That and the fact that despite her being part of his legacy, that doesn't mean Vader is. She's been terrified of being like Anakin that she's completely cut off who she was when she was around him, she's also terrified of training someone who would end up becoming another Vader. That's why she refused Grogu and she's been training Sabine, someone who isn't force sensitive and so not vulnerable to the dark side the way Anakin was. Anakin taught her that she hasn't been living due to her guilt and these fears, just existing.
@@madanevsthis is LITERALLY the most spot on interpretation, there is just no way it can't be; as beautifully crafted thematically as it was visually etc. 🙌🏻
@@madanevs Spot on! I also want to add that it's also about how Ahsoka's life in general. She's alive, but hasn't been living. Since the end of the Clone Wars, and especially since learning Anakin became Vader, she's been living in limbo. Muted, weighed down, full of regret and hesitation. She was scared and has been closed off, just going through the motions for a long time. She needed to choose to live, not just to stay alive, but to actually live a life.
@@krissym1399 also she's alive BECAUSE of his teachings. That he gave her the skills she needed and she kept the best parts of him(such as his compassion)
The fact that we got Anakin from Revenge of the Sith merged with Anakin from the Clone Wars in live action looking like it’s animated is a work of genius
The actress playing young Ahsoka is the same one as young Gamora. She's 16 now, and I think she was a great pick because her face shape fits the animated Ahsoka.
Vader Anakin is how I imagined him to be if he didn’t lose to Obi-Wan on Mustafar. Not being burnt up and not encased in a suit for the rest of his life. Anakin wearing his Revenge of the Sith robes, permanent Sith yellow eyes and holding his red lightsaber.
OMG this episode is by far my favorite one we saw the Clone Wars and the Siege of Mandalore in live action. And we finally got to see Captain Rex in live action. Thank You Dave Filoni.😱😭❤
Knowing Dave Filoni and his love of the Legends continuity, Ahsoka vs Anakin is her meeting the last test of the old Jedi Order that Ahsoka never completed to make full Knight, Trial of Spirit - The ability to face her inner darkness. I'm sure deep down Ahsoka's experiences until now have her fearing that she would end up like Anakin. Anakin saying that everything he was is in her is a double-bladed lightsaber. It's both a compliment on her skill but also the fact that in many ways she is very much like Anakin and that she has too much Anakin in her...including his darkside tendencies . Her comment to Anakin that she wouldn't fight him and Anakin responding i've heard that before is in fact a lead-in to that. She said exactly what Luke said to Vader/Anakin in Episode 6. Luke had that same fear that he too could fall but he confronted it. Ahsoka never really got that chance and she was also afraid of taking that chance until now.
@bmxer4054 except Ahsoka said she wouldn’t leave him, not that she didn’t fight him. I imagine it’s more in line with referencing Luke than her fight with Vader.
@@fistan5447 That's true. His voice is also noticeably deeper now, albeit i think part of it is intentional to incorporate Matt Lanter's performance into his own
@@MaryCherryOfficialIt is confirmed in the Star Wars Canon comic Darth Vader when he had his castle built on Mustafar and then in the Vader Immortal vr game. Vader/Anakin tried to revive Padme from the end of episode 3 Revenge of the Sith, but he couldn't see it because Luke and Leya were already born. Because he thought they died in her womb. So when he tried to revive her, he couldn't see them because they were already born. And then when he found out that he had a son, he wanted to be sure Darth Vader 2020 comic period between Star Wars episode 5 and 6. And some time after that, this cinematic Fallen Angel takes place.
Anakins philosophy was about her learning to move on and bury her guilt. He attacked her because she was following the chain of blame instead of shattering it, and moving on. He used his dark side to spark a revelation in her.
6:51: *Fun Fact, Mary: The young Ahsoka was played by the same actress who played the daughter in Barbie* *She also played the young Gamora in the flashback scenes in Avengers: Infinity War*
the 2nd memory (Siege of Mandalore) happened in the 7th season of the Clone Wars, right before order 66. Ahsoka is so skilled at this point that she fights Maul and manages to capture him. Captain Rex, which makes a cameo, is a recurring character throughout the Clone Wars series and leader of 501st legion, always fighting under Anakin and/or Ahsoka. Seeing him in this was a treat for all of us who watched the Clone Wars.
The 501st Legion cosplayers must be having a blast when portraying as Clone Troopers in the flashback scene. Seeing dark side Anakin fight with a red lightsaber is fantastic
This is Ahsoka 3.0 like you said. She's completed her training by her master, The Chosen One, a master of both the light and the dark sides. This makes Ahsoka one of the most powerful force users in the Star Wars galaxy.
There’s a metric ton of context in this series and this episode in particular that you’re missing from The Clone Wars and Rebels. They’re definitely worth watching.
You seemed to be thinking that Anakin was PAST Anakin meeting up with Ahsoka in the World Between Worlds, but it was actually Force Ghost Anakin who had lived his entire life. He had both Light And Dark within himself so he didn't 'turn' when she confronted him, he just released his Dark Side to show her what she needed to see.
Watching Clone Wars as a kid and now seeing them in live-action with Anakin, Ahsoka, and Rex was something incredible. The Siege of Mandalore story arc is one of the best Star Wars content (if not THE best) and just seeing it again in live action I jumped out of my seat and held my breath at the same time that cool it was. You are really missing out a lot by not watching Clone Wars :D
Marry, I was reading your facial expressions and body language, especially during Anakin/Vader and Ashoka final scene. Your raw and deeply moving, beautiful feelings, made me feel them as an empathic experience. I commend you for your deep beautiful heart, as well as taking me along for such a moving experience. Thank you sincerely Mary.
I cried and screamed during this episode 🥺🥺🥺I’m so happy, we need to appreciate what Filoni gave us, Clone Wars flashbacks, references to Kanan and Senator Organa, Anakin and Ahsoka. This is incredible
Indeed although the fighting could've been a little faster especially when he was Vader I know he can still be fast with a lightsaber but I don't think Rosario Dawson could handle that lol. I'm just knit picking this episode was perfect and so was the fight choreography.
@@nezarecdiscipleofthewitnes3823If you watch you can see Anakin is holding back. He easily dodged her swings with just shifting his body. The objective wasn’t to win the fight for him, it was to get her to face her past, her feelings of shame and regret, and to let go of her grief.
Yeah Anakin wasn't teaching her how to fight in combat but giving her the will to live and move forward. She's so afraid that if she gets close to anyone or try's to help them she'll screw up and either get them killed or in the case of teaching Sabine or Grogu she'll end up failing them and sending them to the Dark Side.
