Ahsoka Gets Therapized - How To Navigate the Good and the Bad Inside Yourself

[@corinneferrarolam5101]

Ariana Greenblatt was amazing as Ahsoka in these flashbacks. It blows my away that no one seems to be talking about her performance! She really captured the animated version of the character.

[@alinaro3955]

Agreed! An actress to watch out for. Looking forward to seeing her in more tv shows and movies.

[@michellecrocker2485]

She did young Ahsoka so well

[@sundancebilson-thompson414]

Personally I've seen a heap of discussion about how great she was. A lot of people seem to think the flashbacks were the highlight of the series, and were/are clamouring for a live action Clone Wars production, with AG reprising her role as young Ahsoka.

[@michellecrocker2485]

@@sundancebilson-thompson414 I really hope she had a nice career ahead of her because she killed it in that episode and she was so much fun in the Barbie movie.

[@isaiahtowers1865]

All I’ve been seeing is hatred towards this series and it angers me, this is cinema

[@MordredAngstrom]

Remembers Anakin "accidentally" training Ahsoka for order 66 from Tales of the Jedi. Yeah, that was how he showed his love and his fear of losing people he cared about. One of my favorite scenes in star wars ever.

[@madelinegarber7860]

I love seeing this from a perspective of a therapist who knows all of Ahsoka’s story. I love how her complicated past and her relationship with Anakin were explored through many different lenses in this show. I saw his lesson more as living is a fight and she can choose to either live and forge her own path and let go of what happened with Anakin, or die and be consumed by her past. Essentially she is more than either of their legacies.

[@latishabuckner8231]

I appreciate this take as well. After the episode aired, and I watched KZbinrs review it, it drove me a little nuts that some people honestly thought this episode was pure nostalgia bait and didnt serve as an integral episode for the series.

[@madelinegarber7860]

Are you kidding me? A strong argument can be made for this being the most integral episode to the serkes. I mean sure it’s heavy on the nestalgia but who cares? It worked. Then agan I liked Kenobi so maybe I shouldn’t talk.

[@TrainerNomed]

"We are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters." Dave Filoni really said, "I'm gonna make you appreciate The Last Jedi without you so much as giving it a second thought." And he is 100% right. Ahsoka's journey is essentially Luke's journey in that film, and I love how they both realize that their legacy may be tied to the past, but it's up to them in the present to make the choice to bring about a different course that defines the Jedi in a new light and bring peace rather than violence to the fight.

[@AryaForce]

This is why I've appreciated Last Jedi the most out of the ST. It wasn't perfect, granted, but it respected these parts of the SW lore.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Dave has always made us appreciate things a majority have not appreciated. I think that's why he's an incredible storyteller

[@JenniferKokoski]

I'm sorry but trying to salvage the Last Jedi is truly trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. There's a reason why it is universally hated and has the lowest appreciation score from the audiences. Also made the least amount of money. Rian Johnson intentionally tried to undo everything that came before because that's what he does. He writes stories that half the audience hates. He writes stories that make the audience feel like fools because it changes their expectations. And that's what we got. Instead of a heroic Luke Skywalker, Jedi Master of a new order, who had learned from the past to create a better future. We got a bitter, insensitive, dim-witted old man. And we don't get that line about we are what they grow beyond until JJ Abrams tried to resurrect the sequel trilogy with his finale movie. Unfortunately it was too little too late. Rian Johnson had already dug up the body, disembowelled it and set it on fire. Nothing can be done except to erase the sequel trilogy from cannon.

[@TylerCharlesFisher]

@@JenniferKokoski That line very much was in The Last Jedi. I don't know what you're on about.

[@Murph_gaming]

Actually, Rise of Skywalker made the least amount.@@JenniferKokoski

[@JustClaude13]

It reminded me of a line from a Kurosawa movie. "To be a samurai is to run. We run into battle, and we run out of battle. When we stop running, we die."

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Dave learned well

[@michellecrocker2485]

Ahsoka, really had to come to terms with the things that made her so jaded. Anakin was like a big brother to her and she thought that world of him do so ( spoiler alert) when she finds out what he became, it became a matter of not only forgiving him but also coming to terms so she can find her confidence to train Sabine

[@MotherOfOwlbears]

Dealing with deep depression, and disassociation was hurting myself and my kids. I started therapy, and had to learn that i could love and accept my loving parents, while being honest about what they did that messed me up in the end. Nobody has a manual. (We now have the closest thing compared to any previous generation, and i intend to take full advantage.) When i watched Ashoka with my husband and kids, I couldn't explain why i was crying. Now I think I understand that better. Btw,y oldest was enthralled because his middle name is Anakin, lol. It was wonderful to get to see a post Vader badass Anakin.

