties and letting them dwindle or not delivering at all. I think between people that dislike waiting each week to watch episodes of varying length they want to wait to see the consensus and just binge watch the entire series. Why stretch out the potential torture of a new bad show with a ton of new characters and no legacy characters to latch onto for the nostalgias? 3. Disney's streaming numbers in general has been on the decline: Q4 2022 - 164.2 Million Subscribers Q3 2023 146.7 Million Subscribers With nearly 20 million subs dropping off in less than a year, I think combined with the above mentioned reasons only exacerbate why Ashoka is not seeing the big blockbuster type viewership it probably deserves. At this point, I only really have been Following the Mandalorian property (I fell off after TLJ, haven't felt inclined to spend money or go out of my way for anything else since then aside from Mando and now Ashoka) but even in Mando or Ashoka there is a lingering dread of "I already know how this all turns out. The morons that run the New Republic are inept and squander everything the rebellion achieved and let it fall back into the hands of a 2 bit operation masquerading as the New Empire (First Order). It sucks but the Sequels bookending the timeline we are working within and small little nudges within the stories pushing the reality we all know its going to end up at has been a slow suffocation of the entire franchise for me. PS, I think there is a 50/50 chance Marrok is Ezra under the influence of some sort of witches of Dathomir type stuff. I wouldn't hate this twist, but I think it also lets us down in terms of how exciting it would have been to see what Ezra developed on his own, isolated either with Thrawn or influenced by an exotic/ancient civlization.

[@Teku66]

I'm in the middle of rewatching eps 1 and 2. Witwer's voice can be heard clearly starting at 16:15 for episode 1 when Ahsoka is taking her ship into the bridge of the Mon Calamari cruiser. Still haven't heard him in my rewatches of ep 2.... yet lol. But there are possibilities that the scene where they did use his voice was cut or it was jarbled in as background noise when they were arresting the salvage workers. I may update this part soon with additional rewatches lol. So I don't think we can say definitively Starkiller = Marrok, since it looks like Witwer is legitimately doing standard "additional voicework" at the moment.

[@MNToThat]

Good catch but it is possible Worwer does that voiceiver work and also plays Morrok when his mask is removed. (I'm still 50/50 on it being a new character) The name credited as Morrok is an actual stunt man in real life so I doubt its him doing the speaking.

[@Zetrau]

Not 100% sure but I heard someone say Sam voices the assassin droids, could be wrong though haven’t rewatched the episodes to listen.

[@Teku66]

@@MNToThat True. Ep 3 is the first time where Marrok actually speaks on screen, even though it's extremely minimal and modulated. He's been completely silent in eps 1&2. Witwer being credited in every episode thus far, but I would also argue so have the other "additional voices" cast. Even though in this ep, the only non-faced character that spoke is Marrok. So having the "additional voices" cast isn't making much sense, unless Filoni is being a master trickster and had all of them read the same lines to layer over each other and distort. lol. I'm in the same boat as you in the 50/50.

[@HicSvntDracones]

Paul Darnell is playing Marrok, Episode 3 credits made sure we know that. Sam would be listed even if he was doing an unmasked character, as he is still that character.

[@Delwel_]

@@HicSvntDracones Ain't there a thing where, if an actor only speaks a few lines of dialogue, then their names don't have to be included in the credits?

[@nwebb]

“Starkiller is an Absolute G as well” couldn’t have said it better myself.

[@jhendo4940]

One thing i'd point out with Marrok is the fact in the title screen he appears as being a hero with the blue shine

[@HicSvntDracones]

I honestly don't think the title screen colors have anything to do with the show, it has been wrong too many times

[@j-vg]

I'm not sure if the colours matter, since Sabine is red

[@HicSvntDracones]

@@j-vg Yeah, they haven't matched up in Mando a lot of the times, I think people just sort of assumed that is what it meant

[@PP237PP]

One Purgle was in episode two of Ahsoka (Didn't get a full look at it though) *When Baylan tells Shin to go get Morgan. As Shin walks of screen Baylan looks up and sees a Purgle in the sky.