I feel like this relates so strongly to the cave scene in empire. It’s the force itself testing out Ahsoka just like it did with Luke. Knowing it was not Vader but everything Ahsoka fears she took all of her emotions and mindset into the world between worlds… to come out of that cave gage birth to a renewed Ahsoka
Anakin in The World Between Worlds or the Anakin in her vision or whatever it was didn't need to be told what would become of him, he already knew. He was already both Anakin and Vader all at once. Ahsoka telling him this would be meaningless. The point of the training sequence was that Ahsoka is letting her guilt about Anakin and also her resentment of him hold her back. She was refusing to commit and move forward as a Jedi, remaining "Ahsoka the Grey." Anakin's final lesson was that he was much more than what he eventually became...even if he was also that. The same is true for Ahsoka. Whatever remorse or guilt or anger she may have been carrying over her experiences during the Clone Wars and her training from Anakin did not define her. When he came at her saying, "You lack commitment," that was sort of the point of the whole thing. He was teaching her to overcome her past and make a commitment to the present. As a result, Ahsoka's seriousness and sadness drop away, and she becomes "Ahsoka the White."
Seeing Ahsoka be a literal child soldier, and Anakin saying "This IS your training!" hit so hard. She feels like being trained in war, by effin Darth Vader, somehow tainted her with darkness. It was Anakin who had to tell her that she's more than that. It's like Anakin was upset that she believed darkness was all she could have learned from him.
"Oh, is that what this is about" He's post-Vader Anakin. But she still sees flashes of Vader in him sometimes, as we saw a couple of times in this scene, and she can't let go of that. I think the point of this all was to get it across to her that all of the falls, all of the deaths, all of the losses in the past are just that... in the past. If you live in the past, you're not really living and in the end she chose to LIVE - to move forward past all of those things. And as cheesy as it seems, to just trust in the Force to guide her and lead her where she's supposed to be.
The emotion in this episode was truly more than anything Star Wars has ever produced or presented. I cannot remember or recall an episode or scene where I cried more.
Mary, you said that you wanted Ahsoka to tell Anakin about him turning into Vader, but I'm pretty sure this is Anakin's Force ghost, post Return of the Jedi, so this is after Luke already redeemed him. Meaning Anakin already knows about his own corruption and redemption. That's why he says thing like, "Is that what this is about" and "but I'm more than that."
11:28 Did you see his eyes? THEY TURNED YELLOW! SITH YELLOW!! THAT WAS VADER!! But his eyes turned blue and he was Anakin again, so the whole being Vader thing was just another thing to help Ahsoka learn his final lesson to her.
@@NamelessViking01 I think he learned how to use dark side without fully being consumed by hatred and being a sith in the process. So essentially which is why he had red eyes instead of yellow, essentially became a Jedi that knows how to use light side & dark side. Complete user of the force despite his strength being before combat
This is post-redeemed Anakin. When she says "I won't fight you" he replies with "I've heard that before." Luke says that to him in return for the Jedi. So this is him with all his knowledge at a perfect balance of light and dark. He can use both, and he's trying to show her that she can too. That when you choose to live, there will be suffering and death, but you can be more than that. You're more than the things you've done. It's who you inspire and teach to continue to forge the path ahead as he once did. But yeah all the child murder doesn't really soften that lol.
After seeing Ahsoka having a moment of catharsis with her master, and letting go of her guilt and pain to more fully embrace the Light Side, Rosario Dawson now truly has become the Ahsoka we remember from Clone Wars! I loved how this episode showed the more of the fact that Ahsoka was sadly both a Jedi AND a child soldier. What’s more is that while while the Jedi were taught to not form attachments to people, she and her master clearly cared for not just their men but their friends and family. And while Anakin failed and fell to the Dark Side because he couldn’t let go of those he loved, Ahsoka succeeded and not only learned to let go and move on, she has now risen and has now become tied with Luke Skywalker for me as the greatest Jedi of life time. This is also easily the best performance Hayden has ever given as Anakin, he actually felt more like Anakin from the Clone Wars than the movies. I honestly never thought I would see LIVE ACTION scenes of Clone Wars, or even Hayden in Anakin’s Clone Wars armor!
I loved that part at the end when Huyang is all upset that Ahsoka doesn't know if they're going in the right direction, and newly chill Ahsoka goes all The Dude on him: That's like... your opinion, man... :)
The lesson was never about him. More so her fight to live. So when she mentions how dangerous HE is,he’s like “you’ve learned nothing”. That’s why in the beginning his lesson was “live…….or die”
His "I've heard that before "(in reply to "I won't fight you" like Luke said to him) and "Is that what this us about?"(questioning if she fears going dark like he did) are proof enough of that
He doesn't have the force ghost appearance. We've seen Disney force ghosts and this is not one of them. This is something else that has to do with the World Between Worlds.
This Anakin has experienced the Original Trilogy. He's dead. This is a man who came out of death for a few minutes to kick his BFF in the pants and get her back on the right path. This is the Chosen One.
What I like about these movies and series is how everyone who knew Anikin pauses when asked how he was and go to a neutral description. Also, am I seeing things or did Ashoka's montrals seem more white after being saved from the water?
I guess Anakin is taking control in Jedi purgatory (world between worlds). He is part of the force, that means he gave senses to Jason to find Ahsoka, if she decided to live. Anakin never say goodbye to her, she might quite to see him again.
I was blown away by this Episode 5 of Ahsoka. It left me completely speechless. I can’t wait to see what happens on Tuesday. This episode left me with the same feeling I had when I watched Revenge Of The Sith for the first time in 2005. I also was so happy to see Hayden Christensen really be able to act his heart out as Anakin. He was so naturalistic and charismatic in the episode. He brought so much nuance and depth to his line delivery. It felt like major redemption for him after years of many people complaining he was stiff and wooden as Anakin, he was a bad actor and ruined Star Wars. I’ve never agreed with that. He blew me away for years with his excellent acting performances in Life As A House And Shattered Glass, not to mention the TV show he starred in: Higher Ground. Everytime I rewatch these all I’m still amazed at his talent and intensity as an actor
I love that we have a post ROTJ Anakin looking like his clone wars era self. That remark about Ahsoka not fighting Anakin, then saying that he’s heard that before, recalling his conversation with Luke in ROTJ, I also love that.