[@seanhiatt6736]

Ashoka was really about the duality of man, and the fact we are not defined by a single mistake or action.

[@kaiyote7924]

Dr. Decker you might have read my comments before... I am a veteran, a young one (though I did not wish to be willingly) I'm not big on Star wars but I am going and have been going through what Ahsoka went through... I had nothing, family strained, borderline homeless, a ghost my whole life, my faith ripped from under me twice it seems... I grew up during 9/11 for 20 years annually I went to the Dayton Air Force museum with my father... Believing in heros, believing in brotherhood and integrity, honesty and service... And then I met them, operationally. And it ripped the last fiber of faith I had left. In my nation, in my leaders, in heros... When I needed them most I could not ask for help, when I tried to they retaliated, and in the one week in 5 years of service I took leave they assaulted me... What am I to do now? What meaning do I derrive? The only thing I had ever wanted since I could walk and look up at the sky... How do you find meaning and dream's when every one has been shattered. No one will apologize, no one will take accountability for the sleeplessness, no one will exonerate me for the crime of following my airmans coin, even when others (much more powerful than I) did not. To whom do I ask for peace? To whome do I hold accountable, how can I? They shattered me, tossed me and told me to piece together the sand like shards. What meaning and purpose am I to derrive life from now? I know not. Not even my dreams hold peace or trust.

[@calamitybrain5012]

For some reason when I see Ahsoka with Aniken I well up with tears. This is the first episode of mended light that had me in tears. Thank you!

[@AryaForce]

I interpreted it as much that Ahsoka was fearful of Anakin's influence on her and trying to return to the old ways of Jedi teaching. Anakin taught her that adapting and surviving is essential. The old ways helped until they didn't. Compassion, love, and trust in those around you is essential to saving yourself and others from the dark. However, I see this as well alongside the interpretation I got. Thank you for reminding us all that know one is perfect.

[@michellecrocker2485]

However, her fearfulness over his low points makes me think she was picking up on some red flags. Why she never brought this up to obi wan or even to padme out of concern, I don’t know

[@AryaForce]

@@michellecrocker2485 She was young and perhaps didn't pick up on them too much when she was his Padawan. Later after his fall to the dark side she became fearful. Hence reverting to the Jedi practice of forgoing love and connections to others to avoid such a fall in Sabine and Grogu.

[@michellecrocker2485]

@@AryaForce she was young enough at least obverse some of the best and worst of her master. In fact, when anakin says “ you’re becoming so much like me “ or something to that effect and Ahsoka asks “ even the bad things?” I have to think she’s noticed a few things she was worried about

[@HeyItsLeePH]

I love that you tackled this. It's really hard to go back to the light, when we feel there's so much darkness in our past. Thanks for sharing this video. By the way, I also love Anakin because he is flawed, but he was a great teacher. She survived Order 66 because of how he trained her. He was afraid to lose her.

[@noneofurbusiness5223]

@19:40 Crying Mother in hospice. She taught me morals, don't be anyone's fool, strive to get an education (which she didn't have & no one cared in her family of origin), how to cook, credit & use $ wisely, persevere, honor commitments. She made sure that my health was treated better than hers was as child. She also strangled me, back handed me repeatedly, called me atrocious names, didn't congratulate me when got accepted to school, was jealous of me, squelched any joy I felt, screamed @ me everyday, pn occasion for 3 hrs (yes!). When I became a parent I took what I wanted & left the rest. Ive' forgiven my mother; I love her, I don't like her.

[@Helmkat]

Seeing Ahsoka as a "Child" in live-action hit me so hard. I just wasn't ready, it was then that I realized just how far the Jedi had fallen.

[@wesleycolvin7158]

I wish the journey I've had with my family was this entertaining. It's such a surprising spin on 'making peace with your past' and reconciling that the people you loved most may have done some terrible things.