[@jamescartwright1150]

Just seen this - "Ahsoka episode 3's credits list Paul Darnell as playing Marrok, but there's a key difference. In episode 2, Darnell is listed as doing the stunts for Marrok. In episode 3, Darnell is listed as "Featuring," appearing higher up in the credits alongside the guest stars, which suggests he was not only doing the stunts, but voicing him too. "

[@BuildinWings]

Seeing Ray Stevenson's face in your thumbnail just reminded me we lost him this year. Sad stuff.

[@ItIsWhatItIs78174]

I'm calling it. That guy on the council that was dead set against looking for Thrawn is apart of the empire. He knows Thrawn is alive and wanna give Morgan enough time to get to Thrawn.

[@jjjfo1818]

Oh 100%

[@ryno1509]

I don’t think he’s Senator Hamato Xiono, the father of one of the main characters in Star Wars Resistance, which is set in the sequel series and he’s still a senator when he appears in that

[@kadegetslaid634]

Terrible call, he's an established character already

[@cameronferrell5722]

I think he’s just one of the bureaucratic dickweeds who completely demilitarized the New Republic. He isnt an Imperial Loyalist, he’s just naïve and stupid

[@Flichter]

Or... they could just be ineffectual bureaucrats, looking out for their own best interests instead of the best interests of the Galaxy as a whole. This is something that's been shown time and time again in Star Wars, especially in the New Republic - no one is on the same page, no one wants to lose whatever marginal power they've gained as a Senator and as a result, the "New Republic" doesn't have much centralized power.

[@Feverdream7777]

"Time to Fly" was also said in Tenacious D's Pick of Destiny. When Baby Sass mounted his father, Daddy Sass, as he engaged in trying to protect him. He said "Time to Fly"

[@doogalncheeto]

Having marrok pilot a ship seems purposeful, he seems very confident, a very Skywalker trait

[@MNToThat]

Morrok is offically described as an ex-inquisator. Kenan and Maul killed the last known Inquisators in 3BBY, how could Ezra (or Kenan) become one, serve and then quit to join Baylan??

[@lukeford9803]

the cgi in this show is pretty damn near perfect

[@spiritbombing]

it’s fucking great so refreshing to not see the twitter trolls have something to hate on

[@Jasonf0416]

Your kidding right? The editing is absolutely terrible

[@mondeepengti8733]

​@@Jasonf0416🤡🤡

[@BBroadnax]

Hahahaha! Anikin screaming, "I HATE THEM!" after showing the younglings had me laughing a little too hard this early in the morning.

[@1988DanielJ]

The map is that of the Purrgil migration route, and was created by an ancient civilization close to the Witches of Dathomir. They could be from another galaxy, too.

[@AndyGarcia82]

If Marrok turns out to be Ezra, that reveal will be as boring and uneventful as when we learned that Carol’s daughter was in the barn the whole time on The Walking Dead.

[@justin.channels]

I like the Starkiller theory. Mar means to harm, so Marrok could be a ref to something like "harm the world" or star harmer. -ock can literally be a diminutive suffix, so "Little Harmer" or Little Killer?

[@HicSvntDracones]

Paul Darnell is playing Marrok, not Sam Witwer

[@thestarkknightreturns]

​@@HicSvntDraconesPaul Darnell is the stunt guy. Sam Witwer may end up playing him down the line.

[@justin.channels]

@@HicSvntDracones That is cool. Voice only or body? (Is he small/slim enough?) I thought right off the bat that Sam was way too muscular to be in that suit. So ya the Samv thing was not my idea but the video's. I commented on the name's meaning.

[@jacobhernandez8786]

Bro star killer was insanely powerful. This guys not that strong

[@thestarkknightreturns]

@@jacobhernandez8786 this wouldn't be Legends Starkiller. He'd have to be seriously nerfed.

[@Allofthemonkeys]

Maybe when Marrok said, "As you wish", to Shin he was really saying, "I love you"

[@bopettus9255]

I feel like the episode was a little too short, let’s hope the next one isn’t also 30 min. If it is they could have just combined them.

