Hoo Boy, well, it's not that I figured they could wrap everything up but was not expecting this. Either there will be a season 2 or the big Filoni Mandoverse movie will be the big wrap up. Everyone bands together to defeat Thrawn. Well, hopefully everyone.
Definitely a S2, with a push in the narrative from other series I'd imagine
Yeah....I would think this means Mando S4 has a heavy dose of Ezra, Zeb, Hera, Bo Katan and Co. involved in figuring out how to get to Sabine and Ahsoka AND how to defeat Thrawn.
. They probably have a Baylan issue as well with Ray having died.
Boy do they....considering Ray utterly nailed that role. Kristofer Hivju who played Tormund on Game of Thrones has been rumored to be a good fit just on the 'look' alone....but I don't know that anyone can do what Ray did with that character. He was pretty dang great in the role. That's going to be a tough one.
Sort of shocked at the moment. No closure of any kind.
I won't say I'm 'shocked'....but, it definitely didn't end the way I'd have thought it would have. It's a nice little bit of irony now that Sabine and Ahsoka just flipped spots with Ezra....but man, they're really messing with
canon now. I mean, now you have Ezra....a force user and strong jedi in the mix in the aftermath of the defeat of the empire and before the first order....but....in the sequel movies it was like the jedi were a myth or some sort of wives tale. Even with Thrawn now back in the original universe that seems to blow up a lot of what we've come to know.
I'm not complaining, as long as they allow Filoni to write this story and complete it with HIS vision and not that idiot Kennedy....I'm sure as a 'whole' this will all come full circle. The events of this season though really wrenches things up it seems.
As for the episode....I just found it odd that they made Morgan so strong and such a good fighter. Ahsoka has defeated what would seemingly be stronger opponents with seemingly less effort but they made Morgan out to be some sort of freaking Samuri or something. I get she inherited some night sister magic and what not....but that seemed odd she was so strong.
Was a bit bummed there wasn't more added to the Shin and Baylan storyline. So Shin is stuck there now as well with the nomadic raiders.....Baylan has made/is making his way to whatever that beacon was. That was a nice little nugget of the Father and Son of the force carved into that mountainside......no sister BUT Morai did show up.....I was wondering when that'd happen and she usually showed up in important/decisive moments for Ahsoka in the animated shows....so, seeing her there at that time kind of signals to Ahsoka that she's protected and on the right path.
All in all....for me....being a pretty big Ahsoka fan....I thought this first season was great. I think they did a really good job of transitioning those characters from animation to live action and the actors/actresses who portrayed the roles utterly nailed them. Just such a bummer now because I can't imagine we see an Ahsoka S2 until at the soonest early 2025 but if I had to guess it'd be mid to late 2025. I just hope that now with this context and what's going on and the way Mando S3 ended....they can cut the fluff out of that show and get down to business and continue to tell this story. Stop the PC cameos of the hollywood weirdo's (yeah I'm talking about Lizzo and Jack Black...show nearly jumped the shark with that shit) and just let Filoni tell this story some more.