[@Drake844221]

At the moment, my primary journey is in building myself back from a marriage, which has had its good, but by the end had become caustic and destructive. Part of what I've had to keep sight of is the fact that my ex isn't behaving out of malice, but out of trauma which has shaped her into someone who isn't healthy for me to have in my life. It is my place now to re-engage with life, rather than be held back by the pain that she carries. There are many things that I've learned from her, some by example, others by contrast. That is to say that I've seen how hurtful some of the things she has done are, and I have needed to understand that those are things not to emulate in my life going forward. I've seen quite acutely the toll that her pain, anxiety, and resentment have taken on her and those she has had a hand in raising, and I am very much aware of how much I need to let go of those anchors. Those albatrosses. I'm not perfect. I'm not all light or all dark. I am good, I am evil. I am solace, I am chaos. I am human, and that is all I've ever wanted to be.

[@Talosbug]

Haven’t watched this series yet, but honestly I probably will now with a new lens from Jono

[@stairwayscare5205]

The episode is called Shadow Warrior. I dont think Anakin is a force ghost here, but Ahsoka's shadow in her subconscious. A clue to this is her being in the water. A lot of Star Wars is based on Jung's theories.

[@shauntempley9757]

Except he states he heard the "I will not fight you" before. That clearly came from Luke.

[@rickblaine9670]

@@shauntempley9757”One is never too old to learn” is also a big clue. Although this doesn’t prevent the idea that he’s simply representing her Shadow, while also being the soul of the actual Anakin.

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

What I especially loved about Anakin's lessons here was what he only hinted at but we of course all know; it's not just Obi Wan and the Jedi Order he learned from, but also and most importantly his son Luke. When he said "I've heard that before" he's talking about Luke. Anakin learned from Luke that it's never too late to change, to learn, to embrace the light again. So it's come full circle. I really hope in either Ashoka Season 2 or the movie Dave Filoni has in the works that Ahsoka and Luke will meet up again and share their experiences and wisdom. Maybe Ahsoka could even stick around to help Luke with his Jedi school once the threat of Thrawn is dealt with. Maaaybe even create a branching timeline that diverges from the direction things went in the sequel trilogy (gonna be honest, not a fan of the sequels. They felt very sloppy and rushed to me.)

[@dominicnevins2144]

One of the things that I love about Anakin in the Ahsoka series is in the first "Live or Die" statement, his dueling was as simple as trying to wake her up and getting Ahsoka to come to acceptance, and does so in the manner of a sparring session. And the second one with the Vader blade presents the vibe of "okay, now it's time to make a decision".

[@victoriabungart4330]

This is my favorite because of this episode and such much meaning happening here. Live Action CLone Wars, Ahsoka and Anakin again, Hayden Christensen, and Ahsoka healing. This means so much to me, as someone who looked up to and related to Ahsoka through my whole life.

[@EdenSLucf]

I'm still working on things that I haven't come back from, yet. My first mentor was my father and I saw how hard it was for him in the latter part of my childhood to choose the light, he'd make more jokes because he didn't want me despair over things I couldn't control. It made me more afraid about how much we are the same. Like Ahsoka, I picked up some kind of death of the heart. After a few close calls, I'll say that I'm trying to finish my death chapter.

[@claudiaw2078]

Take whats good from the people who meant a lot from you. If most of it are bad, unlearn and let go of it, and find whats the lesson + how to become better than them.

[@kalpbhavsar]

It's ve helpful to learn from your friends what they think the best and worst qualities about you are (even if they misdiagnose/project their version of you) because we usually bring the same insecurities and same strengths we inherited to all our relationships. And it's often easier to see and correct for those worst parts with these newer relationships cuz the patterns haven't set in yet. And then once we ve done that we can even go back and help heal previous relationships

[@JenniferKokoski]

Not to toot my own horn but the things that you and this series told people to do is something that I have done my entire life. I grew up with a debilitating and painful physical disability. I also grew up in a family of faith. So between the two, I was both challenged and encouraged to embrace life. And that's what I do everyday. I am known for having a very sunny disposition. But it is a choice I make. When there is adversity, I look for something good. Something funny. Something to hope for. I am grateful when things go well. And I see it all with perspective of age. I'm in my 50s now so I've lived a long life. And there were adults that made bad decisions that affected me as a child. But I don't blame them. Because everything I have gone through up to this point has had a hand in making me the person I am today. I have nieces and nephews who grew up with less supportive parents. And I see the pain it causes them today as adults. I wish there was a way that I could help them, but at the end of the day all I can do is give them the same advice that I have followed all these years. My grandmother was not the most supportive person in the world. And my mother knew that. My mother actively chose to do things differently. She became a wonderful mother because she knew the pain of having a bad one. And that's not to say that my grandmother was the worst mother in the world. She just wasn't the most supportive. She made a great grandmother. The most important thing you can do everyday for yourself and for your family and your friends, is to choose to be better. It helps me. Thanks for these videos. It's good that you're reaching out to people who are in pain. I think it helps.