[@WolfRaynor]

No, it had a perfect length

[@Aussie_swagger430]

I fell asleep half way thru episode 1 had to rewatch every episode 😂

[@WolfRaynor]

@@Aussie_swagger430 yeah, it was way too long. 😄

[@powerraptor1314]

It was short but felt long🔥

[@316zaul]

Atleast 10 more minutes

[@JessicaWilliams21880]

Kivu’raw’nuru is actually Thrawn real name up until the Mitth family added Thrawn so then his name change to Mitth’raw’nurudo and according to the internet it is broken down into three sections: first section is their family name, and the second section is their personal name, and the third section is their occupation, clan or ‘second family name’ [like a military family] I do actually like the small nods towards the prequels where Anakin allowed the Dark Side to dominate him and also Yoda’s famous quote: Fear leads to Anger, Anger leads to Hate, Hate leads to suffering. For those who are wanting to Understand Grand Admiral Thrawn I recommend reading Heir to the Empire, Dark Forces rising, The Last Command especially Thrawn Alliances because this shows us what he was doing when the Empire was still inside its earlier stages and to watch Rebels as well but also read the latest Thrawn Books as well.

[@arwinaBlu_Kat]

Thanks for pointing out the name. The way it was said had me scratching my head for a moment.

[@WhtSnwRvn]

Sabine practicing blind with Ahsoka to hone her ability very much warranted a Kanan reference (in the series).

[@skyysurfer]

I actually think its Kanan under that mask. Expensive to include the little dude so I assume they would want big emotional pay offs.

[@arveranteos712]

Sabine's biggest problem now, why she is having such difficulty tapping into the Force, is the fact that she is Mandalorian. They are a naturally stubborn people, and that inherent trait is getting in her way. I think she is going to display a Force ability in her next fight with Shin. In the trailers, it shows Sabine on the ground, holding out a hand as if to ward off a strike, and Shin shouts, "You have no power!" I think Sabine is going to Force-pull her saber hilt back into her palm just in time to save herself from an otherwise killing strike. Ahsoka is not going to be able to save her as she will be otherwise occupied. From that same trailer, during that same fight, we are shown Ahsoka squaring off with Marrok in the background.

[@mr.meatsoup5639]

If Ezra used the pergil to return to this galaxy, why not use his skills to teleport the bad guys to Thrawn after he was "changed" by the witch? Tbh that theory makes no sense and would translate extremely poorly on screen. It would basically be "somehow Palpatine returned" level of writing. To me he just seems like a remnant inquisitor to tie up the fact that the faction we are seeing is the bad guys, and will likely never remove the mask. Also if he was Ezra, there would have been small hints to it with the good guys wondering who he is/feeling strangely familiar, in order to build up that anticipation. Currently it just sounds like bad fanfic.

[@javonburton9233]

At 0:35 into episode 3 you can see a blue light flash over Marrok's face. I think he's Ezra

[@damienhine1861]

The show is shaping really well. Nailing that Star Wars feel nicely. Looking forward to the rest of the season 😃

[@Tdr-jv2nc]

I completely agree it just feels so much more starwars than the other things disney has made. Really enjoying this so far

[@andrewbarbarash3116]

If you were objective, you'd see how most people especially online disagree with that assessment. It's unbelievably slow, boring and dragged out, every scene. Ahsoka herself is sadly expressionless, emotionless and it's like she's been lobotomized... the stoic persona worked in Rebels but definitely not in live action. Huge disappointment so far despite the fascinating overarching long term story.

[@damienhine1861]

@@andrewbarbarash3116 oh yes, you're right. I'll stop enjoying it now. Thanks! 👍

[@Tdr-jv2nc]

@@andrewbarbarash3116 No way only a tiny amount do not like it but on the whole mostly everyone loves it. You will never please everyone but this has so far been one of the best starwars things disney has produced

[@damienhine1861]

@@Tdr-jv2nc some people are never happy and, for some reason, feel the insuppressible urge to spread their unhappiness 🤷‍♂

[@TheGuitarBling]

I think the reason for Asoka's low ratings is Disney + fatigue. There's a Disney + varnish on everything they do whether it's Lucus Film or Marvel. It's all mid and the brand of Disney + is turning beloved characters and IP into mid shows. There's been quality stuff that's dropped on Disney + lately, but it can't break through the mid branding.

[@RyanHaney55]

I'm giving a thumbs up for "Paul, a.k.a. the Thrawn in your side." alone. 😂 I thought last week's two episodes were awesome.