One of the many things I like about Ahsoka is her fighting style with the paired lightsabers. I really hope that they show more of how much of a badass she is with those lightsabers and fighting skills. In both animated series shows, I've loved her personality. I hope Rosario is up for and able to show us how much of a badass Ahsoka can be if/when the time comes and to throw more of Ahsoka's personality into the mix would be perfect.
Seeing the Clone Wars scene literally brought me in tears and goosebumps! Young Ahsoka was just perfect! When I die, I wanna be a whale too, so I am go thru Hyperspace.. I hope we get to see Ezra in coming episodes, since he is a Jedi too.
Anakin was teaching her to fight and survive. That's what her training was about. And he was right when she lacked conviction, Ahsoka was jaded, and tired of lifetime of fighting and killing. So when she was being stubborn and refused to listen, he made it as simple as she could understand it. Attacked as Vader since it would emphasize the point. Live or die.
My personal Take On ''The Overall Lesson (s) For Ahsoka '' (First tho, Last Episode Baylon (During the Fight with Ahsoka) He Used all of Ahsoka's Guilt That She Feels And Other Baggage. To Knock Her Off her Game) Anakin put A Mirror On A few Big Ones (That Baylon Mentioned.) Ahsoka Picking A side. Like With the '' I am No Jedi'' One Moment. Then Teaching The Ways of the Jedi?. ( A lot of Self Doubt Was Building up) Also, She Holds People at an Arm's Length. Always Fearing She Will Make a Mistake That Will hurt or Kill Someone She Cares About/Loves. ( Like She Did with Sabine. By walking Away. Ahsoka Made Sabine Feel Like Ahsoka Did Not Care, OR Trust Her?)) Another is Feeling As though Anakin Turning to The Dark Side. Becoming Vader Was Somehow Her Fault? I think She Felt as Though by Not Being There For her Master. In his Greatest Time of Need ( By Proxy Anyone Vader Hurt/Killed is Part of Ahsoka's Legacy As well! ''One Of Pain And Death'') Learning to Find a way Of Letting All the Thing's She Could Not Control or Change From her Past. Let it go and (Be Re Born Emotionally/Spiritually ... And ( It seems Quite Literally) It's as If Anakin the Chosen one Is Like a'' Mortis God'' Now Part of the Cosmic Force ( Maybe Similar To the ''Father'' A Balance Between the Light/dark sides of the Force?) All My Opinions and theories... Lol Oh and yea Hera Knows about the ''World Between Worlds'' And Hera Knew Her Son was Force Sensitive. lol And Look Up The ''Father,Son and Daughter '' Mortis God's''
This episode was magnificent. It's no surprise to me they had a limited theatrical run of this episode, it would have been fantastic in a theater! I want to see LOTS of award nominations for the writing, the cinematography, the music, Hayden, Rosario, etc. Ahsoka as a series is a lot slower in pace, but the tone is something that's been missing. The mysticism and spiritualism that was present in the original trilogy but got kind of lost in the prequels. Lots of symbolism as well; Ahsoka rising from the water and then wearing white instead of her grey robes shows that she's moved past guilt and regret and found the peace of a true Jedi Master. Can't wait for her and Sabine to meet again!
It's straight forward this episode to understand actually, the lesson is to embrace her past, learn to let go and not be ashamed of her master Anakin/Vader shadow. that's why the whole season u can see Ahsoka in black armor, still contempt with jedi teaching and anakin past. after encounter anakin in world between world, she is kind of like revive/reincarnate sort of, she wear all white, clean slate.
This is post ROTJ ANAkin he has became the embodiment of the force as the father of it He has acknowledged he has heard it before from his son luke When ahsoka said i will not fight you. CW man and everything this is history
It is confirmed in the Star Wars Canon comic Darth Vader when he had his castle built on Mustafar and then in the Vader Immortal vr game. Vader/Anakin tried to revive Padme from the end of episode 3 Revenge of the Sith, but he couldn't see it because Luke and Leya were already born. Because he thought they died in her womb. So when he tried to revive her, he couldn't see them because they were already born. And then when he found out that he had a son, he wanted to be sure Darth Vader 2020 comic period between Star Wars episode 5 and 6. And some time after that, this cinematic Fallen Angel takes place.
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Ahsoka in the Clone Wars tv show is a whole different breed to Ahsoka now. It just shows how much the wars have taken a toll on her and her characteristics.
I think at this point Anakin has become a The Father like figure in the force. The fact that he was able to move about in the world between worlds at will.
I think you need to understand what's happening here is that, he is not evil towards Asoka ..he is showing her to be more confident in her self and why he told her twice ...to live or die ...she is under water slowly dying .. Anakin is trying to tell her don't give up ..live
I feel like the whole point of the training session was to show Ahsoka that light side or dark, if you are in full control, if you are the master of yourself, and have conviction to stand by your mission, and your friends, and your beliefs, you can use your passion and emotions to fight for what you love. Luke didn't save Anakin or his friends or the galaxy by abandoning his emotions and attachments. The dark side is merely a tool, if you are strong of mind and heart enough to use it, not at the behest of some creepy old sith, but for the cause of good. Grey Jedi ftw
This is the full potential Anakin that he never became while alive. It’s pretty cool to see that he’s made peace with Vader and is now balanced in the force with both. Ahsoka got her closure for all her ptsd and survivor guilt that she never really dealt with after the clone wars and order 66. Pretty special.
Nothing would've changed if she told him because he wasn't at the Seige of Mandalore cause while she was fighting Maul in that battle, Anakin was already on Coruscant with Palpatine finding out Palpatine was a Sith Lord and going to Mace. Then after Maul was captured that is when Order 66 happened. So the version of Anakin that we saw already lived out those events.
You can see in Rebels and the first 4 episodes that Ahsoka carries a heavy burden. She blames herself for the loss of Clone lives, for disillusionment with the Jedi, with the inner fear that Anakin became Vader because she abandoned him, and that she couldn’t save him. This self-recrimination is what Anakin needs to train her out of. She was not responsible. Anakin was. She could not have saved him (that was Luke’s job). But this burden is what has held her back. Anakin freed her from it. In that moment when she turns Vader’s sword on him, there is a split second when her eyes turn red. But she lets anger and revenge go and refuses to turn dark. She throws the light saber away and her eyes are blue again. She has passed the test; she has refused fear, hate and anger. And so Anakin resumes his normal aspect, smiles and says, “there’s hope for you yet.” She has passed the lesson by not giving in to emotion. And we see her change. After her rescue her face is bright, happier, joyous. Her master has relieved her of the burden that ate her soul. Only he could do it. And somewhere in the World Between Worlds he still exists and is still able to train her. So her eyes and face glow, she smiles more and she becomes Ahsoka the White and dons white clothes. And now she is more Jedi than she has ever been, though not Jedi. I was stunned to see Clone Wars scenes acted out by Hayden and the young Ahsoka. The cartoons became real in that moment and canon because Hayden made it so. I found it very moving. This is how Star Wars should be done. Did you hear the John Williams Star Wars score in the music? That made it real. Filoni is a genius storyteller and director. This was an awesome moment in Star Wars history. Thank you for your reaction to it.