[@HeyItsLeePH]

Good video, but correction, while everyone knows Darth Vader, only a few people know that Anakin Skywalker was. Thrawn was one of them. During this time, people know yet it's only in the book that they will see the connection and will incarcerate or Leia Organa loses her stance in the New Republic because she's the daughter of Anakin Skywalker. // The "dream sequence" when she falls in the sea - she's transported to the "World between Worlds".

[@asl_anna_4]

The Ahsoka series was so good. Some parts, especially the World Between Worlds episode, were so good it was like straight out of fanfiction. I was so pumped to see this episode on your page. The relationship between Ahsoka and Anakin is probably my most favorite relationship in all of Star Wars. There's so much to dig into and explore, especially as a fic writer.

[@RyderDunei]

I noticed when I watched the series, the last thing Vader said to Ahsoka when they finally met was "Then you will die", personally I think it was Anakin's repeating of that line that really reminded her of what he became, and caused her to start seeing him flash to Vader

[@stephaniez9811]

Wow. I just stumbled across this video and what a great job at explaining Anakin’s lesson. You’re one of the few KZbin channels that actually understood the lesson Anakin was teaching. Great job. 👏🏻 will be checking out your other videos. ❤

[@saratanartist]

I learn so much from your channel, but especially when you make Star Wars - related videos. Thank you!

[@analudias625]

One thing that I love about this show is that Ahsoka's journey affects more than her. When she finally understood she isn't Anakin and needs to actually live and move on from the guilt of not saving him so she can forge her own path.When that happend she was also able to understand her relationship with sabine and where she went wrong.And when they finally talk about their choices she finaly helps sabine achive her potential as a jedi and also to finally be able to use the force. And again when sabine was blaiming herself, Ahsoka let her know she did good and she didn't ruin everything. I really can't wait for season 2( praying for that) so we can see more of this relationship that is now free off walls. Maybe they can also help Shin go to the light

[@IslesYankeeLady]

Anakin goes Vader at the end to say, “you think you’re going to fall like me? Here I am. I challenge you. Are you going to strike me down?” And she recognizes the dark side. She knows who she is. And then she can choose life.

[@starwarsfreak4]

I love all the star wars stuff! If you ever did stuff on andor/rogue one then I would be all over that!

[@ASLTheatre]

Thank you for discussing Ahsoka. Very inspirational. I would love to see your thoughts on Starkiller. Vader’s secret apprentice. Starkiller realizes the abuse of Vader and stops it.

[@jillian4068]

I grew up with all the original trilogy, and have watched all the things, including all the cartoon series, so I'm very familiar with all the Star Wars lore. I enjoy videos like these, which dive deeper into the storyline and characters and what we can learn from it. I have seen my own life at times through things shown with Ahsoka's storylines. In some ways, I relate to her quite a bit. I enjoyed this series, and the main episode you shared throughout this video (episode 5 - Shadow Warrior) was my favorite of the series. When I watched that episode, it really hit me very deeply in some personal ways. There are some themes you pointed out that this video does a wonderful job further dissecting and giving your viewers some good things to contemplate.

[@jerrychubb6168]

This was honestly the best and most impactful episode of the series. Hit me pretty hard.

[@da-zp5xe]

thank you for this wonderful video, youre truly amazing ❤

[@authorjoannawhite]

Honestly I'm a huge star wars nerd since i was a kid. I love the prequels grew up with them so this episode of ahsoka was my favorite. But I never thought about it applying to my childhood issues till you brought this up lol. I have always been afraid of becoming like my dad. I don't like to admit it but I have a lot of his bad traits that hurt me as a kid so becoming him is a fear of mine but like you said we have a choice just like ahsoka did.