[@RUBBER_BULLET]

I had just finished watching the Clone Wars, which wasn't bad. After watching three episodes of Ahsoka, there is no way that I'll be watching Rebels.

[@leveragecomics5067]

I’m really enjoying this show!! Ahsoka’s personality is a little dry but I’m having too much fun to care!!

[@Notenemy.]

I love that her personality is stoic. It really shows she is truly balanced. Also explains why she has white lightsabers. Done perfectly

[@Tdr-jv2nc]

I agree it’s so far been one of the best things disney has created

[@5353Jumper]

Marrok is someone like Petro. Not a significant surprise character to distract from the main story but still has a connection to Ashoka and Huyang. Just another fallen Padawan Inquisitor, recovered by Balin after the fall of the Empire. Maybe Petro was Balin's Padawan before Order 66 then they were united through the inquisition.

[@davidkhan1626]

I think this is “Starkiller” from the Force Unleashed games, they wanted bring him back as a Inquisitor. I believe the characters name is Galen Marak

[@TS19451]

That Glup Shitto joke was so funny, I can’t get enough! Great job!

[@MrAnt728]

The samurai references, the cgi, the writing, comedy, pacing, and action were all great great in this episode🔥

[@BlacKnightRising]

oh you bots are something else 🤣

[@MrAnt728]

@@BlacKnightRising bots?

[@BlacKnightRising]

@MrAnt728 coping bots trying so much to save yet another Disney failure

[@MrAnt728]

@@BlacKnightRising What Disney failure? Sounds like you're the one who was a failure in life

[@BlacKnightRising]

I don't make star wars my life like you do, just a passing glance showed me all I need to know that this is a boring chickfest and if there was any more estrogen in this mess it'd basically be THE VIEW if those broads were 40yrs younger...you're just in denial@@MrAnt728

[@SolarWraith]

The Disney Trilogy did irreparable damage to the IP. It's been said this season is directed as if it were a new season of Rebels...and I can see why. The writing is just...subpar, but it is what it is.

[@SwashtikPatnaikSP]

*I really can't wait where this story will take us I think they will still save things for a season 2*

[@jiszmo6668]

I strongly hope they end up trapped in that other galaxy. That would leave the Star Wars world open to all new timelines and adventures, unencumbered by other stories.

[@SwashtikPatnaikSP]

@@jiszmo6668 yeah sort of soft reboot & we will be free from the shit trilogy

[@Us3r739]

@@SwashtikPatnaikSPgod I hope so

[@Dec4AllTimeAlways]