*Fun fact:* Or well..A theory. Anakin turned as Ahsoka mentioned that he was dangerous. Why? Because it was intentional. Remember, he is still the Chosen One. The one with both sides. Even as a force ghost he can summon the dark side, now on purpose. He can be Anakin Skywalker, and Darth Vader at the same time. This is why it was his fate to walk both sides. So he can learn to use both the light, and the dark side. And now, that he is one with the Force, he became "more powerful that you can possibly imagine." *Also...* *Ahsoka:* I won't fight you. *Anakin:* I've heard that before. Recall this scene? *Luke:* I will not fight you Father.
I was nervous at first but this show has gotten better every episode! Great reaction! I really hope you get some time to watch Andor as well as both of these shows are top tier. 😊
So before she was more serious and to the point but due to her training with anakin and the release of all her guilt allows her to take up her less serious side that she had, had previously in the clone wars, so she took back herself and to visually show that she is now wearing very light and white clothing as compared to the heavy grey clothing
Anakin and Vader are one, but in the end the light (Anakin) won out, so he is both (balance) with Anakin as primary with the knowledge of both. Ahsoka was frozen, unable to progress in the force and become the Master she should be out of fear of becoming like Anakin. Anakin/Vader helped her see and choose wisely, without fear. Making her the "White Jedi" and Master she was destined to be and the Galaxy needs.
This is Anakin post RotJ. He was already Vader, and now has found center again despite that legacy; he has accepted both the dark and light side within him. That's the lesson he's teaching Ahsoka, to accept rather than fear her legacy with the Clone Wars. I like to think this Anakin is the new Father, from the Mortis gods.
I feel like the flash backs served two purposes. First, show the larger audience how Ahsoka and Anakin are connected. Two, Anakin never got to complete her Jedi training. Not in how to fight. The final lesson, how to be a teacher for the next generation. That’s what Ahsoka was struggling with in her training Sabine. My mother has been watching AHSOKA and there’s been a few things she’s not clear on. She doesn’t watch the animated series. I sent her two clips to watch. Kanan’s sacrifice scene, and Ezra’s defeat of Thrawn.
Anakin had to make the same choice to live or die. He died and became Darth Vader. Ahsoka had chosen to die as she floated in the ocean. Anakin saved her, he fired up her will to live as she had to fight his Darth Vader side. That's why he's smiling in the end. She learned her lesson. The lesson, he couldn't pass as a Jedi and, doomed him into become Darth Vader. The Apprentice has bested her Master. As is the case of Master and Student relationship in real life and well as Star Wars. She's graduated. She is a Jedi now.
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You should really, really, really watch Clone Wars🥺🥺
This makes the lore of Star Wars more compelling along with Rebels
If the haters come here, I’ll be one of the fans that defend you
Mary the girl actress who plays young Ahsoka is Ariana Greenblatt from Avengers: Infinity War (2018) who plays young Gamora
Anakin was frustrated with Ahsoka thinking her Legacy being that of Darth Vader, not Anakin Skywalker. Which is why he said "you've learned nothing"
I think he was teaching Ahsoka that it’s ok to let go of her guilt and shame over him becoming Vader.
That and the fact that despite her being part of his legacy, that doesn't mean Vader is. She's been terrified of being like Anakin that she's completely cut off who she was when she was around him, she's also terrified of training someone who would end up becoming another Vader. That's why she refused Grogu and she's been training Sabine, someone who isn't force sensitive and so not vulnerable to the dark side the way Anakin was.
Anakin taught her that she hasn't been living due to her guilt and these fears, just existing.
@@madanevsthis is LITERALLY the most spot on interpretation, there is just no way it can't be; as beautifully crafted thematically as it was visually etc. 🙌🏻
@@madanevs, that was beautiful. Sniff. Just beautiful.
@@madanevs Spot on! I also want to add that it's also about how Ahsoka's life in general. She's alive, but hasn't been living. Since the end of the Clone Wars, and especially since learning Anakin became Vader, she's been living in limbo. Muted, weighed down, full of regret and hesitation. She was scared and has been closed off, just going through the motions for a long time. She needed to choose to live, not just to stay alive, but to actually live a life.
@@krissym1399 also she's alive BECAUSE of his teachings. That he gave her the skills she needed and she kept the best parts of him(such as his compassion)
The fact that we got Anakin from Revenge of the Sith merged with Anakin from the Clone Wars in live action looking like it’s animated is a work of genius
The actress playing young Ahsoka is the same one as young Gamora. She's 16 now, and I think she was a great pick because her face shape fits the animated Ahsoka.
Jesus, so she's halfway to Fandom Bingo? Star Wars, Star Trek, Marvel, DC?
@@JnEricsonxShe should get Transformers on her resume.
She didn't look anywhere near 16 in this. How long ago was this episode filmed I wonder
@@4everhealthwellness344 The filming happend roughly a year ago
65 with Adam Driver also, she always does a great job
Vader Anakin is how I imagined him to be if he didn’t lose to Obi-Wan on Mustafar. Not being burnt up and not encased in a suit for the rest of his life. Anakin wearing his Revenge of the Sith robes, permanent Sith yellow eyes and holding his red lightsaber.
OMG this episode is by far my favorite one we saw the Clone Wars and the Siege of Mandalore in live action. And we finally got to see Captain Rex in live action. Thank You Dave Filoni.😱😭❤
Dave Filoni knows what the fans want
It’s been 20 years since Revenge of the Sith and Hayden Christensen is still The One!
HE IS THE CHOSEN ONE
@@domgriffith6483indeed
Knowing Dave Filoni and his love of the Legends continuity, Ahsoka vs Anakin is her meeting the last test of the old Jedi Order that Ahsoka never completed to make full Knight, Trial of Spirit - The ability to face her inner darkness. I'm sure deep down Ahsoka's experiences until now have her fearing that she would end up like Anakin. Anakin saying that everything he was is in her is a double-bladed lightsaber. It's both a compliment on her skill but also the fact that in many ways she is very much like Anakin and that she has too much Anakin in her...including his darkside tendencies
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Her comment to Anakin that she wouldn't fight him and Anakin responding i've heard that before is in fact a lead-in to that. She said exactly what Luke said to Vader/Anakin in Episode 6. Luke had that same fear that he too could fall but he confronted it. Ahsoka never really got that chance and she was also afraid of taking that chance until now.
