The first two episodes of Ahsoka at the moment are on Disney+ and even for essentially the most seasoned Star Wars fan, they left us with a couple of questions. Questions like when, exactly, is that this going down? Did we miss one thing? And is that scene the scene we expect it’s? We’ll get into all of it and extra however, first a spoiler warning in case you haven’t seen the episodes but.
So, to reply the query of the headline, had been the primary two episodes of Ahsoka a prequel? Sure. The majority of what occurs takes place earlier than the final scene of Star Wars Rebels. That scene, which we’ve embedded beneath, reveals Ahsoka Tano arriving on Lothal to take Sabine Wren on a journey to seek out Ezra Bridger. We see that scene in dwell motion, with one main change, on the finish of episode two. That change, after all, is Ahsoka’s outfit, which could make some viewers assume, “No, this isn’t the identical scene.”
Nicely, it’s. For now. And what we expect occurred is within the 5 – 6 years since Dave Filoni wrote and directed that last episode of Rebels, issues modified. Primarily, his ideas on what precisely occurred to Ahsoka in that point. We don’t know this for a truth however you’ll be able to think about that every time he wrote that scene, he believed Ahsoka would have had a a lot fuller, extra full journey by this level within the Star Wars timeline. Therefore the grey gown and distinct employees. He could have even believed or recognized that she would have tried to coach Sabine as her Jedi apprentice. Was that grey gown Filoni’s clue to Ahsoka taking on the grasp position?
When Rebels got here out, Filoni was point-blank requested if the subsequent story can be Ahsoka and Sabine going to seek out Ezra and he mentioned “It’s a bit greater than that. So we’ll see.” Might the “bit greater than that” be Ahsoka and Sabine’s tumultuous grasp and apprentice position? It looks like a stable guess.
Plus, don’t overlook, on the time of the Rebels finale, Filoni didn’t know Ahsoka would seem in live-action but—and even that live-action, long-form Star Wars for tv was going to change into a actuality. “I didn’t know Jon [Favreau] can be doing Mandalorian on the time once I did that epilogue,” Filoni told io9 earlier this year. “That was all in movement, however I didn’t perceive Ahsoka’s position in it, definitely.”
So when he was wrapping up Rebels, he didn’t know Ahsoka would meet just a little creature named Grogu or share a display screen with Luke Skywalker. These situations, and the actual fact he now needed to write a complete present about her, most likely made him assume “I can’t simply bounce to this robed, sensible, older Ahsoka. There’s an excessive amount of that should occur within the center.” As a substitute, it looks like this season of the present, and perhaps future ones too, will construct in direction of that.
What does that imply for Star Wars Rebels? Nicely, it implies that individuals must dwell with the story being advised a method there and one other manner right here. You’ll be able to’t count on excellent continuity at all times and ceaselessly, particularly now that one thing as game-changing as Disney+ exists. As a sensible Jedi as soon as mentioned, “All the time in movement is the long run.”
As for the Sabine and Ahsoka relationship, the best way the present handles it would make even the most important Star Wars fan assume for a second, “Did I miss one thing? Was there an episode of Rebels I missed, a ebook I didn’t learn, or a comic book I didn’t purchase the place we noticed Ahsoka take Sabine as her apprentice?” And the reply to that’s no. Their grasp and apprentice relationship was created for this present and will definitely be explored way more completely in future episodes, particularly now that the primary two episodes have set the stage. Ahsoka has caught as much as the tip of Rebels. The seek for Ezra begins now.
Ahsoka is now streaming on Disney+. Watch it here.
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