Shortest episode so far but still a marginal improvement from the previous two thanks to the faster pacing and less dead silence. Enjoyed the early scene when Ahsoka trained Sabine. Her being the worst Jedi candidate according to Huyang is correcting the Mary Sue label from Rey. Better to watch Sabine struggle early on only for her get better as time goes on. The music from Kevin Kiner of Rebels fame is starting to grow on me since I like old Japanese traditional music. Very relaxing. Sabine training felt like a Karate Kid/Cobra Kai scene. More Miyagi-Do from Daniel LaRusso than Johnny Lawrence's style of training. Ahsoka is paying homage to Kurosawa and the many Japanese influences they had on Star Wars. I'm starting to think current Ahsoka is a cross between Mr. Miyagi and Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back. Mr. Miyagi hardly ever raised his voice. She did start showing more emotion in the space battle. More concern. The most Rosario Dawson moment in it hearing more of Rosario's real voice and tone. Great to see Jacen Syndulla and Mon Mothma in this. Mon was in her mid-40s in Andor (5 BBY) which is also when Rebels S1 starts. She's about 59-60 now in Ahsoka's time (11 ABY). It seems from Hera's words that Thrawn is going to be a huge threat. Bigger threat than what Moff Gideon brought. Coolest scene was Ahsoka in that space jumpsuit. It didn't look ridiculous. They pull it off nicely. It could've looked stupid like Moonraker or Leia's Mary Poppins scene in The Last Jedi. I thought seeing those star whales was a visual treat. Reminds me of The Phantom Menace's underwater scenery but the scene looks prettier. When Ahsoka's ship landed in those red-leaved trees, it looked like the start of Star Trek Into Darkness. So Marrok is pronounced Ma-rock? Like saying Morocco without the co. I thought it was Merrick or Meh-rock like I thought it was pronounced Sa-bine but it's Sa-bean. I streamed Dial of Destiny twice yesterday. I still think it's the worst Indy film but I'll download it once the Blu-ray rip is out because I prefer mp4 over mkv and I'm a completist with all my favorite movie franchises. I watched Last Crusade after DoD. Made me realize life is too short. Sallah is in his mid-40s in Crusade. Then 34 years passed and he's a grandfather. I can tell a Shin vs. Morgan duel is brewing. Shin says sarcastically, "Morgan, congratulations. You almost got them." There's going to be a fight between these two. Overall, I thought Ep 3 is a little better. Not leaps better but it's progressing enough nicely. The special effects in this are spectacular. It looks better than the OT SEs, Prequels, Sequels, and way better than The Flash. Ep 3 was short and that's probably the biggest complaint and not much of Baylan in this but you can't please them all. If it's too long, it's boring. If Ahsoka talks too much, she's annoying. If she doesn't say much, she's boring. Everyone will whine about everything. I'm starting to dig Hera more and more. I liked her in Rebels from the 10 episodes I saw from it. We forget Mary and Rosario already worked together in Death Proof (2007). I've looped the first two episodes of Ahsoka like 2-3x last night after seeing them twice and this series is slowly growing on me. I'll loop Ep 3 a few more times. I'm thinking because I have nothing else to watch that I'm getting more invested into these characters. It's still not as good as The Mandalorian S1/S2 and Andor yet but I can see Ahsoka being at least better than Obi-Wan and is already better than The Book of Boba Fett. At least Ahsoka stays focused on the titular character and the supporting ones in Rebels a majority of the time which Obi-Wan failed to do last year half the time. My Weekly Ashoka Character Favorites 1. Ahsoka Tano 2. Shin Hati 3. Baylan Skoll 4. Hera Syndulla 5. Sabine Wren 6. Morgan Elsbeth 7. Huyang 8. Chopper 9. Marrok 10. Mon Mothma My Favorite Disney+ Star Wars 1. The Mandalorian 2. Andor 3. Ahsoka (moves up one spot) 4. Obi-Wan Kenobi 5. The Book of Boba Fett Mando S2 > Mando S1 > Andor S1 > Mando S3 > Ahsoka > Obi-Wan > TBoBF It's hard for me to compare The Mandalorian vs. Andor. I believe Andor is written better but it's a very slow burn and perhaps the characters are not as charismatic as the ones from Mando. Andor only has 12 episodes while Mando has 24 and had 16 after S2. Andor has the advantage of having less bad episodes. It's not guaranteed Andor S2 (final season) will be good or end up disappointing like Mando S3. I remember enjoying Agent Carter S1 but hating S2.

[@5353Jumper]

The star map was not a map to Thrawn. It was just an old map to the other galaxy the Night Sisters knew about and thus Elsbeth knew about it too. She had a force connection tell her Thrawn was in that other galaxy and knew where to find the ancient map.

[@craigthompson3631]

Hera calls Kanan "love" in Season 1 Episode 1 of Rebels so I think they were an item for a while it just wasn't focused on

[@daveb1930]

Ashoka also refers to the blind training as "Zatoichi training", which is another nice touch for fans of Japanese cinema.

[@cloudnein8114]

Nanking never forget

[@ameleiizane]

E 3 was so good! It didn't abruptly end or feel too short at all. Although I hadn't heard of Ashoka before seeing her on the Mandalorian, she has become one of my favorite characters.

[@Alztism]

It would behoove you to check out clone wars and rebels… im honestly sad whats happened with ahsoka not in the whiny sense just seeing her and hera sabine etc have so much fire in them then life beats its out of em

[@ameleiizane]

@@Alztism Yeah, IK what you mean . I watched some recaps of rebels and clone wars. I also went back and watched the prequel movies I saw as a kid. I always judged and hated Darth Vader. Now that I went back as an adult to watch them, the Jedi Order totally failed him. They are the reason he went dark. They did the same thing to Ashoka.