[@michellecrocker2485]

I loved it! I like the other shows but as a woman, I liked having a female centered show. Star Wars always had strong female characters and that’s not to say they forget about that in shows like the Mandalorian. The women on all those shows follow in Leia’s footsteps very well but come on, let’s see the women being badass sometimes without helping the guys out.

[@billmcdonough3950]

I'd add one minor note: We can take our knowledge of their darkness, and _use_ that to be better. It can help us see the pits before we fall into them. Which, ironically, is a lesson from my own father, though he never said it and never tried to pass it along. He was rough, he was abrasive and emotionally distant and honestly... he was a miserable SOB. But he was doing his best, and his father... was a hell of a lot worse. So bad that when the youngest brother of 4 was born, my grandmother told him 'you will not lay one finger on this boy'. At one point, he put one of the middle boys' heads through a wall. That's the example of fatherhood my dad had. And I know he used that example to mold how he parented. It drove the emotional distance... but it also held back the worst impulses and anger. Knowing how bad his dad had been drove him to try to be better, even if he could only get so far. And while I'm not a father... I've been a mentor, and my father's unintentional example, both the good and the bad, is one that informs a lot of what I do. I try to take his biggest lesson: you know where the mistakes were, you don't have to make them... and apply it to all the rest. And I think that, too, is part of what Anakin's doing here. 'I've given you _all_ of my knowledge.' Obi-Wan couldn't prepare Anakin for dealing with the Dark Side, or with being unable to let go. He'd never faced it in quite that way. But Anakin's experiences _can_ help Ahsoka, and that's what he's trying to do, trying to help her see. Are there parts of her that come from his darker impulses and his willingness to let his passions rule him? Of course. But she doesn't need to be _afraid_ of them, she only needs to _learn_ from his mistakes. And that's one of the biggest tools our parents and mentors can give us.

[@aceofaces0007]

There's more to what Anakin was saying than simply trying to help Ahsoka survive. By comparing his training during peacetime to Ashoka's training during war, Anakin stands for the principle that to do what is right and just, you have to fight for it. Much of Anakin's headstrong nature stems from a very strong (perhaps too strong) moral compass that believes in taking action as opposed to the traditional stoicism and passive nature of the Masters above him, like Yoda. This stands in sharp juxtaposition to the other scenes in this series that involve Hera butting heads with politicians who have allowed complacency to fester. By challenging Ahsoka to a fight, Anakin is trying to beat that complacency out of Ahsoka because if Ahsoka doesn't rise to the occasion, not only will she die, but the principles she stands for will die, and her allies will suffer for it. What Anakin is teaching Ahsoka here is more than just survival for survival sake or choosing to live for oneself: it's the importance of conviction and that some just causes need to be fought for. War is horrendous, but combatting evil and tyranny in defense of others is just. That is why Anakin pushes back against Ahsoka being a part of a legacy of death and war because both of them are more than such a simplistic understanding of war. Whether Ahsoka likes it or not, there is a fight that needs to be fought, especially when the series is about the return of Grand Admiral Thrawn and the resurgence of the Empire, and if Ahsoka couldn't get her head around that, then she, and her cause, will die.

[@elliotmerker8539]

If you can’t tell from my profile pic, I’m a huge Star Wars Fan. But I’m also a Jew. Very much like the Jedi, raised in a certain way, with a certain world view, with certain morals and ethics and beliefs about right and wrong. Mostly underscored by the post-Holocaust slogan “Never Again.” And recently, with the conflict between Israel and Gaza, I have been struggling intensely with my identity and my morals and ethics. And I was trying to watch Ahsoka again, because it’s a fun escape, and had to turn it off because I got to a part that kind of broke me. I realized that the way Israel has been acting, as warriors instead of keepers of the peace, feels to me like a similar betrayal of my understanding of the Jewish morals and ethics to what Ahsoka must have felt. But, I’m at a loss. How do we deal with the imperfection not of mentors or parents, but institutions? I have found myself distancing from Israel, relying on the distinction between the Jewish identity and the Israeli nationality, that these are government decisions being made all the way across the world from where I live, that just because Israel claims to be a Jewish state, that doesn’t mean they speak and act for all Jews. But part of me is scared by that impulse because I’ve been there and there is a family history of my folks having fought and died in previous wars for Israel. I know it’s not the same kind of betrayal that Ahsoka faced from the Jedi council. But…part of me feels the betrayal very deeply. That we had an understanding as a worldwide Jewish culture that “Never again” after the Holocaust meant “No more genocide, period.” Yet, the Israeli actions in Gaza seem to be creeping in that direction. Now, Judaism, being very decentralized in an opposite way to how the Jedi order is almost painfully centralized in the Jedi council, there’s also an understanding that every Jew has to come to their individual understanding of the rules and morals and ethics individually. Unlike for Ahsoka, there IS no singular “Order” for me TO leave, unless I wish to leave Judaism altogether, which I feel wouldn’t be the right reaction because, again, Jew does not necessarily equal Israeli and maybe I need to be a Jewish voice separate from the state of Israel. But this all leaves me in a scary and kind of isolating place. At odds with people I know and care for who have a different relationship to the institution I disagree with at the moment. Stuck almost like Ahsoka where she cares for Anakin and Obiwan but feels betrayed by the order. Sorry for the long post. I know it’s a terrifically politically frought topic, but…I don’t know. Maybe this is a cry for help.

