Ahsoka! - The Weekly Planet Podcast

[@Flounderboy15]

James trying to trick Mason so he can use a soundboard is a good bit. James fumbling to use the soundboard is a great bit. Mason effortlessly using his own soundboard better than James is a fantastic bit.

[@MrTrick.]

This podcast is set 5 years after Return of the Jedi.

[@hellbenderdesign]

Return of the Jizz Music

[@sauloborges5591]

Tax time is here!

[@calebmurphy9406]

(And I'm not just talking about bloody tax time, mate)

[@NateArchibaldWithTheFro]

The spookiest time of the year

[@AlMoSiCe210]

Fuck tax time

[@yakubpk3483]

spookiest bloody time of the year mate

[@Matt-xc6sp]

I know when tax season is in exactly two countries. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

[@ciaranmurren]

You've reinvented the podcast! Rejuvenated for the next ten years

[@alfje5492]

This week on the Weekly Planet: "Go to SW Explained, Alex will explain Ahsoka" This week on SW Explained: "It would be fun to have the Weekly Planet Guys on again" Crossover imminent!

[@Aaron537_UNIQUESTRING]

Dueling soundboards is a great format. It harkens back to our ancient ancestral knowledge, long lost. That of our forebears. That of daytime radio DJs in the 90s. What more have we sacrificed to time?

[@rivwilson9330]

I genuinely love so much that got took a minute to mention the voice vote.

[@travishindman9362]

You know what James and Mason I had not heard about this referendum vote before listening to today's show and after hearing you two lads talk about it I have decided I will NOT be voting for it because I am an American and it would be illegal for me to do so. But if a referendum like that happened in my state I'd probably vote yes because hey it might not be much but if it helps one person then it's probably a good idea to do it.

[@vanpunk]

I really liked the comment he made about perfect being the enemy of good, that's gonna stick with me

[@AwesomeFreakMadd]

insert, "he had us in the first half" meme lol And on Indigenous People's Day of all days! 😆

[@JefferyBlue]

Same.

[@parkerman421]

Been waiting for James to say the scariest season of the year🎉🎉🎉

[@Kango234]

I find it HILARIOUS, that the podcast version of this had an ad talking about how great Amazon Warehouses are right after they brought up unions.

[@alexjames2264]

I work at an Amazon warehouse and let me tell ya..

[@kev_balls]

Hmm, seems like the amazon warehouse kill bot got @alexjames2264 before they could finish their sentence 🤔😜🤓😅

[@peanutbutter7721]

Mason's Better Than Ezra joke count has now reached 2 by my count

[@Itabouttodo]

I just said, “AND I’M NOT JUST TALKIN ABOUT TAX TIME!!!” At a pretty inappropriate time, so thanks for that, and Happy Tax Time y’all. Love you guys

[@Jamesotronart]

The biggest opposition to Thrawn's plan was shipping logistics.

[@Gabelebabele]

As someone who grew up watching Clone Wars and Rebels I adored the Ahsoka show! I thought it was peak star wars fantasy! Call out the beekeeper because it was precisely my jam.

[@MJ-cb2tk]

So happy to hear about the spookiest time of year again

[@beatrixwickson8477]

Are you talking about tax time?

[@slickgaming_og8070]

Them talking about the ultra magnus figure had me dying James will never change his views on him 😂

[@Hourglass_Mage]

I didn't think you could make The Beekeeper sound more ridiculous than it looks. Congratulations gents!

[@Gorlak53]

Can't believe its not a comedy, Looks like a fake trailer inside another movie.

[@ThatGuyWithAComment]

1:03:00 I know Mason didn’t intend for it but that line about the Beekeeper was followed by a commercial for the Beekeeper xD

[@xPeski]

If the Beekeeper doesn't throw a queen bee on a guy so the drones swarm and murder him, then says, "Yaaas Queen." I will demand a refund.

[@A1_369-y7l]

Gotta love the spookiest time of the year

[@KungFuWombat]

They jest, but Dueling Sound Effects is easily my new favorite bit.