[@animalsrcute5762]

Agree 💯‼️‼️‼️‼️🔥

[@Alztism]

@@ameleiizane i agree wholeheartedly in anakin i see many parallels to him and really when one is distrusted and held back by the ones who were supposed to give him serenity and inner peace albeit in a time of war they failed him so utterly…. Im just glad (even in afictional galaxy) that he was able even with everyone stacked against him to feel love and compassion despite living such a tragedy of a life is inspiring and thus the ultimate story of redemption thats why i believe that compassion is the most powerful emotion of all❤️

[@ameleiizane]

@@Alztism Exactly! The human experience is to love and experience all emotions' to balane ourselves and evolve. What bothered me so much is, they vowed not to have attachments, but they were attached to each other. Master Yoda sensed pain and sadness with Anakin, but failed him by not talking to him about it. When they took him in as a padawan, they also took on the role to act as a parent. Everything that happened could have been prevented.

[@Devious480]

I hope they dont turn balin back to the light.....what makes him cool and so powerful is his use of both light and dark.....it is a shame that we wont have the chance to see more of him..

[@ronhammond6770]

Best character of the show

[@stayker]

The only issue I have with the timeline is that it is my understanding that Dave Filoni purposely made the end of the second episode an (almost) scene-by-scene recreation of the ending moments of the final Rebels episode. This was to signify that this moment in Ashoka was the same moment shown at the end of Rebels with Sabine and Ashoka starting the search for Ezra. So her Mando appearance and the capture of Morgan Elsbeth happened before the scene in Rebels as well. I don't know how accurate this is, but it makes more sense to me now.

[@tylerrizzi8]

Disappointed with how short they are making these episodes 😠

[@Aussie_swagger430]

They don’t care at this point

[@jeffreycarman2185]

I really liked the new fighters flown by the baddies this episode, I really hope that we get some more detail on these fighters, and the other new ships in Ahsoka/Mandalorian shows.

[@ChawlsAK]

People keep theorizing Merrok is Ezra but no one seems to address why Ezra returned to the known galaxy returned but not Thrawn. Thoughts?

[@SaintAndSinner4JMJ]

Scion is pronounced sigh-on. Not sky-on

[@heavyspoilers]

Fml thank you

[@Jourell1]

Dave Filoni has confirmed that the name Jacen is indeed a reference to Jacen Solo. He has said he isn't quite sure where the char is going yet, but wanted to give a nod to the importance of the character in the EU, and maybe in some way say he lives on in cannon through the character. Ironically Hera's actress, Vanessa Marshall, only found out about her pregnancy during a fan screening.

[@jlohre]

I noticed Merrick's helmet in the credits is now blue. Also, I think Disney, in general, has really taken a bad path as far as writing and storytelling. The fans are just tired of seeing bad stories pushing narratives, and we just want good stories written by competent writers. I hope Ashoka lives up to its potential, but it may be too little too late.

[@drasvader1]

Here we go again

[@jlohre]

@@drasvader1 doesn't make what I said any less true. Maybe try and read the whole comment next time.

[@nissanzenkiboy]

I 100% agree with you

[@youngzoe305]

Her getting out the ship in space and cuting the fighter ship was dope ..never seen another jedi or sith do that

[@chaindead]

"1.2 million watched premiere", Heavy Spoilers has 1.2 million subscribers, I can smell conspiracy all the way from my ass.

[@heavyspoilers]

lol

[@Chips1225]

I think this is just where Star Wars is rn. This younger generation isn't interested, and the ones that grew up with the original trilogy are losing faith in the direction Disney is going with it.

[@SnowCRAB88]

The Thrawn in my side…already off to a great start!

[@Foxner]

I think it's because a lot of people know this show is heavily connected to Rebels and a lot of people didn't like/watch Rebels (including myself)

[@_Dante_Sparda_]

The funny part is,The video is almost as long as the episode (which is totally fine btw im not hating)

[@jaydenwaynick]

You guys got Erik Voss MAD with the Ezra theory😂😂

[@matthewdevonport9810]

Here's a super strong force wielding Jedi that's so powerful that he can literally communicate with space traveling purrgil enough to convince them to go off their normal path to Lothal to help him out. "Oh yeah nah he just somehow made his way back to this galaxy and didn't tell anyone how to do it, too lazy to use the purrgil again and just must be an inquisitor now that doesn't say much and takes orders from an apprentice". also "Because Ezra lost his lightsaber, he needs a new one, so the inquisitor one just fills that gap". 🙄🤦‍♂ Like.... no way man lol