Anakin acknowledging the “I will not fight you” line was a smart way of showing that this was a post-redemption version of him.
@@MrSprattibaggsit also can be him, acknowledging their fight in rebels in the pyramid
@bmxer4054 except Ahsoka said she wouldn’t leave him, not that she didn’t fight him. I imagine it’s more in line with referencing Luke than her fight with Vader.
still wondering if that was anakin or just the force giving her a trial using her memories oh well still got the actors together live action
@@shallchairsitfallen it’s his FG you can tell because when the go to mandalore he comments about not knowing this battle
They did such a great job of portraying adult Ahsoka in her younger self.
Big shocker, Hayden is a great actor who only needed competent scripts and directing
This is the way
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Tbh, he is 20 years older now. So far more experienced actor.
@@fistan5447 That's true. His voice is also noticeably deeper now, albeit i think part of it is intentional to incorporate Matt Lanter's performance into his own
Leave it to Dave Filoni to deliver one of the best Ahsoka episodes of the season as Part 5 offers a blast from the past in many ways.
yep!!
@@MaryCherryOfficialIt is confirmed in the Star Wars Canon comic Darth Vader when he had his castle built on Mustafar and then in the Vader Immortal vr game.
Vader/Anakin tried to revive Padme from the end of episode 3 Revenge of the Sith, but he couldn't see it because Luke and Leya were already born.
Because he thought they died in her womb. So when he tried to revive her, he couldn't see them because they were already born.
And then when he found out that he had a son, he wanted to be sure Darth Vader 2020 comic period between Star Wars episode 5 and 6.
And some time after that, this cinematic Fallen Angel takes place.
I love how the "They love you because you care" resonates when Ashoka cares about the clones casualties.
Anakins philosophy was about her learning to move on and bury her guilt. He attacked her because she was following the chain of blame instead of shattering it, and moving on. He used his dark side to spark a revelation in her.
6:51: *Fun Fact, Mary: The young Ahsoka was played by the same actress who played the daughter in Barbie*
*She also played the young Gamora in the flashback scenes in Avengers: Infinity War*
the 2nd memory (Siege of Mandalore) happened in the 7th season of the Clone Wars, right before order 66. Ahsoka is so skilled at this point that she fights Maul and manages to capture him. Captain Rex, which makes a cameo, is a recurring character throughout the Clone Wars series and leader of 501st legion, always fighting under Anakin and/or Ahsoka. Seeing him in this was a treat for all of us who watched the Clone Wars.
The 501st Legion cosplayers must be having a blast when portraying as Clone Troopers in the flashback scene. Seeing dark side Anakin fight with a red lightsaber is fantastic
She didn’t go back in time to a past Anakin. This Anakin is the real one of the present time. Although he is dead
A ghost of the chosen one, perfect balance between light and dark.
Anakin is made by the force he isnt actually dead he is the father he controls everything happening in WBW everything
This is Ahsoka 3.0 like you said. She's completed her training by her master, The Chosen One, a master of both the light and the dark sides. This makes Ahsoka one of the most powerful force users in the Star Wars galaxy.
By far: she must be top 5 most powerful Jedi of all time, just behind Yoda, Windu, Anakin, Obi Wan
There’s a metric ton of context in this series and this episode in particular that you’re missing from The Clone Wars and Rebels. They’re definitely worth watching.
I feel this with a lot of people, you can absolutely watch this without but you just won't feel the massive payoff and emotions.
SHE DIDN'T WATCH CW???
All the scenes with Anakin are amazing.
And Young Ashoka is just perfect. 1:1 to the show
You seemed to be thinking that Anakin was PAST Anakin meeting up with Ahsoka in the World Between Worlds, but it was actually Force Ghost Anakin who had lived his entire life. He had both Light And Dark within himself so he didn't 'turn' when she confronted him, he just released his Dark Side to show her what she needed to see.
"there's far too much sand here for anakin."
that line got me good. i laughed LOUD
I was so mad there wasn't a sand line in there.
Watching Clone Wars as a kid and now seeing them in live-action with Anakin, Ahsoka, and Rex was something incredible. The Siege of Mandalore story arc is one of the best Star Wars content (if not THE best) and just seeing it again in live action I jumped out of my seat and held my breath at the same time that cool it was. You are really missing out a lot by not watching Clone Wars :D
Marry, I was reading your facial expressions and body language, especially during Anakin/Vader and Ashoka final scene. Your raw and deeply moving, beautiful feelings, made me feel them as an empathic experience. I commend you for your deep beautiful heart, as well as taking me along for such a moving experience. Thank you sincerely Mary.
I cried and screamed during this episode 🥺🥺🥺I’m so happy, we need to appreciate what Filoni gave us, Clone Wars flashbacks, references to Kanan and Senator Organa, Anakin and Ahsoka. This is incredible
Hayden is still a beast with a lightsaber!
Indeed although the fighting could've been a little faster especially when he was Vader I know he can still be fast with a lightsaber but I don't think Rosario Dawson could handle that lol. I'm just knit picking this episode was perfect and so was the fight choreography.
@@nezarecdiscipleofthewitnes3823If you watch you can see Anakin is holding back. He easily dodged her swings with just shifting his body. The objective wasn’t to win the fight for him, it was to get her to face her past, her feelings of shame and regret, and to let go of her grief.
@@thomaspappalardo7589yeah i noticed that too
There were 3 memories. Teth where they rescued Rota the Hutt. Ryloth where she lost a squad of fighters. And Mandalore, where she defeated Maul
So anakin is now so powerful that he can change from dark side to light side in just a moment
Yeah Anakin wasn't teaching her how to fight in combat but giving her the will to live and move forward. She's so afraid that if she gets close to anyone or try's to help them she'll screw up and either get them killed or in the case of teaching Sabine or Grogu she'll end up failing them and sending them to the Dark Side.
Fun fact. The actress for young Ahsoka also played young Gamora in Infinity War.
@@kenbogus136 she was also just recently in the Barbie movie.
I feel like this relates so strongly to the cave scene in empire.