[@MrCiris989]

I think the shot of the cargo at the end were night sisters. I think it's a pilgrimage from their home galaxy to the star wars galaxy. They are trying to repoulate dafamer since the night sisters were wiped out during the clone wars.

[@archangel1of7]

I agree. The cargo is all the dead night sisters. That's the reason why they follow Thrawn so faithfully because he's doing this for them.

[@rhodrage]

You mean Dathomir right?

[@MrCiris989]

@rhodrage yeah Dathomir

[@KareemHarper]

This was a treat today.

[@joshuaandrews7813]

I believe there are more Dathomiri witches in the boxes. Thrawn mentioned that he woke up the three mothers, and the star destroyer is bound for Dathomir.

[@mark2graves-movies689]

1:23:34 Nice reference to Hunt For Red October 👌

[@SATOhara3173]

Everyone keeps telling me Jason Statham is British but I know the truth is he's Australian and no one can convince me otherwise

[@snaek29]

The statues in Ahsoka were "The Father" (Force Balance God)... "The Son" (Dark Side God)... and not shown because it was destroyed was "The Daughter" (Light Side Goddess) which I assume is because she was accidentally killed by the son back before Anakin became Vader. They were all characters in The Clone Wars animated series. It should also be noted that Ahsoka personally met the Father, Son and Daughter with Anakin and Obi-Wan. And in the final episode of the Ahsoka series there is a moment after Thrawn's ship has jumped back to the original galaxy when she hears a bird call and turns to see what looks like an eagle looking at her before it flies off. An eagle being a form that The Daughter was capable of shapeshifting into. There are possibly dead corpses of Night Sisters in the boxes. They are about the size of coffins and it would explain why there are seemingly only 3 Sisters left in that galaxy. The rest are dead... and since necromancy is a thing, I assume that reanimated Night Sisters would be a far more useful army than a zombie Storm Trooper army.

[@spartanB0292]

It makes sense for Thrawn to go "Fuck it, I'm tired of being screwed over by Force users, time to be beat them at their own game". At the same time, Thrawn's advantage being that he has an undead army of Nightsisters feels more than a little cheap. We've never actually seen him be a tactical genius before, and now it feels like we still won't if he's just going to be relying on magic.

[@snaek29]

I agree. Thrawn is meant to be a grandmaster chess player on the battlefield. Someone that is already 3 steps ahead before the battle has even begun. We have seen none of that in this depiction. Which is a damn shame. I was just saying what I thought was the set up for season 2. I didn't say I liked my theory, or that I wanted it to be true. I'd much prefer those creatures that are able to cancel out and negate the force from being able to be used. I just very much doubt those are what is in the boxes.

[@rhodrage]

That eagle is the Morai Bird

[@TheBigFish9999999999]

I have never been so disappointed to hear a review and opinion but I have also never enjoyed hearing a review or opinion so much. In regards to Ahsoka

[@elijahlovejoy5438]

I'll bet my next paycheck Bee Wick throws some bee attack pheromone on a guy and he gets swarmed with a bunch of bee wicks.

[@Matt-xc6sp]

Colossus would absolutely be the champion of the mutant workers of the world.

[@rhodrage]

D+ had a list of episodes to watch to help you understand without watching all CW and Rebels

[@parkmannate4154]

Ah, the letters segment reminded me of when I was trying to break in to screenwriting. Which went so we'll I have worked in banking the last 10 years. I still enjoy writing the odd script or treatment but now I do fun things for myself, like re-writing Star Wars 9 etc

[@KristovMars]

I wish I was watching James' and Maso's rewrite of The Beekeeper

[@ciaranwright19]

In Jedi Fallen Order you fight against nightsister zombies

[@patrickmccorley6902]

I think they definitely have a plan for the boxes and the Mortis statue. I Think Filoni has been planning this out for a long time/ The alien animals thag block the force are the Ysalamiri by the way.