[@NextToToddliness]

This is the most fan service-y episode in the franchise, which was a real hit or miss for me. Although, seeing the Space Whales in live action was pretty neat. I wasn't too into Rebels, but I immediately thought, "Man, Rebels fans must be absolutely losing it." All-in-all, Ahsoka relies too much on other media to the point of requiring an entire episode strung together by references. As much as I love the Star Wars p*rn it it all, it just feels shallow. I don't care who Merrock is and I won't be surprised if it's Ezra, but I'm sure they have an alternate take with someone else, because that's just how media is made now, esp when it comes to Star Wars. Why plan ahead, when you can let the fans decide where the story goes.....

[@UpstateGamer]

Are we sure thrawn isn’t really mephisto

[@davidecortese5744]

"Let's go again" is probably more about the same sort of hard training Ahsoka had from Anakin (the bit with troopers shooting at Ahsoka in TCW) than it has to do with the Matrix.

[@face0fmars]

Ahsoka is starting to suck...

[@bradleyb6839]

*starting to get great.

[@kadegetslaid634]

It's great, stop moaning

[@theoldronin]

“Let’s get into Ahsoka”. Indeed.

[@treycorte2203]

I don’t think Dave knows how to pace a live action tv show. Or his pace is not my pace.

[@kadegetslaid634]

Tbh i love this pace, but that's just me, probably not for everyone

[@treycorte2203]

@@kadegetslaid634 could also just be reacting to getting almost 2 hours last week and 28 minutes this week.

[@helenedwards-tc4gc]

I'm kind of nervous to find out what Huyangs fate will be after Ahsoka. Where will he be? Will he perish with Luke's new order? What do you guys think? He wasn't mentioned in the Book of Boba Fett when they had the Grogu episode with Ahsoka.... I can't wait to find out.

[@brandonjames7462]

I'm really enjoying the show and I think it will get better numbers as it continues. Disney+ shows have been hit or miss and I think the general audience is just waiting and seeing.

[@random135246]

Just one thing since this seems to be a bit misconception. 1. No one needs to have known where thrawn is to make the Star map. The Star map existed because An ancient civilization created it, presumably one that traveled from the galaxy we know and this new galaxy. 2. Morgan says in the previous episodes that she thinks she knows where thrawn is because he “spoke to her through time and space” Hence the Star map doesn’t explicitly lead to thrawn - it leads to the galaxy where they think thrawn is. That’s a huge difference. They need to know the coordinates so they know which hyperspace lane to take to get there. You were right about the purrgl being used to map the hyperspace lanes out but you missed those first two points.

[@Lobosalsa9]

Paul, your team's editing puts Ryan Arey's team to shame! LOL, great work mate..

[@cmehop2it383]

I don't think the fan base viewing is as big due to not watching Rebels and Clone Wars. That way they don't seem lost they may be watching or rewatching them. But most people who have seen them are probably the ones right there waiting for each episode to drop.

[@Isacius]

I believe there are good arguments for Marrok being Ezra although I don't think so ... but you never know. My theory is that once Thrawn will appear there is a high chance that the reason he was able to communicate is that Ezra was 'captured' in the meantime and Thrawn basically used him and maybe turned him to the dark side to contact Elsbeth. As for the views, I think multiple reasons. The general feeling on the last star wars releases weren't great, Ahsoka is not super known, maybe the pacing of the first 2 episodes impacted and people just waiting for everything to be released and then watch. Still I had my worries and remarks on the first 2 episodes but this one was really good. I thought actually. Finally a person that requires training to master the force, struggling and they show it and the scene of Ashoka cutting the spaceship, that make more sense that a trained wielder of the force can do that.

[@rjciv999]

I saw something on Star Wars theories live the other day, someone commented about when ashoka listens to the echos when she’s trying to find the map, you can hear maul being voiced by Witwer saying “Is he the chosen one” like he says to Kenobi in Rebels….

[@anubhavdassharma1854]

This has nothing to do with ashoka but the casting for Mon Mothma is really good. It almost resembles the original actress