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I cleared the notification and I don’t recall if it was in the description but Disney+ just advertised Ahsoka as the “former Jedi Knight” but I don’t recall Ahsoka being knighted?

I mean you could argue by virtue of experience sure. But Cal went from Padawan to Knight as Cere knighted him in Fallen Order. Kanan was knighted by the temple protector form of the grand inquisitor in that force hallucination. But Ahsoka?

I guess perhaps these things just follow. Like a youngling/padawan calling a Jedi Knight “Master” even though they are not a Jedi Master. Still doesn’t feel right though and yeah I know I am being pedantic.

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So I was all set to make a TODAY IS THE DAY!!!! Ahsoka post because I saw the schedule had changed to Tuesday’s…. except it hasn’t. With time zones it is still Wednesday in the UK (2am I believe). So I can watch it when I wake up tomorrow.

Honestly teeny bit of relief as I am trying to finish the Hera and Kana prequel novel A New Dawn first and I still have a couple of hundred pages to go. If Ahsoka had been available now I don’t think I would have had the self-control to ignore it to read.

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So I finished watching season 3 of the Mandalorian last night. I am terrible about getting round to things but I made a point to finish it in case it was relevant to Ahsoka.

There was that line about “Thrawn’s return” and at least one, maybe two, of this “shadow council” (aka Imperial infrastructure that doesn’t want to lose their fiefdom to the new republic) seem to want Thrawn to come back and run the show.

Now also in prep for Ahsoka I read the Thrawn trilogy that is canon (I understand that there are more but I believe they are legacy?). In the novels they made it pretty clear that the Empire was racist. There was one line about how the separatist worlds were mostly non-human and that’s why there’s so much bad feeling in the first novel. I guess they had to try and explain why the Empire is like 99% human.

Anyway people disliked Thrawn for being alien, even more so with the authority he came to wield and so quick with the promotions. People that worked with him a lot respected his abilities (like the crew of his ship) but again in the novels other admirals etc. seemed to think the stories of Thrawn were exaggerated/that it had been his human crew who deserved the credit and Thrawn was coasting etc. Regardless even if he was respected for being a genius the fact that he failed so utterly at Lothal and got vanished by space whales (purrgil) should have eroded that respect and made him a laughing stock no? I mean if he’d come back quick and taught Lothal a lesson that would be one thing, but he hasn’t been seen/heard from since (like 6+ years I think?).

Moff Gideon is obviously a terrible person but he was right in ridiculing Thrawn’s return as logic says Thrawn is either dead, or so powerless as to be not important, or he’s returned to his own people/isn’t an Empire player anymore. So I am curious as to why the 1-2 imperial officers in that “shadow council” were such staunch Thrawn supporters?

Could Thrawn already have been in contact with them? It might seem odd for them not to admit that when challenged but Thrawn likes to take advantage of peoples overconfidence. Ahsoka trailer referred to Thrawn as “heir to the Empire” so… maybe some kind of game? Though I am very curious as to how he spun his definitely not chosen exile, and very worried for what happened to Ezra.

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6 days until Ahsoka. 6 days!!

I am now thinking about Jacen Syndulla. Why is his hair not green? I’ve a feeling I have made this post before but ehhh this is my ramble place and I can repeat myself if I want.

I mean he’s half Kanan and half Hera. So being human in features, with pointed ears as twi’leks have like a triangular bump for ears (so like the previously established half-human/half twi’lek children in clone wars), with Kanan’s blue eyes, and then green hair because that’s Hera’s colouring. I also thought maybe he had a slightly green pallor. A bit like how Spock is kinda human but has green Vulcan blood.

Anyway mix of both parents. But if they take away his green hair, he loses the feature that marked him the strongest as being half Hera’s.

They seemed to hint with “and we know what his father was like” that Jacen has the force. I want that for him (even while I am scared as we know what happened to Luke’s academy and Jacen isn’t seen in the sequels). But while kids can be mini-versions of one parent, and having a little Kanan around would be so bittersweet for Hera given Kanan’s loss, I don’t know I was just really partial to the green hair. I think with being brown hair it is just so normal, strips some of the half-alien away. Let Jacen be who he is, all his heritage.

I get that Ahsoka already has a non-human lead (yay!) and I also get that humans are easier (less make-up, special effects etc.) but it’s a diverse galaxy, not everything has to be so human.

6 days!!!

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Ahsoka is a week tomorrow. A WEEK TOMORROW!!! This is not a drill.

Ahhhhhh

Oh man I am going to be so useless next Wednesday until I watch. I think I read they are doing a double drop and there will be 2 episodes and I’m not sure my heart can take it. One episode will overload me on feelings.

I’ve watched the trailer several times and I am nervous. I am clinging to the “you have no power” from the Dark Jedi because the “master” to Ahsoka is freaking me out. Kanan trained Sabine for a while when she had the darksaber. They specifically discussed her not being force sensitive. I so much do not want them to walk that back. Sabine is amazing as an artist, as someone that loves explosives, as a Mandalorian with a jet pack and blasters. That is more than enough. Mando, Bo-Katan, they fight with the darksaber and aren’t Jedi. Sabine can be awesome with Ezra’s saber without the force too.

Honestly I am just gonna be screaming because Hera! Chopper! The Ghost!!! My beloved Rebels back on screen. Given that Zeb cameoed in the Mandalorian I am bummed he doesn’t seem to be appearing in Ahsoka :/ They are family.

A week tomorrow. I need to remember how to breathe.

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I would like to not feel so chronically fucking exhausted. Can we make that happen?

You’d think that given how much I absolutely LOVE Star Wars: Rebels I would be going feral over the Ahsoka trailer that just dropped. I’m not though. I am a bit uncertain I guess? Mixed feelings.

In the 1 second he was on screen Chopper seemed to have been captured pretty well. As for everyone else… well I reserve judgement. I have such feelings about the animated versions I am unsure as to whether the live action encompasses all that they are.

Like Hera is the best damn pilot in the galaxy, an inspirational leader and a loyal friend. There is a warmth to her though. From season 1 they played it as a found family with Hera and Kanan playing the roles of parents. Hera even said in like episode 3 or something about “the kids”. Will they capture that? Will they allow her to be utterly badass, brilliant and still warm?

Not going to lie I only have myself to blame when it comes to Ezra. I had fancasted and the dude they picked doesn’t look anything like who I wanted (John Harlan Kim). But it could still be good. Same with Sabine. She doesn’t quite look how I had imagined but we shall see. I confess I remain unconvinced by Ahsoka’s actress anyway. So yeah mixed feelings.

Like don’t get me wrong I am looking forward to this. I may actually try and watch it when it drops (as opposed to pretty much everything else which I have yet to get around to). Rebels is so close to my heart. I want this to be utterly amazing. I suppose if I am honest deep down I wish they had done a season 5 animated show (like they brought back clone wars for season 7) or even done a spin-off to call it a new show like they did for the bad batch.

Live action is cool but it’s not everything.

Of course my ambivalence could be mostly because I feel so damn tired. It’s hard to care a lot about anything right now 🙁