[@jn4126]

I've convinced myself we are getting the completion of Anakins story next season with him taking the fathers place in Mortis and finally bringing balance to the force thereby fulfilling the prophecy and tiring up that lose story thread nicely.

[@archangel1of7]

Ahsoka was 14 in the first episode of the Clone Wars show. A lot has happened since then. How many people do you know stay as bubbly in their 30s/40s as they were when they were in their teens? Especially someone who's seen war. Also, Rebels did end with Ahsoka and Sabine going off together. They totally were going to look for a way to bring Ezra home and train together. I thought it was pretty straightforward.

[@roadtoau]

I don't think anyone was expecting her to be bubbly. Or even as snippy. Just... likeable. Her stoic and dour mood is not only out of character for her teenage self, but for the Ahsoka we saw in Rebels or in Mandalorian and Boba Fett. She wasn't bubbly or snippy in the latter three shows either, but we at least saw different sides of her. I was expecting them to explain why she was a downer mood, maybe something happened since she left Luke, but they just never did.

[@avengercannon]

Humbly submitting for approval a new Defender of the Earth. Turok

[@Chord_]

My thoughts on Ahsoka basically boil down to two thoughts: * I like the back half more than the front half... which is like saying Revenge of the Sith is the best of the prequels * Many of the actors deserved to be in a much better show

[@joeaguilera6448]

Call me the bee keeper cause this is my jar of jam mates

[@tommytsunami4910]

Sophie turner was at the chiefs vs jets game too

[@mightybaloo1880]

I have a feeling, especially since they're going to go with the original X-team who were teens, they're going to MCU humor it up and utilize the comic cannon ( which was already pretty stupid) deaging of Magneto by making a goofy reference to him being turned into a baby.

[@Wetzelpretzels]

For a second I thought thrawn sent the new republic a zombie stormtrooper to basically announce his return

[@coyoteone6197]

Like a herald with a little trumpet 😄

[@JiminyP91]

The statues are of the mythical figures from the time travel episode in Rebels.

[@kylecarter1599]

Im guessing Australia just got top 40 radio DJs?

[@freshparkfilms]

James gets awfully serious this episode wasn't used to it but happy he stands up for what he believes in very cool *que bull horn siren* 😂 👍 📢

[@danzmachinz2269]

Better than ezra reference.... peak peak podcasting

[@sixtiviris]

ACTUALLY ! This is SEVEN years after return of the Jedi!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@archangel1of7]

I believe Baylen is being pulled there by Abeloth. You can Google it. She was connected to the Mortis gods.

[@PhoenixGodwin]

Scott Summers didn't rise up against his mentor to be called a "company man" 😤 lol

[@jacksontodd7248]

beast is a real meanie in the comics rn

[@chaos_wtch7437]

Ahsoka was pretty good. Had some issues, but overall good

[@BigMikeMcBastard]

It was no Andor.

[@mirkecWii]

Well said, people really want things to be either perfect or atrocious

[@archangel1of7]

I loved it. I found it to be especially moving. I'm a tad biased I guess because I thoroughly loved Rebels and I've loved just about everything Dave Filoni has put out. People complain about how flat she is in it but I think that's a part of her character arc. That was the point.

[@NaedSdouza]

First one here ! And for a show I know nothing about and never plan to watch , so I can enjoy this in a different way !

[@thejagman22]

How dare you. Disney worked very hard on that absolute garbage. Now you WATCH.

[@jakeblankenship1408]

You absolutely should do Nic Cage's Snake Eyes for ep 500. Really screw with and maintain an antagonistic relationship with us, the fan!

[@PirateJacques79]

27:55 - They already did an Ultra Magnus without Optimus Prime in him! It came out in 2014!!!

[@archangel1of7]

Yeah but this new one has a cool detail that they didn't mention. He falls apart into pieces like when he gets blown to pieces and the movie on Junkion.

[@stephen2597]

Excuse me…the Baha men will be best known for covering crocodile rock for the crocodile hunter movie 🧐

[@SubwoofBarks]

Jason Statham is going to throw a pocket full of bees at someone like he's Kilmer Batman raining coins on Two Face.

