Welcome back to the blog readers. Ahsoka has been killing it these last few weeks, with the fifth episode being a fever dream for fans of Star Wars; The Clone Wars (2008-14; 20) and the sixth episode being a fever dream for Star Wars Rebels (2014-18) fans. Luckily I am a fan of both and have been living my best life. We are roaring closer and closer to the finale of this series, and I am hoping we could stick the landing. Would this episode, titled "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness," directed by Geeta Vasant Patel, and written by Dave Filoni, continue the upward trajectory? Stick around to find out.
NOTE: I will be using spoilers for my review, so DO NOT read ahead if you have not seen the episode.
Some reviewers are calling Ahsoka "nostalgia fever" because of how much it relies on nostalgia. The problem is that this series is not telling a new story, instead continuing that of Rebels. I cannot understand why people feel that way. In fact, I am a major fan of this episode, because it advanced the storylines enough and left enough intrigue to leave us hoping for an electric finale.
There is nothing more I can say about the performances, so I will refrain from doing that. However, there is one performance that brought a smile to this grouch's face. In a shock appearance, the legendary Anthony Daniels put on the suit and became C-3PO one last time. Daniels made Threepio one of my favorite characters not just in the Star Wars universe, but of all time. All that charm is present here as the fan favorite droid pulls through and gets a fake clearance from Leia Organa for Hera's mission. Unfortunately that is the only time we see Threepio in this episode, and it may be the final time we see Daniels as the character, and if that is the case, thank you for nearly 5 decades of entertainment.
However, Hera's hearing served a greater purpose. Mon Mothma is now taking this threat of Thrawn seriously, which will tie very nicely into the "Heir to the Empire" film by Dave Filoni. She had previously been skeptical of Thrawn's return due to his absence and lack of proof of his plot to return. I am upset that it took a fake authorization from Leia to get her to believe Hera, but nonetheless the mission is complete and now we can focus on the real threat. And mind you, this is also the only time we see Hera and Mon Mothma in this episode. I hope that we will see them more in the finale.
Speaking of a galaxy far, far away, the majority of the action of the episode takes place on Peridia in this new galaxy. Sabine has been reunited with Ezra Bridger, and the two apparently are planning to return to Morgan Elsbeth's ship for escape. Sabine is still not telling Ezra how she got to this galaxy, a move I feel will wind up costing her greatly in the end. She needs to put her feelings aside and be honest with Ezra because holding this information will most likely lead to him leaving her, and this time it may be for good. Although I really did enjoy their action scene together against the mercenaries. I love how Ezra declines using his lightsaber or Sabine's blasters and instead decides to Chirrut Îmwe it (If you watched Rogue One (2016), you know what I am talking about).
I realize I did not speak about Ahsoka in last week's review, mainly because we really did not see her in last week's episode. Well she is back in all of her glory. First let us talk about that awesome opening scene with her where she is preparing for battle with a hologram of Anakin Skywalker from the Clone Wars hyping her up. We also learn that he recorded a lot of these holograms for her to advance her training. It makes me really want to have more of those flashbacks to their time together. Then we have to talk about her absolutely sickening entrance to the rematch against Baylan Skoll. I do wish the fight would have gone on longer, because what we got was awesome. It makes me miss them laser swords nowadays.
I will continue to gush about the performance of Lars Mikkelsen as Grand Admiral Thrawn until the end of time. This man really knows how to deliver a chilling, yet laid back performance. I find it insane that he was able to seamlessly translate this character to live action. Every time Thrawn speaks, I am left hanging on the edge of my seat. And he is very cunning and intelligent, something efficient villains are. He used the whole situation on Peridia between Baylan, Shin, Sabine, Ezra and Ahsoka to buy himself time to complete his mission to leave the planet. That is fucking brilliant, and a plan that I fear will work in the finale. Luckily we will not have to wait too long to see this finale, as this review is going up mere hours before the release of it.
Thank you all for reading and I will see you for the review of the finale.
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