It’s the force itself testing out Ahsoka just like it did with Luke. Knowing it was not Vader but everything Ahsoka fears she took all of her emotions and mindset into the world between worlds… to come out of that cave gage birth to a renewed Ahsoka
Kevin Kiner went to work in this episode! The score was absolutely mesmerizing through and through. Especially during the entire Purgil sequence
I never imagined how good this show would actually be. I'm so impressed.
Omg this episode was a masterpiece
Anakin in The World Between Worlds or the Anakin in her vision or whatever it was didn't need to be told what would become of him, he already knew. He was already both Anakin and Vader all at once. Ahsoka telling him this would be meaningless. The point of the training sequence was that Ahsoka is letting her guilt about Anakin and also her resentment of him hold her back. She was refusing to commit and move forward as a Jedi, remaining "Ahsoka the Grey." Anakin's final lesson was that he was much more than what he eventually became...even if he was also that. The same is true for Ahsoka. Whatever remorse or guilt or anger she may have been carrying over her experiences during the Clone Wars and her training from Anakin did not define her. When he came at her saying, "You lack commitment," that was sort of the point of the whole thing. He was teaching her to overcome her past and make a commitment to the present. As a result, Ahsoka's seriousness and sadness drop away, and she becomes "Ahsoka the White."
Ashoka: This is the clone wars!
Anakin; (blink to TV) Yeah no kidding 😉
My heart explode!
Seeing Ahsoka be a literal child soldier, and Anakin saying "This IS your training!" hit so hard. She feels like being trained in war, by effin Darth Vader, somehow tainted her with darkness. It was Anakin who had to tell her that she's more than that. It's like Anakin was upset that she believed darkness was all she could have learned from him.
"Oh, is that what this is about"
He's post-Vader Anakin. But she still sees flashes of Vader in him sometimes, as we saw a couple of times in this scene, and she can't let go of that. I think the point of this all was to get it across to her that all of the falls, all of the deaths, all of the losses in the past are just that... in the past. If you live in the past, you're not really living and in the end she chose to LIVE - to move forward past all of those things. And as cheesy as it seems, to just trust in the Force to guide her and lead her where she's supposed to be.
The emotion in this episode was truly more than anything Star Wars has ever produced or presented. I cannot remember or recall an episode or scene where I cried more.
It's red?..IT'S RED!
Mary, you said that you wanted Ahsoka to tell Anakin about him turning into Vader, but I'm pretty sure this is Anakin's Force ghost, post Return of the Jedi, so this is after Luke already redeemed him. Meaning Anakin already knows about his own corruption and redemption. That's why he says thing like, "Is that what this is about" and "but I'm more than that."
11:28 Did you see his eyes? THEY TURNED YELLOW! SITH YELLOW!! THAT WAS VADER!! But his eyes turned blue and he was Anakin again, so the whole being Vader thing was just another thing to help Ahsoka learn his final lesson to her.
His eyes actually turned red not sith yellow. He's using the actual dark side like the brother of the twins.
@@NamelessViking01 I think he learned how to use dark side without fully being consumed by hatred and being a sith in the process. So essentially which is why he had red eyes instead of yellow, essentially became a Jedi that knows how to use light side & dark side. Complete user of the force despite his strength being before combat
This is post-redeemed Anakin. When she says "I won't fight you" he replies with "I've heard that before." Luke says that to him in return for the Jedi. So this is him with all his knowledge at a perfect balance of light and dark. He can use both, and he's trying to show her that she can too. That when you choose to live, there will be suffering and death, but you can be more than that. You're more than the things you've done. It's who you inspire and teach to continue to forge the path ahead as he once did. But yeah all the child murder doesn't really soften that lol.
After seeing Ahsoka having a moment of catharsis with her master, and letting go of her guilt and pain to more fully embrace the Light Side, Rosario Dawson now truly has become the Ahsoka we remember from Clone Wars!
I loved how this episode showed the more of the fact that Ahsoka was sadly both a Jedi AND a child soldier. What’s more is that while while the Jedi were taught to not form attachments to people, she and her master clearly cared for not just their men but their friends and family. And while Anakin failed and fell to the Dark Side because he couldn’t let go of those he loved, Ahsoka succeeded and not only learned to let go and move on, she has now risen and has now become tied with Luke Skywalker for me as the greatest Jedi of life time.
This is also easily the best performance Hayden has ever given as Anakin, he actually felt more like Anakin from the Clone Wars than the movies. I honestly never thought I would see LIVE ACTION scenes of Clone Wars, or even Hayden in Anakin’s Clone Wars armor!
Anakin turned not when challenged on his evil but when ahsoka intimated it could be in her too.
I loved that part at the end when Huyang is all upset that Ahsoka doesn't know if they're going in the right direction, and newly chill Ahsoka goes all The Dude on him: That's like... your opinion, man... :)
The lesson was never about him. More so her fight to live. So when she mentions how dangerous HE is,he’s like “you’ve learned nothing”. That’s why in the beginning his lesson was “live…….or die”
This is anakin's force ghost, not a past version. He knows what he becomes so telling him would be meaningless
His "I've heard that before "(in reply to "I won't fight you" like Luke said to him) and "Is that what this us about?"(questioning if she fears going dark like he did) are proof enough of that
He doesn't have the force ghost appearance. We've seen Disney force ghosts and this is not one of them. This is something else that has to do with the World Between Worlds.
@@nezarecdiscipleofthewitnes3823 Or due to the nature of the word between worlds his ghost is able to appear more normal than in the real world
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They are both Force ghosts. Ahsoka's body is drowning in the ocean while the whole thing plays out.
This Anakin has experienced the Original Trilogy. He's dead. This is a man who came out of death for a few minutes to kick his BFF in the pants and get her back on the right path. This is the Chosen One.
What I like about these movies and series is how everyone who knew Anikin pauses when asked how he was and go to a neutral description. Also, am I seeing things or did Ashoka's montrals seem more white after being saved from the water?
I guess Anakin is taking control in Jedi purgatory (world between worlds). He is part of the force, that means he gave senses to Jason to find Ahsoka, if she decided to live. Anakin never say goodbye to her, she might quite to see him again.