[@arturohigginbotham9231]

I think for Magneto they should say his origin is the same but hydra discovered him and froze him similar to Bucky then he got released from the frozen nightmare and is in our current timeline now.

[@Kango234]

Yeah I think him being a Holocaust survivor is not just iconic, but it is such a perfect spot in history everyone knows and understands instantly, much like Cap being from WWII now that I think about it. Trying to "update" that would just muddy the waters for no reason. I honestly think at this point it should just be MARVEL canon that his mutant powers also slow down his aging, I mean it's much more simple than the original comic where he was turned into a baby and was lost in space for decades before returning to earth as a slightly younger man.

[@arturohigginbotham9231]

@@Kango234 Yeah just simplify it. Frozen in a prison from Hydra. Mutants were always around just never shown.

[@CrowTRobot]

Attn WeeklyPlanetPosters: we need a Big Clone Boys poster 😂

[@NextToToddliness]

Everyone knows Wolverine is a libertarian, which means he'd be doing everything he can to skirt responsibility, while reaping all the benefits of being on a team 😂

[@moondustmix1682]

"I'm giving you the ass!" 😂😂😂

[@bevlad100]

I vote for Magneto escaping the church of scientology

[@thescottishaccent]

Enoch looked like a live-action Ram Man from He-Man.

[@beatrixwickson8477]

Ahsoka, it's Ahsokay.

[@flywheelshyster]

Hey guys forgot my algorithm comment when getting the coffee together so I can comment a little bit on the content since I'm not at the beginning Silent Night looks sick, want to see, maybe cinema. Beekeeper looks like dumb schlock but man is it not interesting that scamming has now made it into the consciousness of big budget films. More money was scammed in 2022 than in all of history before, that's how bad the crypto scams have been among other things. It's just interesting that that made into a plot point, the thing that almost happened to my mom... Only a 3 year deal? Idk 🤷‍♂️ seems sketchy hope they didn't get screwed

[@Gorlak53]

Feel like because I watched Rebels the season felt like a long recap. The ending gave me hope they're going for a more ambitious original arc though.

[@JvS1711]

@30:20 Berlusconi maybe?

[@alexjames2264]

Its Here

[@stefanheinke9975]

The subplot of Baylan Skoll in his search of the Gods of Force was quite good. It was interesting to see him ignoring the career opportunities that the rescue of admiral Thrawn offered and following another, less certain and obvious path instead. Ashoka and Sabine dynamic was a total disappointment and Sabine and Ezra reunion didnt feel like they missed each other even for a second, with both actors clearly not interested in emitting even a slightest amount of emotions, which looks very strange, given the length Sabine went to save Ezra 😆 All in all very bad

[@maxtonkicksboots]

Wait a minute. I think I heard an airhorn at the beginning of the pod. Weird.

[@kevthepoet]

You probably don't care but they actually said they got those boxes from the catacombs so they are almost certainly coffins and will probably be reanimated in season 2 or some future mandoverse project.

[@archangel1of7]

Yeah, a lot of people seem to be confused about them. Even people who seem to know Star Wars really well. It's weird to me. It's going to be just like Jedi Fallen Order. The dead night sisters are in the coffins and that's the reason why the matrons are following Thrawn so assiduously. They will be resurrected in season 2 or perhaps the movie that's coming but I'm certain that's what's going to happen.

[@kevthepoet]

@@archangel1of7 im undecided whether they're dead nightsisters or dead stormtroopers or both.

[@robertmartin2936]

Also I think the boxes on the ship were kind of directly presented as coffins? They'd be taking the dead from that planet to Dathomir the Witchery-poo place, yeah?

[@crunson2000]

I liked hearing about the referendum and aussie politics even tho im american

[@jaredblatterman6877]

The boxes are full of dead nightsisters/nightbrothers. Almost certainly

[@heelmoxley365]

I believe Logan Paul’s catchphrase is actually’LOOK HOW MANY IM DOING!’