[@noneofurbusiness5223]

I'm not Jewish but feel similar. When I was young, it was cool to see this little country stick up for itself. As an American I've seen what Cherokee have done to their former slaves. Shalom

[@LiluBob]

Separating out is very difficult, but it is doable. I grew up in a family of established and honored artists, and an appreciation for art specially those who are revered. As we are learning about the true nature of such people, many want to disown that which is good because the person themselves May not be that good. I love Picasso's work, growing up he became an ideal artist for me. What I know of him now and his treatment of women one would think that I would disown his work, shove it away, and say I must reject it. But I don't. I was raised by a malignant narcissist mother, but I appreciate and honor her artwork, knowing perfectly well she was a sick and cruel person especially to me as her only daughter. It feels almost schizophrenic in a way being able to hold reverence for something or someone on the one hand, and then on the other absolutely holding them responsible For their horrific behavior and choices that they have made. Israel doesn't speak for all, just like the American government doesn't speak for all Americans, just as one person from a group never speaks for the whole group unless the group has said unanimously that they do. I wouldn't worry, Israel was created by a conglomeration of individuals, and like individuals, it never represents everyone at any given time. That would be impossible. ❤ The state and the government of Israel is an institution, not a living thriving human being, not an entity in unto itself. It is just an institution, a human construct, and just as fallible.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Jonathan! 🧠

[@TheMimiSard]

This show, particularly episode 5, is one of the most discussed examples of deep paychological message. I think Dave and his crew did kriffin' amazing on "Shadow Warrior" to give that message, but not over-deliver it, so audience could debate exactly what its meaning is. Just to say my interpretation, Anakin (redeemed, died in the Light, has full control over all sides of himself) came to show Ahsoka what made her, to guide her to accept it and to not ignore that she is a fighter, and to finally confront her sense of guilt over what he did, and push her to make the choice between Light and Dark for herself, so when she does chose to fight by pushing away the Dark, she makes the choice Vader finally did, without her having to Fall, thus proving she doesn't have to make his mistakes, and not be afraid of it, not be afraid of the Dark. She can fight and not fear Falling, teach Sabine to fight and not fear Sabine Falling. And she can let go of her pain about Vader. Once she learned that lesson, she could turn a corner, come back as Ahsoka the White (Filoni loves the Gandalf allegory), and be happier and more hopeful.

[@TheMimiSard]

On the legacy - Anakin was her Master, what he learned from his, and his master before - I found a great picture set that took a shot from "Tales of the Jedi" of Dooku and Qui-Gon, a shot from TPM of !ui-Gon and Obi-Wan, a shot of Obi-Wan and Anakin from AotC, Anakin and Ahsoka from s7 TCW, and Ahsoka and Sabine. It was a great image of the Lineage, only missing a picture of Dooku and Yoda, but the only imagery of them I really recall is hostile.

[@karlmaxey]

You should do a video about qui gon jinn

[@destinyw.8661]

This was perfect timing

[@TheOnlyPenguin]

i havent watch the ahsoka series yet jono, but i think the likely hood is very high now

[@GabiBrooks]

Don't know if you got to see the animated reimagining of the Battle of the Heroes, Jono. I discovered it just now (it was posted yesterday by the Hello There channel) and I've already watched it three times. It's so amazingly done, with more emphasis on Anakin and Obi's facial expressions and, of course, me growing up with Clone Wars, I'm a sucker for that animation style.