“It was perfect. Perfect. Everything. Down to the last minute details.” - Homelander
I was blown away by this Episode 5 of Ahsoka. It left me completely speechless. I can’t wait to see what happens on Tuesday. This episode left me with the same feeling I had when I watched Revenge Of The Sith for the first time in 2005. I also was so happy to see Hayden Christensen really be able to act his heart out as Anakin. He was so naturalistic and charismatic in the episode. He brought so much nuance and depth to his line delivery. It felt like major redemption for him after years of many people complaining he was stiff and wooden as Anakin, he was a bad actor and ruined Star Wars. I’ve never agreed with that. He blew me away for years with his excellent acting performances in Life As A House And Shattered Glass, not to mention the TV show he starred in: Higher Ground. Everytime I rewatch these all I’m still amazed at his talent and intensity as an actor
I love that we have a post ROTJ Anakin looking like his clone wars era self. That remark about Ahsoka not fighting Anakin, then saying that he’s heard that before, recalling his conversation with Luke in ROTJ, I also love that.
One of the many things I like about Ahsoka is her fighting style with the paired lightsabers. I really hope that they show more of how much of a badass she is with those lightsabers and fighting skills. In both animated series shows, I've loved her personality. I hope Rosario is up for and able to show us how much of a badass Ahsoka can be if/when the time comes and to throw more of Ahsoka's personality into the mix would be perfect.
Seeing the Clone Wars scene literally brought me in tears and goosebumps! Young Ahsoka was just perfect! When I die, I wanna be a whale too, so I am go thru Hyperspace.. I hope we get to see Ezra in coming episodes, since he is a Jedi too.
I also wanna be a whale
Anakin was teaching her to fight and survive. That's what her training was about. And he was right when she lacked conviction, Ahsoka was jaded, and tired of lifetime of fighting and killing. So when she was being stubborn and refused to listen, he made it as simple as she could understand it. Attacked as Vader since it would emphasize the point. Live or die.
Mary the girl actress who plays young Ahsoka is Ariana Greenblatt from Avengers: Infinity War (2018) who plays young Gamora
My personal Take On ''The Overall Lesson (s) For Ahsoka ''
(First tho, Last Episode Baylon (During the Fight with Ahsoka) He Used all of Ahsoka's Guilt That She Feels And Other Baggage. To Knock Her Off her Game)
Anakin put A Mirror On A few Big Ones (That Baylon Mentioned.)
Ahsoka Picking A side. Like With the '' I am No Jedi'' One Moment. Then Teaching The Ways of the Jedi?. ( A lot of Self Doubt Was Building up)
Also, She Holds People at an Arm's Length. Always Fearing She Will Make a Mistake That Will hurt or Kill Someone She Cares About/Loves. ( Like She Did with Sabine. By walking Away. Ahsoka Made Sabine Feel Like Ahsoka Did Not Care, OR Trust Her?))
Another is Feeling As though Anakin Turning to The Dark Side. Becoming Vader Was Somehow Her Fault?
I think She Felt as Though by Not Being There For her Master. In his Greatest Time of Need ( By Proxy Anyone Vader Hurt/Killed is Part of Ahsoka's Legacy As well! ''One Of Pain And Death'')
Learning to Find a way Of Letting All the Thing's She Could Not Control or Change From her Past. Let it go and (Be Re Born Emotionally/Spiritually ... And ( It seems Quite Literally)
It's as If Anakin the Chosen one Is Like a'' Mortis God'' Now Part of the Cosmic Force ( Maybe Similar To the ''Father'' A Balance Between the Light/dark sides of the Force?)
All My Opinions and theories... Lol
Oh and yea Hera Knows about the ''World Between Worlds''
And Hera Knew Her Son was Force Sensitive. lol
And Look Up The ''Father,Son and Daughter '' Mortis God's''
This episode was magnificent. It's no surprise to me they had a limited theatrical run of this episode, it would have been fantastic in a theater!
I want to see LOTS of award nominations for the writing, the cinematography, the music, Hayden, Rosario, etc.
Ahsoka as a series is a lot slower in pace, but the tone is something that's been missing. The mysticism and spiritualism that was present in the original trilogy but got kind of lost in the prequels. Lots of symbolism as well; Ahsoka rising from the water and then wearing white instead of her grey robes shows that she's moved past guilt and regret and found the peace of a true Jedi Master. Can't wait for her and Sabine to meet again!
Anakin with full mastery over his own light and dark side was amazing.
It's straight forward this episode to understand actually, the lesson is to embrace her past, learn to let go and not be ashamed of her master Anakin/Vader shadow. that's why the whole season u can see Ahsoka in black armor, still contempt with jedi teaching and anakin past. after encounter anakin in world between world, she is kind of like revive/reincarnate sort of, she wear all white, clean slate.
This is post ROTJ ANAkin he has became the embodiment of the force as the father of it
He has acknowledged he has heard it before from his son luke
When ahsoka said i will not fight you.
CW man and everything this is history
It is confirmed in the Star Wars Canon comic Darth Vader when he had his castle built on Mustafar and then in the Vader Immortal vr game.
Vader/Anakin tried to revive Padme from the end of episode 3 Revenge of the Sith, but he couldn't see it because Luke and Leya were already born.
Because he thought they died in her womb. So when he tried to revive her, he couldn't see them because they were already born.
And then when he found out that he had a son, he wanted to be sure Darth Vader 2020 comic period between Star Wars episode 5 and 6.
And some time after that, this cinematic Fallen Angel takes place.
The New Republic Fleet Needs an Additional Nine hundred Sextillion Endurance Fleet Carriers and Nine hundred Sextillion Nebula Star Destroyers Every 24 hours.
Considering I discovered Mary’s channel because of Star Wars, seeing her react to anything Star Wars just feels right
Ahsoka in the Clone Wars tv show is a whole different breed to Ahsoka now. It just shows how much the wars have taken a toll on her and her characteristics.
She is now Asoka The White. You did well Mary. I have seen a lot of ugly crying on others.
She got a gandalf transformation. She was Ahsoka the grey and now she's Ahsoka the white
She came out the water, reborn and and a full Jedi Knight.
I think at this point Anakin has become a The Father like figure in the force. The fact that he was able to move about in the world between worlds at will.
You really should watch 'Clone Wars', 'Rebels' and 'Bad Batch' - you'll love them!
An amazing episode from start to finish! Love the reaction M! That final duel - training scene of Dark Side Anakin & Older Ahsoka was 🔥🔥🔥
i finally got my wish of seeing Captain Rex live action!
I think you need to understand what's happening here is that, he is not evil towards Asoka ..he is showing her to be more confident in her self and why he told her twice ...to live or die ...she is under water slowly dying .. Anakin is trying to tell her don't give up ..live
I feel like the whole point of the training session was to show Ahsoka that light side or dark, if you are in full control, if you are the master of yourself, and have conviction to stand by your mission, and your friends, and your beliefs, you can use your passion and emotions to fight for what you love. Luke didn't save Anakin or his friends or the galaxy by abandoning his emotions and attachments. The dark side is merely a tool, if you are strong of mind and heart enough to use it, not at the behest of some creepy old sith, but for the cause of good. Grey Jedi ftw
Combining Blue (light side) and Red (dark side) gets us Purple = shadow (warrior)
@@ursulmusic there are numerous varieties because light and shadow are spectrums and the way they interplay leads to many possibilities.