[@drakehall364]

You know that John beekeeper will probably kill someone with an epi pen

[@TravisMBarr]

So, you boys gonna check out Anders Colsefni (original Slipknot singer) while he this Australia?

[@freshparkfilms]

59:59 I think it's the head of Brad Pittsburgh wife from seven in the box 😅😂

[@00rabbit7]

I think Hollywood does need to take into account that Taylor Swift being in the movie of Cats didn’t save that movie from bombing, so a filming of her sold out concert tour that many of her fans couldn’t afford to see, doesn’t equate box office money if she was playing a character in a movie

[@smacksalad]

DEFENDERS!

[@robertmartin2936]

Hey now this X-Men Twitter poll idea - does it use a time machine to poll 2018 Twitter? Because if we're doing main universe 2023 Twitter, The result will end up being like Magneto is Jordan Peterson and his tragic backstory is being cancelled by a Lobster at his job that he never actually got fired from but decided to leave because he was making so much more money off of being Lobster-cancelled or something. Also my friend is playing the character Sky in the 15 Cameras horror movie coming out this week, so everyone should go stream that or whatever. Sorry for burying that lede.

[@bbarber901]

30:05 Queen Elizabeth might be the answer James is looking for.

[@Valihir]

The statues are of the father and son of mortis They were in clone wars

[@eph6640]

All the fanboys who have been screaming about clone wars and rebels like they were the most genius thing since sliced bread are now remembering plot arcs like nomad droids, trace & Rafa, and bombastic Jedi.

[@rockman7503]

Interested to hear what yall think of it. I enjoyed the series, but online professional whiners are being very harsh with their outraged wimpering.

[@archangel1of7]

Yeah, I hate those kinds of people. It's just like all the other toxic sides of different fan bases though. Star Trek is one of the worst. I just enjoy what I enjoy and try to ignore them as much as possible.

[@rockman7503]

@archangel1of7 It really hit the spot for me after the heartbreak of season 3 Mandalorian. Balin opened the season strong. Cute Ashoka flashback. Thrawn be actin'. Neat Vadar stuff. Great practical effects. Digital effects being pushed. Expanding lore. Revisiting old characters. Original score tugging the heart strings and a finale that hit all the boxes with the best choreography of the series and a suprise or two with the story. People got offended that Sabin gets force powers when it needs to happen. Too convenient. Every super saiyan happens this way, so it is fine. Heat tempers steel and all that. She will be a dark force wielding powerhouse in no time.

[@Elfenlied8675309]

@@rockman7503 I love that you actively pick out only the most mundane of criticism. The show was acted poorly, the lightsaber choreography for everything was really off. Disney not bring Gillard back for the choreography has hurt every Disney Star Wars production. Sabine was fine, her armor looked like a cosplay but that was about my only complaint. All of the Mandalorian armor looks cheap and cosplay-like since they brought in the 501st cosplay group. Thrawn acting like how a child writes a "Super genius" character that leads him to behaving like a really bad anime villain the entire time. It was a set up for Filoni's movie that is now in production, and that's all that it was really meant to be. I guess as a mystery surprise box to get you to watch a future movie, it did what it set out to do. Also, if we're getting super cynical because this is Disney. Sabine got Ezra's lightsaber, Ezra crafted a new lightsaber, and Ahsoka lost one of her lightsabers for a single golden reason: Disney can now sell a new legacy lightsaber for each of those characters in their Galaxy's Edge Theme Park. Ahsoka losing a lightsaber and getting that unbelievably dumb nightsister sword to replace it? Purely and solely an excuse for Disney to sell another $500 dollar set of Ahsoka lightsabers and retire the previous ones. The exact same reason that Ahsoka changed her sabers from green, to blue, to white, and now to some weeb trash sword/saber combo, an excuse for Disney to market her weapons again. Every bit of that stuff with their weapons was all so cold, and calculated, I could literally smell the shareholder and marketing meeting that went into that decision.