[@Reb0131]

Did anyone else find the live action version of Clone Wars really hammered in the “child soldier” part of Ahsoka? I feel like it’s easy to overlook in animation but is super disturbing in live action.

[@longforgotten4823]

It’s not at all a good series but moments give glimpses of good Star Wars.

[@NicDPixilist]

love these man!

[@ShadowArtist]

Anakin was more like a older brother, family to Ahsoka, as well as a teacher/mentor. Also you made a little mistake; the rest of the galaxy *did not know that Darth Vader was once Anakin* only Obi Wan, the Owen Lars and Beru, Reva, Yoda, Ahsoka, Thrawn, and maybe Tarkin are only one's that knew Vader used to be Anakin

[@bemasaberwyn55]

At the time of this series Luke and Leia(maybe Han) know

[@LiluBob]

Some legacies are not so clearly defined, and it is very hard to find good within the bad. Sometimes the bad isn't classic or stereotypical, and, as it is in life, it's complicated. My mother was a malignant narcissist, my parents divorced when I was four years old. He was a paranoid schizophrenic, a pathological liar, and cruel. I think my mother wanted very much to be a better parent than her parents, in the end she failed. And in failing she failed her three children leaving them broken and suffering from and with a legacy of mental illness. Of the three of us I am the only one who has sought out therapy and done the work necessary to not pass that legacy on. If it hadn't been for my stepfather I would never have survived childhood and I am thriving as best as I can despite my family's legacy. And my child, she didn't come out unscathed, but like they say, we want our children to be better than who we are, she is very definitely that and I'm not the only one who says it. You asked what did we do to survive. In the end I had to divorce myself from my family physically, emotionally, and psychologically. Especially from my mother. I loved her but I could not show that love to any degree because she would always use it as a weapon against me. When she died it surprised me that I burst into tears, pouring out all the love for her I had hidden away to keep me safe. As I cried, I kept saying I forgive you, I forgive you for most of it but not all of it. I said that because she was a wounded child and didn't always have control over who and what she was and what she did because of her own mental illness, but she knew when she was doing grievous harm, but she decided to do it anyway because it profited her to do so. It was those particular choices, the most grievous, the ones she knew were the worst of the worst, those are the ones I do not forgive because she made the conscious choice, calmly and with calculation, to do it anyway. My mother died in 1995, I am still in therapy, and I still struggle to reconcile the legacy that was handed to me. And I still discover new things that help me along my path, the life I chose rather than the one given to me.

[@bencohen2422]

Please make a video about the TV show Fringe.

[@michellecrocker2485]

The clone wars kinda left her jaded for a very long time

[@bencohen2422]

Please make a video about the anime Mushoku Sensei.

[@senecavanzandt4425]

People keep saying that Anakin was Ashoka's subconscious...yet at the end of season; we see force ghost Anakin watching over her. Anakin was there...he saw his apprentice was in danger and he stepped in to put her back on the path she always wanted....

[@bemasaberwyn55]

As a good master should

[@JamesTillmanjimthegray]

loved it

[@claudiaw2078]

I need loki gets therapized🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@JohnSmith-jh6ey]

There’s probably a couple turns to the darkside that could have been prevented if the Jedi had some system of therapy ;)

[@noneofurbusiness5223]

Dark doesn't always mean Devil

[@noneofurbusiness5223]

Let's take a look: "I didn't know . . . ." Commercial 😂

[@noneofurbusiness5223]

Who's judging *what* is good & bad?!

[@kevinzhang6623]

Did you honestly watch all of CW, Rebels and TOTJ for a therapy video? If so, wow

[@MendedLight]

I watched them for pleasure, and am making a series of videos. I already did three CW vids :)

[@kevinzhang6623]

@MendedLight Nice! Wasn't hard to get through, I hope? I watched them all as an adult and loved it but understand it's not for everyone 😅

[@ignacnovotny2808]

I think that scene with anakin is mostly halucination. Anakin doesn't really act like anakin with all the wisdom of force ghost, he's acting like he did during clone wars, like she remembers him, without all the experience he had as vader. Lesson is mostly just about fight for your life and survive imho. Other messages at least to me feel a bit too contradictory, but your take helped quite a bit. So thank you for that :-) I think people tend to be bit unfair to jedi. They did compromise on their ideals but because they were forced by palpatine into this situation, that was why his plan was so briliant, he left them no good options. If they didn't join war republic would fall and many more would suffer at the hands of separatists. As the result of war dark side unbalanced the force and jedi became unbalanced and more vulnerable because they were forced to be part of war. Also I definitely don't agree that they betrayed ahsoka. There was lot of evidence against her and jedi don't have power to ignore law and how justice is done in republic. If they'd put themselves above the law they'd just become tyrants themselves. And trusting her just because they like her and she is jedi wouldn't also work, same would apply for barriss who was actually guilty (or dooku long time ago). Jedi can't think of themselves as incorruptible that's fastest way to dark side.

