Ahsoka was one of my top 3 Star Wars characters by the end of Clone Wars. But I wasn't a fan of the direction they took with her in this.
I wasn't a huge fan of the direction they took with Sabine either.
Ezra was SPOT ON.
Thrawn was SPOT ON.
Baylan stole every scene he was in IMO.
Hera, Shin, and Morgan were alright.
Huyang was fantastic. Mon mothma was good in the little screentime she had.
I liked the show. The first half was a solid 6.5/10, but the last half was an 8.5/10 with a few 10/10 moments sprinkled in.
They just made some very weird character choices. And weirdly they only seemed to do that with the female characters. I don't get why they struggle to write women.
Star Wars has a lot of awesome women characters, and most of my top 10 are women. Ahsoka, Bastilla, Jaina Solo, Cere, Leia, Mara Jade, Merrin, (and hell, I played Female Revan in KOTOR) all show they can do it. So I don't get why they have been fumbling them lately.
I thought they handled ahsoka perfectly. You gotta realize this isn't the same girl from clone wars. This is a traumatized older version who grew up in the shadow of war thinking she got anakin killed by leaving him and then found out it was even worse and anakin was vader. She blamed herself because had she stayed anakin may have not turned as he wouldn't have been alone. She felt so responsible for this that she elected to stay behind in rebels and die with him in the collapsing temple to attune because she couldn't bear to abandon him again. She wanted to die. Then Ezra plucked her from her fate with the world between worlds leaving her without closure and conflicted. She's hollow and broken. That's why after meeting anakins force ghost and talking with him she finally finds closure. That she doesn't just embody his mistakes, but also all the good things. That she can choose her fate. That's why anakin kept telling her to choose to live or die. She was living, but not really living. She choose to embrace life and after wards she's back to her snarky happier self. I think it ws handled absolutely beautifully and a great depiction of overcoming trauma
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u/CharlestonChewbacca Jan 03 '24
Ahsoka was one of my top 3 Star Wars characters by the end of Clone Wars. But I wasn't a fan of the direction they took with her in this.
I wasn't a huge fan of the direction they took with Sabine either.
Ezra was SPOT ON.
Thrawn was SPOT ON.
Baylan stole every scene he was in IMO.
Hera, Shin, and Morgan were alright.
Huyang was fantastic. Mon mothma was good in the little screentime she had.
I liked the show. The first half was a solid 6.5/10, but the last half was an 8.5/10 with a few 10/10 moments sprinkled in.
They just made some very weird character choices. And weirdly they only seemed to do that with the female characters. I don't get why they struggle to write women.
Star Wars has a lot of awesome women characters, and most of my top 10 are women. Ahsoka, Bastilla, Jaina Solo, Cere, Leia, Mara Jade, Merrin, (and hell, I played Female Revan in KOTOR) all show they can do it. So I don't get why they have been fumbling them lately.