SPOILER WARNING AHEAD FOR ALL STAR WARS CONTENT!
“Today, victory is mine. Long live the Empire.”
“Ezra is where he needs to be. And so are we. It’s time to move on.”
Ahsoka came to its conclusion Tuesday night, but it’s unclear whether that was a season finale or the final chapter of the series.
Regardless, Episode 8, The Jedi, The Witch, And The Warlord, was a real banger. Directed by Rick Famuyiwa (Dope, The Chi, The Mandalorian), we witness each of the show’s key characters take the next steps in their journeys. For fans of Rebels, this is the show that we’ve always wanted: one that added depth and context to some of our favorite animated characters and took them on new adventures. It was apparent that that every step, every detail and every episode was crafted with care by showrunner Dave Filoni, and it was extremely satisfying.
A quick recap…
Ezra Bridger makes a new lightsaber akin to that of his master Kanan Jarrus with some help from Huyang, just in time to fight off some ZOMBIE STORMTROOPERS. Ahsoka Tano and Morgan Elsbeth run back their duel from Season Two of The Mandalorian, and despite Elsbeth’s new weapon (more on that in a bit) the result is the same. Sabine Wren finally uses the Force in two crucial moments, saving her own life and giving Ezra a lift to join Thrawn on his Star Destroyer for another blast between galaxies. Huyang swoops in to rescue Sabine and Ahsoka, but the trio can’t quite catch up to Thrawn’s ship before he jumps back through hyperspace.
Shin Hati joins the bandits of Peridea, while Baylan Skoll is last seen standing on a mountain-sized structure resembling the likeness of the Mortis God, the Father. Neither Shin or Baylan are featured much in the episode – and unfortunately, it might be the last glimpse we get of Baylan because of the untimely death of the great actor Ray Stevenson.
Thrawn and the Great Mothers take their Star Destroyer to Dathomir, while Ezra steals a Stormtrooper suit – just like how his master used to – and escapes in a shuttle, arriving at a New Republic outpost where he is reunited with Chopper and Hera.
Ahsoka, Sabine and Huyang take refuge on Peridea with the same creatures Ezra had befriended. As the episode closes on a few cliffhangers, we get one more look at Hayden Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker as a Force Ghost, flashing a smile in approval of his former padawan.
Here’s what else we learned from the finale: