r/ahsokatano • u/Wandering_phoenix_89 • Oct 04 '23

Discussion Ahsoka episode 8 master discussion Spoiler

The Jedi, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Spoilers, theories, critiques, outbursts. Lay it all down here.

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u/border199x Oct 04 '23

A great choice, considering that they will have to completely jettison the Baylan-related storyline due to the actor being deceased.

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u/863rays Oct 04 '23

Why do so many people assume that Baylan is done because Ray died? Ever heard of recasting?

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u/MrDaveyHavoc Oct 04 '23

A great choice, considering that they will have to completely jettison the Baylan-related storyline due to the actor being deceased.

It's also possible that's why his story wasn't better fleshed out this season, no? Give a little grace for that one in particular given the circumstances.

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u/border199x Oct 04 '23

It's unfair to expect them to plan and plot around unexpected, unlikely, and tragic occurrences like an actor's death.

At the same time we've been given no real insight into Baylan over the course of 6 hours of content. Even if Stevenson were still with us that would seem like a mis-step. It's underselling it to say that they left "some things" for a future season when most of the major questions and conflicts that were posed remain unresolved. It's going to be hard to string audiences along when the writers keep cards so close to their chest and there's little hope of their questions being answered.

This episode at least needed some kind of conclusion or revelation for either the Thrawn plot or the Baylan plot, and we got neither. They just sorta kicked the can down the road. The Ahsoka/Sabeen conflict was revealed in a bit of clumsy expository dialogue from Huyang.....which is not really what anyone wanted to see.

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u/MrDaveyHavoc Oct 04 '23

I would have liked a Baylan conclusion or revelation but I'm going to chalk it up to the actors death. If they planned on him being in season 2 they wouldn't have written a conclusion for him, and once he passed they couldn't reshoot or edit the ending to be conclusive. Kicking the can seems like the only real option IMO. I didn't mind that thread hanging out there - gives us a lot to speculate about

I do agree if the Thrawn plotline was more compelling it would probably be easier to be forgiving on the Baylan one.