[@rockman7503]

@@Elfenlied8675309 Mundane criticism is what I hear. It could be better. That's the biggest criticism. Personal opinon. Mine is that the majority of the show well executed. Have you seen the originals? Choreography... well you can't cheap the story and expect that to carry it. Yes, i noticed that ashoka has an enormous prothetic on her head that gives her Batman 87 mobility. Doesn't bother me. The finale doesn't suffer that problem or the editing is better. People say Sabin screwed the pooch by surrendering to Balin, who just hit her master so hard she had a vadar nightmare. Alternative choice to surrender is... try to smash the thing and die? Strand Ezra in space forever. The decision is selfish, but relatable. Unless she wasnt obviously haunted by it for a decade. Thrawn is stupid? Bro, she wouldn't die. Did you even watch the episode? This aint no mandalorian crew. Though clearly she is outmatched by Balin. RIP I doubt she will get much milage out of the magic sword, since she is a jedi and has the lightsaber build room on her ship. Why do people have a problem with ezra having a pacifist zen thing goin on? He is a space monk ffs. Hera was so bad it was good for me. Ms. I'm a general makeup and outfit looks great. I reeeeally wanted her to meet another general and watch her spark and explode.

[@doomstadt2371]

They woulda designed/made it months ago? DC has known Ezra was an issue for years and they just went ahead with making toys they knew no one wanted.

[@Kango234]

I truly believe Ezra has blackmail on WB execs and you can't convince me otherwise. There is no other explanation of why they shoved out that billion dollar flop of a movie that everyone knew would bomb.

[@jazzycat8917]

At this point I'm convinced that DC were just in denial about Ezra and convinced themselves that it would all be fine and to crack on as if nothing happened.

[@Gorlak53]

There's a practical problem that comes with zombies and the shows rating, they have lightsabers but can't Darth maul them.

[@mrebear9758]

I still can't understand why Nick Gillard isn't invovled, especially for prequel era characters.

[@peterspoor]

Wow wow wow .... wow - pitch meeting homage 😀

[@vanpunk]

Listening to the talk of the vote made me love this show so much more. Lifelong antifa living stateside and always love hearing jolly good banter about smashing nazis! I'm not even into movies and comics, I just listen to hours of these two simply for the personality😂

[@Adamdidit]

McDonalds was legit better in the 80s and 90s and its a common point of contention (in the US at least). I kinda figured it was a nod to that.

[@freddiemarino5367]

Mason is in an abusive relationship. Shame on you James 😅

[@richardlehoux]

Does number about operating coast where really weird. I think it was the operating coast of the platform they are streaming the movies/shows. 65 millions seams believable.

[@xIBrend0o]

Anyone think of Rush when they said wolverine was a working man

[@Matt-xc6sp]

Because both of them are Canadian yeah

[@blud890]

I have that new ultra magnus, It is amazing . Please come play with me Mason!

[@bedbeard333]

The better than ezra joke was great

[@markoarkaina8656]

Did James let the dog out, or did the dog let James back in?

[@jbali101]

Just use secret wars as a big bang combine universes so everyone is around and know each other no origin movies just tell the past while doing new stories

[@parkmannate4154]

I figured theyd go Kang then Secret Wars to have the multiverses start destroying each other and end up in Battleworld. Then you the the beyonder and the world reset and all that fun and recast everyone and start over

[@jbali101]

@@parkmannate4154 ok and that makes sense but the recasting will he hard for thor and iron man everyone else who has to go could be easier

[@lastminutesavior]

Blake Lively as Lady Deadpool 🤞

[@tylertate3584]

The politician who died recently, if by chance you’re talking about American politics, was Dianne Feinstein. She was 90. Voted the same day she died. I don’t wish for old folks to die, but i do wish they didn’t cling to power until their pale imitation of a soul finally leaves their body

[@cill0rable]

The best recast for Baylan Skoll is Vincent Regan - the live action actor for Garp in the new One Piece show. he has the large build and thick grey-beard energy we need for the role. PLEASE SPREAD THIS!!

[@mightybaloo1880]

No.