This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the episodes being covered here wouldn’t exist.
Ahsoka is purposefully open to newcomers who may be more interested in live-action or simply watching the show to see Rosario Dawson take on the eponymous role.
EXPOSITION AND MOVIE STARSAhsoka’s first episode relies a little too heavily on some clunky exposition, particularly the “As You Know” kind, with characters telling each other things everyone in-universe knows.
The worst instance comes when a holo message left by Ezra Bridger (Eman Esfandi) tells Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo), and the audience, that she’s like a sister to him because they grew up together.
In the first two episodes, those characters are former Jedi Ahsoka, her former apprentice and Rebel Alliance hero Sabine, and Rebel General Hera Syndulla (Mary Elizabeth Winstead).
FANFICTION READY
And there are a lot of feelings. Especially between Sabine and Ahsoka, whose conversations with and about each other feel very much like ex-romantic partners.
Not to be left out, scenes between Winstead and Dawson have a charge as well, one that feels less complex, but as if there’s longstanding respect, admiration, and possible attraction between the two.
A RACE ACROSS GALAXIES?Ahsoka’s lead plot driver is the search for Imperial Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen), who may be in a different galaxy. The heroines believe that finding Thrawn will lead them to Ezra as well.