@@ursulmusic but yes. Mace Windu is a good example. Qui Gon was also a bit gray, but with a master like Dooku that's not surprising.
"You want me to be more serious!?"
*Starts channeling Vader's "You will Die"*
9:34 highly recommend watching the Siege of Mandalore. Top tier Star Wars.
The actress playing young Infinity also played young War in Avengers Gamora Ahsoka.
This is the full potential Anakin that he never became while alive. It’s pretty cool to see that he’s made peace with Vader and is now balanced in the force with both. Ahsoka got her closure for all her ptsd and survivor guilt that she never really dealt with after the clone wars and order 66. Pretty special.
I absolutely adored this episode. Dave hit it out of the park again
This was not anakin from the past it was Anakin's force ghost but since he is the chosen one his force ghost is unique
The actress portraying young Ahsoka also played young Gamora in Infinity War.
If this episode doesn’t convince you to watch The Clone Wars in full, then idk what will
Anakin:: "Is that was this is about?" ... ... gave me chills!!
Nothing would've changed if she told him because he wasn't at the Seige of Mandalore cause while she was fighting Maul in that battle, Anakin was already on Coruscant with Palpatine finding out Palpatine was a Sith Lord and going to Mace. Then after Maul was captured that is when Order 66 happened. So the version of Anakin that we saw already lived out those events.
The girl who played Young Ahsoka also played kid-Gamora in Infinity War
You can see in Rebels and the first 4 episodes that Ahsoka carries a heavy burden. She blames herself for the loss of Clone lives, for disillusionment with the Jedi, with the inner fear that Anakin became Vader because she abandoned him, and that she couldn’t save him. This self-recrimination is what Anakin needs to train her out of. She was not responsible. Anakin was. She could not have saved him (that was Luke’s job). But this burden is what has held her back. Anakin freed her from it. In that moment when she turns Vader’s sword on him, there is a split second when her eyes turn red. But she lets anger and revenge go and refuses to turn dark. She throws the light saber away and her eyes are blue again. She has passed the test; she has refused fear, hate and anger. And so Anakin resumes his normal aspect, smiles and says, “there’s hope for you yet.” She has passed the lesson by not giving in to emotion. And we see her change. After her rescue her face is bright, happier, joyous. Her master has relieved her of the burden that ate her soul. Only he could do it. And somewhere in the World Between Worlds he still exists and is still able to train her. So her eyes and face glow, she smiles more and she becomes Ahsoka the White and dons white clothes. And now she is more Jedi than she has ever been, though not Jedi. I was stunned to see Clone Wars scenes acted out by Hayden and the young Ahsoka. The cartoons became real in that moment and canon because Hayden made it so. I found it very moving. This is how Star Wars should be done. Did you hear the John Williams Star Wars score in the music? That made it real. Filoni is a genius storyteller and director. This was an awesome moment in Star Wars history. Thank you for your reaction to it.
Great reactions! It was good to see Hayden again and the wee lassie playing young Ahsoka was perfect.
Ahsoka 3.0 🤌 This whole episode was a masterpiece.
*Fun fact:* Or well..A theory. Anakin turned as Ahsoka mentioned that he was dangerous. Why? Because it was intentional. Remember, he is still the Chosen One. The one with both sides. Even as a force ghost he can summon the dark side, now on purpose. He can be Anakin Skywalker, and Darth Vader at the same time. This is why it was his fate to walk both sides. So he can learn to use both the light, and the dark side. And now, that he is one with the Force, he became "more powerful that you can possibly imagine."
*Also...*
*Ahsoka:* I won't fight you.
*Anakin:* I've heard that before.
Recall this scene?
*Luke:* I will not fight you Father.
I was nervous at first but this show has gotten better every episode! Great reaction! I really hope you get some time to watch Andor as well as both of these shows are top tier. 😊
This is legit top tier Star Wars here. Holy crap this episode was freaking amazing.
This is the best thing they've put out since CW Season 7
So before she was more serious and to the point but due to her training with anakin and the release of all her guilt allows her to take up her less serious side that she had, had previously in the clone wars, so she took back herself and to visually show that she is now wearing very light and white clothing as compared to the heavy grey clothing
You talked over the best shot of the episode! ( maybe ever) when he flashes into Darth Vader the second time.
Anakin and Vader are one, but in the end the light (Anakin) won out, so he is both (balance) with Anakin as primary with the knowledge of both. Ahsoka was frozen, unable to progress in the force and become the Master she should be out of fear of becoming like Anakin. Anakin/Vader helped her see and choose wisely, without fear. Making her the "White Jedi" and Master she was destined to be and the Galaxy needs.
This is Anakin post RotJ. He was already Vader, and now has found center again despite that legacy; he has accepted both the dark and light side within him. That's the lesson he's teaching Ahsoka, to accept rather than fear her legacy with the Clone Wars.
I like to think this Anakin is the new Father, from the Mortis gods.
Oh fun fact with this the little girl who played young ahsoka is actually the same little girl who played young gamora in avengers Infinity war
I feel like the flash backs served two purposes. First, show the larger audience how Ahsoka and Anakin are connected. Two, Anakin never got to complete her Jedi training. Not in how to fight. The final lesson, how to be a teacher for the next generation. That’s what Ahsoka was struggling with in her training Sabine.
My mother has been watching AHSOKA and there’s been a few things she’s not clear on. She doesn’t watch the animated series. I sent her two clips to watch. Kanan’s sacrifice scene, and Ezra’s defeat of Thrawn.
I don't think the captain went through the pod, they were just moving so fast the ships didn't have a chance to move out of the way
The coolest thing you've ever witnessed in Star Wars? Really? 😕
Anakin had to make the same choice to live or die. He died and became Darth Vader. Ahsoka had chosen to die as she floated in the ocean. Anakin saved her, he fired up her will to live as she had to fight his Darth Vader side. That's why he's smiling in the end. She learned her lesson. The lesson, he couldn't pass as a Jedi and, doomed him into become Darth Vader. The Apprentice has bested her Master. As is the case of Master and Student relationship in real life and well as Star Wars. She's graduated. She is a Jedi now.