[@KxNOxUTA]

It's about how she feels that she has been betrayed, not about how possible or impossible that was on part of the jedi. She's made an experience of abandonment with the group she should've been most safe in.

[@ignacnovotny2808]

@@KxNOxUTA Fair enough. I just think that jedi get lot of hate for that while trusting her while nice wouldn't be rational nor neccesarily wise from their position.

[@BlargeMan]

I kinda see what Filoni and co were going for here, but Anakin's lesson and philosophy are still left amorphous; I'm not sure what point he was making other than "you need to fight past your guilt to come back to the living, and fighting is sometimes necessary/nothing to be ashamed of." There was also nothing in Rebels, or Mando or this show (where she's a stoic block of wood most of the time, even after this lesson) to suggest that she was feeling uncertain about her value or her place to the point where she was contemplating giving up or simply dying. Futurama and Buffy did this crisis of confidence and identity + guilt arc far, far better. I just don't see how the events of this "story" pushed her to the brink like that.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

One needs to look at subtleties. In Shroud of Darkness you can see when she's meditating alone, her fears are crowding in on her. She spends from Siege Of Lothal to Shroud in denial. It's not till Twilight when she's LITERALLY staring at Anakin's eye that she starts to move beyond her denial.

[@BlargeMan]

@bemasaberwyn55 if you've watched Rebels, then yeah, it makes a *little* bit more sense, but I still saw nothing in any previous appearances of Ahsoka that made me think she was becoming suicidal, or resigned. And this show shouldn't have to rely on what came before to make the point or add context to the current story. My point is, this show did *not* do the work to bring us to this arc for Ahsoka.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

@@BlargeMan and yet there are many people who watched Rebels as far back as its original airing who did recognize this. I personally do not believe that it should be up to the creators to accurately fill you in on everything that happened with this character prior to the series or the show in which the character appears. Case in point I don't think that you'd be making the same complaint about Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi where it introduces him where you're not quite sure if he's a good guy or a bad guy. At a certain point creatives expect you to have seen previous entries with this character.

[@BlargeMan]

@bemasaberwyn55 I don't think that's a good comparison at all. Return of the Jedi was obviously part of a trilogy, it was never marketed as a standalone movie. it's expected you'd have watched the previous entries to get it. Whereas the title "Ahsoka" implies it's its own story, but in reality it's just Rebels Season 5. And aside from that, ROTJ did a far better job of showing where Luke was at as a character.

[@M3WT-va]

Im really glad that people like this show, but man I just cant. Its just so pointless. Nothing happens, Thrawns a wet noodle of a villain, Balin was interesting but had nothing to do because they wanted Thrawn, Sabine surviving the lightsaber stab is dumb and so is the fact that shes suddenly force sensitive despite that, iirc, she showed no signs of being so in Rebels. The Death Troopers were waisted, and man the dialogue can be aweful, "This is the Clone Wars" being possibly the worst of it, yeah it is the Clone Wars, you can show not tell, everyone got it just from the visuals. Again glad folks liked it, but man I just cant sadly

[@brittanywilcox7377]

I enjoy these videos a lot, but some of the messaging isn't realistic. There are some people who are just evil. Some people don't have a "good person deep down". Thinking that there's hope will keep a victim in an abuse cycle. Some people just suck and no, you don't have to forgive them.

[@noneofurbusiness5223]

Forgiveness, simply means letting go. Not that they're off the hook.

[@brittanywilcox7377]

@@noneofurbusiness5223 it's not a requirement of healing and I'm sick of the falsehood that it is being shoved down my throat

[@mrbeebs44]

How do you give me respect for such terrible shows and movies? The Last Jedi was the same for me

[@bencohen2422]

Please make a video about the Netflix show Altered Carbon